Tracks

Tracks is heading the England's biggest and most historic music festival - Glastonbury. But before we head off for 5 days of fun, we're here to deliver a look into how we'll be preparing for the festival.

There's drinks recommendations, tales from festivals old and, of course, our picks of the most exciting music to see at this year's Glastonbury.

So grab your sleeping bag, a pair of headphones and download the pod. We're off.

As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Hey! Welcome to our party! Take a seat! Here's a beer! Burger or hot dog? No problem mate!

Now you're here, let's explain what the hell is going on. The 2016 European Championships are upon us, and there couldn't be a better time to celebrate with this, our Tracks BBQ party! The beer is flowing, the meat is sizzling and the tunes are playing.

From K'Naan's wonderful World Cup 2014 track to Baio and Shed Seven, we talk about the kind of music on our playlist for this momentous event.

As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

This week we're joined by our great friend, Great Escape Festival partner in crime and all round good guy Jake to hear about his brilliantly eclectic music taste.

The drinks are flowing as freely as the laughs as we hear tracks from the likes of Jurassic 5, NZCA Lines and Joy Division. 

As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Waking up in the morning is, for most of us, one of the worst parts of being a human being, but it can be improved immeasurably by a bit o' good music. In this episode, we dive into morning music and make our picks for the perfect tracks to get you out of bed.

Spoiler alert: Marvin Gaye, Andre 3000, Sam Cooke and Vampire Weekend all get hat-tips.

Alongside the A-grade morning content, we also salute Daniel Johnston (a new hero of ours) and chat about recently released charity album Day of the Dead. It's an amazing record for an even more amazing cause so if you, our loyal fans, feel like getting involved and buying a copy, head to http://www.dayofthedeadmusic.com.

As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

The Great Escape 2016 may be over, but Tracks still here! Before heading to bed for at least a week to recover, today we took a look back the third and final day of the festival which saw highlights from the likes of NZCA Lines, The Big Moon and Loyle Carner.

We also stage the inaugural 'Tracks Awards', as we're obviously the most knowledgable people to host such a thing. Listen to find out who took the gongs in categories such as Best Set, Best Song and Best Venue at The Great Escape 2016.

As always, we do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode.

It's the final day of The Great Escape 2016, but before we all head back to normality there's still time for another bumper episode of Tracks.

Today we look back on an excellent day two in which we were lucky enough to grab the Atlas Wynd lads for a quick chat after their standout set at The North Laine. They were great, and we loved having them on the show.

We also briefly preview the final day's line up, with shoutouts for Tracks favourites The Big Moon and Loyle Carner as well as the likes of Carl Barât and The Jackals, The Joy Formidable and NZCA Lines.

As always, we do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode.

Day two of The Great Escape 2016 is here, and what a day it promises to be!

To help you prepare for it, we've got a bumper episode for you. There's the story of our day one at the festival, an interview with Mindofalion's Archie, and a preview some of the great acts we'll be looking out for including Band of Skulls, INHEAVEN and Bayonne. It's a good one.

As always, we do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. See you tomorrow!

It's Thursday here in Brighton, and Europe's biggest new music festival is about to kick off right on our doorsteps. The Great Escape is finally here and Tracks is too, guiding you every step of the way with daily episodes from the front line.

Today's episode is all about planning who to see, and to assist in this we deliver you a round-up of our picks from Thursday's bumper line up. Spoiler alert: The Parrots, Michael Kiwanuka, Her and Banff are amongst those to make the cut.

As always, we do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode.

There's no full episode today, but not to worry. We are heading to The Great Escape in Brighton to bring you four daily episodes from Europe's biggest independent music festival. We'll be talking to bands, reviewing shows and generally having a merry ol' time by the sea.

 Be sure to keep an eye out from Thursday onwards for our daily podcasts!

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

It has been an amazing week for music releases, and this episode focuses on new material from Loyle Carner, Radiohead, Beyonce, James Blake and more.

We also briefly tip our hat to the man we all love to hate - Bono. Not because we particularly wanted to, but because today (episode release day) is his birthday, and once we found that out we were too nice to ignore it. He has probably received more affectionate birthday messages.

As Drake would say, if you're reading this it's too late. We already love you for taking an interest in our podcast. The biggest of thank you's to every single one of you.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/