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Join us for the second and - likely final - volume of @weheardwonders’ short-lived but celebrated “Now That’s What I Call Newish Music!” series (that’s right, from next week, it’ll be nothing but box-fresh bangers guaranteed!). Iain and Andrew review more tracks from noteworthy albums released between January and now: the highly-collaborative return of industrial-gospel revolutionaries Algiers; Lil Yachty’s Questlove-approved psych-pop-funk-soul pivot; Rogê’s fresh update on the Brazilian masters; Marlene Ribeiro’s deeply psychedelic sonic patchworks; Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall’s surging new team-up The Waeve. Which one has Iain reaching for the “G” word once again? Finally, a 1972 masterwork has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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We’re back, baby! After a longer than anticipated break, it feels good to be back behind the mics and serving up the first @weheardwonders of 2023, an episode we’re catchily titling “Now That’s What I Call Newish Music Vol. 1!” Iain and Andrew play and dissect tracks from noteworthy albums released in January and Feb: the solo career of The Duke Spirit’s Liela Moss continues apace; African psych-rockers Orchestra Gold again deliver what they say on the tin with new LP Medicine; Juni Habel invites us into her world of delicately pretty Norwegian folk; three is the magic number for NY folk-rock project Nighttime, while Abracadabra is the magic word for dubby No-wave disco. A gargantuan deal with God has The Vinyl Word. Whether you’ve been counting down the seconds for a new episode, had barely noticed we’ve been away, or have just this moment discovered the pod, we’d LOVE to hear from you! Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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Praise be! The third instalment of the @weheardwonders 2022 Review is upon us! Iain and Andrew again reflect on the year that was, playing and discussing seven tracks from seven of the albums to have found their way onto Andrew’s epic album rundown. Expect pastoral orchestral loveliness, restless future-soul, fuzzy power-balladry, vintage-sounding biker-psych, devilishly dexterous hip-hop, sublime seventies-influenced song-craft, and kosmische-folk. What did you think of our selections? What have been some of your musical highlights of 2022? We’d love to know! Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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It’s part 2 in a proposed trilogy: The Two Towers of the @weheardwonders End Of Year review, if you will - but with nary a talking tree in sight. Iain and Andrew highlight six more standout albums from 2022, playing and discussing selected tracks for your delectation. Genres include country-soul, globe-swallowing disco-pop, spidery baroque-rock, throwback R&B, otherworldly neo-classical, and wonky progressive folk. What did you think of our selections? What have been some of your musical highlights of 2022? We’d love to know! Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…especially for list-loving music fanatics like us! In the first of three End Of Year specials, @weheardwonders spin and reflect upon a typically diverse batch of stand-out 2022 releases, with jazz, electronica, psychedelic folk-rock, and even Zimbabwean street-music thrown into the mix. Iain and Andrew also have their say on two of the year’s most ambitious and talked-about LPs. What did you think of our selections? What have been some of your musical highlights of 2022? We’d love to know! Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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One November spawned a monster in the shape of this podcast: @weheardwonders play and review new tunes from disco-house collective Crazy P, scuzzy garage-rock apparition Ghost Woman, Brazilian-music-besotted Belarusians SOYUZ, and wonderful Ghanaian gospel singer Florence Adooni. We also share our thoughts on the first offering from international posse Temps, the sprawlingly ambitious musical project spearheaded by James Acaster - will it be a tasty morsel or a hot mess? All this, plus Andrew is shook by Iain’s admission about a certain song, and a millennial alt-folk update of This Mortal Coil has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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We may be hurtling towards End Of Year List Season, but @weheardwonders still comes through with a mighty fine crop of just-released new tunes. Heather Trost’s persuasive kosmische leaves us hypnotised; power-pop craftsman A. Wesley Chung serves up Something Old, Something New; Ghost Funk Orchestra’s suavely skronking fish-men seem determined to put all the lugubrious lounge lizards of the world out of work; the brilliant-named June McDoom rewards repeated listens, while Andrew Wasylyk’s stunning music speaks for itself. We also salute the majestic Mimi Parker, and play out the show with one of the finest moments by one of the UK’s most underrated bands. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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Things get Heavy, Baby on @weheardwonders this week as we’re joined by Greg Dingwall - vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist and presumably brains-of-the-operation in Glasgow art-pop combo @thedeadlineshakes. We talk theatricality, friendship and tipples of choice, as well as the band’s fine new album, the eagerly-anticipated ‘Documentaries’. Guitarist Iain is also here. Iain and Andrew then play and review new tunes by Benjamin Clementine, Rahill and GIFT: rest assured, there is much to discuss. A far-out country-rock collage from the late sixties has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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A happy pod for happy people this week, as @weheardwonders hosts singer/songwriter/guitarist and founding member of Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite (@plasmatron). We discuss Stuart’s excellent just-released memoir Spaceships Over Glasgow, the thrill of sonic assaults, the magic of the Barras, “The Conjuring series of instrumental rock songs”, the perils of performing on poppers and acid, and so much more. Stuart also selects some tunes for us to spin! All before Iain and Andrew share their thoughts on the latest offerings from former-Walkman Peter Matthew Bauer, dream-pop darlings of the moment Alvvays, and mysterious ‘post-pub couldn’t get in the club music’-maker Eyes Of Others. Something very old and very bluesy has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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NY’s hippest hipsters LCD Soundsystem are under the @weheardwonders microscope this week: we discuss our respective listening histories with the band, before offering up our thoughts on their latest comeback comeback track. Elsewhere, does Polyphia’s all-the-genres-all-of-the-time, why-play-one-note-when-I-can-play-twelve? approach to music make for an enjoyable listening experience? And could progressive psych-noir-jazz outfit Run Logan Run be any further up Andrew’s alley? Something simultaneously primitive and space-age has the Vinyl Word. Plus, ‘Documentaries’-maker Iain is finally free to spill the beans and give us all the juicy goss regarding The Deadline Shakes’ forthcoming new album. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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