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What happens when a bunch of theatre kids form an emo band, and they get obsessed with the concept with death? My Chemical Romance end up creating The Black Parade. Brianne Leeson from Today's Lucky Winner talks about how she listened to the band in secret when she was younger, the talking of darker taboo subjects surrounding death and the formation of a narrative within the album itself. Host: Ma...

What might be Pick A Disc's first episode on a pure Hip Hop album, Matt is joined by Elizabeth MacDuffie to discuss The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest. The influence of the album, it's production and it's general sound are all talked about, alongside it's cultural relevance and how it saw the genesis of a few big named rappers. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Elizabeth McDuffie Check out Meat For...

Liverpool's Ed Poole talks to Matt about Manchester Orchestra's "Mean Everything to Nothing" and how Ed finds it gets better with age. They talk about Andy Hull's upbringing and how that translates into the lyrics and how that can be relatable. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ed Poole Visit Ed's site here: https://www.edpoolemusic.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us...

Matt is picking the album again with guest host Dan O'Dell aka Heartwork to talk about blink-182's Untitled album. They discuss their history with blink-182, their role in the culture of the late 90s/early 00s, the direction the album goes in and just frankly how ace the album is in general. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Dan O'Dell Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at...

Dipping into the 1970s Detroit music scene, Matt and guest Bill Van Veghel talk about Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band's live album "Live Bullet". They talk about the atmosphere of live music, the Detroit scene, the twenty-year nostalgia cycle and inadvertently some artists close to Matt's hometown... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Bill Van Veghel Give Bill's podcasts a listen here: https://phantomg...

Speaking about arguably one of the biggest pop albums from one of the biggest pop icons of the last couple of years, Kiara (from the Kiara Gets Drunk and Talks About Music podcast) muses on the growing talent of a new generation of artists. Kiara talks to Matt about Billie Eilish and her debut, talking about the sound, image and the impact this will have on pop music in the next few years. ⁠ Host:...

A very successful album, and one that Raymond Luu, from the Reel Asian Podcast, believes redefined the R'n'B genre. From the stories behind the songs and the discussion of the massive hit that was "Yeah", Ray and Matt deep dive on the first R'n'B album to be covered on Pick A Disc! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Raymond Luu https://lnk.bio/reelasianpodcast Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram:...

With an over-arching story that can get quite complex alongside a demonic bicycle, Steve from the Play Your Pods Right podcast appears on the podcast to talk about Coheed and Cambria's Science Fiction epic "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness." ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Steve Visit and listen to Play Your Pods Right! https://linktr.ee/playyourpods F...

Craig Mckenzie from the Kneel Before Blog and Podcast 616 on We Made This is the guest this fortnight as he talks about how he's rediscovered and found new things in The Goo Goo Dolls' "Let Love In". Matt chats to Craig about the process of finding new meaning in songs over time, especially with the current global pandemic. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Craig McKenzie http://kneelbeforeblog.co.uk/ Foll...

Babs from the Over/Underrated podcast is the guest this fortnight to talk about the shoegaze/indie band Autolux and their album "Future Perfect". They talk about the nature of shoegaze, the structure of the album and just what kind of mood you might need to be in to listen to them. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Babs Visit and listen to Over/Underrated! https://anchor.fm/overunderratedmusicpod Follow us...

Long time friend and sometimes influencer of Matt's music taste: James Addis is the guest this episode to talk about a band that he loves, Dexys and the album "Too-Rye-Ay" which has "Come on Eileen" on it. They're the band behind that song. They talk about how underrated the band are and just how versatile and influential they are. Host: Matt Latham Guest: James Addis Follow us on Twitter, Faceboo...

Back in 2015 Pick A Disc was a backdoor pilot episode on the movie podcast Pick A Flick. the guest was Lee Chrimes and the album talked about was Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Murder Ballads". So Lee is OG from back in the day, and he's here to talk about the David Bowie album "Outside". An interesting experimental album with a lot of stuff going on, Matt and Lee delve deep into the album and how...

For their third album, @hindsband expanded their sound to cover more instruments and started to write in Spanish. The result is a varied and fuller sounding album than it's predecessors. Settling into a garage-pop like sound, "The Prettiest Curse" emerges as the band's best album. ⁠ Guest picks by:⁠ @newpathstohelicon from @freewiththismonthsissue⁠ and @wedigmusicpcast⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us...

Bea Kristi aka Beabadoobee (@radvxz) spent her childhood surrounded by the 90s, be it movies and music. Incorporating elements of shoegaze, grunge and a little bit of dream-pop - Beabadoobee has crafted one of my favourite albums of the year. ⁠ ⁠ Guest picks by:⁠ Mark Adams from Far Too Many Pordcasts: The Birthday Massacre "Diamonds" and Space "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll"⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us...

An album that was unfairly snubbed for the Mercury Music Prize for silly reasons, Rina Sawayama has created a brilliant balance of the modern and throwback to the 2000s. But somehow manages to incorporate *all* of the sound from that time in one of the best albums this year. ⁠ Guest picks by:⁠ Liam from The Naughtiest Noughty - also picking this album.⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us on Twitter, Face...

Californian Duo Best Coast released their latest album "Always Tomorrow" at the start of this year, with a renewed sense of purpose alongside singer Bethany Cosentino's sobriety and a better positive outlook on life. The result is an album that walks the fine line of optimism and realism. Guest picks by: Leanne / Anniemusic - Aiming for Enrike - "Music For Working Out" Tracy from We Dig Music - Ho...

Previous Disc Pick-ee Dan o'Dell, aka Heartwork released an acoustic cover album of the Blink-182 record, "Enema of the State" after playing a Facebook live set of it earlier this year. It's roots are from a live set he played several years ago that I was at - and was one of the most fun sets I had the pleasure of watching. Dan has now recorded and released the whole album to listen to. ⁠ ⁠ Featur...

Welcome to Pick A Disc's Best of 2020! To begin with, we have the "Wages of Fear" award given to the album discovered this year that was released in a previous year. This year that album belongs to The Manimals' "Multiverse". An album so densely packed with layers of meaning and interpretation that ten minutes of me rambling doesn't seem enough. ⁠ ⁠ Also included in this episode is a snapshot of M...

Matt welcomes back Meg from the Gin and Beer It podcast to talk about the soundtrack to the very divisive movie Love Actually. They talk about the movie alongside the songs, and the differences between the UK and the US release. They also talk about Christmas, as this is a Christmas special! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Meg Visit and listen to Gin and Beer It! https://ginandbeeritshow.com/ Follow us o...

Fifty episodes young! Matt picks an album he regards as one of his top-tier favourites, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly's "Hyper Trophy". In a first for the podcast, Matt speaks to a member of the band behind the album in question! Vocalist/principal songwriter for the band, Matt Roi Berger, speaks to Matt about the genesis of the band and the songs on the album. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Matt Roi Berg...

Helena is once again to talk about the 'lockdown jam' that Sylvan Esso's recently released album "Free Love". The album's talked about alongside the live performance as well as the way genres are named. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Helena Deakin Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Pick A Disc(Ord): https://discord.com/invite/JnZjEYuK3u We Made...

Dana from the "To Buy, To Let, To Murder" podcast joins Matt to talk about a movie soundtrack that shaped her music taste, even if her opinion of the movie differs a lot. With chat about what the movie is trying to represent and how it contrasts with the songs, as well as how the movie's legacy as a milestone of the early 90s clashes with the songs on the soundtrack. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Dana...

This little episode is the "hey I've just seen you can do a trailer in Spotify but it must be something you upload" edition of the podcast. You can listen to this if you want, but technically it's not canon.

Leah from the She Will Rock You podcast is the guest for this episode as she and Matt talk about Paramore's second album, "Riot!" They talk about the youth of the band, a bit about Fuelled by Ramen, the amount of times Leah has listened to the album and about the track "Misery Business". Host: Matt Latham Guest: Leah (She Will Rock You) Listen to She Will Rock You: https://anchor.fm/she-will-rock-...

LA Punk rockers Bad Religion are the focus of this episode of the podcast as Cerebal Jukebox host Carl Bryan talks to Matt about their first album on a major label, "Stranger Than Fiction". They discuss their role in the Punk genre and Carl's story of discovering them. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Carl Bryan Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com ....