Pick A Disc

Matt is joined by Meg from Gin and Beer It as she talks about the debut Panic! At The Disco album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out". They speak about the sound of the album and it's relationship with the rest of the discography and more!⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Meg Visit and listen to Gin and Beer It! https://ginandbeeritshow.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us...

A textbook in audio form, "The Race For Space" by Public Service Broadcasting is the album that Luke Winch has brought to the table today. He and Matt discuss the album's themes, the link to history and a bit about Luke's music taste in general. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Luke Winch Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . We Made This: @wemadethi...

The second half of the Pretty Fly Podcast hosting team, Bo Nicholson selects an album by a band that Matt has stated on the podcast previously that he's not a fan of. So Bo took on that challenge.... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Bo Nicholson Listen to Pretty Fly! A 90s Nostalgia Podcast here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/pretty-fly Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us...

Deserving of being known for more than just "that hit" Pretty Fly's Daniel Lang talks about Fountain of Wayne's "Welcome Interstate Managers". They talk about *that* song and some of the songs on the album that deserved to be known on the same level as that song. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Daniel Lang Listen to Pretty Fly! A 90s Nostalgia Podcast here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/pretty-fly-for-tw...

The importance of sound and recording are discussed on this episode of Pick a Disc as sound engineer Ben Peilow discusses how Thrice's four part concept multi-EP/album thingy influenced his love of sound. There's discussions on the differences of the four parts and a good chunk of discussion on live music in general. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ben Peilow https://benpeilowaudio.com/ Listen to 2P's in...

Jon Porobill of the PLAY DISC podcast takes over another podcast with the word 'disc' in it to interview Matt about the album Maroon by Canadian superstars, Barenaked Ladies. They talk about the band members, Steven Page's leaving, seeing them live and a few of the songs on the album. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jon Porobill Listen to PLAY DISC here: https://playdisc.fireside.fm/ Follow us on Twitt...

Growing up, failed revolutions, grief and...um, carrier bags are all in this episode of the podcast as Matt speaks to Kez Parvin of the 2P's in a Pod podcast to talk about Frank Turner's second album: "Love Ire and Song" Host: Matt Latham Guest: Kez Parvin Listen to 2P's in a Pod here: https://2ppodcast.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.co...

Completing the We Dig Music trilogy is Ian Clarke, who brings forth the influential third album from Swedish punk band Refused. They talk about the nature of the album, the direction and sound of the songs and it's impact. They also muse on what exactly makes music "punk" and talk about the mentality behind that label. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ian from WeDigMusic You can follow Colin's ventures be...

A departure from the sound of their first album, Scottish band Idlewild came back with a more much mature, mellower sound with "100 Broken Windows". Singer AnnieMusic and Matt discuss Roddy Woomble's knack for a chorus, the blending of several influences and seeing them live. Host: Matt Latham Guest: AnnieMusic Listen to Mondegreen here: https://heymondegreen.bandcamp.com/ Listen to AnnieMusic her...

Mark Adams of the Life's Milestones podcast and Don't Say The C Word turns up with a 90s classic album in the form of The Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land". Host: Matt Latham Guest: Mark Adams You can follow We Dig Music below: https://www.spreaker.com/show/we-dig-music Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: ht...

White Zombie's "Astro Creep 2000" has followed Colin for the majority of his life as it's "The Best Album Ever". Colin and Matt talk about metal and the sound of the album as Matt's not too familiar with the genre, It also appears to soundtrack trips to Ikea. Why? Give it a listen and find out. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Colin from WeDigMusic You can follow Colin's ventures below: https://www.wedigp...

Jon Porobil from the Play Disc Podcast appears on the podcast to discuss Dan Bern's 1997 self-titled debut! They talk about Bern's song-writing style, song length, what happened to him later on and much, much more! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jon Porobil Listen to Play Disc here: https://playdisc.fireside.fm/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com...

One third of the (newly part of the We Made This network) We Dig Music podcast, Tracy B talks to Matt about the third Scud Mountain Boys' album "Massachusetts". They talk about the songwriting, Joe Pernice and inter connectivity in songs. There's also a game played at the start. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tracy B You can follow We Dig Music below: https://www.spreaker.com/show/we-dig-music Follow us...

Matt is in the guest seat again! This time he talks to Without A Mouse's Tim Henton about The Postal Service's "Give Up." Alongside talk on the album, they also talk about side projects and those that might be better than the main projects. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tim Henton Listen to WithoutAMouse here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/without-a-mouse Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagra...

Back yet again for a THIRD time, Helena Deakin talks about Caroline Polachek's 2019 "Pang". They'll talk about the usual things: songs, songwriting, Caroline etc. etc. There's even a bit about Matt dancing on Instagram stories you can easily skip. We'll wait. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Helena Deakin You can follow Helena on Instagram: @hel.grace. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @Pick...

We're back! After a break and some slight deviations due to milestones and Christmas Matt is back to talk albums! This fortnight we welcome back Tony Black to talk about the Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Soundtrack! Full of late 60s rock, Tony and Matt talk about it's relationship with the film and soundtracks in general. THERE ARE NO SPOILERS FOR THE FILM. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tony Black Foll...

York based Indie-pop band Teen Girl Scientist Monthly are our top album of 2019. Lots of upbeat sounding songs with gang-vocal chants and just plain fun. Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: WeBuyRecords Podcast! http://www.spreaker.com/show/we-buy-records Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: https://www.faceb...

GIRLI is the name of Milley Toovey's genre-warping musical project that covers all sorts of genres like rap, dance, pop, punk, riotgrrl and even poetry. Odd One Out is an album that offers a snapshot of what she's capable of. Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Simon from the Giddy Carousel of Pop: https://www.spreaker.com/show/giddypoppod Ian from WeDigMusic: https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/new-blog...

The PickADisc supergroup that is made of Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes released this concept album in January of this year (days after we recorded the Phoebe episode) and it turned out to be a match made in music heaven. Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Tracey B from the WeDigMusic Podcast! https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/new-blog Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @P...

New day, new album! Massachusetts Punk band Potty Mouth is next up with their awesome sounding pop-punk album "SNAFU". Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Christ Stachiw of the One Season Show Colin from WeDigMusic! https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/new-blog Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: https://www.facebo...

Please - you know this is going to be full of silly names. First up, Matt picks "Family Mammal" by Brighton/Bury St Edmunds trio Gaffa Tape Sandy! High octane rock that feels like it's influenced by a load of Matt's favourite bands! Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Tim Henton from Without A Mouse: https://www.spreaker.com/show/without-a-mouse Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickA...

IT'S CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAASSSS!! Colin from WeDigMusic is back once again with a playlist of gifts in song form to go through as he and Matt talk about Christmas music. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Colin from WeDigMusic You can follow Colin's ventures below: https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/ https://drivenlikethesnow.bandcamp.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at p...

Chosen by people on Twitter, Matt listens to Back to Bedlam by James Blunt for the first time whilst listening to it. Expect tangents on Blade Runner and when he passed his driving test. He also mispronounces a name or two. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/gr...

Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" blew up - breaking records and launching a new classic album into the musicsphere. Returnee Chris Wilson shows up to talk about how he found the album and why it's so bloomin' awesome. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Chris Wilson Listen to Cinemortuary here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/cinemortuary-podcast Listen to WithoutAMouse here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/witho...

Tame Impala is the name of the music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. Jess Byard of the One Season Show guests to talk about how the album soundtracked a transitional period in her life and how much she resonates with the themes of the album. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jess Byard Listen to The One Season Show here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/one-season-show You can list...