Pick A Disc

Join Matt and singer songwriter James Leon as they talk about the debut album from Norwegian synth-pop group A-ha. Along the way they talk about the album's legacy, it's surprising amount of melancholy and a song a few people may have heard of and it's lesser known music video.... Host: Matt Latham Guest: James Leon Find links to James' work here: https://linktr.ee/jamesleon Follow us on Twitter,...

The relatability of songs, the soundtrack to life and the description of the smallest of moments are just small fractions of what is covered in this episode where Matt talks to Sofia Loporcaro from the Before the Chorus podcast about The National's "Sleep Well Beast". Host: Matt Latham Guest: Sofia Loporcaro (Before the Chorus) Listen to Before the Chorus and other things Sofia is involved in here...

This week, Pragya Saxena from Reel Asian Podcast brings forth the Final Fantasy X Soundtrack to discuss with Matt! A big FF fan himself, Matt and Pragya manage to not geek out about the series/game long enough to talk about the soundtrack, it's influences and how it reflects the games sombre story. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Pragya Saxena https://lnk.bio/reelasianpodcast Follow us on Twitter, Facebo...

For the podcast's 80th episode Matt is picking the 1995 Scatman John album "Scatman's World". A weird hybrid of jazz and eurodance, Matt explains to guest host Jon Porobil just what it is about Scatman John that is more endearing to listeners than you may think... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jon Porobil Listen to Jon's music here! https://jonporobil.bandcamp.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook &...

Host: Matt Latham Guest: Andy Williams (Frame to Frame) Listen to Frame To Frame here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/frame-to-frame Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Pick A Disc(Ord): https://discord.com/invite/JnZjEYuK3u We Made This: @wemadethispod https://wemadethispod.com/ Join the We Made This Podcast Network Facebook Group: https://...

Peter from the Pop Gays of a Certain Age brings forth Fleetwood Mac's second best selling album, "Tango In The Night". Alongside the story of it's recording, Peter and Matt talk about how Peter first listened to the album (car cassettes ahoy!) as well as the album supposedly being a Lindsey Buckingham solo album to begin with... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Peter (Pop Gays of A Certain Age) https://tw...

Hailing from the Isle of Wight, Lauran Hibberd creates fun punchy Power-Pop songs that are just a load of fun to listen to. With a big 2022 ahead of her, the Goober EP showcases just what she's capable of and what to expect from an album next year... Featuring picks from: Colin (We Dig Music // Free With This Month's Issue) pick Halsey's "I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power" Host: Matt Latham Follow u...

Baby Queen is the stage name for alt-pop singer Arabella Latham (no relation). Releasing the Medicine EP last year, and The Yearbook Mixtape this year - this episode covers both. With The Yearbook being a Pick of 2021 and The Medicine EP winning the Pick A Disc Wages of Fear award! Featuring picks from: Kiara from "Kiara Gets Drunk and Talks About Music" - Picking Bo Burham's "Inside" Host: Matt L...

The debut album from Liverpool-based artist Zuzu explores personal turmoil with a nostalgic slant not just in it's lyrics, but in it's musical influences. Featuring picks from: Jacob from the Hits Don’t Lie podcast picking Agnes "Magic Still Exists" Trevor from the Album Divers podcast picking The War on Drugs' "I Don’t Live Here Anymore" Host: Matt Latham Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Inst...

The second album from Manchester group Pale Waves expands the group's sound and covers more personal topics of the group's lead singer. "Who Am I?" Basically adds 00s pop punk to the group's sound and it's ace... Featuring picks from: Chris Haigh picking Lady Gaga's "Dawn of Chromatica" Erin from Hits Don't Lie picking Adele's "30" Host: Matt Latham Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram:...

The first episode in the Pick A Disc Best of 2021 series is Jetty Bones' "Push Back". Jetty Bones is the stage name of Kelc Galluzzo. based from Urbana, Ohio. Push Back is her debut album, incorporating indie, country and pop to talk about mental health and imposter syndrome. Featuring picks from: Lee Horrey picking Me Rex's experimental shuffle-album "Megabear" Bo Nicholson picking The War on Dru...

After a gap of forty-four episodes, we welcome back Colin to the podcast! Colin brings forth a creepy, unique album in the form of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. Hear he and Matt talk about how the album formed a lot of what Colin's loves about music, the weird connections to all sorts of different UK staples and the different adaptations of H.G. Wells' original novel. Host...

Brandi Lukas from the Brandi Is Going To Hell podcast beings forth The Darkness's debut album "Permission to Land" on this edition of the podcast. She and Matt talk about how they first heard of the band, their live experiences and the impact that liking a band can have on someone's life. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Brandi Lukas Listen to Brandi's podcast: https://brandiisgoingtohell.com/ Follow us o...

Kate from the Passing Notes project brings forth the challenge of listening to the complete Metallica Blacklist and going through each track with Matt, crafting their own playlists at the end! Along the way they discuss the nature of covers and ponder the reasoning behind why some songs have more covers than others... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Kate (Passing Notes Project) Check out the Passing Note...

Returning to the podcast, She Will Rock You co-host Leah chooses an album that has one of the biggest comeback songs in recent pop history in Taylor Swift's "reputation". There's a lot of talk of Taylor, the history surrounding the lead-up to the album and how Taylor has explored a variety of genres. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Leah Visit and listen to She Will Rock You! https://shewillrockyou.com/...

Returning to the podcast with the group he was destined to talk about, James Addis talks about the British pop group's third album "Buzz". Along the way they talk about the individual members' roles in the group, the state of pop music and both his and Matt's live experiences with Steps... Host: Matt Latham Guest: James Addis Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at...

From the late 90s/early 00s - Sup Doc's George Chen brings forth Hawkeye and Firebird, an 8-track album of twenty minutes chronicling a bizarre relationship between human and machine. All set to C64 samples and sung in a childlike voice. Whilst dressed as a Samarai. It has to be listened to to be believed. George and Matt talk about the Chicago music scene as well as the technical capabilities of...

Bringing forth Manchester's The 1975, Rylan from the Punch Drunk Vinyl Podcast finally gets Matt to listen to them. Along the way they talk a *lot* about Matty Healy, Pale Waves and the importance of the frontman in a band. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Rylan Listen to Punch Drunk Vinyl! https://www.punchdrunkvinyl.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@g...

What's this? It's extra bonus stuff cut out of the episode 70 recording that I thought would be good fun, including a bunch of stuff about remixes, festival line-ups, club music and all sorts! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Babs Visit and listen to Over/Underrated! https://anchor.fm/overunderratedmusicpod Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Pick...

Episode 70! As always on the multiple of ten episodes, Matt picks the album! Guest hosting is Babs from Over/Underrated to talk about Robots In Disguise's second album "Get RiD". Alongside the album, there's talk on MySpace, music videos and much more! #music #podcast #podcasts #musicpodcasts #musicpodcast #musiccommentary #podcastersofinstagram #britpodscene #robotsindisguise #suedenim #deeplume...

Brian from the Playlist Wars podcast introduces Matt to his favourite album of all time, the 1978 self-titled debut from The Cars. They talk a little about the band, how they probably influenced the genre of New Wave and how they're all staples of US rock radio to this day! This was a great one to record.... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Brian Colburn Listen to Playlist Wars https://playlistwars.wordpr...

From the obscure beginnings of Philly, The Teeth were pipped for great things but just ended. Podcaster/musician/director Aviv Rubinstein talks about how much he loves their album "You're My Lover Now". Host: Matt Latham Guest: Aviv Rubinstein Listen to Lyrics for Lunch! https://lyricsforlunch628423244.wordpress.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc...

Venturing back to New Jersey, Matt is joined by Mike Slamer to talk about The Gaslight Anthem's "Handwritten". Expect talk of places having a "sound", associating car journeys with albums and Russian dogs. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Mike Slamer https://www.spreaker.com/show/gotham-u-a-batman-podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/we-are-starfleet-a-star-trek-podcast Follow us on Twitter, Facebook &am...

Living in the shadow of the "Big Four" britpop bands, Hannah from Society Owes Me A Gen X Podcast picks The Bluetones' debut album "Expecting to Fly" and how much she loves the song-writing of Mark Morriss. There's talk about the songs, the state of music in the 90s and a couple of stories about seeing the band live... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Hannah from Society Owes Me A Gen X Podcast https://an...

Matt talks to Jenna Million from Name 3 Songs and This Is My Brain on Music about the debut album from Wolf Alice, "My Love Is Cool". Jenna revisits gig memories and learns new stuff about the songs in the lead up to this podcast. Matt also has history with the album. How much? Well listen and find out!⁠ ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jenna Million http://www.jennamillion.com/ Listen to Name 3 Songs:...