Sombrero Fallout

SF0152 The Enduring Legacy of The Kinks 14.03.2024 1:06:44 ↓

Hundreds of groups have been influenced by The Kinks. Here's a few of them plus some original tracks themselves.

SF0151 - Money: Too much or not enough 29.02.2024 1:06:04 ↓

An episode about the perils of either striving after too much money or not having enough of it.

SF0150 - 150th Retrospective Episode 15.02.2024 1:19:49 ↓

A cherry picking exercise from the archives on the occasion of the podcast's 150th episode.

SF0149 Music about music 01.02.2024 1:06:19 ↓

An episode about music itself - the songs, the singers, the radio, the ballroom, the dances.

SF0148 Those we lost in 2023 18.01.2024 1:08:39 ↓

We lost some fine musicians in 2023. Here's an episode paying tribute.

SF0147 Festive Forthy 2023, #14-1 21.12.2023 1:11:57 ↓

The final countdown of the best tracks in 2023, according to Sombrero Fallout.

SF0146 Festive Forthy 2023, #27-15 14.12.2023 1:04:52 ↓

The second of three shows rounding up some of the best alternative tracks from 2023.

SF0145 Festive Forthy 2023, #40-28 07.12.2023 1:08:00 ↓

The first of 3 episodes dedicated to the best tracks of 2023. Well, some of them.

SF0144 - Neutral Milk Hotel 25 years later 30.11.2023 1:08:33 ↓

It's a quarter of a century since Neutral Milk Hotel effectively stopped. Here's a celebration plus some bands who owe a debt to their unique sound.

SF0143 Same band, same song, different version 16.11.2023 1:06:01 ↓

What happens when artists first demo a familiar song or re-imagine it years later.

SF0142 Lanes, Ways and Automobiles 02.11.2023 1:09:13 ↓

The thrill of the open road. An episode about cars, roads and motorways.

SF0141 Sibling Bands 19.10.2023 1:09:15 ↓

Ending up in the same band as your sibling. Here's some of the best tracks that combination can produce.

SF0140 Talking Heads 40 Years On 05.10.2023 1:06:25 ↓

As 'Stop Making Sense', the Talking Heads live concert film is re-released and given the IMAX treatment, we look back on the group and their legacy.

SF0139 Lovers of Today 21.09.2023 1:07:34 ↓

An outstanding selection of alternative love songs from the 2020s.

SF0138 Guest Host, Gideon Haigh 07.09.2023 1:07:59 ↓

I was stoked when Gideon Haigh, one of the world's pre-eminent cricket journalists, joined me to share his love for alternative music. A brilliant on-brand tracklist inevitably resulted.

SF0137 False Endings 24.08.2023 1:04:25 ↓

Tracks with false endings, codas and late changes of direction from a variety of genres.

SF0136 Chicago Now 10.08.2023 1:05:06 ↓

There's a brand new alt-scene in 2020s Chicago and here's some great examples of what's happening there.

SF0135 On returning 30.07.2023 1:05:11 ↓

Refreshed and back from its holidays, Sombrero Fallout wants to share some classic alternative tracks about returning with you.

SF0134 Over the Oceans 11.05.2023 1:08:14 ↓

An Ocean's Eleven of songs. Well, an Ocean's Fourteen, to be accurate.

SF0133 Simon Reynolds, Guest Host 27.04.2023 1:13:59 ↓

Renowned music critic and author Simon Reynolds joins the podcast to choose some of his favourite tracks.

SF0132 Remembering Tom Verlaine 13.04.2023 1:11:09 ↓

Paying tribute to the great Tom Verlaine and some of the groups his band Television influenced.

SF0131 Tara Emelye Needham, Guest Host 30.03.2023 1:16:32 ↓

Tara Emelye Needham, an integral mover within the Millennial Long Island music scene, introduces us to some tracks which have influenced her - and some of her own bands' tracks as well.

SF0130 Young Marble Giants 16.03.2023 1:07:54 ↓

Young Marble Giants left a slim volume of work but a disproportionately large legacy. Here we listen to their music and its influence.

SF0129 Liverpool and Merseyside 02.03.2023 1:05:29 ↓

An open top bus tour around the best alternative tunes from Liverpool and Merseyside

SF0128 30 Years On - 1993 Revisited 16.02.2023 1:07:31 ↓

None of the smash hits, but some of the alternative tunes from 1993.