Sombrero Fallout

SF0127 Friendship 02.02.2023 1:06:39 ↓

Alternative songs about friends and friendship from 1968 to 2022

SF0126 Folktronica 19.01.2023 1:05:38 ↓

Where folk meets electronics, that's folktronica, folks.

SF0125 Those We Lost In 2022 05.01.2023 1:25:00 ↓

A commemoration of the alternative music artists we lost in 2022.

SF0124 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 3, #14-#1 22.12.2022 1:11:06 ↓

So, here it is: the best tracks of 2022. And it's the best year for music ever, as always, with all these songs to add to all the ones from every other year.

SF0123 Festive Forthy 2022 , Pt 2, #27-#15 15.12.2022 1:08:33 ↓

Part Two in our trilogy of episodes celebrating the best tracks of 2022.

SF0122 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 1, #40-#28 08.12.2022 1:00:03 ↓

Part One of three episodes rounding up the best in alternative listening for 2022. Not definitive, not meant to be.

SF0121 Before they found their sound 01.12.2022 1:08:32 ↓

The sounds before the sounds. What successful bands sounded like before they sold out stadiums. Often better.

SF0120 RIP Mimi Parker (Low) and Keith Levene (PIL) 17.11.2022 1:10:10 ↓

A tribute to Mimi Parker of Low and Keith Levene of early PIL and founder member of The Clash.

SF0119 John Cale at 80 03.11.2022 1:04:40 ↓

John Cale is 80: no second invitation needed to celebrate the Velvets, his solo work, his musical contributions and his production as well.

SF0118 Don't let our youth go to waste 20.10.2022 1:08:10 ↓

Braces, tire swings, then love and other catastrophes. Songs about the indignities and thrills of being young.

SF0117 Perth 06.10.2022 1:05:55 ↓

Perth, a thousand miles from anywhere else, and West Australia more broadly have always had their unique thing going on. Here's their unique musical thing.

SF0116 25 years of Mogwai (plus their influences) 22.09.2022 1:09:49 ↓

25 Years of living under the reign of Mogwai. Interlaced with some influences on the band themselves.

SF0115 Tributes, Odes and Homages 08.09.2022 1:07:23 ↓

Tributes, hymns, odes to. Songs for, Homages about. Not people though. Binoculars, divorce and androids amongst others.

SF0114 Class and Inequality 25.08.2022 1:07:37 ↓

Songs about the class system, about the bourgeoisie, about unfairness, about inequality. But with humour too.

SF0113 Neo-Psychedelia 11.08.2022 1:09:22 ↓

The inheritors of the '60s psychedelic bands are the latter-day Neo-Psychedelia practitioners. Here's an episode featuring them.

SF0112 - Bonus Episode: Bands Listeners Are In 05.08.2022 1:12:13 ↓

The conch is handed to listeners of the podcast who feature here in the bands they play in.

SF0111 Songs about Actors and Movies 28.07.2022 1:08:12 ↓

Songs about actors, songs about movies, songs about actors in movies.

SF0110 Great Songs on TV Shows 14.07.2022 1:06:59 ↓

Great tracks from TV shows, good, bad and indifferent.

SF0109 Cameras and Photos 30.06.2022 1:13:28 ↓

More songs about cameras and photography.

SF0108 Jowe Head (Swell Maps), Guest Host 16.06.2022 1:15:14 ↓

Guest host this episode is Jowe Head, veteran of many groups and especially beloved by post-punk aficionados for his time in the legendary Swell Maps.

SF0107 Two Tone and its Jamaican Origins 02.06.2022 1:06:40 ↓

Now there's a Two Tone museum in Coventry, here's a celebration of the label and the original ska sound from Jamaica in the '60s that inspired it.

SF0106 Milestone Birthday Episode 19.05.2022 1:07:47 ↓

To celebrate a certain milestone, the first letters of the these favourite Sombrero tracks spell out BIRTHDAY EPISODE.

SF0105 30 years of Pavement's Slanted & Enchanted 05.05.2022 1:07:02 ↓

It's 30 years since Pavement's Slanted & Enchanted landed on our CD shelf. Here's an episode celebrating its tracks and tracing its influence.

SF0104 Collaborations 21.04.2022 1:09:24 ↓

Collaborations don't always work, but these alternative examples of the art form are inspired.

SF0103 Guest Host Guy Haslam 07.04.2022 1:19:10 ↓

A guest host episode with a member of the Haslam Musical Dynasty - and the UK's leading cryptic crossword exponent, Guy Haslam.