Analogue Slop

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Analogue Slop is where two music industry lifers revisit the music press of their youth, which in our case is the nineties, and for Season 1 is the NME and Melody Maker.. Every week we explore artists we discovered as wide-eyed teenagers only to disown as sneering twenty somethings. Now, unshackled from hipster baggage, we dive deep into how music and the people who make it were served up before anyone knew what an attention economy was .

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21st January 1995 - REM Live, Prince, Portishead, Massive Attack, Menswear, Bad Religion 14.01.2026 1:31:23

In which we witness REM's return to touring, Menswear enter the stage,Trip Hop blows up, Bad Religion blow it, & the NME picks a fight with the 80's.

13th November 1993 - Hole, Kingmaker, Fun Da Mental, Nirvana Live & The Lemonheads 07.01.2026 1:13:56

In which the Melody Maker discover Hole’s second album, Kingmaker discover their successors, Fun Da Mental discover Pakistan, Echobelly and Sleeper discover The Pixies & Nirvana discover the middle of the road

Christmas 1995 Part 2 - NME & Melody Maker Albums of the Year 24 - 1 31.12.2025 1:20:51

In which we wrap up our listening odyssey through the Top 50 Albums of 1995 and put to together our own Top 10's of 1995.

Christmas 1995 Part 1 - NME & Melody Maker Albums of the Year: 50 - 25 24.12.2025 1:58:13

In which we revel in the girth of NME and Melody Maker Xmas double issues, compare and contrast the access to talent each weekly has and begin a foolhardy two part effort to speedrun each papers Top 50 Albums of 1995. Part 2, covering 24 - 1 and our own lists out on New Years Eve

13th June 1998 - The Great Rock'n'Roll Dwindle, World Cup 98, Basement Jaxx, Garbage, England United 17.12.2025 1:38:04

In which the Melody Maker goes Pop, the Spice Girls, Space, Ocean Colour Scene and Ian McCulloch ask the question; how does it feel to be on top of the world? And the NME asks the question; is music dead? (the answer may involve The Internet)

22nd May 1993 - Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Therapy?, Cornershop, Bjork & U2 10.12.2025 1:50:21

Episode 3 and we journey back to May 1993 to encounter a particularly confrontational week of music news courtesy of the NME and Melody Maker. Featuring Albini vs. Cobain, The Velvet Underground vs. Time, Therapy vs. America, Cornershop vs. the Melody Maker, Björk vs. Mediocrity and U2 vs. Teenage Indifference.

20th April 1996 - Oasis, Terrorvision, Ash & Lou Reed 03.12.2025 1:31:19

In which the Gallaghers criminal empire is revealed, we offer up Terrorvision: By The Numbers, Liz Fraser (probably) fires her publicist, Ash's musical DNA is picked over and NME yells at Old Man.

27th May 1997 - Primal Scream, Wu Tang Clan, The Seahorses & 'Electronica' 26.11.2025 1:20:49

In which Primal Scream orchestrate an unlikely after hours jam session, the Lo-Fidelity Allstars arrive to save us all, Wu-Tang come back like a comet, The Seahorses arrive late to the party and the NME is equally baffled by both The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk.