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Bigmouth

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Clever talk about pop culture. Bigmouth is pop culture talk for discerning grown-ups. Music, TV, movies, books or something else entirely – we’ll enthuse, argue, squabble and pick over the bones of what’s happening in the world of the stuff we love. Presented by WORD magazine veterans Andrew Harrison (ex-editor of Q, Select and Mixmag) and Siân “Stan” Pattenden, a graduate of the Smash Hits and Select Mag Schools of Excellence.

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Podcast #22 - Nick Cave, Yello, #SaveFabric and secrets of record reviewers 25.09.2016 52:56

On the smart pop culture podcast this week – Nick Cave, Slaves and Yello’s new albums, the fight to save beleagured superclub Fabric, and the dirty underbelly of reviewing records. Special guests are Jude Rogers of The Guardian and Simon Price of Q and Melody Maker. Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

Podcast #21 - Mercury Prize Preview Special 11.09.2016 50:47

On this week’s smart pop culture podcast, the Mercury Prize: will it be Bowie, Kano, Radiohead, Bat For Lashes…? In a special edition our guests, writers Sîan Pattenden and Eamonn Forde of The Guardian, talk through the list and give our verdict on this year's nominees. Plus we look at Amazon’s summer pilot season shows ‘The Tick’, ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson’ and ‘I Love Dick’ . Click to listen. See...

Ep #20: ‘The Ramones’ turns 40, BBC zombie sitcoms, nationalising pop 04.09.2016 57:31

This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Gabba gabba oh God, is it really 40 years of The Ramones? Did the BBC remake or ruin ‘Porridge' and ‘Are You Being Served?’ And should we nationalise pop music? Special guests are Andrew Male of Mojo and David Stubbs of The Guardian. Click to listen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

Ep #19: Aliens at 30, Frank Ocean, The Get Down 28.08.2016 52:22

On this week‘s smart pop culture podcast: Happy 30th Chestburstday to James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’ – plus Frank Ocean’s new album, ‘The Get Down’ on Netflix and our fantasy festival picks. Special guests this week are Luke Turner of The Quietus and Joe Muggs of The Guardian and Mixmag. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Ep #18 - Obama’s playlists, Gary Numan movie, and De La Soul Aren’t Dead 21.08.2016 54:08

On this week's smart pop culture podcast: Obama's summer mixtape, the return of De La Soul, a surprisingly moving Gary Numan documentary, and more. Special guests are Esquire Magazine's Johnny Davis and Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep #17 - Music review special with Bat For Lashes, The Monkees, Roísín Murphy and more 14.08.2016 47:42

We're skiving off on our hols – so here’s some of our favourite music discussion from the last few months: Alexis Petridis and Sylvia Patterson on ABC, Michael Hogan and Hannah Verdier on Bat For Lashes, Kate Mossman on The Monkees… and the obligatory much, much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ep #16 – Stranger Things, Wild Beasts’ sexy new album, narcissism in pop 07.08.2016 51:14

On the thinking person’s pop culture podcast this week: Netflix’s fantastic ‘Stranger Things’, Wild Beasts’ new album, and has music gone ME-ME-ME mental in our new age of narcissistic pop? Special guests Laura Snapes and Michael Hann join Andrew and Matt to argue the “toss”. Click to listen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

Ep #15 - Age Of Bowie book, superhero trailer tsunami, British psych rock, Star Trek 31.07.2016 53:55

On this week’s smart pop culture podcast: Paul Morley’s book ‘The Age Of Bowie’… Luke Cage, Wonder Woman and the Marvel/DC trailer tsunami… Star Trek: Beyond… classic British psych rock, and more. Special guests are Dan ‘Harry Hill’ Maier and Michael ‘The Internet’ Moran. Click to listen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Ep #14: Pink Floyd vs Mary Beard, Alan Vega, great bad reggae covers 24.07.2016 51:14

This week on the smart pop culture podcast, special guests Laura Barton of The Guardian and Robin Turner of Caught By The River join Matt and Andrew. On the agenda: Laura goes up Pompeii with David Gilmour and Mary Beard, the legacy of Alan Vega, the joy of terrible reggae covers, and is it time to stop worrying and learn to love Simple Minds? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informat...

Ep #13: Top Of The Pops from beyond the grave, Melody Maker babylon, The Avalanches 17.07.2016 51:58

Can it really be ten years since the very last Top Of The Pops? Could it ever come back? We ask this week's special guests Simon Price and David Stubbs – and get their tales from life at their alma mater, the Melody Maker paper. Also, is The Avalanches new album any good? This and more with co-presenters Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Click to listen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out...

Ep #12 - Caroline Aherne, Judge Dredd uncensored, Miranda Sawyer’s new book and more 10.07.2016 48:52

On this week’s smart pop culture podcast: #CarolineAherne remembered, #MirandaSawyer on her new book #OutOfTime about the changing nature of middle age, #EamonnForde on Apple buying streaming minnow Tidal, and we rediscover a classic #JudgeDredd comics series. Click to listen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Ep #11 - Game Of Thrones S6 wrap-up, Glasto wash-up, Roisin Murphy tear-up 01.07.2016 52:37

Andrew Collins and Sarah Bee join Andrew and Matt in the studio to discuss the sixth season of #GameOfThrones and wonder who'll be left standing when the epic finally draws to a close in two seasons' time. Andrew reports back from #Glastonbury and we review the latest album from Roisin Murphy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Bigmouth Ep #10 - Bat For Lashes, great TV you're missing, 'Odelay' at 20 26.06.2016 53:16

This week top TV journos Hannah Verdier and Michael Hogan join the smart pop culture podcast to tell us – literally – what we're missing. Also, Bat For Lashes' new album 'The Bride', the attack on the #Radiohead playback in Istanbul, and can #Beck's 'Odelay' really be 20 years old? Dear God, apparently so. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices....

Bigmouth Ep #9 - Grace Jones, Glastonbury squabbles, and pop vs. Brexit 19.06.2016 48:33

This week on the smart pop culture podcast, Andrew and Matt are joined by music writers Justin Quirk and Sîan Pattenden. Our topics: why are no musicians engaging with the Euro Referendum? Is Grace Jones the best pop star ever? And why do people get angry about who's headlining Glastonbury? All this and much more… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad...

Bigmouth #8 - Ali and hip hop, C87 indie and Ted Kessler's 'My Old Man' book 12.06.2016 47:49

Is Muhammad Ali the grandfather of hip hop? How did we get from winsome C86 indie to today’s lairy guitar pop? And are our dads reponsible for our musical taste? Special guests Laura Snapes and Ted Kessler – author of new book ‘My Old Man’ – join Andrew and Matt to talk over these matters and more… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Bigmouth Ep #7 - The Monkees, Top Gear and Moby’s book 05.06.2016 52:16

This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Should UKIP and Donald Trump stop pinching beloved songs for their campaigns? Are Moby’s autobiography and the first Monkees album in 20 years any good? The new ‘Top Gear’: decent refurb or candidate for the scrappage scheme? Guests Kate Mossman of the New Statesman and writer David Stubbs join Andrew and Matt to argue on this and much, much more… See ac...

Bigmouth #6 - EoDM, The Return of ABC, Dexys & S'Express, and Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits 29.05.2016 50:13

This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Should Eagles Of Death Metal be kicked off festivals because of their singer’s politics? Comeback albums from Dexys, ABC and S’Express. And legendary Smash Hits writer Sylvia Patterson talks us through ‘I’m Not With The Band’, her hilarious memoir of life at the sharp end of pop journalism. Also joining us is special guest Alexis Petridis, the Guardian’s...

Bigmouth Ep #5 - Retro Special: 90's music, Trainspotting and Punk at the British Library 22.05.2016 50:12

Special guests Dev Sherlock of music blog digest The Hype Machine and music writer Arwa Haider join Andrew and Matt for another edition of the smart pop culture podcast. This week: What’s set off this sudden 90s revival, with the returns of Richard Ashcroft, the Manics, the Stone Roses and even Black Grape? Will ‘Trainspotting 2’ match the original? Just how punk is the British Library’s punk exhi...

Bigmouth Ep #4 - Dylan, Lush and Mercury Prize re-boot 15.05.2016 48:52

On the show this week Eamonn Forde and James Medd join Andrew & Matt in the studio to discuss the 50th anniversary of #blondeonblonde, review the return of Lush, 'the shoegazing ABBA', and peer into Eamonn's big bag of terrible showbiz auto biographies... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bigmouth Ep #3 - Radiohead, Paul McCartney and Bands You Know You Should Like But Don't 08.05.2016 49:40

This week we talk #radiohead, #beatles, a new @paulmccartney book and the bands you should like but don't. With @michaelmoran and #pauldunoyer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bigmouth Ep #2 - Captain America Civil War, Prince and Jonathan Pie 01.05.2016 1:02:19

Bigmouth talks #CaptainAmericaCivilWar, #prince #jonathanpie and #GameOfThrones with @JoeMuggs and @Sarahcrbee See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bigmouth Ep #1 - Game Of Thrones, Record Store Day and Sandy Denny 24.04.2016 53:17

Andrew Collins & Jude Rogers join Andrew Harrison in the studio to discuss #GameOfThrones, #RSD2016, the enduring appeal of #sandydenny, and career ending LP's See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices