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This week on the smart pop culture podcast… Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-wracking new movie DETROIT, hypnotic post-hip-hop from GHOSTPOET, and is Marvel’s DEFENDERS a hit or a miss for Netflix? Special guest Steve Yates joins Matt and Andrew in the Bigmouth bunker. Subscribe po.st/BGM // iTunes po.st/BGMitunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices....

This studio ain’t big enough for the both of them… SPARKS brothers Ron and Russell Mael visit the Bigmouth bunker where they talk to Andrew Harrison and Eamonn Forde about their 45 years as pop’s least predictable duo. How did new album ‘Hippopotamus’ come about? Why are they the only brothers in music who don’t hate each other? Where did Russell’s trademark falsetto come from? How did Ron choose...

This week on the pop culture podcast for thinking layabouts: Would pop have turned out different if Elvis had never met Col. Tom Parker? Can Sky Arts bring a new angle to the genesis of house music? Is The War On Drugs’ new album any good? Special guests film critic Linda Marric and Rob Fitzpatrick of Spotify join Andrew and Matt to argue the “toss”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out i...

The smart pop culture podcast is on its hols for a couple of weeks, so tide yourself over with some of our most fun music talk from the summer. Our guests look at new talents Jane Weaver and Noga Erez plus reissues of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ and ‘OK Computer’ – and everyone has a fab time. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in...

This week on the pop culture podcast for thinking time wasters… Are ARCADE FIRE suffering from a profundity overdose? The BLACK GRAPE album that nobody expected. And have THE FALL made their LP again, or something different? Special guests JUDE ROGERS and JUSTIN QUIRK join Andrew and Matt to thrash it all out. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/priva...

Winter is here… well, that's the British summer for you. Special guests JAMIE EAST of Thronecast/Virgin Radio and ANNA FIELDING of Emerald Street/Stylist join Matt and Andrew to talk about the penultimate series of television’s most brutal fantasy. Plus the Goldie album we missed, and our guests’ selections for beach listening. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes S...

On this week’s sun-baked special, guests JULIA RAESIDE and MICHAEL HANN join Andrew and Matt with ideas of what to play (and read) on your summer hols. Who will choose latin electro, who thinks metal goes well with Ambre Solaire, and will customs see our choices and order an invasive body search? Click to play now or download: http://po.st/RMNCS Subscribe via iTunes: http://po.st/RMNCSitunes See a...

Special guests KATIE PUCKRIK from the telly and novelist-journo-metal-fiend JASON ARNOPP join us for an epic-length pop culture natterfest. This week: Katie’s adventures in smells, Jason’s making a movie with Ron Howard, Peter Capaldi’s exit report as the Doctor, and is it time we stopped worrying and learned to love goth? Plus geek desk correspondent MICHAEL MORAN assesses ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming...

It’s Wales vs Northern Ireland on the smart pop culture podcast this week, as we welcome special guests SaIi Hughes and Eamonn Forde. We look on in awe as the vaults of unreleased Prince tunes creak open, Sali reconnects with her Welsh roots on Public Service Broadcasting’s magnificent picture of the rise and fall of the mining industry, and we all argue about Netflix’s lady wrestlers show and the...

In a possibly unwise podcasting experiment, Andrew talks to friends of Bigmouth old and new in the shadow of the Pyramid Stage. Who was great this year? Who wasn’t? What does “charging the robot” mean and which song titles will the participants get wrong, having been on the Otter Ale since mid-morning? Click to stream now via high-speed optical leyline – or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes...

What’s in the new version of ‘OK Computer’ and is it still the greatest album of all time, ever in history? Is the new album by leather-lunged LGBT belter Beth Ditto any good, and how about the latest cinematic incarnation of Winston Churchill? We sort it all out with guests John Niven – author of ‘Kill Your Friends’ – and journalist Mark Hooper. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po....

Billy Bragg’s new book reckons that skiffle was the original punk DIY explosion – is he right? Can you enjoy an album by a desperately ill star who has to be coaxed through the recording? And why did cosmic synth music sell so well in health food shops? Special guests Kate Mossman of The New Statesman and Travis Elborough join Andrew and Matt to sort it all out. Click here to listen. See acast.com...

They’ve made us an Offred we can’t refuse… On the smart pop culture podcast this week, we review C4’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, look at new albums by Israeli sound-mangler Noga Erez and ambient pop newcomers Cigarettes After Sex, and ask why political pop records are so grim. Special guests Kate Hutchinson and Andrew Male join Andrew H and Matt in the Bigmouth Election Command Centre. Click to listen...

This week on the smart pop culture talk show: Is Twin Peaks the weirdness we need right now? What’s in the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ tape cupboard for non-Beatlemaniacs? And can Saint Etienne’s ‘Home Counties’ mythologise the last mysterious region of England? Special guests Dorian Lynskey and Anthony Teasdale join Andrew and Matt to argue the toss. Listen now or download at http://po.st/y9wbZs See acast.com/...

Is the Age of the Rock Star finished? David Hepworth’s new book reckons so. We argue the toss with this week’s special guests DJ Justin Robertson and actor-comedian Wendy Wason. Plus: the first Radiophonic Workshop album in 32 years, BBC4’s new epic documentary on American roots music, and much much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices....

On this week’s show Rebecca Nicholson and Stevie Chick join Andrew and Matt to talk about new albums from Paul Weller and Jane Weaver, and check out All 4’s dance music documentary ‘I Was There When House Took Over The World’. Plus Michael Moran stops by to eviscerate Ridley Scott’s latest prequel ‘Alien: Covenant’ in the manner of a hungry xenomorph. Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for pri...

A special round-up of 2017’s best releases so far: Sleaford Mods, Stormzy, The xx, Run The Jewels and Flaming Lips. Special guests Zoë Howe, Andrew Male, Mark Hooper, Siân Pattenden and Andy Miller weigh in. Click to listen. And don't forget you can hear all the tracks played on this podcast in full at our Spotify Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS...

Is Blondie’s new album ‘Pollinator’ a top buzz and is Deborah Harry still queen bee? Can Gorillaz exorcise Damon’s demons? And is Marvel’s soft-rock space opera fit for a second outing? Special guests Travis Elborough and Polly Birkbeck, plus special correspondents Michael Moran and Joe Muggs, join Andrew and Matt in the bunker. For the full versions of all the songs played on this podcast visit o...

It’s our first birthday! Special guests are best-selling author and ‘Doctor Who’ geek Jenny Colgan (writer of ‘Who’ spin-offs and beach romances) plus our grime and dubstep correspondent Joe Muggs. Is Bill a good fit for the Tardis? Is Idris Elba too tall for TV? Has Joe Goddard of Hot Chip made a dad house classic? All this and more will be revealed… Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for pri...

This week on the smart people’s pop culture podcast… Father John Misty – genius, dick, or a bit of both? Will comedian Simon Amstell’s sci-fi vegan mockumentary ‘Carnage’ put Andrew off his sausage sandwich? And why can’t we stop watching toff porn like the BBC’s ‘Decline And Fall’? Common oiks Robin Turner and Justin Quirk weigh in. Click to listen! And don't forget you can hear all the tracks pl...

This week on the smart pop culture podcast: David Tennant plays “acid Marxist” psychotherapist RD Laing in ‘Mad To Be Normal’. Marvel Comics’ have a Gerald Ratner moment regarding non-white-male superheroes. Future Islands’ oddball synthpop. And, is it time to stop moaning and learn to love Jamiroquai? Special guests Julia Raeside and Ali Catterall help us sort it all out. Click to listen! See aca...

This week: Our special guests Jude Rogers of The Guardian and Ian Gittins tackle ART SEX MUSIC – the astonishing new autobiography of Throbbing Gristle's Cosey Fanni Tutti – plus new albums from Goldfrapp and British Sea Power and more. Click to listen. And don't forget you can listen to all the tracks played on the show in full by visiting our Spotify playlist See acast.com/privacy for privacy an...

Special guests Michael Hogan (Guardian and Telegraph) and Siân Pattenden join Andrew and Matt to look at Ben Wheatley’s gun-crazy new movie ‘Free Fire’, the first new Jesus And Mary Chain album in 19 years, and BBC2’s dark comedy series ‘Inside No.9’. Click to play! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We expose our chest hair to salute the glory of The BEE GEES – who made their first British recordings exactly 50 years ago – and step warily into the dojo with MARVEL’S IRON FIST, new on Netflix. Plus guests Peter Paphides and The Guardian's Michael Hann on new music by Spoon and whether Anohni is the opposite of a guilty pleasure. Click to stream now – or go here to download: http://po.st/y9wbZs...

Dude, where's my country? Guests Laura Barton (The Guardian, R4) and Andrew Mueller (Monocle, Melody Maker) join Andrew and Matt to dissect Laura Marling’s new album, marvel at the baffling success of The Shires, and look at the last episode of BBC4’s People’s History Of Pop. Click to stream now – or see below for download link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more...