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Chris and Nikki are joined by good friend, Tom, to rank and discuss the albums of Oxford's britpop outliers Supergrass! In part one, expect chat about sideburns on a thirteen year old, thrust and 80s trade union icons as we discuss 'I Should Coco', 'In It For The Money' and 'Supergrass' (the x-ray album).

Just to shuffle things up a bit... Chris and Nikki jump from the 1980s to the 2010s to wittle down 2013's pop compilation, Now That's What I Call Music 84 until only the best three tracks remain! The ultimate compilation playlist so far can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=3d6a81a697d645b0

Chris and Nikki conclude their chat about Elliott Smith's discography with major label debut 'XO', progressive pop-rocker 'Figure 8' and posthumous release 'From A Basement On The Hill' After that, stick around for 'I Used To Be With It, Then They Changed What It Was', where we rank our top 5 artists that more famous artists were once a part of... plus about a m...

Don't kick away the January blues, indulge them with a celebration of Elliott Smith's melancholy magic! In part 1, Chris and Nikki rank the 6 albums of the Portland Singer-Songwriter and get into the first three: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith and Either/Or.

In the absolute nick of time yet again, Chris and Nikki run through their favourite albums of 2024! They discuss some general trends, honourable mentions and then discuss each of their top 10 albums of the year... and what a wonderful year in music it has been!

Seasocompelimination's Greetings! Or some such. Chris and Nikki take a Christmas compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain! This time we're turning to Xfm/Jeepster records' indie rock christmas compilation from 2000, 'It's a Cool, Cool Christmas', originally released in aid of The Big Issue, subsequently reissued in aid of War Child in 202...

Welcome back to Compelimination, where Chris and Nikki take a compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain! This time we're turning to the world of video games with combined soundtracks of the first two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games (from 1999 and 2000), often credited with playing a significant part in introducing a new generation to the joys...

Chris and Nikki return to their discussion of Garbage's discography, covering the three most recent self-released albums: 'Not Your Kind of People', 'Strange Little Birds' and 'No Gods No Masters' with a positivity and enthusiasm that wasn't entirely expected! Stick around for the special feature, Trash of the Titans, in which Chris and Nikki choose their top 5 examples of awful songs by artists t...

Nikki and Chris take on the discography of transatlantic electro-grunge-pop legends, Garbage! Part 1 sees them discuss their overall thoughts on the band, rank the seven studio albums and discuss the first four albums (Garbage, Version 2.0, beautifulgarbage and Bleed Like Me) in more detail.

You know the drill... Chris and Nikki take a compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain! This time we're back to the 'Now' series for the third installment featuring some big hitters (and some big stinkers) from 1984. Remember, all of the winning songs across all Compelimination episodes are being put together to form the ultimate compilati...

*SORRY!* Due to human error, this part was recorded in much poorer quality than usual... In part 2 Nikki and Chris discuss the final three albums of the Oasis discography: Heathen Chemistry, Don't Believe The Truth and Dig Out Your Soul. Stick around for the special feature, They're Just A Little Wrinkly; They're Still Good, They're Still Good, where Chris and Nikki reveal their top 5 acts that th...

Chris and Nikki are back to jump on the hype train just as it leaves the platform and rank the 7 albums of the feuding Manchester Britpop comeback heroes (of ticketmaster's pockets), Oasis! In part 1, the conversation starts with a general musing on the significance of the band and their unexpected reunion as well as Chris and Nikki's personal history with the band's music. The discography is rank...

Join Nikki and Chris as they explore this 90s time capsule of a compilation! Featuring tracks all recorded on the same day by some of the biggest names in UK 90s music, this is a treat. Tracks are eliminated until the two very best remain, which get added to our ultimate compilation playlist (don't click until you've listened if you don't want spoilers!): https://open.spotify.com/playl...

Nikki and Chris continue their discussion of the Gorillaz discography with probably their biggest ranking disagreement so far in 2017's Humanz, followed by The Now Now, Song Machine and 2023's Cracker Island. The special feature for this episode is "I have to go now. My label needs me" to choose the best 5 featured artist performances of all time!

Chris and Nikki are back to rank the 8 albums of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's surprisingly long running art/music project, greatest (only?) animated band in the world: Gorillaz. In part 1, the albums get ranked and the first 4 get discussed in more detail (Gorillaz, Demon Days, Plastic Beach and The Fall). There are some spicy ranking differences here!

Welcome back to Compelimination, where Chris & Nikki take a music compilation and take it in turns to eliminate tracks one by one until only the best remains. These get added to a playlist that will eventually create the greatest compilation of all time! This time, we continue our exploration of the Rock Sound magazine free CDs with 1999's Music With Attitude, Vol.2!

Chris and Nikki conclude their chat through the discography of Glasgow's Post-rock giants, Mogwai. In Part 2, they cover Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, Rave Tapes, Every Country's Sun and As The Love Continues. Stick around for this episode's special feature, "Oops, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet", where Chris and Nikki rank their top 5 bands named...

Just like the subject of this episode... it's been a long quiet build up resulting in a big ol' satisfying ending, as Chris and Nikki finally get around to ranking and discussing the ten albums of Glaswegian post-rock titans, Mogwai! Part 1 includes a brief chat about the band and their legacy, the abum rankings and evaluations of Mogwai Young Team, Come On Die Young, Rock Action, Happy So...

A bonus episode in tribute to the great Steve Albini. Chris and Nikki discuss Steve's impact on their music tastes and outlooks and rank their favourite albums that he had a part in making (but if we're really honest, the ranking element of this episode is more of an excuse to talk about all of his incredible work).

Welcome back to another edition of Compelimination! Chris and Nikki return to 1984 for the second compilation in the NTWICM series to eliminate bangers and flops, one by one, until only the best three remain! Those three songs will be added to our ultimate compilation playlist along with other winning songs from Compelimination episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=...

Welcome back to another edition of Compelimination! This time, Nikki chose the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's 1996 adaptation of Romeo + Juliet for Chris and herself to eliminate tracks from, one by one, until only the best two remain! Those two songs will be added to our ultimate compilation playlist along with other winning songs from Compelimination episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist...

Oooo-aaaaaaaaaaah I wanna rank with you everywhere! Chris and Nikki continue their discussion of Fleetwood Mac's discography from the majestic Tango in the Night, to the disappointment of Behind the Mask, swiftly swimming over the murky depths of Time and ending with the pleasantly surprising Say You Will! Stick around for 'A Beatles Wig and a Ukelele', where they will each choose thei...

OH BOY. Ridiculously, this is the 50th full episode of the Black Band T-Shirt podcast... so we had to do something big! Join Chris and Nikki as they rank and discuss the 8 albums of what we're calling the Buckingham and Nicks era of Fleetwood Mac, from 1975's self titled album through all the highs and lows to 2003's Say You Will. Part one is a slightly epic affair due to a Fleetwood M...

Welcom back to Compelimination, where Chris & Nikki take a music compilation and take it in turns to eliminate tracks one by one until only the best remains. These get added to a playlist that will eventually create the greatest compilation of all time! This time, we start our exploration of the Rock Sound magazine free CDs with 1999's Music With Attitude, Vol.1!

Chris is joined again by Arkady following their conversation last year, ranking the albums of pop-punk megastars Blink 182, to discuss the new album: One More Time... As usual, best and worst songs and we try to place the album in our existing rankings.