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Taaaaake my rank, we’re off to Never Never Rank! A big, beefy second part here as Ollie, Chris and guest Lucy Bonnett take on …And Justice For All, Metallica (aka The Black Album), Load, Reload and the infamous experiment that is St Anger - spicy takes abound here. We also do a little chat on Garage Inc to close it out, as we just needed to cram in a little more. All our best cuts, top 5 choices a...

Rank before my eyes, now it’s time to die! Ollie, Chris and guest Lucy Bonnett start their ranking and look back at the massive career of the biggest heavy metal band of all time, Metallica! We get into Kill ‘Em All, Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets on this part, no small potatoes here. We close out this part with a little chat on S&M, as a bonus. We announce at the start of the show w...

Am I dying? Is this blissful? I want to rank! Chris and Ollie provide their opinions on their respective favourite Deafheaven records, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love and Sunbather, in this part - sheets were not laid down, carpets were ruined. We also do our The Nicher, The Better top 5 on best songs from albums with (at least 70%) pink covers, and our usual plugs & shoutouts at the end. All our...

We rank them all, a great rank of colour! The Black(gaze) Band T-Shirt chaps are back, ranking and chatting the glorious discography of Californians Deafheaven! We get into Roads To Judah, New Bermuda and 2021 effort Infinite Granite on this part. We are now on Twitter @bbts_pod, come follow us and have a chat about all things hipster black metal! Ollie is on there @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmg...

Rank together, right now, over me! We reach the final part of our Beatles ranking, covering Abbey Road and Let It Be. We made it! Also in this part we do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs by artists subject to musical conspiracy theories, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode, we’ll be back in a couple of weeks ranking Deafheaven’s 5 albums (sweet relief after...

We all live in a yellow rankerine! Chris and Ollie are back at it with part 2 of ranking The Beatles, taking on Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album. Yes, as you’ll see from the length, we do spend that long talking about just four albums. Chris owns up to having takes just to wind Ollie up and Ollie concedes the Beatles might have been alright sometimes - surprises aboun...

She was just rankenteen, you know what I mean. In the first part of our odyssey across the Beatles universe, the Black Band T-Shirt chaps take on the Fab Four’s first six albums, mostly involving chat on, although there are highlights to be found, how not very good they are. Sorry, not sorry. We are now on Twitter! Find us on @BBTS_Pod and tell us why we’re wrong/right/great/shit. Chris is on Twit...

Welcome to the first episode of Black Band T-Shirt: Revisited! Fittingly, the first is discussing the subject of our first ever episode, Biffy Clyro! We talk about the new album The Myth of Happily Ever After and where we would place it in our rankings.

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another bonus top 5 episode, ranking our favourite songs from French hardcore trio Birds in Row with Cat Rowland of incaseyouleave and Older! Cat, Ollie and Chris get into their live presence, their influence and what a bloody brilliant record We Already Lost The War (World) is. All our shouts and a sprinkling of our shoutouts  will be added to our S...

Cos you make my rank quake! The second part of Black Band T-Shirt’s ranking of Tyler, The Creator sees Ollie and Chris cover Call Me If You Get Lost, Igor and Flower Boy, along with our The Nicher The Better top 5 on best songs by bands with 7 or more words in their name, along with our usual shoutouts. We’ll be back in a fortnight with our pal Cat Rowland of incaseyouleave and Older, doing a Top...

Rank people, rank shit, rank school! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back and celebrating their 20s with modern hip-hop icon Tyler, The Creator! We cover his first three records on this part, and get into chat on the regrettable lyrical content, the “banger-free” period and perhaps the most #AccidentalPartridge Newsnight interview of all time. Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortl...

I don’t rank you no more, ranks will get better. We reach the end of our Coheed chat with Rob Barbour where we cover Vaxis I: The Unheavenly Creatures, new single Shoulders and the lockdown madness that was Jessie’s Girl 2. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs from albums that feature a musician for one album only (that weren’t a debut) and our usual shoutouts. In two week’s time it...

Rank your everything from here to Mars! We’re finally back with our pal Rob Barbour finishing our Coheed & Cambria odyssey, covering the second half of their career. The Afterman: Ascension & Descension and The Color Before The Sun are covered on this part, alongside chat on dodgy Coheed tattoos, Rob’s heart eyes emoji for Zach Cooper and one last “fuck you” to A**icus Ro**. All our best c...

What a way to go, we’re still ranking for a bus that we missed years ago! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another Top 5 episode, this time doing their favourite songs of Mancunian progsters Oceansize! Inspired by  Vennart’s headline slot at Portals festival which he unfortunately had to pull out of, we revisit BritRock for the second time and review the excellent Portals festival....

I miss the comfort in being ranked! Ollie and Chris round off their Nirvana rankings quite obviously with In Utero and Nevermind, along with their The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs ruined by Weird Al Yankovic and our usual shoutouts. We apologise for dips in and out of sound quality, we were experiencing technical difficulties on this one. Hope you’ve enjoyed our first of hopefully a few visits...

Wouldn’t you believe it, it’s just our rank! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the “5 albums” of Nirvana! Ollie and Chris get into chat on Nevermind’s recent controversy, that bit of Where Did You Sleep Last Night? and some chat on Sliver - The Best of the Box & You Know You’re Right. All the best cuts from this episode and our The Nicher The Better Top 5 & shoutouts can be fou...

Ollie, Chris and Ash are back with the second part of their Arab Strap odyssey, taking on their three most recent records; Monday at the Hug and Pint, The Last Romance and this year’s comeback record As Days Get Dark. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs with out-of-tune singing that still sound good, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Thanks very much to Ash for being on, it’ll ju...

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another guest, this time chatting Scottish miserablists Arab Strap with Ash Tubb of the mighty Sugar Horse! The chaps get into chat on how this band has affected Chris’ mood more than anyone else we’ve covered (yes, even including Radiohead), “Wham on ket” and how Arab Strap are the masters of the opening line. Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updat...

Ollie, Chris and guest Nikki Bonnett return to Radiohead to finish their ranking, taking in Hail To The Thief, In Rainbows, The King of Limbs and A Moon Shaped Pool. Also featured is our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs with days of the week in the title, and our usual musical shoutouts.  Our Spotify rank bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show goes out, now standing at over...

Rank it ‘til it bleeds! The second part of our PJ Harvey ranking sees the chaps go through Stories From The City, Let England Shake, Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love and continue to celebrate a wonderful and varied career. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs from artists from the West Country (excluding Bristol) and our usual shoutouts Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated...

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the discography of Dorset’s finest daughter, PJ Harvey! We get into chat about why we may not have gone in on PJ before, the variety of eras in her career, including the return of Ollie’s heart eyes emoji for anything vaguely trip-hop related and disparagement of jazz - what else are podcasts for if not obvious tropes as I alluded to earlier? Follow Ol...

Ollie, Chris and Nikki take on OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac in this part, so two of the most landmark records of all time…and Amnesiac. They go into chat on Radiohead’s “jazz hands” moment, two of Ollie’s favourite songs of all time and two accidental Chris puns - give us a shout if you notice them. Our Spotify rank bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show goes out, now standing at...

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, you ranking screaming Gucci little piggy! We welcome Nikki Bonnett onto the podcast to rank the albums of Oxford’s finest Radiohead - oh yes, it’s happening! On this first part we discuss Pablo Honey and The Bends (yep, only got through two records, strap in people!) and cover Thom’s Johnny Rotten voice, Radiohead’s talent for a closer and maybe our most exciti...

Bienvenue à parte deux de T-Shirt Bande Noire! We finish our rankings on France’s finest Gojira, covering L’Enfant Sauvage, From Mars To Sirius and their latest album Fortitude. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs that mention fictional monsters in the title, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Also, Chris makes one of the spiciest takes in the history of podcasting, so look forwar...

Episode 13, unlucky for some, but is it unlucky for the Black Band T-Shirt lads? The chaps take on French metal titans Gojira, and rank their seven albums from worst to best. They also get into their feelings on mainstream metal in 2021, the worst album Chris has heard so far doing this podcast, and slaughtering some sacred metal cows - sacré bleu! Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris on...