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I wanna rank it, I wanna rank it wit chu! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps and guest Adam Vallely finish their Queens of the Stone Age ranking, and make Adam squirm as they force him to choose his top 5 songs by guests on his Audience Please! podcast. The chat continues with some extremely varying opinions on Era Vulgaris, ...Like Clockwork & Villains, plus our usual plugs & shoutouts at the e...

Nicotine, rankium, vicodin, marankjuana, ecstasy and rankohol! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the discography of desert dwellers Queens of the Stone Age, along with guest Adam Vallely, host of the Audience Please! podcast! We get into chat on why Josh Homme may be the 2nd/3rd best QOTSA vocalist, some Vindaloo-level takes in the album rankings and how Songs For The Deaf may just abo...

I ain’t saying she’s a gold ranker, but she ain’t messin’ with no broke ranker! We conclude our chat on Kanye with our 4 highest records, do our The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs from albums with banned artwork and our usual shoutouts. CW: there is mention of sexual assault in this episode, if you’d feel more comfortable skipping this one we’d completely understand. Our Spotify Rank Bank playli...

Th-th-that that don’t kill me, can only rank me stronger! The Black Band T-Shirt lads are back  with another episode, this time ranking the albums of Kanye West. We get into the nitty-gritty of him as a man vs him as a musician, and no punches are pulled, but there’s a lot to celebrate here musically, with four albums covered plus his collaboration records. Apologies for the popping mics, we’ve go...

This is a .44 caliber ranking straight from our heart. Apologies if you were expecting part 2 of Coheed & Cambria, we lost the file, but we will be back with Rob in a month or two. Instead we’re giving you the top 5 songs of the only band ever, Alexisonfire! We get into chat on the punk scene of Canada, 3 of the best vocalists in the game and the ArcTanGent silent disco. Follow Ollie on Twitte...

And I gotta get to rank bottom! Ollie and Chris take on Paramore’s most recent output in this part, plus a beautifully niche The Nicher, The Better. The boys get into chat on Paramore’s crimes against music, “depression and marimbas” and push our (fictional) glasses up our nose to become “music journalists”... Join us in two weeks for the second part of our odyssey on Coheed and Cambria with guest...

I’m in the business of rankery, let’s take it from the top! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are taking on the discography of Paramore on this episode, plus some chat on Hayley’s solo efforts and guest spots. We get into chat on their renaissance as a TikTok meme, “Flux all over again” & well... the Misery Business business. All our favourite cuts plus our The Nicher The Better top 5 and shoutouts...

Hide your feathers, little rank porch lady! Ollie, Chris and Rob continue the Coheed chat which gets a little...sloppy shall we say. We cover the Year of the Black Rainbow documentary which is very, erm, revealing (especially on its producer), bootcut jeans in space and taking power tools to instruments (for why?) Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show is released wi...

MAN YOUR OWN RANKHAMMERS! Black Band T-Shirt podcast begin the odyssey that is ranking the albums of modern prog masters Coheed and Cambria, joined by our good pal Rob Barbour! In this first part we cover “what if Warhammer 40k could cry?”, the Finch effect and how Coheed and Cambria are like Mission Impossible movies Follow Chris on @cmgrumps, Ollie on @olliexcore and Rob on @puns_n_roses. Chris...

OPEN THE CURTAINS! SINGING BIRDS, TELL ME "RANK THE BUILDINGS DOWN"! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another Top 5 episode, focusing on Massachusetts scene darlings The Hotelier! The chaps cover the emo revival, “Tom Petty bullshit” and overt obsession with a gig at the Fighting Cocks. Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps, get at us with your Hotelier top 5! We are...

Salt sweat! Sugar honey rankphalt! Part 2 of our Jimmy Eat World ranking sees Ollie, Chris and guest Neal go through Jimmy Eat World’s latter career, with all its hits and misses. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on best songs from self-titled albums that aren’t debuts (catchy), and our usual shoutouts. Unfortunately Neal’s audio wasn’t recoverable for the last part of the podcast, sorry...

And how long would it take me, to rank across the United States, all alone? But of course we're not alone, Black Band T-Shirt welcomes our top pal Neal Pike to rank the discography of Arizona emo legends Jimmy Eat World! We go through their first five records (plus some chat on their first self-titled album and some B-sides), and the chaps discuss wholesome bangers, Jim Adkins being “horny on main...

COS YOU KNOW I'M ON FIRE WHEN YOU RANK! The Bloc Party ranking concludes with the chaps proselytising about their top two and a cleansing chat on 00s indie debuts for our The Nicher, The Better top 5. We have our usual shoutouts and introduce our next episode, ranking the records of Jimmy Eat World with poet and playwright extraordinaire Neal Pike! We will be updating our Rank Bank Spotify playlis...

OUR MERCURY'S IN RANKROGRADE! Black Band T-Shirt podcast go off to the indie disco, ranking the discography of Bloc Party! This first part covers an album that Chris wishes had never been recorded, some lyrics that Ollie wishes had never been put to tape, and the song that made some people wish they hadn't bothered with Bloc Party - and people say they've only got one album worth talking about! Fo...

YOU TAKE THE HIGH RANK NOW, I’LL TAKE THE RANK BELOW IT! Ollie, Chris and Matt finish off their Mastodon ranking, where Matt thinks Blood and Thunder is overrated (😱), Ollie discusses stupid past decisions and we rank our Top 5 musician cameos in TV shows in The Nicher The Better, inspired by Mastodon’s appearance in Game of Thrones. Ollie and Chris also go a bit HAM on their shoutouts. All the c...

THINK THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO RANK ME! Hell of a task this time around as the Black Band T-Shirt boys rank the discography of Atlanta metal giants Mastodon, with My Eyes Are Old and Bent guitarist Matt Markham! We get into Ollie’s feelings on Crack The Skye with spicy takes abound, their offcuts and rarities and Matt proselytising about his guitar heroes. Follow Ollie @olliexcore and Chris @cmgr...

And still we will be here, ranking like statues! The Black Band T-Shirt boys finish their Enter Shikari ranking, with some exciting revelations for young Christopher. We do our top 5 songs about John or Johnny, our usual shoutouts and introduce our next episode, ranking Mastodon with MEAOAB guitarist Matt Markham! CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains mentions of sexually predatorial behaviour, a...

SHIT! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back at it again, ranking the albums of rockin’ ravers Enter Shikari! Ollie and Chris discuss the time two adult men nearly had a fight over a band, why the band may not have won over Ollie’s Herts (geddit?!) and comparing the band with a member who looks like one of The Inbetweeners to... The Inbetweeners. Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris @cmgru...

Ollie, Chris and Alex are back with part 2 of Black Band T-Shirt, ranking the albums of The White Stripes, covering Alex’s hatred of American spelling, CKY and Partridge impressions abound as we do our top 5 Bond themes in The Nicher, The Better! Links for the stuff mentioned in the shoutout section below, hope you’ve enjoyed our chat and we’ll be back next time ranking Enter Shikari! Give us a ra...

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back, and with our first guest in tow, Chris’ brother and My Eyes Are Old And Bent drummer Alex Morrant! He suggested The White Stripes for us, and in this first part we go in on why it’s not ironic that a drummer chose The White Stripes, their incredible covers, and how Jack White can, on one song, sound like Jack Black. Follow our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent @m...

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are seeing in 2021 with a bang, ranking the discography of Björk! In the first part we cover her nineties output plus Vespertine, and have a brief chat about her pre-solo career. Chris and Ollie also discuss which version of the greatest song of all time is better, Lars Von Trier (eurgh) and being “horny for Björk”. Content warning for this episode: stalking, harrassme...

The Black Band T-Shirt boys are back on their Björk bullshit! We round off the Icelandic genius’ canon with her 21st century work, including talk of the return of “metal’s Timmy Mallett” Mike Patton to the podcast, the eternal question of whether Björk is better when she’s sad or randy and her “how do you do fellow kids” phase. We also cover our top 5 songs of 1993, which can be found on our Black...

Rank the halls with Chris and Ollie! It’s a festive Black Band T-Shirt special where the chaps take you through their top 5 songs by Surrey alt-rock legends Reuben. Quality’s a bit dodgy (sorry about that) but you can still just about make out the chaps chatting about Rock Sound compilations, UKIP’s favourite son Morrissey and Queen (not that one). Follow Ollie on @olliexcore, Chris on @cmgrumps,...

Miss Machine and Dissociation are covered on the concluding part of the Black Band T-Shirt lads’ chat on The Dillinger Escape Plan, along with a quick run-through of their EPs. The chaps also have an almighty chinwag on the top 5 songs by supergroups, and have a big old nostalgia sesh. We also have talk on Greg as a goblin, Mike Patton being your whacky uncle and Kate Beckinsale in a latex catsuit...

We’re back with a bang! Or a plan rather, a Dillinger Escape Plan to be precise! In the first part of our Dillinger discog deep dive, we cover Ire Works, Calculating Infinity, Option Paralysis & One Of Us Is The Killer The Black Band T-Shirt chaps love The Dillinger Escape Plan, maybe almost as much as they love spicier takes than a scotch bonnet chili, horses with fists for hooves and whether...