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Physical Graffiti was Led Zeppelin’s first and only double album. It’s reason for being is Led Zeppelin’s inability to part with any songs born in the freewheeling sessions at Headley Green. So impressed with their bounty, well over the 45 minutes or so required for a single LP, that editing was not an option. The output of these sessions would have amounted to something approaching an album an a...

Here at Blastfrom we live by the ancient adage that, when it comes to popular music, opinions are like ******** – many are utterly rotten and the vast majority should be kept from public view. [Editors note – tell me more about this exceptional minority…]The world famous metadata review site Rate Your Music encourages thousands upon thousands of it’s users to expose their opinions to the world. Th...

You’ll probably understand we’re feeling a little nostalgic for 2019 – mere months removed from the year of Billie Eilish, the Kappadonna weighed down by absurdly baggy attire and more trophies than she could plausibly carry. The topics include the confusing history of the Brit Awards now defunct Lifetime Achievement/Outstanding Contribution to Music category, lovable Lewis Capaldi and why Injury...

Metallica are a Blastfrom favourite. An often perplexing and fascinating band, one of their most interesting moments was the 1988 album ‘…And Justice for All.’The case of the missing bass is a topic that’s well covered and endlessly discussed. There’s the party line on why the bass guitar was drowned out – it was trampling all over James Hetfield’s guitar lines – but we look a little deeper. Given...

In 1984, Billy Squire released a hugely successful single called Rock Me Tonite. In the burgeoning MTV era, music videos were inexorably linked to the featured singles. Squier later blamed the video for the downturn in his popularity. We ask – why? The Blasftrom crew dance around the issues of Hard Rock masculinity, music video direction, choreography, set dressing, war, politics and animal welfar...

Acoustic dynamics and the arrangement of sound is the topic we did not get to cover due to an amazing turn of events. The ever unpredictable Baba Gadji somehow invades the brand new Blastfrom Castfrom location to give us what for. As for the new location we've still to settle on a name. The Hip-Roof Hothouse; Castle Blastula; Kanye Cove; Kanye Kove; Alcoholics Identified; The Poding Hovel. All pos...

Wow! What an honour it was to speak with the reclusive legend of Electro-Pop - Baba Gadji. A huge amount of time and effort went in to tracking down, planning and arranging an interview with this most elusive interviewee. There are no hard feelings about his cutting the interview short. It's perfectly fine that a certain member of the Blastfrom crew cried themselves to sleep over it. You can follo...

Revelations among the revelry as Santa sets us straight in this festive episode of the Blastfrom Castfrom. The enigmatic immortal saint gives us his take on some of your favourite holiday tunes. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the Blastfrom Castfrom to receive this kind of nonsense in your podcast at absurdly random times. Happy Holidays everyone!http://www.blastfrom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Casting an established musician in your movie is an attractive proposition, but is it a good idea. The Blastfrom team have absolutely no frame of reference for this so who better to meander through the subject. Cher, Lauryn Hill, Black Thought, Tom Waits and a revolting bottle of wine are all red hot topics in this new scintillating episode of Blastfrom Castfrom. P.S. Mike Tyson... we're going to...

Every album cover tells a story. Sometimes that story isn't entirely clear. We pick random album covers from the extensive Blastfrom vinyl collection and tell you what is going on. This is an entirely aural review of an entirely visual medium so we have listed the album covers for your reference. Or better still, follow us @theblastfrom (https://www.instagram.com/theblastfrom) on Instagram and loo...

We've been covering the explicit turn that Hip Hop took in the mid eighties and how that changed the genre in the nineties. A Hip Hop novice gives us their take on the Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap, Mafioso Rap and Horrorcore genres courtesy of Blastform playlists, which you can listen to at https://open.spotify.com/user/blastfrom?si=jhxn0hxXQo-rMnhjJhBugw Did you know that your ear has tastebuds? Mus...

In this episode we’re joined by music critic Artie Greycup, former radio host Jerry Makavoi and that guy who won the competition. We reminisce about a year shaped by the teachings of the great Kanye West. An episode you’ll never forget… unless you’re Artie Greycup. Esskeetit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Malcolms are cellist Harvey Lafoux and spoken word genius Paul George. While they neglect to explain their band name they do discuss their origins, their important cause and their all consuming creative process. Which word will you smell? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A time-swim back to the year 1970 with musicologist Hilary Burden and music historian Rusty Melicano. We discuss the end of the sunshine 60s (extensively and against their will) and the beginning of a darker decade. We also decode the chunga-wunga lyrics of Roadhouse Blues by The Doors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Power Tint are a German-Scottish-Neutral Waters Electronic music duo... or trio. Here they talk about owning multiple Korgs, surprising musical influences and their upcoming album "Twelve-One". We're also joined by their manager, and unofficial third or fourth or possibly fifth member of the band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inaugural Blastfrom Castfrom. We sit back and forth uncomfortably for a perplexing chat with Jimmy Anzug of Jimmy and the Sit Backs to discuss his prolific musical output. An extraordinarily busy and forward thinking musician constantly pondering what the future will hold for us, Jimmy let's us in on a few of his bold predictions. Jimmy and the Sit Backs are a Folk Rock Punk Soul band who's ni...