Over/underrated: a music podcast with Fran and Babs

Crowded House are the closest Fran and Babs have come to a musical fall-out, but thankfully they both put their differences aside to discuss how good Ladyhawke is... Babs highly recommends checking out the Young At Heart compilation which someone has kindly put together on Spotify . Relatedly, the Spotify playlist The '80s All Lined Up is one of platform's best.  The playlist for this episode...

Our first episode with a special guest to help us broaden our musical horizons! Punk professor Kate Allvey from the Straight Talking English podcast joins to ask if anyone likes the Sex Pistols' music and introduces us to the German kings of psycho horror, Mad Sin... Listen to Kate's podcast and follow her on Twitter @Str8talkEnglish .  You can check out Kate and Babs' Retro RAW special episo...

In the first episode of 2021, Fran is questioning whether Fatboy Slim deserves so much praise - he hasn't released that many new tunes recently - while Babs wants Blood Red Shoes to receive more accolades, especially from British rock fans... You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists discussed during the epi...

Tweaking the format slightly to finish the year on a more positive note, Fran and Babs have each shared their 10 favourite songs of 2020 and discuss their top over/underrated musicians and moments of 2020. How melodic will Fran's playlist be? Will Babs' selection be filled with "angry, soulless" music? Ultimately - will they agree on a single song?!  You can find the playlist for this episode...

Babs wants to convince you alt-J Δ aren't just your average nice posh boys, while Fran ponders where Duels disappeared to after burning bright in the mid-noughties.  You can find the playlist for this episode  'Over/underrated - Ep 3: Leeds, alt-J (Overrated) & Duels (Underrated)' on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists discussed duri...

Fran takes us through the best of R.E.M.'s back catalogue and Babs pleads with us to take The B-52's more seriously. You can find the playlist for this episode  'Over/underrated - Episode 2: Athens GA, R.E.M. (Overrated) & The B-52's (Underrated)' on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists discussed during the episode. Download, subscribe and...

Babs lets out years of rage against Oasis while Fran passionately discusses Rick Witter & the boys... You can find the playlist for this episode 'Over/underrated - Episode 1: Britpop, Oasis (Overrated) & Shed Seven (Underrated)' on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists discussed during the episode. The Oasis "shine" compilation is on YouTube...

Fran and Babs ( @flame_me_up ) are music fans living in two different countries (England and Belgium). After meeting online thanks to a mutual love of music and comedy, they decided to start a podcast together as an outlet for their passionate opinions - so they came up with a format, hopped on Zoom to record, and lo - a new music podcast was born 👼🏽  How does it work? Well, we think o...