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For their third album, @hindsband expanded their sound to cover more instruments and started to write in Spanish. The result is a varied and fuller sounding album than it's predecessors. Settling into a garage-pop like sound, "The Prettiest Curse" emerges as the band's best album. ⁠ Guest picks by:⁠ @newpathstohelicon from @freewiththismonthsissue⁠ and @wedigmusicpcast⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us...

Bea Kristi aka Beabadoobee (@radvxz) spent her childhood surrounded by the 90s, be it movies and music. Incorporating elements of shoegaze, grunge and a little bit of dream-pop - Beabadoobee has crafted one of my favourite albums of the year. ⁠ ⁠ Guest picks by:⁠ Mark Adams from Far Too Many Pordcasts: The Birthday Massacre "Diamonds" and Space "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll"⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us...

An album that was unfairly snubbed for the Mercury Music Prize for silly reasons, Rina Sawayama has created a brilliant balance of the modern and throwback to the 2000s. But somehow manages to incorporate *all* of the sound from that time in one of the best albums this year. ⁠ Guest picks by:⁠ Liam from The Naughtiest Noughty - also picking this album.⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us on Twitter, Face...

Californian Duo Best Coast released their latest album "Always Tomorrow" at the start of this year, with a renewed sense of purpose alongside singer Bethany Cosentino's sobriety and a better positive outlook on life. The result is an album that walks the fine line of optimism and realism. Guest picks by: Leanne / Anniemusic - Aiming for Enrike - "Music For Working Out" Tracy from We Dig Music - Ho...

Previous Disc Pick-ee Dan o'Dell, aka Heartwork released an acoustic cover album of the Blink-182 record, "Enema of the State" after playing a Facebook live set of it earlier this year. It's roots are from a live set he played several years ago that I was at - and was one of the most fun sets I had the pleasure of watching. Dan has now recorded and released the whole album to listen to. ⁠ ⁠ Featur...

Welcome to Pick A Disc's Best of 2020! To begin with, we have the "Wages of Fear" award given to the album discovered this year that was released in a previous year. This year that album belongs to The Manimals' "Multiverse". An album so densely packed with layers of meaning and interpretation that ten minutes of me rambling doesn't seem enough. ⁠ ⁠ Also included in this episode is a snapshot of M...

Matt welcomes back Meg from the Gin and Beer It podcast to talk about the soundtrack to the very divisive movie Love Actually. They talk about the movie alongside the songs, and the differences between the UK and the US release. They also talk about Christmas, as this is a Christmas special! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Meg Visit and listen to Gin and Beer It! https://ginandbeeritshow.com/ Follow us o...

Fifty episodes young! Matt picks an album he regards as one of his top-tier favourites, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly's "Hyper Trophy". In a first for the podcast, Matt speaks to a member of the band behind the album in question! Vocalist/principal songwriter for the band, Matt Roi Berger, speaks to Matt about the genesis of the band and the songs on the album. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Matt Roi Berg...

Helena is once again to talk about the 'lockdown jam' that Sylvan Esso's recently released album "Free Love". The album's talked about alongside the live performance as well as the way genres are named. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Helena Deakin Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Pick A Disc(Ord): https://discord.com/invite/JnZjEYuK3u We Made...

Dana from the "To Buy, To Let, To Murder" podcast joins Matt to talk about a movie soundtrack that shaped her music taste, even if her opinion of the movie differs a lot. With chat about what the movie is trying to represent and how it contrasts with the songs, as well as how the movie's legacy as a milestone of the early 90s clashes with the songs on the soundtrack. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Dana...

This little episode is the "hey I've just seen you can do a trailer in Spotify but it must be something you upload" edition of the podcast. You can listen to this if you want, but technically it's not canon.

Leah from the She Will Rock You podcast is the guest for this episode as she and Matt talk about Paramore's second album, "Riot!" They talk about the youth of the band, a bit about Fuelled by Ramen, the amount of times Leah has listened to the album and about the track "Misery Business". Host: Matt Latham Guest: Leah (She Will Rock You) Listen to She Will Rock You: https://anchor.fm/she-will-rock-...

LA Punk rockers Bad Religion are the focus of this episode of the podcast as Cerebal Jukebox host Carl Bryan talks to Matt about their first album on a major label, "Stranger Than Fiction". They discuss their role in the Punk genre and Carl's story of discovering them. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Carl Bryan Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com ....

Matt is joined by Meg from Gin and Beer It as she talks about the debut Panic! At The Disco album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out". They speak about the sound of the album and it's relationship with the rest of the discography and more!⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Meg Visit and listen to Gin and Beer It! https://ginandbeeritshow.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us...

A textbook in audio form, "The Race For Space" by Public Service Broadcasting is the album that Luke Winch has brought to the table today. He and Matt discuss the album's themes, the link to history and a bit about Luke's music taste in general. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Luke Winch Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . We Made This: @wemadethi...

The second half of the Pretty Fly Podcast hosting team, Bo Nicholson selects an album by a band that Matt has stated on the podcast previously that he's not a fan of. So Bo took on that challenge.... Host: Matt Latham Guest: Bo Nicholson Listen to Pretty Fly! A 90s Nostalgia Podcast here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/pretty-fly Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us...

Deserving of being known for more than just "that hit" Pretty Fly's Daniel Lang talks about Fountain of Wayne's "Welcome Interstate Managers". They talk about *that* song and some of the songs on the album that deserved to be known on the same level as that song. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Daniel Lang Listen to Pretty Fly! A 90s Nostalgia Podcast here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/pretty-fly-for-tw...

The importance of sound and recording are discussed on this episode of Pick a Disc as sound engineer Ben Peilow discusses how Thrice's four part concept multi-EP/album thingy influenced his love of sound. There's discussions on the differences of the four parts and a good chunk of discussion on live music in general. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ben Peilow https://benpeilowaudio.com/ Listen to 2P's in...

Jon Porobill of the PLAY DISC podcast takes over another podcast with the word 'disc' in it to interview Matt about the album Maroon by Canadian superstars, Barenaked Ladies. They talk about the band members, Steven Page's leaving, seeing them live and a few of the songs on the album. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jon Porobill Listen to PLAY DISC here: https://playdisc.fireside.fm/ Follow us on Twitt...

Growing up, failed revolutions, grief and...um, carrier bags are all in this episode of the podcast as Matt speaks to Kez Parvin of the 2P's in a Pod podcast to talk about Frank Turner's second album: "Love Ire and Song" Host: Matt Latham Guest: Kez Parvin Listen to 2P's in a Pod here: https://2ppodcast.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.co...

Completing the We Dig Music trilogy is Ian Clarke, who brings forth the influential third album from Swedish punk band Refused. They talk about the nature of the album, the direction and sound of the songs and it's impact. They also muse on what exactly makes music "punk" and talk about the mentality behind that label. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Ian from WeDigMusic You can follow Colin's ventures be...

A departure from the sound of their first album, Scottish band Idlewild came back with a more much mature, mellower sound with "100 Broken Windows". Singer AnnieMusic and Matt discuss Roddy Woomble's knack for a chorus, the blending of several influences and seeing them live. Host: Matt Latham Guest: AnnieMusic Listen to Mondegreen here: https://heymondegreen.bandcamp.com/ Listen to AnnieMusic her...

Mark Adams of the Life's Milestones podcast and Don't Say The C Word turns up with a 90s classic album in the form of The Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land". Host: Matt Latham Guest: Mark Adams You can follow We Dig Music below: https://www.spreaker.com/show/we-dig-music Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: ht...

White Zombie's "Astro Creep 2000" has followed Colin for the majority of his life as it's "The Best Album Ever". Colin and Matt talk about metal and the sound of the album as Matt's not too familiar with the genre, It also appears to soundtrack trips to Ikea. Why? Give it a listen and find out. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Colin from WeDigMusic You can follow Colin's ventures below: https://www.wedigp...

Jon Porobil from the Play Disc Podcast appears on the podcast to discuss Dan Bern's 1997 self-titled debut! They talk about Bern's song-writing style, song length, what happened to him later on and much, much more! Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jon Porobil Listen to Play Disc here: https://playdisc.fireside.fm/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com...