Pick A Disc

One third of the (newly part of the We Made This network) We Dig Music podcast, Tracy B talks to Matt about the third Scud Mountain Boys' album "Massachusetts". They talk about the songwriting, Joe Pernice and inter connectivity in songs. There's also a game played at the start. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tracy B You can follow We Dig Music below: https://www.spreaker.com/show/we-dig-music Follow us...

Matt is in the guest seat again! This time he talks to Without A Mouse's Tim Henton about The Postal Service's "Give Up." Alongside talk on the album, they also talk about side projects and those that might be better than the main projects. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tim Henton Listen to WithoutAMouse here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/without-a-mouse Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagra...

Back yet again for a THIRD time, Helena Deakin talks about Caroline Polachek's 2019 "Pang". They'll talk about the usual things: songs, songwriting, Caroline etc. etc. There's even a bit about Matt dancing on Instagram stories you can easily skip. We'll wait. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Helena Deakin You can follow Helena on Instagram: @hel.grace. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @Pick...

We're back! After a break and some slight deviations due to milestones and Christmas Matt is back to talk albums! This fortnight we welcome back Tony Black to talk about the Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Soundtrack! Full of late 60s rock, Tony and Matt talk about it's relationship with the film and soundtracks in general. THERE ARE NO SPOILERS FOR THE FILM. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tony Black Foll...

York based Indie-pop band Teen Girl Scientist Monthly are our top album of 2019. Lots of upbeat sounding songs with gang-vocal chants and just plain fun. Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: WeBuyRecords Podcast! http://www.spreaker.com/show/we-buy-records Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: https://www.faceb...

GIRLI is the name of Milley Toovey's genre-warping musical project that covers all sorts of genres like rap, dance, pop, punk, riotgrrl and even poetry. Odd One Out is an album that offers a snapshot of what she's capable of. Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Simon from the Giddy Carousel of Pop: https://www.spreaker.com/show/giddypoppod Ian from WeDigMusic: https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/new-blog...

The PickADisc supergroup that is made of Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes released this concept album in January of this year (days after we recorded the Phoebe episode) and it turned out to be a match made in music heaven. Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Tracey B from the WeDigMusic Podcast! https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/new-blog Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @P...

New day, new album! Massachusetts Punk band Potty Mouth is next up with their awesome sounding pop-punk album "SNAFU". Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Christ Stachiw of the One Season Show Colin from WeDigMusic! https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/new-blog Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: https://www.facebo...

Please - you know this is going to be full of silly names. First up, Matt picks "Family Mammal" by Brighton/Bury St Edmunds trio Gaffa Tape Sandy! High octane rock that feels like it's influenced by a load of Matt's favourite bands! Host: Matt Latham Guest picks by: Tim Henton from Without A Mouse: https://www.spreaker.com/show/without-a-mouse Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickA...

IT'S CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAASSSS!! Colin from WeDigMusic is back once again with a playlist of gifts in song form to go through as he and Matt talk about Christmas music. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Colin from WeDigMusic You can follow Colin's ventures below: https://www.wedigpodcasts.com/ https://drivenlikethesnow.bandcamp.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at p...

Chosen by people on Twitter, Matt listens to Back to Bedlam by James Blunt for the first time whilst listening to it. Expect tangents on Blade Runner and when he passed his driving test. He also mispronounces a name or two. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail.com . Join the PickADisc Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/gr...

Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" blew up - breaking records and launching a new classic album into the musicsphere. Returnee Chris Wilson shows up to talk about how he found the album and why it's so bloomin' awesome. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Chris Wilson Listen to Cinemortuary here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/cinemortuary-podcast Listen to WithoutAMouse here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/witho...

Tame Impala is the name of the music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. Jess Byard of the One Season Show guests to talk about how the album soundtracked a transitional period in her life and how much she resonates with the themes of the album. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Jess Byard Listen to The One Season Show here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/one-season-show You can list...

Amy Studt signed to Polydor records when she was fifteen and released her debut album "False Smiles" two years later. Matt is joined by Chris Haigh to talk about "False Smiles" and to natter about just how bloody brilliant it is. They talk about how different their copies of the album are, how relate-able the songs are and why it felt different to what her initial singles sounded like. Host: Matt...

Musician George Gadd guests to talk about the debut Alkaline Trio album "Goddamnit". They talk about the themes of the album, Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, Skiba's role in Blink-182 and we delve into just how much of a devoted fan George was... Host: Matt Latham Guest: George Gadd You can access George's music below: https://georgegadd.bandcamp.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @Pic...

In unfamiliar territory yet again, Matt sits in the guest chair as guest host Colin (he who picketh the Bright Eyes album in episode four) quizzes Matt about "A Grand Don't Come For Free" by The Streets. They talk about how the album tells a single story, the use of music in the album and how they think Mike Skinner may just be a genius. Host: Colin from WeDigMusic Guest: Matt Latham You can follo...

Carl Sweeney of The Movie Palace picks Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" to talk about for this episode, He and Matt discuss Springsteen's writing, his approach to an album and also his live performance as well. ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Carl Sweeney Listen to The Movie Palace here: https://themoviepalace.libsyn.com/ Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Ema...

Chris Stachiw of the Kulturecast and The One Season Show picks Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" on this episode of Pick a Disc. He and Matt talk about the album, which version to listen to and spend a lot of time talking about the movie. There's also talk of live albums in general as Matt talks about the only two he's listened to properly. ⁠ ⁠ Host: Matt Latham Guest: Chris Stachiw Listen to The...

We speak to Rob Yeomans from the Cinemortuary Podcast to talk about Nirvana's final album, "In Utero." We talk about the album and the impact it had on Rob's taste and we delve a little into the bands other members formed in the wake of Nirvana ending. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Rob Yeomans Listen to Cinemortuary here: Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc...

Matt chats to Dan O'Dell (@heartworkmusic) about B-Sydes' 2015 debut album "Constant Fictions". Knowing Ben Sydes for just under a decade, Dan talks about meeting Ben, seeing the songs develop and there's plenty of talk about the process of creating demos ready to go into a studio to record. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Dan O'Dell You can follow Dan on Instagram: @heartworkmusic. You can follow his wo...

Matt finds his expectations challenged this week as he listens to the Finnish Goth Rock band HIM and chats to Brandi Jackola about their third album, "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights". Aside from talking about the album, they also talk about the label "goth" and what it may encompass as a label/culture. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Brandi Jackola You can follow Brandi on Twitter: @brandiwine12....

Returning to face off in a debate over whether this is the best album of one of their favourite bands, Helena Deakin talks about why Slow Club's final album is her favourite. But it's Matt's least favourite...find out why in this episode that covers the album but also dips into the band as a whole - and plenty of discussion on the recent film about the band, "Our Most Brilliant Friends". Host: Mat...

This is easy - the album in question is easy in the high end of Matt and the guest's top albums of all time. Which album? "The Wages of Fear" by Tellison. Which guest? Simon Christopher from Doing Life Records. They talk about why they love the album, the songs and the difference that two singers has on the album. They also fanboy like bonkers. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Simon Christopher You can fo...

Wait! Things sound a little different! What's that music? Why does Matt sound dodgier than usual? Well, take a trip back to 2015 with this special episode of Pick A Disc which is...the first ever iteration of Pick A Disc. The backstory of this episode is revealed quite early on, but whilst you see the genesis of the podcast - the album talked about is Nick Cave's most successful album to date: Mur...

We cut the mic today as we venture into instrumental music as Matt and Tony Black discuss Lemon Jelly's 2002 album, "Lost Horizons." We talk about what you can get from instrumental music and film scores, and a little into how you can form a visual representation from music. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tony Black Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @PickADisc. Email us at pickadisc@gmail....