Sombrero Fallout

SF0145 Festive Forthy 2023, #40-28 07.12.2023 1:08:00 ↓

The first of 3 episodes dedicated to the best tracks of 2023. Well, some of them.

SF0144 - Neutral Milk Hotel 25 years later 30.11.2023 1:08:33 ↓

It's a quarter of a century since Neutral Milk Hotel effectively stopped. Here's a celebration plus some bands who owe a debt to their unique sound.

SF0143 Same band, same song, different version 16.11.2023 1:06:01 ↓

What happens when artists first demo a familiar song or re-imagine it years later.

SF0142 Lanes, Ways and Automobiles 02.11.2023 1:09:13 ↓

The thrill of the open road. An episode about cars, roads and motorways.

SF0141 Sibling Bands 19.10.2023 1:09:15 ↓

Ending up in the same band as your sibling. Here's some of the best tracks that combination can produce.

SF0140 Talking Heads 40 Years On 05.10.2023 1:06:25 ↓

As 'Stop Making Sense', the Talking Heads live concert film is re-released and given the IMAX treatment, we look back on the group and their legacy.

SF0139 Lovers of Today 21.09.2023 1:07:34 ↓

An outstanding selection of alternative love songs from the 2020s.

SF0138 Guest Host, Gideon Haigh 07.09.2023 1:07:59 ↓

I was stoked when Gideon Haigh, one of the world's pre-eminent cricket journalists, joined me to share his love for alternative music. A brilliant on-brand tracklist inevitably resulted.

SF0137 False Endings 24.08.2023 1:04:25 ↓

Tracks with false endings, codas and late changes of direction from a variety of genres.

SF0136 Chicago Now 10.08.2023 1:05:06 ↓

There's a brand new alt-scene in 2020s Chicago and here's some great examples of what's happening there.

SF0135 On returning 30.07.2023 1:05:11 ↓

Refreshed and back from its holidays, Sombrero Fallout wants to share some classic alternative tracks about returning with you.

SF0134 Over the Oceans 11.05.2023 1:08:14 ↓

An Ocean's Eleven of songs. Well, an Ocean's Fourteen, to be accurate.

SF0133 Simon Reynolds, Guest Host 27.04.2023 1:13:59 ↓

Renowned music critic and author Simon Reynolds joins the podcast to choose some of his favourite tracks.

SF0132 Remembering Tom Verlaine 13.04.2023 1:11:09 ↓

Paying tribute to the great Tom Verlaine and some of the groups his band Television influenced.

SF0131 Tara Emelye Needham, Guest Host 30.03.2023 1:16:32 ↓

Tara Emelye Needham, an integral mover within the Millennial Long Island music scene, introduces us to some tracks which have influenced her - and some of her own bands' tracks as well.

SF0130 Young Marble Giants 16.03.2023 1:07:54 ↓

Young Marble Giants left a slim volume of work but a disproportionately large legacy. Here we listen to their music and its influence.

SF0129 Liverpool and Merseyside 02.03.2023 1:05:29 ↓

An open top bus tour around the best alternative tunes from Liverpool and Merseyside

SF0128 30 Years On - 1993 Revisited 16.02.2023 1:07:31 ↓

None of the smash hits, but some of the alternative tunes from 1993.

SF0127 Friendship 02.02.2023 1:06:39 ↓

Alternative songs about friends and friendship from 1968 to 2022

SF0126 Folktronica 19.01.2023 1:05:38 ↓

Where folk meets electronics, that's folktronica, folks.

SF0125 Those We Lost In 2022 05.01.2023 1:25:00 ↓

A commemoration of the alternative music artists we lost in 2022.

SF0124 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 3, #14-#1 22.12.2022 1:11:06 ↓

So, here it is: the best tracks of 2022. And it's the best year for music ever, as always, with all these songs to add to all the ones from every other year.

SF0123 Festive Forthy 2022 , Pt 2, #27-#15 15.12.2022 1:08:33 ↓

Part Two in our trilogy of episodes celebrating the best tracks of 2022.

SF0122 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 1, #40-#28 08.12.2022 1:00:03 ↓

Part One of three episodes rounding up the best in alternative listening for 2022. Not definitive, not meant to be.

SF0121 Before they found their sound 01.12.2022 1:08:32 ↓

The sounds before the sounds. What successful bands sounded like before they sold out stadiums. Often better.