The Cacophony Sessions

As you know if you've listened to us for more than four minutes,  Dan is a huge Prince fan.  This has been a long time coming, so along with Dave and Martyn we've recruited Arthur of the wonderful Music Snobs podcast to help as we discuss our favourite side-projects, and main albums and what we'd like to see in the future from the mythical Paisley Park vault. Whether you're a T...

Welcome to Episode Eight, where we finish running down our dream festival line-up, covering hip-hop and miscellaneous choices and all of our favourite acts from history. Dan, Alex, Martyn, Dave and Tom assembled to continue the episode, but not everyone made it to the end of the festival. Typical. A few technical issues and the longest episode ever mean that this is a few days later than anticipat...

You know what we really miss? Festivals and live music. Fuck you 2020. This episode of The Cacophony Sessions sets up the stage for our own dream festival as  Dan asks Martyn, Al, Dave and Tom to help him build a line-up for the ages. Stay tuned for a steaming dump of hot content before Christmas, Funkateers, but in the meantime please enjoy this - the first part of our largest and most expansive...

We were going to post a Halloween episode of The Cacophony Sessions  but as this is coming to you in November on this episode instead we run down the biggest selling album of all time, track by track. We are of course talking about Michael Jackson's Thriller and all of its seven singles and two album tracks. Regulars Martyn, Alex, Dave and Tom are here alongside host Dan for a full breakdown...

In a special bonus episode of The Cacophony Sessions, Dan, Martyn and Dave chat with legendary Plymouth-based DJ Aldo Vanucci all about our favourite soul records of all time. We cover a lot of the greats - Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield to name but a few. Don't worry, we still find time to divert the talk train away from the station, as per usual. W...

In our longest, sweariest and most divisive conversation yet, The Cacophony Sessions listens to the Official UK Top Ten* and gets all hip and trendy. Join Martyn, Dave, Alex, Tom and our perennial concierge Dan as we go way, way out of our comfort zone. Featuring discussions on Pop Smoke, DJ Khaled, Cardi B and Drake, we ditch our normal brand of music snobbery for something a bit different - incl...

Episode Four of The Cacophony Sessions is (mostly) all about movie soundtracks, save our usual tangential tendencies and the occasional video game soundtrack for good measure. Alex, Martyn, Tom and Dave join host Dan , who (spoiler alert) finally unleashes the purple fury in the longest episode yet. In our sights this week are musicals, compilations, 80s bangers, Biffy Clyro, Deftones and even a b...

The Cacophony Sessions discusses an entire decade of music as we explore the Noughties. The best and worst trends, genres, albums and songs are all on the table here as Dan, Martyn, Dave, Tom and newcomer Alex give their thoughts on the first decade of the 21st Century. Some bands do not escape unscathed as some knockout blows are delivered.  Episode Four features a bonus introduction as we also f...

We're back for more of The Cacophony Sessions ! The gloves are off as we go head-to-head this week in an attempt to crown the most undeniable banger of all time (that we could think of). Tom's hungover, Martyn's lost in Cornwall and Dan tries really hard not to talk about Prince. Featuring discussions about Pearl Jam, All Saints, William Orbit, Human League, New Order, Doobie Brothe...

The first episode of The Cacophony Sessions sees Dan, Pete, Martyn, Tom and Dave talking about time. Specifically, the years we think are the greatest. Join us to find out about our musical tastes, what we've been listening to in during lockdown, inflation rates, Brian Eno's leopard print cardigans and which band sounds most like the run-of-the-mill Turin Brakes/Fleetwood Mac/Godspeed! Y...