The Full Circle: Linking Songs with Musicians & Friends

 Ryan Richards is a truly incredible person and it's an absolute honour to have him on The Full Circle this week! He is the drummer and scream vocalist for the incredible band Funeral For A Friend, who are headlining 2000Trees on Friday 10th July! Get last remaining tickets: https://2000trees.co.uk/tickets  (As an aside, the line up is incredible, and whilst it absolutely sucks that Alkaline...

An absolute honour to have 2x Alabama State Preaching Champion in 2005 & 2010 and frontman of the religious revelation Oh My God! It's The Church Reverend Michael Alabama Jackson!  Their shows are absolutely incredible and a truly unique experience with their goal being to give their congregation the best time combining rock n roll, music from the soul and some religious aspects hosted by...

This week's Full Circle is an album review, and I am reviewing one of my favourite bands from down under's album, Northlane's Obsidian!  As always, I give a summary and then go track by track.  The songs for The Full Circle are my 5 favourites songs from Obsidian! Here's the Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DodxXAGnCdOMjHHKxHh5D Let me know your thoughts on...

Rock AM Ring was the first festival abroad both Abi & I have ever been too! This has been on our bucket list for years, and it totally delivered!  We explain why we chose Rock AM Ring over Download Festival on this occasion We share our favourite acts over the whole weekend at Rock AM Ring, including one which was very surprising for sure! We spoke about the cons of Rock AM Ring, and could Roc...

Bloc Party's Silent Alarm is a one of a kind album. From incredible drum beats to bass lines, coupled with the amazing guitar work to Kele's unique vocals, Silent Alarm is absolutely stunning. In all honesty, I wasn't sure what I was going to think of the album when I first heard it, but I'm so glad I did, and Bloc Party are one of my favourite bands of all time. On The Full Ci...

Dr Matthew Cox aka DJ Coxy is the very special guest on The Full Circle! We went to medical school together, and having both qualified in 2016, this is legitimately the first time since that we have spoken to each other, almost a decade later. On the show, Matt talks about fatherhood, and juggling this with work, and how it compares. He also shares his excitement about starting as a consultant in...

When Red Hot Chili Peppers album By The Way came out in 2002, it was absolutely adored in the UK! It was their first album (not counting Greatest Hits) of theirs I heard and will always have a special place in my heart for that reason. I reveal which song is, in my humble opinion, their best of all time (and how did it not make their Greatest Hits album which was released a year later?!), and how...

Toy Parlour are absolutely smashing it right now and have a big future ahead of them! Fresh from touring with Don Broco, to performing at The Great Escape in Brighton, showcasing the most incredible up and coming bands, to recently releasing their new incredible single Love Me, vocalist Ren, guitarist Ben and one of their bassists (yes they have two bassists!!) Travis, are the very special guests...

Every other week (on average), I will review some of my favourite albums over the years on The Full Circle. And there is no better way to start with Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory. This is an album that I grew up listening to, and is a timeless classic. I give a summary review then track-by-track and create my Hybrid Theory Full Circle which is my 5 favourite songs from them (that one was so tou...

The Full Circle has turned 1 year old! Wow I cannot believe it has been a year already! Thank you for supporting the show whether you've listened to one episode or every single one, and thank you to all the guests that I have had! I asked you to send me your questions and I answer them on the show! The wise one Abid shares his Words of Wisdom! I reveal who stopped allowing people to DM them o...

Business. Just Business. The Meffs' Lily Hopkins is the very special guest on The Full Circle, and an absolute honour to have her on! We cover a whole range of topics including The Meffs upcoming album Business (which is an incredible album!), talking about why it's important to speak up about the societal issues and division that's happening in the UK right now, upcoming album rele...

Captain Davidoff AKA David Desai is the very special guest on The Full Circle, making his podcast debut on the show! He is a top guy and it's probably one of the funniest episodes since the show has returned as a podcast, very similar to the radio show days! Captain's cat's cameo was a big highlight, but without doubt, the biggest highlight is our stupidity to do the bird's-eye...

An absolute honour to have The Amity Affliction's Joel Birch on The Full Circle this week! We spoke just before the band started their US tour with August Burns Red and he speaks about his excitement returning back to America! He also opens about his mental health and what is helping him more these days, the difficulties with social media, and also being misquoted about why he did not like wo...

Surprise! Wow I certainly did not expect an Enter Shikari album out of the blue like that. So I felt I needed to do a surprise of my own for one of my favourite bands of all time and do an album review! I give a summary of the album in general and then a full track by track after my first listen, including my current favourite. Where does this album rank for you in Enter Shikari's discography...

Songwriter and guitarist of incredible band Conquer Divide Kristen Sturgis is the very special guest on The Full Circle! We speak about new music and when the next album is coming out, the challenges of being a female band even to this day (I was shocked in all honesty!), working in Healthcare and differences between the US healthcare system vs the UK, and Kristen also answers some tough Would You...

The first voice you hear on The Full Circle, Ben Reilly O'Donnell is the very special guest on this week's Full Circle! We were literal roommates at university and have remained close friends since! I cannot believe it has taken so long to get Ben on the show, although I guess Ben is on nearly every episode beforehand haha! On the show, Ben shares a, let's be honest, quite geeky fun...

On this special bonus episode of The Full Circle, myself and Abi review Don Broco's new album Nightmare Tripping released on 27th March 2026. Did it live up to the Hype (Man)? You can buy Nightmare Tripping here: https://www.donbrocomerch.com/collections/music Or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5PrXYFUyJMPvpGLFg1cqOe or anywhere you stream your albums! They have got some upc...

A founder and former bassist of the incredible band Panic! At The Disco, Brent Wilson is the very special guest on The Full Circle and his story is remarkable! He spoke about his time in Panic as well what happened after his controversial exit, which unfortunately led to imprisonment. Since then, he has turned his life around and is now a certified personal trainer!  The songs he chose for The Ful...

This week's episode is a Podcasthon Special! Podcasthon is an incredible non-profit initiative uniting thousands of podcasters globally and raising awareness for various charitable causes. I wanted to showcase the incredible mental health charity Tonic Music who support music industry workers, music fans and music youth. Head over to tonicmusic.co.uk for more info. I chose this charity given...

Black Foxxes are an incredible alternative rock band who have released 4 superb studio albums and most recently a live album where they recorded it at Vada Studios which is available to buy now, but there are very limited quantities remaining! Get it here at https://blackfoxxes.bigcartel.com/product/live-at-vada-lp It was an absolute honour to have had frontman and vocalist from the very beginning...

Wheatus founder, songwriter and frontman Brendan B. Brown is the very special guest on The Full Circle! Their incredible hit Teenage Dirtbag is a world renowned song, and relatable to so many and we speak about the amazing feat of reaching 1 billion streams on Spotify! We also speak about how he got his head shaved for charity at Wembley Arena where they supported Bowling For Soup, performing with...

My fiancée Abi is the very special guest on The Full Circle this week! And after the positive response for our Japan Review show, we thought let's do it for Thailand too where we went to earlier this month! We spoke about our time in Bangkok, Krabi & Chang Mai (including the most exhilarating tuk-tuk ride ever!), and which place was our favourite out the three!  Of course, we cannot not t...

Andy hosts the incredible podcast Behind The Camera where he interviews creators & innovators to uncover the stories behind their work.  On the episode, Andy talks about the idea behind his podcast, shares a great fun fact, answers some tough Would You Rather questions including whether he'd rather have 20 more minutes with Frank Turner or Brendan B Brown of Wheatus, and so much more! The...

Callum Gillies is a truly remarkable person who has probably done anything you can think of at least once in his life! He works as a Proton Physicist in London and is also a vocalist for the UKs "hardest swinging band" Down For The Count! They put on epic shows live and you can get tickets for them here: https://www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/ Callum shares a great fun fact which h...

Legitimately is legitmately not used in its proper sense quite often, but I do believe the word is used legitmately on the title! This week's Full Circle was 5 completely random songs from my "random songs playlist" which include my favourite songs over the years!  Here's the playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WY9AerHbDT4ta3rdF7bfe?si=q_bJh-8eT5O9tBxD0MM...