Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce'...
S8E398 - The Radio Dept. 'Pet Grief' with Nathan Levine
This week's guest, Nathan Levine (Instagram @Boysgiant), brings us Swedish dream-pop band The Radio Dept. and their 2006 release 'Pet Grief'. Lush, evocative melodies? Check. Understated, melancholic delivery? Check. It's a vibe... Songs discussed in this episode: It's Personal, Pulling Our Weight, Annie Laurie, Where Damage Isn't Already Done - The Radio Dept.; Apocalypse - Cigarettes After Sex; It's Personal, Pet Grief - The Radio Dept; Atmosphere - Joy Division; A Window, I Wanted You To Feel The Same, South Side - The Radio Dept.; Feel It All Around - Washed Out; The Worst Taste In Music, What You Sell - The Radio Dept.; Weirdo - New Order; Every Time, What Will Give, Gibraltar, Sleeping In, Tell, Always A Relief, You Fear The Wrong Thing Baby, Bachelor Kisses (The Go-Betweens cover) - The Radio Dept.
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S8E397 - Late Of The Pier 'Fantasy Black Channel' with Josh Mackenzie
Released in 2008 and quickly lumped in with the soon-to-be-maligned British nu-rave emergence, Late Of The Pier's one-and-only release 'Fantasy Black Channel' now stands out as a bit of an undersung cult classic. This week's guest Josh Mackenzie (The Joshua Hotel) joins us to unpack this infectiously propulsive slab of sonic chaos. Songs discussed in this episode: Bathroom Gurgle (Breakbot Remix) - Late Of The Pier; Martin Amiss, Easy Feeling - The Joshua Hotel; Golden Skans - Klaxons; Apple - LA Priest; Hot Tent Blues, Broken - Late Of The Pier; Girls & Boys - Blur; Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne - Suicide; Space and the Woods, The Bears Are Coming, Random Firl - Late Of The Pier; Live Forever - Oasis; Pussyole - Dizzee Rascal; Heartbeat, Whitesnake, VW, Focker - Late Of The Pier; Living A Lie - The dB's; The Enemy Are The Future - Late Of The Pier; I'm So Cute - Frank Zappa; Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Bathroom Gurgle, No Time - Late Of The Pier; Easy Feeling - The Joshua Hotel
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S8E396 - 'That Song That References A Form Of Transportation Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For our latest Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in songs referencing a form of transportation. All aboard!! *If you'd like to start participating in these episodes, head over to www.Patreon.com/TRGMH and become a Patron Songs discussed in this episode: Waitress In The Sky (Alternate Version, Tim Expanded Edition) - The Replacements; See The Train - Blancmange; Lost My Driving Wheel - David Wiffen; Lady Pilot - Neko Case; The Passenger - Art Brut; Speedway at Nazareth - Mark Knopfler; Straight Line - Nocturnal Projections; The Crystal Escalator In The Palace Of God Department Store - Bill Nelson; Peavine - Hooker 'n Heat; Highway Star - Deep Purple; Red Barchetta - Rush; The Big Three Killed My Baby - The White Stripes; Twin Cadillac Valentine - The Screaming Blue Messiahs; Brand New Cadillac - The Clash; Jet Fighter - The Bangles; Only Losers Take The Bus - The Fatima Mansions; Commie Drives A Nova - Ike Reilly; Click Clack - Captain Beefheart; The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Billy Bragg and Joe Henry; Bus to Beelzebub- Soul Coughing; Truck Train Tractor - The Pastels; In These Shoes - Bette Midler; Midget Submarine - Swell Maps; Walking the Cow - Porridge Radio; Someone Stole My Wheels - Biff Bang Pow!; Elektrichka - Kino; Skateaway - Dire Straits
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S8E395 - The Only Ones 'Special View' with Mick Hans
This week's returning guest, Chicago native and Patron Mick Hans, brings us Britain's The Only Ones and their 1979 US release 'Special View'. While you might not be familiar with the band, you almost certainly have heard their iconic - often-covered - song 'Another Girl, Another Planet', which  AllMusic has described as "Arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded". Songs discussed in this episode: Another Girl, Another Planet - The Replacements/The Mighty Lemon Drops/The Greg Kihn Band/Blink-182; Another Girl, Another Planet - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; I Wanna Go With Dignity - Peter Perrett; Bright Lights - England's Glory; Sparkle - The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell; Better By You, Better Than Me - Spooky Tooth; Another Girl, Another Planet, Lovers Of Today, Peter And the Pets - The Only Ones; Waves Of Fear - Lou Reed; Maid In Heaven - Be Bop Deluxe; Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty; The Beast - The Only Ones; You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory - Johnny Thunders; City Of Fun, The Whole Of The Law, Out There In The Night - The Only Ones; Cool For Cats - Squeeze; Someone Who Cares, You've Got To Pay, Flaming Torch - The Only Ones; Torn Curtain - Television; Curtains For You, From Here To Eternity, The Beast (Live in Chicago 1979) - The Only Ones
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S8E394 - Al Green 'Let's Stay Together' with Nikki O’Neill
Our guest this week, Chicago singer-songwriter/guitarist Nikki O'Neill, moved around a lot as a child. A LOT. But no matter what life threw at her, Al Green's 1972 landmark soul/R&B release 'Let's Stay Together' always felt like home. "Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad - let's stay together..." Songs discussed in this episode: Let's Stay Together - Roberta Flack; Newcomer Blues, Drive, Square One - Nikki O'Neill; Take Me To The River, Let's Stay Together - Al Green; Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner; La-La For You, So You're Leaving, What Is This Feeling - Al Green; I Wish The Sun Could Shine On Me - Nikki O'Neill; Give Me That Old Time Religion - Famous Ward Singers; Old Time Lovin' - Al Green; I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd; I've Never Found A Girl - Al Green; How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees; How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Judy, Ain't No Fun To Me - Al Green; Live Like You've Just Begun - Nikki O'Neill
Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce' that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast!
Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.
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