Call the cops!  We are back with an episode of Temporary Fandoms, and it's a two-parter. I am joined by the always excellent John Tansey and Zoe Von Hess to work our way through the work of the inimitable Shaun Ryder. We look at the first half of his career in this episode right up to the first Black Grape Album.  There is a playlist to accompany this episode and you can find that here : MONDAYS PLAYLIST To find out more about us go to www.infrequency.co.uk

I invited guitarist for Delta Sleep, Glen Hodgson on to talk us through what is and isn't Math Rock. We got some answers for sure, but I still can never put my finger on what makes something "mathy". I regale Glen with phrases from the early 90s like "wazzy" which just makes me feel old. We also talk about being in Delta Sleep, touring, music production, the Albini sound, and a bunch of other stuff. We work our way from Slint, through Don Caballero, Toe, Pretend, Faraquet, up to Real Terms....

I was joined for this episode by That Petrol Emotion guitarist Raymond Gorman to take us back to Derry in the mid 80's through the lens of his DJ stints at the Left Bank Disco. We talk about the local scene, living in Derry in the mid 80's, being a DJ with a manifesto, Almost blowing yourself up on a lighting rig, starting a band, moving to that London, and in a break from normal MSG norms, stuff about the guests actual band. Ewan does tell a few boring anecdotes, and here's a bonus...

Punktuation Mag UK editor Molly Tie joins me for a fascinating long conversation about the evolution of Girl Groups. From the Shangri-Las to Girls Aloud, via The Slits, Runaways, Bangles, Donnas, Bananarama, and more. We discuss sexism in pop, exploitation, fashion, marketing, my inability to form cohesive sentences when it's 40 degrees, why Bananarama were way more important than I thought, and ....well, just have a listen. You can find Molly at www.twitter.com/molly_tie and at...

This took me a while to think up the name for this eclectic journey through the music tastes of Head Honcho at Tiny Global Productions, John Henderson. I think I got it right in the end, despite me using my bad mic by mistake (though it's OK as John does 90% of all the talking) We take a look at artists who just do, or did, their own thing, hard to pinpoint in any specific genre, sometimes on the cusp of greatness, sometimes on the outskirts. Regardless it's a great selection of tunes from...

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! For anyone that's been in a battle of the bands, or anyone from Boston...you are in for a treat. Or if you just like some banging eclectic tunes and a fun rambling conversation about music...this is for you I am joined by puzzle maker supreme and former contestant of the rumble, Brendan Quigley who takes us through a fascinating journey of one of the most important battle-of-the-bands in US history. Well maybe excluding that one in San Dimas which was won by...

In this episode of Temporary Fandoms we continue working our way through the rather impressive work of PJ Harvey, Look at TWO mercury prize winning albums and continue to be amazed as Polly takes us to unexpected places. Nick and Ewan, are joined by journalist, writer, musician, radio presenter, and regular guest Cheri Amour. Check out her stuff at www.cheriamour.co.uk To listen to this with music, and support our shows, check out our INCREDIBLY cheap subscriber options at...

I am joined by not one but two guests, co-hosts of the excellent Smash Hits podcast, "The Giddy Carousel Of Pop" Gavin Hogg, and Simon Galloway. As 80's pop aficionados they chose to take me through some of the 80's unsung pop belters (though I did have to question them on whether a couple of the choices were obscure at all). There is a playlist on Spotify to the tunes we are talking about, here OR YOU CAN LISTEN FOR FREE WITH ALL THE MUSIC AT OUR HOME PAGE OR...

First of all, apologies for the slightly sub-par sound quality this month. In this episode of Temporary Fandoms we look at the stunning first half of the discography of PJ Harvey. From the astounding opening Indie Rock of Dry, through to the trip-Hop infused Is This Desire? As always we take you through each album, play a few songs, and then have a ramble chat to see what's what. To listen to this with music, and support our shows, check out our cheap subscriber options at...

We are joined by Doctor of Music, Liam Maloney, to talk about the rise and possible fall of Disco. We look at how Disco began in a New York loft, the Stonewall uprising, the destruction of dangerous disco records, how disco continues to this day, and no Abba, though there is some Ethel Merman, for some reason. And Liam chose some incredibly long, but cracking, tunes for us to listen to, including Idris Muhammad, Eddie Kendricks, and erm Ethel Merman! Find out more and stream with ALL the...

OOF, it's a long one. We were joined for this by author, critic, comic, and musician Marc Burrows. We take a long look at the rise and fall of the most 90s of 90s things, Britpop. We talk about Blur waaaay too much, call ourselves out for accidental sexism, discuss indie dancefloors, music journos, the battle of the bands and even Menswear!!! Please consider subscribing or tipping if you want to support the show, and find out more about us at www.infrequency.co.uk where you can listen to...

This month, Temporary Fandoms looks at the discography of Manchester's finest pop-punksters Buzzcocks. This is the second part, so go listen to the other one first!!! We are joined by Paul Hanley, author of "Leave the Capital" and ex drummer of The Fall, and John Henderson head of the awesome music label Tiny Global Productions. We discuss the second iteration of the band after they reformed until the untimely death of Pete Shelley and for those who support the show on Mixcloud we select...

This month, Temporary Fandoms looks at the discography of Manchester's finest pop-punksters Buzzcocks.  We are joined by Paul Hanley, author of "Leave the Capital" and ex drummer of The Fall, and John Henderson head of the awesome music label Tiny Global Productions. We discuss the first iteration of the band here before the break-up and for those who support the show on Mixcloud we select a few tracks from each album to listen to, in between the chat. Find out more about Paul's books over...

In this episode of MSG10, we are joined by musician, radio presenter, and activist Chris Thorpe-Tracey for a freewheeling look at Protest songs through the early 20th Century. And if you go to our website at infrequency.co.uk, or our Mixcloud at mixcloud.com/tempfans you also get to hear the tracks by Paul Robeson, Bob Dylan, Roberta Flack , and many more. We cover issues including unions, the Vietnam War, Jim Crowe era racism, and The Catholic Church. We also ramble a little bit, get...

Nick and Ewan are joined for these two episodes by Jeffrey McDonald and the Punk Girl Diaries (Lene Cortina and Vim Renault), to talk our way through the outstanding (mainly) discography of Siousxsie and the Banshees. We talk Punk, not-Goth, drummers, albums vs singles, Peel Sessions, and much more more. This episode looks at the first 6 albums; S&B: Tinderbox (1986) S&B: Through the Looking Glass (1987) S&B: Peepshow (1988) S&B: Superstition (1991) S&B: The Rapture...

Nick and Ewan are joined for these two episodes by Jeffrey McDonald and the Punk Girl Diaries (Lene Cortina and Vim Renault), to talk our way through the outstanding (mainly) discography of Siousxsie and the Banshees. We talk Punk, not-Goth, drummers, albums vs singles, and much more more. This episode looks at the first 6 albums; The Scream (1978) Join Hands (1979) Kaleidoscope (1980) Juju (1981) A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982) Hyæna (1984) As always there is a accompanying...

In this episode we are joined by the amazing Sara Marcus, author of "Girls to the Front: The Ture Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution" We talk Riot Grrrl, feminism, genre, body art and much more. here we just chat about the music and there is a Spotify playlist (some tracks may not be available in some regions) .  Or you can go to our home at www.infrequency.co.uk to listen to tunes from  Huggy bear, Bikini Kill, Heavens to Betsy, Bratmobile, and The Linda Lindas For more information,...

Welcome to the Temporary Fandoms Wrap Up. After we looked at the entire discography last year we have come back together to spend about the same amount of time looking solely at their amazing new album Lucifer on the Sofa. Rejoining us are William Shunn, Emily Baldoni, and for the first time Tyler Darling (from the podcast “I turn my podcast on”. We talk our way through hot takes, slight detours and a lot of opinion. And we play a couple of tracks as well. Full details can be found...

For this episode of MSG10 , a TEMPFANS production.we invited author of "Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present" JR Moores onto the show. he takes us through ten songs that cover one of the chapters of his book, NOISE ROCK. It's pretty heavy from start to finish, and we spend A LOT of time talking about what is, and what isn't a genre. And what makes something "heavy" You also get to listen to my voice disappear as I had Covid at the time of recording. The...

For the first Temporary Fandoms of 2022 we invited Aaron Troye-White back to take us through the discography of James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem. We are also joined by the always insightful Chris Whitby. As usual we look at, and listened to, all of the albums and seem to have a fluid set of opinions. We obviously namecheck every band LCD use as influence, talk about taking Nike money, sounding like the Fall, and other lazy hot takes. This is the standard podcast version, but if you want to...

WARNING: This is another very funky episode. We talk to Cheri Amour, who takes us on a journey through the New York No Wave scene. We talk Tempfans favourites ESG, 99 Records, Sampling, and a whole lot more. It was a lovely chat with Cheri as always. And there are some very funky tunes on the Spotify Playlist or included in the FREE Mixcloud version. For rights reasons the pod version contains zero tunes...

TEMP FANS PRESENTS: Movements, Scenes, and Genres: Episode 3 This episode we travel over and explore the 90s revival of 70s Soul/Funk. Our guest Zoë Von Hess takes us to Hong Kong and looks at the time when our dancefloors were filled with Soul, Funk, Jazz, and Acid Jazz. We look at the songs that influenced it all and talk about club nights, badgering DJs, and not eating dumplings for breakfast. This is the podcast version without the tunes, for that you can listen (TO THE SUPERIOR...

We are back, and after the last episode where we spent our time in New Jersey, we are popping over the Atlantic to Manchester circa 1980. For this episode of MSG10 we have author, podcast host, and once drummer with The Fall, PAUL HANLEY. We discuss bands he saw at the legendary Rafters (and Fagins) venue in Manchester at the start of the 80s. And before you mention it, yes there are ten songs. And he also picked two by The Fall. We discuss Urban Tribes, The Fall going to gigs together,...

Welcome to Movements, Scenes, and Genres In this, the first ever episode, we are joined by linguist, columnist and host of the Slate Podcast "Spectacular Vernacular", it's Ben Zimmer. Ben came on to talk with me about the Hoboken Sound, a hugely influential 80's indie hotspot, based around Maxwell's in New Jersey. And he chose ten songs for us to listen to. To listen to this, for free, with all the songs to listen to, check out our Mixcloud. www.mixcloud.com/tempfans The pod website is at...