There's more than just Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. In the final episode of Season Three we look at the short but complex, fun, witty, and memorable work of Das Racist. You might know them from the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell song but there is more to unpack. We talk about lyrics, mixtapes, what a mixtape actually is, getting drunk on couches, midwestern basements, the amazing post-Das Racist collaborative work with Riz Ahmed "The Swet Shop Boys", and generally talk about a bunch of...

"I'd pay money to hear her fart down a Walkie-Talkie"So we find ourselves in the latter half of the solo work of Icelandic legend Björk. First of all we had major tech-issues with this one. Hopefully it's not too distracting and we promise never to do it again. Nick brings back his trademarked "Party Björk to Arty Björk" phrase to a much better reception. Ewan had real issues with "one of the most important pieces of music of the century". Emily loves an album no-one else did and Liam veers...

SHHHHH!Leaving the Sugarcubes behind we start looking at the proper solo work of Icelandic legend, Björk. Ewan over-labours a Radiohead analogy, Liam cries under a table, Nick definitely didn't get drunk watching the football, and we are joined by friend of the Facebook Group and man who prepared by watching all of the Björk live DVDs in order...Jeffrey McDonald. Oh, and we are all slightly shocked by how long it took One Little Independent to change their name. There was a huge tech issue...

I Said "OUCH!, That really hurt!"We are back with the beginning of a three-parter looking at the work of Iceland's biggest export, Björk. But before we move through her "proper" solo career we dive through her origin story. We briefly talk about her debut as an 11 year old prodigy, the three albums of Post-Punk Indie-Pop The Sugarcubes, and take a look at her oft-ignored album of Jazz classics Joining Nick and Ewan this episode are co-host of the excellent Dancing About Architecture...

THIS ALBUM IS A F**KING MASTERPIECE!!! Well one of us said it, and it's about one of the albums in this episode. Honestly, it's that good. In fact one of us went and paid real cash money to Bandcamp after listening to it a few times. REAL CASH MONEY!!! Nick and Ewan are again joined by singer and pod regular Zoë Von Hess and podcaster Nick Taylor (My Teenage Band) to scrutinise the latter half (thus far) of the work of Richard Dawson, and this time including his work with Hen Ogledd. In this...

Once-in-a-generation-genius or purveyor of medieval cosplay whimsy? Nick and Ewan are joined by singer and pod regular Zoë Von Hess and podcaster Nick Taylor (My Teenage Band) to scrutinise the first four albums by Newcastle's Richard Dawson. Can he actually play the guitar? Does it even matter? To quote Dawson himself "Why don't more people sing with their funny voices?" In this episode we discuss these records: Richard Dawson Sings Songs and Plays Guitar (2005) (this is not available to...

9/11 , Motherhood, Producers, Drummers, Leather Trousers, Portlandia!!! After a brief hiatus we are back with the second part of our look at the excellent Sleater-Kinney Re-joining Nick and Ewan are Cheri Amour and Fliss Kitson whose early bands were heavily influenced by the work of Sleater-Kinney, and lexicographer and huge fan Ben Zimmer, although sadly Sara Marcus had to leave us after part 1. In this episode we discuss the following One Beat 2002 The Woods 2005 No Cities to Love...

Oh we have a great episode for you, really....all bias aside...it's a belter We look at one of the longest standing and most important bands to come out of the Pacific Northwest's Riot Grrl scene ... Sleater-Kinney We discuss sexism in the music industry, the impact a producer can have on a band, how Sleater-Kinney inspired our guests, The start of the Riot Grrrl Revolution, and obviously a bunch of records!! Re-joining Nick and Ewan are Cheri Amour and Fliss Kitson whose early bands were...

New episode Bagpipe alert. Somehow we have a really long episode about a band with only two official studio albums. Although one of those albums is very very critically acclaimed. (Though not by all of us) We've only gone and done NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL. We discuss, Charlie Sheen vs Emilio Estevez, outsider art, Jeff Mangum and his obsession with Anne Frank, and brass instruments that sound drunk. Also Nick gets very very angry!! Re-joining Nick and Ewan are Norway's finest stand-up comedian...

You can't stop us now. Fresh from last week's Mclusky we take on Andrew Falkous' next band...The Future of the Left!!! We discuss under 18 gigs at Camden Crawl, seminal indie-albums, pitchfork reviews, eating cheeseburgers at a Butlins, oh and all of the albums from Future of the Left. Re-joining Nick and Ewan are Chris Whitby , punk squatter Cheri Amour, and Nick Taylor from the rather excellent My Teenage Band podcast. We look...

We are back for Season Three Just as we kicked off Season Two with something loud, we thought we would repeat the trick with South Wales' own (well apart from the lead singer) Mclusky. If you are thinking "who?" then you probably feel exactly like Ewan did when we started all this but by next week's episode it will all become clear. Joining Nick and Ewan are Chris Whitby who will be taking us through the albums , and pod veteran, author, radio host, musician, can i say polymath? Cheri...

We have finally done ESG justice!!! So, back in the early days of Temporary Fandoms we put out a half-finished pilot looking at the output of criminally underrated band ESG. Finally, after a year of churning out episodes we are able to present a proper episode on this amazing punky dancy groovy group. Re-joining Nick and Ewan to take us through their back catalogue are Zoë Von Hess and Chris Whitby, and new to the pod, the simply amazing Cheri Amour (who is only writing the book on the...

Welcome to your new favourite band. OK, welcome to your new favourite band if you like Pixies, Hüsker Dü and Japanese stuff. In this episode Ewan tries to convince Nick, returning pod favourite Chris Whitby, and pod newcomer, guitarist of Math Rockers Delta Sleep, Glenn Hodgson of the merits of Japan's Number Girl. Despite only putting our 4 albums between 97 and 2002 the legacy of Number Girl on the Japanese Alt Rock scene cannot be overestimated. They brought melodic US-style Post Hardcore...

Can Arthur Lee make good business decisions? It's 1969, surely they play at Woodstock? What is the actual difference between a Love album and an Arthur Lee solo album? What did Arthur Lee do at an Our Price record store? (post credits nugget) Re-joining Nick and Ewan are Emily Baldoni, Gavin Hogg, and Paul Hanley to share their opinions. In this episode we work our way through . https://open.spotify.com/album/0SblIgrbsZaUnfRmkmPPKm?si=8RuMaU8oRTGpOPHkFupOYw (Out Here)...

If you have ever wanted to know what makes music "Baroque" then listen on... Putting The Fall behind us, kind of, we head back to the 60s and take in the West Coast sound of Love. The Band that could have had Jimi Hendrix in, that could have played at Woodstock, that could have been... oh just listen! Re-joining Nick and Ewan is pod favourite Emily Baldoni, and making their debuts are Gavin Hogg (host of the THE GIDDY CAROUSEL OF POP - Possibly the number 1 Smash Hits Pod around) and Paul...

If it's me and your granny on bongos (and the 66 other guitarists, drummers, bass players, keyboardists, flutists, and more) It doesn't feel like it's over. We have spent weeks listening to, digesting, dissecting, and discussing over three decades of music from THE FALL. Here we step through the final years, find some praise for the later albums and deal with Mark's tragic death. The line-up remains the same from last time, and we are joined by James Kennedy, Mike Plowman, Aaron Troye White...

Mark E Smith as Doctor Who? The Eleni Period Begins. Do The Fall suffer a post millennial slump, or is it all guns blazing into the new century? Does MES revamp the line up again to ruin Nick's argument that the line up was relatively stable? How is Ewan's brain after listening to the entire discography? The line-up changes again, and we are joined by James Kennedy, Mike Plowman, Aaron Troy White and The Blue Orchids' Tansy McNally In this episode we work our way through the ups and downs...

Tony Blair, Elton John, and Mark E Smith as a pre cog? And we are back with the late 90s. As Cool Britannia reigned and Brit Pop peaked and died how did this impact one of music's great acts? The line up remains the same as last time with TempFan stalwart Zoë Von Hess and newbie Joe Mitchell. Both long-time Fall fans, they both bring their unique perspectives to fandoms, toxic bandmates, pre cogs, 90's guitars and more. In this episode we work our way...

We are Falling through the halfway mark... MARK?... there's a joke in there somewhere. Despite Nick constantly banging on about how The Fall have a pretty solid line up, I'm going to refer to our Fall-esque constantly revolving line up. Back on the Pod is TempFan favourite Zoë Von Hess and joining her is newbie Joe Mitchell. Both long-time Fall fans, they both bring their perspectives to fandoms, toxic bandmates, 90's wazzy keyboards and more. In this episode we work our way...

Yup, it's gonna take a while. Let's continue with the discography of one of music's great acts: THE FALL Nick and Ewan are re-joined by our very special guests, John Henderson of Tiny Global Productions, Fliss Kitson of The Nightingales, and pod music maestro Jonathan Fisher. In this episode we look at the mid to late 80s, and tackle what many think of as the Fall's greatest album ( you will probably disagree) After the last episode we started sneaking into some podcast top ten lists, so...

Join us for the foreseeable future as we tackle the discography of one of music's great acts: THE FALL Nick and Ewan start this journey with the help of some very special guests. They are joined by John Henderson, of Tiny Global Productions, Fliss Kitson of The Nightingales, and pod music maestro Jonathan Fisher. We had some tech issues so hopefully the slight drop in sound quality for this ep isn't too annoying. As usual, take your time. Pause the pod, go and find the music on spotify,...

Join us as we take a look at one of the most critically lauded US Indie rock bands of the past twenty years. Nick and Ewan discuss the career of Austin Indie-Rockers Spoon by welcoming back to the pod Emily Baldoni and welcoming for the first time William Shunn, author of The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary As usual, take your time. Pause the pod, go and find the music on spotify, deezer, tidal, apple music or wherever. Or listen to a selection on our combined...

We decided to kick of 2021 with some no nonsense Stoner Rock. Joining Nick and Ewan to go through the career of Josh Homme are Scott Donald and Si Sharp. It's a long one, in fact it might be the longest we have done so far. As usual, take your time. Pause the pod, go and find the music on spotify, deezer, tidal, apple music or wherever. Or listen to a selection on our combined podcast playlist https://sptfy.com/tfqotsa (https://sptfy.com/tfqotsa) Also come and join us at our home over at...

We left our German pioneers at the peak of their creativity, surely it's all up from here... Continuing our look at German experimental rock/reggae/psych/afro beats band Can we wonder...will Ewan come round to everyone else's way of thinking? Will he still be annoyed? Will he just give up? Re-joining Nick and Ewan are bilingual stand up comedian Aaron Troy White and man who somehow shoehorns Richey Manic into the conversation Chris Whitby As usual, take your time. Pause the pod, go and find...

Can we follow the exceptional pair of Yo La Tengo episodes? Yes we Can! Nothing says future podcast success than a dive through the discography of a 1970s experimental German rock (ish) band. We have a look at one of the most influential bands ever to come out of Cologne (and maybe even Germany) though one of us isn't fully convinced. But it's the internet so we have three dudes telling another dude that he's wrong. Re-joining Nick and Ewan this time are bilingual stand up comedian Aaron Troy...