Diverse Vinyl Podcast

Reviews of a bumper weeks releases including new records from Waxahatchee Adam Franklin The Chats Cable Ties Green Gartside Nap Eyes Lilly Hiatt Brian Fallon Catholic Action Euros Childs Modern Rituals and reissues from De La Soul Cat Stevens Sugar Kanye West The Subways and Rowland S Howard Along the way Graham finds out how well we know any of them and whether theyll appear on his legendary solo soul album

Special guest Eggsy reviews bands based on their name does a very good John Peel impression and tells everyone to stream stuff We all attempt to review Jim Morrison Jim Noir Gladies Soccer Mommy Toodles The Hectic Pity and the Sound Of The Suburbs comp that we all remember from when we were kids

Reviews informed or otherwise of new albums by Grimes Al Lewis Treacherous Three Los Campesinos Courtney Barnett and Greg Dulli plus mentions for The Third Mind and Hayley Williams Graham only just realises were reviewing albums out the same week as the podcast a new customer becomes a lovely guest and we do a Bruce Springsteen vs Public Enemy lyric quiz Matt is too far away from his microphone

A late guest appearance from Lily and reviews of Bryan Ferry Billy Ocean Nada Surf Green Day Seth Lakeman Rod Stewart Cerrone and La Roux with added amazing facts Mentions for the Pixies Happy Mondays Nirvana and Pearl Jam and speculation as to whether Keha is drunk on her new album and if Elon Musk is human

No guests and a surprising amount of actual reviews including Thin Lizzy Black Lips Wire Pet Shop Boys Happy Mondays DriveBy Truckers Squarepusher Tom Raybould Frances Quinlan Graham Coxon and Blossoms Ill class this as relatively entertaining

Dude pops in as a guest and helps discuss Grahams guestladen soul album Bear Hugs amp Harmony Almost certainly containing members of Super Furry Animals The Manics The Darkness Menswear Los Campesinos Future Of The Left and De La Soul plus Shakin Stevens Charlotte Church Connie Fisher and Richard Osman Or not A customer comes in to buy a Who album that he doesnt like and we do a sort of Bowie Top Trumps quiz in honour of the anniversary of his death

End of year round up really No guests to speak of just Matt and Graham doing a run down of the Diverse albums and reissues of 2019 Its probably really boring Have a listen anyway

This week we have Minty of Mintys Guide Guide To Cardiff as a guest We asked Minty on to talk about the Welsh Music Prize as alongside Matt he was on the judging panel last Wednesday As usual things went off on a tangent old Diverse owner John Richards walked in we got carried away and totally forgot to talk about the prize We recorded a bit afterwards but it was too long to tag on here so there may be a standalone special We did remember to review stuff including Prince The Blue Nile Fleetwood Mac Funeral For A Friend and The Low Anthem though

Guest Kate Mercer talks about Art On The Hill Newports very very multivenue art trail We all review Queens Of The Stone Age Leonard Cohen Ben Lee The Beatles Danny Brown The Beatles Hefner and Shed Seven No children no crazy phone calls no car parking madness Its relatively sensible Kind of

We missed last week Sorry Back now with two guest in tow Mim John whos not listened to any music this year and author Richard King who only listens to Grateful Dead but also paradoxically thinks that all albums should only be 30 minutes long In amongst this theres a phone call from Adam Hussain and to be honest very lazy reviews of Toy The Wonder Stuff Right Hand Left Hand Dr Dre Snoop Dogg Taylor Swift

This week we welcome another host of guests two of them are young children This certainly changes the dynamic of the podcast Its total carnage Also appearances from childrens dad Matt Horton and surprise cameo from The Maggot We try to review The Rolling Stones REM Nirvana King Princess Dowsing and Caravan but Im not sure we do very well We mainly just discuss gigglepoints

A new series possibly a new format We tried to get a guest we invited Matthew David Scott on As it happened half of Newport showed up so we has Scotty Lottie Mike The 70s and Mark all in the shop Total madness We sort of reviewed albums by Neil Young Happy Mondays Amy O Talking Back Sunday Swans Scott Walker Rick Astley and Super Furry Animals in amongst the carnage

Decide for yourselves whether Graham is actually naked Reviews of Throbbing Gristle Slade Fad Gadget Frankie Cosmos Miss June and TaxiWars plus some advice from Grayos nan and a brief guest appearance by Phil from The Secret Garden Cafe Last in the series

Dave Hughes brings in some pear drops Albums by Oasis Guided By Voices Ezra Furman Lana Del Rey Bon Iver The SLP The Beatles and other people are discussed sometimes at length sometimes very briefly Graham does a sweary Liam Gallagher impression

This week Matt and Graham are joined by former Diverse employee and Taylor Swift obsessive Lily The three of them review The Teardrop Explodes Dolly Parton Leslie Stevens and Tropical Fuck Storm Which means Graham swears again Lily gives the boys some pop tips and casts doubt upon the fairness of the Green Man Festival quiz

Theres actual swearing Paul tells his Slipknot puppet story and albums by The Hold Steady Press Club Ride The Rails Blanck Mass SleaterKinney Feeder Lillie Mae and Frank Turner get reviewed Matt gives his Green Man recommendations while Graham admits he desperately wants to play at the festival but proves that he should never be left in charge of a baby Guest appearance by Tom

New releases from Elvis Slipknot The Wedding Present David Axlerod and Maybeshewill Recommendations for KFlay Jamila Woods and Grace Lightman A pleas for medical advice from Graham and a guest appearance from our Postman who likes Freya Ridings Possibly a little too much

A quick jaunt through releases by Idles Yes Ty Segall Linda McCartney Possible Humans which Matt wroye down wrong its called Everybody Split Native Harrow Tyler Childers and Serge Gainsbourg Then we discuss soundtracks and if its really OK to fancy a cartoon mermaid

This week wasp attacks window cleaning tips The Violent Femmes The Runaways Janet Jackson Kaiser Chiefs the entire year of 1969 and plans to take hard drugs to listen to a 5CD jazz outtakes album

A drama free episode that covers releases from Summer Cannibals Prince Thom Yorke Frank Zappa and Grace Lightman Apologies for Matt being a bit louder than Graham there was a bit of a microphone issue