The Inner Sleeve Podcast

This week it’s Part 2 of our interview with Phil Thomas, and we’re talking about the role of reviewers in the current musical landscape. Where record labels strive to curate, perhaps the role of the reviewer is remove some of the barriers between musician and listener and help us reconnect with the origin. We explore this and other ideas as our conversation with Phil continues…---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

This week is the first in a 2 part interview with friend of the label Phil Thomas. Phil is an acclaimed musician, songwriter, and long-time reviewer of music. He’s written an eBook which will be released soon called The Endangered Species about the role of the music reviewer today. The digital revolution has democratised music production and distribution: anyone with a laptop can record and release music. Record labels once served as curators and quality controllers, but there's less of us now, and their decline has arguably led to an unfiltered flood of music. As a result, the reviewer’s role as a guide or filter is perhaps more important than every, yet very much under threat...---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Do double albums still have a place in a world where the music industry is driven by singles, streams, playlists, and shuffles? Surely there's room for this glorious artform in 2025 and beyond? We discuss this very topic in this weeks episode of The Inner Sleeve Podcast...---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

This week we continue the conversation about The Anatomy of a Song touching on the simplistic beauty of songwriting, and when not to use a loop pedal (amongst other things!).---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

From initial thought to final release... How do we write songs What makes a song good - or bad? When is a song finished? Can it ever be perfect? Do we even care? And so on... As you can imagine we had a REALLY long conversation on this one that wandered into all sorts of other areas - so it’s a 2 parter! Look out for Part 2 coming soon.---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

I suspect not many people had taking part in a global pandemic on their 2020 bingo card, yet we all did it! On this weeks episode of The Inner Sleeve we talk about how Covid affected, and is still affecting, the music industry. The world changed quickly and in a dramatic way for many of us. But amongst the angst, the sadness, the frustration, and the incompetence of politicians, there was also some great creative output. We explore all of this and more in this weeks episode.---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Sometimes an album just lands at EXACTLY the right time in your life. Maybe you didn’t know you needed it, but you REALLY did. Perhaps you knew you needed something, and there it was.There are perfect albums, and then there are albums that are perfect for particular moments. We discuss all of this and more in this weeks episode of The Inner Sleeve podcast, by Lights And Lines.---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Not every recording session stays completely on topic. In fact our good friend and co-host GRIM17 spends quite a bit of time editing hours of recordings down into manageable 20-30 minute chunks for you to indulge in. Every now and then we save some of the offcuts that are interesting, funny, or entertaining and puts a little bonus episode together. Bag with no handles is exactly that, although in this instance it's all outtakes from last weeks Spotify episode! It's semi-related, but tangents a bit. Anyway, we hope you enjoy it!---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

With recent news that Spotify owner Daniel Ek has invested some of his vast personal fortune into the weapons industry we thought it was time to discuss Spotify. How can independent musicians balance making an ethical and moral stance against this behaviour - by say boycotting the platform - with getting their voices heard - voices that could be put to use raising awareness of exactly these kinds of issues. It’s small fish in a big pond syndrome and we discuss it from a number of angles. And no, there isn’t a right answer on this one. Enjoy! ---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Last week we spoke about Music in Film and TV. We actually spoke a LOT about it when we recorded the episode, and as it's quite a popular topic we thought we'd release some of the rest of the conversation as a bonus episode too. Topics range from biopics and Aladdin, to Wild Wild West and of course the South Park movie. Enjoy!---------We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.