Deaf With The Record Episode 9 - 'Heaven or Las Vegas' by Cocteau Twins

The season finale is here and we've returned to the warm embrace of Ollie's hometown - Manchester.  Featuring an exclusive feature from Galchester.  INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

Quite simply: does electronic music get any better than this? Ollie and Jamie conduct an exclusive interview (lol) and then breakdown Burial's career, production style and more. Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

This week on Deaf With The Record Jamie and Ollie discuss arguably the greatest (?) album of the 90s, or at the very least the decade's most lavish and heartbreaking. If you've never listened to Spiritualized then give this album a spin and come back to hear some discussions about its production, influences and utter brilliance (can you tell we really love this one?)   Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

After a few weeks off, in which Jamie and Ollie worked alongside Gareth and the boys to bring football home, DWTR is back for good.  What better way to end the hiatus than with an episode on 'The Score': one of the best hiphop records of the 90s and every bit as good 25 years on. Expect discussions of the group's origins, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef's competing talents, Pras' business acumen, and how Fugees wrote some of the best hooks ever pressed to wax.   Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

Jamie and Ollie could only suppress their English indie impulses for so long, it can't all be The Beach Boys and Fela Kuti, sometimes you just wanna talk about the music you listened to when you were 15, u know?! :'( Expect discussions of coastal sea-side towns, how Metronomy have managed to hold our interest over all these years, and even some reminiscing about Skins too!  Then the usual: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The father of afrobeat.  This week Jamie and Ollie chat about one of the most singular and fascinating musicians of the 20th century. Expect discussions of afrobeat as a genre and how it came to be, Fela's political and musical legacy, why Tony Allen is a god and much, much more.  Then the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube. 

Yes, that's right! We've bloody sold out!! We've gone pop!!!  Episode three of Season 2 focuses on one of Ollie and Jamie's favourite pop records of the noughties - 'Alright, Still.' Remember those halcyon days of 2006? Tabloids, MySpace, Jonathan Ross...!  Expect discussions of Lily's rise to prominence, what a good pop album is all about and then finally the premiere of the hotly anticipated POPSTAR LEAGUES. This might be the best thing DWTR has ever done so get yourself gassed.  Then the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

"Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name"  This week Ollie and Jamie talk about the one and only Madvillainy. In the shadow of DOOM's death how has the experience of listening to this album changed? Is Madlib the greatest producer of all time? Is this album-cover going straight into the GOAT section of the nightclub? Expect answers to all these questions and more... INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  Keep your eyes peeled for more video content on our Youtube.

The tenth and FINAL* episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on LCD Soundsystem's 'This is Happening'.... and finally Ollie and Jamie have cast the webcams aside and are face to face in the same room - it's a Christmas miracle!!   Over the course of the episode, Ollie and Jamie discuss the ways in which James Murphy plays with the idea of influence and why I Can Change is the best pop song they've ever heard, before re-evaluating the context behind the band's break-up, their final gig and their eventual reformation.   Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB. INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube *:'(

The ninth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas, the definitive 4AD masterpiece.   Ollie and Jamie discuss the unusual circumstances that surrounded the band's formation and how that plays into their distinct sound. They also touch on the sheer euphoria of their music, what this album can tell us about indie music now and to conclude they break down this classic, classic album-cover.   Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.   INSTA: @deafwiththerecord  If you prefer your podcasts in video form please check out our Youtube