Originally On Patreon - 12/06/2019 Steve and Remfry take on an excellent suggestion by Max Ellis of one of our favourite vocalists Mark Lanegan. Released in 2004, Lanegan's sixth full-length solo album was his most commercially successful to date, featuring a myriad of guests including PJ Harvey, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, Joshua Homme, Nick Oliveri, Greg Dulli and Chris Goss amongst a plethora of others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the followin...
Aug 19, 2020•38 min
Remfry and Steve are hot (in a temperaturial sense ... we're not THAT vain). Despite the heat, we don't complan (much) and crack on with reviewing new releases by Biffy Clyro, Fontaines D.C., TE Morris and Jo Quail and Poisonous Birds. Plus we exalt Razorlight to their rightful position in Broken Records. They also abandon all hope at the absolute twattery of attendees at Sturgis Biker Rally ... no, not because they paid money to watch appalling 'All-Star' Shrek-wreckers Smash Mouth, but because...
Aug 14, 2020•2 hr
On this week's Classic Albums Series podcast, Steve and Remfry travel back in time (and space, LOL!) to dig into the second album from Boston metalcore brutes turned space rock innovators Cave In; 2000’s masterpiece Jupiter. We look at the Boston scene of the late 90’s and how Cave In risked the ire of punk rockers to create, in our opinion, the first ever amalgam of hardcore and prog rock, the influence it had on the scene, the legacy of the record and why we believe that Cave In deserve a plac...
Aug 10, 2020•2 hr 17 min
New releases come courtesy of Alanis Morissette, The Fall of Troy, Jaye Jayle, Orbit Culture and Concrete plus Steve and Remfry consign Limp Bizkit's 4th studio album Results May Vary to the Broken Records bin, as well as getting in a little moan about the reaction to Biffy Clyro replacing Iron Maiden at Download Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Aug 07, 2020•2 hr 12 min
It's a very varied show this week as Remfry and Steve review new releases by Creeper, Imperial Triumphant, Taylor Swift, Alain Johannes, Fall of Messiah and a split between NoFX and Frank Turner. There's sad news as we pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green and hip-shaking Mick Jagger swaggers his way into Broken Records with his sophomore solo album Primitive Cool See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for ana...
Jul 31, 2020•2 hr 34 min
It’s time for another special Riot Act interview podcast. This week Steve sat down with Will Gould from Southampton’s premier horror punks Creeper to talk about their long awaited second album Sex, Death and The Infinite Void. Will reveals the context that the album was created in, from Creeper “splitting up” onstage at Koko in London at the end of 2018, the pressure they felt to follow the album up, the curse that surrounded everyone who worked on the album, the influence of America on its crea...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Remfry and Steve return to an idea as old as Riot Act itself as they pick 8 covers each to discuss over almost 3 hours. The songs that bands decide to cover adn the way that they cover them can tell you a lot about the band itself, something that the boys dissect at length. Together, they look at covers of songs by the likes of The Beatles, Refused, The Prodigy, Nina Simone, Sunny Day Real Estate, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, Weezer, Deftones, The Police, Killing Joke and Frank S...
Jul 28, 2020•2 hr 45 min
As part of our 2nd birthday celebrations, we welcome on to Riot Act for the first time former Editor in Chief and OG Metal Hammer Podcast presenter Gill to fill him in on what on earth has been happening in the world of heavy metal in the past 9 years since he moved to Norfolk to be a farmer (or something). Steve and Remfry go through the main events of the metal calendar from 2011 to present and along the way, give Gill 8 albums to listen to so he has an overview as to what the hell has been ha...
Jul 27, 2020•2 hr 51 min
Although here at Riot Act we don’t believe that podcasts can be free (we believe that podcasts are sacred), with the world awakening this morning to a special dawn, a dawn that signifies exactly two years since Riot Act was born, Stephen Hill and Remfry Dedman present you with a very special gift to signify this occasion. In part 2 we look at the bands first record of the 90’s, and potentially the album that saved U2’s career; 1991’s Achtung Baby. Starting from the existential crisis that grippe...
Jul 26, 2020•3 hr 3 min
Although here at Riot Act we don’t believe that podcasts can be free (we believe that podcasts are sacred), with the world awakening this morning to a special dawn, a dawn that signifies exactly two years since Riot Act was born, Stephen Hill and Remfry Dedman present you with a very special gift to signify this occasion. A free, whether you asked for it or not, double header Classic Album series podcast on Irish megastars U2. In the first part we look at the bands 1987 behemoth The Joshua Tree,...
Jul 26, 2020•2 hr 28 min
It's our second catch up in a row and this week, Remfry and Steve have decided to focus mainly on some of the bigger releases of the year that we've missed, including Rina Sawyama, Static-X, Rufus Wainwright, Mother Vulture and Laura Marling. Rufus Wainwright and Static-X together AT LAST! There's some crap news as we discuss the demise of Q Magazine and we pay tribute to Tim Smith of Cardiacs, who tragically passed away earlier this week from dystonia. And Broken Records takes a lighter turn th...
Jul 24, 2020•2 hr 30 min
Remfry sat down with Sharptooth vocalist Lauren Kashan to discuss some of the pertinent themes explored on the Baltimore hardcore band's new album Transitional Forms. Together, they vent about the current state of the world on topics as broad as cancel culture, misogyny, mental health issues and why despite the fact that we're in such a tumultuous period of history it seems that so few heavy bands have anything meaningful to say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This po...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 21 min
Steve's been feeling rotten all week, so Remfry has curated a veritable feast of records to gorge on from this year that we've missed including sleepmakeswaves, Martin Grech, Wilderun, Modern Rituals and Dogleg. Despite spending most of his week in bed, Steve did find the time to watch Trivium's live online stream 'A Mirror or a Distant Light' and the truth is Theory of a Deadman are ripe for Broken Records, our search to find the worst record of all time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o...
Jul 17, 2020•2 hr 24 min
Steve and Remfry discuss the phenomenal third studio album from desert rock legends Kyuss. The band invented and perfected stoner rock, a sub-genre that has since gone on to inspire countless bands and entire festival bills (no Kyuss? No Desertfest!) Alongside 1992's Blues for the Red Sun, Welcome to Sky Valley is generally considered their greatest record. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - ht...
Jul 14, 2020•35 min
Remfry and Steve discuss new releases by Bush, Jesu, Sharptooth and Inter Arma and after weeks of drought there's finally some news! Unfortunately, it's all pretty atrocious as the boys discuss Kanye West's bid for the presidency, Tom Meighan's dismissal from Kasabian and the passing of Ennio Morricone. Speaking of atrocious, Uncle Kracker's 2000 debut album 'Double Wide' is the subject of Broken Records See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following t...
Jul 10, 2020•2 hr 17 min
It's an episode 100 bonanza, as Steve and Remfry review new releases by HAIM (53:05) A.A. Williams (1:11:44) Phoxjaw (1:30:24) Hum (1:48:24) and Glorious (2:01:08) and they beam up William Shatner (2:07:10) to our Broken Records pit of despair (if you can beam one up to a pit) covering his 1968 album The Transformed Man. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Jul 03, 2020•2 hr 40 min
Originally on Patreon Steve and Remfry discuss the debut album from UNKLE, a multi-faceted mish mash of Trip-Hop and alternative rock. They discuss DJ Shadow's involvement in the project, whether the record has dated particularly in relation to UNKLE's other work and the surprising critical drubbing the record received upon release. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/priva...
Jun 30, 2020•30 min
Remfry's got himself in a bit of a tizz over Dizzie Rascal, although he may have got the wrong end of the stick. Alongside Steve, he gets back on track reviewing new releases by Bob Dylan, Ohmms, Bo Ningen, Vile Creature and clipping. Plus, take a look at the 2011 collaborative album between Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu and discuss whether it really deserves the mauling that it received See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services...
Jun 26, 2020•2 hr 18 min
On this week's show, Remfry and Steve review new releases by Lamb of God, Phoebe Bridgers, Protest the Hero and Coriky and they also delved further into the pit of despair than ever on Broken Records, heading back to 1999 and pooping the party, with it's soundtrack of hedonistic, misogynistic, will-waving in the form of Tommy Lee's debut 'solo' album Methods of Mayhem See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Cha...
Jun 19, 2020•2 hr 2 min
It's Remfry's pick and it's time for a bit of heavy metal, courtesy of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene, which Steve and Remfry spend a little time unpicking via Wikipedia. They also discuss Devin Townsend's controversial production job and how the album came to sound the way that it does, until the 10th anniversary re-issue and remix by Josh Wilbur and Remfry argues his rhetoric as to why he feels As the Palaces Burn is the best album of Lamb of God's career. See acast.com/privacy for...
Jun 15, 2020•2 hr 27 min
It's Steve's second catch-up show of the year and he's curated a veritable feast of aural treats that we've missed in the first 5 months of 2020. New albums reviewed this week include Ghostpoet, END, Backxwash, Porridge Radio and Barren Womb. And in Broken Records, Steve and Remfry discuss whether Liz Phair's self-titled 2003 record deserves to be in our hallowed hall of shit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analy...
Jun 12, 2020•2 hr 23 min
Previously on Patreon 14/05/2019 - Steve and Remfry discuss the comeback album from Blur, The Magic Whip, the London Britpop legend's eighth studio album. They discuss how the album fits into the band's legacy, how Hong Kong affected the making of the album and how successful their comeback was. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Jun 09, 2020•29 min
**With #blacklivesmatter being a movement that has proved to be depressingly prescient in the last few days, Remfry and Steve decided that it was vital to cover the new album by Run the Jewels, despite receiving the promo after this week's show was already recorded. The original episode description follows** Steve and Remfry are joined this week by friend of the show Mr. Matt Stocks this week, who's on to promote his new book ... But that's not the ONLY reason he's on the show as he's also helpi...
Jun 05, 2020•3 hr 2 min
In the first part of a double Classic Album Series, Steve and Remfry look back at Manic Street Preachers third album The Holy Bible. The boys talk about the mindset of the band going into recording, from the death of their manager Phillip Hall to the pressure the ever growing cult surrounding enigmatic guitarist Richey Edwards put on them, and the general feel of alternative rock in 1994 in the aftermath of the death of Kurt Cobain. They then deep dive into the record itself, picking apart the t...
Jun 01, 2020•2 hr 50 min
Technical difficulties have hindered our (Remfry's) ability to review new albums this week, but we didn't want to let you down so we cover three new releases this week (as opposed to the usual 4) by The 1975, Mrs Piss and Antethic. In Broken Records, we delved deeper than we've ever ... devled, as we go in on Blood, Sweat and Towers, the 2006 debut album from Towers of London See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analy...
May 29, 2020•2 hr 18 min
Rioteers Review 13 previously on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
May 26, 2020•47 min
'Wild-one-eyed Stephen Hill' and 'Two-perfect-working-eyes Remfry Dedman' present their second catch-up show of 2020, and this week it's the perfectly sighted Remfry Dedman's turn to choose. They review new(ish) records from the likes of Mogwai, Sparta, The Ditch and the Delta, BAMBARA and Jarboe. Broken Records covers the MTV Unplugged session from Ms. Lauryn Hill, the 2002 follow-up to her critically acclaimed The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 56 min
It's Remfry's pick for Classic Album's and finally, he's getting the chance to dive deep into the full-length debut album by Long Island post-hardcore heroes Glassjaw. Remfry ties himself up in knots trying to describe how much Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence means to him, whilst Steve manages to approach the album from a slightly more balanced viewpoint (although he does think it's bloody brilliant!) They discuss the 7 years leading up to the release of the album, how it fit in...
May 18, 2020•2 hr 32 min
It's our first catch-up show of the year, something which you'll likely be seeing more of over the coming weeks considering all the major records are being pushed back in release schedules due to ... well, ya know. Remfry and Steve review new albums by Moby and Paradise Lost and catch up on records by The Strokes, Mark Lanegan, Therapy? and Bear. There's also a short tribute to Richard Wayne Penniman, AKA Little Richard and another short tribute to Brian May's buttock See acast.com/privacy for p...
May 15, 2020•2 hr 46 min
Originally on Patreon 04/04/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
May 12, 2020•41 min
