SF0131 Tara Emelye Needham, Guest Host
Tara Emelye Needham, an integral mover within the Millennial Long Island music scene, introduces us to some tracks which have influenced her - and some of her own bands' tracks as well.
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 17 min
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Sombrero Fallout delivers you alternative music intriguingly themed every fortnight.
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SF0130 Young Marble Giants
Young Marble Giants left a slim volume of work but a disproportionately large legacy. Here we listen to their music and its influence.
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 8 min
SF0129 Liverpool and Merseyside
An open top bus tour around the best alternative tunes from Liverpool and Merseyside
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min
SF0128 30 Years On - 1993 Revisited
None of the smash hits, but some of the alternative tunes from 1993.
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 8 min
SF0127 Friendship
Alternative songs about friends and friendship from 1968 to 2022
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 7 min
SF0126 Folktronica
Where folk meets electronics, that's folktronica, folks.
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min
SF0125 Those We Lost In 2022
A commemoration of the alternative music artists we lost in 2022.
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 25 min
SF0124 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 3, #14-#1
So, here it is: the best tracks of 2022. And it's the best year for music ever, as always, with all these songs to add to all the ones from every other year.
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 11 min
SF0123 Festive Forthy 2022 , Pt 2, #27-#15
Part Two in our trilogy of episodes celebrating the best tracks of 2022.
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min
SF0122 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 1, #40-#28
Part One of three episodes rounding up the best in alternative listening for 2022. Not definitive, not meant to be.
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr
SF0121 Before they found their sound
The sounds before the sounds. What successful bands sounded like before they sold out stadiums. Often better.
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min
SF0120 RIP Mimi Parker (Low) and Keith Levene (PIL)
A tribute to Mimi Parker of Low and Keith Levene of early PIL and founder member of The Clash.
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 10 min
SF0119 John Cale at 80
John Cale is 80: no second invitation needed to celebrate the Velvets, his solo work, his musical contributions and his production as well.
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min
SF0118 Don't let our youth go to waste
Braces, tire swings, then love and other catastrophes. Songs about the indignities and thrills of being young.
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 8 min
SF0117 Perth
Perth, a thousand miles from anywhere else, and West Australia more broadly have always had their unique thing going on. Here's their unique musical thing.
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min
SF0116 25 years of Mogwai (plus their influences)
25 Years of living under the reign of Mogwai. Interlaced with some influences on the band themselves.
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min
SF0115 Tributes, Odes and Homages
Tributes, hymns, odes to. Songs for, Homages about. Not people though. Binoculars, divorce and androids amongst others.
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min
SF0114 Class and Inequality
Songs about the class system, about the bourgeoisie, about unfairness, about inequality. But with humour too.
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min
SF0113 Neo-Psychedelia
The inheritors of the '60s psychedelic bands are the latter-day Neo-Psychedelia practitioners. Here's an episode featuring them.
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 9 min
SF0112 - Bonus Episode: Bands Listeners Are In
The conch is handed to listeners of the podcast who feature here in the bands they play in.
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 12 min
SF0111 Songs about Actors and Movies
Songs about actors, songs about movies, songs about actors in movies.
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min
SF0110 Great Songs on TV Shows
Great tracks from TV shows, good, bad and indifferent.
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min
SF0109 Cameras and Photos
More songs about cameras and photography.
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min
SF0108 Jowe Head (Swell Maps), Guest Host
Guest host this episode is Jowe Head, veteran of many groups and especially beloved by post-punk aficionados for his time in the legendary Swell Maps.
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min
SF0107 Two Tone and its Jamaican Origins
Now there's a Two Tone museum in Coventry, here's a celebration of the label and the original ska sound from Jamaica in the '60s that inspired it.
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 7 min
SF0106 Milestone Birthday Episode
To celebrate a certain milestone, the first letters of the these favourite Sombrero tracks spell out BIRTHDAY EPISODE.
May 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min
SF0105 30 years of Pavement's Slanted & Enchanted
It's 30 years since Pavement's Slanted & Enchanted landed on our CD shelf. Here's an episode celebrating its tracks and tracing its influence.
May 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min
SF0104 Collaborations
Collaborations don't always work, but these alternative examples of the art form are inspired.
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 9 min
SF0103 Guest Host Guy Haslam
A guest host episode with a member of the Haslam Musical Dynasty - and the UK's leading cryptic crossword exponent, Guy Haslam.
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min
SF0102 Music of Ukraine
A celebration of the music, mostly alternative, being made in Ukraine today.
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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