An Album Party

Surprise! Kitty Muir and Cavan Bennett-Ness join the show to talk about their favourite surprise albums - Lady Gaga's stripped-back country album Joanne and Radiohead's experimental electronic record Kid A. We also talk about professional wrestling and Jedward's exceptional Tweets, and try to sell you soap...

This week I was able to catch up with two incredibly talented musicians from my school days, drummer Greg Burns and bassist/producer Jake Bentley, to talk about something we've all been desperately missing for the last year - live music. The intimate, live-style recordings of Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek's 'Two Saviors' meets jazz fusion classic 'Heavy Weather' by Weather Report as we also discuss the UK modern jazz scene; the future of country music; and the artistic legacy of The Wiggles.

Comedian and opera fundraiser Freya Dawes, and one half of the notorious sketch duo 'Jackman and Bones' Ollie Jones join me this week for a wonderful chat about our Heroes - particularly Robbie Williams, and his iconic Johnny English theme song 'Man For All Seasons'. They also argue for some pretty great records as Janelle Monae's dystopian concept album Dirty Computer takes on the super hip-hop soundtrack of Into The Spiderverse in the most ambitious crossover of music podcast history. Some other topics of conversation include which game show Gordon Ramsay would be most suited to hosting, how to cyberbully yourself into an awards ceremony, and of course Robbie Williams' iconic Johnny English theme song 'Man For All Seasons'. Inspiring stuff.

On this week's episode, we're joined by filmmaker Kieran Dawson and voice actor Ryan Kelly to talk about two fantastic debut albums. The dark, doomy landmark from metal pioneers Black Sabbath faces off against the genre-hopping exploration of commercialism and female sexuality 'The Family Jewels' by MARINA. Some other big features this week are The Masked Singer, auto-tune excess, and bringing the club to your kitchenMake sure to follow us on Twitter at @analbumpartypod and to check out the Spotify playlist 'An Album Party - s2e3'

In this week's episode, Andy is joined by two fantastic singers and performers - Jas Scott and Heather Hill - to talk about albums based on the theme of Comfort. The understated, emotionally raw 'Jar of Flies', which marked a big change from Alice in Chains' more familiar grunge stylings, goes head to head with the flamboyant, fantastical, and genre-spanning 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', arguably the magnum opus of the legendary Elton John... but only one can come out on top.Give this episode a listen to find out which comfort album takes the gold, and for a helping of boyband nostalgia, ripping off your skin at a wedding, and Elton's honkers

An Album Party is back! To kick off Series 2, Andy is joined by Anjunabeats marketing exec Pete Wisher and sound engineer Jake Cartwright to talk about two amazing comeback albums - 'Deep State' by house/trance artist Grum and 'Dare' by synth-pop pioneers The Human League. We also dig into the wonders of trip-hop production, re-appraise Rebecca Black, and sidestep accusing a former boyband member of staging a car accident as a PR stunt (it makes sense in context, I promise)