Picky Bastards

Yep. It's the miserable music podcast, again. And to make it even more miserable than usual, Fran will be discussing Radiohead in this month's Why I Love section (tune in to see if he can convince you that they aren't miserable after all). New releases discussed this month are from IDLES, serpentwithfeet, Allie X, and Everything Everything and the classic is from Otis Redding. Get it all in your ears. Immediately.

The miserable music podcast returns for Episode 73. This month, Matt, Sam, and Fran chose to review new releases from NewDad, Angry Blackmen, Future Islands, and Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes and a classic LP from Chaka Khan. As always, we close the episode with our Why I Love section - this month, Sam tells us why he is such a big fan of Bjork.

Welcome to our first episode of 2024. We argue about newly released albums from SPRINTS, Bill Ryder-Jones, Kali Uchis, and The Vaccines and a classic from Between The Buried and Me before Matt closes out the episode by telling us why he loves The Maccabees. New year, same miserable music podcast.

Join the miserable music podcast as we discuss some of the most loved albums of 2023.We reveal our own personal picks for the best LP of the year while also letting you know what we think of those chosen by publications such as Rough Trade, Stereogum, Mojo, and more. Get it in your ears.

70 episodes in, and we're still here moaning about music. This month's new releases up for discussion are from Cherry Glazerr, The Streets, Sampha, and Wilco and we have a classic from DMX. Then Fran closes out the episode by telling you why he loves Hurray For The Riff Raff.

After a brief hiatus, Fran, Sam, and Matt return with another episode of the miserable music podcast. Each month we discuss four recent releases, a classic album, and one of us introduces a band or artist in our Why I Love section.This month's recent releases are from Noname, Be Your Own Pet, Art School Girlfriend and Genesis Owusu and the classic is from Missy Elliot. Will Sam finally get us into country music by introducing Chris Stapleton? Listen to find out.

It's that time of year again. The Picky Bastards get together to discuss their hopes, fears, and wild predictions in the build up to the announcement of this year's Mercury Prize winner.As Sam, Matt, and Fran are joined by guest host Tom Burrows, listen to them get it wrong, get overexcited, and have some of the biggest disagreements in the history of the podcast. Enjoy.

Yet another episode of the miserable music podcast for your earholes. Fran, Matt, and Sam cover new releases from Anohni and the Johnsons, Grian Chatten, Olivia Dean, and PVRIS and a classic from Frank Zappa. Matt closes the episode by talking Bloc Party in our monthly 'Why I Love' section. Enjoy.

Sam, Matt, and Fran are back with the 66th episode of the miserable music podcast. Each month we review/argue about 4 recently released albums and a classic album none of us know, before one of us closes the episode with our Why I Love section.This month's recent releases are from Genghar, Jayda G, Foo Fighters, and Miya Folick and the classic is from Hole. Fran closes the episode by telling you why he loves Eminem.