Late as ever (it's still February... just) following a technological catastrophe The Cacophony Sessions presents the season four finale, and the closing episode of the regular podcast. Join Dan Whitell and his regular band of bastards Alex, Martyn, Tom and Jim as we finally deliver our top ten albums of 2023! Featuring the biggest Does It Slap ever…

#music #podcast #guitarsolo The Cacophony Sessions are back with their thoughts on greatest guitar solos of all time. Joining Dan Whitell on this episode are Alex, Tom and Martyn; each with two pics for a discussion on what makes a guitar solo work - and what doesn't. The playlist containing all of our picks (including Dan B's and Jim's in spite of…

We wind the clock back 20 years on this episode of The Cacophony Sessions as Dan Whitell runs down the Top 15 Songs of 2003 with contributions from Martyn, Jim, Alex and Tom. 15 picks each, scored out of ten - some using the IGN scoring system and others…not doing that. This episode ranks the top 15, although all 75 songs can be found in alphabetic…

The second part of The Cacophony Sessions' discussion of all 25 Bond themes continues in 'You Only Bang Twice', in which Dan Whitell, Tom, Dan B and Alex critique the Bond themes of the 1980s to the present. If you missed the first part, you can listen to the audio or watch the video to catch up on the scores so far. A playlist of all the themes in…

Are you ready for our TWO PART James Bond Theme Special? You’d better be! Part One of The Cacophony Sessions Season 4 Episode 4 is here and features Dan Whitell with Alex, Dan B, Tom and Martyn as they chronologically rate each of the main themes from every James Bond movie. This part begins with the original 007 film Dr No from 1962 and takes us u…

The Cacophony Sessions do another dive into the UK top 10 (for the week commencing 14/4/23) and several artists now find themselves in the crosshairs for the first time. And an old nemesis comes back to haunt us. Join Dan Whitell with Alex, Dan B and Tom for a heated discussion on pop music of today. In this month's episode you'll find Lewis Capald…

April’s Cacophony Sessions Podcast is an episode in which Dan Whitell, joined by Tom, Martyn and Dan B, attempts to discuss the most famous band in pop music history. We have divided the conversation loosely into four parts - our favourite albums, songs, Beatles themselves and lastly covers of their songs. Undoubtedly full of controversial takes as…

Season Four of The Cacophony Sessions Podcast kicks off with our Album of the Year 2022 episode. Join Dan Whitell as well as Tom, Jim, Martyn and Alex as we collectively rank our favourite ten records of last year. This year's list features some previous favourites from our 2020 and 2021 lists, as well as some new bands; it's time to separate the n…

Our final recording of 2022 is the season finale of The Cacophony Sessions Podcast. Dan joins Martyn, Jim, Alex and Tom for a deep dive into ten of our own personal favourites. From Funkadelic to Run-DMC to Nirvana to Insane Clown Posse, this eclectic discussion covers a variety of different genres and we've made a playlist available via Apple Musi…

Welcome to another episode of The Cacophony Sessions Podcast, as we deliver our Top Ten Pop Punk Songs Ever! Join Dan Whitell, Tom, Martyn, Dan B, Jim and Al as we fight over the quality of the songs we’ve hand-picked and rated, and argue both for and against their places within the lineage of the genre. As well as an ever-heated discussion, we als…

This month's episode of The Cacophony Sessions sees Dan Whitell invite Al, Jim, Martyn and Tom into the theatre of conflict as we discuss our favourite albums, MCs and producers in hip-hop during the early nineties. Whether you're East Coast, West Coast or something in between this is one of our more free-flowing conversations in which we offer our…

The Cacophony Sessions is here to analyse another of the greatest years in music history. From synthpop to hip-hop; sophisti-pop to post-punk - this episode's six-man panel of Dan Whitell, Dan B, Tom, Jim, Martyn and Alex rank their favourite songs of 1987 from our selection of 75 tunes that can be found listed on our blog (note: the list will spoi…

The Cacophony Sessions is here to discuss the US Billboard Hot 100, specifically the top ten from the week commencing 21/5/22. Join Dan W, Alex, Tom, Dan B and our newest voice Jim as we discuss Harry Styles, Lizzo and too many tracks from Bad Bunny. We provide our thoughts on our personal favourites from the top ten and ponder on just what exactly…

OUR BIGGEST EPISODE YET! Following the recent death of Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins, The Cacophony Sessions Podcast decided it would be an appropriate time to discuss our fifteen favourite drummers of all time according to tonight's panel. Banging on about drums for over three hours this time around are Dan Whitell, Dan B, Alex, Martyn and Tom each w…

The third season premiere sees The Cacophony Sessions rating our favourite records of 2021. Join Dan Whitell, Tom, 'Housewife's Choice' Martyn, Dave and 'Butcher's Boy' Alex as we present the top ten albums of last year, a couple of months after the dust has settled (and everyone else has had a go). With Fontaines DC taking home the prize for 2020,…

Two weeks after everyone else, The Cacophony Sessions weighs in on the Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan & Spotify debate by dedicating one of our bonus episodes to the mythical Canadian singer-songwriter and his massive discography - from Crosby, Stills Nash & Young to Buffalo Springfield. Usual voices Dan Whitell and Tom are joined by the illustrious musi…

Our first episode of 2022 is the last episode we recorded in 2021 and it's a whopping three hour extravaganza discussing the best and worst cover versions we can think of. It's a full house as Dan Whitell welcomes Alex, Tom, Martyn, Dan B and Dave to bring to the table their favourite studio covers, live covers and the covers we'd like thrown carel…

We've been away for a few months due to personal circumstances, but that does not matter anymore as The Cacophony Sessions Podcast returns for some of our best argumentative dialogue yet, surrounding songs that we think are both Undeniable Bangers and, this time, the opposite - Undeniable Clangers. Joining The Court Jester of Funk Dan Whitell are c…

After some scheduling conflicts, The Cacophony Sessions returns to discuss 16 of our favourite TV themes of all time. Dan is joined by CO-HOSTS Alex, Dave and Tom as we discuss some iconic and some obscure music used in the opening sequence of various television shows and put them to the sword. Over the course of this episode we discuss DJing in th…

It's time for another of our bonus episodes and this month we are extremely lucky to have secured the services of British music journalism royalty, David Stubbs. Dan and Tom pick out the best and worst of British music from the pre-Thatcher era of 1977-79. David was a staff writer at Melody Maker magazine in the 80s as well as numerous other music …

The latest episode of The Cacophony Sessions sees regulars Dan, Martyn, Alex, Tom and Dave nominating their favourite songs designed for getting one's proverbial freak on. This month we discern your Barry Whites from your Cilla Blacks so join us as we select three songs each to get you through the sexiest of times. This one obviously contains some …

Life got in the way, but do not fret as The Cacophony Sessions Podcast is back and longer than ever! The first of two episodes in May to make up for the lack of an update in April sees Dan as well as the regular line up Alex, Martyn, Tom and Dave selecting songs that we suspect would be found on the walkman of American Psycho's Patrick Bateman from…

For the thirtieth anniversary, the latest episode of The Cacophony Sessions sees Dan, Tom, Alex, Martyn and Dave nominating what we think are the twenty best songs of 1991. We each nominated thirty songs and scored them out of fifty, and tonight, we discuss the scores. We cover everything from hip-hop to dance to grunge so we hope you'll agree with…

We're back for our second season of The Cacophony Sessions! In the first main episode of 2021 the whole gang looks back at the best albums of what was a very strange year for all of us. Join Dan, Dave, Alex, Tom and Martyn as we count down our top 15 records of 2020. Along the way find out what happened Dave at the end of last season, which homoero…

As you know if you've listened to us for more than four minutes, Dan is a huge Prince fan. This has been a long time coming, so along with Dave and Martyn we've recruited Arthur of the wonderful Music Snobs podcast to help as we discuss our favourite side-projects, and main albums and what we'd like to see in the future from the mythical Paisley Pa…

Welcome to Episode Eight, where we finish running down our dream festival line-up, covering hip-hop and miscellaneous choices and all of our favourite acts from history. Dan, Alex, Martyn, Dave and Tom assembled to continue the episode, but not everyone made it to the end of the festival. Typical. A few technical issues and the longest episode ever…

You know what we really miss? Festivals and live music. Fuck you 2020. This episode of The Cacophony Sessions sets up the stage for our own dream festival as Dan asks Martyn, Al, Dave and Tom to help him build a line-up for the ages. Stay tuned for a steaming dump of hot content before Christmas, Funkateers, but in the meantime please enjoy this - …

We were going to post a Halloween episode of The Cacophony Sessions but as this is coming to you in November on this episode instead we run down the biggest selling album of all time, track by track. We are of course talking about Michael Jackson's Thriller and all of its seven singles and two album tracks. Regulars Martyn, Alex, Dave and Tom are h…

In a special bonus episode of The Cacophony Sessions, Dan, Martyn and Dave chat with legendary Plymouth-based DJ Aldo Vanucci all about our favourite soul records of all time. We cover a lot of the greats - Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield to name but a few. Don't worry, we still find time to divert the talk…

In our longest, sweariest and most divisive conversation yet, The Cacophony Sessions listens to the Official UK Top Ten* and gets all hip and trendy. Join Martyn, Dave, Alex, Tom and our perennial concierge Dan as we go way, way out of our comfort zone. Featuring discussions on Pop Smoke, DJ Khaled, Cardi B and Drake, we ditch our normal brand of m…

Episode Four of The Cacophony Sessions is (mostly) all about movie soundtracks, save our usual tangential tendencies and the occasional video game soundtrack for good measure. Alex, Martyn, Tom and Dave join host Dan, who (spoiler alert) finally unleashes the purple fury in the longest episode yet. In our sights this week are musicals, compilations…

The Cacophony Sessions discusses an entire decade of music as we explore the Noughties. The best and worst trends, genres, albums and songs are all on the table here as Dan, Martyn, Dave, Tom and newcomer Alex give their thoughts on the first decade of the 21st Century. Some bands do not escape unscathed as some knockout blows are delivered. Episod…

We're back for more of The Cacophony Sessions! The gloves are off as we go head-to-head this week in an attempt to crown the most undeniable banger of all time (that we could think of). Tom's hungover, Martyn's lost in Cornwall and Dan tries really hard not to talk about Prince. Featuring discussions about Pearl Jam, All Saints, William Orbit, Huma…

The first episode of The Cacophony Sessions sees Dan, Pete, Martyn, Tom and Dave talking about time. Specifically, the years we think are the greatest. Join us to find out about our musical tastes, what we've been listening to in during lockdown, inflation rates, Brian Eno's leopard print cardigans and which band sounds most like the run-of-the-mil…