Best Daisy And Julia Podcasts (2024)

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New Music - This Is Lorelei! Ari Tsugi! Hamish Hawk! Club Kuru! Liana Flores! 1:26:13

4h ago1:26:13

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Send us a Text Message. Following a summer break which heralded the arrival of the latest addition to the @weheardwonders dynasty, normal podcasting service is resumed! We preview the forthcoming album from Leith’s premier practitioner of bittersweet wonk-pop Gurry Wurry, and share our thoughts on new music from one-man indie-rock-jukebox This Is L…

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New Music - Billie Eilish! The Lovely Eggs! Villagers! Ugly (UK)! Myriam Gendron! 1:30:36

3M ago1:30:36

1:30:36

Send us a Text Message. We hit this pod runnin’ - like a nosebleed! Andrew provides a roundup of some of the recent big music releases - those to check out as well as those that are probably best avoided. Then it’s on to this episode’s playlist and the five fresh projects which made the cut: Iain and Andrew play tracks from and share their opinions…

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New Music - Mdou Moctar! The Lemon Twigs! Ibibio Sound Machine! Jessica Pratt! Fergus McCreadie! 1:36:44

3M ago1:36:44

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Send us a Text Message. Gigantic! A big, big love! Iain and Andrew salute the late great Steve Albini, the immeasurably-influential ‘recording engineer’ and sonic architect of alternative rock. We then play and review new music from pod heroes Mdou Moctar and Fergus McCreadie, as well as boys-of-melody/siblings-of-song The Lemon Twigs, UK Afro-funk…

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New Music - Corridor! St. Vincent! Iron & Wine with Fiona Apple! Ganavya! Amelia Coburn! 1:45:59

4M ago1:45:59

1:45:59

Send us a Text Message. A discursive quality and literary bent to this week’s @weheardwonders, with references to John Dunne, Dylan Thomas and, er, Eddie Van Halen. We play and review new music from transporting indie-rockers Corridor, art-rock auteur St. Vincent, Americana mainstay Iron & Wine, South Indian ambient-jazz scholar Ganavya and excitin…

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New Music - Taylor Swift! Friko! Ederlezi! Fabiana Palladino! Guests! 1:33:47

4M ago1:33:47

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Send us a Text Message. We’re a music review podcast, so of course we have some thoughts on the biggest music release of the year (deepest sympathies, Cowboy Carter, it was fun while it lasted) from the biggest pop star of her era(s). Find out what Iain and Andrew (podcasters don’t come more tortured or poetic) make of Taylor Swift’s latest grand s…

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New Music - Hannah Frances! Cindy Lee! English Teacher! Shabaka! Magick Brother & Mystic Sister! 1:53:16

4M ago1:53:16

1:53:16

Send us a Text Message. Iain and Andrew are Taking Care Of Business on the latest @weheardwonders (don’t ask them why - it just felt right, alright?). Join them for juicy music-based discussion covering avant-folk artist Hannah Frances, word-of-mouth indie-sensation Cindy Lee, the accomplished, well-read English Teacher, reed-master Shabaka Hutchin…

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The Scene Talks To.... Julia Sowerbutt 24:20

5M ago24:20

24:20

In our new sub-series, The Scene will be chatting to various folks in the know about all things New Writing, audio, theatre, distribution, Production..... to see what we can learn from people who've been doing it all much longer than us. In the FIRST of this interview series, Julia Sowerbutt tells us all about her experience of running one of the U…

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New Music - Sahra Halgan! Gustaf! Jane Weaver! Khruangbin! Daisy Rickman! Diving Horse! 1:29:44

4M ago1:29:44

1:29:44

Send us a Text Message. Home-improvement hounds Iain and Andrew put down their paintbrushes and rollers long enough to play and pore over new musical offerings from Somali freedom fighter Sahra Halgan, Brooklyn no-wavers Gustaf, psychedelic national treasure Jane Weaver, sub-zero Texan synthesists Khruangbin and “Cornish high priestess” Daisy Rickm…

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New Music - Waxahatchee! LAIR! Adrianne Lenker! Julia Holter! Oisin Leech! 1:34:47

4M ago1:34:47

1:34:47

Send us a Text Message. After a few weeks away, Iain and Andrew reconvene to catch up and cast their critical eye over three of the year’s most hotly tipped and anticipated releases - Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker and Julia Holter - as well as something eyebrow-raising from Indonesian psych collective LAIR and something decidedly more low-key from S…

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New Music - Nadine Shah! Real Estate! Mohammad Syfkhan! MGMT! Ghost Funk Orchestra! 1:31:38

6M ago1:31:38

1:31:38

Send us a Text Message. On this week’s @weheardwonders, soaring singer-songwriter Nadine Shah sings her life, MGMT add slacker alt-rock shagginess to their usual neo-psych, and Real Estate return. We also discuss the remarkable story of how Kurdish/Syrian singer & bouzouki player Mohammad Syfkhan found himself performing at the Cork Opera House, an…

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New Music - Les Amazones d’Afrique! Brittany Howard! Dina Ögon! Grandaddy! Yirinda! 1:21:26

6M ago1:21:26

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Send us a Text Message. There’s only one didgeridoo thing to do! It’s another globetrotting edition of @weheardwonders, with intrepid explorers Iain and Andrew delving into new music from all around the world. Up for discussion are five tracks by artists from four continents, including Sweden’s Dina Ögon, Brittany Howard and Grandaddy from North Am…

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New Music - David Nance! The Last Dinner Party! Bolts Of Melody! YG Marley! Beth Gibbons! 1:47:20

7M ago1:47:20

1:47:20

Send us a Text Message. On the latest @weheardwonders, one track inspired our Iain to reach for the “G” word, while another offended him so much that he had to reach for the “mute” button mid-recording. Can you guess which artists and tracks inspired such visceral and opposing reactions? Up for debate this week are rollicking barn-rockers David Nan…

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New Music - The Smile! Gruff Rhys! Ty Segall! They Hate Change! Daudi Matsiko! 1:39:25

7M ago1:39:25

1:39:25

Send us a Text Message. No effort required on Iain or Andrew’s part to crowbar the R-word into this week’s @weheardwonders discussion - the big alternative music release being, of course, the second full-length from The Smile, featuring a certain Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. We’ve cast our eyes (and ears) over Wall Of Eyes - find out what we mak…

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New Music - YĪN YĪN! Rosali! Omni! Kali Uchis! SLIFT! 1:30:57

7M ago1:30:57

1:30:57

Send us a Text Message. Yes indeedy, @weheardwonders are back to put some pep in the step of your blustery seemingly-never-ending January. Iain and Andrew play and review a veritable smorgasbord of new musical treats, including: YĪN YĪN’s Asian-inspired disco-funk; graceful Crazy Horse-play from Rosali; Omni’s arch art-punk; a diaphanous Spanish-la…

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New Music - Liam Gallagher & John Squire! Plantoid! Muireann Bradley! Bill Ryder-Jones! Nino Gvilia! 1:29:50

8M ago1:29:50

1:29:50

Send us a Text Message. How about some new reviews of new music to kick this new year off in style? Iain and Andrew are back back BACK, and they’re doing what they love best: casting their eyes and ears over a selection of box-fresh tuneage on @weheardwonders. Is Liam Gallagher & John Squire’s long-threatened collaboration just another rainbow-dyed…

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Hacking Tyler by Judy Klass and Ron Reed 23:43

10M ago23:43

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Imagine your best friend suddenly adopts a load of world views and values which makes them unrecognisable to you. Might you think that they had been brain washed? What if we lived in a world where people could be 'hacked'? A world where the technology exists to actually put these ideas in to their brain... How would you distinguish their true essen…

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Bloody Paperwork by Lawrence Quilty 16:53

11M ago16:53

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This is the story of Hailey Glass, a disgraced politician whose arrogance and blinkered ambition, made her an easy mark to exploit and frame for the war crimes of a corrupt government. Cast: Hailey Glass - Teresa Jennings Rosanna Crowley - Grace Dunne Aiden Glass, Judge - Stephen Riddle Secretary, Lawyer 1, Journo 1 - Laide Sonola Samuel Baum, Lawy…

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Sickening by Daisy Garroch 10:56

11M ago10:56

10:56

David and Susie attend their millionth social obligation event of the Summer - a gender reveal - and one they're not likely to ever forget. That is, unless, the next expectant mother finds an even more outrageous way to make the party go off. Cast: David - Peter Hardingham Susie - Lottie Bourne Jemima - Nicola Moore Jessica - Beth Johnston Pauline …

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RELOAD: Four Glasses by Marshall Veniar 12:41

11M ago12:41

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Four friends meet up regularly to share witticisms and woes about the difficulties of getting pregnant. *There is discussion in this play about gender identity and infertility which some listeners may be sensitive to. Please take care while listening. Cast: Kathy - Emma Stannard Alice - Velenzia Spearpoint Becca - Kate Martin Sam - Sassy Clyde Soun…

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RELOAD: GAIA by Lawrence Quilty 24:19

12M ago24:19

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Set a short way in to an unrecognisable future, the younger generation put the older on trial for their past crimes against the environment. Cast: Young woman - Maddie O'Brien Harman - Arty Froushan Additional voices/ Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath …

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RELOAD: Mites by James Mannion 17:49

12M ago17:49

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A pest controller responds to a call out from a wealthy aging lady, living all alone after her husbands mysterious disappearance. Although she can’t remember placing the call, she is in dire need of his…… services. Cast: Woman - Wendy Fisher Man - Arty Froushan Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Produ…

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Daddy Issues by Lynsey Cullen 9:17

12M ago9:17

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These days, there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ family unit. As the gender and sexuality spectrum continues to diversify and evolve, how human kind sets about producing and raising the next generation, requires ever more creative thinking. Cast: Jess - Laide Sonola Ben - Aaron Douglas Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in associat…

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My Wee Home by Aaron Hickland 22:08

1y ago22:08

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How much of our relationships are conducted without the other person even needing to be there? Conversations sprawling across many mediums, over weeks and months - leaving a trail behind them. A record of our attempt to understand each other, stay connected, and overcome our differences. Cast: Dierdre - Teresa Jennings John - Stephen Riddle Fionn -…

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Artist Unknown by Nicky Denovan 12:39

1y ago12:39

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At a house clearance undertaken by sibling Grace and Nick, whose Mum has recently passed away, they take a trip down memory lane. As they lovingly sort through her bits and pieces they stumble across an entry in her diary that turns their entire world upside down..... Cast: Grace - Lottie Bourne Nick - Peter Hardingham Sound design - Sassy Clyde Pr…

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Matt & Eva Are Not Dead Yet by Emily Jane Clark 15:12

1y ago15:12

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Not all happy endings are the happy endings we read about in story books. Matt & Eva have one or two things to get off their chest, before it's too late... Cast: Eva - Grace Dunne Matt - Aaron Douglas Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Emma McGrath.co.u…

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Laugh Track by Liam D Gillies 8:38

1y ago8:38

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Jessie and Claire struggle to keep their spirits up and their limbs attached, while surviving every day in a terrifying reality - watched over by a monstrous captor with a taste for tacky comedy. Cast: Jessie - Beth Johnston Amanda - Grace Dunne Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our seaso…

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I Think This Will Be Good For Us by Will Pinhey 11:21

1y ago11:21

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Modern relationships take many forms. We listen here to long-term couple Jan and Michael, as they share with us their concerns and considerations around the potential polyamorous turn, their relationship is about to take. Cast: Jan - Beth Johnston Michael - Peter Hardingham Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get …

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Writer Stephen Saleh reacts to hearing his podplay 3:30

1y ago3:30

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Sassy Clyde talks to Stephen Saleh about his podplay Lockdown No. 36. “We do have short memories, and we forget how bloody grim it was….” Listen to the podplay here ARE YOU A WRITER? We are looking for scripts for SEASON 4! Send them in to us here! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thescene_pod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thescene_pod/ Faceboo…

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Lockdown No.36 by Stephen Saleh 10:21

1y ago10:21

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Set some way in to the future, we visit a dingy bar in an overcrowded city and hear how the Covid-19 Pandemic, brought about a bitter sweet gender equality. Cast: Mrs. Sohcahtoa - Paula Benson Gronda - Grace Dunne Jenny - Laide Sonola Additional voices - Velenzia Spearpoint and Sassy Clyde Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in assoc…

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After 2: Chapters 134-136 1:43:55

1y ago1:43:55

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Hey, long time no see! Sorry about that...But we're back with some more chapters! At this point, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing... Tessa reconciles with what she's learned about Harry and his past. She and Anne eat some tacos (without him, which is so rude, because we all know tacos are Harry's favorite food), and then Tessa cal…

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New Music - Cory Hanson! Bob Dylan! Per Svensson! BCUC! Ivan Moult! 1:28:52

1y ago1:28:52

1:28:52

Send us a Text Message. Music by Masters Of Song of various stripe is up for discussion on the latest @weheardwonders pod: Cory Hanson’s country-rock guitar explorations inspire some uncharacteristically blue (Crazy) Horsin’ around from your cherubic hosts; Swedish psychedelicist Per Svensson aims to take the listener on a magic trip; Ivan Moult’s …

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New Music - Teenage Fanclub! The Lemon Twigs! Mong Tong! Kassa Overall! Emma Tricca! 1:44:38

1y ago1:44:38

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Send us a Text Message. After a fine run of guest interviews, Iain and Andrew are back in “classic” pod mode this week, catching up on five recent tracks, played and contextualised for your listening pleasure. Thirty-plus years in, can Teenage Fanclub still deliver the melodic, bittersweet goods? Is ‘Everything Harmony’ a fitting album title for hi…

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New Music - Blur! Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy! The Ironsides! Plus our interview with EYES OF OTHERS! 2:10:48

1+ y ago2:10:48

2:10:48

Send us a Text Message. Practitioner of post-genre, post-pub-couldn’t-get-in-the-club music John Bryden aka Eyes Of Others is the latest guest in We Heard Wonders-land. John chats to us about ice-baths, sun-beds, and the wonderful and frightening world of Nico, as well as his ace debut LP, just-released on Heavenly Recordings. He also selects four …

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1D EXTRAVAGANZA! 1:36:25

1+ y ago1:36:25

1:36:25

We've got a special episode for y'all this week - the 1D extravaganza! Listen along as the narrators take a break from reading to discuss the best and the worst of One Direction's discography, their thoughts on Niall's many controversies, how they'd rank the music videos, their burning questions for one another, and their reactions to bad imagines …

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New Music - Queens Of The Stone Age! Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints! Fatoumata Diawara! Plus our interview with NIGHT CALLER! 2:01:47

1+ y ago2:01:47

2:01:47

Send us a Text Message. Iain and Andrew have a date with the Night (Caller) on the latest instalment of @weheardwonders pod. Danny from Leith gutter-pop lotharios Night Caller joins us to chat Grease, break-ups, cats and the group’s devilishly catchy debut single and EP. Danny also picks and plays five slickly-produced, thematically-linked tracks. …

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New Music - BC Camplight! Modern Cosmology! Plus our interview with MICHAEL M PHYSICS! 1:54:24

1+ y ago1:54:24

1:54:24

Send us a Text Message. On this week’s @weheardwonders, Andrew and Iain - especially fanboy Iain - are buzzing to be joined by Michael M Physics, offa purveyors of “fast existentialist nerd rock for people who like sighing but also fighting” Slime City, We Are The Physics and Twitter. Topics up for discussion include Slime City’s highly entertainin…

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New Music - Jessie Ware! Nabihah Iqbal! The Dream Machine! Isolde Lasoen! Rudy De Anda! 1:32:47

1+ y ago1:32:47

1:32:47

Send us a Text Message. A GROOVY selection of tracks on this week’s @weheardwonders - either groovy in the “this’ll get you outta your seat, get you moving” kind of way, or groovy in the hip, sixties-inspired sense of the word. Following the triumphant What’s Your Pleasure?, Jessie Ware’s new record finds her in disco-diva mode once more - but is s…

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After 2: Chapters 131-133 1:28:48

1+ y ago1:28:48

1:28:48

Guess who's back, back again: Caitie's back! Tell a friend!!! This week's episode actually has some plot! Harry, Tessa, and Anne exchange Christmas gifts, and of course it gets a bit uncomfortable. Unfortunately, a nice nap is disrupted by none other than Carol Young. We get the worldstar fight of the century: Carol vs. Anne vs. Tessa vs. Harry. A …

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New Music - Durand Jones! PJ Harvey! Kara Jackson! Spencer Cullum! Scott William Urquhart & Constant Follower! 1:35:02

1+ y ago1:35:02

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Send us a Text Message. This week’s selections give Andrew and Iain even more of an opportunity than usual to flex their analytical muscles with not one, not two, but THREE published poets among the artists up for discussion. We dive into the hotly-anticipated and hot-off-the-press new track from PJ Harvey, the meaty debut album by former U.S. Nati…

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After 2: Chapters 128-130 1:19:35

1+ y ago1:19:35

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To be real, true, and honest, not a lot happens plot-wise this week. We get to see what Tessa and Harry are like as a reunited couple (spoiler: it's bad, too) and how they spend the Christmas season (NOT Christmas) together with Anne. A movie is watched, tears are shed, and Harry and Tessa...uh...put on a fashion show...if you catch our drift. See,…

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New Music - Lael Neale! Jonathan Wilson! Metallica! 1:25:19

1+ y ago1:25:19

1:25:19

Send us a Text Message. At the third time of asking, a new precious @weheardwonders pod is here! It’s yours, take it! New music by graveyard-dwelling Sub Popper Lael Neale and your favourite singer-songwriter’s favourite producer & singer-songwriter in his own right Jonathan Wilson is put under the miscoscope. Plus, we ride the lightning: Iain - hi…

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After 2: Chapters 125-127 1:34:52

1+ y ago1:34:52

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Folks, truly and honestly welcome to the freaking Oscars, because BOY do the narrators bust out their acting chops for you this week...!!! In this week's episode, Harry and Tessa go last minute Christmas shopping (the last minute-ness cannot be emphasized enough), where they bump into some old...friends? Question mark? An encounter that encourages …

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New Music - Mokoomba! Immaterial Possession! El Michels Affair, Black Thought & Kirby! James Ellis Ford! Powers / Pulice / Rolin! 1:31:53

1+ y ago1:31:53

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Send us a Text Message. A vast expanse of musical ground is covered on the latest @weheardwonders podcast. Hey, it’s what we do! We move from the sunlit Zimrock of Mokoomba to the mysterious medieval hijinks and levitating bananas of Immaterial Possession; from the latest inspired team-up (this time with El Michels Affair) of hip-hop firebrand Blac…

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After 2: Chapters 122-124 1:29:38

1+ y ago1:29:38

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Hello again! Sorry for the quick hiatus...the Ides of March did a doozy on us...But we return with an episode that's all giggles! This week, Tessa returns to their- her- his- THE apartment, receiving comfort from Harry – aka, wiping her tears and snot and makeup all over his white shirt. Disgusting. She then makes a *drum roll* lasagna and spends s…

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New Music - Murray A. Lightburn! Altin Gün! Eddie Chacon! James Holden! Anona! 1:23:35

1+ y ago1:23:35

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Send us a Text Message. Iain and Andrew reconvene for more reviews and rambles of a musical persuasion. On this week’s @weheardwonders, you will hear something graceful and tasteful and made with obvious affection from Murray A. Lightburn; Altin Gün are up to their old Anatolian-psych-rock antics; Eddie Chacon’s career resurgence continues apace; p…

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New Music - Lankum! Lana del Rey! Plus our interview with GURRY WURRY! 1:51:51

1+ y ago1:51:51

1:51:51

Send us a Text Message. There’s a gurry wurry at @weheardwonders headquarters this week! No, Iain and Andrew haven’t come to blows…on the contrary, they’re getting along famously with Dave King, the brains behind ambitious weirdo-pop outfit Gurry Wurry. We discuss new album Not As Bad As It Sounds, home recording, the joy of a sad song, and play so…

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New Music - Taylor Swift 'Eras' chat! Ulrika Spacek! Clark! Death and Vanilla! Yves Tumor! Baby Rose & Smino! 1:18:16

1+ y ago1:18:16

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Send us a Text Message. Hear thee! Hear thee! It’s another episode of We Heard Wonders-ee! Yep, @weheardwonders are back with five smoking hot new platters to revolve and review: the bad-trip psychedelia of Ulrika Spacek; the impossible-to-ignore rave ramblings of Clark’s Town Crank; the diaphanous dream-psych of Death and Vanilla; the post-genre p…

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After 2: Chapters 119-121 1:29:45

1+ y ago1:29:45

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If y'all can get through the intro, we have quite the episode for you. (Sorry, we've got things to say!) This week, we endure Tessa and Harry having to pretend to be a couple while Harry's mom (who is still named Anne somehow) stays at the apartment for a visit. It goes as well as you can imagine: Harry throws a little fit, there's a concrete floor…

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Now That's What I Call New(ish) Music Vol. 2! 1:28:13

1+ y ago1:28:13

1:28:13

Send us a Text Message. Join us for the second and - likely final - volume of @weheardwonders’ short-lived but celebrated “Now That’s What I Call Newish Music!” series (that’s right, from next week, it’ll be nothing but box-fresh bangers guaranteed!). Iain and Andrew review more tracks from noteworthy albums released between January and now: the hi…

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After 2: Chapters 116-118 1:56:22

1+ y ago1:56:22

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So much goes on in this week's episode, and again, we're not sure if it's the story or us. Either way, we hope it makes up for missing last week - sorry, besties! Harry goes to Liam for help, and maybe he does get it, but things go off the rails (only in the narrators' fantasies). Then he leaves without a hug, which will be hilarious later. Tessa, …

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