The White Zone is for loading and unloading only... Welcome to 1995 and the first, and only, episode of Binge Warriors as we deep dive into singular album by Hawkwind under that particular moniker. And what an intriguing deep dive it is too, this being something of a forgotten item, glossed over by most of the media in the history of the band. As e…

Fresh from our sojourn to the present to react to the release of the latest album "Stories From Time And Space", Hawkbinge returns to the 1990's to get back to the canon album deep-dives with "It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous" from 1993. As ever, we look at the music scene of 1993, (warning: some of the biggest tunes of the year are…

The Hawkbinge Release Day Reaction Pod crew assembles to give the hottest of red-hot hot-takes on the latest from the Hawks, "Stories From Time And Space", which dropped today! A journey in time for us for sure, from 1992 where Hawkbinge was last seen - it's good to give the DeLorean another run out. Please note: Andy, Matt and Joe have managed to …

The Hawkbinge voyage through the 90's continues with the epic "Electric Tepee". An album almost as long as the podcast that covers it, this one features Hawkwind's biggest step into techno and electronics yet. It's a marathon, not a sprint... As ever, we delve into the big releases of 1992 featuring the big chart hits of the year so we can see what…

New year, new season, new episode! Hawkbinge is back for season 3 covering the 1990's, kicking off with Space Bandits! Yet another fresh start for Hawkwind with interesting arrivals and departures from the band, so no change there. As ever, we get into the music of the day to set the scene for Space Bandits, going through some of the biggest albums…

A Hawkbinge bonus... Setting the seal on season 2, Matt & Andy look back on Matt's selections from the 80's albums that made the Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify. What leapt out at him, what was he thinking? Did he pick the same tracks you would have done? Next stop, the 90's... Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlist on Spotify Cl…

HAWKWIND: THE THATCHER YEARS Hawkbinge is back from the dark recesses of our completely unplanned hiatus! And we're casting an eye over 80's Hawkwind to round off season 2 and get our PDA's, pogs and pagers at the ready for season 3 and the 1990's... However, We couldn't face this daunting task on our own, and so we enlisted the help of an amazingl…

The Hawkbinge New-Release Reaction Crew is reunited as friend-of-the-pod Joe Banks joins Matt and Andy as they jump in the DeLorean once more and slide sideways through time from 1988 to 2023 in order to check out the brand new Hawkwind album and give their hot-takes on "The Future Never Waits"... Click here for the Hawkbinge Sessions Vol.1 playlis…

Hawkbinge makes another incursion into the podcast timeline for a very quick reaction special to Matt's first time seeing Hawkwind live since starting the podcast. WARNING: Playlist spoilers for people who are going to see the tour!By Andy Hood & Matt Longstaff

And so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally concluded, Hawkwind end the 1980's with The Xenon Codex, and so Hawkbinge brings the curtain crashing down on season 2 with a deep dive into this enigmatic little gem. As ever, we look at the music landscape of 1988 (Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" best single at the '88 Brit Awards... ye…

A "Live Chronicles" bonus special episode, with a very special guest... You can't really talk about "Chronicle of the Black Sword" without talking about "Live Chronicles", the live record of the tour that brought all of Hawkwind's Moorcock-inspired furore to the stage, with dancers, sword fights, readings (occasionally from the man himself), and mo…

ELRIC: Arioch! Aide me in my hour of need! ARIOCH: I am here, what dost thou wishest? ELRIC: I wishest for HAWKBINGE!!! And here it is! Finally! Episode 15, “Chronicle of the Black Sword”, a full 2.5+ hours of swords, sorcery and rock n’ roll, in which Matt gets introduced to Elric of Melniboné, the Eternal Champion and the multiverse according to …

It's a monster 2 hours of Hawkbinge this time around - Matt has chosen his masque, which side will he be on? Find out here, as Hawkbinge deep dives into 1982’s Choose Your Masques… As ever, we look at what was going in the music world in 1982 and take stock of where the band is at. Matt gives his considered response to the album and he and Andy go …

The Church of Hawkbinge opens it's doors once again, and everyone is welcome! Yes, the oddity that is Church of Hawkwind in the focus this time. Regardless of whether one considers it "Hawkwind canon" or not, (Wikipedia says it is, and that's good enough for Hawkbinge), it's a key moment in Hawk history and a really fascinating album to deep dive i…

Do not panic! Hawkbinge returns with the long-awaited Sonic Attack episode. The record label has changed, so has the line-up and so has the music. Ginger has gone. So has Tim. And Keith, whoever he was. But Mike is in! And so is Martin! And the band are talking and sounding tough. What will Matt make of this much harder-edged variant of the Hawks? …

Boom! Hawkbinge kicks off season 2 big time with "Levitation", the album by Ginger Baker's Air-Hawks. The first album of season 2, the first album of the 1980's and the first, and only studio album on the Bronze label. In this episode Andy & Matt look back on the new releases from 1980, check out the renewed Galactico-filled state of the band, choo…

The Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify is made up of one track from each album as selected by Matt, our first-time listener. While we wait patiently for season 2 to begin (it's very close now...) we take a little look back at the tracks Matt chose from the 1970's albums and revisit the discussion we had around each one... We hope you enjoy, wheth…

The Hawkbinge NEW YEAR SPECIAL episode! We're at the end of 2021 and we find Hawkwind at the end of Calvert's tenure, the end o f their Charisma contract, at the end of the 1970's and possibly at the end of the band. What better time to take stock of the state of play both with Hawkwind, but also with Matt, who has been taking this first-time journ…

"This is the last but one" So reads the cryptic message on the back of PXR5, the final Hawkwind studio release of the 1970's, the final release with Robert Calvert and the final release on the Charisma label. It's also the final release of season 1 of Hawkbinge but not the final Hawkbinge release of year - watch this space... In this episode Matt &…

Hawkbinge: Reality you can rely on. Yes, Hawkbinge is back! Or is it Bingelords? If so, why? And what will it be next time? All these things and more in this episode as Matt & Andy explore this album released during a most confusing period of Hawkwind history. On top of the music and art, a global super organisation bent on a new world order is rev…

Hawkbinge is back with no less than two hours of Quark, Strangeness and Charm. Yes, once more our attempt at being concise has resulted in a dramatically longer episode than the last. In this episode: Hawkwind's influence on punk is discussed as we enter 1977 and those Calvert lyrics are the focus of much of the album chat. Andy & Matt go thru some…

Hawkbinge was last seen back in 1976, moving steadily towards 1977 and the forthcoming "Quark, Strangeness & Charm" episode (in edit mode as this is written). Then, boom! A new Hawkwind album drops. We are scheduled to arrive at "Somnia" for a full deep-dive episode in mid-2024, but clearly this new Hawkwind music needs to be addressed... So, we fi…

Hawkbinge weighs in with a mammoth 115 minute podcast about this transitional and rather divisive album in the Hawkwind discography - there's just so much to get into about this music and the rather sliding-doors time period in band history. Several references to Banks' & Abraham's excellent coverage of this fascinating chapter. Where do we end up?…

Hawkbinge returns with 105 minutes on Warrior On The Edge Of Time. Another hugely extended episode is required to unpack this milestone album and everything that surrounds it. Andy & Matt get into not only the music, but also Michael Moorcock and The Eternal Champion books upon which it is based, yet another signature piece of cover art, the Steven…

Hawkbinge is back!! After something of an unintended hiatus, Andy & Matt return with a bumper episode, really the triple-album-box-set of episodes, coming in at around 90 minutes. In it, they arrive at Hall of the Mountain Grill - Andy's first ever Hawkwind album. In addition to Matt's hot-take and the usual track-by-track rundown, Matt discusses h…

Hawkbinge returns with the Space Ritual bonus episode! Matt & Andy talk about the place that live albums play in their respective musical backgrounds before taking a dive deep into this landmark album from Hawkwind, compare live & studio versions of tracks such as "Seven by Seven" and "Time We Left This World Today" and get stuck into new ones such…

Finally, Hawkbinge returns to tackle Hawkwind's third album. Andy & Matt get deep into this particular monster, Matt tries to pick a favourite track and, as usual, they take a look at what else was released that same year, (a pretty eclectic one), and go over the state of the band in the wake of the success of Silver Machine. As usual, they also ch…

Our path on the Hawkbinge journey generally leads us through all of Hawkwind's vast array studio albums. However, it happens to be the case that the biggest (and only) Hawkwind hit and their most well-known song by far is a non-album single, the legendary Silver Machine. It would seem like a dereliction of duty for us to skip over this landmark, he…

It took a little longer than anticipated but Hawkbinge is back with a bumper second episode. Hear Andy and Matt unpack everything that comes with Hawkwind's breakout second album - the music, the packaging and the Log Book that accompanied the original vinyl. Also, a look at 1971 and its rather stellar list of album releases and a heartfelt plea to…

Matt's introduction to Hawkwind - will he overcome his confusion? Will he like "Hurry On Sundown"? How will he cope with "The Reason Is?" and "Paranoia"? All this, plus we catch up on what else we've been listening to, look at the music scene of 1970 and chat about where the Hawkwind concept seems to be headed. Catch us, correct us and share your v…

Andy & Matt introduce HawkBinge, their journey through every Hawkwind album from 1970 to the present day. While Andy has been into Hawkwind for many many years and knows all the albums very well, Matt has never heard any of them and so will be hearing all this music for the first time each episode. In this introduction, Andy and Matt talk about mus…