Episodes
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S3:E12 - Soulo
Reviews of a bumper week's releases including new records from Waxahatchee, Adam Franklin, The Chats, Cable Ties, Green Gartside, Nap Eyes, Lilly Hiatt, Brian Fallon, Catholic Action, Euros Childs, Modern Rituals and reissues from De La Soul, Cat Stevens, Sugar, Kanye West, The Subways and…
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S3:E11 - Just Stream It
Special guest Eggsy reviews bands based on their name, does a very good John Peel impression and tells everyone to stream stuff. We all attempt to review Jim Morrison, Jim Noir, Gladies, Soccer Mommy, Toodles & The Hectic Pity and the Sound Of The Suburbs comp that we all remember from when we…
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S3:E10 - Swordfishes
Reviews, informed or otherwise, of new albums by Grimes, Al Lewis, Treacherous Three, Los Campesinos!, Courtney Barnett and Greg Dulli plus mentions for The Third Mind and Hayley Williams. Graham only just realises we're reviewing albums out the same week as the podcast, a new customer becomes a...
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S3:E09 - June From The Bill
A late guest appearance from Lily and reviews of Bryan Ferry, Billy Ocean, Nada Surf, Green Day, Seth Lakeman, Rod Stewart, Cerrone and La Roux with added amazing facts. Mentions for the Pixies, Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Pearl Jam and speculation as to whether Ke$ha is drunk on her new album and...
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S3:E08 - Am I Too Loud?
No guests and a surprising amount of actual reviews including Thin Lizzy, Black Lips, Wire, Pet Shop Boys, Happy Mondays, Drive-By Truckers, Squarepusher, Tom Raybould, Frances Quinlan, Graham Coxon and Blossoms. I'll class this as 'relatively entertaining'.
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S3:E07 - My Oeuvre Weighs A Ton
Dude pops in as a guest and helps discuss Graham's guest-laden soul album, 'Bear, Hugs & Harmony'. Almost certainly containing members of Super Furry Animals, The Manics, The Darkness, Menswear, Los Campesinos!, Future Of The Left and De La Soul plus Shakin' Stevens, Charlotte Church, Connie…
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S3:E06 - It's Chriiiiiiistmaaaaaassssss!
End of year round up really. No guests to speak of, just Matt and Graham doing a run down of the Diverse albums and reissues of 2019. It's probably really boring. Have a listen anyway.
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S3:E05 - Neverending Ballsy
This week, we have Minty of Minty's Guide Guide To Cardiff as a guest. We asked Minty on to talk about the Welsh Music Prize as, alongside Matt, he was on the judging panel last Wednesday. As usual, things went off on a tangent, old Diverse owner John Richards walked in, we got carried away and...
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S3:E04 - GLC Mate, Innit
Guest Kate Mercer talks about Art On The Hill, Newport's very, very multi-venue art trail. We all review Queens Of The Stone Age, Leonard Cohen, Ben Lee, The Beatles, Danny Brown, The Beatles, Hefner and Shed Seven. No children, no crazy phone calls, no car parking madness. It's relatively...
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S3:E03 - There's No Hierarchy Here
We missed last week. Sorry! Back now with two guest in tow. Mim John, who's not listened to any music this year and author Richard King who only listens to Grateful Dead but also, paradoxically, thinks that all albums should only be 30 minutes long. In amongst this, there's a phone call from Adam...
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S3:E02 - Ten Gigglepoints
This week we welcome another host of guests, two of them are young children. This certainly changes the dynamic of the podcast. It's total carnage. Also appearances from children's dad, Matt Horton and surprise cameo from The Maggot. We try to review The Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Nirvana, King...
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S3:E01 - Disraeli Gears? Bobbins.
A new series, possibly a new format. We tried to get a guest, we invited Matthew David Scott on. As it happened, half of Newport showed up so we has Scotty, Lottie, Mike, The 70s and Mark all in the shop. Total madness. We sort of reviewed albums by Neil Young, Happy Mondays, Amy O, Talking Back...
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S2:E12 - Graham Is Naked
Decide for yourselves whether Graham is actually naked. Reviews of Throbbing Gristle, Slade, Fad Gadget, Frankie Cosmos, Miss June and TaxiWars plus some advice from Grayo's nan and a brief guest appearance by Phil from The Secret Garden Cafe. Last in the series.
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S2:E11 - Dave Hughes And His Lovely Pear Drops
Dave Hughes brings in some pear drops. Albums by Oasis, Guided By Voices, Ezra Furman, Lana Del Rey, Bon Iver, The S.L.P, The Beatles and other people are discussed, sometimes at length, sometimes very briefly. Graham does a sweary Liam Gallagher impression.
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S2:E10 - Badges & Buttons
This week, Matt and Graham are joined by former Diverse employee and Taylor Swift obsessive, Lily. The three of them review The Teardrop Explodes, Dolly Parton, Leslie Stevens and Tropical Fuck Storm. Which means Graham swears again. Lily gives the boys some pop tips and casts doubt upon the...
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S2:E9 - Swearing At Babies
There's actual swearing, Paul tell's his Slipknot puppet story and albums by The Hold Steady, Press Club, Ride, The Rails, Blanck Mass, Sleater-Kinney, Feeder, Lillie Mae and Frank Turner get reviewed. Matt gives his Green Man recommendations while Graham admits he desperately wants to play at…
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S2:E8 - Where Is My Spongy Thing?
New releases from Elvis, Slipknot, The Wedding Present, David Axlerod and Maybeshewill. Recommendations for K.Flay, Jamila Woods and Grace Lightman. A pleas for medical advice from Graham and a guest appearance from our Postman who likes Freya Ridings. Possibly a little too much.
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S2:E7 - Hobnobs Or Smack
A quick jaunt through releases by Idles, Yes, Ty Segall, Linda McCartney, Possible Humans (which Matt wroye down wrong, it's called Everybody Split), Native Harrow, Tyler Childers and Serge Gainsbourg. Then we discuss soundtracks and if it's really OK to fancy a cartoon mermaid.
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S2:E6 - Heaven 17 Had Ponytails
This week, wasp attacks, window cleaning tips, The Violent Femmes, The Runaways, Janet Jackson, Kaiser Chiefs, the entire year of 1969 and plans to take hard drugs to listen to a 5CD jazz out-takes album.
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S2:E5 - Prince Is Still Dead
A drama free episode that covers releases from Summer Cannibals, Prince, Thom Yorke, Frank Zappa and Grace Lightman. Apologies for Matt being a bit louder than Graham, there was a bit of a microphone issue!
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S2:E4 - Newport Parking Wars
After a week's break to allow Graham to see Janelle Monae again, our heroes return to talk about Metz, Kyle Craft, New Order, Frightened Rabbit, Imperial Teen, Carwyn Ellis & Joya 18 and other actual music stuff while commentating on the world outside the Diverse window. Matt wonders if Spotify…
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S2:E3 - Do You Remember Bitza Pizza?
The new releases include Hot Chip (which neither have listened to), Black Keys, Dressy Bessy, Kylie, Jade Jackson and two Bowie releases, one of which is apparently quite expensive for a single album and a box of finger nails. They discuss the new pop type stuff they like and then Chi walks in…
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S2:E2 - Bobby Davro's Meat Palace
Matt and Graham attempt to record and edit their own podcast for the first time as we didn't have a Rhys. They shambolically talk about The Raconteurs, Chic, Buzzcocks, L7, Aerosmith, Mattiel, Mannequin Pussy and Titus Andronicus. Graham almost certainly kills Bruce Springsteen and a man fails to...
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S2:E1 - Cat Chips In A Bin
Matt and Graham are back. Hooray we hear you cry. They cover Springsteen, Bill Callahan, Shellac, the brand new website and discover that Graham's Joy Division album may or may not be a first pressing.
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S1:E12 - Record Store Day
It's Record Store Day so Matt and Graham give you the inside story. And quickly run through some of the releases. And discuss the theory that Graham only exists when people are looking at him. This brings Season 1 to a nice tidy end. We'll be back soon but it's Easter, people are on holiday and...
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S1:E11 - I Made A Delicious Soup Last Night
Previews of the latest albums by Idlewild, Martha, Priests, Girli, Pup* and Zefur Wolves, the reissue of The Slits' Cut and Graham gets excited about the Bowie 7" box. Shane pops in and recommends Gemma Hayes** and Matt tries to get a future guest by bigging up his graphic design. *Pup aren't...
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S1:E10 - Scott Walker RIP
Graham mourns Scott Walker, albums by Edwyn Collins and Keith Richards are skirted around before Graham mourns Scott Walker some more. There's a discussion about Mother's Day etiquette and Sam Le Pub makes an injury time cameo.
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S1:E9 - Batteries Not Included
Graham discovers his new favourite trumpet player while Matt tries to steer conversation away from the Jenny Lewis album cover. A customer comes in looking for Lady Gaga and the roots of the adjective 'tearing' are discussed.
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S1:E8 - Neither Of Us Can Count
The boys deal heroically with the first world record shop problem of not getting promo copies of the albums they're reviewing, Matt poses a 'Guess the Irish band' quiz for St. Patrick's Day, they both recommend some theatre in Newport and Graham is convinced he's going to die in a flaming tour…
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S1:E7 - Gary Numan's Favourite Toilet
With the Record Store Day list published last week, Matt and Graham mostly talk about Eagles, Foals and Indoor Pets. Paul chips in to tell us what Paul Weller smells like and yeah, eventually they pick out some choice RSD releases too.
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S1:E6 - The Dingley Dell Podcast
The shop is inundated with customers and Graham laughs at cats after chatting with Matt about Bryan Adams, Potty Mouth, Mark Hollis and whatever else entered their heads. Guest Ray Collins chips in with some quality facts.
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S1:E5 - Bag Of Hammers
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px HelveticThis week, the boys decide that Better Oblivion Community Centre isn't a great band name, Graham backtracks on his opinion of Sleaford Mods, in case he has to play a show with them, Matt gets given Depeche Mode for his homework and a…
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S1:E4 - My Cat Is In The Bath
The guys talk Prince (again), new releases and tuna.
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S1:E3 - Two Monkeys In A Bin
Matt and Graham talk Prince, alphabetising record collections and Record Store Day, in the podcast they can't think of a better name for.
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S1:E2 - Na Na Na, Na Na Na
Matt and Graham talk more about music and other things that might be of interest to a small group of people.
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S1:E1 - American Indie Music Featured In The Guardian
Diverse vinyl podcast. Graham the Bear and Matt Jarrett talk 80s and new releases.
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Matt Jarrett and Graham the Bear talk music, new releases and other stuff in the shop in Newport.
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