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Welcome back to the Fools on a Hill podcast
The Joker: Folie à Deux trailer has just been dropped and we have some thoughts and hopes. And some very strong words about how the US formats dates.
What do you think?
Welcome back to the Fools on a Hill podcast
On this episode, we discuss the recent car crash that is Madame Web and its place in the Spider-verse and film industry as a whole
Let's take a look at the best and worst of what the past month has had to offer
Featuring:
00:15 - Adrianne Lenker - Fool
02:38 - Maya Hawke - Missing Out
05:35 - The Black Keys - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
07:48 - Elbow - Lover's Leap
09:12 - Pond - Neon River
11:17 - Bull - Red Rooves
13:29 - Warpaint - Common Blue
15:38 - Francis of Delirium - Give It Back to Me
17:00 - Ride - Last Frontier
18:45 - Squid - Fugue (Bin Song)
20:51 - Paramore - Burning Down the House
23:30 - Bombay Bicycle Club - Willow (feat. Lucy Rose)
24:51 - Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Mars To Liverpool
27:50 - Everything Everything - The End Of The Contender
30:15 - DIIV - Brown Paper Bag
32:48 - English Teacher - R&B
35:50 Yard Act - When The Laughter Stops (feat. Katy J Pearson)
Welcome to the relaunch of the Fools on a Hill podcast. For this first episode back, Liam and Yanni break down (in great detail) their recently released track "The Light"
Let's take a look at the best and worst of what the past month has had to offer
Featuring:
00:10 - BODEGA -Tarkovsky
02:03 - NewDad - White Ribbons
03:49 - IDLES - Gift Horse
05:36 - Lime Garden - Mother
09:08 - Adrianne Lenker - Sadness As A Gift
11:30 - Marika Hackman - The Yellow Mile
12:58 - The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years
14:20 - MGMT - Nothing To Declare
16:00 - Ty Segall - My Best Friend
16:57 - Noah Kahan - Homesick (with Sam Fender)
20:35 - Declan McKenna - Mulholland's Dinner and Wine
23:10 - L'objectif - Puppy
25:43 - The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)
27:33 - Yard Act - We Make Hits
Welcome to FoolsHQ - the new home for all your entertainment needs
Fools on a Hill will continue in a different form and we've got lots of new stuff coming up too - find out all about it in this episode
If you're new here, we've got about 200 other videos on YouTube you can check out to catch yourselves up, including our very original introduction - https://youtu.be/uf1Cj3tegFM - where you'll get a bit more of an insight into the three of us
To celebrate our 100th regular episode, we hear of Yanni's Glasto tales and ponder the 5 discs, tv show and luxury item we'd want if we end up cast away on a desert island
Featuring, in alphabetical order: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Ben Howard, Bill Ryder-Jones, Bloc Party, Charli XCX, Foals, Gang of Youths, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jack Johnson, Jamie T, Kings Of Leon, Mac DeMarco, Metronomy, New Girl, Paolo Nutini, Paul Simon, Pavement, Radiohead, The Strokes, Third Eye Blind, The War On Drugs, WU LYF
Who would you want to be stuck with?
We shine a spotlight on the new Squid and King Krule records, and rank early era Arctic Monkeys b-sides
0:00- intro
0:42- hair talk
2:20- Yan talks about Arctic Monkeys live in Sheffield
13:01- we’re over big gigs
15:04- Cal’s started The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
16:24- Liam talks The Ultimatum: Queer Love
18:26- Cal’s also started Barry
20:42- Liam watched and loved BlackBerry
22:20- Liam has also been watching Bunheads
24:05- Wesley Gonzalez is stinking up the joint with Wild Garlic
29:51- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Squid - O Monolith
43:07- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: King Krule - Space Heavy
52:35- RAPID REVIEW: This Is the Kit - Careful Of Your Keepers
56:28- RAPID REVIEW: Gengahr - Red Sun Titans
1:00:18- something something John Lennon, something something AI
1:02:40- RAPID REVIEW: Dream Wife - Social Lubrication
1:06:42- RANK OFF: Arctic Monkeys b-sides from the Whatever People Say I Am.. era get a ranking
1:36:50- goodbyes
We've got a triple album spotlight and a return to Radiohead ranking
0:00- intro
2:18- what’s everyone drinking?
4:28- returning to the perfect segue into…
5:19- Cal’s succeeded in starting Succession
6:57- Liam and Yanni have watched Barry and have thoughts
9:38- the return of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
13:24- Always Sunny alumni in Fool’s Paradise and Blackberry
15:27- Liam harps on about a Coldplay concert for far too long
25:14- Cal keeps it brief talking about an Arctic Monkeys gig
33:18- Yan went to see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse…
33:58- …which features Dominic Fike…
35:03- …who has also released a new single, ‘Ant Pile’
36:56- Squid’s last single before the album drops
39:00- the “resident Bloc Party-er” speaks his truth
41:17- Blonde Redhead make great background music
42:34- Thom Yorke lends his genius to Clark
44:16- Alex Kapranos lends his belting voice to a belting tune from Pip Blom
45:34- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You
50:31- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Water From Your Eyes - Everyone’s Crushed
54:06- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
1:14:55- RANK OFF: r/indieheads’ top 10 Radiohead songs get a good rank
1:39:24- goodbyes
Are Wet Leg qualified to win an Ivor Novello? Are we qualified to comment on it? Where do peanuts come from? Find out all, and more, here
0:00- intro
1:22- Cal’s been shutting sh*t down
2:11- possibly the most awkward Fools moment to date
4:14- Liam’s a busy guy
7:59- Yanni’s trip to Portmeirion, “Italy in Wales”
11:26- How do peanuts occur in the wild?
14:27- revisiting Wet Leg’s debut in light of their Ivor Novello
25:20- The Dare .. the meh
27:44- Do we really need an Opus Kink album?
30:25- the return of Blur
36:42- new Foo Fighters song, new Foo Fighters drummer
41:09- Ben Howard still disappointing
43:43- Do Nothing finally doing something
45:18- Grian Chatten pushes the boat
47:54- Jacob Slater going solo with a slapper
50:37- Paul Simon’s final farewell?
52:37- Yanni’s impressed by The Microphones > 9/11 was a national tragedy
54:26- another new one from Water From Your Eyes
57:12- come on, King Krule. do better
57:56- Cal celebrates Baxter Dury
1:00:47- Kendrick Lamar gives Beyonce a helping hand
1:03:14- Yan drips over Daft Punk and the Voidz’ wave from the opposite shore
1:07:24- goodbyes
The Lemon Twigs' new record gets a shout out and we do a live Rank Off of Gorillaz
0:00- intro
1:43- Liam's been playing with his wood
4:07- Yanni validates Liam's wood
6:02- Queens of the Stone Age are back - do we care?
7:13- Daft Punk's Random Access Memories 10th anniversary
08:38- Disney 100 (million pounds) / Toy Story OST rip off
12:03- Everything Harmony on vinyl issues - Live test
16:03- Geese new track still bringing the hype
17:53- The Dare bringing Sex-y back
20:32- The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony album spotlight
32:07- Gorillaz top 10 Rank Off
51:53- goodbyes
Get ready for the new era of Fools on a Hill
0:00- intro
0:35- we're going through changes
4:13- buff Kigs of Leon
4:50- sound effects of the future
6:03- Yanni is ready to point and shoot (new camera)
6:47- Prime energy ad (not ad)
8:40- theft > mullet jerk > primal juices
10:40- Cal's rock photo trip
12:25- Foals bassist has returned
13:58- Yanni has Beef
14:39- Cal has left The Good Place
15:33- we recommend Air for survival
16:17- Mrs. Maisel who?
20:39- WATCH SEVERANCE
21:14- let's get to the music
21:45- Jennylee x Swim Deep bigger than Avengers
23:13- Pip Blom stinks ?
24:54- Ben Howard is back
27:52- Miles Kane ughhhh
29:15- King Krule kicking about
32:30- Yanni has an ear fear
34:10- Kevin Morby takes another shot at photography
37:36- Mac DeMarco returns (unwanted)
41:15- Foo Fighters return to form ?
44:59- Grian Chatten breaks away from the boys
45:48- The Lemon Twigs - early AOTY contender?
47:39- largest Squid discovered
48:40- Bloc Party aren't pulling up any trees
49:10- Opus Kink still fresh after all these years
50:32- Bon Iver has entered Yanni's life
52:00- Cal spent some time with Bloc Party's back catalogue
54:50- a chance encounter with Ween
56:36- Wesley Gonzalez puts his best foot forward
57:46- Hallan covers Faithless' Insomnia
58:23- Wye Oak gets Cal emotional
59:02- Do Nothing doing nothing new
1:00:01- Westerman > tarzan OST #1
1:01:33- the future is coming for us all
1:02:43- goodbyes
Your three favourite fools take you through the latest album release from Fools favourites HMLTD as well as the long awaited debut album from boygenius. Yanni also describes his latest trip to Amsterdam in graphic detail.
Your three favourite fools take you through the latest music releases from March 22nd - April 12th 2023, including Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Baxter Dury, The National and many more.
FIFTEEN YEARS!?
Where on earth has the time gone? In this special episode of the Fools on a Hill Podcast, Cal, Liam and Yanni take you through Foals' debut album Antidotes. We talk about our memories associated with the album, our favourite tracks and whether or not we feel the album has aged well.
Let us know what you think!
TWENTY YEARS!?
Where on earth has the time gone? In this special episode of the Fools on a Hill Podcast, Cal, Liam and Yanni take you through Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks' Pig Lib. We talk about our thoughts on the album, our favourite tracks and whether or not we feel the album has aged well.
Let us know what you think!
Your three favourite fools take you through the latest music releases from March 8th - March 21st 2023, including Yves Tumor, Tame Impala, The Chemical Brothers and many more.
Your three favourite fools take you through the latest music releases from February 28th - March 7th 2023, including boygenius, Yves Tumor, Fred again.. and many more. We also take a look at the controversial 2023 Glastonbury line up announcement.
Your three favourite fools take you through two albums released on February 24th 2023. First up, we have shame's 'Food for Worms', followed by 'Cracker Island' by Gorillaz.
Your three favourite fools take you through the latest music releases from the beginning of February 2023, including Paramore, slowthai, beabadoobee and many more.