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Author: Ian Deeker Forth

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Sombrero Fallout delivers you alternative music intriguingly themed every fortnight.
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A selection of day tracks with yesterdays, todays, tomorrows, weekdays - and starting with "This Perfect Day".
A celebration of the music of experimental pop artists Broadcast and some of the band they influenced.
SF0168 Deep Waters

SF0168 Deep Waters

2024-10-2401:06:09

Songs about water - murky, deep, still, treading, tables, coolers, edges and living adjacent to.
Steve Pringle, author of the definitive Fall chronicle "You Must Get Them All" takes us through his life in music.
Whether you believe individuals make a difference to history or not, here are some songs about history and the people in it.
The tentpole hits of Britpop are well established, but in this episode we take a trip down some of the B-roads and byways of the British music scene in the mid-90s.
SF0164 Insecurity

SF0164 Insecurity

2024-08-2901:04:58

A selection of tracks on the subject of feeling like an impostor, inadequate or out of our depth.
SF0163 Angels and Ghosts

SF0163 Angels and Ghosts

2024-08-1501:06:58

The subject is angels and ghosts but the mood ranges from visceral to joyous to reflective on these afterlife tracks.
A reassessment of 1974, 50 years on. An almost themeless era as music wondered where to go next after the 60s, psychedelia, heavy metal, glam rock and the golden age of reggae. (And before punk came thundering in.) A fascinating tracklist.
SF0161 Boredom

SF0161 Boredom

2024-07-1801:07:38

An uplifting episode - though ironically the tracks are about boredom.
Alternative songs about Europe and European cities to celebrate Euros 2024.
A multi-genre selection united by all containing the word "Song" in their title.
SF0158 Family Life

SF0158 Family Life

2024-06-0601:05:06

An episode featuring fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, half sisters, little sisters and the family tortoise.
SF0157 Steve Albini Tribute

SF0157 Steve Albini Tribute

2024-05-2301:06:36

A tribute to the legendary Steve Albini (RIP), featuring tracks from his bands Shellac and Big Black; and some of the myriad bands he audio-engineered.
SF0156 Pedal Steel Special

SF0156 Pedal Steel Special

2024-05-0901:07:34

A celebration of alternative bands incorporating the pedal steel guitar into their sound.
SF0155 Female bass players

SF0155 Female bass players

2024-04-2501:05:27

A tribute episode to the iconic female bass players - and also some you may not have heard of.
When will I be famous? Me, probably never, which is fine because, as these tracks show, it is very much a double-edged sword.
You snooze, you lose, or so they say. Not on this episode though. Alternative tracks about sleeping and dreaming.
Hundreds of groups have been influenced by The Kinks. Here's a few of them plus some original tracks themselves.
An episode about the perils of either striving after too much money or not having enough of it.
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Isabel dupey

this is so brilliant! I love hearing the amazing bands of my long lost youth having spent so much time in Sheffield in the 80s. thank you!

May 12th
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Isabel dupey

My "hot" comment - loving this episode. Who knew so much cheese could be spun into gold?

Apr 20th
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