The Rest is Noise: Music for Everything

To our disappointment, Sock City isn't a twee land populated by knitting aunties. But what song best embodies the glove-of-the-foot? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

This week, asteroids are our stepping stones towards the Super Bowl, Sonic the Hedgehog and a trio of German anarchists. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

We spent Christmas in the historic county of Warwickshire, home of Luddites, bears and no less than six motorways. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Suffering from pre-date jitters? We might just have the answer... in song form, of course. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

They do impressions, change colour, squirt ink, they may even have a sense of humour… but what song best embodies these supremely intelligent invertebrates? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

H.G. Wells, Claude Rains and now Johnny Depp have all brought him to life, but what song best unmasks this most elusive villain? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

We lift the curtain on rumours that Aphex Twin lives on Elephant & Castle roundabout and examine the Randian undercurrents of an easy listening staple. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

We venture to the very frontier of advanced robotics: the Teasmade; the Wetherspoons app, no technology is beyond us. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Everyone's favourite time-honoured grids get the TRIN treatment in this, our landmark eighteenth episode. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

We're joined by Pitchfork journalist Laura Snapes to help us choose the defining summer anthem for 2017. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

He's the most ruthless computer programmer (and the fifth richest person) in the world, but what song defines him? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Does Norway have the stamina to keep its head held high? Or are there dark forces at work in the national psyche? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Was it the Tory plan all along for Theresa May's admission of crop-stomping naughtiness to go viral? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Scientists have described this mammal as being more like a frog, insect or even a plant... but what song would it be?Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

We go behind the scenes at West London's Bushstock Festival to find a song for this often overlooked corner of the city. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Finally, a song to soundtrack the humble hedge... or is it? Does our panel even really know what a hedge is? Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

Is Emmanuel Macron more David or Goliath? Is it up to us to decide if we're an outsider or not?Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

We lift the lid on truth by way of a classic 90s music video, the to-ings and fro-ings of the Sixties Folk Revival, and Kenny Loggins. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

This week's tricky topic sees Nathan blurring the lines between kitchen-sink drama and Middle Earth and Sarah determined to take psychotropic drugs. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017

On this week's show we revisit tunes best left alone, like those soundtracking the death throes of New Labour, and those beloved of Top Gear-worshipping proggers. Theme music by Ben Stevenson. © The Rest is Noise 2017