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FROM THE VAULT: Episode 209 – The History of the Covermount CD

The covermount CD is certainly a relic from a bygone era. We actually have a bag full of them, all acquired through various means, none of them worth anything. But when was the covermount CD, or tape born, why, and what were the political and economic factors involved in magazines creating them, and artists getting on them? We break it all down in our episode on the history of the covermount CD with our good friend Crag Carrick, all the way from the land of Oz.

FROM THE VAULT: Sound is a Pound Episode 1 - (Onka's Big Moka by Toploader)

Born from a fever dream, Mark had the idea to review records found in poundland. You used to be able to get some primo garbage for a quid. Sadly, you can no longer buy CDs in poundland but the memory lives on. To that end, we thought it'd be fun to revisit the first in our series called Sound is a Pound. And on episode one, we reviewed Onka's Big Moka by Toploader. Very funny stuff. Dig in.

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 68 - Terrifyer by Pig Destroyer

We've been on a real run of pulling out shows from 2019 recently and it seems the trend is not gonna break this week. We decided that we'd double down on the heavy, dirty misery of Yacøpsæ and revisit our episode on Pig Destroyer. Y'know, a proper grindcore band.

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 90 - Shaking the Habitual by The Knife

We're throwing it back to Sept 2019 on this episode, as Chris talks about an album he adores - Shaking the Habitual by The Knife. This was the band/act that Karin was in before they did Fever Ray and it is very very good indeed. Hope you dig this look back!

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 140 - The Ugly Organ by Cursive

The pandemic was still stalking the world when we recorded this episode, so you'll have to bear with the sound quality. It's decent, mind, but recorded remotely. Anyway, this was, until recently, our only flirtation with a Saddle Creek artist so we thought it fittings to bring this one out of the vault. We do talk a little about the label, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos but not at any real length. We do go down the well on Cursive in a big way, though. So, enjoy!

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 210 - The Covermount Mixtape: Radio Kerrang! Vol. 5

Calling in our good friend Crag from Australia, we chat about the covermount CD from a 1998 issue of Kerrang! The CD is called, obviously, Radio Kerrang! Vol. 5 and it has an intro from the Deftones and an exclusive Soulfly track on it. Remember how bad nu-metal could be at times? Well, it's all on display in this pearler of a collection. Relive it, or live it for the first time, in FROM THE VAULT episode 6.

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 71 - Weezer (White Album) by Weezer

Turbofolk is heavy. Not musically. Thematically. You'll notice that, if you've made it through both episodes, that Side B ends with Weezer, so for this week's From the Value episode we thought, let's go back to that episode! The band have a massive back catalogue. One which has only grown since. It's a tough listen at times, but we did it. Rumour has it that Mark still hasn't fully recovered from the near lethal amount of Weezer he had to imbibe for this episode. And he's a fan! What's the half life of that stuff anyway? Who knows. Anyway. Let's go back to the Before Times of 2019 and chat about Weezer (White Album) by Weezer.

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 145 - Mitch's Movie Mixtape (Side B)

Four people with a bunch of songs each is, as it turns out, a whole lot of songs to talk about. That's why Mitch's Movie Mixtape is split into two parts. Across both episodes, the first of which you can find here, we chat about our favourite needle drops in films. We also talk about why they work and also chat more generally about film. Mark even drops some film theory on these poor folks.

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 144 - Mitch's Movie Mixtape (Side A)

With our levels of existential dread reaching the normal level following our episodes on The Haxan Cloak, we thought we'd stick on the movie theme but go in a completely different direction for this week's From the Vault episode. We're going back to pandemic times and revisiting our excellent two part movie mixtape with our good friend Mitch Bain. We chat about our favourite needle drops in films in Side A. Genuinely hilarious stuff. Go listen!

FROM THE VAULT: Episode 93 - Turn on the Bright Lights by Interpol

This week's From the Vault episode is from the pre-pandemic days when we were starting to get into the flow of how this show goes. There's still a few rough edges, but the dynamic and banter are all here. There's some particularly spirited debate in this episode where Chris talks about one of his favourite albums ever and Mark absolutely detests every single note of it. But hey, that's one of the things that makes this show so much fun to listen. And so little fun to actually record... There's also a tangential link to R.E.M. in this episode too, so it really does all tie together this week. Any suggestions of episodes you'd like to see us pull from the vault? Let us know!

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