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• 73: Dance music has entered its proteinmaxxed era

  September 30, 2026 · 53 min

  We need to talk about this event flyer, and not just because of how Big Beat Cinema-coded it is. Prospa, Josh Baker and Kettama have worked their way into the uppermost stratum of dance music – a rarefied zone which might seem a million…

• 72: When is a festival not a festival?

  September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min

  Is this the way they say the future’s meant to feel? Or just 20,000 people milling about at the White Claw gazebo? This summer Tom and Chal attended a LOT of different festivals, which got us thinking about not just what makes a festival…

• 71: Second quarter report – the best music of 2026 so far

  August 26, 2026 · 2 hr 3 min

  Closing a hectic summer, we’re back with our regular report on the best music of the last three months. We’re joined as always by No Tags third Beatle and zillennial savant Henry Bruce-Jones to talk us through the more fried corners of his…

• 70: The true story of real dubstep

  July 22, 2026 · 1 hr 46 min

  “Is this dubstep?” There was a time in the 2010s when approximately 23% of all YouTube comments were a variation of this question. One of the UK’s most influential yet misunderstood dance exports, dubstep is also one of those rare genres…

• 69: Your favourite DJ is a psyop

  June 4, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

  Keep honking, piggies: I’m listening to whatever rockslop the algorithm just sicked up for me! So we’ve been circling a certain topic for a while now – in order to be fashionably off-cycle rather than just late to the party, of course…

• 68: Djrum or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Clang

  May 21, 2026 · 1 hr 46 min

  Why be seamless when you can go KLANGGG? This week’s guest is living proof that doing things wrong, backwards, upside-down or simply not at all can reap creative dividends. We speak, of course, about Djrum. Recorded at our book launch at…

• 67: Sheffield, Synth City

  April 30, 2026 · 1 hr 56 min

  Sheffield punches well above its weight when it comes to tunes. From #1 synth-pop hits to underground techno classics, clattering industrial funk to accidental Britpop icons, the Steel City might have produced more brilliant music per…

• 66: First Quarter Report – the best music of the last three months

  April 16, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

  The Q1 report is here and the charts are clear: buy underscores. 📈 On this episode of No Tags, we talk through our favourite releases of 2026 so far – not to mention some music that we’re more mixed on but felt like it was worthy of…