Word In Your Ear
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Todd Rundgren’s outbursts, ‘too old to mosh’ & the happiest and saddest songwriters
October 4, 2026 · 54 minA long-running conversation that shifts from major to minor, back to major and all notes inbetween, this week’s lyrics including … … can people who write ‘happy’ ever be cool? … the best drummer who isn’t a drummer? … when will Oasis buy…
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Jon Savage loathed the 1976 singles chart so he’s made an album of should-have-been hits
September 29, 2026 · 38 minJon Savage detested the UK’s mid-‘70s hits with a vengeance, “records so bad they made you want to strangle every deejay on Radio One, especially Dave Lee Travis”. Which is why he’s compiled ‘Jon Savage’s 1976: Something Was Going To…
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Stevie Wonder’s masterpiece and the daft, chequered history of Ties In Rock!
September 28, 2026 · 58 minThe two-man conversational canoe paddles the rock and roll tideway, stopping off this week at … … Van Morrison’s set-opener is Kidney Stew Blues by Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson. Do people have to play their big hits? … what’s the key…
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Why can’t brothers in bands ever get along?
September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minWhile Mark Ellen visits his Scottish estates, David Hepworth and Alex Gold keep the home fires burning with a wide-ranging conversation, taking in: • why every band containing a pair of brothers seems to inevitably succumb to fraternal…
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Sid Griffin: the Long Ryders leader laughs at the absurdity of teenage life!
September 18, 2026 · 37 minA whole new format we’ve invented for people who’ve been guests before and were so entertaining we wanted them back. So we’ve devised some random questions to spark a few memories and revelations. First up, Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders…
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An Indie Sleaze special! – up and down with the Strokes, Libertines and Arctic Monkeys
September 16, 2026 · 42 min“Good hair, good shoes, something to say” were the requirements of Indie Sleaze whose vanguard lit up the fading music press in the first decade of the 21st Century – acts like Franz Ferdinand, the Rakes, the Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs and Bloc…
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Nicky Hopkins’ hidden genius, the Oasis film and the best songs about rain
September 14, 2026 · 59 minThis week’s news in three separate files - the Good, the Bad and the Befuddling. Which involves … … have Oasis created their own economy? … are stadium gigs now like historical re-enactment? … “people listen to music more intently in…
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Clint Boon saw Manchester lift off twice and auditioned the young Noel Gallagher
September 11, 2026 · 38 minClint Boon was at the heart of “the two biggest musical revolutions of my lifetime” – as a teenager for Joy Division and Buzzcocks, and later the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Hacienda and onstage with Inspiral Carpets, a world of…