Bigmouth
Summary: Clever talk about pop culture Bigmouth is pop culture talk for discerning grown-ups. Music, TV, movies, books or something else entirely – we’ll enthuse, argue, squabble and pick over the bones of what’s happening in the world of the stuff we love Presented by WORD magazine veterans Andrew Harrison (ex-editor of Q, Select and Mixmag) and Siân “Stan” Pattenden, a graduate of the Smash Hits and Select Mag Schools of Excellence.
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Podcasts:
Guests Joe Muggs of Mixmag and Anthony Teasdale of Umbrella magazine join Matt and Andrew to discuss a 21st Century take on Kunta Kinte, the late cosmic soul man David Axelrod, and the debut album by Sampha, the Frank Ocean of Cricklewood. Click to play, or see links on the right to subscribe… And don’t forget that all the music you hear on the show is available in full on our Editors’ Recommends playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS
So what actually happens to Renton, Spud, Begbie and Sick Boy – and does it work as a movie? Miranda Sawyer of The Observer, Will Hodgkinson of The Times, Matt and Andrew go right round the Edinburgh u-bend on T2. Warning: don't listen unless you've seen the film.
Is T2 as good as T1? Are we ready for a Time Lady in the TARDIS? Special guests Will Hodgkinson of The Times and Miranda Sawyer of The Observer join Andrew and Matt to discuss these weighty matters and more. Click to listen or see download link on right of page.
Elbow + Bonobo = Elbonobo? Their new albums are under discussion with Andrew, Matt and special guest Dorian Lynskey. Also: Netflix's new Lemony Snicket adaptation and how the entertainment world is dealing with the Dawn of Trump. Click to listen or download. And don't forget you can hear all the tracks played on the podcast in full at our Editors Reccomend playlist on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS
Show us another podcast that discusses hardcore hip hop and light-loafered musicals with the same panache. Guests Siân Pattenden and Andy Miller join Andrew and Matt to see whose game is mad tight and whose gavotte is rot. Click to listen. And don't forget, to listen to the music played on this podcast in full go to the Bigmouth Editors Recommends playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS
This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Zoe Howe on her Stevie Nicks book plus new albums by The xx and Flaming Lips with Matt, Andrew and special guest Eamonn Forde. Click to listen! And remember you can hear all the music on this podcast in full on our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS
The smart pop culture podcast is back from its Christmas break with special guests David Stubbs and Michael Hann of The Guardian. This week we talk about Netflix's inexplicable chiller The OA, the brilliant new album by Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White, plus the talent we lost in 2016's last few days. Click to listen!
While we're on our Christmas break, here's a special edition of the smart pop culture podcast. Throughout 2016 we've been asking our guests to name the one thing they'd rescue – humans and animals excepted – if their flat went on fire. Hear answers from guests including Dorian Lynskey, Jude Rogers, Simon Reynolds and more, plus our own Matt and Andrew. Have a good one. We'll be back in January.
WARNING – THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! Right, now that's out of the way: Jedi wannabees Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall are joined by space scum Ian Harrison and Michael Moran to pick over the bones of the latest Star Wars movie, work out how it fits into the galaxy far, far away, and ask where in the list of ‘Best Star Wars movies’ does it exactly fit.
Michael Moran and Ian Harrison (some relation) join Andrew and Matt in the studio to discuss the latest movie to roll off the Star Wars production line. Where does it fit in the 'best Star Wars movie' chart? Plus Michael and Ian talk about their favourite books, TV and music of the last 12 months.
Whiskers on kittens and snowdrops on mittens. Neither of these things crop up in this show, as Dorian Lynskey and Jude Rogers join Andrew and Matt to race through a few of their favourite things of 2016. Bowie's final album, Westworld, The Hateful Eight and The Avalanches all make an appearance. Click to listen.
Guests Ted Kessler of Q Magazine and James Medd join Andrew and Matt to pick over Modus ( the latest Scandi Noir to hit BBC 4), make like Pat Benatar with Brad Pitt's WWII romance thriller Allied, and review the latest LPs from Pete(r) Doherty and The Weeknd. Click to listen.
This week special guests Miranda Sawyer and Hannah Verdier join Andrew and Matt to discuss the return of Clarkson, Hammond and May in Amazon's The Grand Tour, and Kate Bush’s live album. Plus London club Fabric gets one last chance, and Kanye West cancels his tour amid rumours of breakdowns. Warning: contains the phrase “Totally Quatermass!” Click to listen.
A spoiler-heavy discussion of Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi brain twister Arrival, with Andrew, Matt and guests Joe Muggs and Mark Hooper. WARNING: If you haven’t seen the movie – don’t listen!
This week we talk about A Tribe Called Quest’s incredible final album, alien first contact movie Arrival and godfather of DJ culture David Mancuso with guests Joe Muggs of Mixmag and Mark Hooper of Hole & Corner magazine. Click to listen.
