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It’s been ages since our last interview, but we’re back and it’s a banger.
It's been another long wait but we're back with a new episode of The Scratch Cast. Since we last met, Grant laid some slabs and became a Swifty, while Snedds witnessed a man's descent into madness during Dune: The Musical.
On this jam-packed episode, we talk about Garth Marenghi, the Chuun Spring Fling, Stag & Dagger 2023, Seas, Starry live, Jodie Langford, Mist & WIng, Ripcord Records, Ren, Youth Sector, Big Hug, Magna Zero, The St Pierre Snake Invasion and Inkfields.
It's a ten-out-of-ten bonanza on Episode 24 of The Scratch Cast! On our latest episode we give out our highest rating no less than four times - have we gone mental? Listen in to find out!
Our first podcast of 2023 was recorded in November 2022… but it’s another submissions special with loads of cool bands that we think you need to listen to!
A couple of weeks ago we caught up with one of our favourite UK bands - WACO - to chat about what they’ve been up to since we last spoke. Enjoy!
After what feels like ages (time for Snedds to watch all five seasons of The Wire), Episode 20 of The Scratch Cast - The Alternative Music Podcast is finally here.
A new episode is finally here! This month we celebrate our second birthday by only reviewing albums we’ve been sent. We also discuss The Many Saints of Newark, Hidden Door 2021, Stag and Dagger 2021 and Kneecap live.
This month we review singles from “Olivia Rodrigo” and “Orla Gartland” and albums from “Barz Fury”, “ME REX”, “The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton and The Saxsquatch” and “Post Coal Prom Queen.”
On this episode Grant is denied a toilet break, your hosts awkwardly speak doric for two seconds and, as always, we review some (reasonably) new music including debit albums from…
…Mothman and the Thunderbirds, girl in red, MAN ON MAN and Squid.
Get your lugs roon the latest episode of The Scratch Cast Podcast.
On the fifth Scratch Cast interview, Grant and Snedds have the absolute pleasure of talking to Edinburgh-based musician Fiona Liddell.
It's been a while since our last episode but Episode 16 of The Scratch Cast is finally here.
In this episode, Grant treats himself to a whisky, Snedds makes yet another Jamie Lenman reference and talks about cardboard mazes and both discuss the finer points of drinking too much cordial… oh and of course we review some new music…
On the fourth Scratch Cast interview, Grant and Snedds discuss all things IKITAN with band members Luca, Enrico & Frik Et.. We had a great time chatting with these guys and hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!
On Episode 15 of The Scratch Cast Podcast we review new albums from Cheekface, Arlo Parks, Black Pistol Fire, The John Michie Collective and much, much more!
For the third Scratch Cast interview, Grant and Snedds have the pleasure of catching up with Jak and Welshy from the genre-bending punk band WACO. We had a proper laugh chatting to these guys and hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!
For the second Scratch Cast interview, Grant and Snedds are joined by the inimitable Van Tastik (aka Chris Fallon) ahead of the release of his excellent new single "Hangman" (available now).
We review albums from London’s acoustic folk duo Radiant Heart, Hamilton, Ontario’s punk rock heroes The Dirty Nil, Kenosha, Wisconsin’s art rapper R.A.P. Ferreira, The Scratch Cast podcast favourites, Stockholm, Sweden’s Viagra Boys & much more.
We review albums from Nova Scotia’s alt-country songstress Norma Macdonald, California’s alt-rock weirdos Eels, English folktronica legends Tunng, Brooklyn, New York’s punk rockers I Am The Avalanche and much more.
ICYMI - We interviewed Chad from Kestrels back in October - Check out the interview below.
It feels like ages since we posted an episode but Episode 12 of The Scratch Cast is finally here for your aural delight!
We review albums from Voldo, Give In To Failure, Pillow Queens and IDLES.
On this month’s episode we review the self-titled album from Coriky, “Sex, Death and the Infinite Void” by Creeper, “Have You Lost Your Mind yet?” by Fantastic Negrito and “Hope Rituals” by Waco. All that and a whole lot more on Episode 11 of The Scratch Cast.
It’s our 10th episode and, to celebrate, we unveil our new feature “Submission Corner”. Send us your music for review!
We also discuss singles from Peter Bibby, Squid, UsualSuspex & The Moonlands and new albums from Mrs Piss, LYR, Phoxjaw & DITZ.
We review albums from Empty Country, The Scratch, Rotting Out, and discuss the unique compilation project “Sounds Like Van Spirit: A Collection of Europe’s Pavement Melodies”.
On this episode we review The Big Moon’s sophomore album “Walking Like We Do”, the “Common Sense” EP from Scratch Cast favourites Viagra Boys, “Underneath” the fourth studio album from the genre-bending Code Orange and “Everything is A-OK” the oh so nostalgic fifth album from Australian alt. rockers Violent Soho.
On Episode 07 we review Pumarosa’s 2019 album “Devastation”, the recent “Junk Food EP” from Easy Life and new albums from Higher Power, Bombay Bicycle Club and Spanish Love Songs.
Part two of our special episode where Grant and Snedds count down their Top 20 albums of all time. In this episode, we count down numbers 10 through 1.