Lords of Loud

Episode 33: First Album

Firsts can be great and glorious. They can also be dank and disastrous. Most often they are probably a little embarrassing and filled with naivety. In this, the season finale, the Lords reflect on their firsts and what deep truths they reveal... shamone!

Episode 32: Hidden Gems II

Reaction to the first Hidden Gems literally destroyed the Internet. Sorry about that. Back online now with each Lord offering up tracks they love that the others have never heard of. Or have. Doesn't matter. There's a lot of music out there and lot of out there music. US soft rock, UK dance, Aussie grunge and of course Swedish prog. Kick out the gems! We hit a rich seam of lost gold and keep digging.

Episode 31: Classic Rivalries - Blur vs Oasis

In the annals of conflict, many outstanding stoushes come to mind: the Romans vs Carthagians in the Battle of the Metaurus; Joan of Arc vs England in the Siege of Orleans (1-0); Coke and Pepsi’s fight for Supremacy in Tooth Decay. This episode explores the heated struggle for the souls of ‘90s youth that occurred in another classic rivalry: Blur vs Oasis.

Episode 30: One Hit Wonders - Part 1

Put up the volume! The Lords dissect the phenomenon of the one hit wonder. Likes, dislikes, and head scratchers. At first only a few rise to the surface but more and more are uncovered as we go. Some like long-lost friends standing beside you at a gig, others like some vile presence putting 'My Sharona' on the jukebox. As always one Lord's wonder is another Lord's blunder. I'm looking at you, Astley!

Episode 29: Brightest Flame

How’s the saying go? “A flame that burns twice as bright, will burn baby burn, disco inferno”...? Something like that. The Lords don their welding masks to peer at the greats who, however briefly, shone so much they singed your eyebrows and made you see spots for days.

Episode 28: Alpha Battle "L"

The act letter is 'L' and the subject is 'music'. The Lords have researched their favourite tracks 'about music' by artists whose name starts with L. Well, most of them have. Despite this, the carefully thought-out premise holds up beautifully on it's first of 26 long episodes. Post-match debate embedded for real-time podcast concept deconstruction. Featured: LL Cool J, LCD Soundsystem and, of course, the world-famous Gordon Lightfoot. It's a Lupe Fiasco!

Episode 27: Dream Four Piece

The Lords pick and choose their way through the lolly shop to make a mixed bag of their favourite musos. Gee willikers, is everyone in for a treat! But what really happens if you mix your grape Skittles with caramel buds? Is it truly a taste sensation or just a stomach ache waiting to happen?

Episode 26: Goosebumps - Side 1

What songs just hit you right in the feels, always have done and probably always will? What tracks have you just got to crank? What songs make you weep like your bunny got shot or bliss you out beyond reason? Is it the song itself or an association, or both? Life events impacting or just a sound that speaks directly to your inner you? We all have many and they seem to get better with age.This episode is the first of what may be a multiple-sided concept album called Goosebumps: tracks that rock our souls*.  

Episode 25: Abbey or Shabby?

The Beatles’ album “Abbey Road” is having its 50th birthday and all its friends are invited to the party. But has time been kind? The Lords whisper behind its back and ask: is it justified in strutting round like a Silver Fox or does the nose hair badly need a trim?

Episode 24: Important Albums - Vol 1

In case you've missed our central disclaimer, the Lords have absolutely zero qualifications on which to base big pronouncements about music. We have even less right to define popular albums of social and cultural significance. And yet, in this episode we dive right in to do exactly that. What's going on? Well one of the lords both loves and hates The Most Important metal album of the 90s. Very predictably another lord whips his pistols out. Weirder though, the discussion starts to carve out a genuine pattern to the albums deemed important in our lifetimes. And Ben has some to name too ; )