Bandsplain Podcast

This week, Yasi is joined by Scottish musician and Mogwai frontman Stuart Braithwaite to talk about one of the coolest and most influential bands of all time - The Jesus and Mary Chain. From the chaotic genius of Psychocandy to the velvet-gloved menace of Darklands and through their break up, and make up, JAMC never made a bad album and we posit that most of your favorite bands would never have existed without them.



SKIP AHEAD:

47:58 –  First live gig 01:35:13 – Psychocandy (1985) 02:18:52 – Darklands (1987) 03:20:58 – Stoned and Dethroned (1994)



EPISODE PLAYLIST:

Listen to the songs we talk about HERE.



CREDITS:

Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek

Guest: Stuart Braithwaite IG: @plasmatron and Mogwai Official Site

Producer: Liz Sánchez 

Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges

Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Giving new meaning to “this song f*cks,” Super Furry Animals’ 1996 single “The Man Don’t Give a Fuck” is a psychedelic protest anthem built on a looped Steely Dan sample, fifty f-bombs, and a whole lot of righteous chaos. 



In this episode, Yasi is once again joined by Scotswoman and known Super Furry Animals mega fan, Chloë Walsh, to make the case for this song’s perfection (with a bunch of band lore and Welsh history shoehorned in, of course). From its origins as a B-side protest against the UK’s Criminal Justice Act to its transformation into a ravey, 23-minute-long fan favorite gig-closer — “The Man Don’t Give a Fuck” isn’t just a song, it’s a statement. A tanked-up, freaked-out, absolutely uncompromising statement. Let the sample loop. Let the synths soar. The man still don’t give a f*ck.



CREDITS:

Host: Yasi Salek

Guests: Chlöe Walsh

Producer: Liz Sánchez

Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges

Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So you wanna live like the Common People do? It’s time for part two of the Pulp story in which Yasi and music journalist and Pulpologist Siân Pattenden start back up at the peak of Britpop, tracing how “the great interlopers” of the genre captured the spirit and sound of the time with Different Class, and then soundtracked the comedown with This Is Hardcore — Britpop’s bleary-eyed hangover (or maybe - a conversation with god???). Then it’s into the Weeds: a retreat from fame into nature, the album We Love Life, and the band’s 2000s revival and first new song in over a decade. 



EPISODE PLAYLIST:

Listen to the songs we talk about HERE.



CREDITS:

Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek

Guest: Siân Pattenden IG: @sian_superman Twitter: @sian_superman Website: Sian Pattenden

Producer: Liz Sánchez 

Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges

Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, we trace Pulp's story, starting from high school talent show stars up through the moment they become Britpop major players. Yasi is joined by British music journalist, author, and former Good Mixer regular Siân Pattenden to help red string board the many iterations of Pulp from 1978 through the moment it really clicked with His N Hers in 1994. 



EPISODE PLAYLIST:

Listen to the songs we talk about HERE.



CREDITS:

Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek

Guest: Siân Pattenden IG: @sian_superman Twitter: @sian_superman Website: Sian Pattenden

Producer: Liz Sánchez 

Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges

Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re talking about a band who managed to change their sound every single album while still staying absolutely, totally, and utterly themselves: Primal Scream. Bobby Gillespie and co started in the 80s but they most meaningfully bookended the 90s with their two most notable albums – from the hopeful optimism and upbeat acid house that started the decade in Screamadelica to the dark, caustic grit and gunmetal sounds that embodied the end of the dream on XTRMNTR. Join Yasi and guest Chris Ryan as they chart the history and discography of one the most unique bands of our time, Primal Scream.  



EPISODE PLAYLIST:

Listen to the songs we talk about HERE



CREDITS:

Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek

Guest: Chris Ryan IG: @crashactivated Twitter: @ChrisRyan77  // Listen to the The Watch

Producer: Liz Sánchez 

Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges

Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices