Black Band T-Shirt (Scaredy Cat Promotions)

Woaaaaah oh, woa-oh-oh, ohhhhhhh, caught in a bad rankmance! Episode 24 of Black Band T-Shirt concludes, rounding off our Gaga ranking with chat on The Fame Monster (which we’re considering EP & album together as a whole) & her latest effort, Chromatica. We then get into our The Nicher The Better top 5 on best songs by artists who’ve worn controversial or outrageous outfits and our usual shoutouts at the end.

All our best cuts, along with our top 5 choices and shoutouts, will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes. Shuffle this behemoth for a wonderful time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=wFezIoOjTOK3iIvv4rOcUw

Thanks for listening and join us next time when we’ll have guest Paul Chave on board to rank the FIFTEEN albums of alternative rock legends R.E.M.! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Nikki and Chris take on the discography of transatlantic electro-grunge-pop legends, Garbage!

Part 1 sees them discuss their overall thoughts on the band, rank the seven studio albums and discuss the first four albums (Garbage, Version 2.0, beautifulgarbage and Bleed Like Me) in more detail.

We're ranking off the edge of the world!

Chris and Nikki conclude their journey through the discography of Yeah Yeah Yeahs with the divisive 'Mosquito' and 2022's succinct comeback, 'Cool It Down'.

In this episode's special feature, 'Frock and/or roll', we rank our top 5 iconic festival set outfits.

Be sure to get in touch with any thoughts of your own on Twitter @BBTS_pod

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Nikki and Chris continue their discussion of Turnover's discography with the most recent two albums: Altogether and Myself in The Way.

Stick around for this episode's bonus feature, "Lyric? What's a lyric?", where both give their top 5 songs that mention baked goods in the lyrics (but where said baked good is not in the song title)! Catchy, eh?!

The playlist with favourite Turnover songs and 'Lyric? What's a lyric?' choices is here, should you wish to listen along: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27JFP4SHZv666QWxW5I0z4?si=7de5471b12e244fe

I miss the comfort in being ranked! Ollie and Chris round off their Nirvana rankings quite obviously with In Utero and Nevermind, along with their The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs ruined by Weird Al Yankovic and our usual shoutouts. We apologise for dips in and out of sound quality, we were experiencing technical difficulties on this one.

Hope you’ve enjoyed our first of hopefully a few visits to Seattle, join us next time to hear our top 5 Oceansize songs with a review of Portals festival (just to go against the point of those episodes being shorter). To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Shoutouts:

Wednesday - Twin Plagues: https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/album/twin-plagues-2

Flaccid: https://flaccidmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flaccid

Finish Flag: https://finishflaguk.bandcamp.com/

Lounar: https://makethatatakerecords.bandcamp.com/album/daye3-ep

CM Punk Returns: https://youtu.be/ByAXCjqBzLg

I’ve got my spine, I’ve got my o-rank crush! We kick off episode 25 of Black Band T-Shirt podcast ranking the albums of Athens, GA alt-rock heroes R.E.M. with our pal Paul Chave! The I.R.S. years are covered in this part (plus their major label début, motoring through Murmur, Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, Lifes Rich Pageant, Document and Green.

We are now on Twitter as a podcast, get at us on @BBTS_pod with all your R.E.M. opinions or anything we’ve covered before, anything we’re about to cover and anything you’d like us to cover. Our personal Twitter accounts are @olliexcore (Ollie) and @cmgrumps (Chris). Paul would like you to check out Ochrus Records on Facebook and YouTube (https://youtube.com/channel/UCjKo5vynxpV3DbnSeMY2KSA)

Ollie and Chris’ band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @MEAOAB, check out our new single Defiant on Bandcamp - meaoab.bandcamp.com. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Ollie and Chris wanting to put on gigs in London & Surrey - follow us on @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram for more information.

Join us in part 2 for more Rapid Eye Movement - what a dream!

She was just rankenteen, you know what I mean. In the first part of our odyssey across the Beatles universe, the Black Band T-Shirt chaps take on the Fab Four’s first six albums, mostly involving chat on, although there are highlights to be found, how not very good they are. Sorry, not sorry.

We are now on Twitter! Find us on @BBTS_Pod and tell us why we’re wrong/right/great/shit. Chris is on Twitter @cmgrumps and Ollie can be found on @olliexcore. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who can be found on Facebook and Instagram @grimheartpromo.

See you in part 2!

Everything has fallen to pieces, Earth is dying, rank me Jesus.

Get comfy, Black Band T-Shirt is back with a new episode of typically, bum-numbingly epic proportions as long time friend and former bandmate, Arkady English, joins Chris to rank and discuss the albums of Californian pop-punk silly boys, blink-182! In Part 1 we discuss the first four (proper) albums of the band's career: Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Of all the artists covered so far, who'd have thought that it'd be blink-182 that inspire the podcast's first ever practical music theory demonstration (thanks for that, Arkady!). From now on, there will be a Spotify playlist for each episode, so if you don't recognise any of our top picks, you can have a little listen: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2aCUKgkun3f4XQAcsZHjuS?si=rFocANfbS2eMLu5-M_7Y5w

This is a .44 caliber ranking straight from our heart. Apologies if you were expecting part 2 of Coheed & Cambria, we lost the file, but we will be back with Rob in a month or two. Instead we’re giving you the top 5 songs of the only band ever, Alexisonfire! We get into chat on the punk scene of Canada, 3 of the best vocalists in the game and the ArcTanGent silent disco.

Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps, and come chat to us about your favourite Alexisonfire songs. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @meaoab. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who want to put on your band in London/Surrey - get at us on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

We will be back in a fortnight ranking the albums of Kanye West, so look forward to an immensely awkward chat...can’t wait. Shortly after the episode we’ll be updating our Spotify Rank Bank playlist with all our favourite cuts from the episode & shoutouts, nestling alongside choices from all our other episodes - shuffle this 20hr+ beast for a wonderful time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=6g2NOgrYRKSI3YBLBx7IVg

Shoutouts:

Bossk - Menhir: https://bosskband.bandcamp.com/track/menhir-feat-johannes-persson

Amenra - De Evenmens: https://amenra.bandcamp.com/track/de-evenmens

Balance & Composure - Separation: https://balanceandcomp.bandcamp.com/album/separation

Cruelty - There Is No God Where I Am: https://crueltyhardcore.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-no-god-where-i-am-2

Herzschlager - All The Nights Are Done: https://herzschlager.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-nights-are-done

I am an architect! They call me a ranker! Croeso i Podlediad Crys T Band Du, as we begin our 14 album odyssey on Welsh rock legends Manic Street Preachers! We invite our good pal and WARPSTORMER vocalist & bassist Rich Morgan along for the ride, getting into Generation Terrorists & Gold Against The Soul on this part.

Rich can be found on Twitter @FBantor and his band are @warpstormer on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook. Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps. Ollie and Chris’ band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @MEAOAB. We’re supporting Svalbard on Saturday 17th September at the Guildford Boileroom - come on down! Chris and Ollie also put on shows as Grim Heart Promotions - give us a follow on @grimheartpromo. Join us in part 2 for a deep, deep dive on The Holy Bible; see you there!

Maybe I’ll rank down! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back, ranking the (at this stage) 6 albums of prog gods The Mars Volta! On this part we get into Noctorniquet, Octahedron, The Bedlam in Goliath & Amputechture, plus some chat on the Tremulant EP and the Scabdates live album!

Chris is on Twitter @cmgrumps and Ollie is on @olliexcore. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @MEAOAB, check us out at the New Cross Inn on Wednesday 17th August supporting The Hirsch Effekt and Sunfall! This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is us wanting to put on shows in London & Surrey - give us a follow @grimheartpromo for more info.

Now we’ve come, to the eeend of the raaank! We finally finish off our Manics ranking by covering Journal for Plague Lovers, Rewind The Film, Postcards From A Young Man, Futurology, Resistance is Futile and The Ultra Vivid Lament! Phew! We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5s on songs with saints in the name and our usual shoutouts at the end.

Give us a follow on @BBTS_pod to share any opinions you have about the Manics or our rankings, any of our other episodes or thoughts on our upcoming episode, as we take on The Mars Volta! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be wonderful 🥰 see you then!

SHOUTOUTS:

Bad Breeding - Human Capital: https://badbreeding.bandcamp.com/album/human-capital

Pit Pony - World To Me: https://pitponyband.bandcamp.com/merch

Bandsplain podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3uKSgODaDrtWOulcJp57h7?si=pMsnMvzvTl27o9_80bPSDA

No Devotion - Starlings: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v41YQ-DqhoA

Wormrot - Hiss: https://wormrot.bandcamp.com/album/hiss

Heck: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MOn2CFYU0coGb34LoaD3Q?si=DJ_CtZPeSxqslhseMqE6DA

Black Midi: https://bmblackmidi.bandcamp.com/

Kreator - Hate Über Alles: https://kreator.bandcamp.com/album/hate-ber-alles

Rank the halls with Chris and Ollie! It’s a festive Black Band T-Shirt special where the chaps take you through their top 5 songs by Surrey alt-rock legends Reuben. Quality’s a bit dodgy (sorry about that) but you can still just about make out the chaps chatting about Rock Sound compilations, UKIP’s favourite son Morrissey and Queen (not that one).

Follow Ollie on @olliexcore, Chris on @cmgrumps, our band My Eyes Are Old And Bent @MEAOAB on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook and Grim Heart Promotions @grimheartpromo on Facebook and Instagram. 

We also have our Black Band T-Shirt Rank Bank playlist on Spotify here : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=MhIiHhJeRrWFOKas3mo66w

Shoutouts:

Nothing - The Great Dismal https://nothing.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-dismal

Zeal and Ardor - Wake of a Nation EP: https://zealandardor.bandcamp.com/album/wake-of-a-nation-ep

Mountain Caller - The Truthseeker: https://mountaincaller.bandcamp.com/album/the-truthseeker

SHIT! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back at it again, ranking the albums of rockin’ ravers Enter Shikari! Ollie and Chris discuss the time two adult men nearly had a fight over a band, why the band may not have won over Ollie’s Herts (geddit?!) and comparing the band with a member who looks like one of The Inbetweeners to... The Inbetweeners.

Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris @cmgrumps, our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @meaoab and our gig promo thing/kinda podcast platform Grim Heart Promotions is on Facebook and Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the episode with our choices from Shikari, our The Nicher, The Better choices and our shoutouts, along with the same from all our other episodes. Shuffle this beast! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=rbkupkxORUCah8ZJifxGGQ

OH BOY.

Ridiculously, this is the 50th full episode of the Black Band T-Shirt podcast... so we had to do something big!

Join Chris and Nikki as they rank and discuss the 8 albums of what we're calling the Buckingham and Nicks era of Fleetwood Mac, from 1975's self titled album through all the highs and lows to 2003's Say You Will.

Part one is a slightly epic affair due to a Fleetwood Mac obsessive being given the chance to talk about two of the greatest albums ever made... sorry about that!

Here it is, the moment you’ve all been waiting for - two white men in their mid 30s recounting their favourite albums of the year! We count down our (unranked) 20-11, go through some other 2022 highlights and do the big top 10 - if nothing else, hopefully you’ll come away from this with something new to listen to and enjoy, the entire point of this podcast ☺️ we’re just giving, lovely people like that x

All of our top tracks from our AotY will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes, our The Nicher The Better top 5s and our shoutouts, shuffle this monster for a lovely time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=UgYHMQ-CSG2nPNCYAfCScA

We are on Twitter as a podcast @BBTS_pod, Ollie can be found @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is us and Nikki putting on shows in London and Surrey - for the latest announcements, we are on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Talking of Ms Bonnett, we’ll be back with her for our first pod of the new year covering Bristolian trip-hop heroes Massive Attack - to get that in your ears on release, subscribe to us on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you in 2023!

Maybe we weren’t made for each other, and I’m just the one you can rank around! Back with another Revisited double bill, the Black Band T-Shirt boys welcome Rob Barbour back onto the pod to cover Coheed and Cambria’s latest opus Vaxis II: Window Of The Waking Mind! We discuss Space Idris, Digitech guitar pedals and Wife Guy Claudio amongst other things, as we see where it fits into our Coheed ranking.

Our big hitters from this and Beyoncé’s Renaissance will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling amongst the same from all our other episodes, our The Nicher The Better top 5s and shoutouts, now standing at nearly 1,000 tracks long! Give it a spin! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=ZiIxwDp7RMis0X9kgTo2UQ

Rob can be found on Twitter @puns_n_roses, Ollie is on @olliexcore and Chris is @cmgrumps. Chris and Ollie’s band My Eyes Are Old and Bent (we supported Svalbard last night, did we mention?) are on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie wanting to put on shows in London & Surrey - hit us up on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Seasocompelimination's Greetings! Or some such.

Chris and Nikki take a Christmas compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain!

This time we're turning to Xfm/Jeepster records' indie rock christmas compilation from 2000, 'It's a Cool, Cool Christmas', originally released in aid of The Big Issue, subsequently reissued in aid of War Child in 2021 and discovered by us at Resident Records in Brighton in 2024...

Remember, all of the winning songs across all Compelimination episodes are being put together to form the ultimate compilation playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=0a780297742b46c1

And I want to rank around with you...

Chris and Nikki conclude their celebration of Animal Collective's discography with Strawberry Jam, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Centipede Hz, Painting With and Time Skiffs. There's also a little pondering on new single, Defeat, and whatever might come next!

The special feature for this episode is "Am I so out of touch? No. It's Pitchfork who are wrong." Inspired by Pitchfork's unwavering adoration of Avey, Panda, Deaks and Geo-dude, Nikki and Chris choose their top 5 most wrong Pitchfork scores of all time.

Stick around for some new music recommendations at the end!

As always, subscriptions, reviews and recommendations to your friends make you more likely to live well into old age.

All top songs discussed in the episode can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rcxGqhVPqnD618QgyWWQh?si=e5b8ac599c954720

Ranker! You know you are a ranker! For our Father’s Day special, the Black Band T-Shirt boys welcome Chris’ dad Tim Morrant on board to rank the eleven albums of Supertramp! On this part we cover their 1970 self-titled début, Indelibly Stamped, Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis? and Even In The Quietest Moments. Sorry about the buzzing sound, will definitely be fixed for next time.

Shortly after release, our top tracks, The Nicher The Better Top 5 choices and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, give this absolute monster a whirl: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=fdgXWG2OSyOivVnoA8DhgA

We are on Twitter @bbts_pod - give us a follow and give us your Supertramp opinions (if you have any). Ollie can be found @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps. Chris and Ollie’s band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @meaoab. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie wanting to put on shows in London & Surrey - follow @grimheartpromo on Facebook and Instagram for more info!

See you in part 2!

Rank together, right now, over me! We reach the final part of our Beatles ranking, covering Abbey Road and Let It Be. We made it! Also in this part we do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs by artists subject to musical conspiracy theories, and our usual shoutouts at the end.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode, we’ll be back in a couple of weeks ranking Deafheaven’s 5 albums (sweet relief after this 12 album extravaganza…) so to get that in your lugs on release subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Nikki and Chris have left it right up to the last minute to discuss their favourite albums of 2023! They go through some (many) honourable mentions and then (because we are a ranking podcast, after all) give the rundown of each of their top ten albums of the year!

To guide you through, here's a playlist with a song from every album mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qQ0NU7FaKES6uH57jWQiT?si=1010aa225c164fdd

Hopefully there's still something left in here for you to discover!

Ranking doooown, ranking doooown, ranking do-how-ha-howwwwwn! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with Jack Kirby-Lowe to rank the latter days of Iron Maiden! Scream for me, podcasters! On this part we take on the Blaze Bayley era of The X Factor & Virtual XI, and their initial reunion with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith on Brave New World and Dance of Death.

All of our favourite tracks, our The Nicher The Better top 5 and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly, nestling in amongst the same from all our other pods to give you over 1,100 other songs in this behemoth; shuffle for a wonderful time; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=kdnc468tQpmPH7qG38hmkg

Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps. Jack can be found @jackkirby, don’t forget to follow his upcoming podcast @sfbookclub. Chris and Ollie’s band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris, Ollie and Chris’ partner Nikki putting on shows in London and Surrey - we can be found on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Grim Heart have a show coming up on Saturday 17th December at the Old Blue Last, with all profits going to Hackney Food Bank. We have Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Wyldest, Tee Peters, Hussy and Don’t Worry playing stripped back, acoustic sets for us; come on down for a lovely time! Tickets from Dice here: https://link.dice.fm/fl0nVYjzyvb

Rank it ‘til it bleeds! The second part of our PJ Harvey ranking sees the chaps go through Stories From The City, Let England Shake, Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love and continue to celebrate a wonderful and varied career. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs from artists from the West Country (excluding Bristol) and our usual shoutouts

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the pod goes up to include all our choicest cuts from the episode - shuffle this beast for a glorious time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=qdnW5zbFR5awY6BTtToCZA&dl_branch=1

We’ll be back in a fortnight with the final part of our Radiohead ranking with Nikki Bonnett, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher to get that in your ears on release, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Shoutouts:

Still - Half Hands Won’t Hold: https://wearestillaband.bandcamp.com/album/-

incaseyouleave - Time And Why It Doesn’t Deserve Us: https://incaseyouleave.bandcamp.com/

Talentless movers and rankers and candlestick makers! We begin our odyssey on the glorious Rolo Tomassi with our pal Theo Araby-Kirkpatrick in tow, covering Hysterics, Cosmology and Astraea on this part. We also cover Eternal Youth, the compilation of B-sides, remixes and rarities.

All our favourite cuts from each album, our The Nicher, The Better Top 5s (if we can find some of Theo’s!) and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes - shuffle this monster for a rollicking good time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=DPCx38_cTSyJVjHA_eynQg

Theo books shows at the New Cross Inn and other venues, go check them out on @real.life.presents on Instagram, and is involved in Washed Out Festival (@washedoutfest on IG). His band Grey Market can be found @greymarketldn on IG. 

Chris and Ollie’s band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie wanting to put on gigs in London and Surrey, news coming soon(!) on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

See you in part 2!

Wait... they don't rank you like I rank you.

Chris and Nikki rank and explore the discography of New York garage-rock revivalists/disco-post-punk pioneers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

In part 1, we delve into the huge debut, 'Fever To Tell', the more polished follow up, 'Show Your Bones', and the ambitious 'It's Blitz!'

All of our top choices are in the Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31oE2QdQMvstyRVqGpJRIV?si=1c33025c2200441d

Got me a ranking, I want you to know! Slicing up albums, I want you to know! Chris and Ollie take on Pixies’ Beneath The Eyrie, Surfer Rosa and Doolittle in this part, no mean feat! We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 songs one could have seen at Reading 2005, which is the first time the chaps saw Pixies and Chris’ first festival!

We are on Twitter as a podcast @BBTS_pod, let us know how off (de)base we are with our Pixies ranking, or your thoughts on our next act, as we join forces with our childhood friend and the Foxes Never Quit Talking Leicester City podcast, Arkady English, to take on Californian pop-punkers Blink-182! To hear Ollie’s mind slowly unravel next time around, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and whilst you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Join Nikki and Chris as they explore this 90s time capsule of a compilation! Featuring tracks all recorded on the same day by some of the biggest names in UK 90s music, this is a treat.

Tracks are eliminated until the two very best remain, which get added to our ultimate compilation playlist (don't click until you've listened if you don't want spoilers!): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=f5271b4e98b04688

Wouldn’t you believe it, it’s just our rank! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the “5 albums” of Nirvana! Ollie and Chris get into chat on Nevermind’s recent controversy, that bit of Where Did You Sleep Last Night? and some chat on Sliver - The Best of the Box & You Know You’re Right.

All the best cuts from this episode and our The Nicher The Better Top 5 & shoutouts can be found on our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, nestling amongst all our shouts from our other episodes. Shuffle this beast for a glorious time!  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=2iDZFQSIT2C1fcbRxFcoFw&dl_branch=1

Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie wanting to put on shows in London & Surrey, come find us on Facebook & Instagram for more info on that @grimheartpromo

Welcome back to another edition of Compelimination!

Chris and Nikki return to 1984 for the second compilation in the NTWICM series to eliminate bangers and flops, one by one, until only the best three remain!

Those three songs will be added to our ultimate compilation playlist along with other winning songs from Compelimination episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=9bd3bae96e424ec6

Just to shuffle things up a bit... Chris and Nikki jump from the 1980s to the 2010s to wittle down 2013's pop compilation, Now That's What I Call Music 84 until only the best three tracks remain!

The ultimate compilation playlist so far can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=3d6a81a697d645b0

I ain’t saying she’s a gold ranker, but she ain’t messin’ with no broke ranker! We conclude our chat on Kanye with our 4 highest records, do our The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs from albums with banned artwork and our usual shoutouts. CW: there is mention of sexual assault in this episode, if you’d feel more comfortable skipping this one we’d completely understand. Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the episode is released, with all our choicest cuts alongside the best stuff from all our other episodes. Shuffle this beast for a wonderful time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=qEPy3Y6ETQmJVS27hW1s2g Thanks for listening, and join us next time as we rank the albums of Queens Of The Stone Age with our pal and Audience Please! podcast host Adam Vallely! Subscribe on your favourite podcatcher to get that in your lugholes on release, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 catch you then! Shoutouts: Kenny Mason - Angelic Hoodrat Supercut: https://open.spotify.com/album/55oL9JR69c0rbLAfGCFbAF?si=Rd5SlcGeRb-BD5DDKngEUA Lex Amor - Government Tropicana: https://lexamor.bandcamp.com/album/government-tropicana Oak - Fin: https://oakstoner.bandcamp.com/album/fin Soundgarden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5xUf6j4upBrXZPg6AI4MRK?si=9b4jEHT7TxSkeP7JFbyX9A

Chris and Nikki conclude their chat through the discography of Glasgow's Post-rock giants, Mogwai. In Part 2, they cover Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, Rave Tapes, Every Country's Sun and As The Love Continues.

Stick around for this episode's special feature, "Oops, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet", where Chris and Nikki rank their top 5 bands named after film references!

Ollie, Chris and Nikki take on OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac in this part, so two of the most landmark records of all time…and Amnesiac. They go into chat on Radiohead’s “jazz hands” moment, two of Ollie’s favourite songs of all time and two accidental Chris puns - give us a shout if you notice them.

Our Spotify rank bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show goes out, now standing at over a day long - shuffle this beast for a wonderful time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=gVRCtGyiTqeWqw7zE6z2hw&dl_branch=1

Nikki will be back with the chaps in 4 weeks’ time for the final part of our Radiohead ranking but in the meantime subscribe on your favourite podcatcher to get Ollie and Chris on PJ Harvey in your ears on release! While you’re there a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘

Welcome back to Compelimination, where Chris and Nikki take a compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain!

This time we're turning to the world of video games with combined soundtracks of the first two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games (from 1999 and 2000), often credited with playing a significant part in introducing a new generation to the joys of punk, hardcore, ska and more!

Remember, all of the winning songs across all Compelimination episodes are being put together to form the ultimate compilation playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=0a780297742b46c1

London ranking from the (not so) far away town! We conclude our chat on The Clash by covering Sandinista! and London Calling, a triple and a double album! Yikes. Plus our The Nicher The Better Top 5 songs on covers of songs originally released in the 1950s, and our usual shoutouts in the end.

All our favourite cuts, top 5 choices and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes to create this absolute monster - give it a shuffle for a lovely time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=p3RcoqnfSYexT5uSi5uD1A

Thanks for listening, and join us on our next episode as we welcome Warpstormer bassist Richard Morgan and his wife/Ollie’s long-time pal Alice Watson, to be our first double guest as we take on the mighty Manic Street Preachers! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be wonderful 😘 see you then!

SHOUTOUTS:

Apologies to Robert Eggers, director of The Northman & The Lighthouse, you are not author & artist Dave Eggers

Dead Bird - https://deadbirduk.bandcamp.com/

Redwood: https://redwooooood.bandcamp.com/

Chalk Hands: https://chalkhands.bandcamp.com/album/dont-think-about-death

Peregrine - The Awful Things We’ve Done: https://open.spotify.com/album/0exu8lZ3zwl4Doysap1rhD?si=8mY5k31_RSmt1rjyho_Sa

Bienvenue à parte deux de T-Shirt Bande Noire! We finish our rankings on France’s finest Gojira, covering L’Enfant Sauvage, From Mars To Sirius and their latest album Fortitude. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs that mention fictional monsters in the title, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Also, Chris makes one of the spiciest takes in the history of podcasting, so look forward to that one...

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the episode is out, this now stands at over a day of music so you’re sure to find something to love, whether old or new. Shuffle this giant lizard for a wonderful time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=FWA4XY-FQ7KmzGuQABVj4Q&dl_branch=1

If you’ve enjoyed this episode or any of our others, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely. Join us next time where we’ll be joined by MusicOMH contributing writer Nikki Bonnett to rank the albums of the mighty, mighty Radiohead - can’t wait for that one, see you then!

Shoutouts:

Deafheaven - Great Mass Of Color: https://open.spotify.com/track/640A5AgdKNmZfPUBDJyvDS?si=orew2ryyQ4a3tODZFHhK6g&dl_branch=1

Riot Act’s Broken Records; The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/broken-records-the-search-for-the-worst-album-ever/id1561624939?i=1000525376885

Seasleeper - Nostophobia: https://seasleeper.bandcamp.com/album/nostophobia

Lowen - Unceasing Lamentations: https://lowen.bandcamp.com/album/unceasing-lamentations

Episode 13, unlucky for some, but is it unlucky for the Black Band T-Shirt lads? The chaps take on French metal titans Gojira, and rank their seven albums from worst to best. They also get into their feelings on mainstream metal in 2021, the worst album Chris has heard so far doing this podcast, and slaughtering some sacred metal cows - sacré bleu! Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who want to put on your band in London/Surrey - give us a follow on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Well slap my baubles and call me Jolly Saint Nick!

It's time for a bit of harmless bonus festive ranking, as Nikki and Chris get into some of their favourite Christmas films and the musical delights to be found within!

If it's a song and appears in a film loosely linked to Christmas, it counts!

Exoskeletal junction at the ranking delayed! We continue our chat on all things Mars Volta by covering the magnificent Frances The Mute and De-Loused in the Comatorium, plus our The Nicher The Better Top 5 songs from albums with covers by Storm Thorgerson, and our usual shoutouts at the end.

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after release with all our favourite cuts; standing at over 900 songs long you’re sure to find something to love! Give it a whirl:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=l6JfIBQQT_muvExrLmn2Ag

We’re on Twitter @BBTS_pod, come at us with your TMV opinions and your opinions on our next episode, ranking our Top 5 songs by Watford tech-metallers SikTh and reviewing Arctangent 2022! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be wonderful 😘 see you then!

Fresh off its release, the Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with Arcade Fire so soon after we ranked them in the first instance, as they return with their Nigel Godrich-produced first effort in 5 years “We”. We revise our rankings, and pay tribute to Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder.

Your podcast hosts put on shows as Grim Heart Promotions, and we announce our next show, putting on FES at the Victoria in Dalston, with support from Time Cops, Spank Hair & GUTS. Tickets are £9 from Dice.FM, find us on @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram for more info.

Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent also have a show coming up at the Fighting Cocks in Kingston on the 27th May, find @MEAOAB on FB/Twitter/IG for more info. Thanks for listening and join us next time when we’ll be going back to the wide world of hip-hop and ranking the albums of the Beastie Boys! See you then!

THINK THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO RANK ME! Hell of a task this time around as the Black Band T-Shirt boys rank the discography of Atlanta metal giants Mastodon, with My Eyes Are Old and Bent guitarist Matt Markham! We get into Ollie’s feelings on Crack The Skye with spicy takes abound, their offcuts and rarities and Matt proselytising about his guitar heroes.

Follow Ollie @olliexcore and Chris @cmgrumps, our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent @MEAOAB on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and Grim Heart Promotions @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram.

Don't kick away the January blues, indulge them with a celebration of Elliott Smith's melancholy magic!

In part 1, Chris and Nikki rank the 6 albums of the Portland Singer-Songwriter and get into the first three: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith and Either/Or.

MAN YOUR OWN RANKHAMMERS! Black Band T-Shirt podcast begin the odyssey that is ranking the albums of modern prog masters Coheed and Cambria, joined by our good pal Rob Barbour! In this first part we cover “what if Warhammer 40k could cry?”, the Finch effect and how Coheed and Cambria are like Mission Impossible movies

Follow Chris on @cmgrumps, Ollie on @olliexcore and Rob on @puns_n_roses. Chris and Ollie are in My Eyes Are Old And Bent, a post-hardcore/post-metal band, who can be found on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who want to put your band on after the pandemic, get at us on Instagram and Facebook @grimheartpromo

*SORRY!* Due to human error, this part was recorded in much poorer quality than usual...

In part 2 Nikki and Chris discuss the final three albums of the Oasis discography: Heathen Chemistry, Don't Believe The Truth and Dig Out Your Soul.

Stick around for the special feature, They're Just A Little Wrinkly; They're Still Good, They're Still Good, where Chris and Nikki reveal their top 5 acts that they would prefer to spend £400 to see reform than Oasis.

Nikki and Chris continue their stumble through The Pogues' discography, from the commercially successful 'If I Should Fall From Grace with God', through the less successful 'Peace and Love' and 'Hell's Ditch' and Shane's departure from the band.

We might not have loved it all, but there's plenty to talk about!

Stick around for this episode's feature, 'You Might Remember Me From Songs Such As...' (AKA: top 5 songs produced by famous musicans).

And I gotta get to rank bottom! Ollie and Chris take on Paramore’s most recent output in this part, plus a beautifully niche The Nicher, The Better. The boys get into chat on Paramore’s crimes against music, “depression and marimbas” and push our (fictional) glasses up our nose to become “music journalists”...

Join us in two weeks for the second part of our odyssey on Coheed and Cambria with guest Rob Barbour, to get that straight in your ears subscribe to us on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re at it, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be wonderful 😘

*UPDATE* due to a technical error, the next episode of Black Band T-Shirt will not be Part 2 of Coheed & Cambria. Instead, we’re going to do our top 5 songs of the only band ever, Alexisonfire!

Shoutouts:

Mannequin Pussy - Perfect (EP): https://mannequinpussy.bandcamp.com/album/perfect

Spring. Fall. Sea: https://springfallsea.bandcamp.com/

The Armed - ULTRAPOP: https://thearmed.bandcamp.com/album/ultrapop

Th-th-that that don’t kill me, can only rank me stronger! The Black Band T-Shirt lads are back  with another episode, this time ranking the albums of Kanye West. We get into the nitty-gritty of him as a man vs him as a musician, and no punches are pulled, but there’s a lot to celebrate here musically, with four albums covered plus his collaboration records. Apologies for the popping mics, we’ve got some technical issues to work through, hopefully we’ll be sorted for next time. Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who are looking to put on your band in London/Surrey - hit us up on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo

I don’t rank you no more, ranks will get better. We reach the end of our Coheed chat with Rob Barbour where we cover Vaxis I: The Unheavenly Creatures, new single Shoulders and the lockdown madness that was Jessie’s Girl 2. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs from albums that feature a musician for one album only (that weren’t a debut) and our usual shoutouts.

In two week’s time it’ll just be Ollie and Chris returning to the world of hip-hop and ranking the records of Tyler, The Creator! To get that in your ears on release subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Shoutouts:

Citizen - Life In Your Glass World: https://citizenmi.bandcamp.com/album/life-in-your-glass-world

Foxing - Draw Down The Moon: https://foxingtheband.bandcamp.com/album/draw-down-the-moon

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God: https://manchesterorchestramusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-million-masks-of-god

Employed To Serve - Conquering: https://employedtoserve.bandcamp.com/album/conquering

Utopia - Stalker: https://utopiabandmetal.bandcamp.com/album/stalker

Nite Jewel - No Sun: https://nitejewel.bandcamp.com/album/no-sun

We’re back with a bang! Or a plan rather, a Dillinger Escape Plan to be precise! In the first part of our Dillinger discog deep dive, we cover Ire Works, Calculating Infinity, Option Paralysis & One Of Us Is The Killer

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps love The Dillinger Escape Plan, maybe almost as much as they love spicier takes than a scotch bonnet chili, horses with fists for hooves and whether you’d rather be Batman or Robin.

Follow Ollie on Twitter at @olliexcore, Chris on @cmgrumps, and our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @meaoab. Also Grim Heart Promotions, our promotions thing for when gigs can be a thing again is on Facebook and Instagram on @grimheartpromo.

Thanks for your support and enjoy part 2!

We go all the way back to Episode 15 to discuss PJ Harvey's 10th album, July 2023's ethereal, wondrous 'I Inside The Old Year Dying'.

Chris decides where this fits within his existing ranking and, due to not being present for the original episode despite being a Polly fan, Nikki gives her full PJ Harvey album ranking as of this week!

MON THE BIFFY! In the maiden episode, Ollie and Chris take on the career of Ayrshire’s finest Biffy Clyro! From 2002’s Blackened Sky to this year’s A Celebration of Endings, every album is ranked and the chaps discuss Dark Fruits Twitter, controversial cover art and waving your dick around.

There’s also a bonus top 5 songs with handclaps and all the fun and frolics that come with Black Band T-Shirt ranking into a microphone. Enjoy, subscribe and review (5 stars of course) and we’ll see you next time ranking The Dillinger Escape Plan!

Shoutout section -

Ollie:

Riot Act podcast interview w/ Simon Neil https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/riot-act/id1417888519?i=1000493771958

Hell Bent For Metal podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hell-bent-for-metal-the-lgbt-heavy-metal-podcast/id1538404697

Chris:

Vennart - In The Dead, Dead Wood https://vennart.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-dead-dead-wood

Shooting Daggers https://shootingdaggers.bandcamp.com/

Everyrank now! (I want it) Everyrank now! (I need it). The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back on their bullsh*t, ranking the albums of Canadian indie rock collective Arcade Fire! We get into Everything Now, Reflektor and Neon Bible on this part, plus a little chat on their début self-titled EP and side releases.

The podcast is now on Twitter @BBTS_pod, get at us with your thoughts on Arcade Fire and any of our other episodes. Our personal Twitter handles are @olliexcore (Ollie) and @cmgrumps (Chris). Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @MEAOAB, stream and buy our new single Defiant on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp (https://meaoab.bandcamp.com/). This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is your hosts wanting to put on gigs in London & Surrey; follow us on @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram for more info.

Join us in part 2, see you there!

YOU TAKE THE HIGH RANK NOW, I’LL TAKE THE RANK BELOW IT! Ollie, Chris and Matt finish off their Mastodon ranking, where Matt thinks Blood and Thunder is overrated (😱), Ollie discusses stupid past decisions and we rank our Top 5 musician cameos in TV shows in The Nicher The Better, inspired by Mastodon’s appearance in Game of Thrones. Ollie and Chris also go a bit HAM on their shoutouts.

All the choicest cuts from this episode will be added shortly to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, nestling alongside our choices from our Biffy Clyro, TDEP, Björk, Reuben Top 5, White Stripes and Enter Shikari episodes. Shuffle this beast, a lovely time guaranteed! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=h_9cO1WBQNmLMU-kjeOyHA

Join us next time where we’ll be ranking the albums of indie darlings Bloc Party!

Don’t forget to subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, drop us a review and tell your pals :)

Shoutouts:

Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone: https://portrayalofguilt.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-always-alone

Grey Market - Deadstock https://greymarketldn.bandcamp.com/album/deadstock

Squid - Bright Green Field: https://squiduk.bandcamp.com/album/bright-green-field

Closer - Angry Flood: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ckWo330dIo8rOXfUFjZJn?si=Vj1QLoJ4Q4OC3jKOdYgbdw

Chelsea Wolfe & Emma Ruth Rundle - Anhedonia: https://open.spotify.com/track/4qGchgaW78B1Z9kmF9lt2w?si=YXILnFTNQ0eMT3gN8wayNA

Vince Staples (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Yeah Right: https://open.spotify.com/track/35tWhD29yvWwB0IDRr6zsL?si=egCBNK26TjCw-i0yvlSeug

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with episode 41, where Chris and Ollie are guestless and covering Boston indie rock titans Pixies! In this part, we cover Bossanova, 2022’s Doggerel, Indie Cindy, Head Carrier and Trompe Le Monde, talking about the key differences between pre- and post- reunion Pixies and how they changed the musical landscape of this (and last) century.

All of our favourite tracks, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes to form this unwieldy beast standing at over 90 hours long - give it a shuffle! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=1be7QwGwQICXxnlBqwCCcg

Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie putting on shows in London & Surrey; follow us on @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram for more info. We have False Advertising, FES & Muttering on at the Victoria in Dalston on 3rd March, tickets on Dice here: https://link.dice.fm/inY9BwC9Wwb

See you on the other side of the jingle for part 2!

*glass shatters* BAH GAWD, WITH GOD AS MY WITNESS, BLACK BAND T-SHIRT IS BROKEN IN HALF! It’s Wrestlemania weekend baby and we’re here with our top 5 themes of the 80s to around 2012, aka the Jim Johnston era! We get into some iconic Attitude Era themes and beyond, and pay tribute to the dreadful loss of Taylor Hawkins.

All these themes and our favourite Hawkins moments will be put into our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, alongside our best cuts from our full-length episodes. Shuffle this 700+ song beast incarnate for a wonderful time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=u6hEgQFKTXmpoo1f0AHKMQ

We are now on Twitter @BBTS_pod, come share your favourite wrestling themes with us - any we haven’t covered? Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is us putting on shows in London & Surrey - follow us on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo for more info.

We’ll be back in a couple of weeks with a guest as we welcome Grey Market vocalist and New Cross Inn events booker Theo Araby-Kirkpatrick to rank the albums of the almighty Rolo Tomassi! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Just the one slightly longer part for this episode, as Chris and Nikki take on the 5 albums of weird, post-punk pioneers, Magazine!

Stick around to the end for the special feature: "Marge, I've Never Read a Magazine in My Life and I'm Not Gonna Start Now!"

CONTENT WARNING: Contains discussion of lyrics involving sexual assault and suicide.

Hide your feathers, little rank porch lady! Ollie, Chris and Rob continue the Coheed chat which gets a little...sloppy shall we say. We cover the Year of the Black Rainbow documentary which is very, erm, revealing (especially on its producer), bootcut jeans in space and taking power tools to instruments (for why?)

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show is released with all our choicest cuts and shoutouts, along with our favourites from other episodes and The Nicher The Better Top 5s. Shuffle this 16 hour+ beast for a wonderful time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=1UmdJb23Rgu2_1DnFs0iNg

We will be back with Rob for episode 11 for the latter part of Coheed’s career but join Chris and Ollie in a couple of weeks as we take on Franklin, TN’s finest Paramore! Subscribe on your favourite podcatcher to get that in your feed when that happens and while you’re there, a 5* review would be lovely...

Shoutouts:

Tired Lion - Breakfast for Pathetics: https://tiredlionband.bandcamp.com/album/breakfast-for-pathetics

Trophy Scars - Holy Vacants: https://open.spotify.com/album/36MToVr5szYjNrFZ3pNpPz?si=CPqSFLGUSfCKpRVc7SO2rA

Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon: https://genghistron.bandcamp.com/album/dream-weapon

DVNE - Etemen Ænka: https://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com/album/etemen-nka

Concrete Ships - In Observance: https://concreteships.bandcamp.com/album/in-observance

Breaths - Lined In Silver: https://breaths.bandcamp.com/album/lined-in-silver

Low Moder - S/T: https://lowmoder.bandcamp.com/album/low-moder

Trepanation Recordings: https://trepanationrecordings.bandcamp.com/

Ochrus Records: https://ochrusrecords.bandcamp.com/

COS YOU KNOW I'M ON FIRE WHEN YOU RANK! The Bloc Party ranking concludes with the chaps proselytising about their top two and a cleansing chat on 00s indie debuts for our The Nicher, The Better top 5. We have our usual shoutouts and introduce our next episode, ranking the records of Jimmy Eat World with poet and playwright extraordinaire Neal Pike! We will be updating our Rank Bank Spotify playlist shortly after the episode comes out with all of our choice cuts from Bloc Party, our top 5s and shoutouts, alongside everything from our previous episodes - give it a shuffle for A Lovely Time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=39f65fdc53d94c59 Shoutouts: For Your Health - In Spite Of: https://foryourhealth.bandcamp.com/album/in-spite-of Sugar Horse - Slam Dancing In A Burning Building: https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/track/slam-dancing-in-a-burning-building Teenage Wrist - Earth Is A Blackhole: https://teenagewrist.bandcamp.com/album/earth-is-a-black-hole Nova Twins - Voices For The Unheard (playlist): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Tx7ivMzAsdjxmMKC77C9X?si=c8cb1e6982b84e8f

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the discography of Dorset’s finest daughter, PJ Harvey! We get into chat about why we may not have gone in on PJ before, the variety of eras in her career, including the return of Ollie’s heart eyes emoji for anything vaguely trip-hop related and disparagement of jazz - what else are podcasts for if not obvious tropes as I alluded to earlier?

Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old And Bent can be found @MEAOAB on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions who want to put on your band in London/Surrey, give us a follow on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Welcome back to Compelimination, where Chris & Nikki take a music compilation and take it in turns to eliminate tracks one by one until only the best remains. These get added to a playlist that will eventually create the greatest compilation of all time!

This time, we continue our exploration of the Rock Sound magazine free CDs with 1999's Music With Attitude, Vol.2!

Got me going so crazy right now, your rank! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps make another foray into the wonderful world of pop and pluck out Queen Bey herself for the ranking treatment. On this first part, we get into Dangerously In Love, I Am…Sasha Fierce, B’Day and Beyoncé, plus a little chat about Destiny’s Child and the accompanying album to her starring role in the Lion King remake, The Gift.

Shortly after release, our top tracks, The Nicher The Better Top 5 choices and our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, give this absolute monster a whirl: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=1w9KALA5TfSEZ1f76OTGPw

We are on Twitter @bbts_pod - give us a follow and give us your Beyoncé opinions, or shout us about any of our episodes. Ollie can be found @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps. Chris and Ollie’s band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @meaoab - check us out supporting ruddy bloody Svalbard on the 17th September at the Guildford Boileroom! Tickets here: https://www.seetickets.com/event/svalbard/the-boileroom/2319706

This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie wanting to put on shows in London & Surrey - follow @grimheartpromo on Facebook and Instagram for more info! See you in part 2!

Welcome back, as Chris, Nikki and special guest ranker Paul continue discussing the ups and downs of The Smashing Pumpkins discography!

Part 2 starts with a chat about why Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness is Chris and Paul's favourite Pumpkins album and Nikki's number two, followed by thoughts on Adore and Machina/The Machines of God.

This is the first time we’ve ever done this; this entire part is dedicated to one album, but what an album it is. We go track-by-track on 1994 masterpiece The Holy Bible, it’s a long chat but one we feel is well worth hearing, one of the absolute highlights of doing this podcast so far. Rich Morgan’s still here, and provides us with some incredible context of the time and insights into the wonderful but warped mind of Richey Edwards.

Several trigger warnings for this episode, mainly for discussion on suicide but also anorexia, The Holocaust, genital mutilation, abortion, depression, murder and self-harm.

We’re going to release parts 3 & 4 next week covering the rest of their career, our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs about saints and our shoutouts at the end. Thanks for joining us for these first 3 albums, subscribe to keep your ears peeled for the small matter of 11 more albums of the Manics’ storied career. See you then!

The ranker the berry, the sweeter the pod! We continue our ranking of Ollie’s hip-hop Mount Rushmore member Kendrick Lamar, as in this part we take on Mr Morale and the Big Steppers and To Pimp A Butterfly, and TPAB offcuts record untitled. unmastered. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 on our favourite songs performed at the Super Bowl halftime show, and our usual shoutouts at the end.

The podcast can be found on Twitter @BBTS_pod, come at us about our Kendrick Lamar opinions or your opinions on our next subjects, as we return to Iron Maiden alongside Jack Kirby-Lowe to cover everything from The X Factor (the album, not the show) to 2021’s Senjutsu! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you next time for Maiden!

OPEN THE CURTAINS! SINGING BIRDS, TELL ME "RANK THE BUILDINGS DOWN"! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another Top 5 episode, focusing on Massachusetts scene darlings The Hotelier! The chaps cover the emo revival, “Tom Petty bullshit” and overt obsession with a gig at the Fighting Cocks.

Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps, get at us with your Hotelier top 5! We are in a band called My Eyes Are Old and Bent, who are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, we can be found on Facebook and Instagram @grimheartpromo.

All our choices and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after this episode, along with our favourite cuts from all our other episodes, our The Nicher The Better Top 5 and shoutouts. Give this beast a shuffle, well worth your time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=7QKeo7_eTHmgx4x0M0Ky2Q

Join us next time where we’ll be joined by our man in Amsterdam Rob Barbour, covering modern prog giants Coheed and Cambria! Make sure you’re subscribed for that and hey, we’d love a 5* review too while you’re at it...

Shoutouts:

Fresh - Girl Clout: https://open.spotify.com/track/2wgSiQXfOLE5K3xDNfhbNe?si=N2IkEP-HSXyMmRykToLlNQ

Battles - Atlas: https://open.spotify.com/track/0RUpgzacb8DwZB5B3IPO23?si=Lf8_vRI0R-aN3zt4lUzSuA

Seed - Dun Pageant: https://seedma.bandcamp.com/album/dun-pageant

Gold Baby - Rabbits EP: https://goldbabyband.bandcamp.com/album/rabbits

I’m in the business of rankery, let’s take it from the top! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are taking on the discography of Paramore on this episode, plus some chat on Hayley’s solo efforts and guest spots. We get into chat on their renaissance as a TikTok meme, “Flux all over again” & well... the Misery Business business.

All our favourite cuts plus our The Nicher The Better top 5 and shoutouts will be added shortly after the episode to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist. Shuffle this 18 hour + behemoth for a wonderful time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=jmlVyluCTIipw9z2RiUjvw

Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps, come chat to us about our rankings or any of our other episodes. We are in a band called My Eyes Are Old and Bent, who can be found on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who want to put on your band in London/Surrey - find us on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

And how long would it take me, to rank across the United States, all alone? But of course we're not alone, Black Band T-Shirt welcomes our top pal Neal Pike to rank the discography of Arizona emo legends Jimmy Eat World! We go through their first five records (plus some chat on their first self-titled album and some B-sides), and the chaps discuss wholesome bangers, Jim Adkins being “horny on main” and Tay Tay covers amongst much, much else!

Follow Neal @pikepoet or visit nealpikeprojects.co.uk, follow Ollie on @olliexcore and Chris on @cmgrumps. Chris and Ollie’s band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which can be found on Instagram and Facebook @grimheartpromo.

I think that someone is trying to rank me…again! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back revisiting Mastodon after the release of Hushed and Grim, and they’ve got My Eyes Are Old and Bent guitarist Matt Markham along for the ride. Matt ranked Mastodon with us back in episode 6, and we discuss what we think about the new album from one of his favourite bands and how it fits into our ranking.

Our aforementioned band have a single coming out on the 11th February called Defiant, hit us up on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @MEAOAB for links and yer t-shirts! Chris and I are also putting on a show as Grim Heart Promotions, we’re having Other Half, Occupants & Older play for us at the Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden on the 24th February, get your tickets and info @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram.

We are on @BBTS_pod on Twitter so come at us about your Mastodon opinions, or opinions on our next episode where we’re ranking the albums of Lady Gaga! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your fave podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘

We’ll update our Spotify Rank Bank playlist with our favourite songs from this record, nestling in amongst our best cuts from all our other episodes, The Nicher The Better top 5s and shoutouts; shuffle this beast for a wonderful time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=KH2TDxEAReWYSaPz9SgeRw

Sweet dreams of rankingness! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with the Canadian post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire, upgrading them from last spring’s top 5 songs episode to a full ranking, following the recent release of their fifth album Otherness! We go through their 2022 effort and see where it fits into our order of the Alexis discog to date, and find a record we may not be talking about for the last time this year… 🤔

Our top tracks will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after the episode’s release, nestling in amongst highlights from all our other episodes. At over 1,000 songs long you’re sure to find something new or old to love! Link here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=QJA8sWSLQI2P7ZT02QLrJw

Follow the pod on @BBTS_pod on Twitter, Ollie on @olliexcore and Chris @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who can be found on Facebook & Insta @grimheartpromo. Subscribe on your favourite podcatcher to get our next episode in your ears on release, where we welcome back our QOTSA guest Adam Vallely to rank the albums of Bostonian prog/metalcore legends Cave In! Tell a friend and shoot us a 5* review while you’re there, there’s a good chum 😘 see you soon!

Am I dying? Is this blissful? I want to rank! Chris and Ollie provide their opinions on their respective favourite Deafheaven records, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love and Sunbather, in this part - sheets were not laid down, carpets were ruined. We also do our The Nicher, The Better top 5 on best songs from albums with (at least 70%) pink covers, and our usual plugs & shoutouts at the end.

All our favourite cuts, Top 5 choices and shoutouts will go into our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst everything from all our other episodes; give it a shuffle for a lovely time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=lsRatkLXSyqGT9J1sGBg5A

Thanks for listening, we’ll be back soon with our next episode, taking a look at the career and records of Metallica, the biggest heavy metal band of all time. We’ll be joined by our pal Lucy Bonnett, join us too by subscribing on your favourite podcatcher! And while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely. See you then!

Shoutouts:

Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun: https://mogwai.bandcamp.com/album/as-the-love-continues

Siem Reap - https://siemreapholdingco.bandcamp.com/album/now-what

Agvirre - https://agvirre.bandcamp.com/

In the first episode of 2024, Nikki and Chris rank the five Shane MacGowan era albums from The Pogues!

We've been keen to do this one for a while and figured that, with Shane's passing late last year, it would be a good time to take it on.

Don't forget to listen along to our top picks with the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WEsEBhWrATH1pCOOYkgW1?si=f883795aab2e482d

Take a rank of my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got! Ollie, Chris and Mr Morrant Sr Tim are back on Supertramp, rounding off the career with Breakfast In America, Famous Last Words, Brother Where You Bound, Free As A Bird, Some Things Never Change and Slow Motion - phew! We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs about breakfast and our usual shoutouts at the end. 

Chris and Ollie will be back after a couple of weeks to cover Queen Bey herself, the almighty Beyoncé! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 thanks for joining us for Supertramp, see you for Beyoncé!

We don’t talk about love! We only wanna get ranked! Rich Morgan’s still here with Chris and Ollie covering the Manic Street Preachers, as we go into Everything Must Go, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, Know Your Enemy,  Lifeblood & Send Away The Tigers.

All our favourite cuts from all 14 albums (!), our The Nicher The Better top 5s on songs with “Saint” in the title and our usual shoutouts will all be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, pushing it over 900 songs long… give it a listen, you’re sure to have a lovely time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=NpyLIwS2SQWG-W_rB-nODQ

We all live in a yellow rankerine! Chris and Ollie are back at it with part 2 of ranking The Beatles, taking on Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album. Yes, as you’ll see from the length, we do spend that long talking about just four albums. Chris owns up to having takes just to wind Ollie up and Ollie concedes the Beatles might have been alright sometimes - surprises abound here.

All our favourite tracks will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst our choicest cuts, The Nicher The Better top 5s and shoutouts from all our other episodes. You’ve got some time off over Christmas, why not shuffle this behemoth for a lovely time? https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=kN43oeodT--wZsDK7p_7tw

See you in part 3!

Chris and Nikki are back with Paul Chave for the third and final part of their journey through the discography of The Smashing Pumpkins. In this part, the albums from the pulpy pumpkin mash that is the latter era of the band's career are discussed with... varying enthusiasm.

Stick around at the end for this episode's special feature, 'Famous Musician, Smiling Politely', inspired by Billy Corgan's wonderful Disneyland photo.

Check out our X (Twitter) posts @BBTS_pod to see the photos we discuss while you listen along!

That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spot, light, losing my rank-igion! With the 80s done, it’s time for the Black Band T-Shirt chaps to go into R.E.M.’s glory years, covering Out of Time, Automatic For The People, Monster, New Adventures In Hi-Fi and Up. Our guest Paul Chave sticks with us with his spicy takes (including one of the best metaphors ever broadcast on this pod) and almost murdering Ollie with the spear of mirth under the theme tune.

All of our favourite cuts plus our The Nicher The Better choices of favourite UK number ones of 1983 and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes - shuffle this monster (wahey!) for a wonderful time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=GDezS7QuTCOC0qnJ0yeA4w

Join us in our final part for the remainder of their career, The Nicher The Better Top 5 & shoutouts - see you then!

With the most contemporary subject for a little while, Chris and Nikki rank the five albums of Virginia shapeshifters, Turnover. Part one sees a general chat about the band and where they fit in the musical landscape as well as discussion of their first three albums: Magnolia, Peripheral Vision and Good Nature.

Welcome to the new bonus format from Black Band T-Shirt Podcast!

Each time, Chris & Nikki take a music compilation and take it in turns to eliminate tracks one by one until only the best three remain. These get added to a playlist that will eventually create the greatest compilation of all time!

Where better place to start than the first ever That's What I Call Music compilation from 1983.

Nikki and Chris continue their discussion of the Gorillaz discography with probably their biggest ranking disagreement so far in 2017's Humanz, followed by The Now Now, Song Machine and 2023's Cracker Island.

The special feature for this episode is "I have to go now. My label needs me" to choose the best 5 featured artist performances of all time!

Chris is joined again by Arkady following their conversation last year, ranking the albums of pop-punk megastars Blink 182, to discuss the new album: One More Time...

As usual, best and worst songs and we try to place the album in our existing rankings.

Someone come and, someone come and rank my life! The Black Band T-Shirt boys round off their City and Colour ranking by covering Bring Me Your Love (not To Bring You My Love Ollie, you idiot) and Little Hell. Our The Nicher The Better on this episode is top 5 songs from albums shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, and our usual shoutouts at the end! 

Follow the pod on Twitter @BBTS_pod to give us your City and Colour thoughts, or your thoughts on our next subject, where we welcome back Adam Vallely of The Armed to rank the albums of Bostonian hardcore legends Cave In! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘

Thanks for joining us and stay tuned for Alexisonfire Revisited!

SHOUTOUTS:

Wunderhorse - Cub: https://open.spotify.com/album/1QNeya5YNW3oiuUi7B54y7?si=R9m-Tey8RSulp1KUaL6zwg

Fucked Up - Oberon EP: https://fuckedup.bandcamp.com/album/oberon

Street Grease - Take The Blood From My Body:  https://open.spotify.com/track/1AzZU3p0hvCswbNI4F13DH?si=X9D1eDN2QlS1ghHy0qsHWg

Down I Go - Aum Shinrikyo: https://downigo.bandcamp.com/album/aum-shinrikyo

Coolio & Some Students Jamming: https://youtu.be/hvMKgMZsfDM

Sometimes I get believing, I’m ranking past the feeling! We conclude our chat on Arcade Fire with The Suburbs and Funeral, plus our The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs with countries in the title that aren’t the UK or US and our usual shoutouts at the end.

All our favourite cuts, our Top 5 choices and shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after the podcast’s release, nestling in amongst the same from all our other episodes - shuffle this beast for a wonderful time: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=L-a_0MKnSr2YeZzNyJDWZQ

We’ve got a fun one out next week as we name our top 5 wrestling themes from the 80s to 2012, which we’re naming the “Jim Johnston Era”, in honour of Wrestlemania weekend. 

Following hot on its heels we welcome Grey Market vocalist and New Cross Inn events booker Theo Araby-Kirkpatrick to rank the albums of the almighty Rolo Tomassi! To get those in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 thanks for listening and see you then!

Shoutouts:

Time Cops - End of History: https://time-cops.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-history-ep

Methyl Ethyl - Are You Haunted?: https://methylethel.bandcamp.com/album/are-you-haunted

Gang of Youths - angel in realtime.: https://open.spotify.com/album/4xrHCOnujQW9DDLmntffLP?si=bYLuw0iHREGQanY1_GUZYg

Warpstormer - Here Comes Hell: https://warpstormer.bandcamp.com/album/here-comes-hell

Orchards: https://orchardslive.bandcamp.com/

How does it feel? The weight of the steel, the rank of the blade. We round off our ranking of Massive Attack alongside Josie Perkins by covering 100th Window and Heligoland, plus more jokes about how 3D is definitely, definitely not Banksy.

We are on Twitter as a podcast as @BBTS_pod, come at us with your opinions on Massive Attack, or your opinions on our next subject, as we take on alt-rock titans Pixies! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe to us on your favourite podcatcher, and whilst you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you in a couple of weeks!

Chris and Nikki return to their discussion of Garbage's discography, covering the three most recent self-released albums: 'Not Your Kind of People', 'Strange Little Birds' and 'No Gods No Masters' with a positivity and enthusiasm that wasn't entirely expected!

Stick around for the special feature, Trash of the Titans, in which Chris and Nikki choose their top 5 examples of awful songs by artists they otherwise consider to be wonderful.

Just like the subject of this episode... it's been a long quiet build up resulting in a big ol' satisfying ending, as Chris and Nikki finally get around to ranking and discussing the ten albums of Glaswegian post-rock titans, Mogwai!

Part 1 includes a brief chat about the band and their legacy, the abum rankings and evaluations of Mogwai Young Team, Come On Die Young, Rock Action, Happy Songs for Happy People, Mr Beast and The Hawk is Howling.

CAN’T STAND IT, I KNOW YOU RANKED IT! We round off our chat on the Beastie Boys by covering Check Your Head, Paul’s Boutique & Ill Communication. We do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on our favourite songs by New York City musicians about the Big Apple, and have our usual shoutouts at the end.

For our next episode we welcome Chris’ dad onto the podcast for a Father’s Day special to cover one of his favourite bands, Supertramp! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 thanks for checking out the Beasties, see you then!

SHOUTOUTS:

Deca: https://deca.bandcamp.com/album/smoking-gun

King Kashmere (as Chuck Enzo): https://chuckenzo.bandcamp.com/album/motherbox

Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and the Big Steppers: https://open.spotify.com/album/1atjqOZTCdrjxjMyCPZc2g?si=xsqP-MAvRCq-_o_X0uTAtQ

Stay//Asleep: https://youtube.com/channel/UCYKbo1cYVitDXBp35be_IwQ

The Locust/Cattle Decapitation: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6uZOWljC7E3k7ZjVNKwZyW?si=9daab1t3R9ehVqLWKJsyLQ/https://open.spotify.com/artist/67ZMMtA88DDO0gTuRrzGjn?si=L8FQiSLmTyat2EEjGnUU0w

Depeche Mode: https://open.spotify.com/artist/762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX?si=E66yjH2MRXSSwGAnYuBTCQ

Miss Machine and Dissociation are covered on the concluding part of the Black Band T-Shirt lads’ chat on The Dillinger Escape Plan, along with a quick run-through of their EPs. The chaps also have an almighty chinwag on the top 5 songs by supergroups, and have a big old nostalgia sesh.

We also have talk on Greg as a goblin, Mike Patton being your whacky uncle and Kate Beckinsale in a latex catsuit. Hope you’ve enjoyed our second episode, we’ll rank you off next time with Björk!

Shoutouts:

Palm Reader - Sleepless https://wearepalmreader.bandcamp.com/album/sleepless

Yersin - Guilt https://open.spotify.com/album/61Ik2qdBFUugZv8Hbos3xU?si=8rOZ8GoxRZugqMp51-1ZEQ

Pupil Slicer - https://pupilslicer.bandcamp.com/

Chris and Nikki conclude their chat about Elliott Smith's discography with major label debut 'XO', progressive pop-rocker 'Figure 8' and posthumous release 'From A Basement On The Hill'

After that, stick around for 'I Used To Be With It, Then They Changed What It Was', where we rank our top 5 artists that more famous artists were once a part of... plus about a million honorable mentions (sorryyyy).

Oooo-aaaaaaaaaaah I wanna rank with you everywhere!

Chris and Nikki continue their discussion of Fleetwood Mac's discography from the majestic Tango in the Night, to the disappointment of Behind the Mask, swiftly swimming over the murky depths of Time and ending with the pleasantly surprising Say You Will!

Stick around for 'A Beatles Wig and a Ukelele', where they will each choose their top 5 songs from transatlantic bands. Let us know if we missed any!

You know the drill... Chris and Nikki take a compilation album and take it in turns to delete songs from the tracklist until only the best remain!

This time we're back to the 'Now' series for the third installment featuring some big hitters (and some big stinkers) from 1984.

Remember, all of the winning songs across all Compelimination episodes are being put together to form the ultimate compilation playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wv4z1EZzDpD3VqYqhZH07?si=0a780297742b46c1

Welcome to the first episode of Black Band T-Shirt: Revisited! Fittingly, the first is discussing the subject of our first ever episode, Biffy Clyro! We talk about the new album The Myth of Happily Ever After and where we would place it in our rankings.

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back, and with our first guest in tow, Chris’ brother and My Eyes Are Old And Bent drummer Alex Morrant! He suggested The White Stripes for us, and in this first part we go in on why it’s not ironic that a drummer chose The White Stripes, their incredible covers, and how Jack White can, on one song, sound like Jack Black.

Follow our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent @meaoab on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram and Grim Heart Promotions on Facebook & Instagram on @grimheartpromo. Ollie is on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris is on @cmgrumps.

Check out our Spotify Rank Bank playlist for all the choices from this week’s episode and from the Biffy, Dillinger, Reuben & Björk episodes, link here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=xio1dp-2Qoi9ZPoIZC28Yw

At long last, we bring you our ranking and deep dive into the discography of The Smashing Pumpkins!

Joining Chris and Nikki on this murky odyssey is returning guest and front man of Lincoln's Bat Flattery, Paul Chave!

In part one, you can hear everyone's rankings, a long ol' chat about our thoughts on The Smashing Pumpkins in general (because, oh boy, is there a lot to discuss) and chat about the first two albums, Gish and Siamese Dream.

Don’t be a rank, just be a queen! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with something a bit different, ranking the albums of Mother Monster herself Lady Gaga! We cover 3 records on this first half, going through our thoughts on ArtPOP, Born This Way and Joanne, and close out the part with a brief chat on her acting exploits.

Couple of plugs - Chris and I are putting on Other Half, Occupants and Older at the Fiddler’s Elbow on the 24th February; 3 great bands for £6 in advance or 7 quid on the door, lovely stuff. Hit up @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram for more details.

Also, our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent have our debut single Defiant out now on Spotify, Apple Music & Bandcamp (with some t-shirts up there too - https://meaoab.bandcamp.com/), check it out and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on @MEAOAB.

Our podcast Twitter is @BBTS_pod, give us a follow and let us know your opinions on the Gargster, or we can be found individually on @olliexcore (Ollie) and @cmgrumps (Chris).

Lucy returns to Black Band T-Shirt with a slight shift from her previous topic of choice (Metallica), as she joins Chris and Nikki to discuss the career and rank the five albums of TV talent show success story and acclaimed pop group, Girls Aloud!

In part 1 you can enjoy a god ol' chinwag about the origins of the group, general thoughts and deeper discussion of the first three albums: Sound of the Underground, What Will The Neighbours Say? and Chemistry.

The playlist of our top song choices is here, should you wish to listen along: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ebp0Mhz5nfaIfC532SAyq?si=0a9dda1ed496445b

If that rank gonna go on any longer, gonna wash up on the shore… Isn’t it lovely to say there is a new Mars Volta album in the world? We take on TMV going “pop” on their first album in 10 years, and see where it fits into our ranking that we only established about a month ago!

We can be found on Twitter @BBTS_pod. Our personal accounts are @olliexcore (Ollie) and @cmgrumps (Chris). Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent are on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook @meaoab. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris, Ollie and Nikki putting on gigs in London & Surrey; our handle is @grimheartpromo on Facebook & Instagram.

Join us in a couple of weeks where we’ll be celebrating our 2 year anniversary as a podcast by covering the inimitable Kendrick Lamar! To get that in your ears on release, subscribe on your favourite podcatcher, and while you’re there, a 5* review and a recommendation to a pal would be lovely 😘 see you then!

Rank people, rank shit, rank school! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back and celebrating their 20s with modern hip-hop icon Tyler, The Creator! We cover his first three records on this part, and get into chat on the regrettable lyrical content, the “banger-free” period and perhaps the most #AccidentalPartridge Newsnight interview of all time.

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show, with all our favourite cuts from the episode, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and our shoutouts, nestling in amongst the same from our other episodes. Shuffle this out-of-control behemoth for a lovely time! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=NUIeAY0ESymrspTWQ4hCHQ

Chris is on Twitter @cmgrumps and Ollie is on @olliexcore. We are in a band called My Eyes Are Old and Bent, we play a blend of post-hardcore & post-metal, if that sounds like your bag you can find us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, who want to put on your band in London & Surrey; give us a shout on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo.

Chris and Nikki are back to rank the 8 albums of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's surprisingly long running art/music project, greatest (only?) animated band in the world: Gorillaz.

In part 1, the albums get ranked and the first 4 get discussed in more detail (Gorillaz, Demon Days, Plastic Beach and The Fall). There are some spicy ranking differences here!

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another guest, this time chatting Scottish miserablists Arab Strap with Ash Tubb of the mighty Sugar Horse! The chaps get into chat on how this band has affected Chris’ mood more than anyone else we’ve covered (yes, even including Radiohead), “Wham on ket” and how Arab Strap are the masters of the opening line.

Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the podcast goes up with all our favourite cuts from the episode, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and our shoutouts. Shuffle this behemoth for a wonderful time (despite the Arab Strap additions) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GZMXr0eHTICa0TcZ3AYsE?si=TjJ2jny1QOeFp2zlcWWabg&dl_branch=1

Ash’s band Sugar Horse release their debut full-length The Live Long After on August 27th through Small Pond Records, you can pre-order and listen to their singles here: https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/album/the-live-long-after. Their Twitter is @sugarhorse666, Instagram is @sugarhorse.are.awful and Facebook is @sugarhorseruinedmybirthday, and Ash’s personal Twitter is @heylookitssatan.

Follow Ollie on @olliexcore and Chris @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old And Bent can be found on Twitter, Instagram on Facebook @MEAOAB. This podcast is brought to you by Grim Heart Promotions, which is Chris and Ollie wanting to put on your band in London & Surrey - get in touch on Facebook & Instagram @grimheartpromo for that or info about cool gigs coming up in those areas.