We Heard Wonders - music review podcast from Scotland

Send us a text No, but who is Madeline, actually? Iain and Andrew have their say on the big pop story of the moment, Lily Allen’s audio soap-opera West End Girl. Also on the slate are the menacingly shady psych of pôt-pot, Sudan Archives’ Afro-dance hybrids, the Californian baroque-folk of Madison Cunningham, and Daniel Caesar’s fluid, multi-phase R&B. Something frosty and lovely has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, su...

Send us a text Dead-cert or dud-beat? Tune into the latest @weheardwonders pod to find out where Andrew and Iain land on the big new release from Aussie psych hermit Tame Impala. We also play and review new music from Mancunian post-rock emoters Maruja, avant-rock Mexico City duo Titanic, French-Senegalese progressive-soul singer anaiis and nineties alt-rock supergroup Drink The Sea. Something sleepy and starry has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice;...

Send us a text Five recent music releases are road-tested and reviewed on the latest @weheardwonders pod. What makes Geese stand out from the alt-rock flock? Does CMAT’s “Irish country rock’n’roll” raise a smile? Are The New Eves novel or more novelty? Is Ami Taf Ra’s maximalist jazz awe-inspiring or yawn-inducing? And what emotions does Blood Orange alternative-R&B stir? Tune in to find out the answers. Talk also (inevitably) turns to Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl, and something ...

Send us a text It’s a bumper week for new releases on @weheardwonders with four Album Of The Year contenders (Wolf Alice, Dijon, Water From Your Eyes, Nourished By Time) and a much-touted newcomer (Tyler Ballgame) lined up on the starting grid. But what did Iain and Andrew make of the runners ‘n’ riders? Which ones elicit excitable swearing and declarations of their genius, and which ones fall just short? Something carnal and catchy has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podca...

Send us a text Even more so than usual, this week’s episode of the @weheardwonders podcast is one made in Scotland, with all five acts up for review hailing from north of the border. It’s an eclectic bunch too, taking in Barry Can’t Swim’s bangin’ and increasingly ubiquitous dance-pop, Lavinia Blackwall’s out-of-time folk-rock, the youthful exuberance of The Cords, the worldly, old-worldy storytelling of Ian Humberstone, and Colin Steele Quartet stepping out into the night with their interpre...