Steve’s Mix Tapes

My guest mixer this week is David Hughes

David is one of those people I know from the Fall Online Forum, and is also a fellow supporter of the excellent Sombrero Fallout podcast.

Although he lives in…

My guest mixer this week is Stephen G. Titley

Steve is, by his own description, a writer, standup, actor, singer and (dad) dancer. He is the man behind the Church Of The Fall, and was recently seen p…

My guest mixer this week is Chris Ruth aka 'bzfgt'

Chris is the man behind the remarkable website The Annotated Fall, as well as the Grateful Dead blog Every Dark Star. He was also one of the esteeme…

My guest mixer this week is Kirsty Pringle

In celebration of her birthday, I invited my lovely wife Kirsty to select a set of songs that she loves and - just about - fit the criteria. (There was some…

My guest mixer this week is Thurston Moore

Thurston is, of course, a founder member of the premier noise-rock band of the late 20th / early 21st century, Sonic Youth. Post-SY, he has had a rich and v…

My guest mixer this week is Doug Evans

Doug and I crossed paths via a shared love of the Sombrero Fallout podcast. He resides in North Carolina (the 'Tarheel State', apparently), but in a truly rando…

My guest mixer this week is Billy Reeves

Billy is a songwriter, musician, producer and broadcaster who you most likely know from 'A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed', a song that he wrote and played o…

My guest mixer this week is Rob Barbato

Rob played bass in The Fall in 2006-07 as part of a lineup fondly remembered as 'The Dudes'. They were highly regarded as a live outfit, although they never re…

My guest mixer this week is Johnny Mac.

Johnny (real name John McMahon) and I have known each other - via the Wedding Present online forum - for years. As it turns out, we know each other well in som…

My guest mixer this week is Daren Garratt

Daren drummed for The Fall in 2013-15, appearing on The Remainderer and Sub-Lingual Tablet. He appeared with the group when they played Glastonbury in 2015 (…

My guest mixer this week is Simon 'Ding' Archer

Ding not only played bass for The Fall in the early 2000s, he also played a substantial role in much of the group's output in the last 15 years of its …

My guest mixer this week is Keiron Melling 

The Fall's final full-time drummer, who occupied the drum stool for the last quarter of the group's existence; he played on the final half a dozen albums, …

My guest mixer this week is Paul Hanley

The second ex-Fall member to appear on this show (but definitely not the last!), he played drums alongside Karl Burns during what many would argue is the class…

My guest mixer this week is Tim Goodbody

I first met Tim nearly 40 (!) years ago when we were both students at Wentworth College at the University of York.  I am pretty hopeless at keeping in touch w…

My guest mixer this week is Tommy Mackay

Tommy is an author, comedian and musician. He’s also the man behind the website Daily Reckless (the Bandcamp page is here; there's also a full discography her…

My guest mixer this week is Gavin Laird

Gavin, as well as being a fellow member of the Fall Online Forum, was the bass player in Telstar Ponies (alongside David Keenan (ex-18 Wheeler) and Brendan O'H…

My guest mixer this week is Jonny Swift

I first met Jonny online during lockdown when he set up the Facebook group 'HIP PRIESTS - every album by The Fall', which resulted in him contributing to the i…

My guest mixer this week is Gavin Watts

Gavin is one half of the duo (along with Steve) that is responsible for the We Are The Fall podcast, which I appeared on recently.

He is also a musician in his…