Unsung Podcast
If there was a definitive discography of classic albums, what should be in it? Host Mark Fraser from The Curator Podcast, and titans of Glasgow music/co-hosts David Weaver from Detour and Chris Cusack from Bloc, discuss and dissect perceived classic albums to decide which albums would make this list. Then, after we've talked it to death, we turn it over to you to decide once and for all via a handy poll. Cast your vote on our Facebook page and let's celebrate unsung classics.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 434
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Unsung History of Turbofolk (Side C) - 304
Last week was heavy. We ended on a pretty sour note. This week is slightly better if only because you get to hear some actual music and we talk a lot less about war criminals. Operative word here bei…
FROM THE VAULT: Episode 71 - Weezer (White Album) by Weezer
Turbofolk is heavy. Not musically. Thematically. You'll notice that, if you've made it through both episodes, that Side B ends with Weezer, so for this week's From the Value episode we thought, let's…
The Unsung History of Turbofolk (Side B) - 303
WARNING: This episode contains some pretty hideous shit. We play samples and quote some truly despicable lyrics.
Now that we've laid the foundations for what turbofolk is and the environment from whi…
The Unsung History of Turbofolk (Side A) - 302
Turbofolk is basically Serbian, and sometimes occasionally Balkan, pop music. It's something of a thriving scene these days - think eurodance with traditional Balkan rhythms - but it's origins are ve…
FROM THE VAULT: Episode 145 - Mitch's Movie Mixtape (Side B)
Four people with a bunch of songs each is, as it turns out, a whole lot of songs to talk about. That's why Mitch's Movie Mixtape is split into two parts. Across both episodes, the first of which you …
Any Other City by Life Without Buildings (Side B) - 301
Modern post-punk music (the post-punk revival revival?) has a fair few acts that all indulge in sprechgesang and sprechstimme vocals. From Dry Cleaning and Squid to Idles and Fontaines D.C., there's …
Any Other City by Life Without Buildings (Side A) - 300
In part one we chat a little about Life Without Buildings and their origins. In doing so, we're forced to reckon with the particular vocal style of Sue Tompkins. In some quarters it's been quite divi…
FROM THE VAULT: Episode 144 - Mitch's Movie Mixtape (Side A)
With our levels of existential dread reaching the normal level following our episodes on The Haxan Cloak, we thought we'd stick on the movie theme but go in a completely different direction for this …
Excavation by The Haxan Cloak (Side B) - 299
We wrap up this week's dual episodes on The Haxan Cloak with Mark going deep into the Returnal soundtrack, doing a quick drive-by on the Beef soundtrack, touching on a couple of other movie scores, b…
Excavation by The Haxan Cloak (Side A) - 298
Diving deep into the discography of R.E.M. rapidly turned into a sorta of existential torture, particularly as we got towards the end of their career. So what did we decide to follow it up with? A jo…
FROM THE VAULT: Episode 93 - Turn on the Bright Lights by Interpol
This week's From the Vault episode is from the pre-pandemic days when we were starting to get into the flow of how this show goes. There's still a few rough edges, but the dynamic and banter are all …
New Adventures in Hi-Fi by R.E.M. (Side D) - 297
Well, we did it. We got to the end of R.E.M.'s discography and now we turn our attention to the album that started this journey in the first place - New Adventures in Hi-Fi-. Chris explains to us why…
The Unsung History of R.E.M. (Side C) - 296
R.E.M. never really chased superstardom, and yet they found themselves thrust into it in the mid-90s. Last week we ended by talking about Green and Out of Time. In part three we chat about Automatic …
FROM THE VAULT: The Remote Part by Idlewild
2017 was a much simpler time. Both for society and for this podcast. Every Thursday we'll be putting out an old episode and to mark the occasion we thought it'd be good to revisit the very first epis…
The Unsung History of R.E.M. (Side B) - 295
Welcome to part two of our R.E.M. series! Now that the context is out the way, we dive headlong into their discography. In Side B we talk about all the records the released on I.R.S., and also dispen…
The Unsung History of R.E.M. (Side A) - 294
Welcome to part one of our short series on R.E.M. So, as fans of the show know, the general thrust of Unsung is that each week we choose a record by a band. That record is either a classic by an unsu…
Episode 293 - Town Hall: Xmas Leftovers
We're back! In new surroundings (digitally). To kick off our tenure in our new home of Bleav we thought we'd get out some Christmas leftovers and reheat them for you. Long time fans of the show will …
An Update on the Future of Unsung
A little update on what's in store for the future of this podcast.
Episode 292 - The (Belated) Xmas Xtravaganza 2023 (Side C)
So here we are, the truly magnificent, slightly chaotic, overly long conclusion to our Xmas madness. It’s seen us well into January this year, which is maddening and funny.
We had so many questions t…
Episode 291 - The (Belated) Xmas Xtravaganza 2023 (Side B)
Christmas and New Year are very much in the rear view by this point, but due to our schedule having shifted due to ransomware attacks and COVID, we only managed to record parts two and three of our X…