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Calling all vinyl enthusiasts and music fans! The Dead Air Records podcast is Liverpool's newest sonic journey, bringing you a weekly deep dive into the world of records, local music, and collector's treasures straight from the heart of Dead Air Records. Each episode is your behind-the-counter access to vinyl culture - where rare finds meet local talent plus band interviews and special live performances - all recorded in Dead Air Record's independent shop in Liverpool.
Unknown Host hosts Dead Air Records, a music show with 27 episodes published.
In this episode, we’re joined by Ian McNabb, songwriter, solo artist, and frontman of Liverpool legends The Icicle Works, for a wide-ranging conversation covering his life in music, from growing up in Liverpool to decade
This week on the Dead Air Records podcast, we’re joined by Liverpool band A Lesser Version for a live session and conversation in the shop, following the release of their third album, 0.2 Flesh Etc. The band perform a st
Season 3 starts with chaos. Room 101 is back, and somehow the picks are even more controversial this time around. We’re once again banishing albums from our collections forever: records everyone else seems to love, recor
In this bonus episode, we’re joined by Andy McCluskey — co-founder, songwriter and creative force behind Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — for a deep, chronological conversation spanning more than four decades of music
For our first Christmas bonus episode, we’re joined by guitarist, songwriter and Liverpool icon Nasher — a key member of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Nasher takes us back to his early musical roots and the energy of Liverp
This week, we’re joined by Yee Loi — a three-piece punk rock band from the Wirral whose sound blends sharp riffs, driving rhythm, and melodic bite. Sisters Rose (guitar, vocals) and Matilda (drums, vocals), alongside the
This week on the Dead Air Records Podcast, we sit down for an extended chat with Will Sergeant , guitarist and founding member of Echo & The Bunnymen . Will takes us through the early days of the band, the making of clas
We’re taking the bait this week with The Independent's controversial article: The 25 Most Overrated Albums. From The Beatles to Nirvana, Madonna to Radiohead, it’s a list guaranteed to get people talking. We go album by
This week on the Dead Air Records podcast, we’re joined by Shaun from TOY CAR , ahead of the release of their brand new album CREAM (out 7 November 2025). 📀 Live in-store performance: Shaun treats us to a stripped-back
This week we sit down with Chrissy , Pauline and Jack from QUARRY , one of Liverpool’s most exciting independent and alternative music venues. After saying goodbye to their Love Lane home in May, the team are now prepari
This week it’s personal. Inspired by the classic TV format Room 101, we’re taking a long, hard look at our own record shelves and deciding which albums deserve eternal banishment. Ten records enter, only our grudges deci
This week on the Dead Air Records podcast we’re joined by Tian Qiyi , the boundary-blurring project of brothers John Tian Qi Wardle and Charlie Tian Yi Wardle . 📀 Live in-store performance : Tian Qiyi bring their extrao
This week we dive into the world of soundtracks – from film to TV to video games. We nod to the heavyweights of the craft (Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Quentin Tarantino, Clint Mansell, Max Richter and more), but spend mos
We can’t quite believe this one ourselves… For Episode 2 of Season 2 of the Dead Air Records podcast, we sat down with Alan McGee – the legendary founder of Creation Records, the man who discovered Oasis, Primal Scream,
We’re back for Season 2 of the Dead Air Records podcast — recorded right here inside our independent record store in Liverpool. In this opening episode, we catch up on everything that’s been happening in and around the s
We’ve made it to the final episode of Season One - and we’re going out with a bang. To wrap up the season, we’re joined by the incredible Liverpool-rooted electronic duo Those Holy for an intimate in-store performance th
In this week’s episode - the penultimate of season one - we’re getting personal. We’re taking it back to where it all began: a job Marc hated, a tough mental health journey, selling records from the back of our car, and
In this episode of the Dead Air Records Podcast , we're back with a friendly crash course on jazz - specifically, the 'Golden Age of Jazz' in the 1950s and 60s. Jazz can sometimes feel hard to approach, so we’re breaking
This week, we are over the moon to share an in-store performance and interview with Liverpool band Shefu . Fresh from their sold out headline show at The Windmill in Brixton and the release of their self-titled EP, we ha
Maybe it was the fact that we were both under the weather, or maybe it was our wildly different takes on the best and worst Radiohead album… or perhaps Jess still hasn’t recovered from losing the 1997 vs 2007 battle. Eit
Andy McCluskey
lead vocalist · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
1 appearance on this show
Will Sergeant
1 appearance on this show
Alan McGee
Creation Records
1 appearance on this show
Brian "Nasher" Nash
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1 appearance on this show
Shaun
TOY CAR
1 appearance on this show
Chrissy
QUARRY
1 appearance on this show
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