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Jim Salveson rediscovers some of Indie Rock's most iconic albums with the people who helped make them the classic's they are. From Punk to Brit Pop from Rock to Madchester you'll hear the stories behind some of the greatest LPs to ever grace your record collection and be inspired to go back and listen to them again, right through to the hole in the middle. The interviews in this podcast were recorded for the XS Long Player series on XS Manchester. Where classic albums we're played in full. You can listen live via www.xsmanchetser.co.uk
XS Manchester hosts XS Long Player: Classic Indie Albums, a music show with 55 episodes published.
Circa Waves may have a brand new album out... but this podcast is going retro. 'Death and Love Pt1' is out now but for this episode of the XS Long Player we are going back to 2015 and the release of the debut 'Young Chas
Stains 2004 and Rich, Steve, Kai and Ross (Aka Hard-Fi) are holed up in a nicotine stained, disused cab office making their debut album. An album that went on to sell over a million copies world-wide and receive a nomina
"Era-Defining" is one word (well, two words) to describe the album featuring on today's XS Long Player Podcast as Jim goes back to 1992 to talk about Stereo MC's iconic thrid album 'Connected'. Rob Birch talks about how
We are back in debut album territory with The Enemy's 'We'll Live And DIe In These Towns' on this episode of the XS Long Player as Jim Salveson is joined by the Coventry band's frontman Tom Clarke. We get all the stories
It's been a while but it's time to get back on the classic album train and delve into the debut album from Aussie band 'Je't as Nic Cester joins Jim Salveson on the XS Long Player! On this episode you'll hear about the e
On this episode of the XS Long Player we welcome the gravel voiced Ben Ottewell onto the podcast to talk about Gomez's 1998 debut 'Bring It On'. This conversation with Ben about the making of the album is a great reminde
In 1989 The Wonder Stuff released their seminal second album 'Hup' and that album is the topic of this episode of the XS Long Player. Miles Hunt joins Jim Salveson to share the stories, insight and inspiration behind thi
We’ve been waiting to do this one for a while! On this episode of the XS Long Player we go back to 1993 and talk to seminal Manchester band James about their classic album ‘Laid’. Taking a rare (for the band) moment to l
It's another 90s classic on the turntable for this weeks XS Long Player as Jim chats to Saffron Sprackling about the debut, self-titled album from her band Repiblica. Despite looking back into the archives for this podca
This episode of the XS Long Player focus' on a cornerstone of the British Alternative Dance Movement... Jesus Jones' 'Doubt'. Mike Edwards joins Jim to talk about the boundary pushing album released on 21st January 1991.
On this episode of the XS Long Plater we go into "Wee Bam Mode" with the 2021 debut album from The Snuts! Bassist Callum Wilson is taking Jim through the story of the album which on its release made the boys the first Sc
Having just released their FOURTH studio album 'People Like Me & You' in this episode of the XS Long Player we go right back to the beginning with The Sherlocks to take a look at their 2017 debut album. 'Live For The Mom
It's back to 2008 on todays XS Long Player for a look back at the Mercury Music Prize nominated eponymous debut album fro Glaswegian band Glasvegas. Frontman and Songwriter James Allan is talking Jim Salveson through the
Ahead of the 10th Anniversary Vinyl Re-Issue of Everything Everything's "Man Alive" we celebrate the bands stunning debut album with a special XS Long Player. Jim Salveson had a good old chinwag with Jeremy and Jonathan
"I've had the same jeans on for four days now!" This episode of the XS Long Player does, of course cover THAT classic song from The View along with all the others that feature on the bands debut, number one album "Hats O
A classic BritPop album is the subject of this Episode of the XS Long Player as Jim Salveson discusses Echobelly's classic second album "On" with Sonya Maden and Glenn Johansson from the band. We look back at the making
The classic indie/rock (or whatever genre you want to pin on it) album under the microscope for this XS Long Player is The Farm's 1991 debut album 'Spartacus'. Frontman Peter Hooton sits down with Jim to discuss the maki
We rewind the clock to 2020 today... just before the Pandemic and to the release of The Lottery Winners debut album. This modern day classic was the culmination of a decade of writing, gigging and damn hard work for the
The classic indie album in the spotlight for this episode of the XS Long Player is Northside 'Chicken Rhythms' - an album straight out of the Madchester era when the likes to the Stone Roses and the Happy Monday's were r
The youngest album to feature to date on the XS Long Player features on this episode as we head up to Wigan to take a look at the number 1, debut album from The Lathums. Being barely a year old means that the making of t
Tom Clarke
Head of Athletic Development at Tanglin Trust School · The Enemy
1 appearance on this show
Miles Hunt
Empresaria Group
1 appearance on this show
Mike Edwards
expert in youth development and sports management · Sound Matters
1 appearance on this show
James Allan
Senior Director · University of Queensland Law School
1 appearance on this show
Peter Hooton
frontman of The Farm · The Farm
1 appearance on this show
Alex Moore
AI Infrastructure Customer Engineer · Satellite Pilot
2 appearances on this show
Andy Williams
co-founder, director and deputy chair · Masters Academy International
1 appearance on this show
Stephen Jones
board-certified general surgeon and weight loss expert
1 appearance on this show
Alan McGee
Creation Records
1 appearance on this show
James Walsh
professor of American History at the University of Colorado
1 appearance on this show
The Lottery Winners
The Lottery Winners
1 appearance on this show
Rick Witter
Shed Seven
1 appearance on this show
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