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Sombrero Fallout delivers you alternative music intriguingly themed every fortnight.

Ian Deeker Forth


    • May 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
    • 186 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Sombrero Fallout

    SF0185 Guided by Guided By Voices

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 69:10


    30 years after the release of Guided By Voices' classic twin album assault of Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes, here's a tribute. Also features some bands they've influenced.

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    SF0184 RIP Clem Burke, Dave Allen, David Thomas, Rick Buckler

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 69:13


    A tribute to Clem Burke of Blondie; Dave Allen of The Gang of Four; David Thomas of Pere Ubu; and Rick Buckler of The Jam

    SF0183 Your full name please

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 66:56


    Not just your name, but tracks with your full name.

    SF0182 The Carolinas, North and South

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 67:42


    Take a trip to the Appalachians for a selection of tracks from North and South Carolina.

    SF0181 Hey!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 65:54


    Tracks with "Hey!" in their title. A plentiful supply: it's tough to leave so many good ones out.

    SF0180 Bonus Ep: Steve Pringle hosts Ian for Mix Tapes podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 66:01


    A bonus episode, essentially the first episode in the podcast Steve's Mix Tapes; Ian is interviewed by Steve Pringle.

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    SF0179 The Transgender Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 68:32


    In a darkening world, aiming to throw light on transgender musical artists with this episode featuring their work.

    SF0178 The Third Man (and The Third Woman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 68:46


    Three-piece bands, sometimes called power trios, in the third part of our Graham Greene inspired trilogy of episodes.

    SF0177 The End of the Affair

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 66:47


    Valentine's Day is upon us once more. But the flowers of romance can fade and die - as these tracks tell us, all too sadly.

    SF0176 Brighton Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 65:51


    Brighton Rock was a novel by Graham Greene. But there's also plenty of great (alternative) Brighton rock music (and post-punk and other genres) - as this episode demonstrates.

    SF0175 Monosyllabic Songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 66:55


    An episode with track titles of just one syllable. A monosyllabic masterpiece, you might say.

    SF0174 Break's over, get back to work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 68:27


    Getting 2025 off to a depressing start with a selection of alternative songs about work

    SF0173 Festive Forthy Pt 3 2024, #14-1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 73:33


    The third - and Top 14 - in our trilogy of the best alternative tracks from 2024.

    SF0172 Festive Forthy Pt 2 2024, #27-15

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 61:04


    Episode 2 of a trilogy looking back on some of the best alternative music tracks from 2024.

    SF0171 Festive Forthy Pt 1 2024, #40 - 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 70:26


    The first of 3 episodes rounding up the best alternative tracks of 2024. Starting with #40-28.

    SF0170 The Days of our Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 65:21


    A selection of day tracks with yesterdays, todays, tomorrows, weekdays - and starting with "This Perfect Day".

    SF0169 Broadcast And Their Influence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 66:30


    A celebration of the music of experimental pop artists Broadcast and some of the band they influenced.

    SF0168 Deep Waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 66:09


    Songs about water - murky, deep, still, treading, tables, coolers, edges and living adjacent to.

    SF0167 - Steve Pringle Unleashed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 79:08


    Steve Pringle, author of the definitive Fall chronicle "You Must Get Them All" takes us through his life in music.

    SF0166 History and Some People Who Made It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 67:10


    Whether you believe individuals make a difference to history or not, here are some songs about history and the people in it.

    Britpop: An Alternative History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 64:59


    The tentpole hits of Britpop are well established, but in this episode we take a trip down some of the B-roads and byways of the British music scene in the mid-90s.

    SF0164 Insecurity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 64:58


    A selection of tracks on the subject of feeling like an impostor, inadequate or out of our depth.

    SF0163 Angels and Ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 66:58


    The subject is angels and ghosts but the mood ranges from visceral to joyous to reflective on these afterlife tracks.

    SF0162 50 Years On: 1974 Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 65:58


    A reassessment of 1974, 50 years on. An almost themeless era as music wondered where to go next after the 60s, psychedelia, heavy metal, glam rock and the golden age of reggae. (And before punk came thundering in.) A fascinating tracklist.

    SF0161 Boredom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 67:38


    An uplifting episode - though ironically the tracks are about boredom.

    SF0160 Song for Europe, or Sombr-Euro Fallout - The Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 66:47


    Alternative songs about Europe and European cities to celebrate Euros 2024.

    SF0159 Songs For, Songs Against ... and simply "Songs"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 64:37


    A multi-genre selection united by all containing the word "Song" in their title.

    SF0158 Family Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 65:06


    An episode featuring fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, half sisters, little sisters and the family tortoise.

    SF0157 Steve Albini Tribute

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 66:36


    A tribute to the legendary Steve Albini (RIP), featuring tracks from his bands Shellac and Big Black; and some of the myriad bands he audio-engineered.

    SF0156 Pedal Steel Special

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 67:34


    A celebration of alternative bands incorporating the pedal steel guitar into their sound.

    SF0155 Female bass players

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 65:27


    A tribute episode to the iconic female bass players - and also some you may not have heard of.

    SF0154 Fame, Fame, Fatal Fame

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 68:46


    When will I be famous? Me, probably never, which is fine because, as these tracks show, it is very much a double-edged sword.

    SF0153 Tiring, Sleeping, Dreaming

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 67:20


    You snooze, you lose, or so they say. Not on this episode though. Alternative tracks about sleeping and dreaming.

    SF0152 The Enduring Legacy of The Kinks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 66:44


    Hundreds of groups have been influenced by The Kinks. Here's a few of them plus some original tracks themselves.

    SF0151 - Money: Too much or not enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 66:04


    An episode about the perils of either striving after too much money or not having enough of it.

    SF0150 - 150th Retrospective Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 79:49


    A cherry picking exercise from the archives on the occasion of the podcast's 150th episode.

    SF0149 Music about music

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 66:19


    An episode about music itself - the songs, the singers, the radio, the ballroom, the dances.

    SF0148 Those we lost in 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 68:39


    We lost some fine musicians in 2023. Here's an episode paying tribute.

    SF0147 Festive Forthy 2023, #14-1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 71:57


    The final countdown of the best tracks in 2023, according to Sombrero Fallout.

    SF0146 Festive Forthy 2023, #27-15

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 64:52


    The second of three shows rounding up some of the best alternative tracks from 2023.

    SF0145 Festive Forthy 2023, #40-28

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 68:00


    The first of 3 episodes dedicated to the best tracks of 2023. Well, some of them.

    SF0144 - Neutral Milk Hotel 25 years later

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 68:33


    It's a quarter of a century since Neutral Milk Hotel effectively stopped. Here's a celebration plus some bands who owe a debt to their unique sound.

    SF0143 Same band, same song, different version

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 66:01


    What happens when artists first demo a familiar song or re-imagine it years later.

    SF0142 Lanes, Ways and Automobiles

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 69:13


    The thrill of the open road. An episode about cars, roads and motorways.

    Sibling Bands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 69:15


    Ending up in the same band as your sibling. Here's some of the best tracks that combination can produce.

    SF0140 Talking Heads 40 Years On

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 66:25


    As 'Stop Making Sense', the Talking Heads live concert film is re-released and given the IMAX treatment, we look back on the group and their legacy.

    SF0139 Lovers of Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 67:34


    An outstanding selection of alternative love songs from the 2020s.

    SF0138 Guest Host, Gideon Haigh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 67:59


    I was stoked when Gideon Haigh, one of the world's pre-eminent cricket journalists, joined me to share his love for alternative music. A brilliant on-brand tracklist inevitably resulted.

    SF0137 False Endings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 64:25


    Tracks with false endings, codas and late changes of direction from a variety of genres.

    SF0136 Chicago Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 65:06


    There's a brand new alt-scene in 2020s Chicago and here's some great examples of what's happening there.

    SF0135 On returning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 65:11


    Refreshed and back from its holidays, Sombrero Fallout wants to share some classic alternative tracks about returning with you.

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