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In this podcast Thorsten and John discuss their top albums of 2023! Listen to them talk about the albums released by Slowdive, Lankum, Rolling Stones and many more

This episode we discuss the 5 albums we would take with us if we were going to be stranded on a desert island. Thorsten's Desert Island Albums Boston - Boston La Dusseldorf - 1 Sweet - Sweet FA Rush - Signals Klaus Schulze - Timewind John's Desert Island Albums Slowdive - Pygmalion The Cure - Disintegration Galaxie 500 - On Fire Kraftwerk - Computer World Set Fire to Flames - Telegraphs in Negative / Mouths Trapped in Static

On this episode Thorsten and John talk about their favourite Live Albums! Who will make our list? You'll have to listen to find out :-) For any comments please connect with us on @thisisourmusic on Instagram

We are back!! On this episode Thorsten and John talk about their favourite debut albums. They try to narrow down their Top 10 debut albums each - there is a lot of differences between John and Thorsten lists - but also some cross over! (Apologies for some technical issues during the recording of this podcast) For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic on Instagram

On this episode Thorsten and John talk about their vinyl finds when they visited Concerto Record Store in Amsterdam, an amazing store that caters for all tastes! Thorsten picked up some records by Heart and Marillion amongst others and John found some items on his wishlist such as Kings Of Convenience and Jesus & Mary Chain. Contact us on Instagram on @thisisourmusicpodcast

Welcome back everyone and today we are again joined by our better halves Imelda and Claudia, to talk about our favourite love songs :-) For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

We do a year end wrap up and discuss our Top Albums of 2021... On Thorsten list we have; The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore Ryan Adams - Big Colors Alison Krauss & Robert Plant - Raise the Roof Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham Thunder - All The Right Noises Imelda May - 11 Past The Hour Beachy Head - Beachy Head On John's list we have; Grouper - Shade Snowpoet - Wait For Me Lost Girls - Menneskekollective Watchhouse - Watchhouse Mint Julep - In a Deep & Dreamless State Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg Kings of Convenience - Peace Or Love John & Thorsten also discuss some re-issues and new music discovered in 2021. For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

Welcome back everyone and today we are joined by our better halves - Imelda and Claudia join us to talk about our favourite soundtracks.

In this months podcast we talk about the wonderful Laura Veirs. John and Thorsten talk about Laura's music and John explains to Thorsten how much Laura Veirs means to him and how her music helped him get through the pandemic. Thorsten picks out his favourite songs from his favourite Laura Veirs albums and John tells Thorsten how he would break the rule of never meeting your hero's for Laura. For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

For this episode John and Thorsten are joined by a special guest - Boris from Dusseldorf! We decided to have some fun for this episode and we each pick 5 songs that we just do not like. Lots of agreement and some big disagreements! For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

A discussion on Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. John and Thorsten are joined by another very special guest - John's brother Mark. In this episode we talk about Godspeed You! Black Emperor, their new album and dive into their back catalogue. Mark answers Thorsten's question on why they have a Projectionist listed as a band member! John, Thorsten and Mark pick out their favourite GY!BE songs to listen to. Song choices for people to check out; East Hastings from the album F♯ A♯ ∞ Mladic from the album Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Sleep from the album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven Fire at Static Valley from their new album G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! We discuss their influences and the reason why they are so special to us. For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

A St Patrick's Day Special where we discuss Thorsten's favourite Irish Band - Thin Lizzy. Enjoy :-) For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie or connect with us on Instagram @ThisIsOurMusicPodcast

This week we have a discussion on Tom Petty. During this podcast we discuss the many influences on Tom Petty. We run through his albums with a focus on his late 1980's and early 1990's albums. We talk about how he churned out huge rock anthems and talk about his collaboration with Jeff Lynn and the Traveling Wilburys, with Thorsten's very controversial comment about Roy Orbison which is guaranteed to upset John's father!! For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie or connect with us on Instagram @ThisIsOurMusicPodcast

This week we have a discussion on The Cure. During this podcast we discuss the music scene that The Cure's came from and the music scene in which they were hugely influential in creating. We run through their albums with a focus on their early 80's albums Seventeen Seconds, Faith & Pornography. We talk about how the band grew and their music became darker through these three pivotal albums. We also speak about their masterpiece Disintegration. Thorsten also talks about his favourite Cure song 'The Kiss' from the Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me album, which was no surprise to John :-) For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie or connect with us on Instagram @ThisIsOurMusicPodcast

We do a year end wrap up and discuss our Top Albums of 2020... On Thorsten list we have Jimmy Eat World, Hollan Holmes,  Thom Brennan, Jonathan Hulten & Long Distance Calling. On John's list we have The Innocence Mission, Malojan, Mary Lattimore, Phoebe Bridgers & Waxahatchee. John & Thorsten also discuss some re-issues and new music discovered in 2020. For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

This week we have a discussion on French singer Mylène Farmer.  Mylène Farmer is an enigma, she has little to no online presence or social media profile and her personal life is a mystery, yet, she has sold over 30 million albums in France, sells out huge arenas and has had 20 number 1 singles in France!  She may be relatively unknown in the English speaking world and Thorsten will talk about he came to listen to her. We discuss her many styles and influences and talk about her amazing love performances which have to be seen to be believed. For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie or connect with us on Instagram @ThisIsOurMusicPodcast

A discussion on Montreal band Arcade Fire.  John and Thorsten are joined by a very special guest - John's sister Joanne.  In this episode we talk about Arcade Fires five albums and debate whether it is their first album Funeral or their third album Suburbs is their classic. We discuss their influences and the reason why they are so special to us. For any comments please email us @ thisisourmusic@outlook.ie

A discussion about Thorsten's favourite band Rush. In this episode we will talk about much of Rush's recordings and how they were the soundtrack to Thorsten life. For those not familiar with Rush please listen to Thorsten's recommendations starting with Rush's first album Rush, then Moving Pictures, Signals, Roll the Bones and their live album Live in Rio. We also talk about how the Signals album reminded John of the Arcade Fire album Suburbs which will the subject of our next Podcast :-)

A discussion about John's favourite band Slowdive. In this episode we will talk about all of Slowdive's recordings and all the other bands associated with them such as Mojave 3. John will also try to explain two Thorsten what shoegaze is and how it got its name.

In this episode we talk about Kraftwerk who are from Thorsten's home town of Dusseldorf. We talk about all their albums and debate whether Man Machine or Computer World is their masterpiece. We also talk about their influence over all the music that followed and the genre they created.

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