This time, in the spirit of Christmas, we're bringing you a lovely, festive, Christmassy edition of the show!

A quick rundown of our favourite Christmas songs to help ease everyone into the festive period!

Plus, we've put a little Christmas quiz together! Because what is Christmas without an argument around the dinner table that results in your mum storming out and not being seen for four days, all because she forgot the name of the other guy in Wham!

Merry Christmas!

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Compton. Los-Angeles. 1988.

A symbol of urban crisis. Poverty, violence and police brutality. But out of all this chaos and disorder came one of the most influential rap albums of all time!

It put west coast hip-hop on the map, and turned the likes of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, DJ Yella and MC Ren into household names.

This is the story of Straight Outta Compton by NWA!

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After our deep dive into Bloc Party's iconic debut album, Silent Alarm, we thought we'd take a look at some more of their work!

We had a listen to follow up albums A Weekend in the City, Four and Alpha Games, to see how they stack up!

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It’s 2005 — iPods are chunky, jeans are skinny, and Bloc Party just dropped Silent Alarm.

The soundtrack to every indie kid’s identity crisis and every house party where someone definitely cried in the kitchen!

And over twenty years later, it still hits! The urgency, the tension, the beauty — it’s like the sonic version of youth itself: loud, fast, and slightly confused.

This is Silent Alarm by Bloc Party!

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New Dawn Fades – A play about Joy Division and Manchester is currently touring the UK!

Written by Brian Gorman, the play chronicles the life and times of the band and their legendary frontman, Ian Curtis.

When the tour stopped off in Macclesfield recently, we went to give it a watch! And before the show we sat down for a chat with co-producer Nigel Carr, who kindly gave us some of his time!

We discussed the show, Joy Division, Manchester, and the significance of performing in Macclesfield, the band's home town.

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After our episode on Unknown Pleasures, we wanted to explore more of the Joy Division catalogue! So we had a listen to three more albums that span the Joy Division timeline:

Warsaw (1978)

The planned debut album of the band, when they played under the name Warsaw. The band were disappointed with the labels post-production work however, and the deal fell through.

Closer (1980)

The highly acclaimed follow up to Unknown Pleasures, this album was released two months after the tragic death of frontman Ian Curtis.

Movement (New Order, 1981)

The remaining members of the band went on to form New Order, and became one of the most successful synth-rock bands of all time! And it all started in 1981, with the release of Movement.

These three albums mark the beginning and the end of Joy Division, followed by the band's rebirth as New Order.

Have a listen to this bonus episode and see what we made of them!

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You know how some albums don’t just sound different — they feel different?

They capture something in the air — a mood, a moment in time.

And one of those albums is Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. Released in 1979, it sounded like it was beamed in from another world!

It was dark, distant, and somehow deeply human. And it all started with four guys from Manchester (apart from the guitarist who was from Salford - an important difference), who just wanted to make noise!

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Off the back of our Nevermind episode, we wanted to chat some more about grunge! So we picked three albums from the early 90's that each have a connection to Nirvana in one way or another, and played a game of Love, Like, Skip!

The three albums are Live Through This by Hole, Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden, and Houdini by the Melvins.

We'll discuss our thoughts on these albums and decide which is the one we love, which one we like, and which is the one we'll skip.

Three really interesting albums, which will be our favourite?

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