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A Badge of Friendship on FUBAR - Ep 31 - NYC Special
It's time for A Badge Of Friendship's 31st show, and the gang are celebrating the best of the big apple.
On the phone this week is Lio from Kanine Records and Oliver from A Place To Bury Strangers, who discuss the music scene in NY, and the consequences of gentrification on small bands. The trio also ask the audience to recommend their favourite New York bands for a chance to win 'Listener Of The Week'
Check out the full tracklisting for this week’s show below:
Ava Luna - ‘Roses and Cherries’
DIIV - ‘Bent’
Jeff Rosenstock - ‘Hall of Fame’
Beverly - ‘Madora'
A Place To Bury Strangers - ‘Straight’
Grooms - ‘I Think We're Alone Now’
Television - ‘Venus’
The Jaguar Club - ‘The Last Of Night’
Tanginess - ‘Pieces’
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A Badge of Friendship on FUBAR - Ep 30 - feat. Charlotte Krol from The Line Of Best Fit
A Badge Of Friendship are celebrating their 30th episode with another selection of great new tracks from emerging artists all across the world.
The gang also talk to Charlotte Krol from The Line Of Best Fit about what she's listening to this month, and they also discuss the Mercury Prize nominations and (you may want to sit down for this) One Direction's planned hiatus.
Check out the full tracklisting for this week’s show below:
American Clay - 'Hi'
Beat Cops - ‘Hit It Again'
GEMS - 'W/OU’
Haelos - ‘Pray’
Racing Glaciers - ‘Seems Like A Good Time’
HAWK - ‘Once Told’
The Magic Gang - ‘Alright’
United Fruit - ‘Nightmare Recovery’
Rain - 'Slur'
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A Badge Of Friendship on Fubar - Ep. 29 - Sofar Sounds October Special feat. Chris Lloyd
It's time for another Sofar Sounds special on A Badge Of Friendship's New Music show, so the gang have invited in Chris Lloyd to showcase some of the bands he's been buzzing off this month. In a true demonstration of his dedication, he arrives in the studio fresh from an exam!
The trio also decide to get into the spooky spirit of all hallows eve by asking listeners to name their scariest tracks, and to tell them which famous musical icon they'd dress up for on Halloween.
Check out the full tracklisting for this week’s show below:
Ought - 'Beautiful Blue Sky'
Kississippi - ‘Indigo’
Bye Bye Dubai - ‘Flowers’
Jamie Woods and Daniel Woods - ‘How Love’s Made’
Dizraeli - ‘Morning Light’
Living Dead Girl - ‘Skylines’
Laser - ‘Do We All Feel It’
Weezer - ‘Thank God For Girls’
Beach House - ‘Elegy To The Void’
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A Badge of Friendship on FUBAR - Ep 28 - Conspiracy Theory special ft. Andrew WK & Jeremy Allen
This week team ABoF enter the murky and mysterious world of conspiracy theories!
The gang are joined on the phone by party animal, motivational speaker and all round lovely guy Andrew WK, who discusses dealing with a conspiracy theory claiming he simply does not exist.
The trio also talk to Jeremy Allen, who wrote NME blog ‘The 9 Most Batshit Crazy Conspiracy Theories In Pop’, about his favourite showbiz conspiracies.
Of course, Paul, Claire and Ed couldn't resist talking about their favourite theories plucked from the dark corners of the internet, but whose is the most credible? Listen and find out.
You can find a full tracklisting of the show below:
Pleasure Beach – ‘Go’
Beliefs – ‘1992’
Fake Palms – ‘Sparkles’
Turnover – ‘Cutting My Fingers Off’
Andrew WK – ‘Party Hard’
nav/attack – ‘Default’
Never Young – ‘Stress Hed’
Trust Fund – ‘Football’
BUCK – ‘Arecibo’
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A Badge of Friendship on FUBAR - Ep. 27 ‘Best of ABoF’ feat Armando Iannucci & The Twilight Sad
The gang were out celebrating Claire's birthday this week, so they put together their second 'Best Of Show' collecting their favourite interviews and tracks from the last few months.
Highlights include Emmy Award winning writer and director Armando Iannucci who talks them through his process for choosing music for TV and film, and interviews with James from The Twilight Sad, Matt from Dinosaur Pile-Up and James from Pulled Apart By Horses.
You can catch all the previous episodes if you SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or you can check them out via Soundcloud.
Music heard live on the show cannot be heard via the Soundcloud link above but you can check out all the tracks here:
De Lux – ‘Someday’
Roachford – ‘Cuddly Toy’
Cheatahs – ‘Signs To Lorelei’
Man of Moon – ‘The Road’
Doubting Thomas Cruise Control – ‘Soft Focus’
Dinosaur Pile-Up – ’11:11’
Programm - ‘Like The Sun'
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