The Strange Brew

The Kinks 1964–1971: What Really Happened, Session by Session YouTube video by The Strange Brew Podcast

New video: Andrew Sandoval and I talk about The Kinks up until 1971 and highlights from this wonderful period #thekinks @cometothesun www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ma_...

The Kinks 1964–1971: What Really Happened, Session by Session YouTube video by The Strange Brew Podcast

New video: Andrew Sandoval and I talk about The Kinks up until 1971 and highlights from this wonderful period #thekinks @cometothesun www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ma_...

Stereolab - Five Deep Cuts - The Strange Brew Ben Cardew spent three years speaking to over fifty people from the Stereolab universe for his book Space Age Batchelor Pad Music: The Story Of Stereolab In 20 Songs, he still found himself with more ...

Stereolab's catalogue is strange and endlessly rewarding. Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social picks five deep cuts that prove it thestrangebrew.co.uk/stereolab-fi...

Read @strangebrewpod.bsky.social’ss interview with Eugene McGuinness here …

Stereolab - Five Deep Cuts - The Strange Brew Ben Cardew spent three years speaking to over fifty people from the Stereolab universe for his book Space Age Batchelor Pad Music: The Story Of Stereolab In 20 Songs, he still found himself with more ...

Stereolab's catalogue is strange and endlessly rewarding. Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social picks five deep cuts that prove it thestrangebrew.co.uk/stereolab-fi...

The Return of Eugene McGuinness (Whether He Likes It or Not) - The Strange Brew Eugene McGuinness returns with his new album 'Eugene McGuinness Versus the Universe', out April 24th 2026 via Docklands Speed Shop and Mellowtone Records. The Liverpool-raised, Derry-rooted singer-son...

Eugene McGuinness says he is not coming back. And yet. New interview out now ahead of his album 'Eugene McGuinness Versus the Universe' @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-return-o...

The Return of Eugene McGuinness (Whether He Likes It or Not) - The Strange Brew Eugene McGuinness returns with his new album 'Eugene McGuinness Versus the Universe', out April 24th 2026 via Docklands Speed Shop and Mellowtone Records. The Liverpool-raised, Derry-rooted singer-son...

Eugene McGuinness says he is not coming back. And yet. New interview out now ahead of his album 'Eugene McGuinness Versus the Universe' @mellowtoneclub.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-return-o...

Steve Ellis - The Soul Survivor - The Strange Brew Steve Ellis, former lead singer of Love Affair talks about his latest release Love Affair Edinburgh Live 1995, his soul and Motown influences, memories of Steve Marriott and the Small Faces, the infam...

New podcast - Steve Ellis is back. We talk Love Affair, Steve Marriott, Roger Daltrey, Paul Weller, and the infamous Piccadilly Circus stunt for Everlasting Love thestrangebrew.co.uk/steve-ellis-...

Steve Ellis - The Soul Survivor - The Strange Brew Steve Ellis, former lead singer of Love Affair talks about his latest release Love Affair Edinburgh Live 1995, his soul and Motown influences, memories of Steve Marriott and the Small Faces, the infam...

New podcast - Steve Ellis is back. We talk Love Affair, Steve Marriott, Roger Daltrey, Paul Weller, and the infamous Piccadilly Circus stunt for Everlasting Love thestrangebrew.co.uk/steve-ellis-...

A fantastic evening talking with Andrew Sandoval about his fabulous book with Doug Hinman: The Kinks – All Day and All of the Night: The Day-by-Day Story Pt. 1 – 1940-1971. Podcast coming soon. Get it at beatlandbooks.com

Phill Brown on Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - The Strange Brew Phill Brown recalls the making of the Small Faces' album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. As a tape operator at Olympic Studios, he provides insights into the recording techniques, studio dynamics, and the rel...

Nice Records have done a great job on the new half-speed of the Small Faces' Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake - released tomorrow. You can still listen to the inside story of the recording of this wonderful 1968 album with engineer Phill Brown on The Strange Brew thestrangebrew.co.uk/phill-brown-...

A fantastic evening talking with Andrew Sandoval about his fabulous book with Doug Hinman: The Kinks – All Day and All of the Night: The Day-by-Day Story Pt. 1 – 1940-1971. Podcast coming soon. Get it at beatlandbooks.com

Phill Brown on Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - The Strange Brew Phill Brown recalls the making of the Small Faces' album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. As a tape operator at Olympic Studios, he provides insights into the recording techniques, studio dynamics, and the rel...

Nice Records have done a great job on the new half-speed of the Small Faces' Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake - released tomorrow. You can still listen to the inside story of the recording of this wonderful 1968 album with engineer Phill Brown on The Strange Brew thestrangebrew.co.uk/phill-brown-...

Sarah Nixey: From Black Box Recorder to Sea Fever - The Strange Brew Sarah Nixey, the voice of cult late-nineties group Black Box Recorder, talks about her solo album Sea Fever, her return to the Dorset coast, and what she has learned across nearly three decades in mus...

New interview: Sarah Nixey's brilliant new solo album, Sea Fever. A Black Box Recorder reunion at the London Palladium. A new generation of fans via Billie Eilish. @sarahnixey.bsky.social covers it all
thestrangebrew.co.uk/sarah-nixey-...

Sarah Nixey: From Black Box Recorder to Sea Fever - The Strange Brew Sarah Nixey, the voice of cult late-nineties group Black Box Recorder, talks about her solo album Sea Fever, her return to the Dorset coast, and what she has learned across nearly three decades in mus...

New interview: Sarah Nixey's brilliant new solo album, Sea Fever. A Black Box Recorder reunion at the London Palladium. A new generation of fans via Billie Eilish. @sarahnixey.bsky.social covers it all
thestrangebrew.co.uk/sarah-nixey-...

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Behind Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s YouTube video by The Strange Brew Podcast

New video: Tom Doyle discusses the remarkable, and surprisingly chaotic, story of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles decade #PaulMcCartney #ManontheRun www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ly...

Behind Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s YouTube video by The Strange Brew Podcast

New video: Tom Doyle discusses the remarkable, and surprisingly chaotic, story of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles decade #PaulMcCartney #ManontheRun www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ly...

Lou Gramm on Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and His New Solo Album YouTube video by The Strange Brew Podcast

Lou Gramm is back. The Foreigner legend sits down to talk his new solo album Released, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, reconnecting with Mick Jones, and why 2026 might be his last big year on the road www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWH...

The Genesis of Genesis: Part 2 - The Strange Brew How Phil Collins and Steve Hackett joined Genesis in 1970 and completed the classic lineup that would go on to define progressive rock.

Scott Shea @scottshea.bsky.social continues his deep dive into Genesis's formative years. Part two picks up in summer 1970, as a child actor turned drummer and a self-taught guitarist find their way into a group thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-genesis-...

Lou Gramm on Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and His New Solo Album YouTube video by The Strange Brew Podcast

Lou Gramm is back. The Foreigner legend sits down to talk his new solo album Released, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, reconnecting with Mick Jones, and why 2026 might be his last big year on the road www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWH...

The Genesis of Genesis: Part 2 - The Strange Brew How Phil Collins and Steve Hackett joined Genesis in 1970 and completed the classic lineup that would go on to define progressive rock.

Scott Shea @scottshea.bsky.social continues his deep dive into Genesis's formative years. Part two picks up in summer 1970, as a child actor turned drummer and a self-taught guitarist find their way into a group thestrangebrew.co.uk/the-genesis-...

Billy Sherwood - YES - The Strange Brew Billy Sherwood discusses YES's UK Fragile tour, his journey from superfan to bassist, collaborating with Chris Squire from 1989, and Squire's final request for him to continue the band's legacy. Also ...

New podcast: Billy Sherwood discusses the upcoming YES UK tour featuring Fragile. He traces his path from playing along to YES records & development in Lodgic & World Trade thestrangebrew.co.uk/billy-sherwo...

50s Stars Who Tried to Adapt to the Psychedelic 60s YouTube video by Yesterday's Papers

I love underappreciated musical gems! This is a decent overview of some of them. Although "Bowling Green" by the Everlys & "Abergavenny/Alice In Blue" by Marty Wilde aren't mentioned, some other favourites of mine are. (Two Yanks In England!❤️‍🔥)

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On this day in 1943, this guy 'nipped through the astral plane' and landed in L15. His time on earth was well spent.

Claire Hamill on 55 years in music: "A song has to have a life" - The Strange Brew Claire Hamill, interview, debut album One House Left Standing, Hamill is taking the Claire Hamill Band on tour through 2026, celebrating not just her debut but a career that has threaded through folk,...

Brilliant to do an interview with Claire Hamill on your 55 years in music and her forthcoming UK tour thestrangebrew.co.uk/claire-hamill/

Claire Hamill on 55 years in music: "A song has to have a life" - The Strange Brew Claire Hamill, interview, debut album One House Left Standing, Hamill is taking the Claire Hamill Band on tour through 2026, celebrating not just her debut but a career that has threaded through folk,...

Brilliant to do an interview with Claire Hamill on your 55 years in music and her forthcoming UK tour thestrangebrew.co.uk/claire-hamill/

absolutely my pleasure 😎

Nick Cave - His Greatest Tracks - The Strange Brew Adam Steiner is the author of Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death, a detailed exploration of the history and deeper meaning behind Cave's most celebrated songs. Steiner is one of...

Adam Steiner @adamsteinerauthor.bsky.social author of Darker with the Dawn, picks his essential Nick Cave tracks #nickcave thestrangebrew.co.uk/nick-cave-gr...

"We Were Once Part of Musical History" Pete McKee on Art, Ukuleles, and the Venues We're Losing - The Strange Brew Sheffield artist Pete McKee talks about his touring exhibition, The Everly Pregnant Brothers, and why grassroots music venues matter to working-class art.

Great to speak to Pete Mckee about taking his art exhibition on the road with his group the Everly Pregnant Brothers, and the important of securing the UK's grassroots music venues @onefellswoopagency.bsky.social @petemckee.bsky.social thestrangebrew.co.uk/pete-mckee/