Episodios

  • Circa Waves 'Young Chasers' with Kieran Shudall

    Circa Waves 'Young Chasers' with Kieran Shudall
    Feb 12 2025
    Circa Waves may have a brand new album out... but this podcast is going retro. 'Death and Love Pt1' is out now but for this episode of the XS Long Player we are going back to 2015 and the release of the debut 'Young Chasers'. We'll hear about the best and weirdest day of the bands life when they got their first radio play, how Kieran went from bedroom rock star to the owner of a Top10 album and also why cup holders are the measure of the bands success!!! You can remind yourself of exactly how brilliant 'Young Chasers' is here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4a5Kj8QND91bSnXTsLUetM?si=k8BUnOEpQrWbPxBMsjTOWA And check out the bands new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZA4Mn83aCyCEa9Cz3UfgK?si=4vK3w070SQSuJeJ4vZmWuw PLUS, check out Jim Salveson's new show 'Freshly Squeezed: A New Music Podcast' and discover some FUTURE classic albums here: podfollow.com/freshly-squeezed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    24 m
  • Hard Fi 'Stars Of CCTV' with Richard Archer and Steve Kemp

    Hard Fi 'Stars Of CCTV' with Richard Archer and Steve Kemp
    Dec 12 2024
    Stains 2004 and Rich, Steve, Kai and Ross (Aka Hard-Fi) are holed up in a nicotine stained, disused cab office making their debut album. An album that went on to sell over a million copies world-wide and receive a nomination for a Mercury Music Prize. This episode of the XS Long Player tells the story of that albums creation, the journey the band took to get there and the influence of producer Wolsey White on the band iconic 'crunchy' sound. You can check out the full album on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/49lMsHtv1i2vAaIs0lHWpD?si=138zdxqTQO2ppM66qX9M1A More info on Hard-Fi, new music and the 20th anniversary celebrations of this album: https://www.hardfiofficial.com/ Finally... make sure you are subscribed to this podcast for future episodes. DO IT NOW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 m
  • Stereo MCs 'Connected' with Rob Birch

    Stereo MCs 'Connected' with Rob Birch
    Nov 14 2024
    "Era-Defining" is one word (well, two words) to describe the album featuring on today's XS Long Player Podcast as Jim goes back to 1992 to talk about Stereo MC's iconic thrid album 'Connected'. Rob Birch talks about how their work changed with the onset of the 'Sample Wars', being Mercury Music Prize nominated alongside Suede and New Order and what happened after this album was released, why did it take the band a decade to release another record. You can listen back to the whole of Stereo MCs 'Connected' on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/3NRQnGdFznbXtP8u2O4VKB?si=8pP69HtOQ-mg20Jr_n0H2A And find the latest tour dates for the band here: https://www.stereomcs.com/ Plus, if you want more from this podcast a couple of episodes along a similar genre are... Jesus Jones 'Doubt' with Mike Edwards: https://pod.fo/e/2092e2 Happy Mondays 'Pills m Thrills and Bellyaches' with Gary Whelan: https://pod.fo/e/cb887 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 m
  • The Enemy 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' with Tom Clarke.

    The Enemy 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' with Tom Clarke.
    Oct 31 2024
    We are back in debut album territory with The Enemy's 'We'll Live And DIe In These Towns' on this episode of the XS Long Player as Jim Salveson is joined by the Coventry band's frontman Tom Clarke. We get all the stories behind the making of this 2007 classic including how a midnight drive to Scotland focused the bands mind, how Tom saw it as a clear choice between being an rock star and selling tumble dryers and we even get into the topic of potential new music and those Icon 2009 gigs supporting Oasis on their final ever (until next year) UK dates. Make sure you go back and listen to the album in full either before or after you check out this episode... cos its a banger. The link to that is here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6XlVOEnkD1QVrUNSz9Y7RO?si=JSn4g78YTcSAg6ESbU1OVw Plus, check out the back catalogue of shows to see which of your favourite albums have already been covered in the archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 m
  • Jet 'Get Born' with Nic Cester

    Jet 'Get Born' with Nic Cester
    Oct 3 2024
    It's been a while but it's time to get back on the classic album train and delve into the debut album from Aussie band 'Je't as Nic Cester joins Jim Salveson on the XS Long Player! On this episode you'll hear about the early days (and early names) of the band, being thrust into the chaos of LA to record the debut and encountering "the worst Kiss tribute band ever". Listen back to the brilliant 'Get Born' here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6NrLpQCPYrNS3kVWxDgIlg?si=sg-0Qt7hSZewubYbRWznzg Give the XS Long Player a follow in your preferred podcasting app and never miss the inside story on your favourite albums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    22 m
  • Gomez 'Bring It On' with Ben Ottewell

    Gomez 'Bring It On' with Ben Ottewell
    Jun 13 2024
    On this episode of the XS Long Player we welcome the gravel voiced Ben Ottewell onto the podcast to talk about Gomez's 1998 debut 'Bring It On'. This conversation with Ben about the making of the album is a great reminder what a brilliant collection of songs the album is, how original and different it felt at the time of release and how meteoric the rise of the band was in the late 90s - not least winning the Mercury Music Prize over The Verve and Massive Attack. If you want to dive into the album itself then you can do that here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0IZURGZc6VFXCbOtcRdn5z?si=qEdKCXu7S2qtBRHn9jbjFQ Make sure you are following this podcast so you never miss an episode! Listen to XS Manchester live via www.xsmanchester.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    18 m
  • The Wonder Stuff 'Hup' with Miles Hunt

    The Wonder Stuff 'Hup' with Miles Hunt
    May 23 2024
    In 1989 The Wonder Stuff released their seminal second album 'Hup' and that album is the topic of this episode of the XS Long Player. Miles Hunt joins Jim Salveson to share the stories, insight and inspiration behind this classic album including how the bands US tour inspired its sound, how long-term member Martin Bell was only supposed to deliver a solo on this album but ended up joining the band and how little the band had ready to go when they stepped into the studio. In 2024 'Hup' celebrates its 35th anniversary and the band are heading out to play the album in full. All the tour details and tickets can be found at: https://thewonderstuff.co.uk/tour/ Plus, if you want to get stuck into this classic album then here is the link to the LP in Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1MkOF5F1r0HEjPi1WxEuj8?si=pCq2YOAqRUOnAePgTOnPAA The XS Long Player is originally aired on the XS Manchester Evening Show where you can hear BIG indie anthems, classic MANCHESTER tunes and brand NEW music Mon-Thursday 6pm-10pm via www.xsmanchester.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 m
  • James 'Laid' with Saul Davies (plus bonus 'Yummy' interview).

    James 'Laid' with Saul Davies (plus bonus 'Yummy' interview).
    Apr 25 2024
    We’ve been waiting to do this one for a while! On this episode of the XS Long Player we go back to 1993 and talk to seminal Manchester band James about their classic album ‘Laid’. Taking a rare (for the band) moment to look at the back catalogue is Saul Davies (violin, guitar in the album) who talks to Jim Salveson about working with Brian Eno, why the album was so different to the one that proceeded it and how their most popular song, and the title track of the album, almost never made the cut. Plus, as a bonus, Saul also answers some questions about the bands brand new album ‘Yummy’ as submitted by XS Manchester listeners. Listen to the classic album ‘Laid’ here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5pALyxshOPc8LLKggzNvQe?si=_gnEbJJmQOGRd9k1pQaotg And check out the STUNNING new album ‘Yummy’ here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1r2lI54enVHBTHDdFS2DUY?si=qAF0D9qQSjyPLP-SliUdaQ If you love indie/rock music then you can listen to XS Manchester live via: www.xsmanchester.co.uk or via the XS Manchester App (available in Apple and Google Play stores) plus you can follow Jim on X via @Mr_Jimbob Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 m