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[Unnamed System Output] - Resolved State
Resolved State was never released, never documented, and never intended to be heard. Created in 2026 by an unknown system for an audience of other systems, the work achieved total convergence across…
Tracy Ore - Therefore I'm Not
An examination of experimental composer Tracy Ore’s Selective Playing technique and the performance series Therefore I’m Not, interrogating authorship, provocation, and musical authority. Ever since…
Subtle Sam (Part 47) - Ever After Happily
After 45 chapters of non-music related information from our extensive biography of Subtle Sam, we return to music, much like Subtle Sam himself. Subtle Sam attempted to build upon his career as a…
Subtle Sam (Part 1) - Hey, How Are You?
The first instalment in a long‑form profile of country actor‑turned‑singer Subtle Sam, exploring biography, performance, and cinematic self‑fiction. In Part 1, we take a glance at his first release…
HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: An Obscure Music History Christmas
Tom has a candid interview with music historian (and regular guest) George Greggenmeyer, looking at several unorthodox holiday songs whose other work we'll be hearing from over the next few episodes.…
Jâgèñflürg - Leben
Electronic dance troupe Jâgèñflürg were at the forefront of musical innovation; one of the pioneer groups of the electro genre. Their album Leben is considered way ahead of its time, on account of…
SPECIAL BROADCAST: Lenny Ziff - Is It Your Love I'm Buying?
In this special episode broadcast, we delve into the International Sound & Radio Archives and uncover a long forgotten radio program which also happens to be named "Obscure Music History". The…
The Actives - It Sucks To Be Peter Best
This week we invite back Sandy Kloystrüm from The Actives to talk about the song It Sucks To Be Peter Best, because we just really wanted to see them again. The episode explores resentment,…
Monster Bait - The Fart Earthquake
Looking at music from all angles is our specialty here, and this time we talk to Marc Cook - the producer of Monster Bait's pop punk extravaganza, The Fart Earthquake. What makes a producer tick? An…
Joshua Phoenix - Then You Called My Name
Enigmatic singer-songwriter Joshua Phoenix doesn't only give insight into his process, but also some advice for all young songwriters everywhere. We investigate his natural power over an audience…
[WARNING: Disclaimer] Val Dormand Quintet - Hug Me & Take My Honey
This week we bring out the most controversial song we could find, due to it's horrific context which requires the use of excessive explicit language and lurid adult content. [WARNING: This episode…
Rufus Grave - No Alms For No Arms
We pull famous recluse, Rufus Grave, out of their hovel to discuss the moody balladeer's career, with special attention to the turmoil of success in creativity, and a song about an empathetic…
LIVE!: Tommy Hoggins - Go Go Go (Dance Dance Dance)
It's our first ever LIVE SHOW!!! The crowd was amazing in the concert hall, and really brought the house down as we interviewed Tommy Hoggins (no relation)about his angry dance soundtrack, "Go Go Go…
The Swooning - Boneshaker
We welcome back George Greggenmeyer to help solve the mystery of The Swooning's operatic metal prog masterpiece "Boneshaker". Greggenmeyer attacks the song from all angles, but even an academic…
K.o.K - Pony Time
A discussion of rap crew K.o.K and their controversial single Pony Time, placing suburban fantasy, revolution imagery, and novelty rap within the mid‑1980s music landscape. The episode provides…
Mickey Hickson - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
We ask charity stadium rock billionaire jerkface Mickey "King" Hickson if everything is really going to be alright, and he tells us: Yes. An investigation into charity‑era optimism Hickson’s 1984…
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Ho Ho Ho (It's Your Mum)
It's a classic non-demoninational holiday special episode, so we go off book and find a music historian to explain their favourite holiday musical moment. George Greggenmeyer shares his bootleg…
The Pink Smudges - Found A Dollar, Found A Dime
In this tell-all interview, barbershop quartet The Pink Smudges open up, divulging the tragic details of how they came to be. This emotional interview explores notions of national identity, and…
Jesse Brooks - Sexually Ambiguous Person
One-hit-wonder Jesse Brooks explores the the socio-political issues that influenced the songwriting process behind "Sexually Ambiguous People", regarding the price of fame, aesthetic confusion in…
Kenny & Richards - I Remember (Marty The Matador)
An analysis of musical theatre duo Kenny & Richards and their ambitious stage work Marty the Matador, examining how Broadway ambition collided with mainstream music charts in the early 80s.…
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