Over/underrated: a music podcast with Fran and Babs

It's the final episode of the season and we're joined from New Zealand by Chris Webb, host of the film podcast Still Any Good?, who brings two different alternative bands from Glasgow for discussion.

Despite not being a huge Primal Scream fan, Chris listened to ALL THEIR ALBUMS IN A ROW (!) and came with his five favourite songs to try and convince himself, Fran & Babs they're better than he thinks. Chris is also a longtime Teenage Fanclub fan - Fran knows and likes them, but Babs has only ever heard of them. Will Chris be able to convert them to feverish fandom?

Listen to Chris' film podcast Still Any Good?, which claims to run the risk of "ruining childhoods by revisiting fondly remembered films".
You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists we've discussed during the episode.

Download, subscribe and get in touch - especially if you have any suggestions for future themes or musicians to discuss! Follow us on social media - it's @OUmusicpod on Twitter, @overunderratedmusicpod on Instagram. You can also email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Mark Abbott for our logo.

We are BACK - and taking on a pop behemoth in the first episode of season three!

Babs has a bit of a vendetta against her dad's favourite band ABBA - sure, they're influential but do they deserve ALL the hype? Meanwhile, Fran wants to raise awareness of the indie band kent - who sing mostly in Swedish - to the English-speaking world, and beyond...
You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists we've discussed during the episode.

Download, subscribe and get in touch - especially if you have any suggestions for future themes or musicians to discuss! Follow us on social media - it's @OUmusicpod on Twitter, @overunderratedmusicpod on Instagram. You can also email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Mark Abbott for our logo.

It's another special episode! Fran & Babs are both very keen to discuss local music talent in their areas, so this is Part I of II of our neighbourhood chats...

Fran hails from Bournemouth and has made a ten-track playlist showcasing musicians from "Wessex" a.k.a. Dorset & Hampshire. Some are well-known (PJ Harvey, Klaxons) others definitely more underrated (Ed Dowie, Betika)....and who does Fran call the region's "local Jarvis Cocker"?

You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists we've discussed during the episode.

Download, subscribe and get in touch - especially if you have any suggestions for future themes or musicians to discuss! Follow us on social media - it's @OUmusicpod on Twitter, @overunderratedmusicpod on Instagram. You can also email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Mark Abbott for our logo.

Part II of our neighbourhood chats! Fran & Babs are both very keen to discuss local music talent in their areas and today we're discussing musicians from Belgium...

Babs has lived in Brussels for eight years and been a fan of Belgian music since her teens. She has made a ten-track playlist showcasing some of her fave artists from Flanders, Wallonia AND the capital...and highly recommends watching the videos accompanying the tunes, although be warned - some are hella disturbing.

Everybody should watch the fascinating The Sound of Belgium documentary, especially those interested in the origins of the UK rave scene.

You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists we've discussed during the episode.

Download, subscribe and get in touch - especially if you have any suggestions for future themes or musicians to discuss! Follow us on social media - it's @OUmusicpod on Twitter, @overunderratedmusicpod on Instagram. You can also email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Mark Abbott for our logo.

Joined by Ryan Schaff, host of The Broken Record Player podcast, we took such a deep dive into grunge that we broke up the episode into two parts.

In this second episode, Ryan takes us on a ten-track tour of "fierce feminist pioneers" L7. We talk about how sexism definitely contributed to their underratedness and how many bands they still influenced along the way. While Fran is not so keen on all of L7's oeuvre, he watched the 'L7: Pretend We're Dead' documentary and recommends it to any music lovers interested in the grunge movement.

Listen to Ryan's music podcast The Broken Record Player podcast. Babs previously guested on Ryan's podcast where they discussed PJ Harvey's debut album Dry in GREAT depth.
You can find the playlist for this episode on Spotify - it includes all songs from our playlists, plus bonus ones from other artists we've discussed during the episode.

Download, subscribe and get in touch - especially if you have any suggestions for future themes or musicians to discuss! Follow us on social media - it's @OUmusicpod on Twitter, @overunderratedmusicpod on Instagram. You can also email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Mark Abbott for our logo.