Best CMAT Podcasts (2026)

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Best of Take 5: CMAT 10:42

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Irish artist CMAT has got it all: the voice, the songwriting talent, the charm. Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, (aka CMAT), has been shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize and counts Elton John as a fan. Her Euro-Country songs capture heartbreak with a healthy dose of humour, which is why she gravitated towards country music in the first place. Gary St…

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Why CMAT’s Euro Country is the Album of 2025 14:57

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CMAT’s Euro Country is the standout Irish album of 2025 and a cultural moment. In this episode of The Last Mixed Tape, Stephen explores how CMAT’s songwriting, humour, and hyperreal pop persona captured the realities of modern Ireland: the housing crisis, post–Celtic Tiger disillusionment, political theatre, and the strange mix of chaos and hope th…

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Turntable Diaries: Festive Favorites, the 2025 Debrief, and New Sounds from Dove Ellis, Dry Cleaning, Kai Reesu, Dominie Hooper & Helicon 1:30:03

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Send us a text New @weheardwonders pod for the New Year, anyone? Andrew provides a debrief following the completion of his epic 2025 end-of-year album countdown, before Iain shares the band that occupied most time on his turntable over the festive period. Then it’s on to listening and reviewing some tunes courtesy of the socially introverted, emoti…

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Best of Take 5: Jack Antonoff 10:13

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What do Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Kendrick Lamar have in common? Jack Antonoff. The decorated producer has made a name for himself shaping some of the biggest albums in the world. For his Take 5, Jack Antonoff shared how he brings an artist's vision to life. Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon This is one of the Best Bits from Take 5. You can he…

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For the Record #245: Snocaps' Self-Titled Album 30:01

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Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and her twin sister, Allison Crutchfield, join forces with MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook to create Snocaps, a collaboration that brings out the best of all their talents.By G and A

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David Bowie, Blackstar, and the Art of Disappearing 12:08

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Ten years after David Bowie’s death, Blackstar remains one of the most haunting and deliberate final works in modern music. Often framed as a farewell album, Blackstar feels closer to something far more intentional: an artist confronting not just mortality, but the loss of authorship over his own legacy. In this episode of The Last Mixed Tape, Step…

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E219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth + Derek Bailey 1:26:46

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For this episode we're joined by Sonic Youth legend Thurston Moore to discuss his new book Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential Free Jazz and Improvisation Recordings, 1960-80. We start by recapping on the story our guest told in his acclaimed 2023 memoir Sonic Life. In the course of the conversation about his early musical life in Florida and Connecticut w…

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Reissue | TN:46 Rina Sawayama & Clarence Clarity 1:53:50

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We’ve been having a look back through the Tape Notes archive to bring back some of our favourite early episodes that you may have missed. This selection is our conversation with Rina Sawayama and producer Clarence Clarity. EPISODE NOTES In this episode, John catches up with Rina Sawayama and producer Clarence Clarity to talk about how they wrote, r…

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Phil Lynott, Old Town & the Meaning of Belonging 13:43

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Phil Lynott didn’t just write one of Dublin’s most beautiful songs, he revealed something deeper about identity, belonging, and culture. In this episode of The Last Mixed Tape, Stephen White explores Old Town, Phil Lynott’s tender 1982 solo track, and why it remains one of the most intimate love letters ever written to Dublin. Moving through Lynott…

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EP.268 - ADAM AND JOE 1:46:17

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Adam shares a helping of face-to-face, NOT in front of a live audience, spicy Christmas waffle cake with his old friend Joe 'Cornballs' Cornish. Expect gift exchanging, Made Up Jokes, celebrity couple news, hand music, what to do if a dog shits on your lap during a job interview, Adam’s newly confident K-Pop musical direction and more… CONTAINS SOM…

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TN:171 Adam Buxton & Joe Mount 1:45:50

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In this special Xmas episode, John is joined by Adam Buxton and producer Joe Mount to discuss how they wrote, recorded and produced the album Buckle Up. Adam Buxton is a podcaster, actor, comedian and musician, best known for his long-running, award-winning Adam Buxton Podcast. Since launching in 2015, he’s become one of the UK’s most popular podca…

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Best Of Take 5: Darren Hayes 11:25

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Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes has lived quite the life. Hitting Number 1 around the world in 1997 with their debut album, he recently shared what was going on behind the scenes at that time, in his beautiful and devastating memoir, Unlovable. When he joined Zan Rowe to Take 5 back in 2024, he shared a whole new side of one of Australia's bigg…

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74--Listmas with David Menconi 40:03

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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies welcome author and music journalist David Menconi, who discusses his favorite releases of 2025 by North Carolina artists. Musicians discussed include Flock of Dimes, Wednesday, Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Reuben Vincent, Phil Cook and more. You can purchase David Menconi's fantastic book Step It …

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How John Lennon Turned a Christmas Song Into a Performance Art 14:38

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Happy Xmas (War Is Over) doesn’t sound like a protest song and that’s exactly the point. In this episode of The Last Mixed Tape, we explore how John Lennon used Christmas, tradition, and familiarity to deliver one of the most quietly radical political messages in popular music. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, this episode traces Lennon…

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Best of Take 5: Angie McMahon 10:30

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Angie McMahon is the kind of songwriter who stops you in your tracks. With two albums under her belt, her most recent record Light, Dark, Light Again is about cycles and the patterns that repeat and renew throughout life. This concept of cycles inspired Angie's Take 5 theme of 'revolution songs' and she responded to it beautifully. Joni Mitchell - …

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E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + the KLF 1:38:57

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For this episode we're joined in our Hammersmith HQ by James ("The Hardest Working Man In Show Business") Brown. The former NME star and founder of "lads' mag" progenitor loaded takes us back to his Yorkshire boyhood in Headingley. He recalls his parents' record collection, the first gigs he attended as the class "smart-arse" at Lawnswood School...…

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Best of 2025: Lorde, Gordi, Trent Dalton + more 55:37

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It's not definitive, but here are some of the best moments from Take 5 this year: The legendary Richard Fidler threw back to the early days of the Doug Anthony All Stars. Gordi's brilliant third album Like Plasticine gave us an insight into her experience as a doctor on the frontline during the pandemic. Comedians Matt Okine and Denise Scott celebr…

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TN:170 Haim & Rostam Batmanglij 1:52:49

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John is joined by Haim and producer Rostam Batmanglij to discuss how they wrote, recorded and produced the album ‘I Quit’. Haim are an American pop-rock band from Los Angeles, made up of multi-instrumentalist sisters Danielle, Este and Alana Haim. Playing together in their family band growing up, they formed Haim in 2007 and released their debut EP…

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For the Record #244: Ea Othilde's "I Will Not Be Like That" 30:01

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Norwegian singer-songwriter Ea Othilde pares her emotive voice with a variety of styles and instrumentation to create a debut record that seems wise beyond its years. We discuss "I Will Not Be Like That" in depth on episode #244 of "For the Record."By G and A

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Musicians Fighting Fascists: Why 2025 Changed Everything 14:00

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In 2025, Irish musicians stepped into the political frontline. From Fontaines D.C. and Kneecap tartists across Ireland and the UK are taking a stand against the rise of far-right extremism, violence, and organised disinformation. With the launch of the TOGETHER Against The Far Right Alliance, more than 50 civil-society groups and hundreds of cultur…

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Take 5 with TV On The Radio 36:28

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Hearing TV On The Radio talk about music is as fun as it sounds. When the New York band first emerged they were like nothing we’d heard before. A mash of genres and sounds and for many, the sound of tomorrow, today. 10 years on from their last album, the band are back on the road again. And on their first visit to Australia in a decade, they joined…

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73--New Releases of 11/21 and 11/28/25 and the beginning of Ranking Season! 39:34

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This week, hosts Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth discuss the new releases of 11/21 and 11/28/25 including De La Soul and Sharp Pins. These are the last weeks of Listmas eligibility for 2025 as Reggie and Jason turn their attention towards ranking season. Happy listening, friends!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth

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E217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, goths and new romantics 1:19:06

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In this episode we welcome not one but two wonderful guests to RBP Towers. Susan Compo and Derek Ridgers have been trans-Atlantic pals for decades and first met on a FourFourTwo assignment to interview and photograph the L.A.-expats "soccer" team Hollywood United. Starting with Susan's punk years in Southern California, we hear about her memories o…

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EP.267 - RICHARD AYOADE & FRANK BLACK (LIVE) 54:15

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DR BUCKLES' FRANK BLACK SELECTION (SPOTIFY) Adam talks with British writer, director, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade about Wes Anderson, the pain of returning an album, and their shared love of Pixies, before being joined on stage by Pixies frontman Frank Black, who sings a song from his classic solo album Teenager Of The Year and (in a conversa…

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For the Record #243: Tigers and Flies' "Expanded Play" 30:01

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The fast, dense, horn-heavy post-punk of Manchester's Tigers and Flies is a joyful breath of fresh air. We discuss their second LP, "Expanded Play," in depth on episode #243 of "For the Record." For all the past episodes, visit ForTheRecordPodcast.com.By G and A

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Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett & the Grief Behind Wish You Were Here 21:37

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Syd Barrett was the genius who founded Pink Floyd… and the friend they lost long before he was gone.Fifty years after Wish You Were Here, the album still feels like a monument to grief, guilt, and a band trying to understand the collapse of someone they loved. This is the story of Syd, Pink Floyd, and the masterpiece shaped by trauma.In this episod…

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TN:169 Parcels 1:29:54

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John is joined by Parcels to discuss how they wrote, recorded and produced the album “LOVED”. Parcels are an Australian electropop band consisting of Jules Crommelin, Louie Swain, Noah Hill, Patrick Hetherington and Anatole Serret. After moving from Australia to Berlin, Parcels signed a deal with French label Kitsuné. However, it was their collabor…

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Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand 46:08

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Do you remember the first time you heard Franz Ferdinand's 'Take Me Out'? The way it began, then completely flipped less than a minute in? It was such a thrill, one that has never dulled in the two decades since. Six albums later, the Scottish band explore the thrill of living on their latest record, The Human Fear. How human fears drive us on, bol…

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EP.266 - DEVENDRA BANHART 1:06:36

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Adam talks with American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter and visual artist, Devendra Banhart, about podcast jingles, the wisdom of cats, dead Dads, therapy, the place that religion has in Adam and Devendra's lives, songs that make you cry and The Greatest Night In Pop. Plus, two specially recorded versions of Devendra's songs, Fireflies and The Body B…

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Kneecap’s ‘No Comment’: The Final Word 15:48

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Kneecap have returned with “No Comment” their latest music statement since the terrorism charge against Mo Chara was thrown out earlier this year. This episode breaks down why this song is hitting so hard, how it ties back to the case, and why “no comment” has become a form of cultural defiance. In this show, I explore: • how Kneecap use satire and…

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Trent Dalton's own story in five songs 54:49

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Trent Dalton is a master storyteller. His debut novel Boy Swallows Universe is an international bestseller, it was turned into a Netflix series and recently voted as Australia’s #1 read of the last quarter century, in Radio National's Top 100 books. A Walkley Award winning journalist, Trent followed this stunning debut with several other works of f…

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72--New Releases of 11/7 and 11/14/25 including Juana Molina, Danny Brown, Colter Wall and more... 41:21

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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 11/7 and 11/14/25 including albums by Juana Molina, Danny Brown, Armand Hammer, The Mountain Goats, Colter Wall, Nightmares On Wax and more. Happy listening, friends!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth

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My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (Live Podcast) 34:36

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For our latest Live Listen Closely album listening party chat podcast, we are chiming in with My Bloody Valentine fever as the band prepare to play Dublin for the first time in 33 years this week. Their seminal and definite album Loveless is considered a classic of shoegaze, a totem of the genre. If shoegaze is about building sonic cathedrals, Love…

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EP.265 - LUCY WALKER 56:22

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Adam talks with British/American documentarian Lucy Walker about being at the same school, psychedelic drug therapy and whether life's happiness curve is not a downwards slide to the end, but is actually 'U' shaped. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 04 September, 2024 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast ill…

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E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + Broken Greek 1:31:03

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In this episode we're joined by Pete Paphides, former rock critic for the London Times and author of 2020's acclaimed memoir Broken Greek. We start with our guest's unique "'Starman' moment" – seeing the Brotherhood of Man lip-sync to the ghastly 'Save Your Kisses for Me' on Top of the Pops in 1976 – and then plunge straight into a celebration of h…

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Charli XCX, John Cale & the Gothic Reinvention of ‘House’ 16:20

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Charli XCX has entered her darkest era yet. With “House,” her new collaboration with The Velvet Underground legend John Cale for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming Wuthering Heights (2026), Charli steps into a world of gothic romance, decaying architecture, and emotional brutality, a complete reinvention from her Brat era. In this deep-dive, The Last Mixed…

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Stella Donnelly's radical honesty 37:45

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If you’ve ever lost touch with a friend or been heartbroken by a platonic breakup, Stella Donnelly’s new album is for you. Documenting the end of a friendship, it’s a brutally honest, heartbreaking, and hopeful record so many of us can relate to. And Zan couldn’t wait to talk with her all about it. Stella is one of the best songwriters around today…

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TN:168 Sam Gellaitry 1:35:12

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John is joined by Scottish musician and producer Sam Gellaitry. Described as “your favourite producer’s favourite producer”, Sam’s innovative, genre-blending electronic music and superb production skills have earned him a loyal fan following and industry respect over the past decade. Sam signed his first deal, with XL Recordings, at just 18. While …

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For the Record #242: Snooper's "Worldwide" 30:01

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The second album from Nashville's Snooper combines their joyous, inclusive punk energy with the creative production of John Congleton. We discuss "Worldwide" in-depth on episode #242 of "For the Record." For all the past episodes, visit ForTheRecordPodcasBy G and A

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71--New Releases of 10/24/25 and 10/31/25 including Snocaps, the Belair Lip Bombs, Aesop Rock, Dave and more! 37:21

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On this week's episode of the Listmas Podcast, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new albums released on 10/24 and 10/31/25 including releases by Snocaps, the Belair Lip Bombs, Aesop Rock, Dave and more! Happy listening, friends!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth

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EP.264 - DAVID O'DOHERTY (LIVE) 1:17:10

2M ago1:17:10

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Adam talks with Irish comedian David O'Doherty in front of a live audience at the 2018 Dublin podcast festival, in an episode rescued from Adam's shamefully disorganised, dusty pod vault. As well as delicious vintage waffle about email scams, cycling, music, comedy inspirations and puking on stage, David sings a couple of songs and is generally ter…