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Podcast Episode 56 | Saya Gray | ‘Saya’

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

We dispense with the niceties this month and discuss an album where we have quite differing opinions. Welcome to Episode 56 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. 

In Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  We pick a theme and each pick a song that represents that theme. We judge the selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

In Part 1, David, resident ‘Pop Being’, has the pleasure of presenting an album from one of his genuine musical obsessions. ‘Saya’ the latest release by Saya Gray.

In Part 2, following the theme of ‘Saya’, break-up and heart-break, we play Spin It or Bin It with the simple theme of ‘Heart Break’ with no additional rules!

                                     —– Part 1 | Saya Gray | ‘Saya’ —–

To say David is a Saya Gray fan is something of an understatement. He has been championing the strange sounds of Saya for nearly 3 years. Nobody’s really sure if this is her debut album or not but that’s not important. It is an album and an artist that has divided opinion on the pod. 2 of us love this album, 1 of us doesn’t, and 1 of us has had such a busy month at work that we have no idea what they think pre-recording.

Regardless of how we feel about this album individually, we all think it’s an album that deserves a listen. Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think.

  • Listen to the album … HERE.
  • Watch the World Cafe Podcast / Interview … HERE.
  • Watch the AMAZING Tiny Desk Performance … HERE.
  • Watch some ‘Visualisers’ (music videos!?!) … HERE.
  • Buy some stuff … HERE.             

                             —– Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | ‘Heart-Break —–

Was music originally created to express heart-break? Probably not but it definitely feels like it when you start looking for your favourite tracks that embrace the subject. We’ve chosen a track each that may not be what you expect.

Here is a link to our 16 track playlist of religion-inspired tracks – with the first 4 tracks being our picks for this month.

We’ve been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/

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Podcast EP.55 | Brother Ali | Satisfied Soul.

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

The awesome albums keep coming early in 2025 and we’d love to introduce on to you today. Welcome to Episode 55 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. 

In Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  We pick a theme and each pick a song that represents that theme. We judge the selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

In Part 1, Nolan, resident Hip Hop head stays true to form and brings a new album from a 47 year old artist! Brother Ali’s ‘Satisfied Soul’.

In Part 2, following Brother Ali’s exploration of peace, love, faith and religion, our Spin It or Bin It, our theme this month is ‘Religion’.

                               —– Part 1 | Brother Ali | Satisfied Soul —–

Nolan has been trying to introduce Brother Ali to us for years but … there’s a lot of music and not a lot of time. Previous album releases have not lined up with podcasts but this time they did! Satisfied Soul is an album that is worth any music fan spending some time with. It is not a niche hip hop album for niche hip hop fans. It’s soul music. It’s pop music. It’s Hip Hop. It’s intelligent. It’s massively thought provoking and massively accessible to anyone with an open mind and an open ear. 

Get on it. Please.

  • Listen to the album here.
  • This track is not from this album … but too good not to share Cadillac.
  • Nolan’s awesome ‘Intro to Brother Ali’ playlist can be found here.
  • Buy some stuff here.               

                             —– Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | ‘Religion’ —–

Popular music and religion have been uncomfortable bedfellows since … forever. We agreed to each select a track that ‘tackles’ the theme of religion in any way shape or form;

Here is a link to a this 4 track playlist. 

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Podcast EP.54 | The Weather Station | Humanhood

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

Another year, another month, another pod. Welcome to Episode 54 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. In Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  We pick a theme and each pick a song that represents that theme. We judge the selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

In Part 1, Joey hosts a bit of a love-in on The Weather Station’s 7th album Humanhood.

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, our theme this month is ‘New Music’, tracks from the past 2-3 months.

                    —– Part 1 | The Weather Station | Humanhood —–

One of the rare times that we’ve double dipped on artist, we return to Tamara Linderman and The Weather Station. In 2021 we all (eventually) loved Ignorance. An album focusing largely on nature and the climate crisis. It was an album of global concerns. Humanhood is feels quite different, it feels deeply personal but retains global relevance in different ways.

I think this is going to be a big one for the pod this year. I know Joey and David will love this album but not so sure about Nolan and Guy. We discuss the album in comparison to Ignorance, we talk about production and sound mixing, percussion backing vocals and lovely lovely woodwind.

  • Listen to the album here.
  • Listen to the essential Sheroes podcast interview with Tamara here.
  • Watch a few videos here.
  • Buy some stuff here.                   

                            —– Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | New Music —–

January / February is usually a great time for new tracks. This year is no exception. Let’s celebrate that. We each pick a new track and ask each other ‘Spin It or Bin It?’

Here is a link to a long list of new tracks that we put together. Enjoy. 

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Podcast Ep. 53 | Father John Misty | Mahashmashana

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

Another month, another pod. Welcome to Episode 513 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. In Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

This month, in Part 1, Guy hosts an interesting discussion on Father John Misty’s (FJM) latest album, Mahashmashana. 50% of the Pod love FJM, 50% don’t!

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, our theme this month is ‘Location, Location, Location’, or ‘songs about places’ and it’s a belter!

Part 1 | Father John Misty | Mahashmashana

We often review artists that we all love. This month this is not the case. 2 of us love FJM, one of us gets very angry when listening to FJM and one of us doesn’t really have an opinion. Can this album keep the fans happy and win over the angry and the non-plussed?

Given the above, this is a surprisingly well mannered and coherent conversation about FJMs latest album. There’s only 8 tracks but they’re all pretty long. We discuss songwriting, song length and album themes like ageing and the associated ego deaths that accompany it.

  • Listen to the album … HERE
  • Watch some of the videos for the tracks discussed …  HERE
  • Watch the World Cafe interview that we reference on the pod … HERE
  • Watch a live performance of lead single ‘She Cleans Up’ … HERE

Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | ‘Location, Location, Location’

Songs about places are really common. It’s a theme explored by many (most?) artists at some point in their songwriting. This was a great chat and 4 great track selections.

Here is a 16 track playlist where we all contribute 4 Location, Location, Location themed tracks to an extended playlist.

See you on Episode 54…

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Podcast Episode 52 | Top 10 Albums 2024

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

It’s the end of the year and that means it’s time for us decide on our individual Top 10 Favourite albums list. Once this is done, we hand this to David, who fires up the TINH algorithm and a collective Top 10 is created. Sometimes it’s predictable, sometimes it’s not, more often than not Guy feels like the TINH black-sheep but every year we tell him we love him and it all works out well.

Part 1 | TINH Collective Top 10 List.

We run down our top 10 list, introducing the albums and why they made it into our top 10. We always plan to be short and snapy. We always fail. But hopefully you enjoy it.

Part 2 | Spin It Or Bin It | Favourite Track of 2024.

We usually create a short list of 4 tracks each and pick a single track to represent the theme. With it being the end of the year, the theme is obvious, Favourite Track of the Year. But we each created a 10 track ‘short’ list this time.

The 40 track ‘Favourite Tracks of 2024 is available here and it’s a belter.

In Part 2 we each talk through our favourite track of the year and then ask the question … Spin It or Bin It where we try to decide a track of the year.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

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Podcast Ep. 51 | Caribou | Honey

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

Another month, another pod. A very warm and most welcome to Episode 51 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. In Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

This month, in Part 1, Joey sits in the middle of a ‘divisive discussion’  focused on Caribou’s new album Honey. One of us think it’s some of the best of Caribou’s work, one of us thinks it’s much less than that.

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, our theme this month is ‘Basslines’, for once we stipulated no other rules.

Part 1 | Caribou | ‘Honey’

We all love Caribou. There are few artists that sit in the centre of the TINH venn diagram, but Caribou is one of them.  However, we all have different favourite Caribou albums and therefore have different expectations and hopes when it comes to a new Caribou album.

The debate is fierce. We cover many topics including how to be fair when an artist produces something we weren’t expecting, can you remove the bias of your disappointment and critique the album without bias? Unfortunately, we also end up talking about AI and music too.

  • Listen to the album … HERE
  • Watch some of the videos for the tracks discussed …  HERE
  • Watch this Boiler Room set in Belfast … HERE
  • Watch this short of Dan talking about ‘Volume’ … HERE
  • BBC Sounds interview with Dan Snaith from this month … HERE


Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | ‘Basslines’

The best Spin It or Bin It’s are often the simplest. This month, the theme is one word and no extra rules or exclusions, ‘Basslines’. However you want to interpret it, it’s cool.N

Here is a 16 track playlist where we all contribute 4 ‘basslines’ themed tracks to an extended playlist.

See you on Episode 52 …

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Podcast Ep. 50 | Nilifur Yanya | My Method Actor

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

We’ve hit the BIG 5-0 and we’re still speaking to each other. It’s delgight to welcome to Episode 50 of This is Not Happening (TINH).  An Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

This month, in Part 1, David introduces the latest album from one of my favourite obsession artists, ‘My Method Actor’ by Nilifur Yanya.

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, we return for our quarterly visit to the theme of ‘New Music’ … anything released since August 1st.

Part 1 | Nilifur Yanya | My Method Actor

This is the third full length studio album from Yanya. She is a super interesting artist blending soul, jazz, indie and a bunch of other sounds and influences in there. This album is something of a departure for her following her last 2 albums that perhaps embraced the indie side of her influences. This album is a super smart melding of all of her influences, definitely leaning more towards the soul and jazz side of her music. It feels like a return to some of her earliest EP releases and I love it for that fact.

  • Listen to the album … HERE
  • Watch a video of her performing a track from her 2nd EP back in 2017 on the BBC Introducing stage …  HERE
  • 2 Tracks from the new album get a very low-fi video, watch them both HERE and HERE
  • The obligatory Jimmy Fallon performance link is … HERE
  • Interesting interview on ‘The Talk.Com’, this is a quick read and enlightening … read it HERE


Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | New Music

Super-simple, we all chose a track that we love from the last couple of months and ask each the simple binary question, Spin It or Bin It?

See you on Episode 51 …

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Podcast Ep. 49 | Common & Pete Rock

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

Welcome to Episode 49 of This is Not Happening (TINH).  An Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

This month, in Part 1, Nolan goes back to his spiritual home, Hip Hop and has picked an album that the genre has been waiting decades for – Common and Pete Rock, The Auditorium Vol. 1.

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, the theme sounds simple but it turned out to be deceptively divisive. This month we delve into ‘Power Ballads’ … but what actually is a Power Ballad?

Part 1 | Common & Pete Rock | The Auditorium Vol. 1

If you’re age (old AF) and you like Hip Hop then you’ve probably been listening to these two legends for 30 odd years. Common is 52, Mr. Rock is 54. They’ve been at the top of their games for decades but does the combination deliver synergy or something a little less?


Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Power Ballads.

So what is a Power Ballad? We all know the classics, but if we try and bring something a little different then first we have to have some sort of definition. We’ve picked 4 tracks that aren’t on many Power Ballad playlists … 

See you on Episode 50 … 

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Podcast Episode 48 | Linda Thompson | Proxy Music

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

Welcome to Episode 48 of This is Not Happening (TINH).  An Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

This month, in Part 1, Guy has picked the an album that could not be further from last month’s Charli XCX outing. He’s also picked the best named TINH AOTM ever, Linda Thompson’s Proxy Music.

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, the theme is simple … ‘Long Songs’ no explanation of the theme required here apart from Guy’s completely arbitrary suggestion that all tracks had to be over 8 minutes.

Part 1 | Linda Thompson | Proxy Music

English Folk musician legend Linda Thompson has lived enough life for several people. The good, the bad and everything in between. She’s now a 72 year old songwriter force who has sadly lost her super-power to sing … so she’s written songs for other artists to perform. The album is an eclectic collection of songs and collaborators pulled together through the concept of performing through a proxy. The critics love it with a combined Metacritic Score of 86. There’s a lot of love on the pod but not without a few reservations along the way.

  • Listen to the album here.
  • Watch Linda on Jools Holland back in 2011 videos here.
  • Guy references a couple of articles in his introduction and conversation they’re worth a look and can be found here and here.


Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Long Songs.

We love a long song. Even our resident (but absent on this episode) pop being loves a long song. Guy defines a long song as anything over 8 mins, who are we to argue with that kind of logic. So them’s the rules. Who bought what to the table to judge in Spin It or Bin It?

See you on Episode 49 … 

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Podcast Episode 47 | Charli XC | Brat

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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/
  1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad …
  2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty
  3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential
  4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green
  5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern

Welcome to Episode 47 of This is Not Happening.  An Album of the Month Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’.  This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?

This month, in Part 1, Joey has picked the most obvious choice for 4 middle aged dads, Brat by Charli XCX. It is impossible to ignore the critical response for this album so we all dive headfirst into the first Charli album that any of us has experienced. And it’s a belter … but I am pretty sure it will also divide opinion. 

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, the theme is simple … ‘New Music’ (tracks released since 01.05.24. However, one of us picked a 49 year old track. Take a listen to hear him justify this decision.

Part 1 | Charli XCX | Brat

With a whopping 95% score on Metacritic, this album has had a massive impact from critics right across the music press’s broad spectrum of publications. It’s 15 tracks with an average length well under 3 minutes. And it has some serious weight behind a savage combo of pure pop punches. But there is WAY WAY more to it that sugar-coated pop prettiness as we get stuck right into.

Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | New Tracks

Every 3 months (or so) we pick to do ‘New Tracks’ which we define as being released 2-3 months before our podcast record date (01.05.24). We’ve got 4 interesting tracks this month. We’ve got two very different female sole artist indie tracks, one undeniable piece of piano driven, laid back housey, post-club loveliness and of course something French from David.

See you on Episode 47 …