Sombrero Fallout
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Sombrero Fallout delivers you alternative music intriguingly themed every fortnight.
Episodes
- SF0215 "It was 20 years ago today" 2006 Revisited
SF0215 "It was 20 years ago today" 2006 Revisited by Ian Deeker Forth
- SF0214 Manchester Part 2 1984 - 2026
The second of our two-part series on Manchester, this one covering the "post post-punk era"
- SF0213 Manchester (Part One) 1978-83
Part one of a two-part series surveying the legendary Manchester scene. This episode puts the post-punk era under the miscoscope.
- SF0212 Synth Punk Today
Synthpunk has a glorious heritage, but these are the synthpunk artists who are bringing it today
- SF02011 New Beginnings
After 200 episodes, our Readers' Poll episodes and the sad demise of the podcast spaniel Toby, it's time to start al over again.
- SF0210 Slide Guitar Special with Dave Kelly
Interviewing the legendary Dave Kelly, ex The Blues Band, who's played with all the blues greats. Special focus on the slide guitar.
- SF0209 The Digital Age
We live in the Digital Age - and here are some tracks about what's that like.
- SF0208 Songs from our poll that got one vote
A shout-out to some of our generous patrons, friends and sponsors with their choice of tracks that didn't make our Bicentennial Poll.
- SF0207 The Bicentenary Poll Ep7 #10-1
At last! The Top Ten Songs of All-Time, as voted by you, the podcast listener.
- SF0207 The Bicentenary Poll Ep6 #25-11
The penultimate tranche of songs in our Listeners' Poll 2026.
- SF0206 The Bicentenary Poll Ep5 #40-26
Into the Top 40 we go on our All-Time Listeners Poll.
- SF0205 The Bicentenary Poll Ep4 #55-41
So we reach the halfway stage of our All-Time Poll, as voted for by listeners to the Sombrero Fallout podcast.
- SF0204 The Bicentenary Poll Ep3 #70-56
The third episode in the Top 100 rundown of listeners' favourite tracks
- SF0203 The Bicentenary Poll Ep2 #85-71
The second in our tranche of listeners' all-time choices from music played on the Sombrero Fallout podcast.
- SF0202 The Bicentenary Poll, Ep1, #100-86
The first episode in our All-Time Listeners Poll Top 100 tracks
- SF0201 Festive Forthy 2025 Pt 3, #14-1
Ignore the rest, settle only for these 14 best tracks of 2025!
- SF0200 Festive Forthy 2025 Pt 2, #27-15
SF0200 Festive Forthy 2025 Pt 2, #27-15 by Ian Deeker Forth
- SF0199 Festive Forthy 2025 Pt 1, #40-28
It's the most wonderful time of the year when we start to unleash this year's Festive Forthy (Best of 2025).
- SF0198 Peak Pulp Revisited 30 Years On
Pulp are back in 2025 but their heyday was the 90s when they influenced the artists featured in this episode
- SF0197 Self Referential Songs
Songs with the title or the content about the band who are singing it.
- SF0196 The Twilight Turntable Co-Hosting Episode
Co-hosting with Paul Howarth and Tony Harris, my friends over at the Twilight Turntable podcast: they choose some tracks to reflect the story of their musical lives.
- SF0195 Merge Record Label
Tracks from bands signed to the doyen of US indie labels, Merge
- SF0194 Beauty lies in the eye
All eyes on this collection of tracks about watching, looking and seeing
- SF0193 The Cure- The First Ten Years
Olivia Rodrigo inviting Robert Smith on stage at Glastonbury seems the perfect excuse to revisit the first 10 golden years of The Cure.
- SF0192 The Mythology of England
England, more than any other country arguably, has attracted a boatload of myths about its history and how it affects the country and its people today. Here are some songs on that theme.
- SF0191 Non Human Narrators
An episode in which the tracks are sung by non-humans. Animals, insects, computers, guitars, aeroplanes, zombies, lasagne and lightning rods.
- SF0190 Promises, Pacts and Pledges
Songs of promises, songs of pacts and songs of pledges. Pretty well as described.
- SF0189 Horses
Tracks by horse-related bands (of whom there have been a recent flurry) and tracks about horses. A surprisingly productive paddock.
- SF0188 Pre Brexit, Pre Trump, Pre Covid, Pre Podcast - It's 2015
A world before all the weird things happened. Top tracks from 2015.
- SF0187 He's on the phone
From dial tones to iPhones via payphones, a short history of great phone-related tracks.
- SF0186 In the city
City life can be thrilling or alienating. Here are some tracks about city life to suit every mood.
- SF0185 Guided by Guided By Voices
30 years after the release of Guided By Voices' classic twin album assault of Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes, here's a tribute. Also features some bands they've influenced.
- SF0184 RIP Clem Burke, Dave Allen, David Thomas, Rick Buckler
A tribute to Clem Burke of Blondie; Dave Allen of The Gang of Four; David Thomas of Pere Ubu; and Rick Buckler of The Jam
- SF0183 Your full name please
Not just your name, but tracks with your full name.
- SF0182 The Carolinas, North and South
Take a trip to the Appalachians for a selection of tracks from North and South Carolina.
- SF0181 Hey!
Tracks with "Hey!" in their title. A plentiful supply: it's tough to leave so many good ones out.
- SF0180 Bonus Ep: Steve Pringle hosts Ian for Mix Tapes podcast
A bonus episode, essentially the first episode in the podcast Steve's Mix Tapes; Ian is interviewed by Steve Pringle.
- SF0179 The Transgender Episode
In a darkening world, aiming to throw light on transgender musical artists with this episode featuring their work.
- SF0178 The Third Man (and The Third Woman)
Three-piece bands, sometimes called power trios, in the third part of our Graham Greene inspired trilogy of episodes.
- SF0177 The End of the Affair
Valentine's Day is upon us once more. But the flowers of romance can fade and die - as these tracks tell us, all too sadly.
- SF0176 Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock was a novel by Graham Greene. But there's also plenty of great (alternative) Brighton rock music (and post-punk and other genres) - as this episode demonstrates.
- SF0175 Monosyllabic Songs
An episode with track titles of just one syllable. A monosyllabic masterpiece, you might say.
- SF0174 Break's over, get back to work
Getting 2025 off to a depressing start with a selection of alternative songs about work
- SF0173 Festive Forthy Pt 3 2024, #14-1
The third - and Top 14 - in our trilogy of the best alternative tracks from 2024.
- SF0172 Festive Forthy Pt 2 2024, #27-15
Episode 2 of a trilogy looking back on some of the best alternative music tracks from 2024.
- SF0171 Festive Forthy Pt 1 2024, #40 - 28
The first of 3 episodes rounding up the best alternative tracks of 2024. Starting with #40-28.
- SF0170 The Days of our Lives
A selection of day tracks with yesterdays, todays, tomorrows, weekdays - and starting with "This Perfect Day".
- SF0169 Broadcast And Their Influence
A celebration of the music of experimental pop artists Broadcast and some of the band they influenced.
- SF0168 Deep Waters
Songs about water - murky, deep, still, treading, tables, coolers, edges and living adjacent to.
- SF0167 - Steve Pringle Unleashed
Steve Pringle, author of the definitive Fall chronicle "You Must Get Them All" takes us through his life in music.