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You're My Lover Now: The Teeth with Aviv Rubinstein
From the obscure beginnings of Philly, The Teeth were pipped for great things but just ended. Podcaster/musician/director Aviv Rubinstein talks about how much he loves...

Handwritten: The Gaslight Anthem with Mike Slamer
Venturing back to New Jersey, Matt is joined by Mike Slamer to talk about The Gaslight Anthem's "Handwritten". Expect talk of places having a "sound", associating car ...

Expecting to Fly: The Bluetones with Hannah from Society Owes Me A Gen X Podcast
Living in the shadow of the "Big Four" britpop bands, Hannah from Society Owes Me A Gen X Podcast picks The Bluetones' debut album "Expecting to Fly" and how much she ...

My Love Is Cool: Wolf Alice with Jenna Million
Matt talks to Jenna Million from Name 3 Songs and This Is My Brain on Music about the debut album from Wolf Alice, "My Love Is Cool". Jenna revisits gig memories and l...

The Black Parade: My Chemical Romance with Brianne Leeson
What happens when a bunch of theatre kids form an emo band, and they get obsessed with the concept with death? My Chemical Romance end up creating The Black Parade. Br...

The Low End Theory: A Tribe Called Quest with Elizabeth MacDuffie
What might be Pick A Disc's first episode on a pure Hip Hop album, Matt is joined by Elizabeth MacDuffie to discuss The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest. The inf...

Mean Everything to Nothing: Manchester Orchestra with Ed Poole
Liverpool's Ed Poole talks to Matt about Manchester Orchestra's "Mean Everything to Nothing" and how Ed finds it gets better with age. They talk about Andy Hull's upbr...

Matt Picks the Untitled blink-182 Album with Guest Host Dan O'Dell
Matt is picking the album again with guest host Dan O'Dell aka Heartwork to talk about blink-182's Untitled album. They discuss their history with blink-182, their rol...

Live Bullet: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band with Bill Van Veghel
Dipping into the 1970s Detroit music scene, Matt and guest Bill Van Veghel talk about Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band's live album "Live Bullet". They talk about ...

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?: Billie Eilish with Kiara from Kiara Gets Drunk and Talks About Music
Speaking about arguably one of the biggest pop albums from one of the biggest pop icons of the last couple of years, Kiara (from the Kiara Gets Drunk and Talks About M...

Confessions: Usher with Raymond Luu from Reel Asian Podcast
A very successful album, and one that Raymond Luu, from the Reel Asian Podcast, believes redefined the R'n'B genre. From the stories behind the songs and the discussio...

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness: Coheed and Cambria with Steve from Play Your Pods Right
With an over-arching story that can get quite complex alongside a demonic bicycle, Steve from the Play Your Pods Right podcast appears on the podcast to talk about Coh...

Let Love In: Goo Goo Dolls with Craig McKenzie
Craig Mckenzie from the Kneel Before Blog and Podcast 616 on We Made This is the guest this fortnight as he talks about how he's rediscovered and found new things in T...

Future Perfect: Autolux with Babs from Over/Underrated
Babs from the Over/Underrated podcast is the guest this fortnight to talk about the shoegaze/indie band Autolux and their album "Future Perfect". They talk about the n...

Too Rye Ay: Dexys Midnight Runners with James Addis
Long time friend and sometimes influencer of Matt's music taste: James Addis is the guest this episode to talk about a band that he loves, Dexys and the album "Too-Rye...

Outside: David Bowie with Lee Chrimes
Back in 2015 Pick A Disc was a backdoor pilot episode on the movie podcast Pick A Flick. the guest was Lee Chrimes and the album talked about was Nick Cave and the Bad...

The Prettiest Curse: Hinds (Pick A Disc's Best of 2020)
For their third album, @hindsband expanded their sound to cover more instruments and started to write in Spanish. The result is a varied and fuller sounding album than...

Fake It Flowers: Beabadoobee (Pick A Disc's Best of 2020)
Bea Kristi aka Beabadoobee (@radvxz) spent her childhood surrounded by the 90s, be it movies and music. Incorporating elements of shoegaze, grunge and a little bit of ...

Sawayama: Rina Sawayama (Pick A Disc's Best of 2020)
An album that was unfairly snubbed for the Mercury Music Prize for silly reasons, Rina Sawayama has created a brilliant balance of the modern and throwback to the 2000...

Always Tomorrow: Best Coast (Pick A Disc's Best of 2020)
Californian Duo Best Coast released their latest album "Always Tomorrow" at the start of this year, with a renewed sense of purpose alongside singer Bethany Cosentino'...

Enema of the State: Heartwork (Pick A Disc's Best of 2020)
Previous Disc Pick-ee Dan o'Dell, aka Heartwork released an acoustic cover album of the Blink-182 record, "Enema of the State" after playing a Facebook live set of it ...

Multiverse: The Manimals (Pick A Disc's Best of 2020)
Welcome to Pick A Disc's Best of 2020! To begin with, we have the "Wages of Fear" award given to the album discovered this year that was released in a previous year. T...

The Love Actually Soundtrack with Meg from Gin and Beer It
Matt welcomes back Meg from the Gin and Beer It podcast to talk about the soundtrack to the very divisive movie Love Actually. They talk about the movie alongside the ...

Matt Picks "Hyper Trophy" by Teen Girl Scientist Monthly with Matt Roi Berger of Teen Girl Scientist Monthly
Fifty episodes young! Matt picks an album he regards as one of his top-tier favourites, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly's "Hyper Trophy". In a first for the podcast, Matt ...

Free Love: Sylvan Esso with Helena Deakin
Helena is once again to talk about the 'lockdown jam' that Sylvan Esso's recently released album "Free Love". The album's talked about alongside the live performance a...

The OST for Pretty Woman with Dana from To Buy, To Let, To Murder
Dana from the "To Buy, To Let, To Murder" podcast joins Matt to talk about a movie soundtrack that shaped her music taste, even if her opinion of the movie differs a l...

Pick A Disc: The Trailer Edition
This little episode is the "hey I've just seen you can do a trailer in Spotify but it must be something you upload" edition of the podcast. You can listen to this if y...

Riot!: Paramore with Leah from She Will Rock You
Leah from the She Will Rock You podcast is the guest for this episode as she and Matt talk about Paramore's second album, "Riot!" They talk about the youth of the band...

Stranger Than Fiction: Bad Religion with Carl Bryan
LA Punk rockers Bad Religion are the focus of this episode of the podcast as Cerebal Jukebox host Carl Bryan talks to Matt about their first album on a major label, "S...

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out: Panic! At The Disco with Meg from Gin and Beer It
Matt is joined by Meg from Gin and Beer It as she talks about the debut Panic! At The Disco album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out". They speak about the sound of the albu...
