Matt Latham
Appears in 185 Episodes
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...
The Race For Space: Public Service Broadcasting with Luke Winch
A textbook in audio form, "The Race For Space" by Public Service Broadcasting is the album that Luke Winch has brought to the table today. He and Matt discuss the albu...
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: Arctic Monkeys with Bo Nicholson
The second half of the Pretty Fly Podcast hosting team, Bo Nicholson selects an album by a band that Matt has stated on the podcast previously that he's not a fan of. ...
Welcome Interstate Managers: Fountains of Wayne with Daniel Lang
Deserving of being known for more than just "that hit" Pretty Fly's Daniel Lang talks about Fountain of Wayne's "Welcome Interstate Managers". They talk about *that* s...
The Alchemy Index: Thrice with Ben Peilow
The importance of sound and recording are discussed on this episode of Pick a Disc as sound engineer Ben Peilow discusses how Thrice's four part concept multi-EP/album...
Matt Picks "Maroon" by Barenaked Ladies with Guest Host Jon Porobill
Jon Porobill of the PLAY DISC podcast takes over another podcast with the word 'disc' in it to interview Matt about the album Maroon by Canadian superstars, Barenaked ...
Love Ire and Song: Frank Turner with Kez Parvin
Growing up, failed revolutions, grief and...um, carrier bags are all in this episode of the podcast as Matt speaks to Kez Parvin of the 2P's in a Pod podcast to talk a...
The Shape of Punk to Come: Refused with Ian from WeDigMusic
Completing the We Dig Music trilogy is Ian Clarke, who brings forth the influential third album from Swedish punk band Refused. They talk about the nature of the album...
100 Broken Windows: Idlewild with Anniemusic
A departure from the sound of their first album, Scottish band Idlewild came back with a more much mature, mellower sound with "100 Broken Windows". Singer AnnieMusic ...
Fat of the Land: The Prodigy with Mark Adams
Mark Adams of the Life's Milestones podcast and Don't Say The C Word turns up with a 90s classic album in the form of The Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land". Host: Matt L...
Astro Creep 2000: White Zombie with Colin from WeDigMusic
White Zombie's "Astro Creep 2000" has followed Colin for the majority of his life as it's "The Best Album Ever". Colin and Matt talk about metal and the sound of the a...
