XS Long Player: Classic Indie Albums
Jim Salveson rediscovers some of Indie Rock's most iconic albums with the people who helped make them the classic's they are. From Punk to Brit Pop from Rock to Madchester you'll hear the stories behind some of the greatest LPs to ever grace your record collection and be inspired to go back and listen to them again, right through to the hole in the middle.The interviews in this podcast were recorded for the XS Long Player series on XS Manchester. Where classic albums we're played in full. You can listen live via www.xsmanchetser.co.uk
Episodes
April 25, 2024 • 39 mins
We’ve been waiting to do this one for a while!
On this episode of the XS Long Player we go back to 1993 and talk to seminal Manchester band James about their classic album ‘Laid’.
Taking a rare (for the band) moment to look at the back catalogue is Saul Davies (violin, guitar in the album) who talks to Jim Salveson about working with Brian Eno, why the album was so different to the one that proceeded it and how their most popular...
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February 1, 2024 • 33 mins
It's another 90s classic on the turntable for this weeks XS Long Player as Jim chats to Saffron Sprackling about the debut, self-titled album from her band Repiblica.
Despite looking back into the archives for this podcast and talking about some 90s classics like "Ready To Go" and "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (and how Saffron received a personal phone call from Wes Craven asking for permission to use it in the Scream movie), Republica are ...
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December 7, 2023 • 30 mins
This episode of the XS Long Player focus' on a cornerstone of the British Alternative Dance Movement... Jesus Jones' 'Doubt'.
Mike Edwards joins Jim to talk about the boundary pushing album released on 21st January 1991.
Mike talks about the bands concerns about trying to make a hit record, the geo-political inspiration behind some of the songs and why one of the biggest songs on the album, in his mind, remains unfinshied!
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November 9, 2023 • 35 mins
On this episode of the XS Long Plater we go into "Wee Bam Mode" with the 2021 debut album from The Snuts!
Bassist Callum Wilson is taking Jim through the story of the album which on its release made the boys the first Scottish band since Then View to bag a debut No1 album!
Callum talks about working with legendary producer Inflo in LA, how Covid may have actually HELPED the band (despite delaying the album) and which of the songs o...
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October 5, 2023 • 38 mins
Having just released their FOURTH studio album 'People Like Me & You' in this episode of the XS Long Player we go right back to the beginning with The Sherlocks to take a look at their 2017 debut album.
'Live For The Moment' was recording in the iconic Rockfield studios at a time when there was a real hype around the band having had jsut become the first unsigned band to sell out the iconic Leadmill in Sheffield since Arctic Monkey...
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September 14, 2023 • 36 mins
It's back to 2008 on todays XS Long Player for a look back at the Mercury Music Prize nominated eponymous debut album fro Glaswegian band Glasvegas.
Frontman and Songwriter James Allan is talking Jim Salveson through the making, inspiration behind and release of this stunning album discussing making music that "feels right", making brave musical choices and why Oasis caused him to abandon is career as a professional footballer and ...
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August 17, 2023 • 33 mins
Ahead of the 10th Anniversary Vinyl Re-Issue of Everything Everything's "Man Alive" we celebrate the bands stunning debut album with a special XS Long Player.
Jim Salveson had a good old chinwag with Jeremy and Jonathan from the band about an album that broke the mould when it was released back in 2010. They talk Beyonce-esq influences, pre-release expectations and how the album feels now over a decade after its release.
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July 20, 2023 • 27 mins
"I've had the same jeans on for four days now!"
This episode of the XS Long Player does, of course cover THAT classic song from The View along with all the others that feature on the bands debut, number one album "Hats Off To The Buskers".
Jim is joined by the Dundee bands frontman Kyle Falconer as they discuss the making of, inspiration behind and stories from the 2007, Mercury Prize nominated, chart-topping LP.
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June 16, 2023 • 27 mins
A classic BritPop album is the subject of this Episode of the XS Long Player as Jim Salveson discusses Echobelly's classic second album "On" with Sonya Maden and Glenn Johansson from the band.
We look back at the making of this 1995 album, the follow up to "Everybody's Got One" and discuss the albums influences, song writing process, memories from its production and how Sonya once refused to let Morrissey into her flat!
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May 25, 2023 • 34 mins
The classic indie/rock (or whatever genre you want to pin on it) album under the microscope for this XS Long Player is The Farm's 1991 debut album 'Spartacus'.
Frontman Peter Hooton sits down with Jim to discuss the making of this classic record with some fascinating insight around Peter's journey into songwriting, the buzz around the band in the early 90s and that infamous feud with Oasis.
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April 20, 2023 • 33 mins
We rewind the clock to 2020 today... just before the Pandemic and to the release of The Lottery Winners debut album.
This modern day classic was the culmination of a decade of writing, gigging and damn hard work for the band and resulted in a record full of energy, passion and influences.
In this chat with Thom, Katie, Joe and Rob from the band we talk about how that release felt after 10 years of working hard, the impact of the co...
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March 8, 2023 • 22 mins
The classic indie album in the spotlight for this episode of the XS Long Player is Northside 'Chicken Rhythms' - an album straight out of the Madchester era when the likes to the Stone Roses and the Happy Monday's were running riot.
Frontman Warren Dermody (aka Dermo) talk Jim Salveson through the making of the album, the good times, the bad times, working with Tony Wilson at Factory Records and what impact the BBC banning lead sin...
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December 8, 2022 • 18 mins
The youngest album to feature to date on the XS Long Player features on this episode as we head up to Wigan to take a look at the number 1, debut album from The Lathums.
Being barely a year old means that the making of this classic LP is still fresh in the mind of Lathums' front man Alex Moore who spoke to Jim about his memories from the session, the early days of the band and how music was almost like a type of therapy to him in t...
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November 18, 2022 • 24 mins
The classic indie album being discussed on this episode of the XS Long Player is the 2004 eponymous debut from Franz Ferdinand.
Who better to talk about the 2004 Grammy-winning, Mercury nominated LP than the band's frontman Alex Kapranos?
Alex shares his stories of the early days in the band, how they developed their unique sound and what the hidden message in Top 20 track "Michael" is all about.
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August 19, 2022 • 45 mins
It may make us all feel very old but there is no denying it... 'Be Here Now' is 25 years old!
Oasis 3rd album was released on 21st August 1997, just 36 months after their debut album announced the brothers Gallagher to the world.
On this podcast Jim Salveson peers back through the mists of time and talks to some of the people who were in the room whilst the album was being recorded;
Long time Oasis colaborator and album cover desig...
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June 23, 2022 • 20 mins
We head back to 1996 and the heart of the Brit Pop era on this episode of the XS Long Player to discuss classic Kula Shaker album 'K'... an LP that became the fastest selling debut album since Oasis!
For this show Jim is joined by Crispian and Alonza from the band who discuss winning (jointly with Placebo) the legendary In The City award, working with Stone Roses producer John Leckie and the whirlwind of events that followed the c...
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May 2, 2022 • 23 mins
Amazingly, Doves second album, The Last Broadcast is 20 years old in 2022 and to mark the occasion Andy Williams from the iconic Manchester band sat down with Jim Salveson to talk through the making of their biggest album.
The album charted at No1 in the album charts and also spawned the bands highest charting single to date, There Goes The Fear (it was only beaten to the No1 spot on NSYNC and Oasis). In this podcast Andy chats ab...
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February 21, 2022 • 22 mins
We're going back 25 years for this XS Long Player to celebrate the anniversary of a MASSIVE album from 1996... "Ugly Beautiful" from Babybird.
For this episode, Jim Salveson talks to frontman Stephen Jones about his memories of making the album, going from signing on to superstardom in a few months because of the phenomenal success of the album and his relationship with what he calls "Marmite song" 'You're Gorgeous.
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December 20, 2021 • 27 mins
One of the biggest albums of the 2000's features on this episode of the XS Long Player as Jim Salveson talks Travis' 'The Invisible Band' with Fran Healy and Dougie Payne.On the 20th anniversary of this classic album, the boys discuss their memories of making the album, working with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and also what it was like re-visiting some of those tracks for the anniversary re-release.You can find more on the 20t...
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December 13, 2021 • 35 mins
This is a great chat with a brilliant artist about a stunning album.Todays classic album conversation is with Sam Duckworth aka Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly about the making of his debut album 'The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenage'. On this show Jim Salveson talks to Sam about the DIY making of the LP, the political messaging of the album and how it felt to be doing something very different to the majority of the music scene back in 20...
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