Welcome to Riffology Podcast! We’re a (mostly) weekly music podcast that focuses on rock albums from the 80s and 90’s, maybe a few from the 70s and 2000s too.
We are Neil and Chris, we’re both embracing the joys of steadily growing older and enjoying going back to the albums of our youth. Sometimes we ask our listeners to pick the albums from a chosen year and sometimes we pick our own favourites. Sometimes, they are albums we loved and sometimes albums that passed us by and we revisit them to see what all the fuss was about.
This is a celebration of incredible music from a time when albums were meaningful and important to us.
RIFF057 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
A discussion of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid that manages to cover the essentials: melodic guitar work, enduring riffs, and the occasional existential observation about endless skies and the moon. The c...
RIFF056 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe and (What's The Story) Morning Glory
In this episode, your hosts put away any pretence of picking a favourite and instead take a measured, nostalgic stroll through both of Oasis’s defining albums: Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Sto...
RIFF055 - Terrorvision - Formaldehyde
Join us for an expertly meandering 20-minute warm-up during which we forget what we’re meant to be doing, then suddenly remember we’re here to talk about Formaldehyde by Terrorvision. Neil celebra...
RIFF054 - Feeder - Polythene
This week, we attempt to remember how podcasts actually start and then promptly forget what we were talking about. Join us as we take a meandering, moderately reverent stroll through Feeder’s debut ...
RIFF053 - Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
This week, we fulfil a long-standing listener request (hello, Lindsay) and dig into Manic Street Preachers’ Everything Must Go. Expect the usual blend of forensic music analysis and complete shamble...
RIFF052 - Ash - 1977
It’s another barely-controlled episode as we tackle Ash’s 1977: part Britpop nostalgia, part forensic Wikipedia investigation. We discuss what melisma is (with a Beyoncé impression you won’t so...
RIFF051 - The Wildhearts - Earth Versus The Wildhearts
On this episode of Riffology, Neil and Chris dive into The Wildhearts and the lasting legacy of 90s alternative rock. Expect stories about band t-shirts as badges of honour, the curious truth behind L...
RIFF050 - Gun - Gallus
In this landmark 50th episode of Riffology, Neil and Chris tackle Gun’s classic album Gallus with all the professionalism you’d expect from two people fuelled by fruit pastilles and fizzy drinks. ...
RIFF049 - Little Angels - Young Gods
In this episode of Riffology, Neil and Chris shine a spotlight on Little Angels and their 1991 breakthrough album The Young Gods. Often overshadowed by the grunge explosion in the US, Little Angels ca...
