Agony Shorthand

Agony Shorthand
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A new iteration of a long-running music podcast! Sub-underground dark corners of DIY sound, from punk to psych to solo guitar to abstract pop to heavy metalloid music - and other corners of the musical map.

  1. Agony Shorthand #6

    5d ago

    Agony Shorthand #6

    Track listing for the newest Agony Shorthand pretend radio programme: HOLT BODISH - Half Sunset DEBT RAG - Gary’s World MASSACRE - Subway Heart PIGGY BANK - False Reality UNWANTED CHRISTMAS PRESENTS - Industrial Death PIRANHAS - Piranhas Attack GAUNT - Jim Motherfucker THE SHAKLEFORDS - The Wonderer THE COBRAS - Goodbye THE HAIREM - She Wants a Piece of You U.F.O. - Run Away Boy BARKING SPYDERS - Hard World DAILY TOLL - We Have a Name For That Now (demo) DEATH OF SAMANTHA - Rosenberg Summer THE ONLY ONES - Language Problem FAMOUS MAMMALS - Final Decor ETERNAL MUSIC SOCIETY - Unknown Voltage DAUGHTER OF THE VINE - Space Behind The Sound

    1h 1m
  2. Agony Shorthand #5

    Jun 3

    Agony Shorthand #5

    New stuff from LEGLESS TRIALS, RETAIL SIMPS, ARTIFICIAL GO, SAN KAZAKGASCAR, BUNGEE JUMPERS, CUTICLES and stuff I'd never heard before from The Essex Green (pictured), Jonny Greenwood and more.  Track listing: SAN KAZAKGASCAR - Billionaire’s Shrug PIGGY BANK - Unknown Head BUNGEE JUMPERS - SMD CUTICLES - Incredible Ed Sheeran LEGLESS TRIALS - Complex ROYAL TRUX - Gold Dust (demo) MEAT PUPPETS - Electromud ARTIFICIAL GO - Triple Ones THE ESSEX GREEN - The Playground CATE LE BON - Aside From Growing Old JONNY GREENWOOD - Spooks MODERN LOVERS - Old World (live 1973) THEEE RETAIL SIMPS - More Lies SLADE - Gudbuy T’Jane MODEL MANIA - Epic Cowboy CHEATER SLICKS - Destroy You VULCAN - High C

    1h 2m
  3. Agony Shorthand #4

    May 24

    Agony Shorthand #4

    After months wandering in the wilderness, we're back with a 4th edition of the program. This one's all new material, and by "new" I mean = came out within the past 20 or so months. And some is so new it literally came out of the oven 20 minutes ago. All of it is highly, highly worthy of your time and investment over the next 76 minutes. Track listing: DEBT RAG - Solar Shirt BLURRIES - Heat Dome THERESA SMITH / ERIC CECIL - Helium Farm BUNGEE JUMPERS - Wall YOO II AVEC NOLAN POTTER - Ralliement MODERN NATURE - Totality JEANINES - Till I See Your Star Tonight THE HOBKNOBS - Easier Listening ADDED DIMENSIONS - My Dumb Luck PUPPET WIPES - Do You Wanna Touch My Safety Pin? SAN KAZAKGASKAR - Drive Ate SETTING - Gum Bump ETERNAL MUSIC SOCIETY - Plain GWENIFER RAYMOND - Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark

    1h 17m
  4. Agony Shorthand #3

    2025-12-23

    Agony Shorthand #3

    Too much adrenaline, junk shop glam, drugs in high school, giant girls in fifth grade, a fulfilled request from our trivia winner - and so, so much more.  Track listing: YUASA-EXIDE - A Hundred Bucks HONEYCOMBAK - Sex Change Sadie THE ARBORS - Love is a Groovy Game ANNA ST. CLAIR - L’Amour a Travers et a Tort FAUST - It’s a Bit of a Pain TINA HARVEY - I’m Waiting For The Man THE DICKS - Dicks Hate the Police THE INFANTS - Giant Girl in the Fifth Grade THE HUNS - Glad He’s Dead PLASTIC IDOLS - I.U.D. BOY PROBLEMS - Participation  AK-47 - The Badge Means You Suck LA DRUGS - High School HALF JAPANESE - Too Much Adrenaline SALAMANDER JIM - Black Star AXEL GRINDERS - Apparatus of Love BUNNYBRAINS - On The Floor Again

    1 hr
  5. Agony Shorthand #2

    2025-12-13

    Agony Shorthand #2

    Traveling the dark corners of DIY sound, from psych to solo guitar to punk to abstract pop to folk to heavy metalloid music – and other corners besides. Track listing: OKAY TEMIZ TRIO - Batum VIA - 1,000 M.P.H. PUPPET WIPES - Having Ceremony Over His Wife’s Corpse EXPLICIT CORPSE - I Gotta Gistol THE STROKE - He’s Gone SUBVERSE - Still Friends TINA FULKER - Midweek Girl ROWLAND TAYLOR - Roughshod Blues GWENIFER RAYMOND - Bonfire of the Billionaires JONATHAN HALPER - I Am a Hermit ONYON - Stereometrie VICIOUS VISIONS - Drugs BURNT ENVELOPE - Dirty Spirits SHARKEY’S MACHINE - Lear Jet Song THE 012 - Asbestos Lead Asbestos TWIN TALK - Keep It Heated

    1h 6m
  6. Agony Shorthand #1

    2025-12-10

    Agony Shorthand #1

    There's a new music podcast, and it's called Agony Shorthand. The host is Jay, and when you listen, you shall understand what it's all about and why it exists. (let it be said that it is not dissimilar from other podcasts once created by the same host).  TELEVISION - Horizontal Ascension LOS LLAMARADA - Something In My Head WALNUT BRAIN - Cabin 4 3 TOED SLOTH - Spark DANNY AND THE NIGHTMARES - Souvenir WINGED WHEEL - August 6, 2024 THE EDUCATED FOOLS - Chicky Squawk LONG JOHN HUNTER - El Paso Rock RANIL Y SU CONJUNTO TROPICAL - Cumbia En Tu Soledad BRIGITTE FONTAINE - Comme Rimbaud CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND - Triple Combination SCRABBLED - Waiting For Godot HAMS - Giving Thanks

    1h 4m
  7. Radio Dies Screaming #14

    2025-07-27

    Radio Dies Screaming #14

    Great to be back, just ignore the "razor blade throat" and listen to new stuff from Burnt Envelope, Eraser, Sun Cousto, Jeanines and Honey Radar, and gems from the library from the likes of Space Dust (pictured), Big Boys, Growth, BPeople and France.  Track listing: BURNT ENVELOPE - The Plugs JEANINES - What’s Lost WORLD OF POOH - Lock Yr Room HONEY RADAR - Chelsea Frame SPACE DUST - Cool Car PISSED OFF ZOMBIES - Garbage ERASER - Dinner Roll BPEOPLE - The Other Thing MR. SCIENCE - Sociobiology FAGLAR I BUR - Platt SMOKE BELLOW - Homecoming SUN COUSTO - I Don’t Wanna Talk THE PROLES - Police THE BIG BOYS - Red Green GROWTH - Ice Age FRANCE - Destino Scifosi (Part 1)

    1h 13m
  8. Radio Dies Screaming #13

    2025-06-10

    Radio Dies Screaming #13

    New material abounds this time around - FLEAS OF MERCY, GRAPHIC VIOLETS, ERASER, NOWHERE FLOWER, HEAVY MOTHER II, CHRIS BROKAW, PAPER JAYS, PHARDAH, ADDED DIMENSIONS and THE OBLIQUES - plus newly unearthed stuff from World of Pooh and Nice Smile. Track listing: ERASER - Talk To Me GRAPHIC VIOLETS - Broken Simulation ADDED DIMENSIONS - Time Blind WORLD OF POOH - Straw Man FLEAS OF MERCY - A Spell NOWHERE FLOWER - Winter Weeds THE SHALLOWS - Trial By Separation CHRIS BROKAW - Ghost Ship AGUATURBIA - Heartbreaker THE MORLOCKS - Born Loser THE TRASHWOMEN - Sling Rave Curvette NICE SMILE - It’s a Mess THE OBLIQUES - Cigarettes HEAVY MOTHER II - Heavy Burnout PAPER JAYS - Eats Its Tail PHARDAH - Village of Skulls

    1h 14m
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Ratings & Reviews

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out of 5
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About

A new iteration of a long-running music podcast! Sub-underground dark corners of DIY sound, from punk to psych to solo guitar to abstract pop to heavy metalloid music - and other corners of the musical map.

Information

  • Creator
    Agony Shorthand
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    246
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Agony Shorthand
  • Show Website
    Agony Shorthand

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