24 episodes

In 1992, the most successful student radio station in the world (University Radio Nottingham) began broadcasting a music review show, featuring a panel of witty, insightful and devastatingly honest critics.

Devised and hosted by Andy Noax, Oblong Desk is back for 2020, to delight and entertain once again, this time not just for Nottingham... now the whole planet.

Join Andy Noax and John Tyndall and gather at the four sides of the Oblong Desk.
Hit Music Will Be Judged.

Oblong Desk: The Podcast oblongdesk

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In 1992, the most successful student radio station in the world (University Radio Nottingham) began broadcasting a music review show, featuring a panel of witty, insightful and devastatingly honest critics.

Devised and hosted by Andy Noax, Oblong Desk is back for 2020, to delight and entertain once again, this time not just for Nottingham... now the whole planet.

Join Andy Noax and John Tyndall and gather at the four sides of the Oblong Desk.
Hit Music Will Be Judged.

    Oblong Desk's Occasional Table - 1st Birthday Special - "The Ultimate Pop Neighbour"

    Oblong Desk's Occasional Table - 1st Birthday Special - "The Ultimate Pop Neighbour"

    Everybody needs them... John and Noax celebrate a year of the Desk with a trip Down Under to muse over the astonishing hit factory that is Ramsay Street Erinsborough.
    Every charting Neighbour's career reviewed, including the best-forgotten Gayle and Gillian, the "I've got all the letters in my surname" Natalie Bassingthwaighte, golden couple Kylie and Jason and, of course, Stefan Dennis.
    From PWL formulaic pop, through dance, to indie and country, enjoy three decades of loveable soap stars having improbable success in the company of your favourite music review podcast.
    Thoughts and birthday wishes @theoblongdesk or here

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Oblong Desk - Episode 15 - Now 32 "Great Uncle Britpop"

    Oblong Desk - Episode 15 - Now 32 "Great Uncle Britpop"

    A Christmas album filled with, er, absolutely nothing festive...  Which is, as it turns out, not a bad thing at all.
    Join John and Noax for a joyous trip back to the end of 1995, when Blur took on Oasis, Louise left Eternal, and, bewilderingly, Simply Red made a good song.
    It's all here on our track by track review of Now 32, along with some stonking dance choons, huge-name artists churning out waffle, a cumulative offences Warnock Award, and one of the best songs ever made in the history of recorded noise.
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    • 1 hr 25 min
    Oblong Desk's Occasional Table - Now Dance Summer 95 & HitzBlitz

    Oblong Desk's Occasional Table - Now Dance Summer 95 & HitzBlitz

    John and Noax embark on a musical mopping-up exercise, bringing you a mix and match Desk of Delights of Now and Hits in a head-on battle that somehow failed to capture the public imagination in the same way as Blur v Oasis or Robbie v GaryBarlow.
    Stand by for a heady mix of club classics and chart smashes from the likes of Take That, Kylie, Grace and The Chemical Brothers.  Plus we discover first-hand how difficult it can be to assemble your first compilation album, and John reveals how he cheated at GCSE Music.
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    • 58 min
    Oblong Desk - Episode 14 - Now 31 "Newcastle Jack Swing"

    Oblong Desk - Episode 14 - Now 31 "Newcastle Jack Swing"

    Summer 95 - and a high quality release from Ashley Abram and co.  Noax and John take you on a very enjoyable trip through 40 chart-busting tunes with only one or two duff efforts.
    Find out which popstar travels by Easyjet, who Noax is friends with on Twitter, and our differing views on the year's UK Eurovision candidates, some of which turn up for review.
    Regular Warnockage, Look What You Could Have Won and the most divisive song we've ever reviewed.
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    • 1 hr 32 min
    Oblong Desk's Occasional Table - NOW Dance 95

    Oblong Desk's Occasional Table - NOW Dance 95

    Time to get out the glowsticks and dust off your clubbing cardigan (you have one, right?) as Noax and John guide you through Spring 95's best dance tracks.
    The usual Occasional Table mix of memorable dance anthems, forgotten classics and non-hits, plus important advice on how to ensure legendary music status, pronunciation fun and the best version of the Test Match Special theme that you'll ever hear.
    Head to our website to immerse yourself fully in all things Desk, and message us @theobongdesk on Facebook or Twitter.

    • 52 min
    Oblong Desk - Episode 13 - Now 30 "Pat O'Banton"

    Oblong Desk - Episode 13 - Now 30 "Pat O'Banton"

    It's 1995 and time for some pop classics, as Noax and John take an aural gander at Now 30.
    Stand by for some genuine timeless classics, iconic anthems and the inevitable misguided attempts at country/reggae crossovers that were never a good idea and remain so to this day.
    Track by track reviews of artists as diverse as Eric Clapton to Deuce via Portishead, plus a controversial Warnock and our impressions repertoire continues to expand as we both have a go at Bruno Brookes and Kelly Llorena.
    @theoblongdesk on social media or RIGHT HERE to contribute your thoughts...

    • 1 hr 26 min

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