List Envy Mark Steadman
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High Fidelity meets Bullseye in this funny and fascinating list-building podcast. Each week, host Mark Steadman talks to a new guest, and together they collaborate on a top-five list, with the topic chosen by the guest.
Some episodes will have you screaming into your earbuds asking “why did they pick that!?”, while others give you a whole new world to explore. Subjects range from science and tech, to food, travel, pop culture and the human mind.
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Season 3 begins April 16th
List Envy is returning, with a brand new set of comedians, writers, performers, and layabouts. Join Mark and his guests every week as they continue to rank things in order from 1 to 5, so you don't have to.
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Top 5 modern indie bands
Indie music blogger Kamala Adams joins Mark to discuss all things modern indie, and to define what “modern” means.
(00:00) - Introduction
(05:22) - Kamala's pick: Porridge Radio
(07:40) - Mark's pick: The Corteeners
(10:28) - Kamala's pick: Wolf Alice
(13:42) - Mark's pick: Maxiimo Park
(16:28) - Kamala's pick: Blaenavon
(19:04) - Mark's pick: Gerry Cinnamon
(22:22) - Kamala's pick: The Vaccines
(24:34) - Mark's pick: Nothing But Thieves
(26:54) - Kamala's pick: Courting
(29:26) - Mark's pick: Courtney Barnett
(31:46) - Breakdown
(38:30) - Building the final list
(39:56) - Honourable mentions
(43:56) - Honourable mentions
Kamala setup and writes for The Indie Scene, a blog championing new music, with articles by a number of writers. -
Top 5 albums of 2020
Mark talks vinyl and hunts down new music to enjoy, with music podcaster Elliott Farrar.
(00:00) - Introduction
(09:26) - Elliott's pick: Weird!, by Yungblud
(13:04) - Mark's pick: RTJ4, by Run the Jewels
(16:06) - Elliott's pick: Girlfriends, by Girlfriends
(20:00) - Mark's pick: Women in Music Pt III, by Haim
(21:24) - Elliott's pick: Grime MC, by Jme
(32:50) - Mark's pick: Letter to You, by Bruce Springstein
(36:30) - Elliott's pick: Fake it Flowers, by Beabadoobee
(39:46) - Mark's pick: Saint Cloud, by Waxahatchee
(42:50) - Elliott's pick: Foolish Loving Spaces, by Blossoms
(46:02) - Mark's pick: Shore, by Fleet Foxes
(48:58) - Turn over for Side B
(51:30) - Building the final list
(53:44) - Honourable mentions
(56:04) - The Scratched Record Podcast
Elliott is one half of the Scratched Record podcast, which you can find in all your usual podcast places, and which brings indie music artists out of the shadows and into your ears every Tuesday. -
Top 5 ways to procrastinate
Mark is joined by super-talented singer-songwriter Bryony Williams. Bryony realised she could sing in her early teens, and spent most of her mid-to-late teens honing her craft. At nineteen she was in the electro-pop duo Field Harmonics, and has been recording solo since 2018.
CleaningOver-planning the taskSpontaneous trips out with palsOrganising and taxonomisingThe mobilePutting the kettle onBingewatchingPet-botheringYou can get a limited edition copy of Bryony’s EP Growing / Fading, and follow her on Instagram or Twitter for more. -
Top 5 positive tech developments for musicians
Mark kicks off a music mini-season with artist manager Ella Gregg, who’s been supporting emerging music artists since she was a teenager.
Tech has always been an important aspect of Ella’s work, including her early days helping artists get their work played in films or adverts.
LivestreamingLoop pedalMulti-participant video callingHandheld SD card recorderDigital audio workstationsMusic distribution servicesMusic recognition algorithmsiPadSocial adsYouTubeYou can find Ella at 321 Artists, where you can sign up for her mailing list to get exclusive downloads you won’t find elswhere. -
Top 5 fictional librarians
Many people are intrigued by the depiction of their profession in popular fiction, and none more so than librarians, like this week’s guest Owen Stephens.
(48:00) - Breaktime
(00:00) - Introduction
(18:33) - Owen's pick: Lirael
(52:16) - Honourable mentions
(39:06) - Owen's pick: Tammy 2
(01:04:00) - More of Owen Stephens
(24:02) - Mark's pick: Mrs Phelps
(51:00) - Building the final list
(45:22) - Mark's pick: Joe Bookman
(06:35) - Owen's pick: Bunny Watson
(28:26) - Owen's pick: Oswald Bates
(34:32) - Mark's pick: Brooks Hatlen
(12:13) - Mark's pick: orace Worblehat
You can follow @ostephens on Twitter, or find him working on the Folio open source library project.