JJ's Album Club
Music Podcasts
Welcome to JJ's Album Club. A music discussion podcast featuring reviews of the latest alternative music releases and special guests talking about the record they hold dearest to their heart. Join your hosts – journalist Jimi Famurewa (ShortList, The London Evening Standard, The Guardian, Q) and his childhood friend, comedian and radio presenter Joey Page (Nevermind the Buzzcocks) – as they agree, disagree and agree to disagree on the month's most interesting albums.
Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
Welcome to JJ's Album Club. A music discussion podcast featuring reviews of the latest alternative music releases and special guests talking about the record they hold dearest to their heart. Join your hosts – journalist Jimi Famurewa (ShortList, The London Evening Standard, The Guardian, Q) and his childhood friend, comedian and radio presenter Joey Page (Nevermind the Buzzcocks) – as they agree, disagree and agree to disagree on the month's most interesting albums.
Language:
English
Episodes
S3 E7 Baxter Dury series finale
3/11/2021
What a way to end the series, personal musical favourite of Joey's and all round sartorial musical maestro. Son of Ian and king of Miami Baxter Dury joins the pod for a hilarious chat and unique album choice.
Duration:01:12:26
S3 E6 Lady Blackbird
3/3/2021
What a great chat with an absolute superstar. Come listen to Lady Blackbird talk Tom Waits, Donny Hathaway, Singing in Shopping centers and popping her podcast cherry with us. We were absolutley blown away by her star power. Check out the queen of 2021 right here.
Duration:01:15:51
S3 E5 EDDIE PILLER
2/22/2021
The king of the mods. Eddie Piller, founder of Acid Jazz records, the notorious Blue Note nightclub and the amazing Totally Wired radio station joins us for some incredible tales about Paul Weller, Mod, Punk and fanzine culture. Eddie's tales are some of the best we have had. Really exciting episode. Get it down ya!
Duration:01:05:41
S3 E4 Everything Everything
2/15/2021
Jeremy the perfect haired bassist of Everything Everything, and Foals joins us to talk about among other things Seeing Michael Jackson live, growing up in Tonbridge wells & Everything Everything's creative process. His chosen album he has brought to the table is Massive Attack classic.
Duration:01:18:21
S3 E4 Everything Everything
2/15/2021
Jeremy the perfect haired bassist of Everything Everything, and Foals joins us to talk about among other things Seeing Michael Jackson live, growing up in Tonbridge wells & Everything Everything's creative process. His chosen album he has brought to the table is Massive Attack classic.
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Duration:01:18:16
S3 E3 Pan Amsterdam
2/8/2021
This week we are joined by Pan Amsterdam a brilliantly inventive and super cool rapper with history steeped in Jazz as he talks to us about growing up in New York, working with Iggy Pop and making his wonderful 2nd album Ha Chu.
Duration:01:07:01
S3 Ep2. Sports team.
2/1/2021
Welcome to another Episode of JJ's Album club. Huge heavyweight upstarts Sports Team join us for a chat about an album that was hugely important to their sound. They also lift the lid on what it's like to be in a genuine race to top the charts and how they tried to walk from London to Bristol to record their new album. This is a really funny chat. Please make sure you like, rate and subscribe.
Duration:01:36:54
S3 Ep 1. Sleaford Mods
1/25/2021
Welcome back everyone to the new series of JJ's Album club. Each week comedian and new music presenter Joey Page teams up with best mate and top Journalist Jimi Famurewa (Evening Standard, Guardian) chat to a star at the top of their art form about an album they hold dear to their heart. This week Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods brings in an album to share with us. Please like,rate and subscribe.
Credit- Theme tune- The Grove in the Shoe - Mintcake presents/Crofhill Studios.
Duration:01:08:33
s2 ep 15 Killers, Nas, Bully and Lemon Twigs
8/27/2020
We are back in the same (cavernous) Trying to work out if Nas has gout? Why it's impossible to like the Killers and are Lemon Twigs OK? All this and lots mote.
Duration:00:45:06
s2 e14 WHITE DENIM talking Clues By Robert Palmer.
8/19/2020
You know what? Joey has pulled out an absolute dream guest this week. Join the boys as they chat to James Petralli about being prolific, having a sporting attitude to music. How White Denim get such cool visuals and of course. Robert Palmer.
Duration:01:03:15
S2 E13 ALBUM reviews for Fontaines DC, Vintage Crop and Washed Out.
8/12/2020
We are back with another mighty fine edition of the Album reviews pod, Plus a new competition- What's Jimi singing and Joey does a massive U-Turn.
Duration:00:46:35
S2 Ep12 Comedy superstar Rob Beckett talks Arctic Monkeys
8/6/2020
What a great show! 3 South London lads on one podcast! Rob talks about a classic Monkeys album and talks about why he always favoured comedy over music. Joey has his stand up special out now! you can catch it at Nextupcomedy.com/joeypage
Duration:00:57:36
s2 Ep11 Album reviews for Lianne La Havas, Jarv is and Courtney Marie Andrews. Plus Mercury chat.
7/30/2020
For the first time in this series we are under the same roof. Also for the first time ever we were live on Twitch. If you want to see future recordings live and get involved in real time then get yourself over to Twitch.tv/joeypagecomedy We will put up recording times on social media.
Duration:00:44:34
S2 Ep 10 Playwright Inua Ellams talks Soweto Kinch
7/23/2020
This week we are super lucky to talk to the best Playwright and poet in Britain about a gem of an album somewhat unknown to us but boy is it amazing. It's not even on Spotify! Inua talks in depth about Soweto Kinch's unknown masterpiece A Life in the Day of B19 as well as about the association between Poetry and rap and the state of the world today.
Duration:01:02:46
S2 E9 Paul Weller, Holy Wave and The Streets.
7/16/2020
Album reviews for 3 really interesting and highly diverse albums. Plus Liam Gallagher on a combine harvester and Joey talks about the phone in his bathroom.
Duration:00:59:59
Ep 10. John Grant on his Favourite Devo record, his new album and Roller coasters.
7/8/2020
In this riveting chat John Grant pops into JJ's Album club to talk about growing up in a strict household and his love of Roller coasters. Listen to music's most interesting and charming man wax Lyrical about Devo's New Traditionalists, the state of America plus some exclusive info on his new album.
Duration:01:09:15
Ep 9. Bob Dylan, Haim, Nadine Shah and Khruangbin
7/1/2020
Possibly the most professional and entertaining episode yet. Some cracking albums and maybe for the first time ever Jimi is in a horrible mood.
Duration:00:58:44
Series 2 Episode 8 Josie Long talks Joanna Newsom
6/24/2020
Josie Long is one Britain's most groundbreaking and original comics listen to her bring her unbridled and infectious enthusiasm to this weeks pod as she talks about her love for Joanna Newsom's triple album Have one on me. This is one of the most fun chat's we have had so strap in you are in for a joyful treat.
Duration:00:50:04
Series 2 Ep 7 Run the Jewels, Sports Team, Rolling Blackout C.F. and Hinds
6/17/2020
All the tech has failed, Joey is recording in the garden in the rain. Jimi is holding the show together. There are some cracking album reviews, Joey reveals so secrets about the Heinz factory and the first ever 10/10 rating gets awarded. Tune in to find out who!
Duration:01:02:19
Series 2- Episode 6. Steve Gunn on Brian Eno's Discreet Music.
6/8/2020
Holed up in New York the stupidly good Steve Gunn (who's brilliant album The Unseen In Between is one of Joey's favourite of the last year) joins Jimi and Joey who are having some Friday night beers. Steve discusses how he has been making work during lockdown and the album that he uses as a comfort blanket during travel. Plus Jimi asks one of the longest questions in the pod's history.
Duration:01:03:31