Scene But Not Herd

Ste and Natalie Unimagine what it would be like to be an Australian wolf with a foot fetish this week, thanks to the anatomically terrifying Hands Like Houses.

Are you ready for this? Ste and Natalie embark on the longest lyrical analysis in the history of the podcast, over the critically acclaimed burlesque sexpop troupe, Pussycat Dolls - and their 2005 album PCD.

Hapless thrashin' victims Ste and Natalie listen to Megadeth classic Rust in Peace and ponder: how many guitar solos is too many?

Ste and Natalie head to the Marmozet enclosure this week, in search of the perfect 'cable plugging into an amp' sound effect. If only we'd known then what we know now...

Ste and Natalie dress for success in their pointiest shoulder pads this week, as they Look Sharp! for about 45 minutes too long... in celebration of the album that broke America for Swedish pop duo Roxette.

Ste and Natalie join The Black Parade this week to finally stand up in the fight against Bad Things Happening Generally, after a persuasive recruitment drive from emo super-friends My Chemical Romance.

Natalie and Ste taste the other side, courtesy of trippin' tranceboys Infected Mushroom and their psychedelic 2017 album; Return to the Sauce. We concluded that drugs are probably alright.

Ste and Natalie enjoy a terrifying glimpse into the mind of Maroon 5 frontman and self proclaimed sex expert Adam Levine, through the window of the 2002 album Songs about Jane.

Ste and Natalie cook up a hearty batch of genre soup this week with cool beard boys and guitar funmen He Is Legend and their 2004 debut album, I Am Hollywood.

Ste and Natalie head down to the beachhouse, settle down with a nice warm crotchful of Canadian Pie and and enjoy a Vacation with pop punk wienerboys Seaway and someone called Lula who may or may not be a dog.

Sorrow. Anguish. Grief.Just a few of the themes Natalie experienced this week as Ste finally tricks someone into listening to him talk about one of his favourite bands, melancholy Finnish poets and melodic death metal royalty... Insomnium.

It's knit brows all round in no time at all, courtesy of the aptly named Taylor Swift - Ste and Natalie grapple with her 2017 album Reputation.

Ste and Natalie melt their popsicles over California, the first album from Blink 182 since their split with founding guitarist and singer Tom Delonge, and appointment of Alkaline Trio frontman and sad basset hound Matt Skiba.

The halls are decked, the sleigh bells ring and somewhere out there, a figure made of snow comes to life. Michael Bublé has been reanimated again and he's only got one thing on his mind - hanging that mistletoe! You know the rules, ladies...

Ste & Natalie tread carefully through the breakout 2015 record That's The Spirit from scene kids turned popmen Bring Me The Horizon and take a moment to appreciate the truly fantastic name of Jordan Fish.

Ste inflicts an act of profound emotional violence on Natalie by forcing her to listen to the seminal 1988 concept album, Operation:Mindcrime, by prog metal cheeseboys Queensrÿche.

Ste & Natalie gush their way through the debut album from Blackpool sadboys, Boston Manor and wonder if there is anything more emo than a dead space dog.

Ste & Natalie pull apart the fourth studio album from Canadian electro-pop queen Lights, and ride roughshod over a carefully constructed narrative with some madcap theories.