For episode 34 I'm joined by a man that is in the thick of the cultural zeitgeist, it's James C from The Oasis Podcast!
They said it would never happen, they said it would never see the light of day, but the time is right - and the time is now. Finally, I'm releasing the first EVER episode of "THIS Album..." that was ever recorded.
James and I recorded over Zoom on a Friday night back in November and though I was clearly a bit nervous recording my first podcast, James' broadcasting expertise shone through and we had a LOVELY time deep diving the folk masterpiece, Another Side of Bob Dylan.
Yes, I know what you're thinking, "Mr Oasis choosing an album that isn't by Oasis....?!!" But James decided (understandably) to swerve the bus man's holiday and branch out into non Gallagher related territory.
If you want to hear James talk about Oasis, I've got great news for you! He's got 8 years worth of episodes covering Manchester's finest, readily available wherever you find your podcasts.
Hope you enjoy the episode, but please don't judge the host (me) too harshly, it was my first time hosting a podcast!
Stay in touch, stay engaged and Stay Young.
For episode 33 of "THIS Album...' I'm joined by a man that dominated the life and times of a generation of skinny jeaned millenials. From the Holloways, it's Alfie Jackson!
Throughout 2006 and 2007, The Holloways had a strangle hold on my social life. If I wasn't going to their own headline shows, I'd be in the same clubs as them every weekend (often twice a weekend!) it truly was the best of times.
When Alfie and I spoke about him being on the podcast, I pretty much forced his hand and told him 'We're covering YOUR album."
We have loads of fun discussing those joy filled days before iphones and the impact his album had on my life and his.
The Holloways are back on the road this Autumn and during the episode Alfie reveals some VERY exciting news in the pipeline.
New podcast day and it is a blinder!
I’m joined by a man poised to take this year’s Edinburgh Fringe by storm — the brilliant Rajiv Karia, is one half of the twisted genius behind Zoners, the maddest and best bit of TV I've seen in years.
If you are not a fan of mad coincidences then this episode will not be for you because bloody hell, there's a LOT of mad coincidences. When I invited Rajiv onto the show I had no idea we had so many mutual friends and shared experiences.
His album of choice was an absolute joy to discuss, Lightspeed Champion's debut captured pivotal moments in both our lives which we get into on the episode.
We also talk about the joys of Harrow insitution - Trinity, NME album rankings, oversized fluffy hats, and a legendary day in Shoreditch Park at the chaotic, glorious 1234 Festival.
You can catch Rajiv live at the Pleasance Courtyard during this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, and his mind-bending work on Zoners is streaming now on BBC iPlayer.
Best listened to while wearing a bright cardigan and lenseless glasses.
For episode 31 of the podcast I'm joined by actor, musician, comedian and social media sensation, Anna Soden!
Anyone that's gone near Tik Tok or Instagram over the last 12 months would have undoubtedly seen some of Anna's incredible work going viral and I feel super lucky that she would spare time to come on the podcast to talk with me.
Anna's work touches (hilariously) on Glee, class divide, Glee, working in theatre, Glee, being at teenager in the 00's, Glee, gravy, Glee and of course, Glee.
From enjoying so much of Anna's work it felt INEVITABLE that she was going to chose a Glee album to discuss on the podcast.... but no! She chose a genuinely brilliant and iconic album to deep dive, it's Parallel Lines by Blondie!
Anna was such a dream of a guest and we have so much fun discussing the everlasting appeal of Debbie Harry, baby sitting for posh kids, Glastonbury (I always seem to talk Glastonbury!) and we also play a game of charades which definitely does not work on an audio format.
It's available now at the link in bio or just search "THIS Album..." wherever you find your podcasts!
Hill Farm, we’re coming for you!
This July, I’ll be making my first pilgrimage to Oxfordshire's Truck Festival and I'll be joined by a loyal crew of millennial indie obsessives that I call my friends.
Truck have knocked it out of the park with this line up. There's Bloc Party, Kasabian, Fat Dog, Blossoms, Franz Ferdinand, Wunderhorse, Sports Team, CMAT… It’s indie heaven.
To celebrate, I’m bringing back friend of the show and former guest Gene James Smith for a full deep-dive into the lineup—from the big-font headliners to the new bands that could soon be soundtracking the second half of my summer.
We’ll also be comparing our Apple Music Replay: All-Time stats to see which tracks have been the most streamed by us for the last decade.
The numbers don't lie, there’s a certain four-piece from Sheffield dominating my list.
Are you going to Truck this year? Let me know who you’re looking forward to catching ✌🏻
I don't say this lightly, but this weeks podcast MIGHT be my favourite yet!
For episode 29 of "THIS Album..." I'm joined by a woman who absolutely delivered the exact level of humour, emotion, vulnerability, honesty and silliness I'd always hoped for on the show.
She's a member of Crystal Fighters, she's a solo artist, she's a Tik Tok sensation and she's a bloody right laugh, it's Eleanor K!
Eleanor kindly invited me to her home studio in SE London and was a VERY generous host.
I needed her to be.
I was in all kinds of trouble on the day we recorded and was running on fumes having barely slept a wink the night before. But Eleanor was such great company, that she lifted me out of the fugue state that I arrived in.
We talk Skeleton Outfits, admission for Museums and logistical problems with elaborate gift giving.
Come for the Phoebe Bridgers chat, stay for the Capri Sun fiascos.
But before you listen to the podcast, make sure you check out Eleanor's truly magnificent solo EP, Wonky, availalble wherever you stream bangers.
Enjoy!
Please sir, can I have some more Glastonbury content?
Yes. Yes, you can.
After a glorious 5 nights on Worthy Farm, it's only right we take some time to have a debrief. So I'm joined by a woman fast becoming my co host, it's the iconic and much loved Marie Morgan!
We talk Kneecap, The 1975, Busta Rhymes, Fat Dog, Bob Vylan, Getdown Services, shit Circus acts, Olivia Rodrigo, The Maccabees and Brat Summer making way for Britpop Summer.
What a weekend!
We don't do it alone though, we have cameo's from friends of the show - Will Gamble, Chris Arnold, Bilal, Elliott Andrews and Tom Clues.
Enjoy irresponsibly and Free, Free Palestine!
There’s only one way I could mark the biblical return of Manchester’s most godlike of figures, with a bloody podcast!
For Episode 27 of the show I’m joined by a man who has spent years bringing 90’s / 00’s iconography to the masses on Instagram. It’s Brit Cult!
A lesser social media titan, might have gravitated towards the earlier era of Oasis but today’s guest has chosen the iconic but unfairly maligned Heathen Chemistry from 2002 to deep dive.
We talk the songs, the sunglasses, the jackets and how the messianic Gallagher’s inspired a young Northern Irish boy in a provincial town to start living life with swagger.
This was one of the first episodes I recorded and I couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you.
Apologies in advance, but the audio is a bit iffy.
You’ll survive though.
Hot on the trail of Glastonbury, I've just had one of the biggest weekends of MY LIFE!
On Friday night I got to witness LCD Soundsystem turn Brixton into a joyous sweaty mess.
Then on Sunday, it was the come back of the year (I definitley can't think of any other come backs this year....) it was The Maccabees in Berlin!
It was such a joyous couple of days, I couldn't not mention it on the podcast. So here's a bonus episode recorded in a Berlin beer garden and BER Terminal 1.
The boys are back in town....
After realising what a truly awful experience Glastonbury 2011 was, we figured we absolutely have to find some positivity.
So we turned the mics back on, pulled a few more cold ones out of the fridge and decided we look back to a slightly more recent Glasto to deep dive.
It just so happened to be my favourite ever Glastonbury…
There was a Beatle, there was a Gallagher, there were Foals and there were friends.....😍🤝🏻❤️
I’ve loved doing these Glastonbury deep dives and if you’ve enjoyed listening, then let me know!
Enjoy irresponsibly and hopefully this should make you suitably excited for Glastonbury 2025!
Welcome to episode 3 of the Glasto deep dive series!
With Glastonbury drawing ever nearer we’re taking a look back at another bumper year on Worthy Farm.
Joining me to deep dive the 2011 line up I s a man that can outlast the Energiser Bunny on the dancefloor, it’s one of my best bloody mates, it’s Gene James Smith!
Glastonbury 2011 was a huge year.
There was Pulp, there was Coldplay (there always seems to Coldplay….) there was Beyoncé and there was tax dodging headliners U2.
Sounds great right? …..Right?
Come for the mud chat (there was a LOT of mud) stay for two old mates waffling on about “the past.”
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We're breaking the format today and with the biggest weekend of the year just round the corner, the only thing I want to talk about is Glastonbury.
So for this weeks episode I'm joined by a good friend of mine and a Glastonbury veteran, Marie Morgan!
2008 was a huge new chapter at Glastonbury and there was much to discuss.
We talk, Indie Landfill, different kinds of white men with guitars and a first glimpse of..... DIVERSITY!
Come for the heavily censored correspondence, stay for the incredible Peter Doherty story.
It's a loads of fun and is best enjoyed with a warm can of Tuborg.
“ALRIGHT GLASTON-BERRY?!!”
Glastonbury is the best and most diverse festival in the world.
Deftones into Charli XCX? Welcome to Worthy Farm my Friend!
Fancy a bit of Turnstile to go with your AJ Tracy? The Eavis’ will make it so.
A slice of Ethiopian Jazz to go with your mid morning Techno, sir? God bless Glastonbury…
But has it always been that way?
I took the opportunity to chat to friend of the show, Harry Hainstock from 22 Grand Pod and deep dive the 2005 Glastonbury line up.
There’s mud, there’s cancelled artists and there’s a LOT of white guys with guitars.
LOADS of white guy with guitars.
Like, an insane amount of white guys with guitars!
For episode 20 I am joined by a woman that has taken Instagram by storm in 2025.
Georgie is not just an influencer, she’s an advocate for muscle building woman, a voice for perimenopausal women and is redefining what it means to turn 40 for people all over the world.
But also, she's one of my best mates!
We've known each other for 19 years and in this episode you'll get to hear a pair of millenials over romanticise life pre iphone and talk about how Thom Yorke predicted the future with this ground breaking record.
But more then that, we discuss teenage snogging (or lack of) at bible camp, being made to cry by your personal trainer and partying with Alex Turner in Ibiza.
Come for the Radiohead chat, stay for two old mates waffling on like old biddies about when they were young.
I consider myself a flexible man.
When todays guest and I spoke about him being on the podcast, he quite rightly suggested that instead of the normal format of picking an album, we'd instead dip into Tom's illustrious Rock n Roll CV.
Tom's been a guitar tech for some of the best bands on the planet for 25 years and has incredible stories from his time on the road with...... deep breath...... The Pretenders, Cat Stevens, Foals, Haim The Wombats, Art Brut, The Maccabees, Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, Noah & The Whale, Kim Wilde, Cardiacs, The Magic Numbers, The Rakes, Martha Wainwright, Frightened Rabbit, Infadels, Kelis, Goldfrapp, The 1975, Seal, Emilie Sande, PJ Harvey and Sugababes.
I also share my Gem Archer, Eddie Argos and Wombats anecdotes.
It's a bumper episode and despite the HEAVY editing process, it still comes in over 2 hours.
If you want the unedited version with the bumper 30 minutes that were left on the cutting room floor then drop me an email with a signed NDA to williamhann86@gmail.com
For the rest of you, enjoy!
For episode 19 I'm joined by one of the best guitarists to come out of New York City in a generation, it's Sunflower Bean's Nick Kivlen!
Sunflower Bean are a decade into their career and are hot on the campaign trail with their latest (and probably best) album to date, Mortal Prime Time.
Nick kindly invited me to record in the bands tour bus before their show at Rough Trade East and we go in on Elliott Smith's fifth album, Figure 8.
We also discuss, touring with Diiv, guitar techniques and private British slang.
The podcast ends a little abruptly, sorry about that! I lost a load of my notes for a final feature I'd arranged and the bus turned into a bit of an oven so we had to make an escape, haha.
If you enjoy Nick on the podcast then make sure to give Sunflower Bean's glorious new album a listen and catch them when they're back on tour in the UK this Autumn.
Episode 18 of the podcast sees us take on one of THE biggest albums of the the previous decade....
Frank Ocean's Blonde was a seismic album with truly incredible levels of depth.
Luckily, my guest was more then qualified to talk about it.
Sean's band Courting have released 3 genre pushing albums with plenty of Frank influence and their latest (Lust for Life, Or: 'How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story) has deservedly received numerous glowing 5 star reviews. I couldn't have been happier to have him on the podcast.
But not just Frank Ocean, we also discuss, the magical sweet spot of 3 pints, Sopranos cameos and how Courting's blue print was always to "chase the sunshine."
For todays episode of the podcast I am joined by a man that gave the world one of the biggest chorus' of the 00's.
It's Robbie Furze from The Big Pink and we are going fully meta because we are discussing The Big Pink's debut album!
He's a man that's gone from living in his van and playing in squats, to receiving million pound advances and travelling the world.
Robbie also shares a massive exclusive with me featuring two of the biggest and best "Jamie's" in the industry.
Episode 16 see's me joined by a man that is capable of the impossible....
Rob Power has the capability (power?) to get an acoustic guitar out at a party and NOT make toes curl while a room full of people look at their cans and hope it ends soon.
He's been a long serving and suffering friend of mine for nearly 20 years and is by far the most remarkable song writer I've ever come across. This summer he gets to prove me right and will release his debut solo album!
So I figured I'd get him on the show to discuss his upcoming release and an album that he literally lent me his copy of, back when people had CDs.
We also discuss Elves, The Beatles and why you should always introduce yourself to someone with a good haircut.
Episode 15 see's me joined by Bristolian Podcasting polymath, Robin Allender!
His level of expertise, wisdom and intelligence have seen him tackle podcasts on subjects as varied as pubs, The Beatles and general.
And despite the life changing effect The Beatles have had on him, he decided to go grunge.
But it's not just flannel and self loathing, we discuss topics as varied as Brazilian Goalkeepers, rock time signatures and regional terms for "person that likes rock music and dresses accordingly."
It's a right laugh and it's available now!
