Over/underrated: a music podcast with Fran and Babs

Barbara Mendes-Jorge and Fran James

Do you believe the hype? Fran and Babs talk about bands and artists potentially given undue credit & musicians who should be more famous, by curating five or ten-track playlists to argue their case

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Over/underrated: a music podcast with Fran and Babs

Episodes (109)

Jul 23rd S10E2 - Special Episode: What is shoegaze? Interviewing Simon Reynolds, music journalist and author
Jun 25th S10E1 - Placebo Album Showdown Special: Black Market Music vs. Sleeping With Ghosts
Mar 9th S9E10 - Sad Indie: The Smiths (Overrated) and Gene (Underrated)

Over/underrated: a music podcast with Fran and Babs

Jul 23, 2026
2¼ hours
83 MB

If you've ever wondered what the origins of shoegaze are - and how it is used as a classification - then this episode is for you! We're joined for an interesting discussion by someone who was there as the scene was unfolding in the UK: author and music journalist Simon Reynolds. Simon began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s and has contributed to publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Pitchfork and others. He has also written a range of music books, his latest one being Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers And...

Over/underrated: a music podcast with Fran and Babs

S10E2 - Special Episode: What is shoegaze? Interviewing Simon Reynolds, music journalist and author

Barbara Mendes-Jorge and Fran James

00:00 -01:32:18