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Sombrero Fallout

Sombrero Fallout

Sombrero Fallout delivers you alternative music intriguingly themed every fortnight.

Episodes

20 of 228 episodes

SF0227 Dogs and Other Animals (but not Horses)

A celebration of our best friend, the dog. Plus some pigs, cats and mice. But no horses, we've already celebrated them.

01:13:58Oct 29, 2026

SF0226 The Birds and the Bees

An episode dedicated to the birds and the bees. Actual birds and bees, not what you might have in mind.

01:09:10Oct 15, 2026

SF0225 Mountains

From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, K2 to Kilimanjaro, tracks inspired by mountains.

01:07:04Sep 30, 2026

SF0224 30 Years Ago: Belle and Sebastian Begin

Celebrating 30 years of Belle and Sebastian and focusing on their origins in 1996-97.

01:07:04Sep 17, 2026

SF0223 Odysseus and the World of Myth

In the wake of Christopher Nolan's movie 'The Odyssey', an episode about Greek and Roman myths plus other mythologies from around the world.

01:08:02Sep 3, 2026

SF0222 The Return of the Durutti Column

After a gap of many years following physical incapacity, Vini Reilly's Durutti Column is back. In this episode some benchmark tracks from th...

01:07:51Aug 20, 2026

SF0221 Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Part Three)

SF0221 Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Part Three) by Ian Deeker Forth

01:08:34Aug 6, 2026

SF0220 The Tempest (Shakespeare Part Two)

The second in our Shakespeare trilogy: songs about tempests, storms, heavy rain, thunder, lightning and conflagrations.

01:06:58Jul 22, 2026

SF0219 The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Part 1)

First in a trilogy, with tunes based on Shakespeare's plays. First up, The Comedy of Errors.

01:09:44Jul 9, 2026

SF0218 All-New Gripping Dramas!

A humorous selection of titles suggesting new TV dramaa and documentaries. For example, English Murder Mystery, Clean Kill, Snow Angel.

01:07:42Jun 25, 2026

SF0217 50 Years On - Punk Rock 76-77

It's 50 years since the first explosion of punk rock. Here's a selection of tracks from 1976 and 1977.

01:10:15Jun 11, 2026

SF0216 Into the Garden

An episode devoted to all things garden-related - flowers, plants, grass and so on

01:34:07May 28, 2026

SF0215 "It was 20 years ago today" 2006 Revisited

SF0215 "It was 20 years ago today" 2006 Revisited by Ian Deeker Forth

01:07:38May 14, 2026

SF0214 Manchester Part 2 1984 - 2026

The second of our two-part series on Manchester, this one covering the "post post-punk era"

01:08:41Apr 30, 2026

SF0213 Manchester (Part One) 1978-83

Part one of a two-part series surveying the legendary Manchester scene. This episode puts the post-punk era under the miscoscope.

01:09:46Apr 16, 2026

SF0212 Synth Punk Today

Synthpunk has a glorious heritage, but these are the synthpunk artists who are bringing it today

01:08:02Apr 1, 2026

SF02011 New Beginnings

After 200 episodes, our Readers' Poll episodes and the sad demise of the podcast spaniel Toby, it's time to start al over again.

01:08:40Mar 19, 2026

SF0210 Slide Guitar Special with Dave Kelly

Interviewing the legendary Dave Kelly, ex The Blues Band, who's played with all the blues greats. Special focus on the slide guitar.

01:09:27Mar 14, 2026

SF0209 The Digital Age

We live in the Digital Age - and here are some tracks about what's that like.

01:08:17Mar 5, 2026

SF0208 Songs from our poll that got one vote

A shout-out to some of our generous patrons, friends and sponsors with their choice of tracks that didn't make our Bicentennial Poll.

01:07:47Feb 19, 2026