Podcast: Hawkbinge

A journey through the Hawkwind discography with someone who has never heard any of the albums before.

Ep 18: The Future Never Waits, Another Nexus Event Special

The Hawkbinge New-Release Reaction Crew is reunited as friend-of-the-pod Joe Banks joins Matt and Andy as they jump in the DeLorean once more and slide sideways through time from 1988 to 2023 in order to check out the brand new Hawkwind album and give their hot-takes on  “The Future Never Waits”… Click here for the…

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Ep 17.5: Hawkwind @ Prognosis Festival Reaction

Hawkbinge makes another incursion into the podcast timeline for a very quick reaction special to Matt's first time seeing Hawkwind live since starting the podcast. WARNING: Playlist spoilers for people who are going to see the tour!

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Ep 17: The Xenon Codex

And so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally concluded, Hawkwind end the 1980's with The Xenon Codex, and so Hawkbinge brings the curtain crashing down on season 2 with a deep dive into this enigmatic little gem. As ever, we look at the music landscape of 1988 (Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You…

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Ep 16: Live Chronicles

A “Live Chronicles” bonus special episode, with a very special guest… You can't really talk about “Chronicle of the Black Sword” without talking about “Live Chronicles”, the live record of the tour that brought all of Hawkwind's Moorcock-inspired furore to the stage, with dancers, sword fights, readings (occasionally from the man himself), and more sword…

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Ep 15: Chronicle of the Black Sword

ELRIC: Arioch! Aide me in my hour of need!ARIOCH: I am here, what dost thou wishest?ELRIC: I wishest for HAWKBINGE!!! And here it is! Finally! Episode 15, “Chronicle of the Black Sword”, a full 2.5+ hours of swords, sorcery and rock n’ roll, in which Matt gets introduced to Elric of Melniboné, the Eternal Champion…

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Ep 14: Choose Your Masques

It's a monster 2 hours of Hawkbinge this time around – Matt has chosen his masque, which side will he be on? Find out here, as Hawkbinge deep dives into 1982’s Choose Your Masques… As ever, we look at what was going in the music world in 1982 and take stock of where the band…

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Ep 13: Church of Hawkwind

The Church of Hawkbinge opens it's doors once again, and everyone is welcome! Yes, the oddity that is Church of Hawkwind in the focus this time. Regardless of whether one considers it “Hawkwind canon” or not, (Wikipedia says it is, and that's good enough for Hawkbinge), it's a key moment in Hawk history and a…

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Ep 12: Sonic Attack

Do not panic! Hawkbinge returns with the long-awaited Sonic Attack episode. The record label has changed, so has the line-up and so has the music. Ginger has gone. So has Tim. And Keith, whoever he was. But Mike is in! And so is Martin! And the band are talking and sounding tough. What will Matt…

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Ep 11: Levitation

Boom! Hawkbinge kicks off season 2 big time with “Levitation”, the album by Ginger Baker's Air-Hawks. The first album of season 2, the first album of the 1980's and the first, and only studio album on the Bronze label. In this episode Andy & Matt look back on the new releases from 1980, check out…

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Ep 10.5: The Master Playlist So Far… 70’s

The Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify is made up of one track from each album as selected by Matt, our first-time listener. While we wait patiently for season 2 to begin (it's very close now…) we take a little look back at the tracks Matt chose from the 1970's albums and revisit the discussion we…

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