Podcast: Hawkbinge

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

Ep 22: Electric Tepee

The Hawkbinge voyage through the 90's continues with the epic “Electric Tepee”. An album almost as long as the podcast that covers it, this one features Hawkwind's biggest step into techno and electronics yet. It's a marathon, not a sprint… As ever, we delve into the big releases of 1992 featuring the big chart hits…

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Ep 21: Space Bandits

New year, new season, new episode! Hawkbinge is back for season 3 covering the 1990's, kicking off with Space Bandits! Yet another fresh start for Hawkwind with interesting arrivals and departures from the band, so no change there.  As ever, we get into the music of the day to set the scene for Space Bandits,…

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Ep 20: The Master Playlist So Far… 80’s

A Hawkbinge bonus…  Setting the seal on season 2, Matt & Andy look back on Matt's selections from the 80's albums that made the Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify. What leapt out at him, what was he thinking? Did he pick the same tracks you would have done?  Next stop, the 90's… Click here for…

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Ep 19: End of Season Special – The 80’s

HAWKWIND: THE THATCHER YEARS Hawkbinge is back from the dark recesses of our completely unplanned hiatus! And we're casting an eye over 80's Hawkwind to round off season 2 and get our PDA's, pogs and pagers at the ready  for season 3 and the 1990's… However, We couldn't face this daunting task on our own,…

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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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