Podcast: Hawkbinge

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

Ep 25: White Zone

The White Zone is for loading and unloading only… Welcome to 1995 and the first, and only, episode of Binge Warriors as we deep dive into singular album by Hawkwind under that particular moniker. And what an intriguing deep dive it is too, this being something of a forgotten item, glossed over by most of…

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Ep 24: It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous

Fresh from our sojourn to the present to react to the release of the latest album “Stories From Time And Space”, Hawkbinge returns to the 1990's to get back to the canon album deep-dives with “It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous” from 1993. As ever, we look at the music scene…

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Ep 23: Stories From Time And Space, Back To The Nexus

The Hawkbinge Release Day Reaction Pod crew assembles to give the hottest of red-hot hot-takes on the latest from the Hawks, “Stories From Time And Space”, which dropped today! A journey in time for us for sure, from 1992 where Hawkbinge was last seen – it's good to give the DeLorean another run out. Please…

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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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