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Every episode sees the albums of an established artist ranked in order of greatness and discussed in nerderific detail, with the help or hindrance of some special guests and friends. It"s a right ol" rank-fest!

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00:55:19

Episode 21: The Beatles (Part 3)

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2021/12/26

Rank together, right now, over me! We reach the final part of our Beatles ranking, covering Abbey Road and Let It Be. We made it! Also in this part we do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs by artists subject to musical conspiracy theories, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode, we’ll be back in a couple of weeks ranking Deafheaven’s 5 albums (sweet relief after this 12 album extravaganza…) so to get that in your lugs on release subscribe on your favourite

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01:02:47

Episode 21: The Beatles (Part 2)

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2021/12/26

We all live in a yellow rankerine! Chris and Ollie are back at it with part 2 of ranking The Beatles, taking on Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album. Yes, as you’ll see from the length, we do spend that long talking about just four albums. Chris owns up to having takes just to wind Ollie up and Ollie concedes the Beatles might have been alright sometimes - surprises abound here. All our favourite tracks will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release,

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01:05:47

Episode 21: The Beatles (Part 1)

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2021/12/26

She was just rankenteen, you know what I mean. In the first part of our odyssey across the Beatles universe, the Black Band T-Shirt chaps take on the Fab Four’s first six albums, mostly involving chat on, although there are highlights to be found, how not very good they are. Sorry, not sorry. We are now on Twitter! Find us on @BBTS_Pod and tell us why we’re wrong/right/great/shit. Chris is on Twitter @cmgrumps and Ollie can be found on @olliexcore. Our band My Eyes Are Old and Bent can be found on

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00:25:07

Revisited 1: Biffy Clyro - 'The Myth of The Happily...

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2021/11/07

Welcome to the first episode of Black Band T-Shirt: Revisited! Fittingly, the first is discussing the subject of our first ever episode, Biffy Clyro! We talk about the new album The Myth of Happily Ever After and where we would place it in our rankings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackbandtshirt/message

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00:43:56

Top 5 Songs: Birds In Row (with Cat Rowland)

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2021/10/31

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another bonus top 5 episode, ranking our favourite songs from French hardcore trio Birds in Row with Cat Rowland of incaseyouleave and Older! Cat, Ollie and Chris get into their live presence, their influence and what a bloody brilliant record We Already Lost The War (World) is. All our shouts and a sprinkling of our shoutouts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release, nestling in amongst our best cuts from all our other

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00:59:56

Episode 20: Tyler, The Creator (Part 2)

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2021/10/17

Cos you make my rank quake! The second part of Black Band T-Shirt’s ranking of Tyler, The Creator sees Ollie and Chris cover Call Me If You Get Lost, Igor and Flower Boy, along with our The Nicher The Better top 5 on best songs by bands with 7 or more words in their name, along with our usual shoutouts. We’ll be back in a fortnight with our pal Cat Rowland of incaseyouleave and Older, doing a Top 5 episode on French screamo group Birds In Row! To get that in your lugholes on release, subscribe on

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00:41:21

Episode 20: Tyler, The Creator (Part 1)

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2021/10/17

Rank people, rank shit, rank school! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back and celebrating their 20s with modern hip-hop icon Tyler, The Creator! We cover his first three records on this part, and get into chat on the regrettable lyrical content, the “banger-free” period and perhaps the most #AccidentalPartridge Newsnight interview of all time. Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show, with all our favourite cuts from the episode, our The Nicher The Better Top 5s and

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01:14:30

Episode 19 (with Rob Barbour): Coheed and Cambria...

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2021/10/03

I don’t rank you no more, ranks will get better. We reach the end of our Coheed chat with Rob Barbour where we cover Vaxis I: The Unheavenly Creatures, new single Shoulders and the lockdown madness that was Jessie’s Girl 2. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs from albums that feature a musician for one album only (that weren’t a debut) and our usual shoutouts. In two week’s time it’ll just be Ollie and Chris returning to the world of hip-hop and ranking the records of Tyler, The

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00:48:36

Episode 19 (with Rob Barbour): Coheed and Cambria...

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2021/10/03

Rank your everything from here to Mars! We’re finally back with our pal Rob Barbour finishing our Coheed & Cambria odyssey, covering the second half of their career. The Afterman: Ascension & Descension and The Color Before The Sun are covered on this part, alongside chat on dodgy Coheed tattoos, Rob’s heart eyes emoji for Zach Cooper and one last “fuck you” to A**icus Ro**. All our best cuts will be added to our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after the episode, along with our The

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01:20:02

Top 5 Songs: Oceansize + Portals Festival 2021 Review

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2021/09/19

What a way to go, we’re still ranking for a bus that we missed years ago! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another Top 5 episode, this time doing their favourite songs of Mancunian progsters Oceansize! Inspired by Vennart’s headline slot at Portals festival which he unfortunately had to pull out of, we revisit BritRock for the second time and review the excellent Portals festival. We’ll update our Spotify Rank Bank playlist shortly after release with our Top 5s and tracks from some of our

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01:33:07

Episode 18: Nirvana (Part 2)

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2021/09/05

I miss the comfort in being ranked! Ollie and Chris round off their Nirvana rankings quite obviously with In Utero and Nevermind, along with their The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs ruined by Weird Al Yankovic and our usual shoutouts. We apologise for dips in and out of sound quality, we were experiencing technical difficulties on this one. Hope you’ve enjoyed our first of hopefully a few visits to Seattle, join us next time to hear our top 5 Oceansize songs with a review of Portals festival

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01:14:51

Episode 18: Nirvana (Part 1)

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2021/09/05

Wouldn’t you believe it, it’s just our rank! The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the “5 albums” of Nirvana! Ollie and Chris get into chat on Nevermind’s recent controversy, that bit of Where Did You Sleep Last Night? and some chat on Sliver - The Best of the Box & You Know You’re Right. All the best cuts from this episode and our The Nicher The Better Top 5 & shoutouts can be found on our Spotify Rank Bank playlist, nestling amongst all our shouts from our other episodes. Shuffle

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01:25:14

Episode 17 (with Ash Tubb of Sugar Horse): Arab Strap...

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2021/08/22

Ollie, Chris and Ash are back with the second part of their Arab Strap odyssey, taking on their three most recent records; Monday at the Hug and Pint, The Last Romance and this year’s comeback record As Days Get Dark. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 on songs with out-of-tune singing that still sound good, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Thanks very much to Ash for being on, it’ll just be Chris and Ollie next time but they’ve got a big’un on the cards (sounds like an Arab Strap lyric)

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00:58:50

Episode 17 (with Ash Tubb of Sugar Horse): Arab Strap...

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2021/08/22

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back with another guest, this time chatting Scottish miserablists Arab Strap with Ash Tubb of the mighty Sugar Horse! The chaps get into chat on how this band has affected Chris’ mood more than anyone else we’ve covered (yes, even including Radiohead), “Wham on ket” and how Arab Strap are the masters of the opening line. Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the podcast goes up with all our favourite cuts from the episode, our The Nicher The

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01:32:29

Episode 16 (with Nikki Bonnett): Radiohead (Part 3)

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2021/08/08

Ollie, Chris and guest Nikki Bonnett return to Radiohead to finish their ranking, taking in Hail To The Thief, In Rainbows, The King of Limbs and A Moon Shaped Pool. Also featured is our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs with days of the week in the title, and our usual musical shoutouts. Our Spotify rank bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show goes out, now standing at over a day long - shuffle this beast for a wonderful time

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01:28:22

Episode 15: PJ Harvey (Part 2)

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2021/07/25

Rank it ‘til it bleeds! The second part of our PJ Harvey ranking sees the chaps go through Stories From The City, Let England Shake, Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love and continue to celebrate a wonderful and varied career. We also do our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs from artists from the West Country (excluding Bristol) and our usual shoutouts Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the pod goes up to include all our choicest cuts from the episode - shuffle this beast

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01:07:32

Episode 15: PJ Harvey (Part 1)

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2021/07/25

The Black Band T-Shirt chaps are back ranking the discography of Dorset’s finest daughter, PJ Harvey! We get into chat about why we may not have gone in on PJ before, the variety of eras in her career, including the return of Ollie’s heart eyes emoji for anything vaguely trip-hop related and disparagement of jazz - what else are podcasts for if not obvious tropes as I alluded to earlier? Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore and Chris @cmgrumps. Our band My Eyes Are Old And Bent can be found @MEAOAB

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01:05:58

Episode 14 (with Nikki Bonnett): Radiohead (Part 2)

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2021/07/11

Ollie, Chris and Nikki take on OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac in this part, so two of the most landmark records of all time…and Amnesiac. They go into chat on Radiohead’s “jazz hands” moment, two of Ollie’s favourite songs of all time and two accidental Chris puns - give us a shout if you notice them. Our Spotify rank bank playlist will be updated shortly after the show goes out, now standing at over a day long - shuffle this beast for a wonderful time

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00:52:33

Episode 14 (with Nikki Bonnett): Radiohead (Part 1)

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2021/07/11

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, you ranking screaming Gucci little piggy! We welcome Nikki Bonnett onto the podcast to rank the albums of Oxford’s finest Radiohead - oh yes, it’s happening! On this first part we discuss Pablo Honey and The Bends (yep, only got through two records, strap in people!) and cover Thom’s Johnny Rotten voice, Radiohead’s talent for a closer and maybe our most exciting rank yet. Follow Ollie on Twitter @olliexcore, Chris on @cmgrumps and Nikki on @nikki_bonnett. Chris

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01:16:37

Episode 13: Gojira (Part 2)

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2021/06/27

Bienvenue à parte deux de T-Shirt Bande Noire! We finish our rankings on France’s finest Gojira, covering L’Enfant Sauvage, From Mars To Sirius and their latest album Fortitude. We also do our The Nicher The Better Top 5 on songs that mention fictional monsters in the title, and our usual shoutouts at the end. Also, Chris makes one of the spiciest takes in the history of podcasting, so look forward to that one... Our Spotify Rank Bank playlist will be updated shortly after the episode is out, this

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