Also: touring NY with New Order, plus writing books on Frank Sidebottom and Les Dawson, as well as writing with Mark, of course. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

Joining us this week on Oh! Brother, Manc music scribe Mick Middles. We dig into the DIY fanzine boom - spilling ink on buses, dodging bricks from Teds at the Electric Circus and writing for Sounds. (+)

Later, Craig Scanlon joins the conversation for audience questions, memories, credits, grievances, and a few welcome detours along the way. Thanks to Prestwich Arts Festival for having us, and we hope you enjoy it! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week on Oh! Brother, we’re delighted to present a live episode with Simon Wolstencroft (@funkysi.bsky.social), for a spirited look at The Fall in 1994. We revisit Middle Class Revolt, Peel sessions, a US tour, lineup shifts, Brix’s return, Julia Nagle’s arrival, and all the usual chaos. (+)

There’s plenty of Fall chat too, including first hearing Live at the Witch Trials, seeing the band in 1979, meeting Mark E. Smith, and why Hex Enduction Hour is forever linked in his mind with orange slices. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by David Gedge. David talks about growing up in Manchester, forming The Wedding Present in Leeds, John Peel’s early support, the band’s rise through the indie scene, the famous run of monthly singles, and working with Steve Albini.

and his first proper brush with The Fall via Peel and Industrial Estate. Plus: Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners, the Jack’s Heroes chaos, and what it’s been like keeping the songs alive with the post‑Shane live shows. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

and how those first “Irish rebel songs” gigs snowballed from Cabaret Futura to suddenly packed rooms. We also get into The Nips, Elvis Costello taking them out on the road, studio realities on Rum Sodomy & the Lash (whistle overdubs and all), (+)

This week on Oh! Brother, we were chuffed to have the one and only Spider Stacy (@spiderstacy.bsky.social) on the pod. Spider takes us right back to the pre‑Pogues days (the New Bastards, Millwall Chainsaws, Burton Street squats), the Ramones at the Roundhouse encounter with Shane, (+}

We also chat about his career in radio, his long-running podcast, and his recent conversation with David Byrne. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week on Oh! Brother, we're delighted to welcome comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton. Adam discusses discovering The Fall as a student in the early 1990s, his memorable encounter with Mark E. Smith for television, and his reflections on that experience years later. (+)

and his new book Oliver Twist and Me — which uncovers his family's surprising connection to Dickens. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

and how a Factory Records hip-hop project with Greg Keeffe briefly put him on the other side of the microphone. We also chat about his novels shaped by Manchester's music and queer scenes, his years living between London and Palestine, co-founding the New Puritans literary movement, (+)

This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome author, screenwriter and critic Nicholas Blincoe to the show. Nicholas talks us through discovering The Fall via Dragnet as a teenager in Rochdale, his early days in post-punk bands, (+)

We also chat Prince Far I, John Peel, Tackhead and Lee “Scratch” Perry — and hear about his recent move from behind the desk to performing live. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week, on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome producer and On‑U Sound founder Adrian Sherwood. Adrian talks us through first meeting Mark E. Smith, working with The Fall on Slates and Extricate, and the studio tricks (and “anti‑production” ethos) that shaped those records. (+)

We also chat welding and drama school, life on a long‑running soap, making low‑budget horror and zombie films, Romanian bear rescues and accidentally saving a lion. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week on Oh! Brother, we’re delighted to welcome actor, director and horror fan Dominic Brunt. Best known as Paddy from Emmerdale, Dominic talks us through discovering The Fall via Mr Pharmacist, seeing them dozens of times, and narrowly missing out on some infamous gigs. (+)

We also discuss life behind the Wall, the collision of post‑punk and electronic music, and how those years shaped his work as a producer and label runner. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week, we’re delighted to welcome Mark Reeder to the show. The Berlin-based producer talks us through his journey from Manchester to Berlin, putting on illegal gigs in the GDR, smuggling East German uniforms back to the West, and encountering The Fall along the way. (1/2)

As well as the unexpected path that led to one of the nation’s favourite football songs. Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

This week on Oh! Brother, we are delighted to welcome Ian Broudie to the show. The Lightning Seeds frontman and renowned producer talks us through his early days in Big in Japan, and his production work with the Bunnymen, The Coral, The Zutons and The Fall (1/2)

Big thanks to Paul for joining us this week - hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

From formative nights at Eric’s and early encounters with The Fall, to coming up with one of post-punk’s most poetic band names and introducing Julian Cope to Scott Walker. We chat post‑punk tribes, unexpected fame in the Philippines, and a memorable meeting with Paul McCartney.

Welcome back to Oh! Brother. This week we are delighted to be joined by the brilliant Paul Simpson - Liverpool legend, founder of The Wild Swans and original member of The Teardrop Explodes.

We won't be away for long, with guests for next series already lined up. In the meantime, keep an eye on our socials for news. Thanks for listening! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow

For our series finale of Oh! Brother, we answer your pressing questions, with some more open-ended than others, with help from our resident Michael Parkinson, Nathan Hanley. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions, and thanks to all our great guests this series.

Still time to get your questions in for our end of season Q&A! Feel free to send them via reply or dm as well as email

There will be no episode of Oh! Brother tomorrow, but Paul and Steve will be recording a special Q&A episode to mark the end of the current series. Please send your burning questions to ohbrotherenq@gmail.com and the guys will do their best to answer them in an upcoming episode.

Hope you enjoy! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershow