The Hawkbinge Podcast

02/07/2024

Friend of the pod Oz Hardwick spotted repping a Hawkbinge Tshirt. The bees thank you for your service

02/07/2024

Our journey into the 90s continues with the very difficult to shorten: IITBOTFTBD

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 ...

02/07/2024

This Hot Take is pretty old now, but we did put it out on day of release we promise

The hottest of red-hot hot-takes on the latest release from our beloved Hawks: “Stories From Time And Space”. Thanks to Joe for making the time (and space) a...

13/03/2024

It's finally here! The drop no-one asked for! A full marathon of every track analysis from the 70s albums in one place. 6 hours of questionable opinions for your listening pleasure. Possibly the best sleep aid ever created. Do let us know if you make it all the way to the end. Your name will be etched onto a little plaque in Matt's office.

A treat for all the album purists especially for YouTube.No banter. No year context. No artwork. Just every track from every studio album from the 70s in ord...

10/03/2024

We made it to the 90s! New Season. New artwork. This time with 100% more techno Easter Island heads

10/03/2024

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...

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 Hawk...

10/03/2024

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, going through some of the biggest albums and hit singles of the year, look at the state of the band and check out the album cover artwork as well as get Matt's take on the music.

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 wi...

10/03/2024

A Hawkbinge bonus...

Setting the seal on season 2, Matt & Andy enjoy a playful 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...

A Hawkbinge bonus... Setting the seal on season 2, Matt & Andy enjoy a playful look back on Matt's selections from the 80's albums that made the Hawkbinge Ma...

10/03/2024

Whatever you want to call it, 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, and so we enlisted the help of an amazingly special guest to talk 80's Hawkwind with us: a man who was there, lived it, breathed it, and documented most of it with his camera - yes, it's all-round renaissance man Oz Hardwick himself - renowned Hawkwind photographer, published poet, Professor of Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity, musician (with an album of space rock out now, no less) and writer. And we get into all of that, because it's fascinating, and then blaze a trail randomly through Hawkwind's 80's releases before choosing some of our favourite orphan tracks that never made it onto those albums, but maybe should have...

HAWKWIND: THE THATCHER YEARS? THE OZCAST? Whatever you want to call it, Hawkbinge is back from the dark recesses of our completely unplanned hiatus! And we'r...

10/03/2024

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"...

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 sidew...

10/03/2024

And so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally concluded, Hawkwind end the 1980's with The XeAnd 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 Up" best single at the '88 Brit Awards... yes, that's where we are). We also have a rather special piece of cover art to dive into, and a tour programme from that "mad professor's laboratory" tour that followed.

And so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally concluded, Hawkwind end the 1980's with The XeAnd so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally c...

10/03/2024

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!

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 po...

10/03/2024

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 fights. One of the best tours ever? Hawkwind's 'Spinal Tap' moment? Bit of both? You decide...

We are duly honoured to spend a couple of hours in the company of none other than Mr Ian Abrahams, of "Sonic Assassins" book fame, to chat about a tour both he and Andy saw for reals. We get the sounds, the sights, and the smells of a fantasy/space rock band on the road.

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...

10/03/2024

ELRIC: Arioch! Aid me in my time of need!
ARIOCH: I am here. What dost thou wishest?
ELRIC: I wishest for HAWKBINGE!!!

In an episode packed with swords, sorcery and rock n’ roll, Matt gets introduced to Elric of Melniboné, the Eternal Champion and the multiverse according to Michael Moorcock. We also talk Earth Ritual, Hawkfest, ‘Silver Mr. Sheen’, the big music of 1985 and the travesty that is Hawkwind’s omission from Live Aid.

Plus, we remember the one and only Nik Turner, RIP.

ELRIC: Arioch! Aid me in my time of need!ARIOCH: I am here. What dost thou wishest?ELRIC: I wishest for HAWKBINGE!!!In an episode packed with swords, sorcery...

10/03/2024

It's a monster 2 hours of Hawkbinge this time around - Matt has chosen his masque, which side will he be on?

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...

10/03/2024

The Church of Hawkbinge opens its 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 really fascinating album to deep dive into.

HAWKBINGEThe Church of Hawkbinge opens its doors once again, and everyone is welcome!Yes, the oddity that is Church of Hawkwind in the focus this time. Regar...

10/03/2024

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 make of this much harder-edged variant of the Hawks?

Do not waste time blocking your ears!

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 ...

10/03/2024

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.

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 198...

05/03/2024

A reminder of our sci-fi dystopian city artwork to celebrate Season 2 and Hawkbinge entering the 80s.

Eagle-eyed viewers will see the tiny figure of "Deep Dive Clive", the Deep Dive Podcast Network mascot waiting patiently to be let in 🕵️‍♂️

05/03/2024

We've been going long enough to make our own clip show!
This is a supercut of all the tracks that made it onto our Master Playlist, for people who like to get the heart of the matter

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 se...

05/03/2024

We're at the end of 2021 and we find Hawkwind at the end of Calvert's tenure, the end o f their Charisma contract, at the end of the 1970's and possibly at the end of the band. What better time to take stock of the state of play both with Hawkwind, but also with Matt, who has been taking this first-time journey through the weird world of Hawkwind experiencing 9 studio albums and multiple changes along the way. What does he make of it all?

It’s the Hawkbinge NEW YEAR SPECIAL episode!We're at the end of 2021 and we find Hawkwind at the end of Calvert's tenure, the end o f their Charisma contract...

05/03/2024

"This is the last but one" So reads the cryptic message on the back of PXR5, the final Hawkwind studio release of the 1970's, the final release with Robert Calvert and the final release on the Charisma label. It's also the final release of season 1 of Hawkbinge but not the final Hawkbinge release of year - watch this space...

Hawkbinge notes"This is the last but one"So reads the cryptic message on the back of PXR5, the final Hawkwind studio release of the 1970's, the final release...

04/03/2024

Hawkbinge: Reality you can rely on.
Yes, Hawkbinge is back! Or is it Bingelords? If so, why? And what will it be next time?

All these things and more in this episode as Matt & Andy explore this album released during a most confusing period of Hawkwind history. On top of the music and art, a global super organisation bent on a new world order is revealed to the world as we dig in to the fabulous story of Pan Transcendental Industries.

Hawkbinge: Reality you can rely on.Yes, Hawkbinge is back! Or is it Bingelords? If so, why? And what will it be next time?All these things and more in this e...

04/03/2024

Retuning to the Sacred timeline, Hawkbinge is back with no less than two hours of Quark, Strangeness and Charm. In this episode: Hawkwind's influence on punk is discussed as we enter 1977 and those Calvert lyrics are the focus of much of the album chat.

Retuning to the Sacred timeline, Hawkbinge is back with no less than two hours of Quark, Strangeness and Charm. In this episode: Hawkwind's influence on punk...

04/03/2024

In this special timeline-breaking episode, we travel 44 years into the future to give our immediate thoughts on SOMNIA, the brand new Hawkwind album that dropped in September 2021. In a rare treat, author Joe Banks also emerged from his cocoon to give his thoughts alongside Matt and Andy’s.

In this special timeline-breaking episode, we travel 44 years into the future to give our immediate thoughts on SOMNIA, the brand new Hawkwind album that dro...

04/03/2024

Hawkbinge weighs in with a mammoth minute podcast about this transitional and rather divisive album in the Hawkwind discography - there's just so much to get into about this music and the rather sliding-doors time period in band history. Several references to Banks' & Abraham's excellent coverage of this fascinating chapter. Where do we end up? Surprises await.

Hawkbinge weighs in with a mammoth minute podcast about this transitional and rather divisive album in the Hawkwind discography - there's just so much to get...

04/03/2024

Hawkbinge returns with 105 minutes on Warrior On The Edge Of Time. Another hugely extended episode is required to unpack this milestone album and everything that surrounds it.

Hawkbinge returns with 105 minutes on Warrior On The Edge Of Time. Another hugely extended episode is required to unpack this milestone album and everything ...

28/02/2024

The episode that set the standard for our format, both in length and style. And a great album to test it out on

Hawkbinge is back!! After something of an unintended hiatus, Andy & Matt return with a bumper episode, really the triple-album-box-set of episodes, coming in...

27/02/2024

OK, we had to do it. THE live album.

Hawkbinge returns with the Space Ritual bonus episode! Matt & Andy talk about the place that live albums play in their respective musical backgrounds before...

23/02/2024

Returning volumes of sound

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