The Zero Check Podcast

28/03/2024

New Episode to kick off Season 6! This is a good one (particularly if you like Steve's opinions... I was a chatterbox this episode)

The band's back together for our first recording since... November? WTF. Mike and his wife had a baby, Richard's been distracted by a lady, Craig's been in limbo, and Steve's been doing whatever he does. This episode, we discussed: "Title of Record" by Filter "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"...

11/02/2024

New Episode!

This one we talk about some Sulphur Aeon, Gorillaz, Joe Strummer and The Pogues.

After some hiatus spurred by life events and such, we're getting back into things! This episode, we discussed: "Seven Crowns and Seven Seals" by Sulphur Aeon "Streetcore" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros "Demon Days" by The Gorillaz "Rum, So**my and the Lash" by The Pogues So, we're going to get t...

06/11/2023

We were bound to do a Taylor Swift album eventually. Here's what we thought about it.

Also discussed in this episode: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Presidents of the United States of America, and Boston!

I'm sure there are one or two people out in the world who have been patiently awaiting this episode! Delving into the pop icon that is Taylor Swift. Along with a few other notable albums. This episode, we discussed: "Red (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift "Boston" by Boston "Methodrone" by The Bria...

17/10/2023

New episode! We discuss albums by Savage Garden, The Sisters of Mercy, Primus and M83!

Go give it a listen!

We are pleased to say that we are caught up on our existing recorded backlog! This episode was recorded on September 11th, a day of great significance in our modern world. Fortunately, or unfortunately, none of the albums we discuss are of great historical importance. This episode, we discussed: "Af...

11/10/2023

New Episode! We've had a few published recently that we didn't share, so go subscribe and listen through your podcast app of choice. (Remember when people called them podcatchers?? No? It was a thing, we swear.)

We're on a roll, and almost out of recorded stuff to edit and post. But just you wait, we have some excellent albums this episode. This episode, we discussed: "Tenatious D" by the same "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac "Throwing Copper" by Live "Now And Again" by The Grapes of Wrath We'll try and get the n...

30/07/2023

New episode! This one we recorded early in 2023, just getting to editing and publishing now.

We had some good discussion this one, so don't miss it!

Welcome to a bit of a longer episode to open our *5th* season! The length is partly because Richard left in our banter about Steve's beard and the pleasure that is a good barber shave before we officially intro the episode. And, partly because we had some really great discussion of the albums we cho...

16/07/2023

We recorded this episode back in December last year and kept joking it would come out in July. Well, who are we to go against ourselves on that! 😅

Emo, horror-punk, singer-songwriter oh my! So, we recorded this episode back in December of 2022, and kept joking about how it would be released in July... Some christmas albums were chosen for the following episode to kick off "Season 5". In this episode we're talking about: Imagine Dragons "Evolve...

25/04/2023

New episode! It's been too long. Enjoy!

This one we talk about
- In Flames
- Jewel
- Led Zeppelin
- Marcus King

This was an interesting mix of music and opinions. We all had good things to say about all of the albums - that's as much as can be said. In this episode we're talking about: Marcus King "Youngblood" Led Zeppelin "Houses of The Holy" In Flames "Colony" Jewel "Pieces of You" Spoiler: Jewel's first al...

24/02/2023

Episode 9 of our 4th season is live. Check it out.

Especially if you The Who's Tommy is your favourite album.

And a shout out to Jeremy Voltz whose Weekender album we discuss in this episode as well. It was universally liked by the four of us. Jeremy also released a new single called "Miracles" earlier this week.

In this episode, Mike's selection of Tommy generated some mixed discussion, from nostailgia for university to Steve's strong opinions about The Who. But the real star was Jeremy Voltz's Weekender, an indie artist from Toronto. Jeremy also released a solid new single a few days ago on February 22, an...

16/01/2023

New episode posted! Listen to us on your Monday morning commute!

Yeah, we featured two Devin Townsend albums back to back. Craig really likes him. And we learned that Styx was big on the space keyboards. Speaking of bands we've already discussed - we gave a listen to a more recent Gogol Bo****lo album, and Steve had to get the original cast recording of Hamilton....

20/11/2022

Hey! We're back, and not dead, as the rumours that have been flying around may have suggested.

After a long pause, we're publishing our fifth episode. Thanks again for your patience, listeners! Richard is taking over editing from Craig, as Craig's home life is a bit hectic these days. In this episode, we discuss: Cory Wong - "Power Station" Arcade Fire - "Funeral" Lin Manuel Miranda w/ Variou...

13/08/2022

Eve 6's brand of frat rock didn't age so well, and we talked about it in our 3rd return episode. Holy hell could they right a hook, though!

We also discuss some earlier Genesis, Astronoid and Neutral Milk Hotel.

Going for a drive this weekend and want something to listen to? Thank us later.
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ujnep-129a24c

Here's our third episode of our comeback season! The crew dug into a varied list of albums: Genesis "Nursery Cryme" Astronoid "Air" Eve 6 "It's all in your head" Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane over the Sea" These four albums span some playful 70s prog rock, a co-mingling of dreampop and thrash...

26/07/2022

Our second reunion episode is live!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hvq86-12839e8

We've got four new albums to discuss, from The Boss, The Cure, Prince, and Our Lady Peace!

The Zero Check is back for our second episode of our revival season! This time, Craig, Michael, Steve and Rich are discussing a different variety of albums. We've got: Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA" Our Lady Peace's "Clumsy" Prince's "Purple Rain" The Cure's "Disintegration" There's a lot to un...

12/07/2022

Well, it's happened! We published the first episode marking our return to podcasting. Hope you don't hate it (we might be a bit rusty)

The original three hosts, Craig, Steve and Richard are back, and we dragged our friend Michael along! You'll find we're a bit rusty after our million-year hiatus, but we have not three, but four kickass albums to discuss, all connecting to the theme of comebacks. Except for Michael's, his is the opp...

22/04/2022

01/04/2022

We're making a comeback! Recording our reunion episode next week!

Now the question is, do you think this is an April fools prank?

Time will tell!!!

03/12/2021

03/12/2021