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James Acaster's Perfect Sounds Episodes

  1. Jack Rooke & twisted-pop

    Jack Rooke meets NHS nurse Law Holt's diva alter ego.

  2. Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion

    Athena gets into this one of a kind album that fuses Japanese folk with many genres.

  3. Gabriel Ebulue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree

    Gabriel Ebulue shares his love for Skeleton Tree, the emotional album by Nick Cave.

  4. Bonus Sounds: Kojey Radical

    A bonus conversation with British rapper and spoken word artist Kojey Radical.

  5. Dane Baptiste & Kojey Radical鈥檚 23Winters

    Hip-hop fan Dane discovers Kojey Radical's masterful 23Winters for the first time.

  6. Mae Martin and a drone folk crossover

    Mae Martin gets dark and moody to the drone folk crossover album Salt, by Katie Kim.

  7. Suzi Ruffell & the One Women Orchestra

    Suzi is dazzled by the album Conarium from Latvian musician Elizabete Bal膷us

  8. Nathaniel Metcalfe and David Bowie's Blackstar

    Bowie fan Nathaniel revisits his final album, released just two days before his death.

  9. Sindhu Vee & Death Grip's Bottomless Pit

    Sindhu Vee learns to really like the album Bottomless Pit from hip hop trio Death Grips.

  10. Felicity Ward & Public Speaking

    Felicity struggles with Caress, Redact, Public Speaking's album that's all about violence.

  11. Nish Kumar & Bon Iver's 22, A Million

    Bon Iver and folk music fan Nish listens for the first time to their album 22, A Million.

  12. Katie Dey

    Interview in Melbourne with artist Katie Dey on identity, the internet and mental health.

  13. Sarah Keyworth & bedroom indie-pop

    Sarah learns about the hidden depths of Katie Dey's intriguing album, Flood Network.

  14. Evelyn Mok & Malian hip-hop

    Evelyn discovers the Malian hip-hop artist Luka Productions and his 2016 album Mali Kady.

  15. Rob Deering & 80s stadium-rock-pop

    Rob learns to love Beyond the Fleeting Gales by Crying.

  16. Desiree Burch & Danny Brown's Atrocity Exhibition

    Desiree discovers Detroit rapper Danny Brown's album Atrocity Exhibition.

  17. Joe Sutherland & grindcore

    Joe takes a metaphorical HIIT class with the grindcore album Discordia by Bologna Violenta

  18. BONUS SOUNDS: Kojey Radical

    A bonus conversation with Kojey Radical recorded live at the 6Music Festival.

  19. Dane Baptiste & Kojey Radical鈥檚 23Winters

    Hip-hop fan Dane discovers the masterful EP spanning rap, spoken word, and Kojey's dad.

  20. Jen Brister & Laura Mvula's The Dreaming Room

    Jen & James discuss why the album The Dreaming Room got Laura Mvula dropped from her label

  21. Jamali Maddix & satanic spirituals

    Jamali Maddix gets out of his comfort zone with a black metal fusion album

  22. Sophie Duker & samba-punk

    Sophie Duker shocks James with a secret as they discuss a samba-punk fusion album.

  23. Phil Wang & Eurosceptic hip-hop

    Phil Wang gets to grips with a Eurosceptic experimental hip-hop album and tacos.

  24. Romesh Ranganathan & Beyonce's Lemonade

    Romesh Ranganathan discovers the album that changed James' mind about pop.

  25. This is James Acaster鈥檚 Perfect Sounds

    James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever.

  27. Rachel Parris & an orchestral art-rock collaboration

    Classically trained Rachel dissects this experimental classical album Balter/Saunier.

  29. Gabriel Ebulue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree

    Gabriel Ebulue shares his love for Skeleton Tree, the emotional album by Nick Cave.

  30. Bonus Sounds: Netty Rhodes & the SWeet Recorder Consort

    James attempts to learn Morning Thought by Surface To Air Missive from scratch.

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