Episodes
| Title | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20200928 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. | |
| 20201207 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. | |
| 20201221 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. | |
| 20200805 (6M) | James Acaster Perfect Sounds | |
| 20200806 (6M) | James Acaster Perfect Sounds | |
| 20200807 (6M) | James Acaster Perfect Sounds | |
| 20201005 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. | |
| 20201130 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. | |
| 20200804 (6M) | Romesh Ranganathan discovers the album that changed James' mind about pop. | |
| 20200803 (6M) | Sindhu Vee learns to really like the album Bottomless Pit from hip hop trio Death Grips. | |
| Alison Spittle And Dark Spoken Word | 20201026 (6M) 20201102 (6M) | Alison has a strong reaction to Rook to TN34, a spoken word album by the duo eMMplekz. |
| Alison Spittle And Extreme Industrial Metal | 20210524 (6M) | Alison is willing to persevere with the album End Position by Texan duo Street Sects. |
| Athena Kugblenu And Frank Ocean's Blonde | 20210426 (6M) 20210503 (6M) | As a fan of his debut mixtape, Athena is underwhelmed by Frank Ocean's 2016 album Blonde. |
| Athena Kugblenu And Japanese Folk-indie-jazz Fusion | 20201005 (6M) | Athena gets into this one of a kind album that fuses Japanese folk with many genres. |
| Bonus Sounds: Akenya, Cam O'bi And Phoelix On Noname'stelefone | 20210405 (6M) | Noname's key collaborators share their memories of helping to create her debut mixtape. |
| Bonus Sounds: Cyril Yeterian From Bongo Joe | 20201130 (6M) | James explores the mystery behind Song I-V by Rocks & Waves Song Circle. |
| Bonus Sounds: Damien Cluzel | 20201019 (6M) | James chats to the guitarist at the heart of two of his favourite 2016 albums. |
| Bonus Sounds: Drummers Adam Betts And Seb Rochford | 20210419 (6M) 20210426 (6M) | Adam and Seb bring their drum kits along to discuss the drumming on Jon Bap's 'What Now?' |
| Bonus Sounds: Foonyap | 20201221 (6M) | Foonyap talks to James about the struggles that inspired her beautiful album Palimpsest. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Bonus Sounds: Kojey Radical | 20200809 (6M) 20200814 (6M) 20200928 (6M) 20201005 (6M) 20210208 (6M) | A bonus conversation with Kojey Radical recorded live at the 6Music Festival. A bonus conversation with British rapper and spoken word artist Kojey Radical. |
| Bonus Sounds: Netty Rhodes And The Sweet Recorder Consort | 20201102 (6M) 20201109 (6M) | James attempts to learn Morning Thought by Surface To Air Missive from scratch. |
| Bonus Sounds: The Tuts | 20210517 (6M) | Hayes-based three-piece The Tuts take James on a tour of their hometown. |
| Christmas Bonus: Jeff Rosenstock - Worry | 20210104 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. |
| Dane Baptiste And Infinite Looping Psych Rock | 20210510 (6M) | Dane enjoys the frantic Nonagen Infinity by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Dane Baptiste And Kojey Radical's 23winters | 20200809 (6M) 20200814 (6M) 20200921 (6M) 20200928 (6M) 20210201 (6M) 20210208 (6M) | Hip-hop fan Dane discovers the masterful EP spanning rap, spoken word, and Kojey's dad. Hip-hop fan Dane discovers Kojey Radical's masterful 23Winters for the first time. |
| Desiree Burch And Danny Brown's Atrocity Exhibition | 20200810 (6M) 20210308 (6M) 20210405 (6M) | Desiree discovers Detroit rapper Danny Brown's album Atrocity Exhibition. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Desiree Burch And Intricate Fragile Folk | 20201221 (6M) | Desiree is in two minds about Palimpsest by classically trained Canadian musician Foonyap. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Eleanor Tiernan And Recorder Prog Folk Rock | 20201102 (6M) 20201109 (6M) | Eleanor is challenged by the album A V by Surface To Air Missive, by musician Taylor Ross. |
| Evelyn Mok And A Technophobic Metal Nightmare | 20201207 (6M) 20201214 (6M) | Evelyn is back and introduced to Boy Man Machine by Drose. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Evelyn Mok And Malian Hip-hop | 20200817 (6M) 20210315 (6M) | Evelyn discovers the Malian hip-hop artist Luka Productions and his 2016 album Mali Kady. |
| Felicity Ward And Market - Not Good At Spending Time Alone A.k.a. Cleanliness | 20210111 (6M) | James Acaster's Perfect Sounds on 6 Music. |
| Felicity Ward And Nostalgic American Indie | 20210111 (6M) | Felicity is super in to Not Good At Spending Time Alone A.K.A. Cleanliness by Market. |
| Felicity Ward And Public Speaking | 20200831 (6M) | Felicity struggles with Caress, Redact, Public Speaking's album that's all about violence. |
| Gabriel Ebulue And Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree | 20200921 (6M) 20200928 (6M) 20201005 (6M) | Gabriel Ebulue shares his love for Skeleton Tree, the emotional album by Nick Cave. Gabriel Ebulue shares his love for Skeleton Tree, the emotional album by Nick Cave. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Gabriel Ebulue And Personal Beat-fired Balladry | 20210426 (6M) 20210503 (6M) | Gabriel is excited to be introduced to For Good by Fog from musician Andrew Broder. |
| Guz Khan And Ethiopian Crunch | 20201019 (6M) | Guz is on board for a hybrid of hard rock and Ethiopian music on the album Awo by uKanDanZ |
| Guz Khan And Generational Jazz Rap | 20210510 (6M) | Guz is up for giving the self-titled project by S\u00e9l\u00e9b\u00e9yone another chance. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| In Conversation With Kojey Radical | 20200809 (6M) | In conversation with Kojey Radical recorded at the 6 Music Festival |
| Jack Rooke And Thoughtful Inventive Indie | 20210524 (6M) | Jack is over the moon to be introduced to 24 tracks of Thoughts Lined Up by Martin Creed |
| Jack Rooke And Twisted-pop | 20201012 (6M) | Jack Rooke meets NHS nurse Law Holt's diva alter ego. |
| Jamali Maddix And Satanic Spirituals | 20200806 (6M) 20200807 (6M) 20210125 (6M) | Jamali Maddix gets out of his comfort zone with a black metal fusion album |
| Jamali Maddix And Youngster Jiji - Sui / / Rap | 20201228 (6M) | James is attempting to win Jamali's support for 2016 with the album SUI // RAP by jiji. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Jeff Rosenstock, Matthew Crosby And Ed Gamble | 20210104 (6M) | A Christmas treat for you featuring James, Matthew and Ed on seeing Jeff Rosenstock live. |
| Jen Brister And Laura Mvula's The Dreaming Room | 20200807 (6M) 20210201 (6M) | Jen & James discuss why the album The Dreaming Room got Laura Mvula dropped from her label |
| Joe Sutherland And Car Seat Headrest's Teens Of Denial | 20201123 (6M) | James has selected one of the biggest indie albums of the year for Joe. |
| Joe Sutherland And Grindcore | 20200810 (6M) 20210201 (6M) 20210208 (6M) | Joe takes a metaphorical HIIT class with the grindcore album Discordia by Bologna Violenta |
| John Kearns And Teenage Three Piece Rock | 20201026 (6M) 20201102 (6M) | John prefers the second half of Out of Sight by the former Minneapolis rock band, Falling. |
| Katie Dey | 20200824 (6M) | Interview in Melbourne with artist Katie Dey on identity, the internet and mental health. |
| Kemah Bob And Colombian Crunch | 20201012 (6M) | Kemah Bob marvels at this self-titled album from the band Pixvae. |
| Kemah Bob And Noname's Telefone | 20210405 (6M) | Kemah is a fan of this debut mixtape written and recorded by rapper Noname & collaborators |
| Kwame Asante And Noise Rock | 20201109 (6M) 20201116 (6M) | Kwame puts in the work for A Self-Help Tragedy by noise rock supergroup Doomsday Student. |
| Mae Martin And A Drone Folk Crossover | 20200914 (6M) | Mae Martin gets dark and moody to the drone folk crossover album Salt, by Katie Kim. |
| Mae Martin And Jeff Rosenstock - Worry | 20210104 (6M) | Mae Martin is thrilled by the album from which the podcast takes its name. |
| Nathaniel Metcalfe And David Bowie's Blackstar | 20200907 (6M) | Bowie fan Nathaniel revisits his final album, released just two days before his death. |
| Nathaniel Metcalfe And Live Improvised Blues | 20210111 (6M) | Nathaniel would like to dig New Guitar Old Hat Knew Blues, recorded by Mike Cooper |
| Nathaniel Metcalfe And Mike Cooper - New Guitar Old Hat Knew Blues | ||
| Nish Kumar And Bon Iver's 22, A Million | 20200824 (6M) 20200831 (6M) | Bon Iver and folk music fan Nish listens for the first time to their album 22, A Million. |
| Nish Kumar And Kevin Abstract's American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story | 20210118 (6M) 20210412 (6M) 20210419 (6M) | Nish is blown away by this concept album from Brockhampton's Kevin Abstract. |
| Phil Wang And Electronic Mexican Folk | 20201228 (6M) | Phil absolutely loves Me Demand\u00f3 DEMOS, recorded by San Cha. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Phil Wang And Eurosceptic Hip-hop | 20200804 (6M) 20200805 (6M) 20210118 (6M) | Phil Wang gets to grips with a Eurosceptic experimental hip-hop album and tacos. |
| Rachel Parris And Blissful Ambient Folk | 20201109 (6M) 20201116 (6M) | Rachel is drawn to the folk side of Hands In Our Names, an album by Karima Walker. |
| Rob Deering And 80s Stadium-rock-pop | 20200817 (6M) 20210308 (6M) 20210405 (6M) | Rob learns to love Beyond the Fleeting Gales by Crying. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Rob Deering And Outsider Soul Music | 20210419 (6M) 20210426 (6M) | Rob Deering is up for the challenge of Jon Bap's 'What Now?' |
| Romesh Ranganathan And Beyonce's Lemonade | 20200803 (6M) 20200804 (6M) 20210118 (6M) | Romesh Ranganathan discovers the album that changed James' mind about pop. |
| Romesh Ranganathan And Head-scrambling Math Rap | 20201207 (6M) 20201214 (6M) | Romesh is delighted to discover Badd Timing by The Sooper Swag Project. James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever. |
| Sarah Keyworth And A Mysterious Choral Album | 20201130 (6M) | Sarah needs convincing about the story behind Songs I-V by Rocks & Waves Song Circle. |
| Sarah Keyworth And Bedroom Indie-pop | 20200824 (6M) 20210315 (6M) | Sarah learns about the hidden depths of Katie Dey's intriguing album, Flood Network. |
| Sindhu Vee And Conceptual Club Bangers | 20210412 (6M) 20210419 (6M) | Sindhu is not judging anyone who wants to listen to Popp by Oval by Markus Popp. |
| Sindhu Vee And Death Grip's Bottomless Pit | 20200803 (6M) 20200831 (6M) 20200907 (6M) | Sindhu Vee learns to really like the album Bottomless Pit from hip hop trio Death Grips. |
| Sophie Duker And A Raw, Genre-hopping Record | 20201123 (6M) | Sophie is back! James goes all in with the crowd-funded debut album Kiid from Mal Devisa. |
| Sophie Duker And Samba-punk | 20200805 (6M) 20200806 (6M) 20210125 (6M) | Sophie Duker shocks James with a secret as they discuss a samba-punk fusion album. |
| Suzi Ruffell And The One Women Orchestra | 20200914 (6M) | Suzi is dazzled by the album Conarium from Latvian musician Elizabete Bal\u010dus |
| Suzi Ruffell And The Tut's Update Your Brain | 20210517 (6M) | Suzi adores the melodic feminist anthems on this debut punk album from The Tuts. |