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BBC Sounds

For music and pop culture lovers looking for an authentic and light-hearted take on the week in music... with broadcasters and music fanatics Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw.

Sidetracked with Annie and Nick

Are phone-free experiences the future? Annie and Nick discuss the importance of forging real connections after an effective stickers-on-phones policy. Elsewhere, 90,000 Bowie artefacts are being exhibited at London’s V&A museum and Bad Bunny puts his fan’s safety first by deciding not to tour in the US. Plus, Cardi B takes album sales into her own hands, the 2026 Coachella line-up is (already) here, and Annie and Nick discuss their Mercury Prize winner predictions.
 
Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk
 
 
ALBUMS

Cardi B – Am I the Drama? 

CMAT – EUROCOUNTRY 

Jacob Alon – In Limerence 

Pulp – More 

Fontaine’s D.C. - Romance 

Joe Webb - Hamstrings & Hurricanes 

Martin Carthy - Transform Me Then Into A Fish 

SL – Block Tales 
 
SONGS 
 
Selda Bağcan - İnce İnce Bir Kar Yağar

Bad Bunny, Bowie at The V&A, and Chicken Gate

What the hell happened in music this summer? Annie and Nick reflect back on a season to remember, from the Song of the Summer (or lack thereof) to their personal highlights from the past few months. Plus, Annie and Nick road test a new, and somewhat unhinged, feature...the Gigging Forecast! Similar to the shipping one but think more live events than high seas. 
 
Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk 

SONGS 

 
HAIM – Take Me Back 

Chappell Roan – The Subway 

Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand 

HUNTR/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami – Golden 

Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 

Addison Rae – Headphones On 

HAIM – Relationships 

Olivia Dean – Man I Need 

 
ALBUMS 

Charli XCX – brat 

KPop Demon Hunters – Soundtrack from the Netflix Film 

Addison Rae – Addison 

HAIM – I Quit 

Wolf Alice – The Clearing 

CMAT – Euro-Country

K-Pop Demon Hunters, 90s Nostalgia, and the Coral Reef

Inspired by Annie’s recent driving epiphanies, Nick details how CMAT made a journey to Manchester a spiritual experience. In other news, Beyoncé and Jay Z might be moving to the Cotswolds, Cardi B continues to be the funniest person in the world, and Sabrina Carpenter’s interview with Gayle King gave us more questions than answers. And after an overwhelming response to a Sidetracked social clip about invisible DJs, Annie and Nick present the most compelling arguments for and against. 
Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

SONGS 

CMAT - Lord, Let That Tesla Crash 

CMAT - Ready 

CMAT – Iceberg 

CMAT – Coronation St. 

CMAT – Sports Car (Radio 1 Live Lounge) 

Wolf Alice – The Sofa 

Wolf Alice – Just Two Girls 

Oliver Sim – Obsession 

Blood Orange feat. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa – Mind Loaded 

Mazzy Star – Fade Into You 

Sabrina Carpenter – Tears 

TSHA - Revolution 
 
ALBUMS 

CMAT – Euro-Country 

Wolf Alice – The Clearing 

Blood Orange – Essex Honey 

Sabrina Carpenter – Man's Best Friend

CMAT is God, Invisible DJs, and a Taylor Swift Retraction

From Chappell Roan’s Reading Festival set to Notting Hill Carnival, Annie and Nick discuss the August bank holiday weekend – and how enjoyable it is to sit down. Plus, the music that inspired several epiphanies for Annie on her drive back from Forwards Festival in Bristol. Elsewhere, Beth Ditto thinks Nick CAN sing, Annie gives her analysis of Taylor Swift’s album announcement, and a listener describes how a Fat Dog gig helped her let go on the dancefloor. 

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

SONGS 

Chappell Roan – The Subway 

The Who – Baba O’Riley 

Oliver Sim - Obsession 

Soul Wax - New Earth Time 

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 

Wolf Alice - The Sofa 

Wolf Alice - Just Two Girls 

ALBUMS 

Natalie Bergman - My Home Is Not In This World 

Jim Legxacy - Black British Music 

Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 

CMAT - Euro-Country

Chappell Roan, Notting Hill Carnival and Musical Midlife Crises

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme joins Nick to discuss the week in music. It's been a tough week for All Points East, the festival was the focus of some savage reviews after Sault’s much anticipated show and now Doechii has cancelled her upcoming headline slot. Nick and Josh ask: where has it all gone wrong? Plus, Taylor Swift isn’t the only one with a new album coming out in October, Florence + The Machine are returning, and Josh recalls the time he tried and failed to match Florence Welch’s ethereal energy. Elsewhere, Lana Del Rey and Ethel Cain are in a feud, the Hives are back and better than ever, and Liam Gallagher’s been banned from throwing his tambourine into the crowd at Oasis gigs. 

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk 

SONGS 

The Hives – The Hives Forever Forever the Hives 

Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream 

Big Freedia – Explode 

Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash – Jackson 

Florence + The Machine & Josh Homme – Jackson (MTV Unplugged) 

The Smiths – This Night Has Opened My Eyes 

OutKast – Hey Ya! 

Robyn – Dancing On My Own 

New Order – Blue Monday 

Radiohead – Let Down 

Dean Martin – Mambo Italiano 

ALBUMS/EPS 

Queens of the Stone Age – Alive in the Catacombs 

The Hives – The Hives Forever Forever the Hives 

Taylor Swift – The Life of a Showgirl 

Oasis – Definitely Maybe 

Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream

Sidetracked with Josh Homme

A look back on the biggest musical lessons of 2025 so far with the help of Sidetracked’s guests, including Cynthia Erivo sharing her theory on why we’re created with the ability to sing, Stevie Wonder pondering the concept of retirement, and James Blake standing up for Coldplay. Plus, Michael Eavis’s approach to birthday parties, Alana Haim’s bad habits and Sir Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury budget. 

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Annie & Nick’s Mid-Year Review

Is it ever okay to talk during a gig? Do rock concerts have the friendliest crowds? And can one wear glasses in a mosh pit? Annie and Nick ponder all this and more in this listener curated special about gig culture in 2025 and share their own live music highs and lows. 

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk.

Mosh Pits Gone Wrong, Sobbing at Glastonbury, and Confidence Man Fans

Nick is joined by guest co-host and Fontaines D.C. guitarist, Carlos O’Connell, this week to analyse the concept of recession pop and the positivity rates of popular songs. What impact can the economy have on our listening habits? Elsewhere this week, fans say Justin Timberlake is ruining the tour (the world tour), Madonna’s released her much-anticipated remix album, and Nadia Lee Cohen has directed a music video for Aphex Twin. Plus, Carlos explains the complex themes of Disney’s Frozen to an enthralled Nick and reveals how an encounter with a scammer palm reader in San Francisco helped him get a part on Lena Dunham's Too Much. 

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk 

You can read Mark Savage’s story on music trends here: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-052ab668-403d-416f-b5a6-c5692313b9b4 

SONGS 

Fontaines D.C. - It’s Amazing To Be Young 

Aphex Twin – Korg Funk 5 

CMAT – Euro Country 

Fontaines D.C. - Boys in the Better Land 

Ed Sheeran – Shape of You 

Chappell Roan – Hot To Go! 

Pharell Williams – Happy 

Idina Menzel – Let It Go 

ALBUMS 

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel 

Fontaines D.C. - Romance 

The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 

CMAT – Euro Country 

Madonna – Veronica Electronica 

Madonna – Ray of Light 

Madonna – Erotica 

Mên An Tol – The Country 

 
TV SHOWS 

Too Much, Netflix

Sidetracked with Carlos O’Connell

Annie sits down with musician, author, and actor Jordan Stephens, whilst Nick is on holiday, to discuss some of the ‘globally gas’ headlines from the world of music: the Coldplay CEO scandal and Jess Glynne’s Jet2 jingle. Elsewhere, Jordan and Annie begin to unpick the complexities of AI and streaming platforms and discuss some more positive news about how the industry is (finally) recognising that artists should be paid. Plus, are people too worried to let go and dance at gigs? Tyler, The Creator has dropped a new album about body movement and connection – is it the antidote to the threats facing music culture? 

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Sidetracked with Jordan Stephens

Stevie Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists in the world, he's won 25 Grammy Awards and an Oscar, and his activism has played a pivotal role in historic world events. In this very special episode of Sidetracked, recorded in a makeshift studio in a hotel on the edge of Hyde Park, Stevie tells Annie Macmanus about his approach to song writing, his adventurous childhood and his feelings about the word 'retirement'.

Chappell Roan, Notting Hill Carnival and Musical Midlife Crises

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