Welcome to Episode 103 of the miserable music podcast: also known as the longest episode ever (maybe, I haven't checked), or the Episode we discuss the death of the Mercury Prize, or if you have different taste in music, the episode we discuss the best Mercury Prize shortlist of all time. Either way, it's our Mercury Prize special for 2026. Listening will tell you so many things that will improve your life, like: who we want to win, who we think will win, what did we discover, which winner would upset us the most, and whether or not orange exists.

Regular hosts Matt and Fran are joined by recent regular host Sam Atkins and never regular, but always great, host Fat Roland.

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Welcome to another Episode of Picky Bastards, in our new Sam free era. Another rotating guest joins us for this one in the form of Lisa Whiteman-Pierce. This month, we discuss recently released albums from Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Grace Cummings, L'Rain, and Petey USA and a classic from the Judds before Lisa takes us on an emotional journey through her love of Sinead o'Connor in the Why I Love section.

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The podcast mini marathon continues, as Fran and James discuss Emotional Junglist by Nia Archives.

With James being a big fan of electronic music, and Fran feeling like a fraud every time he has to talk about it, how will this one go? Tune in to find out.

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It's another podcast mini from the miserable music podcast. This time, Fran and Sam get together to discuss what may be both of their most anticipated album releases of the decade so far - Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers. But will it live up to their high expectations?

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It's another mini edition of the miserable music podcast known as Picky Bastards.

This time out, regular host Fran Slater is joined by Will Collins to discuss Massive Champion by Getdown Services. Did we love it? Did we hate it? Did we get over our pretentious preconceptions? Well, I guess you'll have to listen to find out.

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Life without Sam as a co-host begins in Episode 101, where Matt and Fran are joined by the first in a series of rotating guests for this here miserable music podcast.

Joe Hoare joins us to discuss new releases from Beth Orton, Madonna, JJerome87, and Mary in the Junkyard and classic from Bratmobile. Fran closes out the episode by telling you why he loves Kevin Morby.

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Yep. Believe it or not, the most disorganised set of miserable music podcasters have managed to make it to 100 episodes.

To celebrate, we get the usual crew together alongside Pickybs.com editors and regular podcast guests James and Tom. Instead of the normal playlist full of new releases and classic albums, we look back at our favourite musical discoveries since we started the show in 2017.

Expect quick fire questions, random ramblings, emotional reflections, and awful music tastes.

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It's Picky Bastards Podcast Mini time once more. Join regular podcast host Fran Slater and previous guest and pickybs.com editor Tom Burrows as they share their thoughts on Fenian by Kneecap.

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