Hawkbinge
Hawkbinge is a journey through the astral plane that is the Hawkwind discography one album at a time, presented by an established fan and a first-time listener.
Episodes
32 episodes
Ep 26: Alien 4 + Sideways Through Time
HAWKBINGE RETURNS with a monster of an episode: so much Hawkwind news to catch up, the big release from 1995 to dissect and the big bonus of a chat with our good friend Joe Banks about his most excellent new Hawkwind book “Sideways Through Time...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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2:25:24
Ep 25: White Zone
The White Zone is for loading and unloading only...Welcome to 1995 and the first, and only, episode of Binge Warriors as we deep dive into singular album by Hawkwind under that particular moniker. And what an intriguing deep dive it is ...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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1:37:29
Ep 24: It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous
Fresh from our sojourn to the present to react to the release of the latest album "Stories From Time And Space", Hawkbinge returns to the 1990's to get back to the canon album deep-dives with "It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous" f...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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1:56:17
Ep 23: Stories From Time And Space, Back To The Nexus
The Hawkbinge Release Day Reaction Pod crew assembles to give the hottest of red-hot hot-takes on the latest from the Hawks, "Stories From Time And Space", which dropped today! A journey in time for us for sure, from 1992 where Hawkbinge was la...
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1:10:06
Ep 22: Electric Tepee
The Hawkbinge voyage through the 90's continues with the epic "Electric Tepee". An album almost as long as the podcast that covers it, this one features Hawkwind's biggest step into techno and electronics yet. It's a marathon, not a sprint...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:59:11
Ep 21: Space Bandits
New year, new season, new episode! Hawkbinge is back for season 3 covering the 1990's, kicking off with Space Bandits!Yet another fresh start for Hawkwind with interesting arrivals and departures from the band, so no change there. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:43:22
Ep 20: The Master Playlist So Far... 80's
A Hawkbinge bonus... Setting the seal on season 2, Matt & Andy look back on Matt's selections from the 80's albums that made the Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify. What leapt out at him, what was he thinking? Did he pick the...
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Ep 19: End of Season Special - The 80's
HAWKWIND: THE THATCHER YEARSHawkbinge is back from the dark recesses of our completely unplanned hiatus! And we're casting an eye over 80's Hawkwind to round off season 2 and get our PDA's, pogs and pagers at the ready for ...
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1:31:02
Ep 18: The Future Never Waits, Another Nexus Event Special
The Hawkbinge New-Release Reaction Crew is reunited as friend-of-the-pod Joe Banks joins Matt and Andy as they jump in the DeLorean once more and slide sideways through time from 1988 to 2023 in order to check out the brand new Hawkwind album a...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:22:43
Ep 17.5: Hawkwind @ Prognosis Festival Reaction
Hawkbinge makes another incursion into the podcast timeline for a very quick reaction special to Matt's first time seeing Hawkwind live since starting the podcast.WARNING: Playlist spoilers for people who are going to see the tour!
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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16:14
Ep 17: The Xenon Codex
And so, with the `Chronicle of the Black Sword finally concluded, Hawkwind end the 1980's with The Xenon Codex, and so Hawkbinge brings the curtain crashing down on season 2 with a deep dive into this enigmatic little gem. As ever, we l...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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2:06:58
Ep 16: Live Chronicles
A "Live Chronicles" bonus special episode, with a very special guest...You can't really talk about "Chronicle of the Black Sword" without talking about "Live Chronicles", the live record of the tour that brought all of Hawkwind's Moorco...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:23:06
Ep 15: Chronicle of the Black Sword
ELRIC: Arioch! Aide me in my hour of need!ARIOCH: I am here, what dost thou wishest?ELRIC: I wishest for HAWKBINGE!!!And here it is! Finally! Episode 15, “Chronicle of the Black Sword”, a full 2.5+ hours of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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2:33:00
Ep 14: Choose Your Masques
It's a monster 2 hours of Hawkbinge this time around - Matt has chosen his masque, which side will he be on? Find out here, as Hawkbinge deep dives into 1982’s Choose Your Masques…As ever, we look at what was going in the music world in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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2:02:57
Ep 13: Church of Hawkwind
The Church of Hawkbinge opens it's doors once again, and everyone is welcome!Yes, the oddity that is Church of Hawkwind in the focus this time. Regardless of whether one considers it "Hawkwind canon" or not, (Wikipedia says it is, and t...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:50:10
Ep 12: Sonic Attack
Do not panic!Hawkbinge returns with the long-awaited Sonic Attack episode. The record label has changed, so has the line-up and so has the music. Ginger has gone. So has Tim. And Keith, whoever he was. But Mike is in! And so is Martin! ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:56:34
Ep 11: Levitation
Boom! Hawkbinge kicks off season 2 big time with "Levitation", the album by Ginger Baker's Air-Hawks. The first album of season 2, the first album of the 1980's and the first, and only studio album on the Bronze label.In this episode An...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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2:06:01
Ep 10.5: The Master Playlist So Far... 70's
The Hawkbinge Master Playlist on Spotify is made up of one track from each album as selected by Matt, our first-time listener. While we wait patiently for season 2 to begin (it's very close now...) we take a little look back at the tracks Matt ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:04:02
Ep 10: End of Season Special - The 70's
The Hawkbinge NEW YEAR SPECIAL episode!We're at the end of 2021 and we find Hawkwind at the end of Calvert's tenure, the end o f their Charisma contract, at the end of the 1970's and possibly at the end of the band. What better time to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:54:05
Ep 9: PXR5
"This is the last but one"So reads the cryptic message on the back of PXR5, the final Hawkwind studio release of the 1970's, the final release with Robert Calvert and the final release on the Charisma label. It's also the final release ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:51:02
Ep 8: Hawklords, 25 Years On
Hawkbinge: Reality you can rely on.Yes, Hawkbinge is back! Or is it Bingelords? If so, why? And what will it be next time?All these things and more in this episode as Matt & Andy explore this album released during a most confusi...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:38:15
Ep 7: Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Hawkbinge is back with no less than two hours of Quark, Strangeness and Charm. Yes, once more our attempt at being concise has resulted in a dramatically longer episode than the last. In this episode: Hawkwind's influence on punk is discu...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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2:08:13
Ep 6.5: Somnia, A Nexus Event Special
Hawkbinge was last seen back in 1976, moving steadily towards 1977 and the forthcoming "Quark, Strangeness & Charm" episode (in edit mode as this is written). Then, boom! A new Hawkwind album drops. We are scheduled to arrive at "Somnia" fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:02:00
Ep 6: Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
Hawkbinge weighs in with a mammoth 115 minute podcast about this transitional and rather divisive album in the Hawkwind discography - there's just so much to get into about this music and the rather sliding-doors time period in band history. Se...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:45:28
Ep5: Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Hawkbinge returns with 105 minutes on Warrior On The Edge Of Time. Another hugely extended episode is required to unpack this milestone album and everything that surrounds it. Andy & Matt get into not only the music, but also Michael ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:45:28