36: God did not intend his creation to go raving in IKEA

Heaving ourselves into 2025 like a rebuilt BILLY with
half its dowels missing, No Tags returns to its usual
schedule.


We kick off with a journey to the North Circular, where London’s
biggest club is under investigation following two drug-related
deaths and an alleged stabbing. Following the recent revelations
about Drumsheds in Jim Waterson’s excellent London Centric
newsletter, Tom and Chal ask: why is it so hard to have a
realistic conversation about safety in clubs?


Next we indulge in one of our favourite anorak pastimes
– arguing about arbitrary historical groupings of
underground records! We contend that 2013 was the best year for
album releases so far this century, with DJ Rashad, Oneohtrix
Point Never, Sky Ferreira, Kanye West and Dean Blunt among the
strong portfolio of evidence.


Finally, an announcement! ‘Tis the season for hibernating in
front of the TV and racking up those numbers on Letterboxd, and
in that spirit we are proud to present – adapted from an
original opinion by DJ and friend-of-the-show Finn McCorry
– the first ever No Tags film season! Introducing:
Big Beat Cinema. Look out for that next week.


In the meantime, if you enjoyed this episode of No Tags, please
do rate, review and subscribe on your podcast app of choice, as
it does really help. We’d also ask you to consider subscribing to
our paid tier, which costs £5 a month and helps us continue
planning, recording, editing and transcribing these regular
podcasts – or in the case of next week’s episode, will go towards
renting some seriously ropey turn-of-the-noughties films.
Swordfish, anyone?


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