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The Anoraks return with less guile and more gusto than ever before as Alex Lawson and Alex Burnard host an Alex-packed show. The gagoul-clad DJs chair deep discussions into how to approach a school disco, how do dodge a lie in Real Fake featuring Scotch on the Socks star Omar Gawd and where Cyril has got to in plotting his musical map of the world. Elsewhere Thundercat, Rodney P, Smog and A Winged Victory for the Sullen wow with some rather splendid tunes. Check www.shoreditchradio.co.uk/the-anoraks and @anorakssdr

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Anoraks Tom Bonnett and Alex Lawson meet experimental Ninja Tune artists Grasscut in a special edition of the fortnightly Shoreditch Radio show. Grasscut's Marcus O'Dair and Andrew Phillips discuss the south London label's progression, their involvement in it and playing live across Europe. The show features some brand new and unreleased material from Ninja Tune as well as classics from the likes of Bonobo, Jaga Jazzist, Roots Manuva and Mr Scruff. As ever, the usual mix of in-depth musical mutterings and salacious silliness ensues.

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The Anorak's cope with a week without Tom Bonnett by replacing him with the very lovely indie pop star and ShadowPlay agony aunt Piney Gir. Piney tells Alex Lawson and Alex Burnard about her new album, school uniformed recording playing ladies and answers listeners' agony aunt questions. She also picks some great new music, plays along in our usual brainteaser Real Fake and enjoys our look back at The Clash legend Joe Stummer in Dead Good. Great music elsewhere comes from Nouvelle Vague, Keith & Ken and Of Montreal.

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This time out The Anoraks take you on a car journey with silly games (Alphabeat), scenes from afar (with our Adventuring Anorak Cyril) and music to make you bellow (with Horse Meat Disco’s Wham remix). We’ll be discussing DJ Shadow’s latest charitable act stashing his new release in unlikely place and chowing down on the career of one of music’s greatest innovators, Raymond Scott.

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The nerDJs hone in on voodoo in this edition of Shoreditch Radio's more incisive and, more importantly, fun music show. Tom Bonnett, Alex Burnard and Alex Lawson chew the fat on new app WahWah.fm which allows you to make an radio station from your smartphone and we find out where Cyril's arrive while charting our musical map of the world. Mr Bonnett also takes a trip into the world of voodoo for a special on the phenomenon and the traditional, rhythmic music that accompanies it. Charles Bradley, Buck 65, Laurel Halo and Ides also feature in a packed show.

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The Anoraks find themselves with an Alex-imbalance as Mr Tom Bonnett hides under his hood this time out. But never fear, some very special guests in the form of fellow station DJs the Sure Ditch Stars' Talia and Becks step up to the plate in guessing whether Mr Burnard is a phoney in Real Fake. Elsewhere in a rammed show, the Alexes ponder the validity and worth of supergroups, celebrate the life of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti in our tastelessly-titled feature Dead Good and our Adventuring Anorak Cyril gets cantankerous on his next musical stop. We feature Eluvium in Piano Time and enjoy cuts from the Pixies, Louis Prima, Quantic Soul Orchestra and Beck.

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The Anoraks return with a show more packed than your auntie’s suitcase before a week in Marbella. The trio examine perceptions of a mainland European music in the UK, where next for Battles and why sailing a boat named Titanic Two might just be ill-advised. Great music from the likes of La Bionda, The Sonics, Benji Boko and Tinariwen accompanies Cyril’s next stop as he traverses America; the life of the late, great Pinetop Perkins is debated in a Dead Good that looks at Delta Bluesmen and the City Shanty Band are the latest in our series on bizarre collectives in the capital. Tune in…

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The Anoraks have the pleasure of inviting The Wire magazine’s reviews editor Derek Walmsley into the studio to talk new releases, trends and beautifully obscure music. The likes of Dalglish, DVA and Fatima, Samamidon, Addison Groove and Sufjan Stevens provide aural delights providing the soundtrack to an episode fact with facts, analysis and silliness. The Anoraks will be puzzling over Real Fake, heading to the US via Adventuring Anorak Cyril and featuring a report from The Great Escape festival.

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The Anoraks set a virtual course for Jamaica to profile the legendary reggae label, Trojan Records. One of the most influential musical outputs of all time, Trojan has been synonymous with great reggae, rock steady and dancehall among a plethora genres and sub-genres. Starting with its roots in 1967, The Anoraks will guide you from the label’s foundations at Duke Reid’s liquor store right the way through its catalogue featuring Robert ‘Dandy’ Thompson, Dennis Walks, Lee Perry, Louisa Mark and many more with the help of Earl Gateshead, the selector heading up the mighty Trojan Soundsystem.

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