A monthly podcast in which Robin Allender talks to writers, musicians and performers about their work and inspirations. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
The Allender Calendar
Claim This Podcastby Robin Allender
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26 episodes
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A monthly podcast in which Robin Allender talks to writers, musicians and performers about their work and inspirations. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
August 17, 2026
Episode 24: Simon Reynolds
<p>This month on The Allender Calendar I'm delighted to be joined by the music journalist Simon Reynolds to discuss his new book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994. Simon has previously written about music's obsession with the past (Retromania) and the future (Futuromania), as well as publishing acclaimed volumes on post-punk (the essential Rip it Up), glam rock and rave. Still in a Dream is different from Simon's other books in some ways because it's less about a specific genre or musical impulse, and more about a particular moment in musical history, when bands sought to reimagine guitar music and challenge and intoxicate listeners with ravishing sounds and pure noise, offering an escape from grim reality into a narcotic dream. And Simon, as a writer for Melody Maker, was there on the frontline, in a team of young journalists working symbiotically with the artists they put on the cover.</p><br><p>You can get hold of Still in a Dream here:</p><br><p>https://store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/still-in-a-dream</p><br><p>Simon's blog:</p><br><p>https://blissout.blogspot.com/</p><br><p>If you want to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here:</p><br><p>https://buymeacoffee.com/robinallender</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 16, 2026
Episode 23 (Part 2): Cass McCombs's Wit's End with William Doyle
<p>In part two of my interview with William Doyle about Cass McCombs's Wit's End, we go through the album song-by-song. We even get the guitars out to play along.</p><br><p>If you want to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here:</p><br><p>https://buymeacoffee.com/robinallender</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 16, 2026
Episode 23 (Part 1): Cass McCombs's Wit's End with William Doyle
<p>This month on The Allender Calendar, it's a two-part special as I (Robin Allender) talk to the musician William Doyle about Cass McCombs's beautifully morbid 2011 album, Wit's End. In the first part, we discuss Cass's extraordinary lyrics, what makes him such a unique (and underrated) songwrite, and where we were when we first heard the album.</p><br><p>Interview with Cass McCombs from around the time of Wit's End:</p><br><p>https://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/cass-mccombs-scorpio-rising</p><br><p>Also in The Fader, this is my favourite interview with Cass from 2022:</p><br><p>https://www.thefader.com/2022/08/17/cass-mccombs-heartmind-interview-new-album-2022</p><br><p>Never Ending Stories podcast interview with Cass McCombs:</p><br><p>https://shows.acast.com/never-ending-stories-pod/episodes/nes-068-the-cass-mccombs-interview</p><br><p>We briefly mention Cass's song Bradley Manning which was recorded before Chelsea Manning transitioned. </p><br><p>William Doyle's Bandcamp page:</p><br><p>https://williamdoyle.bandcamp.com/</p><br><p>If you want to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here:</p><br><p>https://buymeacoffee.com/robinallender</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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