James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

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Episodes: 117


 Mar 6, 2021


 May 26, 2020

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For James Acaster 2016 is the greatest year for music of all time. Following a breakup James set out to rekindle his love for music by buying hundreds of new and niche releases from 2016. Now he's sharing his obsession with fellow comedians, exploring his favourite albums: from Beyoncé's internet-breaking Lemonade, to Colombian math rock fusion, and everything in between.


Episode Date
Fatiha El-Ghorri is in Heavn
May 27, 2022
Aparna Nancherla & Freetown Sound
May 20, 2022
Jen Ives & An Escape Into Space
May 13, 2022
Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q
May 06, 2022
Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo
Apr 29, 2022
Fern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé
Apr 22, 2022
Sadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues
Apr 15, 2022
Sara Barron & Emily's D+Evolution
Apr 08, 2022
Nathan Caton & an OST to Nothing
Apr 01, 2022
Thanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction
Mar 25, 2022
Jayde Adams & Hard Pop Opera
Mar 18, 2022
Rhys Nicholson & That '70s Funk Thang
Mar 11, 2022
Charlie George, Vampires and Periods
Mar 04, 2022
Fatiha El-Ghorri & Cohen's Final Bow
Feb 25, 2022
Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes & Bollywave
Feb 18, 2022
Aaron Chen & ОЭЩ МАГЗИУ
Feb 11, 2022
Jen Ives & A Journey Into Darkness
Feb 04, 2022
Kiri Pritchard-McLean & Portuguese Fusion Pop Jazz
Jan 28, 2022
Dai Henwood & Pop Royalty
Jan 21, 2022
Isy Suttie & International Prog Folk
Jan 14, 2022
Chloe Petts On The Quest...
Jan 07, 2022
Ahir Shah & Baroque Classic Pop
Dec 17, 2021
Rosie Jones and Isolation Indie Rap
Dec 10, 2021
Sikisa Takes A Seat At The Table
Dec 03, 2021
Aparna Nancherla & A Rich, Heavy Ethereal Blanket
Nov 26, 2021
Bonus Sounds: Zach Phillips of OSR Tapes
Nov 19, 2021
Harriet Kemsley and 'Absolute Chaos!'
Nov 19, 2021
Stuart Laws & Angela Sawyer
Nov 12, 2021
Maisie Adam & Who-Pa-Zoo-Tic Sounds
Nov 05, 2021
Fern Brady & Emo R&B
Oct 29, 2021
Bonus Sounds: Anthony Fantano Explains Himself
Oct 22, 2021
Sadia Azmat & Cheltenham Trip Hop
Oct 22, 2021
Nathan Caton & old-school hip hop
Oct 15, 2021
Sara Barron & retro indie-pop
Oct 08, 2021
Thanyia Moore & Rihanna's ANTI
Oct 01, 2021
Jayde Adams & self-penned gospel
Sep 24, 2021
Bonus Sounds: James' dad - Johnnie Frierson - Have You Been Good To Yourself
Sep 24, 2021
Harriet Kemsley & Krip Hop
Sep 17, 2021
Rhys Nicholson & gothic Americana
Sep 10, 2021
Charlie George & Kendrick Lamar's untitled unmastered.
Sep 03, 2021
Toussaint Douglass & eccentric indie
Aug 27, 2021
Bonus Sounds: Andrew Falkous - Christian Fitness
Aug 20, 2021
Maisie Adam & comedic post-punk
Aug 20, 2021
Aaron Chen & dark reggae
Aug 13, 2021
Kiri Pritchard-Mclean & experiemental sampling hip hop
Aug 06, 2021
Dai Henwood & the house party concept album
Jul 30, 2021
Isy Suttie & a drum duo
Jul 23, 2021
BONUS SOUNDS: Radiohead's Colin Greenwood
Jul 23, 2021
Chloe Petts & bedroom indie pop
Jul 16, 2021
Ahir Shah & a blissful sound collage
Jul 09, 2021
Rosie Jones & Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool
Jul 02, 2021
2016 is back and more perfect than before!
Jun 24, 2021
Eleanor Tiernan & Run The Jewels 3
Apr 30, 2021
John Kearns & celebratory North African sampled vinyl
Apr 16, 2021
Rachel Parris & an orchestral art-rock collaboration
Apr 09, 2021
Jen Brister & experimental Majorcan folk
Apr 02, 2021
BONUS SOUNDS: Joana Gomila & Dr Judith R Cohen
Apr 01, 2021
Jack Rooke & thoughtful inventive indie
Mar 26, 2021
Alison Spittle & extreme industrial metal
Mar 19, 2021
Dane Baptiste & infinite looping psych rock
Mar 12, 2021
Suzi Ruffell & The Tut's Update Your Brain
Mar 05, 2021
BONUS SOUNDS: The Tuts
Mar 05, 2021
Guz Khan & generational jazz rap
Feb 26, 2021
Athena Kugblenu & Frank Ocean’s Blonde
Feb 19, 2021
Gabriel Ebulue & personal beat-fired balladry
Feb 12, 2021
BONUS SOUNDS: Drummers Adam Betts & Seb Rochford
Feb 05, 2021
Rob Deering & outsider soul music
Feb 05, 2021
Nish Kumar & Kevin Abstract's American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
Jan 29, 2021
Sindhu Vee & conceptual club bangers
Jan 22, 2021
BONUS SOUNDS: Akenya, Cam O'Bi and Phoelix on Noname'sTelefone
Jan 15, 2021
Kemah Bob & Noname's Telefone
Jan 15, 2021
Felicity Ward & nostalgic American indie
Jan 08, 2021
Nathaniel Metcalfe & live improvised blues
Jan 01, 2021
BONUS SOUNDS: Jeff Rosenstock, Matthew Crosby & Ed Gamble
Dec 25, 2020
Mae Martin & Jeff Rosenstock's Worry
Dec 25, 2020
Jamali Maddix & screamcore rap
Dec 18, 2020
BONUS SOUNDS: Foonyap
Dec 11, 2020
Desiree Burch & intricate fragile folk
Dec 11, 2020
Phil Wang & electronic Mexican folk
Dec 04, 2020
Evelyn Mok & a technophobic metal nightmare
Nov 27, 2020
Romesh Ranganathan & head-scrambling math rap
Nov 20, 2020
BONUS SOUNDS: Cyril Yeterian from Bongo Joe
Nov 13, 2020
Sarah Keyworth & a mysterious choral album
Nov 13, 2020
Joe Sutherland & Car Seat Headrest's Teens of Denial
Nov 06, 2020
Sophie Duker & a raw, genre-hopping record
Oct 30, 2020
Rachel Parris & blissful ambient folk
Oct 23, 2020
Kwame Asante & noise rock
Oct 16, 2020
BONUS SOUNDS: Netty Rhodes & the SWeet Recorder Consort
Oct 09, 2020
Eleanor Tiernan & recorder prog folk rock
Oct 09, 2020
John Kearns & teenage three piece rock
Oct 02, 2020
Alison Spittle & dark spoken word
Sep 25, 2020
BONUS SOUNDS: Damien Cluzel
Sep 18, 2020
Guz Khan & Ethiopian Crunch
Sep 18, 2020
Kemah Bob & Colombian Crunch
Sep 11, 2020
Jack Rooke & twisted-pop
Sep 04, 2020
Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion
Aug 28, 2020
Gabriel Ebulue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree
Aug 21, 2020
BONUS SOUNDS: Kojey Radical
Aug 14, 2020
Dane Baptiste & Kojey Radical’s 23Winters
Aug 14, 2020
Mae Martin and a drone folk crossover
Aug 07, 2020
Suzi Ruffell & the One Women Orchestra
Jul 31, 2020
Nathaniel Metcalfe & David Bowie’s Blackstar
Jul 24, 2020
Sindhu Vee & Death Grip’s Bottomless Pit
Jul 17, 2020
Felicity Ward & Public Speaking
Jul 10, 2020
Nish Kumar & Bon Iver's 22, A Million
Jul 03, 2020
Sarah Keyworth & bedroom indie-pop
Jun 26, 2020
BONUS SOUNDS: Katie Dey
Jun 26, 2020
Evelyn Mok & Malian hip-hop
Jun 19, 2020
Rob Deering & 80s stadium-rock-pop
Jun 12, 2020
Desiree Burch & Danny Brown's Atrocity Exhibition
Jun 05, 2020
Joe Sutherland & grindcore
May 29, 2020
Jen Brister & Laura Mvula's The Dreaming Room
May 22, 2020
Jamali Maddix & satanic spirituals
May 15, 2020
Sophie Duker & samba-punk
May 08, 2020
Phil Wang & Eurosceptic hip-hop
May 01, 2020
Romesh Ranganathan & Beyoncé's Lemonade
Apr 24, 2020
This is James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds
Apr 17, 2020