After a record-breaking appearance on Josh's 'Weald Discovers - Spotlight Session' on Weald Radio, singer-songwriter Tom Fleur joins the boys for a hearty conversation around all things gigworthy, finding his feet in solo performing and some very small audience attendances.

Tom Fleur Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tomfleurband/

Tom Fleur Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1kP30cbNZeeJULhAtKAWYL

Uncharted Riffs Instagram - @unchartedriffs

Fave Live Gig - Paper Dress Vintage in London

Lyrics - Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)

Vocals - Ain't No Way (Aretha Franklin)

Guitar Riff - And Your Bird Can Sing (The Beatles)

Drum/Bass - Be My Baby (The Ronettes)

Uncharted Song - Is there a Place I can go? (Trudy and the Romance)

This week on Uncharted Riffs we are joined by Will and Sam of Nottingham-based hardcore outfit Blight Town. From their exploration into new styles of rock to Nick and Will recalling their latest weird dreams, this is an episode full of silliness and brand new sentences, something the band is very familiar with.

There were so many potential titles for this episode, I felt obliged to share the best with you without any context. They were:

• Living Room Pizza Place
• Sombrero Mum Dog Wash
• Morning Stompers
• Bin Juice Downer
• Belly Buttons and Birds
• Big Fringe Teenager
• The Lint Pocket

Blight Town Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ithyOukGfKGBz6zc3UAV0?si=gqCB61VdTEmXLeO6s2pYgw

Blight Town Instagram - blighttownuk

Uncharted Riffs Instagram - unchartedriffs

Will:

Favourite Live Gig - Hail The Sun support in Sheffield

Lyrics - Speed Trials (Elliott Smith)

Vocals - Stop The F***ing Car (Circe Survive)

Guitar Riff - Wanna Be My Friend (Disheveled Cuss)

Drum/Bass - Any beat that is polyrhythm of 4/4 over 3/4

Sam:

Favourite Live Gig - Hail The Sun support in Sheffield

Lyrics - Admit It (Say Anything)

Vocals - Living Together (Circa Survive)

Guitar Riff - Just A Man (Dwellings)

Drums/Bass - Vanilla Poltergeist Snake (Glassjaw)

Uncharted Song - Face (Static Dress)

This week on Uncharted Riffs we have a very special first rollover episode... with Domesticated Riot!!

Since they featured in our Man from the Box episode, we have been excited to bring these guys on and we weren't disappointed - Pontus, Rudolf, you outdid yourselves!

Domesticated Riot Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MP3VJLYdsVq3hhbZbSKSI

Domesticated Riot Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/domesticatedriot/

Uncharted Riffs Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/unchartedriffs/

Pontus:

Fave Live Gig - Black Pearl in Kungsbacka

Lyrics - Age of Pamparius by Turbo

Vocals - Victor Crusner from Långfinger

Guitar Riff - Kverlertek

Drum/Bass - New Fang (Them Crooked Vultures) and Longview (Green Day)

Rudolf:

Fave Live Gig - Pustervik

Lyrics - Televators (The Mars Volta)

Vocals - Radiohead, Layne Staley, Elvis

Guitar Riff - Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine)

Drum/Bass - Come Together (The Beatles)

Uncharted Song - True Patriot (Domesticated Riot)

After many months of discussions, the Uncharted Riffs team had a joyous conversation with the frontman of New Jersey indie rock quintet The Haunting. On this episode, Casey takes us through his inspirations from across the years, his personal opinions of their latest record "WIGHTNOISE" as well as his excitement to try the perfect Guinness, with the UR team of course. If you love indie, rock, or just music in general, you'd be doing yourself a disservice not listening to this episode.

The Haunting Instagram - @thehaunt.ing

"WIGHTNOISE" is out NOW! - https://open.spotify.com/album/7ksG4MMQvhttWF5HGmQiRU?si=1tuSP8Z5R5O7zntFxt5iSw

Uncharted Riffs Instagram - @unchartedriffs

Favourite Live Gig:

Toronto during the Raptors' NBA Championship run

Perfect Song Mashup:

Lyrics: Among the Wildflowers (The Hotelier)

Vocals: The Taste of Ink (The Used)

Guitar Riff: Yarusenai (Kudaranai1nichi)

Drum/Bass: Glider (Ruby Haunt)

Uncharted Song:

303 (Lock and Key)

On our first solo episode of 2026, Nick has on both Ollie and Elly from the Falmouth shoegaze trio Fallowed Ground. Having released their debut EP just last week, the duo had plenty of stories talking about their influences, live experiences and just a few drops of hidden subtext within their songs. Add in some talk about condiments, Cornish traditions and the slagging off of Slough, and you have a fantastic episode to lose yourself in.

Fallowed Ground's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5JghFXG4LXev5a70WW9zWx?si=4RiCbAC4S662TBm96YMv-A

Fallowed Ground's Instagram: @fallowed.ground

Uncharted Riffs' Instagram: @unchartedriffs

Favourite Live Gig:

Cornish Bank in Falmouth

Perfect Song Mash-Up:

Lyrics: Trains (Porcupine Tree)

Vocals: Grace (Jeff Buckley)

Guitar riff: Mayonnaise (The Smashing Pumpkins)

Drum/Bass: I Am The Resurrection ( The Stone Roses)

Favourite Uncharted Single:

Willow (Fallowed Ground), Breathe (Petrea) and Weightless (Cosm)

To kick off our next season of episodes, we have indie emo Norwich quartet SUDS, who walked us through their sophomore album 'Tell me about your day again'. This record as well as their previous work blends a range of influences and genres, flipping between everything from emo and shoegaze to indie and folk, thus crafting a sound that has something for everyone.

SUDS Instagram - @suds.band

SUDS 'Tell me about your day again' Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4u6gl0WUBFGfLaBABuqIA5

Uncharted Riffs Instagram - @unchartedriffs

Maesie:

Fave Live Gig - Electric Ballroom with Spanish Love Songs

Perfect Song Mashup:

Lyrics - The Con album (Tegan and Sara)

Vocals - All I Wanted (Paramore)

Guitar Riff - Edgerly (Park National)

Drum - Conscious Uncoupling (Pool Kids) and Until I'm Fine (SUDS)

Jack:

Fave Live Gig - Louisiana in Bristol, Jan 2025

Perfect Song Mashup:

Lyrics - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)

Vocals - Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) and Overgrown (SUDS)

Guitar Riff - Head in the Ceiling Fan (Title Fight)

Drums - Guilt Trip (PUP)

Uncharted Song - Jack's Song (Jetski)

To round off the Uncharted Riffs Christmas, we have brought to you a very special New Years episode where we delve into our top live gigs of the year, our most notable "uncharted" songs of the year AND we learn how Nick really got pinkeye... all whilst together for our FIRST STUDIO RECORDING.

A huge thank you to every single one of you that has supported us in our debut year! It's been a rollercoaster that we're thrilled to be on, and we can't wait to see what comes with 2026.

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Happy New Year Rifflings!

Josh/Nick x

Merry Christmas one and all from each and every one of us at Uncharted Riffs. We've got just two more episodes before the end of the year, each as special as the last!

Up first is our Christmas Special, specifically our Band Names episode, where Josh and Nick spend a painfully long time giggling at silly band names from across history as well as their own creations. This one is particularly fruity, so be sure to jump in knowing the very literal language barrier. Following this is a very special New Year episode, so be sure to look out for that in the coming days.

Regardless, thank you all so much once again for listening to Uncharted Riffs over this year; here's to another successful and music-filled year in 2026.

UR Instagram - @unchartedriffs