Seated or standing? Support band or drinks? Sing along as loudly as possible or watch in respectful silence? These are the dilemmas that have plagued Ivo and Al...
A blast from our patreon past (Nov 2023), in partial honour of Matt Berninger’s tour announcement - we’ll be back next week with a new ep!
For this week's pig tale, have a shower and put on a blue blazer / beloved white shirt, then dive into Alex and Ivo discussing 2013's insightful The National tour documentary / hilarious spinal tap-esque mockumentary / heart-warming examination of fraternal dynamics / chronicle of creative doubt "Mistaken For Strangers". Clive Owen advertised BMWs, dontcha know?
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S4 EP18: Yardpigs For Failure
Who is the Tom Skinner of Gig Pigs? What is a homunculus? And what did Alex’s mum actually say at his 18th? All these questions and more answered in a thrillingly thinly disguised promo for Ivo’s book (May 22), in an episode that we thought would be out in January, and now features some very out of date Radiohead speculation. Pre order Yardsticks For Failure now! A-bosh!
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S4 EP17: Bodega with Garrett Millerick
It's new world now, don't discriminate! Everyone is equally a gigger and a pig! Ivo missed 100% of this Bodega show but it’s Alex missing the final 10% that tees up one of the great Gig Etiquette Podcasts of our times, as culture connoisseur and post office nemesis Garrett Millerick lays down some brutal laws about coats, crowds and mistimed liquids. A (Jack in) titanic episode even before we get to the Stewart Lee impression and Marilyn Manson anecdote. Dedicated to the dedicated!
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S4 EP16: Correspondence
After their favourite weird hot man fails to take the Oscar, Alex and Ivo pig themselves up with some first rate correspondence. New Zealand vinyl pressing, songs about footballers and the inevitable long chat about Bloc Party, all scattered amongst a festive epic from our chief US reporter. You gotta really want it!
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S4 EP15: A Complete Unknown with Nish Kumar
There’s a podcast about Bob Dylan released now called Gig Pigs (what a title!). Nish Kumar is starring in the guest role. Nish is a brilliant podcaster so we were sure he’d be completely believable about Bob. Or a younger Bob. Or some other Bob. The podcast was recorded after the Pigs and Nish watched A Complete Unknown – a nailed on Oscar winner that came out in 2025. It’s a fantastic retelling of events from the early ‘60s that led up to the fiasco at Newport. After you’ve listened to the podcast give it a review!
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Seated or standing? Support band or drinks? Sing along as loudly as possible or watch in respectful silence? These are the dilemmas that have plagued Ivo and Alex - stand up comedians by night, gig pigs by night off - over a decade and a half of watching live music together and it’s time to start opening them up to the floor. Join them every Thursday to find out who they’ve been to see live this week, and which guest they roped along for the ride.
'Gig Pigs' with Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy.
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