A wonderful night at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, where we met venue runner Nathan Clark, head of security Jo, gig goers Liz & Nomis and Chris Catalyst among others. What an incredible place! Thanks to Independent Venue Week and Beavertown for giving us an ace week around the country! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join us for our evening at Night & Day in Manchester, where we spoke with Opus Kink and The Great Unwashed, special guests Maruja - plus IVW volunteers Mia and Steph as well as perpetual gig goer Sharon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the first night of Independent Venue Week in collaboration with Beavertown tour, we headed to The Louisiana to see LICE, Blood Wizard, Eva Penney and The New Cut. We spoke with venue owner Mary, volunteer Ruby and sound engineer Emily plus the artists playing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At Dingwalls, Camden we heard from Prima Queen's Kristin and Louise, plus Opus Kink's Angus about their favourite memories of indendent venues. Independent Venue Week in collaboration with Beavertown goes on tour next week, hitting Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Livepool and London. Get your tickets at beavertownbrewery.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jesus Lizard, IDLES, Lambrini Girls and McDonalds all get a mention in today's Stop & Chat with Cal from DITZ. Their new album Never Exhale is out this Friday, and they're touring all over EU in Feb/March. Join the 101 Fan Club for £2 per month (comes with big badge): Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue....
At Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom, Stuart tells us about growing up in the city, the class separation in music and how he's never lost the youthful spirit. Mogwai's new album The Bad Fire is out on Friday. Photo: Steve Gullick Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get ...
In one of the most remarkable music stories of our time, Vashti Bunyan's terrifying and beautiful experience as part of a travelling community set the light for her debut album Just Another Diamond Day in 1970 - an album that wasn't truly discovered until 30 years later. Now about to reissue her second wonderful album Lookaftering, she reflects on her life with forgiveness, surprise and gratitude. Photo: Christopher Fernandez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Behind the alchemical sounds of Anna B Savage is a long track of side-hustles and working out how to be a full-time artist. Now on her third album You & i are Earth, the London-born Ireland-based artist reflects on her years making terrariums, "chugging" and working at a toy shop that on one occasion expanded its portfolio. Photo: Katie Silvester Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2...
At 19, Alex Kapranos was promoting independent gigs in Glasgow. Working a laundry list of jobs to keep playing music, he eventually broke through as one of the zeitgeists of British indie rock. Now releasing their sixth album The Human Fear, featuring some of their best work, Alex looks back on years of putting his life where his belief is. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid...
James from Australia's Delivery fields questions on digging holes, how warm a loo seat should be and teaching Aussie rules football. The band's second album is out next Friday on Heavenly Recordings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the brink of their excellent debut album Who Let The Dogs Out (this Friday), Lambrini Girls' Phoebe and Lily join Giles about the new breed of white van man, DJing with extra special sound effects, gig injuries, the vitality of independent venues and making work gaffes at the company that now sponsor them. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun an...
In the glow of his new solo record Love & Lore and during a tour with Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan talks violent early years of punk and skateboarding, the music community that exists beyond the industry, and how writing songs has saved him from insanity. Love & Lore is out now. Photo: Lyndsey Byrnes Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and...
Looking back on moments with IDLES' Joe Talbot, Irish hip-hop trio KNEECAP, Stockport legends Blossoms, Norwegian guiding light AURORA and CHVRCHES' Lauren Mayberry. Here's looking forward to another year of excellent guests and quality work gaffes! Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRET...
Wedding singer and Nando's forever-girl Ashaine White joins on today's episode. Her new track 'I Sing To Myself' is a clock stopper and she'll be playing at Great Escape 2025. Photo: Adam Scarborough Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of ...
Bartees Strange joins today on discovering community through DIY screamo shows, facilitating your own progression and having fun doing it, we share a The National fandom moment and he tells us what he learned from Jack Antonoff. Horror is out 14 February. Photo: Elizabeth De La Piedra Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited upl...
My Method Actor is one of 2024's great albums. In this episode, its author Nilüfer Yanya talks growing up in London, being confident in her early songwriting and why, along with her producer Wilma Archer, she kept the album a secret before anyone else heard it. My Method Actor - The Remixes is out now. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy ...
Geese's Cameron Winter laments his days as the youngest ever camp counselor, advice from Stu from King Gizzard, spilling plates at the Greek restaurant and walking dogs. His excellent debut album Heavy Metal is out now on Partisan. Photo: Adam Powell Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRE...
Creating a vulnerable, hearty connection with a proper dose of humour, Nick Carpenter's Medium Build is built on adolescent experience. He talks curiosity, trying to be in the moment and how to 'jush' your eggs. His new EP Marietta is out now. Photo: Silken Weinbe Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keep...
Following their decidedly dynamic rocking new album Emita Ox, the three members of Hello Mary reflect on a year of touring as adolescents. Helena, Mikaela and Stella look back on touring with Dinosaur Jr. and American Football, wanting to quit high school to tour and having gratitude for DIY culture. Photo: Jessica Gurewitz Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music dist...
A band based on community, Maruja walk us through playing to zero people and band practices just working out the business schtick, to creating a powerful community of grace, empathy and release. Their new track Break The Tension is streaming now. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY o...
Imogen and the Knife holds a deep, rare beauty. Imogen tells us of growing up around Newcastle at the same time as Sam Fender, late night bar shifts in London and putting the effort in to learn how the business works. Photo: Shaye Tek Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 3...
Murph of legendary indie night reliables The Wombats joins today, on living in LA, nearly joining a wedding band and getting fired from a diner, and how Christmas can be a heavy time for everyone. The Wombat's new album Oh! The Ocean is out in February. Photo: Julia Friedland-Godfrey Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £1 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and ar...
Celebrating the launch of West Yorkshire Music Network, we heard from four Leeds homebodies - Simon Rix of Kaiser Chiefs, BBC 6 Music's Emily Pilbeam, GK of Venus Grrrls and Hang Lington on a life of music full-send. Subscribe to West Yorkshire Music Network Get yourself some Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing ...
One of this year's most comforting records is Paradise Pop. 10. Its author joins us on running, writing with Phoebe Bridgers, and the omnipresent expectation of the work gaffe. Photo: Michael Delaney Get yourself some Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Get 5% off your next order over £100 at Dawsons Musical Instruments using '101PARTTIMEJOBS' at checkout at https://www.dawsons.co.uk/ DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRET...
Emma Richardson's the new(ish) bassist in Pixies, but she's lived two lifetimes - first in Band of Skulls and then as an artist. Pixies' new album The Night the Zombies Came, and you can catch them on tour soon. Get yourself some Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Get 5% off your next order over £100 at Dawsons Musical Instruments using '101PARTTIMEJOBS' at checkout at https://www.dawsons.co.uk/ DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping...
Set building for Ralph Lauren, parenting multiple kids and living a lazy susan of musical projects, does Clam Baker Jr have the same 24 hours as the rest of us? Warmduscher's fifth album Too Cold To Hold is out this Friday. Get yourself some Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Get 5% off your next order over £100 at Dawsons Musical Instruments using '101PARTTIMEJOBS' at checkout at https://www.dawsons.co.uk/ DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and art...
3 GRAMMYs and Tiny Desk Winner are footnotes in Fantastic Negrito's story. From hosting warehouse parties frequented by will.i.am and Thundercat, to weed farming and touring with Chris Cornell, we rattle through the years. Son Of A Broken Man is out now. Get 5% off your next order over £100 at Dawsons Musical Instruments using '101PARTTIMEJOBS' at checkout at https://www.dawsons.co.uk/ DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of thei...
Before they opened for The Libertines and the Roundhouse, HotWax joined us at the Hawley Arms to chat growing up Hastings, independent venues and bar etiquette. Their debut album Hot Shock is out next March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From an early Sears Christmas advert, comedian, songwriter, actor Cat Cohen set off on a path of all the jobs. She talks how her music taste is The OC Soundtrack, self delusion and we find out here mum is old college friends with MJ Lenderman's mum. Her new special Come For Me is streaming on Veeps, and her debut album Overdressed is out 15 November. Photo: Devin Bowman Get 5% off your next order over £100 at Dawsons Musical Instruments using '101PARTTIMEJOBS' at checkout at https://www.dawsons....
A new parent with a firefighter dad, vetenarian wife and thousands of hours on the road with Boston Manor, Henry Cox has led an interesting life. Boston Manor's excellent new album Sundiver is out now, and they're about to be on tour in Europe. Photo: Megan Doherty Get 5% off your next order over £100 at Dawsons Musical Instruments using '101PARTTIMEJOBS' at checkout at https://www.dawsons.co.uk/ DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIR...
