Lily Lyons - "I followed my strange instinct and was correct"
Lily's debut album Re-Open the World feels like a best friend the morning after a big night. Close, knowing and comforting, it's an incredible record from someone who a few years ago decided they want...
13 Nov 202519min
Saul Williams - "How many people did you kill to make tea part of your culture?"
Artist, actor, poet and social activist Saul Williams has 101 full time jobs. On this episode Saul remembers his first lightning bolt moment that led to performing poetry with Allen Ginsberg and The L...
11 Nov 202539min
Just Mustard "We need to invest in each other"
Their new album We Were Just Here is a record to get lost in. Katie and David tell us how jungle influences their sound, Dundalk colloquialisms, Steve Albini, working at a candle shop and supporting T...
6 Nov 202536min
Saul Adamczewski's Insecure Men - "Every time things get good, I become a saboteur"
A bruised man with beautiful songs, Saul Adamczewski is seven months sober with a new Insecure Men album. He was offered the chance to make A Man For All Seasons when he was living in a South London c...
4 Nov 202527min
Gareth David (Los Campesinos!) - "We turned down $45,000 for our principles"
Recorded at Swn Festival in Cardiff (lovely fest if you can make it next year), Gareth David tells us about Los Campesinos!'s early years playing the student union down the road, turning down a sponso...
31 Okt 202535min
Biffy Clyro - "We were the least likely band to ever make a career out of this"
On our 500th episode, we're joined by Biffy Clyro. Simon Neil & James and Ben Johnston take us through early gigs with Hundred Reasons, Hell is for Heroes and Reuben, getting a call to open for Weezer...
27 Okt 202544min
Joshua Idehen - "I wanna tell you it was determination. No, it was MONEY"
When Joshua Idehen was working at burlesque bar, he couldn't imagine a life making music and poetry full-time. But since moving to Sweden, a country that values art by investing in artists, he has fo...
24 Okt 202550min
Nish Kumar - "I have cried in a lot of toilets"
At hip east London brewery Signature Brew, Nish joined us on nepo babies, late stage capitalism, crying in toilets and how a company he worked for could have made COVID-19 a whole lot easier if it had...
21 Okt 202559min
