Playlist (22/03/2023)

Valley Maker - aka Austin Crane - has a new record out, When The Day Leaves, and is absolutely fantastic. Austin tells us about balancing academia and teaching with being a musician, how he sees himse...

16 Mar 202151min

Justin Courtney Pierre joins us this week to talk about his journey with Motion City Soundtrack, writing outside of MCS, The Matches and the new Chelsea Christer film Bleeding Audio, My Blood Valentin...

9 Mar 20211h 9min

Lonely The Brave drummer Mo talks us through the long life of the band, new members, their new record The Hope List... and being an ambulance driver. You can order Lonely The Brave - 'The Hope List' h...

2 Mar 202144min

Raymond McGinley joins me to talk about Teenage Fanclub's new album Endless Arcade (out on 30 April), using the same guitars they had when they're started the band in 1981, how they never discuss lyri...

23 Feb 202150min

Championed by Jessie Ware on Radio 1 and making a DIY masterpiece video, The Last Morrell has had a successful lockdown. We get behind the doors into the session work James has done, fighting for his ...

18 Feb 202134min

Matt Baty went through a lot before working at Wipeout Music Publishing and fronting the excellent Pigs x7. A service station job featuring brushes with Natalie Imbruglia, Derren Brown and Paul Daniel...

16 Feb 20211h 16min

Ryan and James gather round the weeknight table with me on this week's episode - a variety show of old bands, new jobs, universal basic allowance (income) and cameos on Emmerdale. Their 7" is superb a...

11 Feb 202149min

Ian Farmer, bassist, producer and recording engineer at The Metal Shop in Philadelphia, joins us to discuss the beginnings of Modern Baseball, being interested in the 'behind the scenes' stuff from an...

4 Feb 202151min