Talking Headliners

It’s another pod exclusive ATG band drop, this time in the shape of the final 16 acts with some absolute belters and a few surprises in store. Gav and James also chat the latest HRH mishap and the s...

26 Feb 1h 42min

With a rum and a beer in hand, James Scarlett is welcomed back to 2 Promoters, 1 Pod to tackle the neglected mail bag in a tipsy fashion. First aid stats, Deftones live, silent disco turnouts, Yndi H...

19 Feb 2h 14min

Last week’s podcast discussing the current state of music journalism ruffled some feathers, to put it mildly. So this week Gav and James invite former Kerrang! editor-in-chief Sam Coare on to addres...

12 Feb 2h 35min

Gav has had plenty to say on the pod about the declining quality of ballsy music journalism in the UK with talented scribes being reduced to hired hacks, used for the whims and wants of overbearing PR...

5 Feb 2h 7min

45 ATG bands are here, and four hours before the rest of the world finds out - Arcane Roots aside! Gav and James discuss ripping up the promo plan when Radio 1 come calling, ATG bands taking off and...

29 Jan 1h 51min

After a long break from the mailbag, Gav and James dive back in for the first Q&A since October. And what do the masses want to know about? If spotting and booking up and coming talent is luck or tal...

22 Jan 1h 36min

The first wave of Damnation bands have been announced and they are bangers. But it wasn’t without mishaps, leaks and panic… as Gav explains. And James lays out his excitement for the year ahead from...

15 Jan 1h 24min

It’s 2026 and Gav and James are ready to go again but there’s one small festive task to wrap up… the best albums of 2025. Surely they agree on most of the top ten, right? Right? We go again, every ...

8 Jan 1h 58min