Episode Nine | THE BLINDERS
Following the release of their debut album, Columbia, John Robb catches up with The Blinders over the phone. The band’s vision of a better future - as told through their dynamic and intelligent music ...
26 Jul 201930min
Episode Eight | JORDAN
Recorded in front of a live audience at Rough Trade, Nottingham. With its great gallery of characters, punk rock is one of those fabled eras of British pop culture full of a cast of mavericks that a...
19 Jul 201948min
Episode Seven | POLY STYRENE
Poly Styrene possessed one of the great voices of punk rock and was an inspiration to generations: a brilliant imagination, highly visual songs and perceptive lyrical vision, Poly had her day-glo mome...
12 Jul 201934min
Episode Six | DANIEL ASH
John talks on the phone to Daniel Ash who describes in detail the series of events and the unlikely spaces in which Bauhaus birthed Bela Lugosi’s Dead back in 1979. The sparse, darkly atmospheric t...
5 Jul 201922min
Episode Five | MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Birmingham. 1993. John joins Richey James and Nicky Wire in a motel room whilst on tour with their second album, Gold Against The Soul. He describes the band’s intelligence, cynicism and naive idea...
28 Jun 201936min
Episode Four | THE CHARLATANS
January. 1990. John meets The Charlatans for what will be their first music press interview. In this conversation, a 21 year old Tim Burgess has just joined the band and they discuss tracks such as...
21 Jun 201930min
Episode Three | GLOVE
Manchester. 2019. John squeezes into the back seat of a car with SloSilver and Stephanie Finegan: the artist duo behind the band Glove. They drive through the vibrant city centre of Manchester and...
14 Jun 201926min
Episode Two | PATTI SMITH
Sheffield. March. 2010. At a sold-out 600 capacity venue, the crowd eagerly await this live In Conversation with poet and artist, Patti Smith, who is touring with her recently released book, Just Ki...
7 Jun 20191h 9min
