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Stop & Chat: Polhawan Sep 20, 2026 1594 Another incredible new find out on Breakfast Records (Getdown Services, Mumble Tide, The Cindys) is Polhawan. Tim tells us about working with young people in music, the summer he actually cleaned THOSE Reading Festival toilets, and how playing a song to a friend or partner is so much harder than playing to a full room. He also plays a couple of wonderful tunes. Give it a proper listen: https://pol

Johnny Marr - "I wrote songs to solve my problems" Sep 15, 2026 3080 Sign up to our newsletter to win a Johnny Marr signed The Age of Everything LP : https://www.101ptj.fyi/ The world's most influential guitarist joins today on wearing eyeliner to his dad's manual labour job, how The Smiths was the best apprenticeship he could ask for and how you don't need to be an incredible guitarist to write a bangin tune. Johnny's new album The Age of Everything is out 2 Octo

Stop & Chat: Sorcha Richardson Sep 10, 2026 1427 Sorcha Richardson's Draw The Outline is an album you need on your radar. She tells about early years discovering her voice, working at record labels, a chance advert sync and her seasonal way of existing. Order Draw The Outline: https://sorcharichardson.bandcamp.com/album/draw-the-outline Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in Lond

C.O.F.F.I.N. - "Don't underestimate your ability to have an affect" Sep 8, 2026 2206 While over for their London documentary screening, the Manly-Australia band joined on starting as teenagers and booking local shows, developing an understanding on how to operate as a sustainable band, how their inclusive message allows people to feel involved and Dec from Amyl and The Sniffers producing their new album Out in Oslo - which you can order at https://www.coffinband.com/ Sign up to

Stop & Chat: corto.alto Sep 6, 2026 1390 Liam Shortall, who's just released his mind melting new record Some Small Fortune, joins on going to music university at 16, playing in wedding bands and his parents running his merch. Order the new album from Ninja Tune: https://ninjatune.net/release/corto-alto/some-small-fortune Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London Bridg

Interpol - "There's a magic that happens between us" Sep 1, 2026 2714 Interpol's Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler on the alchemy behind the band, making the tectonically powerful new record This Mirror Weighs A Ton with established pop producer Andrew Wyatt and their friendship there, the impact of Fugazi and hip-hop behind their music, and their Spinal Tap moment at Madison Square Garden. Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.f

Stop & Chat: Le Ren Aug 27, 2026 1605 If you're into timeless Americana folk, you gotta listen to Le Ren's new album Don't Be Funny Without Me - out tomorrow. Lauren joins us on playing to her 90-year-olds grandparents, self confidence, her interviewing and writing side jobs, plus Jeff Tweedy, Vashti Bunyan and Bonnie Raitt. Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in Lond

Brian Fallon - "I'm happy for the first time ever" Aug 25, 2026 2453 Brian Fallon is back, baby. Not Bad For New Jersey, out 10 September, is his best batch of songs in years. He wears the same cologne as Blink 182's Travis Barker. He's down with the emo new school of Hot Mulligan, the potent trail of Modern Baseball and the legend of My Chemical Romance. There's even a new Gaslight Anthem album half written! Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed L

The Tubs - "My songs do a hatchet job on myself" Aug 18, 2026 2748 If you don't yet know The Tubs - get quick now on the train the jangletown. Owen Williams joins on how he confronts intrusive thoughts with songwriting, the hundreds of hours he's put into writing fiction and the paradox of being from a DIY-minded background and wanting to make music part of his living. The Tubs' new album Hard Life is out 11 September, pre-order it: https://thetubs.bandcamp.com/a

Stop & Chat: Man/Woman/Chainsaw Aug 13, 2026 1635 MWC have released an excellent and likely enduring debut record with Cannonball. Vera and one of the two Billys join us on being lockdown teenagers, being a six-piece band and working in pubs and painting-demolishing. Listen to Cannonball: https://manwomanchainsaw.bandcamp.com/album/cannonball Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top cl

Powerplant - "The suffering is the joy" Aug 11, 2026 1502 Theo Zhykharyev joins on doubling down on Powerplant and becoming an admin email demon, how he can't go back to his home country of Ukraine, living in a guardianship and the secrets of their wild sound. Pick up a copy of Bridge of Sacrifice: https://ppowerplant.bandcamp.com/album/bridge-of-sacrifice Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top

Freddie Meredith - Need A Light? Aug 5, 2026 1550 Freddie Meredith on the plight of self-taped auditions, working at the pub and his fringe show about a desperate smoking area dweller. Catch him at Baby Grand at Pleasance Courtyard throughout August: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/freddie-meredith-need-light Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https:

Rory Marshall - Thank You For The Opportunity Aug 4, 2026 1960 Rory's Edinburgh Fringe show starts this week. Last week he joined us on putting together its final touches, playing in a band, his laundry list of jobs and stage fright. Find info on the fringe show: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/rory-marshall-thank-you-opportunity Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

Brògeal - Deer Shed Festival Aug 3, 2026 1436 Falkirk romantic punk rockers Brògeal join us at Deer Shed to talk about working a double pizza team during Covid, putting on shows in their hometown and making dreary days into colourful tunes. Their album Tuesday Paper Club is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Di

The North - Truck Festival Jul 30, 2026 1153 The North are good rock 'n roll powerpop - reminds me of The Exploding Hearts, Buzzcocks or early Cribs, who I saw them do a fine job of supporting a few weeks ago. Sian and Billy joined us at Truck festival to talk about open mics, working at Home Bargains and their whirlwind year. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2

Joe and the Shitboys - Truck Festival Jul 28, 2026 1046 At Truck Festival, Ziggy and Joe from the Shitboys discuss working in sewage and building sites, what it's like to have a queer vegan message in the conservative Faroe Islands and how Joe lives with his 91-year-old grandmother. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid D

Nell Mescal - "I have to get better at shooting my shot" Jul 23, 2026 2140 Gettting in a room to write with Big Thief, Billie Marten and Tomberlin collaborator Philip Weinrobe, Nell Mescal's satisfying new track 'Settles' is out now. She talks about moving from Ireland to London as a teenager, the mysery of songwriting, family life and a classic quitting story. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Social for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure

The Mary Wallopers - "Grannies are being arrested for wearing a t-shirt" Jul 21, 2026 2630 Andrew and Charles Hendy of The Mary Wallopers sit with us on bucking society's norms, speaking up for equality, justice and fairness, trad songs that have lasted hundreds of years and - now, 10 years into being a band - making their first album of original songs. Paddywhackery is out 18 September, produced by James Skelly of The Coral. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Social f

Stop & Chat: Ebbb Jul 16, 2026 1485 Ebbb's debut album Shallow Hits is a must listen. It's an addictive, satisying listen that keeps getting better as your work your way through it, giving a solid amount of left hooks. Scott and Will tell us about their double lives as a trad drummer and teacher - and how they started the band out of frustration. Shallow Hits is out now on Ninja Tune. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks

Getdown Services - "We were desperately trying to escape a routine" Jul 14, 2026 3673 Josh and Ben - along with their DIY label Breakfast Records and manager Alice - are sailing on in unchartered, French house inspired waters. Having recently become the biggest band in Britain* after being the Best Band in Britain for some two years, their new album Massive Champion (out 14 August - pre order it now) is set for semi-global domination. Get your copy of Massive Champion: https://getd

Mini Skirt - Bricklaying, Painting, Tour When You Wanna Jul 13, 2026 1824 10 years of being a band, Mini Skirt have been pulling the thread and getting as much out of playing music as they can. Happy bricklaying or painting at home and happy enough on tour, it's a good life. Their latest album All That We Know is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Shacklewell Arms for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re

Mary in the Junkyard - Trial Shift Shucking Oysters On Release Day Jul 8, 2026 1491 Mary in the Junkyard have released one of 2026's best albums with Role Model Hermit. Claris, Saya and David tell us how it feels in the whirlwind of the moment and squaring off their double lives of playing in an increasingly successful band while working at the George Tavern / teaching music / trial shifts at an oyster shucking bar. Role Model Hermit is out now and you can catch them live this ye

Avalon Emerson - "Oscillating between ridiculous hubris and cratering self-doubt" Jul 7, 2026 1932 Sweeping songwriter, DJ, producer and web developer Avalon Emerson joins on today's episode - on the safety net of a full-time job, the risks of prioritising music and coming to terms with the paradox of confidence and doubt. Her excellent new album Written into Changes is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microp

Flo & Joan - "We wrote a musical about Andrew Lloyd Webber" Jun 30, 2026 2421 Masters of the chaotic clever song, Flo & Joan (Nicola and Rosie) take us back to double binbagging keyboards to gigs, how they weren't very good friends as kids but now they spend every waking minute together, and their two new projects; One Man Musical and With Feeling. Both of which are frankly mad and brilliant ideas. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us.

Show Me The Body - "Anything worth doing is hard" Jun 23, 2026 2303 Julian Pratt has morphed from chaos-chasing NY street rat into a father who's finding ways to make a positive impact. Alone Together (out 10 July) is a through-and-through hardcore record, impossible to not dance to and feel the energy from. They're on tour in Europe, UK and the States - catch them live when you can. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yo

PISS - "We have a trigger warning before the set" Jun 18, 2026 1318 PISS are a very important band. Tay Zantingh's lyrics on abuse and gender-based violence create an inclusive place of conversation, while the band's shake the house loudness can only be experienced in-person or a few live videos; until their debut album on Sub Pop comes out. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Lexington for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphon

Sublime - "Learn the book and burn the book" Jun 16, 2026 1133 30 years to the day after Bradley Nowell passed, Sublime's Jakob Nowell - with Freshy and guitarist Zane - joined us in East London to tell the story behind their "final epilogue" album Until The Sun Explodes, their giant inflatable Lou Dog stage set and touring the UK & Europe for the very first time. Until The Sun Explodes is out now - and it rips. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get

Ratboys - "I want to connect with people... what else are we supposed to do?" Jun 11, 2026 2550 One of the best albums of 2026 so far is Ratboys' Singin to an Empty Chair. A comforting swell of unrushed, attentive indie rock 'n' roll, it sounds like a band who don't expect anything other than enjoying their time playing music and connecting with people. Julia and Sean from the band tell stories of first tours, funny jobs and extreme coffee highs. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com T

Kingfishr - "Music is more important now than ever" Jun 9, 2026 1482 Selling out two nights at Belfast's SSE Arena and new single The Sun Will Never Settle going straight to Number 1 - following their chart-topping album - you'd be forgiven for thinking Kingfishr are on top of the world on and off the stage. Eddie, Eoghan and Eoin tell us what's going on behind the scenes, the magic of their live show and how they wrote their banging new tune whilst driving around

Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) - "Honesty is the biggest success" Jun 2, 2026 2304 Broken Social Scene is music for the people. Band leader Kevin Drew tells us how over 25 years, a rotating cast of characters and millions of fans' lifelong memories and moments, the Toronto band continues to capture moments that look towards a better life. Their excellent new album Remember The Humans is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks Rough Trade East for having us. Ge

Stop & Chat: Lewis OfMan May 28, 2026 1622 There needs to be crazy music in this world - and Lewis OfMan is here for the job. 50KWTTS is his insane new album, go and blast it to see yourself. He tells us about the school bad boy teaching him to DJ, and wanting to make a disgusting album of horrible sounds. Weird since it turned out so good. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top cla

Truman Sinclair - "It's about community, friendships and expressing yourself" May 26, 2026 2505 Truman's song 'Joel Roberts' blew me away the moment I first heard it. Behind the chords and lyrics is something much deeper, and it makes sense hearing the way he talks about the music and the joy he gets from it. He's been touring with Courtney Barnett and his latest EP Rivers of Sugar and Blood is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself s

Westside Cowboy, Girl Group, James Emmanuel and Walt Disco at Great Escape May 19, 2026 4716 We spoke with lovely folk Westside Cowboy, Girl Group, James Emmanuel and Walt Disco at Great Escape, about struggling through uni, being a grammar specialist and getting invited to sing at a venue after being heard singing soul in the toilets while working as a janitor. Thanks Small Pond studios for having us, a lovely gaff: https://www.instagram.com/smallpond/?hl=en Get in touch giles@migh

Jasmine Myra - "I started cleaning the wrong house!" May 14, 2026 1527 Jasmine Myra's incredibly beautiful album Where Light Settles is out tomorrow. Here she tells us about factory and cleaning jobs, how she separates her music life from her personal life, and self-tour managing an 8-piece band on tour! Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Assistant produced by Pádraic Ó Brolcháin Get yourself some top class Shure microphone

Emma Doran - "I started stand-up during my maternity" May 12, 2026 2417 Emma Doran's a hilarious Dublin comic, a very good follow on Instagram, and she's here to talk about building a career from the ground up. Starting standup during her maternity and working service jobs to fund herself, she's about to go on tour all across Ireland and Edinburgh - get your tickets: emmadorancomedy.com Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks Badger Badger for having us. As

Stop & Chat: Knats May 7, 2026 1542 On their second album A Great Day in Newcastle, Knats are fully realised jazz-rock madness you can't look away from. Stan, King and Ferg join us on growing up in the north east, working at call centres and Pizza Express, and getting a scholarship at Trinity. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re

Domenic "Nicky" Palermo (NOTHING) - "I got my high school diploma in prison" Apr 28, 2026 2131 Nothing was Nicky's "f*ck off project" while he was enjoying his new freedom working in Philadelphia bars - until it wasn't. He tells us about how he's nearly bitten off more than he can chew with the band and his festival Slide Away, featuring the return of the legendary Hum. Nothing's new album 'a short history of decay' is out now on Run For Cover - and there are tickets left for Chicago and Lo

Stop & Chat: Hand Habits' Meg Duffy Apr 23, 2026 1469 Cass McCombs and Hand Habits have announced a split 7", so Meg Duffy joins today with stories about their latest album Blue Reminder, fibbing to get in Kevin Morby's band, working as a boat hauler and getting their start from working in a bar and looking over the soundperson's shoulder. 'Good Person' is out now on Fat Possum. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Elephants Head for h

Stewart Lee - "I left comedy for five years and started again" Apr 21, 2026 2461 Stewart Lee joins on the non-affordability of bands today, alternative comedy and the different classes of comedians, losing money on tour, his old band and fighting facism dressed as a man-wulf. STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF continues to tour throughout 2026, ending at Leicester Square Theatre in December. Tickets: www.stewartlee.co.uk Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Social f

Ulrika Spacek - Measuring the property of the electron Apr 16, 2026 1042 EXPO by Ulrika Spacek is one of the best albums released this year. Rhys and Jenks tell us about prioritising music their whole adult lives, Rhys' experience of living in Stockholm, what success means to them and the ups and downs of releasing a new record - plus a great story about Jenks being a roofer despite being scared of heights. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top

Kevin Morby - "I've documented every part of my life" Apr 14, 2026 2387 Kevin has a phenomenal ability to conjure up a beautiful moment from almost nowhere. Coming from DIY scenes in New York, he tells us about how he didn't really make any money in ten years playing music, before giving to charity when he did; his love of running and playing tennis; how the current wave of insanely talented indie bands like Wednesday, Geese and MJ Lenderman saw him live when they wer

The Scratch - "Everyone has something to contribute" Apr 8, 2026 1992 On St Patricks Day at Signature Brew, The Scratch join us on how being in a band has changed them as people, busking in Dublin, the impact the recession had on Irish music and the soundtrack to House of Guinness. Their new album Pull Like A Dog is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Assistant produced by Jamie Hewitt. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.r

Arlo Parks - "Trying to catch the zeitgeist is futile" Mar 31, 2026 1627 Inspired by nightlife, clubbing and open-minded venues like Cafe OTO and Venue MOT in London, Arlo Parks' new album Ambiguous Desire is reassuringly soothing. Downstairs at the Miller, Arlo tells us about the real-life voicenotes featured on the album, being a full-time musician since 17 and the the authors who changed the way she thinks. Ambiguous Desire is out on Friday. Get in touch giles@m

Curtisy - Norm Macdonald, Mac Miller and Tracy Beaker Mar 26, 2026 1775 From Jobstown in Dublin, Curtisy joins us on working onsite with his older brother, doughnuts with his mum, how Mac Miller is one of his biggest inpos and coming out of a dry writing period. Get A Life! is Curtisy and owin's new record, out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Assistant produced by Grace King. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set

Maisie Adam - "Football and comedy need to evolve" Mar 24, 2026 2441 Currently trying not to crack up in Last One Laughing, Maisie Adam discusses her punk mum, loving Lambrini Girls and Amyl and The Sniffers, the gritty open mic circuit, online comedy and women's football. Watch Maisie live on tour from September - get tickets to her gigantic tour at maisieadam.com Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https:/

grandson - "You remind people the world can change" Mar 17, 2026 1863 Jordan Benjamin is passionate about what his music can do for people. From a family of political campaigners, he's been co-signed by Billy Bragg, written with Tom Morello and is about to tour with Enter Shikari in Australia. His latest album INERTIA, which he's been touring with a full band, is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: h

Lime Garden - "I was egg mayo girl" Mar 12, 2026 1623 Chloe and Annabel join to talk us through their ridiculous jobs, Elton John, Warpaint, being a band since they were 17 and the homemade production on their excellent new album Maybe Not Tonight - out soon on So Young Records. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Dire

Courtney Barnett - "Writing songs is still a mystery to me" Mar 10, 2026 1653 Courtney Barnett has written approximately a dozen of the best 100 songs of the last decade. Ahead of her new record Creature of Habit, she talks about her old bar job, Milk! Records, working at McDonalds and finding the perfect melody. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at

Pool Kids - Substitute teaching, bar ejections and The Cat in The Hat Mar 3, 2026 2013 Pool Kids are in their tenth year of pushing boundaries sonically and physically while they tour all over the world. Their excellent third abum Easier Said Than Done came out last year and today they bring stories of substiute teaching, ejecting from bars and texting memes to an old boss. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3Yh

Steve Mason (The Beta Band) - "I never let the truth get in the way of a good story" Feb 26, 2026 1376 Steve Mason's new compilation The Romance of Unknowing has just come out on Two-Piers. He's also just announced his book, Failure is Always an Option, and The Beta Band are playing shows in 2026. Order The Romance of Unknowing - https://two-piers.bandcamp.com/album/steve-mason-presents-the-romance-of-unknowing Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone

Jordan Rakei - "I moved from Brisbane to London to meet SoundCloud friends" Feb 24, 2026 3657 Jordan Rakei moved from Australia to London with a blind faith to make music. Over years of hard work and learning the hard way, he's now one of the most prolific vocalists, songwriters and producers in R&B and soul. He opens up on the financial realities of artists, how AI is able to copy the tone of his voice (something you can't copyright), and learning it all first hand. His new EP 'Between Us

Olga Koch - "I'm doing a PhD as a backup plan to comedy" Feb 17, 2026 1366 Russian-British comedian Olga Koch on her tech jobs, doing standup over Zoom to a silent, faceless crowd, and why she's doing a PhD as a backup to her (very successful) comedy career. Her new show Fat Tom Cruise is on sale. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct

Matt Caughthran (Mariachi El Bronx / The Bronx) and the barrel of mould Feb 10, 2026 1805 Matt Caughthran and Mariachi El / The Bronx are true lifers. A white knuckle ride through ten albums, outliving the deaths, adversities and adventure that comes with being in an all-weather touring band. Mariachi El Bronx IV comes out this Friday. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, fo

Cardinals - "I'm a wanted man in Cork City" Feb 4, 2026 1337 Ahead of their hearty debut album Masquerade, Euan and Aaron joined us at the Social to talk grifting through jobs in Cork, our shared love for So Young Records and magazine, and solving the backpack litre conundrum. Masquerade is out 13 February. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for

Nation of Language on New York coffee, hockey and the family tour Feb 1, 2026 1545 Just announced as Death Cab For Cutie tour support across the USA, Nation of Language's Ian and Aidan join to talk coffee, childminding and being a hockey family band. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad

Vona Vella - "Covering Jason Mraz as a wedding band... that was a low point" Jan 30, 2026 1886 Introducing you to my favourite latest discovery... Vona Vella. It's got the Jeff Buckley layered washy groove, it's sonically great with hiss and scratches in the right place - maybe even some Built To Spill in there. You should get into it ahead of their new album, Carnival - out 27 Feb. Here's Dan and Izzy on giving the thing wheels. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some

Dead Dads Club - "Ronnie Wood... thank you for the shoes" Jan 27, 2026 1632 When Chilli Jesson's first band Palma Violets ground to a halt, he found himself behind a bar trying to sign his name in Guinness foam for adoring fans. Dead Dads Club was soon dreamed up, and after a few more years he became a touring member of Fontaines D.C., became a dad, and released an excellent psychedelic rock 'n' roll album - out now on Ficton. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com G

Witch Fever - "We did two months in arenas... now we're broke!" Jan 20, 2026 2154 A damning indictment on what it's like for medium to large scale touring experiences, Amy Walpole and Alex Thompson tell us about their challenging last year, and the determination and resilience that it requires to keep moving. Their ace second album FEVEREATEN is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Yo

Radio Free Alice - "Teach guitar? I barely know how to play it" Jan 12, 2026 920 At The Windmill in Brixton, Noah and Jules are putting themselves down of course - but that's part of the charm with the dynamic but stripped-back lexicon of Radio Free Alice. They tell us how the Australian government has helped them tour overseas, the expectant but elusive debut album, and working at the National Gallery of Victoria. Their newest single 'Rule 31' is out now. Think The Cure, The

Peaches - "Kids should send their parents to gay camps" Jan 6, 2026 1610 Discussing her former double life as a kids' music teacher and what self-empowerment means today, Peaches is here ahead of her first album in 10 years, No Lube So Rude. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho

Kingfishr - "What's happened to us doesn't happen to anyone" Dec 26, 2025 1670 Behind a number one album, number one single and two sold out arena shows at 3Arena in Dublin are three mates who finished college and made a go of playing all the shows they could. Thanks to a company car and it's fuel card, a cold countryside house and a few people they met along the way, Kingfishr are a band who bring people together and, in their words, floor pints and grab a hold of the perso

Junior Brother - Tree Rings and Fairy Forts Dec 17, 2025 2155 Ronan Kealy tells us about growing up the junior brother of a pominent Gaelic footballer, finding his voice in Dublin and how moving back to his parents' home and learning about tree rings and fairy forts informed the storytelling behind his album The End - out now on Strap Originals. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution f

Naima Bock - Archaeology Below a Massive Dark Land Dec 14, 2025 1386 The incredibly moving songwriter tells us about archaeological digs, finding the definition of what being a sustainable artist is, and writing a new song early this day. Naima's new Live in Toulon is out now Thank you The Shop in Deptford for hosting - find them at https://www.instagram.com/theshop.se8/ Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid make

Kojey Radical - "'Why can't you come to the rave bro?' - There's a man in a corset that needs my help" Dec 9, 2025 2666 Kojey Radical joins us on how PRS has provided him a stable career after he was fired from every other job he had (including at Boxpark and fitting corsets), skateboarding around london and what makes a good producer. Photo: Garry Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop & Chat: Mumble Tide Dec 4, 2025 1228 My AOTY is Mumble Tide's 'Might As Well Play Another One', out on Breakfast Records - home to Getdown Services, Lankamer, The Cindys and many other awesome bands (follow that label if you know what's good for you!). Gina and Ryan joined me at a laundrette for this end of year Stop & Chat. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distributi

Jeremy Corbyn - "Music gives people opportunity" Dec 2, 2025 3587 Jeremy Corbyn has brought us together like no other politician in our lifetime. At community arts and music space New River Studios, he tells us about the importance of music in society, family, rebellion and why music lessons shouldn't only be available at private schools. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and eas

Bill Jefferson (Mên An Tol) - "I sold Peter Doherty a harmonica and a hat" Nov 28, 2025 1075 Living in and working at pubs, the old rooms of Peter Doherty and where Gerry Adams and Shane Macgowan hung out, is part of Bill Jefferson's story. Mên An Tol are an excellent new band, playing at The Lexington in London this coming Tuesday. Photo: Cuan Roche Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited u

The Cribs - "We became lawyers and won our rights back" Nov 25, 2025 2117 No-one expected The Cribs to become lawyers. Not because they're working class brothers from Wakefield, or they smashed themselves through a glass vase at the NME Awards in 2006 (24–7 Rock Star Shit) . But because they write absolute belters and shouldn't need to think about fighting for the right to be a-party to the rights of their own catalogue. They did anyway, though. Selling A Vibe is out 9

Cameron Winter (Geese) - Dog Walking in New York Nov 23, 2025 1677 In case you missed it before Geese became the most talked about band in the world, we heard from frontperson and songwriter Cameron Winter this time last year. It was just around the time of his excellent debut album Heavy Metal, which a few weeks later he played songs from in a church in East London to a couple of hundred very quiet and respectful revellers. I doubt that kind of intimate setting

Sports Team - "Adoration for drinking 10 pints and playing sloppy rock music? Amazing!” Nov 20, 2025 2794 Stephen Malkmus, London Fields, rugby shirts and blow dried hair. Sports Team started writing good songs and putting on shows that cost a few quid to get into. Now the songs keep getting better, they've had to turn down the pyro, and released a Deluxe album. This is their story - in their words. Boys These Days - dee-lux - is out now. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://

Indigo De Souza - "Artists can be treated in inhumane ways" Nov 18, 2025 1306 On her new album Precipice, Indigo reflects the different feelings we wake up to. Here she talks about her first band with MJ Lenderman, waiting - and forgetting - tables, and how artists can be pushed to their limits. 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

Lily Lyons - "I followed my strange instinct and was correct" Nov 13, 2025 1186 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 wanted to start writing songs. Lily tells us about cafe mishaps, family encouragement and the impact of The Vital Spark by Lisa Marchiano. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu

Saul Williams - "How many people did you kill to make tea part of your culture?" Nov 11, 2025 2399 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 Last Poets, the cultural messages in his new album 'Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople', visiting and co-creating a film about the West Bank with his wife, his platform as an artis

Just Mustard "We need to invest in each other" Nov 6, 2025 2174 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 The Cure. We Were Just Here is out now on Partisan Records. Photo: Conor James Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and eas

Gareth David (Los Campesinos!) - "We turned down $45,000 for our principles" Oct 31, 2025 2118 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 sponsorship with Airbnb because of their involvement in listing properties on Palestinian land, and why all bands should have worked customer facing jobs. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gea

Biffy Clyro - "We were the least likely band to ever make a career out of this" Oct 27, 2025 2641 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 during a bar shift, and how they've managed to keep the fun in the band for 30 years. Their new album Futique - their fourth number one album - is out now. Photo: Eve Pentel Get yourself some top

Joshua Idehen - "I wanna tell you it was determination. No, it was MONEY" Oct 24, 2025 3044 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 found peace with being a working musician. His debut album I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try is out in March 2026 on Heavenly. Photo: Fabrice Bourgelle

Nish Kumar - "I have cried in a lot of toilets" Oct 21, 2025 3562 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 hadn't been shut down. Plus mentions of TV on the Radio, Broken Bells (The Shins' James Mercer and Danger Mouse), Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker, Geese, The Bugle, John Oliver, Andy Zaltzman, WTF with Marc M

Stop & Chat: Upchuck Oct 17, 2025 169 A brief and slightly chaotic moment with Upchuck, the excellent Atlanta punk band. On facing a bit of contempt from Faye Webster fans, touring with Amyl and The Sniffers, construction and bar work, and recommendations from tour including Gaws. I'm Nice Now is out now on Domino. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and

Stop & Chat: Home Front's Graeme MacKinnon Oct 17, 2025 908 I first saw Home Front supporting High Vis at Islington Assembly Hall, one of the rare shows that felt like a real moment suspended in time. I fell in love with their new wave / oi! inspired weirdo punk rock, and their new album Watch It Die (out 14 November) sounds like it's gonna be ace. Here's singer Graeme on being 42 in a punk band, punk houses, sleeping on the job and influential Canadian ba

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