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Stop & Chat: Strawberry Guy

Alex's new album Give Me A Dream is an absolute gem, you should definitely be listening to it on 23 October. He tells us about doing a comedy bit with Paul McCartney, bef

Dan Tiernan - "I've had my phone nicked on the same day three years in a row"

With a new show about the healing power of crystals, comic Dan Tiernan takes us through his short-lived time as a magician, how his dyspraxia (and ADHD) meant he wasn't t

Jack Shep - "SNL UK meant I left football coaching"

SNL UK's Jack Shep on how he got his break on Big Boys, but went to the wrong place on his first day on set, working on weekends, behind the bar and his football job he l

Stop & Chat: Love Spells

Taegen C'aion Harris has released a killer groovy record in Love Is The Law, but before their sparkling career they were homeless in Houston, working at a tanning salon a

End of the Road Festival: Molly McGuinness and big long sun

On Friday morning at this year's End of the Road festival, we heard from comedian Molly McGuinness and excellent band big long sun (stylised as such!) about working at Ce

Stop & Chat: Polhawan

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 s

Johnny Marr - "I wrote songs to solve my problems"

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 ey

Stop & Chat: Sorcha Richardson

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

C.O.F.F.I.N. - "Don't underestimate your ability to have an affect"

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

Stop & Chat: corto.alto

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 runn

Interpol - "There's a magic that happens between us"

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 produce

Stop & Chat: Le Ren

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 gr

Brian Fallon - "I'm happy for the first time ever"

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 do

The Tubs - "My songs do a hatchet job on myself"

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 h

Stop & Chat: Man/Woman/Chainsaw

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 ban

Powerplant - "The suffering is the joy"

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

Freddie Meredith - Need A Light?

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 Pleasanc

Rory Marshall - Thank You For The Opportunity

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.

Brògeal - Deer Shed Festival

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 da

The North - Truck Festival

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