101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Caught inbetween touring, his Masters degree and a national shortage of ADHD medication, Etienne Quartey-Papafio shows us the reality of prioritsing music. Whitelands' debut album Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day is out now on Sonic Cathedral, go and give it a spin. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30...

From Watford's Harlequin Centre to Roll Deep, self-reliance, 1Xtra and winning over punk fans, Manga's on his own trip. His 16-track new album Everything Is Under Control is out now - come fly with this guy. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://d...

Remembering Ewen MacIntosh, here's a few moments of our chat in 2019. He kindly agreed to do this podcast when I introduced myself on the 177 bus in Peckham; we exchanged numbers and he met me at Soho Radio to record this. RIP Ewen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WOT? This rapscallion from the North West tells of the toll multiple jobs and not seeing friends takes on them, having ADHD, addictive nature of needing to be seen, not being able to afford music lessons, working at Cyberdog, at the soft play center, tattooing, going on The Voice and bully bosses. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRE...

Crooner Vince Freeman laments his short-lived career as a horsebox barista, and when his family business in France was mistaken for a brothel. His debut album 'Scars, Ghosts and Glory' is out 22 March. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrok...

11 years and 23 albums into a life of music, Ed Harcourt remembers totalling cars, building a home studio and beginning a curiosity into film scoring. His new album El Magnifico is a sweeping concert of just brilliant songs, and it's out 29 March. Photo: Steve Gullick DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% o...

From first bands to EE's 7th album, Jonathan Higgs has surged through a path of his own. He talks new album Mountainhead (out 1 March), acidentally nicking a flowerpot while live on Radio 1 and the moment his keyboard crashed through itself during a quiet live moment. Photo: Steve Gullick DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of the...

On the second night at Signature Brew, Joe Talbot talks being a carer for his sick mother, working on the tills at Sainsburys, at the call center and as a bouncer. Plus his last vision of a stampede of Yorkshire Terriers. Recorded by Lucy Hookway, Assistant Produced by Olivia Swash. Photo: Danny Barnes DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the E...

10 For The People, Jamie's third album, is poems for the people. Giving and receiving strength from his community, most powerful in Liverpool, Webster has blossomed naturally as the spokesperson for Britain's forgotten. In our chat live at Merseymade, Liverpool, Jamie describes his background as an electrician and how he'll celebrate selling out Sefton Park (40,000 partygoers) with a packet of cri...

GRAMMY nominated producer and fellow Berko guy on how he found his space in the studio, moving to LA and working on Queens Of The Stone Age's new record In Times New Roman... DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn you...

Norman Brannon creates the best kind of music journalism, reflecting the heart and galvanisation of a genre in a mutual conversation with hardcore's most interesting and groundbreaking characters. Previously of Texas Is The Reason, New End Original and Shelter, Brannon is currently a touring member of Thursday - the band that introduced me to hardcore-adjacent music at a young age. Follow Anti-Mat...

Hardcore and punk would be very different today it weren't for Title Fight. Now, Ned Russin joins me about his journey beyond his old band, thinking it to be "dangerous" to start a new musical project and how Glitterer has taken its time to becoming this very full and rewarding sound it is on Rationale - out 23 February. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you p...

Tom May is a such a legend. Here he is fending off my dumb questions like a pro. Subscribe and Sign Up to my newsletter: 101parttimejobs.com Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phoebe Lunny remembers the Brighton Machete Man and Bristol Poo Girl on this very special Stop & Chat. Lambrini Girls' debut EP You're Welcome is out now on Big Scary Monsters. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn y...

Doug and Lewis on feeling the eyeballs leading up to 2024's most anticipated debut, setting the bar high and how go make a living playing in a band (spoiler: hospitality work). Edited by Olivia Swash. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id16598564...

Julia, Gretchen and Lydia of lowkey rockers Chastity Belt ruminate on their instinctual nature, unintentional albums and knowing the right balance of touring. Live Laugh Love is out 29 March. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125...

The soberer, indie rock Charles Bukowski LIQUID MIKE is here about being a postal worker. He was also a census taker and he self-records all his own records. Line this good stuff up next to The Rentals and true Fountains of Wayne. Come on!! Paul Bunyan's Slingshot is gonna be one of the pop punk / indie / rock albums of the year. Sign up to my newsletter to get exclusive content: 101parttimejobs.c...

Just as they release Down There!, Folly Group's Sean and Kai give their take on collaboration, good jobs, bad jobs, and working full-time while being in a band that's ON. Absolve yourself of your worst work story: WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing supe...

Kicked out of school at 15, our Cal has been estimating it from the start. Listen to this obituary of activity and pre-order The Chisel's new album What A Fucking Nightmare, out in a couple of weeks. Catch them on tour in the UK with Rifle, too. Absolve yourself of your worst work story: WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app...

Martin Courtney is giving it another shot. Daniel (23 February via Domino) follows 2020's The Main Thing, which was underpinned by Courtney's relationship with being a full-time musician. In this episode, he reflects on the unexpected attention his band received in their early iteration and how his daily life is about to be shaken up by the touring schedule of a new album. Absolve yourself of your...

Max Levy of Garden Centre tells me about the hat-wearing job in Brighton, working at the football museum, and writing loads of lyrics at the new 9-5. We talk about Sister Midnight, who are creating a new music venue in London: https://www.sistermidnight.org/ Absolve yourself of your worst work story: WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO -...

A highlight of Kevin Morby's episode in 2020. Tell me your work story, WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Photo: Katie Crutchfield Learn more about your ad...

Lily and Phoebe eye up the mountain of touring as their You're Welcome EP comes out. First broadcast 6 June 2023. Tell me your work story, WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376...

Ian Shelton tells us about making music videos, truck driving jobs and touring since he was 17. Life Under The Gun is out now. Tell me your work story, WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856...

Jacob from HEALTH tells me about early European trips, DIY scenes and how the band started working with Rockstar Games. RAT WARS is out now. Tell me your work story, WhatsApp a voice note or message at 07904243 101. Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech:  https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-...