60 Minutes or less - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 65, we get fuzzy, welcoming Bert Hoover, Jon Modaff and Charles Moothart of power-trio supergroup Primitive Ring ! Formed in September 2024 and featuring players from the likes of Groop , Frankie and the Witch Fingers , Fuzz and GØGGS , last year saw Primitive Ring release four 7"s across four choice...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 64, we get political, welcoming vocalist Victoria Marie and guitarist Joey La Neve DeFrancesco of NYC outfit Downtown Boys ! Victoria and Joey first met at union meetings while working together at a hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, brought together to write early songs about issues including exploi...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 63, it’s a thrill to feature an interview with Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In ! A native of El Paso, Texas, Ward co-founded cult American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In and during his tenure, released a trio of studio albums and several EPs to much acclaim, before the band knocked it on t...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 62, it’s a real treat to feature an interview with Evan Cartwright and Ben Stidworthy , two thirds of Canadian post-punkers COLA . With guitarist and vocalist Tim Darcy completing the trio, COLA brings together players from Ought and U.S. Girls and they’ve got chops in abundance. The power-trio have...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 61, I’m tickled pink to feature an interview with Éliane Viens and Félix Bélisle of Canadian art-punks, La Sécurité ! A head-spinning art-punk collective based out of Montreal, La Sécurité first caught my attention with the release of a couple of knock out singles in 2024. Wonky bops that take in eve...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where to mark the big 6-0, for this episode I’m delighted to feature an interview with Scottish singer songwriter Steve Mason , him up front in The Beta Band ! Vocalist and a founding member of The Beta Band , Mason  is also a critically acclaimed solo artist in his own right, having released five albums under hi...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 59, I’m chuffed to feature an interview with composer and keyboardist, Mathieu David Gagnon of Flore Laurentienne ! Based in Montreal, Québec, Gagnon first caught my attention with the release of Flore Laurentienne’s debut album ' Volume   I'  in 2019, a collection of beautiful classic...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 58, I’m chuffed to feature an interview with Chris Summerlin and Joe Thompson of Hey Colossus ! Formed when yours truly was still in short trousers, Hey Colossus have been ripping it for 20+ years, in that time featuring shapeshifting line-ups, at one point even featuring a guest turn from the late M...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 57, it’s a real treat to feature an interview with Australian singer-songwriter, Jack Ladder ! We first encountered Jack Ladder supporting Alex Cameron back in 2018, described by Cameron on the night as a “ good looking guy – not to be trusted ”. Ladder was sporting a pair of giant sunglasses and was...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 56, it’s a pleasure to feature an interview with Domenic Palermo , frontman in Philadelphia outfit Nothing ! There are some pretty standard cliches when it comes to the music industry, particularly when a band have a new record to promote, but for Domenic “Nicky” Palermo , the highs and lows have bee...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 55, we keep it local, welcoming Robin Richards of Manchester based art-pop collective Dutch Uncles ! Principal composer in Dutch Uncles for nearly two decades - a band The Guardian described as “ Stockport’s answer to Talking Heads ” - Richards is also a composer for his own endeavours, looking to br...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 54, we welcome Rhys Edwards and Joseph Stone from art-rock collective Ulrika Spacek . Cooler than the other side of the pillow, for over a decade, Ulrika Spacek have been hypnotising audiences with their energetic, often dreamlike aural cocktails that combine elements of post-punk, Krautrock and psyc...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 53, it’s a strong start to kick off the year as we feature an interview with Jason Williamson , chief shouter in outspoken Nottz duo Sleaford Mods ! Off the back of releasing ‘ UK GRIM ’ in 2023, their highest charting record to date in the UK, in January 2026, Sleaford Mods are set to release their...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from  Birthday Cake For Breakfast  - where for episode 52, we end the year on a high, keeping the festive spirit going past Christmas with an interview with  Ian   Anderson , multi-instrumentalist, flautist and chief vocalist in  Jethro Tull! The second MBE recipient to appear on the podcast  (as far as we know),  And...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 51, it’s an honour to feature an interview with queer icon, Roddy Bottum ! A founding member of the notorious Faith No More, Roddy Bottum went on to form Imperial Teen, Crickets and Man on Man , the latter with his boyfriend Joey . He can also now call himself an author, having just released his rive...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from  Birthday Cake For Breakfast  - where for episode 50 (woof!), it’s a treat to feature an interview with Deerhoof sticksman, Greg Saunier ! We got into it deep with Greg back in May 2025, catching up over Zoom just after the release of new album, ’ Noble and Godlike in Ruin ’, released April 2025 via Joyful Noise Recordings . A mere mon...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 49, we’re pleased as punch to feature an interview with smooth operators Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek a.k.a. Whitney ! House favourites at Birthday Cake For Breakfast HQ, we find their laid back, retro-tinged vibes are best enjoyed on a sunny Sunday afternoon with a run of coffees. Across four st...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - wherefor episode 48, it’s a delight to feature our special guest, Manchester-based American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, BC Camplight ! A Mancunian in his own right, BC Camplight a.k.a. Brian Christinzio has been up Norf for over a decade, in that time putting out a handful of choice releases under tastemak...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 47, we welcome back old friends, with an interview featuring two thirds of the mighty Alpha Male Tea Party , Greg Chapman and Tom Peters ! We first interviewed Alpha Male Tea Party in 2013, not long after the creation of Birthday Cake For Breakfast . Fresh faced and stuffed into a hallway during an...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 46, we’re buzzed to welcome the master of puppets herself, Blair Tramel of Snooper ! A pandemic discovery for us, we were hooked on Snooper from the off, invigorated by their scrappy debut EP ‘ MUSIC FOR SPIES ’, which was loaded with their sugar-rush blend of hyper egg-punk. Once restrictions lift...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 45, we’re chuffed to welcome one of our favourites, Jack Cooper of Modern Nature ! Enlisting the talents of a host of contemporaries, Cooper has crafted the sound of Modern Nature across a number of releases, each one as spellbinding as the next. Taking the name of the band from the diaries of film...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 44, we welcome surely the busiest artist knocking about today, Kavus Torabi ! No slouch on the performance front, Torabi has many, many credits to his name, dividing his time between solo work and mind-altering outfits like Gong , Cardiacs and The Utopia Strong (featuring snooker leg-end and previo...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 43, we welcome an artist who’s been a regular fixture on Birthday Cake For Breakfast since near enough day dot, Matt Bigland of Dinosaur Pile-Up ! The new Dinosaur Pile-Up album ‘ I’ve Felt Better ’ has just landed in August 2025, with a UK tour not far behind. Business as usual you’d think? Not qu...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 42, you might have to bear with me on the pronunciation front, as we look to Germany and our guest, “outernational” artist Derya Yıldırım . Based out of Berlin, Derya Yıldırım leads the band Grup Şimşek , bringing together players from South Africa, France and Germany, with Derya herself born in Ge...

Welcome to ’ 60 Minutes or less ’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 41, we look to NYC royalty, as we feature an interview with Keith Murray , guitarist and vocalist in the brilliant We Are Scientists. Along with bassist Chris Cain , Keith Murray has been co-steering the good ship We Are Scientists for over 20 years now, the pair cementing themselves across nine st...