SADDESTNIGHTOUT

This is a 30+ minute stream-of-consciousness. I get all I can think of off of my chest. I also curse Google Maps a bit.

Rest In Peace to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, and condolences to his family, friends, fans, and all who have been affected by today's very sad news. The first time I saw Novacub play live was the first time anyone saw them play live because it was their first ever gig as a band. At the time I had taken a break from the podcast and was feeling particularly low. After seeing them play I fel...

Today's episode is another conversation with Romeo Crow. This time the focus is on the process of creating new music, from an idea in your head to a finished product, largely by yourself. Thank you for your time Romeo, it is always a pleasure to talk to you, and if anyone listening wants to know more about his music it can be found at -- https://www.romeocrow.com -- Thanks for listening. You can f...

After the open mic last night I heard Kid A playing through the pub's stereo. After finding out it was Zuzana who put it on, I knew I had to find out more. She is naturally very shy, so I am all the more grateful to her for letting me record this conversation. Also the music I play at the end is heavily inspired by the podcast The Read ( -- https://soundcloud.com/theread -- ). If you don't know, n...

Today's episode involved me going from store to store in Denmark Street to talk to as many people as I could. Featured on this episode are all the people who were kind enough to say yes, so you will hear me talk to: David from Music Room Argents: -- https://www.musicroom.com/music-shops/london-argents/ -- Paul from Westside: -- https://www.westside-mi.com/ -- Sarah-Jane from Sixty Sixty Sounds: --...

Today's episode has the largest number of guests yet, from two gigs in one day. They are, in this particular order: Peggy: -- https://www.instagram.com/peggyfromearth/ -- Izzie Walsh: -- https://www.instagram.com/izziewalshmusic -- Members of Izzie's band: Lewis, Daniel, Ben, and Simon -- James: -- https://www.instagram.com/66james99 -- Zkeletonz: -- https://www.instagram.com/zkeletonz -- Helena D...

Today's episode features a quick chat with Dan Tredget, and performances from Mikey, Joffré, Dread Fury, Ravi, and Bua. I'm in a rush as I type this so I'll fill in links and details later. Otherwise, enjoy. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestni...

Apologies in advance for how sleepy I may sound in this episode. Today you will hear me being graced with the presence of Bua ( -- https://www.instagram.com/BUAMUSIK -- | -- https://soundcloud.com/buamusik -- ), Emma (friend of Bua), Dread Fury ( -- https://www.instagram.com/dreadfury1 -- | -- https://soundcloud.com/dread-fury -- ) and Mario (the boss of The Reliance, home of Tuesday open mic nigh...

Today's episode was recorded at The Lock Tavern in Camden. The show was hosted by Tim and Jack of Exploding Head Sessions ( -- https://www.facebook.com/ExplodingHeadSessions/ -- ) and Tuck Shop Community Radio ( -- https://www.mixcloud.com/tuckshop/ -- ), and featured the bands Barb ( -- https://www.facebook.com/barbband -- ), Gaygirl ( -- https://www.gaygirl.band/bio/ -- ), and Mush ( -- https://...

Coming to you live from my bedroom, it's another recorded rehearsal. I also list off a bunch of gigs that I am definitely going to in the near future, including: Novacub ( -- https://soundcloud.com/novacubmusic -- ) at The Victoria, Dalston on Thursday 10th May Esther Joy ( -- https://soundcloud.com/estherjoylane -- ) at Birthdays, Dalston on Saturday 12th May Hatchie ( -- https://soundcloud.com/h...

Interminally long intro? Check. Disorienting changes in audio? Check. Potentially random conversations stuck together? Check. 3 day gap of a supposedly daily podcast? Check. Welcome back everyone. I've missed you too. On today's episode you'll hear me talk to Felix, then Louise and Fiona, and then you'll hear some music from Daniele (feat. Doris) and then some music from Santiago. Where applicable...

These bands were completely unknown to me until maybe two hours before these interviews happened. They are both more than worthy of your attention. Youth Sector left a dizzying list of bands to check out, so here is my attempt to transcribe what they said: HAKE | STRANGER GIRL | SAFE TO SWIM | MAI HIGH(?) | SUMANJI(?) And, in a first for this podcast, I've included some audio from the Queen Zee sh...

Move along, nothing to see here. I thought I could get this uploaded before midnight but failed. Once I missed the deadline I realized how weak this episode was; especially the "music" I've put on the end which is a 20 second voice recording done on a very cheap mp3 player from 2008. I recorded this episode on the walk back from the gig I attended - and I'll tell you more about that gig on the nex...

Blue Arcade, that's the name, that name again, is Blue Arcade. Today's episode is a chat with Lottie - one half of the group Blue Arcade - and Toby - close friend and fan of the group. This was an interesting look at how the enthusiasm found at the early stages of making music, can often leave you lost for words. But Lottie is very good at describing the music they make in other ways. Plus she, al...

Keeping it brief today, this episode is about my attempt to play live. Right now my live show consists of me playing guitar and singing while a backing track fills in the rest of the blanks. So today you'll hear the roughest iteration of how that sounds. Ably assisted by my very old PC (at some point it cuts out for a second then joins back in, just like a real live band), and featuring some exper...

George and Joe are two very talented performers. Together they form the band Peyote. After joining them for their performance at an open mic, they invited me to join them for a rehearsal at The Engine Rooms rehearsal space, so that's what you'll hear on this episode. First we jam our way through some blues (well, they jam on guitar and I do my best to keep up on the drums) and then we have a littl...

After arriving early for the Saturday night open mic at Allsop Arms, I decided to have a chat with some of the other performers that arrived early, so that's what you'll hear today. Joining me in the "conversation circle" are: Michael Gough -- https://soundcloud.com/user-961520365 -- Chris Afrix -- https://soundcloud.com/chrisafrix -- Dread Fury -- https://soundcloud.com/dread-fury -- Steve -- htt...

Now that I've got a month of episodes under my belt, it feels like a good time to take stock of what I want to achieve next. This episode is me putting my mental to-do list out there in the hopes that it will help me to make it happen. Thank you to everyone who has come with me this far. If I'm going to take this to infinity and beyond, then this episode is my attempt at drawing a map to get there...

My very old bass guitar is long overdue a repair, so this episode features Kevin and Gary of Stairway To Kevin: an instrument repair shop on Denmark Street. While I was there I recorded a quick chat with them about their history with this place, and just what it was that needed repairing on my bass. Thanks Kevin and Gary, and I guess I'll be seeing you again in about a week. I'm looking forward to...

Nothing I recorded in this episode was as planned, but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. The first conversation was had at The Reliance pub with Bridge The Moon Productions and the crew of the short film Deception. They were: Santiago -- https://www.instagram.com/socialmisfit_holdthebiscuits -- Zoltan -- https://www.instagram.com/zoltan_ad -- Gianbruno -- https://www.instagram.com/gianbru...

That's exactly what I did, starting with DMs. The goal is to fill my calendar with appointments of me talking to people for the podcast, and today I took the first - and often scariest - step of reaching out. If all goes well in the near future you'll hear me talking to: Peyote -- https://www.instagram.com/peyoteofficial -- Novacub -- https://www.instagram.com/novacubmusic -- Alex of Black Malt --...

This one was done in a rush (aren't they all). This is both a humble ode to the bands of the 2000s that made me want to play guitar, and a showcase of just how bad I am at playing the guitar. Shout out also to the books Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman and Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain. Those two books are well worth a read. This episode, maybe less so. Thanks for listen...

At some point in this episode I mention the play Avenue Q and the songwriter Robert Lopez, and then I forgot the name of his wife and songwriting partner. Now I won't forget it. This is a quieter episode, just me thinking my thoughts about milestones in life and the diminishing returns of comparing yourself to others. I also mention the Sodajerker podcast ( -- https://www.sodajerker.com -- ), part...

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all of the artists that I spoke to in this episode. There were too many for me to fit in the title so here they are, with links to where you can find more from them, in the order that I spoke to them: Pena: -- https://soundcloud.com/alutepena-hughes-john -- Chermaine: -- https://soundcloud.com/lorriane -- Clive B. Bossa: -- https://soundcloud.com/bossabandits --...

This episode features a live performance with myself and the oft-mention Romeo Crow! Friday 13th was our last open mic night at The Apple Tree pub, so what I have here is a recording of Romeo on guitar and vocals, and me on drums and back-up vocals, closing out the night. Thank you to everyone who showed up last night to make it memorable, thanks to Romeo for letting me play with you, and thank yo...