The James McMahon Music Podcast

This episode was originally published on May 16th, 2023. It has been republished in honour of Joy Division's first gig , forty-six years ago, at Pips Disco, in Manchester, on January 25th, 1978. Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Andrew McMahon. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls....

This episode was originally published on March 29th, 2023. Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Andrew McMahon. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Twitter - @jamesjammcmahon Substack - https://spoook.substack.com YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Vf_1E1Sza...

Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band, led by frontman Crispian Mills . The group release their seventh album, Natural Magick , on February 2nd. The album features all four of the band's classic line- up for the first time since 1999. Watch this episode here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDB2O6pL6s Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon . ...

Matt Skiba has been the co-lead vocalist and guitarist of Alkaline Trio since 1996. He was co-lead vocalist and guitarist of Blink-182 from 2015 to 2022. Alkaline Trio's tenth album, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs , will be released on January 26th. This podcast featured Dan Andriano from Alkaline Trio on episode 39. Show theme by Bis . DONATE TO THE NEIL KULKARNI FUNDRAISER HERE . Want more? Join...

Samantha Marie Sprackling - aka Saffron - is a British singer, songwriter, actress, and the lead singer of the band Republica , a group she's fronted since 1994. Republica release their new album, Damaged Gods , later in 2024. Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Twitter - @jamesjammcmah...

James Bourne is a British born, LA based, singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for being the co-founder of Busted and Son of Dork , a member of McBusted between 2013 and 2015, and also as his electronic pop alias Future Boy . Busted tour the UK this summer. Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley.  Wil...

Jake Shillingford has fronted My Life Story since 1993. Veterans of the Britpop era, their new album Loving You Is Killing Me , is released via Exilophone Records/Republic Of Music on February 9th. They tour the UK in that same month. This is a preview of a paid episode - hear it in full here . Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon...

Spanish Love Songs , from Los Angeles, California, were founded in 2013. Dylan Slocum is their lead vocalist and guitarist. Their fifth album, No Joy , was released in August 2023. They currently tour the UK . This is a preview of a paid episode - hear it in full here . Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Twi...

Slowshift , from Norway, are a band comprising Kristoffer Lo (x-Highasakite, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra), Brynjar Leifsson (Of Monsters and Men), Tomas Järmyr (x-Motorpsycho), and TrondheimSoloists (a 16-piece string orchestra). Their release debut album World Going One Way , is released on January 26th, via Amuse . Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Than...

This episode was originally published on November 30th, 2023. It has been republished in honour of Shed Seven's new album, A Matter of Time , going to Number One in the UK Album Charts . Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Twitter - @jamesjammcmahon Substack - https://spoook.substack.com YouTube - www.yo...

Johanna Sadonis has been the only constant member of Lucifer since their formation in Berlin, Germany in 2014. She sings in the group, and sometimes plays keyboards. Lucifer release their fifth record, Lucifer V , on January 26th, via Nuclear Blast.  Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Twitter - @jamesjammcma...

Frank Carter is an English musician and tattoo artist, who has been a part of the bands Gallows [2005 - 2011], Pure Love , and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes . The latter release their fifth album, Dark Rainbow , on January 26th, via International Death Cult / AWAL. They tour the UK in February. Watch this episode here:   https://youtu.be/ZVhQ1IpRz_0?si=xNyCF6HVMxI6B1Yw Show theme by Bis . Wa...

Keeley Moss , from Dublin, sings and plays guitar in KEELEY . The band released their debut album, Floating Above Everything Else , last year. The group write songs exclusively about Inga Maria Hauser , a German tourist murdered in 1988. Her body was found in Ballypatrick Forest, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. Watch this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWntMHTuihM&t=11s Show them...

Dregen - born Andreas Tyrone Svensson - is the guitarist in Swedish garage rock pioneers The Hellacopters , as well as in Backyard Babies . After leaving The Hellacopters in 1997, he returned in 2016. The band release the 'Revisited' version of their 1999 album Grande Rock - now featuring Dregen himself - on February 16th via Nuclear Blast . Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James...

Kat Leon is the singer in Holy Wars , a band completed by Nick Perez (guitar/production), who are based in LA, and who recently signed to Pale Chord via BMG. They released their most recent EP, Cult Classic , in 2023. Watch this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzJ0ALD16Q&t=4s Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon...

Daryl Easlea worked in music retail between 1979 and 1997, before moving into music writing in 1999, whereupon he soon became the Deputy Editor of Record Collector . A prolific writer of music books, his most recent, Whatever Happened to Slade?: When The Whole World Went Crazee , was released last year. Watch this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bAF29CmXFQ&t=736s Show theme by B...

Daniel Rachel is an award winning author from Birmingham. He principally writes about music, subculture, and the relationship between the two. He recently had his book Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story published by White Rabbit. He was formally the singer in Rachels Basement . Watch this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVP-fih0B2M&t=1088s Show theme by Bis . Want more?...

Simone Marie Butler has been the bass player in Primal Scream since 2012. An acclaimed DJ, she hosts the radio show Naked Lunch on Soho Radio every Wednesday from 12 - 2pm. Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon .  Thankyou to our Patreon members!  John Foley. Twitter - @jamesjammcmahon Substack - https://spoook.substack.com YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/U...

David Quantick is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former freelance writer for NME , his TV writing credits include On the Hour , Blue Jam and TV Burp . He won an Emmy Award for Veep in 2015. His new comedy, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austin , is airing weekly on BBC Radio 4. Show theme by Bis . Want more? Join The James McMahon...

Merry Christmas, listeners! First things first, join The James McMahon Music Podcast  Patreon for extra episodes in 2024 and a chance to win the prizes that I'll reveal to you during this episode. But most importantly, thankyou. Let's do it all again in 2024. James x ps - The closing date for competition entries is 06/01/24. The email address to send entries to is spoookmagazine@gmail.co...

John Power is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the frontman of Cast and was formally the bassist and backing vocalist for The La's . Cast release their new, seventh record, Love Is the Call , on February 16th, 2024. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE JAMES MCMAHON MUSIC PODCAST IN THE OH MY POD CATEGORY (BEST INDEPENDENT PODCAST) OF THE 2023 POD BIBLE LISTENER POLL . YOU CAN DO THAT HERE ....

James Atkin has been the singer of EMF since 1989. The Gloucestershire band's debut single, ' Unbelievable ', went to number one in the US charts in 1991. The group's second album, Stigma , is in the conversation for my favourite ever album! As of June 2020, Atkin has released four solo records. The new EMF album, The Beauty and the Chaos , is released in January and the band t...

Tony Wright is the lead singer of the British band Terrorvision and also Laika Dog . He is the owner of Oldfield Press , and sells his products at his coffee shop/print studio/venue, Bloomfield Square , in Otley, Yorkshire. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE JAMES MCMAHON MUSIC PODCAST IN THE OH MY POD CATEGORY (BEST INDEPENDENT PODCAST) OF THE 2023 POD BIBLE LISTENER POLL . YOU CAN DO THAT HERE . DATE FOR YOUR...

Smoke Fairies - aka Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies - are a British folk band, with chamber pop leanings, who hail from Chichester, UK. Formed in 2006, they released their stunning eighth album, Carried In Sound   , on Year Seven, in November 2023. You can join their Patreon , here. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE JAMES MCMAHON MUSIC PODCAST IN THE OH MY POD CATEGORY (BEST INDEPENDENT PODCAST) OF THE 202...

Som Wardner has fronted the British rock band My Vitriol since 1999. The band released their debut album, Finelines , in 2001. It remains their only album to date. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE JAMES MCMAHON MUSIC PODCAST IN THE OH MY POD CATEGORY (BEST INDEPENDENT PODCAST) OF THE 2023 POD BIBLE LISTENER POLL . YOU CAN DO THAT HERE . DATE FOR YOUR DIARY! THE JAMES MCMAHON MUSIC PODCAST CHRISTMAS PARTY ! - C...