Time For Heroes

And here's another one! In this episode of Time For Heroes, I sit down with Dan Jennings—a journalist, broadcaster, and now published author—whose career has danced across the airwaves and into the pages of music history. We explore: • Dan’s journey from BBC radio studios to podcasting success with Desperately Seeking Paul, the acclaimed Paul Weller fan podcast • Behind-the-scenes tales from 180+...

Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode of Time For Heroes, I sit down with Kris Boyle, a man whose journey spans indie music, streetwear culture, and grassroots activism. From drumming with Scottish band The Twist to founding Dundee Sole, Kris has always marched to the beat of his own convictions. We explore: • Life behind the kit with The Twist and how music shaped his creative drive • The...

In this electrifying episode, I sit down with genre-defying musician and designer Tom Vek to explore the twists and turns of his unconventional career — from garage beginnings to cult acclaim. Tom opens up about his creative evolution, the six-year silence that led to his surprise album New Symbols, and how his passion for design sparked the creation of Sleevenote, a revolutionary music player bui...

Welcome back troops! In this episode,I sit down with Liverpool singer-songwriter John Witherspoon, whose latest single You’re Alright dropped on August 8th You're Alright - John Witherspoon , offering a raw and resonant glimpse into modern melancholy and digital disconnection. With his upcoming album One of Them set to release on October 31st, John opens up about the creative process, the stories...

Welcome back, it's been a while but with festival season and Oasis Live 25 it's been super busy, throw in a laptop change, change of editing software and before you know it weeks have went by but here we are, back with a shiny new episode with the fantastic Newton Faulkner. Back with a new album titled 'Octopus' on September 19th, buy it here: Newton Faulkner Official Store and touring Oct/Nov tic...

Apologies guys, this episode should've been out yesterday but Virgin decided to screw my wifi for a few days, meaning as well as not being able to watch TV or IPlayer on Glasto weekend, I also couldn't upload this chat with Charlie McNichol, frontman of Stockport band, The Rolling People, here it is now! Fresh off the back of tour support with Andrew Cushin and new single release 'Edge Of The Knif...

Back again with a fantastic guest, Alex Spencer might be young in years but he is a wise lad as you'll hear in this chat, Since leaving school 2 years ago he has packed so much in making tv appearances on Sky Sports News and BBC as well as embarking on some massive supports as well as 2 headline tours and 2 EP's with his third one, 'Where Do We Go From Here?' being released this Friday 13.06.25. W...

A wee Friday episode of the podcast with Dave from Dustin's Bar Mitzvah who return this October firstly playing Justine's in Margate on the 17th Dustin's Bar Mitzvah MARGATE 17/10/2025 19:30 Tickets - Eventim before supporting The Paddingtons in London on the 25th, tickets available here Tickets: The Paddingtons, London | Sat, 25 Oct 2025, 19:00 | Ticketmaster UK Hailing from Acton in London, Dust...

Hope you all enjoyed the crossover episode last week with RGM and Fantastival, deffo something we'll be doing again, be sure to check out both podcasts back catalogues if you like Time For Heroes! Anyway back again with another awesome guest and this time it's Ross Stewart of The Mardous, i fantastic story, filled with sliding doors moments, The Mardous were there right at the heart of the mid nou...

Something a bit different today, I hooked up with two of the finest podcasts around, Carl Maloney of the fantastic RGM Podcast, Stevie Nussbaum of the equally amazing Fantastival Podcast and myself sat down for a natter on why we do what we do, the highs and the lows and everything in between, both boys are doing terrific things in terms of promoting both grassroots and established acts and that i...

Last one of a five episode Easter extravaganza and its a cracker with Ryan McPhail, responsible for a lot of the artwork on the first two albums by The View, Ryan has plenty of tales of being around the band in the early days as well as Peter Doherty, Film sets and London terror attacks, Ryan is looking at putting on an exhibition of his work later in the year so click his links to stay in touch....

Here's another episode to enjoy with your eggs, this time with Florentenes. Despite their youthful exterior, this is a band with incredible maturity, humility and passion, all aspects that have clearly perked up a lot of ears since the band arrived on the scene late 2023, after debut single 'Gone', the band then released '14:17' EP recorded at Rockfield Studios and produced by the renowned Dave Er...

Vida are back, like a pheonix from the flames, Alloa's finest returned in 2023 with new single 'Different Storm' which I reviewed at th e time, since then they've went on to support Andrew Cushin, The Inspiral Carpets and most recently The Lathums, we spoke about all this plus their new single 'All My Life' was released on Wednesday check it out on all streaming platforms but first here all the ch...

It's Good Friday and it's release day for The Pale White, Second album 'The Big Sad' is out now, go check it out, but first listen to me chatting with frontman Adam Hope about loads of things from Newcastles's resurgence both on the football pitch and musically, the state of the music scene right now and of course the new album! The Pale White are due to support Pixies on their European tour later...

Well here's a little treat for you! As it's Easter i thought i'd release a little run of episodes, starting today up until Easter Monday, i'll be releasing a podcast a day, something to listen to while your eating your eggs! So here is the first with AmyJo Doherty, Peter's big sister and she fronts AmyJo Doh & The Spangles, we talked about her music career, her integral role in The Libertines...

A lot can happen in a week of podcasts and music, since recording this episode with Ollie Anglesea of Wigan band The Lilacs, the band have had to postpone their tour after guitarist Sam Birchall was diagnosed with testicular cancer, I hope you can all join with me in expressing our best wishes to Sam and the rest of the band at this time and wish him the speediest of recoveries. As well as that th...

What's happenin' people! Another episode of the podcast, this time with Brandon Frisby, frontman of Southend-on-Sea band Soaked. Brandon talked about his journey so far name-checking previous guests including Bilk, Another Day and Astile Doherty as well as his celeb spotting exploits!!! Soaked released latest single 'Talk About It' a few weeks ago, go check it out! Soaked 'Talk About It' | Soundpl...

Another episode of the podcast, this time with the fantastic Joe Goodall, a fantastic talent and a joy to speak to, discussing how his career has evolved and where it goes from here, it an hour and a half of class chat with Joe and you can hear it all right here! Joe plays Glasgow's McChuill's supporting The Banter Thief's in April and Edinburgh's Liquid Rooms supporting The Eve's in May tickets a...

This week I speak to Astile Doherty, son of Lisa Moorish and Peter Doherty, Astile is doing his own thing which includes Acting, Writing, Spoken Word and touring with former guests Another Day, we touched on all this and then at the end Astile picked his heroes! Hope you all enjoy x Check out all Astile's links below: steely g (@astile_doherty) • Instagram photos and videos Steely (@astile_doherty...

Apologies for no episode last week, not he best of weeks, my dog Dylan who sits beside me on every podcast had to be put to sleep, it wasn't a good time and the podcast was the furthest from my mind, thanfully I'm feeling slightly better and ready to put another episode out and here it is. The fantastic Brooke Combe who released her debut album 'Dancing At The Edge Of The World' at the end of Janu...

Kieran Fisher already has two albums in the bag, with his first band The Good Daze they released an album in 2012, after the band split Kieran went on to record a solo album 'Pay For The Privilege' in 2018 whilst carving out a fairly successful career and bagging some eyecatching support slots along the way but he knew in order to take it to the next level he had to have a full band set-up and tha...

Previous guest of the podcast Olly Andrews recommended Another Day and what a fantastic find it was! Another Day frontman Louis Hillier came on to discuss backflips and backstage plus his heroes! The bands debut single 'Doghouse Roses' is out now, with an Ep coming in March supported by a six date tour! Stream and buy tickets below: Another Day | Spotify Dates Also check out there other links belo...

James 'Jay' Lewis has crammed so much in, the boy barely gets time to sit down! From starting out fronting Cracatilla, joining The La's when they reformed in 2005, since then he has worked with John Power on his solo work as well as Cast and The Zutons and when he has a little time to himself Jay has his own solo work to be getting on with! We spoke about it all as well as his heroes! James is cur...

I had a brief chat with Sinead Donnelly of Blackbird Music, a Glasgow based promotions company, Sinead continues to play in her band Mary Of Silence but has found a passion for putting on her own gigs and has also branched out into photography! This month Blackbird Music have a series of gigs with female performers with proceeds being donated to Womens Rights Scotland. Find links for all gigs here...

Wow! Only took 4 years! I am speaking to Kyle Falconer ahead of his latest release 'The One I Love The Most' a collection of re-worked songs inspired by female's he has sang about throughout his career, the album features songs from both previous solo albums as well as classics from The View, you can buy the album here Kyle Falconer The One I Love The Most New Solo Album – Kyles store As well as s...