Time For Heroes

Hope you've all having a good Easter, here's another episode for you to listen to while tucking into another Easter egg! Olly Andrews is frontman of Van Susans and also heads up We Like Oliver an Artist Management company. We spoke about all this plus a whole lot more, check out the links below We Like Oliver We Like Oliver (@welikeoliver) • Instagram photos and videos We Like Oliver (@welikeolive...

Happy Easter all! What better way to celebrate than with The Lovely Eggs!!! I spoke to Holly Ross, one half of the Lancastrian duo about upcoming 7th album 'Eggistentialism' out May 17th and touring from May 23rd! Links below: The Lovely Eggs 'Eggsistentialism' (lnk.to) See Tickets - The Lovely Eggs Tickets and Dates 2024 As well as that we spoke about the bands career in detail and Holly chose he...

Another episode of the podcast and another which feature two guests. This time out I'm speaking to Joe Laycock and Jack Sharp of Conscious Pilot, we spoke about their early life growing up, which led them to begin former band Cheap Teeth, when the band stopped Joe and Jack went on to form new project Conscious Pilot and their debut EP. 'Epoxy Plains' was released last Friday (08.03.24) buy the vin...

The next episode is with Angela Martin and Paula Snow of Bugeye, an all female group from Croydon, disco, punk, garage, so many influences and sounds, they are such a vibrant band and full of innovation. During lockdown they hosted their own podcast and they also run their own festival (Cro Cro Land) in Croydon! We discussed all this as well as the music industry in a wider scale and as usual they...

Next up on the pod is Morgan and Nelson Bankes of The Bankes Brothers, the four piece band from Victoria BC release new EP 'In Waves' In Waves EP (fanlink.to) tomorrow (01.03.24) before heading out on tour as support for Red Rum Club, beginning a week today (07.03.24) in Glasgow and travelling down the UK. Tickets available here : The Bankes Brothers - Tour The Bankes Brothers sound fuses influenc...

Next up on the podcast we have Jay and Tyler of Southampton based band The Manatees Their latest EP 'Different State Of Mind' drops this Friday (23.02.24) pre-save here The Manatees - Different State Of Mind EP (orcd.co) The band then travel to America to play at SXSW before embarking on a UK tour in April, tickets available here The Manatees - AEG Presents We spoke about all this plus signing to...

Wow!!! Today's guest is Baz Warne, guitarist and vocalist of legendary band The Stranglers, The Stranglers have a career spanning 50 years with Baz joining the band in 2000, originally on guitar before taking on vocal duties on some of the bands most iconic songs. The band go out on their 50th anniversary tour this March, starting out at The Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on the 8th. We spoke about a...

Back with another cracker, this time with Sam Herlihy, frontman of the fantastic Hope Of The States, who recorded two amazing albums in the noughties, 'The Lost Riots' and 'Left' After the break-up of the band Sam had many musical projects before opening both a restaurant (Pidgin) and sandwich shop (Sons + Daughters) with business partner and friend James Marsden, this also led to them recording '...

An absolute pleasure to welcome John Power onto the podcast, a proper hero moment! Bass player in The La's before forming Cast who went on an incredible run of 3 top 10 albums and 10 top 20 singles, Cast are back with new album 'Love Is The Call' on February 16th and it is without a doubt up there with their finest work! pre order here: Cast Official Store (tmstor.es) We spoke about all this as we...

3 episodes in a week!!! This one with the fabulous Lena Anderssen who's 6th studio album 'State Of The Land' is out today (26th January) A truly beautiful voice, I heard this album at the start of the year and was blown away AND!!!! It was produced by the late Geoff Emerick who previously worked with The Beatles!!! Can't be bad eh! Had a great chat with Lena talking about her full career and then...

2nd episode of the week with another to come tomorrow! This time out I'm speaking to Scott Powell of Stoke band Camens who release new single Cynical tomorrow (26th January) ahead of their debut album which follows in May. Pre-order here: Camens and get tickets for the album tour here: CAMENS TICKET LINKS | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree The thing that shines through most with these up and coming...

What's happening Heroes! This is the first of 3 episodes this week, yes 3!!! All unedited as I've been super busy and a little under the weather. This one is with Ali McKinnell of Electrasy, who had a massive hit in the 90's with 'Morning Afterglow' (up there with 'Don't Look Back In Anger' for me) The band have had breaks but released their last album as recently as 2023 (To The Other Side) We sp...

My next guest is Benjy Leak, frontman of LOCK-IN an upcoming London band. They have just released their new EP (Onto The Next) today!!!!! (Jan 19th) so once you've listened to this fantastic interview with Benjy chatting about music, pyjamas and Jimmy Bullard, go check the new EP and the rest of their stuff! Lock-In | Spotify and here's a link to buy tickets for the london show also Lock-In - Lond...

Anybody want another one? Here you go then, here's my chat with Sam Scherdel, talking us through his career to date, with his recent run of singles since 2022 he seems to be well placed to capitalise on this and cement his place as an outstanding live performer, look out for him this year, a boy with a big heart, big tunes and a big future! Check out Sam below: Sam Scherdel | Facebook 𝕊 𝔸 𝕄 𝕊 ℂ ℍ...

Happy New Year one and all! Time For Heroes is back and while you've all been enjoying the festive season, I've been busy booking guests and here is the first one! The fantastic Matt McManamon, frontman of The Dead 60's, touring member of The Specials and with solo album Scally Folk released in 2021 we had plenty to talk about! As always Matt picked his heroes and we have 3 never picked before!!!...

The last one of 2023 and it's a cracker, with the fantastic MC Tunes, what a life! Nicky Lockett AKA MC Tunes has been through the ringer, he's cheated death multiple times and the music industry has cheated him just as much! The Manchester rapper has worked with 808 State and A Guy Called Gerald and more recently guested on Shed Project's 'One Shot' He fronted Dust Junkeys and his solo album 'Dam...

What's up Heroes!!!! The penultimate podcast of the year is here and it's with Mark Richardson, a Spoken Word artist from Dundee, we spoke about his early life and how it led him to his current status (Mark released his first collection of poems earlier this year) and he picked his heroes to come round for tea, Check out Mark's links below, specifically his video's on the socials as well getting y...

Back again for another episode, this time with Lewis from Shambolics, a band that repeatedly release absolute bangers! Since their formation in 2018 debut release When She Goes Home has racked up over 1 million plays on Spotify and the band hasn't stopped, new release Everything You Should've Done came out on Friday (1st Dec) https://open.spotify.com/album/5p0TN0q3dCNXtZGRyMWcXJ?si=Fa4ZEzfyRnabTme...

Wow! What a legend!!! Jim Gellatly is the next guest on the podcast, a proper hero, Jim has championed new music in his career as a radio presenter that has spanned four decades! Former presenter of XFM Scotland’s Drivetime show, and hosting a weekly unsigned showcase on Amazing Radio (Digital Radio in Dublin and London & online) and also hosts Breakfast on BFBS Radio, Jim’s a well-known face...

Back again with another run of episodes and a shiny new logo! The logo was made by Rowan McDonagh, you can check out his work on the link below, I highly recommend him!!! Rowan McDonagh (@rowan_mcdonagh_design) • Instagram photos and videos So this episode is with Andy Miller, Andy has played guitar with Dodgy in a career spanning four decades, we chatted about how the band formed, the Britpop day...

Episode 7 is a cracker with Declan Welsh, frontman of the fabulous Glasgow band Declan Welsh & The Decadent West (DWDW) DWDW are due to release their second album, '2' this Friday (27.10.23) which you can buy here Declan Welsh and The Decadent West (dwdw.co.uk) As well as talking about the upcoming album we also spoke in great detail about the politics surrounding the conflict in Gaza, Declan...

Anton Pell! What a life, this boys had his ups and downs but he just keeps picking himself and re-inventing himself! You can read the full story in his book, Grass Routes which you can buy here Grass Routes: The life & times of a grassroots music promoter: Amazon.co.uk: Pell, Anton: 9781716234910: Books We discussed his childhood growing up in Aberdeen, pissing next to Michael Portillo and the...

So after finishing Season 1 with the fantastic Kieren Webster I thought I'd get the rest of the lads on, might need to wait a bit for Kyle but here's my chat with Pete. As well as being a founding member of The View, since the band's hiatus, Pete has also became a touring member of Echo And The Bunnymen. I spoke to Pete in-between The View comeback shows and going on tour with The Bunnymen and we...

Episode 4 with Ryan Breslin, lead guitarist of The K's, one of the hottest bands around right now! They've just announced their debut album (I Wonder If The World Knows?) will be out next year and you can pre order it here The K's Official Online Store The K's - I Wonder If The World Knows? (tmstor.es) Ryan took me through his career to date which has already seen him rub shoulders with the likes...

Welcome back to Time For Heroes Podcast, episode 3 is with Slow Time Mondays, an up and coming indie band from Crawley. With debut album 'Century' released in May this year, which fuses their influences of Indie, Mod & Ska,the band are well placed to take the step up in their career, with Crawley, Brighton and London gigs coming thick and fast the lads are set to embark on a journey north this...