101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

After touring in Orville Peck's band and doing the hard yards in Toronto indie rockers FRIGS, Bria Salmena has released her very excellent debut album Big Dog. She talks us through the stadium shows and free sunglasses, enjoying going back to the DIY admin and a hairy journey driving through an ice blizzard. Photo: Matthew Tammaro Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Bria Salmena - Driving through the ice blizzard

Starting a 6 week tour across North America, bassist Jack Padurairu talks the years of graft each member in Pest Control have put in, uniting metal, punk and hardcore and working at a friendly food warehouse. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Pest Control - Six weeks in the USA

Hear the full episode at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1imfPmENXqPSzYtxCXJMsm?si=bdbacddef0d04cd5 Valerie June's good natured, gutsy songwriting germinates from her experiences in plantcare and community. Between selling CDs out of her car to working with a few of the biggest names in indie music, Valerie has kept her humility and faith in tact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Valerie June's 10-minute rule, plantlife and working 12 hour days | 101 Part Time Jobs

Valerie June's good natured, gutsy songwriting germinates from her experiences in plantcare and community. Between selling CDs out of her car to working with a few of the biggest names in indie music, Valerie has kept her humility and faith in tact. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Valerie June - “I learned natural healing" 

Thanks to the internet, Superheaven are having a second wind. Calling time out after spending their twenties slogging it out, they're back after a decade away. Taylor and Jake discuss the algorithm, how Turnstile changed our experience of guitar music and being grumpy on-stage. Their excellent self-titled album is out Friday. Photo: Vincent Guglielmo Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Superheaven - "I'm not a job person"

M(h)aol are a band you should know. Meeting as all bands should (a chance encounter at a record store), the Dublin started, continentally based group are putting out their second album of shadow-chasing tunes next month. Get to know their story here, then catch them on tour. Photo: Cait Fahey Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

M(h)aol - “I agreed to be in the band out of politeness"

For a shorter pre-gig chat with Mei Semones, we hear about her job at a pre-school, the high ceiling of gifted musicians and how artists shouldn't be discouraged by having to work side jobs. Albums recommended: Michael Brecker 'Tales From the Hudson', Ari Hoenig 'Lines of Oppression', John Roseboro 'Fools'. Video &amp; photo: Liam Rooney Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Mei Semones - "Never thought I'd be changing diapers"

Last week, before their mammoth UK tour, we were joined by Matt Baty of Pigs x7 on the years that have gone into the band, the good feeling of making something for no financial gain and his struggles writing the lyrics for their new album Death Hilarious - out tomorrow. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Matt Baty (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs) - "Does it make you feel good? Yes, well f*cking do it."

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Scowl's Kat Moss on challenging everything around you, her survival instinct and the necessary pain of moving through experiences. Their new album Are We All Angels arrives 4 April. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Scowl - "Everything that's beautiful is painful"

Before their weekend residency at the legendary Brixton theatre, Charles and Andrew Hendy of The Mary Wallopers talk the job centre, songwriting, selling cars and the healthy kind of civic pride. Thank you to Meg, Cyril, Cian and Brixton Academy. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Mary Wallopers - "There's no secret, just trust yourself"

Austin from wood creatures Snapped Ankles joins today on how he pays rent in twigs, taking their warehouse party art project around continent, and being a furniture maker... obviously. Their new album Hard Times Furious Dancing is out tomorrow! Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Snapped Ankles - "Foraging for rent money"

Even as a teenager, Jim James knew music was number one. Here he is on learning to love himself through all the strange emotions that being in a perpetually 'on' band gives you, and My Morning Jacket's alchemical new album is (out now). Photo: Danny Clinch Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Jim James (My Morning Jacket) - "It's been a lot of therapy"

Battle axe songwriter Bob Mould comes on today, with stories from working in pro wrestling, how the chords might not have changed but the feelings have, running a big bear club night and the energy of his new record Here We Go Crazy. Photo: Ryan Bakerink Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Bob Mould - "They put me in a room with Hulk Hogan"

The wayward teen turned co-creator of one of the greatest comedy series on TV, Allan Mustafa walks us from Brentford to Hollywood (/ the BBC and other major streaming platforms). Shows that he's written and starred in, including The Curse, Peacock and People Just Do Nothing, are all streaming now. Big thanks to The Social for having us. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Allan Mustafa (MC Grindah, Kurupt FM) - "The stuff I’d go through to not work, I might as well have just worked"

On music, money, baseball and intrusive thoughts, it's a deep chat with Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon. Rarely Do I Dream is an impeccable record, I implore you to listen to it. Catch him on tour in the UK in June. Photo: Tyler T. Williams Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Youth Lagoon - "Are you gonna learn from the scratches or ignore them?"

When Hamilton Leithauser played in London a few weeks ago, I thought: "This guy has a story about everything." Turns out he tells stories about his songs every night but that doesn't make it any less impressionable. A New Yorker who strolls with meaning, his springtime album This Side of the Island is out now. Go ride a bike. Photo: Sam Gold Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Hamilton Leithauser - "I interned at Inner Ear Studios while Fugazi recorded"

At his east London base Total Refreshment Centre, Alabaster DePlume discusses his philosopy on what it means to be his own artist, the power of individual and group belief - and what he learned working with people with learning differences. His wonderful new album, A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole is available now on International Anthem. Photo: Alexander Massek Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Alabaster DePlume at Total Refreshment Centre

At their family-rooted cafe on Hastings seafront, the no-bullshit, blistering Pixies/Hole-inspired HotWax take us through their nonstop touring schedule, growing around class tension in Hastings and the heavy youthful sound of their debut album Hot Shock - out tomorrow. Photo: Louise Mason Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

HotWax at the Goat Ledge

Best New Artist at the BRITs, The Last Dinner Party's five members each have their own musical histories. Georgia Davies, who gave their acceptance speech on the importance of independent music, joined us at Trisha's in Soho to talk about her years of playing in small venues around Southampton, how government could support the arts and the new roles of artists. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Last Dinner Party's Georgia Davies - "To save music is to value it"

The masterpiece of Divorce's debut album is out this Friday. Here with the stories behind Drive to Goldenhammer, all four members join us with tales from busking, carpentry, gardening and doing 12 hour shifts - all to let themselves do more of the good stuff. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Divorce - "Pint of numbers and pack'o dusted nuts"

Former English teacher Antony Szmierek joins us on settling into life as a full-time artist, his top-bins volley in Angie's Wedding video, Central Cee being the new Macbeth and how his debut album Service Station at the End of the Universe is for the struggling people. Photo: Zak Watson Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Antony Szmierek - Making your own meaning

Matilda Mann joins today on the costs of touring, the fortuitous fate of not going to university and the wine rack crash that she had nothing to do with. Her debut album Roxwell comes out Friday. Photo: Katie Silvester Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Matilda Mann - The smash of a wine rack

Craig Finn AND Franz Nicolay join us ahead of their London Weekender, on their resonable community, taking The War On Drugs on their first tour and making tracks with Sam Fender. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Craig Finn & Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) - "I have a bad feeling I'm going to end up in that hole"

Trinity and Row step in from the world of psychology and rapper reviews for this special episode of Stop &amp; Chat. Their excellent debut album Earth-Sized Worlds is out next Friday 28 February. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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