101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

The Lawrence Arms' new record Skeleton Coast is out now, and I think it's their best yet. Brendan tells me all about that album after I quizzed him on The Greatest Story Ever Told / Oh! Calcutta! , plus how he became domesticated midway through their career before working at an ad agency/The Onion/Nihilist Arby's.

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Photo: Ben Peir

Songs: The Lawrence Arms 'Belly of the Whale', Cock Sparrer 'Working'

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IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen joins me to talk about being a registered dentist - formerly a prison dentist no less! - and how the band have organised themselves over the years. Plus, how they wrote upcoming album Ultra Mono (25 September) in two weeks, with Joe Talbot writing most of the lyrics in the studio.

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Photo: Tom Ham

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Daniel P. Carter, known for his work in 'A', Hexes & the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, joins me to dig around how he arrived to now. Growing up in Reading, his love of music and art took him to the world's biggest rock stages, and speaking to/painting his favourite artists for his own podcast Someone Who Isn't Me (SWIM).

From working in an East London video shop to being called up for the Radio 1 job, find out what happened along his way. Plus the realisation 'A' were the most un-googlable band in the world.

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James Scarlett, booker of UK festivals 2000 Trees and ArcTanGent, gives us his story. From booking the first 'Trees with no prior experience, to quitting his job in accountancy three years later, starting ATG, and his sensibilities behind keeping the two festivals the best they can be - for the fans.

2000 Trees have announced their headliners for 2021: Jimmy Eat World & Thrice

ArcTanGent are announcing their 2021 line-up this week!

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Songs: Jimmy Eat World 'Goodbye Sky Harbour', Cock Sparrer 'Working'

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Chilly Gonzales joins me ahead of A Very Chilly Christmas Special (screening this Wednesday 23 December). Here he is telling us stories including (but not limited to): an early job playing piano at a lingerie shop, getting signed to Warner Brothers Canada early on, Canada's education system and McGill Universty of Montreal, the book he wrote about Enya, his self-funded Gonzervatory music school, his artist independence, the differences between creatives cultures in Berlin and Paris, harmony; tension and resolution in culture, a story about visiting Brian Eno in London, his musical family with Jarvis Cocker and Leslie Feist, Boys Noize, Igor Levit and A Very Chilly Christmas Special.

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Songs: Chilly Gonzales 'Silent Night', Cock Sparrer 'Working'

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