Best Quit Bitching Nation Podcasts (2025)

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Folk Bitch Trio - "I quit my job today" 30:07

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5h ago30:07

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Jeanie, Gracie and Heide of Folk Bitch Trio joined us before their show at The Lexington in London. They told us about all their old jobs - Nando's, the speakeasy above a brothel, cinema, metal record store; celebrity spots - Keanu Reeves, Ralph Fiennes, Bradley Cooper, Arthur Darvill; and how Jeanie quit her job earlier that day. Now Would Be A Go…

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Matt Berninger (The National) - "Being with the audience brought me out of a serious depression" 47:20

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Matt Berninger's excellent second solo album Get Sunk follows a slow exit from a serious depression where he couldn't get out of bed. Written on baseballs, deconstructed bedposts and anything else he could write lyrics on, the National singer writes songs like he's painting a picture. Once a graphic designer during the dot-com bubble in New York, h…

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Sydney Minsky Sargeant - "We need to be careful in not making music exclusive" 44:17

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Working Men's Club's Sydney Minsky Sargeant puts out his debut album Lunga this Friday. The album was written around the track 'Lisboa', which while written years ago carries so much weight for Syd that he needed to eventually get it out his system. The whole album is ace, and is from a more mellow direction than the harshness of WMC. Here we hear …

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Field Music - "Take control of your destiny... form a Doors tribute band" 40:01

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Famed for starting a Doors covers band to supplement income performing their own music, Field Music's David Brewis says it shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite sharing rehearsal spaces with 2000's mainstream indie bands The Futureheads and Maximo Park, the Brewis brothers had no interest in pleasing anyone else; only making music for themselves. C…

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Stop & Chat: Ryan Davis (Roadhouse Band) 15:34

4d ago15:34

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This guy writes SONGS. If you're reading this and you haven't heard Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band's latest album New Threats From The Soul, stop what you're doing and take it for a long walk. If you end up coming back to listen to this, you'll hear about his time working at the influential Drag City Records, a laundry list of odd jobs, not insuri…

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Daniel Avery - "Success knocked me" 43:53

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Daniel Avery's new album Tremor is heavy in a different way. On it is collaborations with Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Walter Schreifels(Quicksand / Rival Schools), bdrmm, Julie Dawson (NewDad), yeule, Ellie, Art School Girlfriend, yunè pinku, and Cecile Believe. Here he is on the trappings and triumphs of DJ culture, and how he's unlearned from hi…

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Tyler Ballgame - "Be Outsider-You" 32:28

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Tyler Ballgame is a modern savant. On his four released tracks, there's a sweeping melancholy underpinned by the haunting beauty of Roy Orbison or wry-smiled dreamy Harry Nilsson. In this chat, Tyler talks of Shakespeare inspiration, studying songwriting Berkeley but never successfully shaking the idea that he was an outsider, and blagging a job in…

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Water From Your Eyes - "I think I worked in a cult" 24:44

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Rachel and Nate of Water From Your Eyes (and This Is Lorelei) on watching our mums dance to the classics, hanging out with Michael Hannon, getting served beers by Pavement members, using other people's shower products, working for a cult, rawdogging flights and sourcing actors on Instagram. Their new album It's A Beautiful Place is out now. Filmed …

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End of the Road's Simon Taffe - "I would have people lock up their phones " 32:30

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EOTR's story feels a movie: one man's determination to create the best music festival, unhindered by low ticket sales and financial loss, before becoming the dream weekend of music it is today. Simon Taffe tells us about his tunnel vision, seeing Oasis this summer and how he would have everyone lock up their phones if he was able to. Get yourself s…

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Gruff Glyn (Melin Melyn) - "Learn Welsh, start a band" 48:13

21d ago48:13

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Live at Green Man 2025, Gruff Glyn offers his tales of working many jobs while playing in an excellent band. Taking time off his role at the solar panel / breast enlargement call centre to play a role in The Martian (Ridley Scott) where he played table tennis with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino; to the importance of the Welsh language and indep…

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Angel Du$t - "I have the coolest friends in the world" 14:17

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Justice Tripp on his best friends and collaborators Turnstile, the hardcore community and United & Strong Fest in London, moving into an abandoned warehouse as a teenager, creating to stay alive and Angel Du$t's new phase with Run For Cover Records. The Beat is out now. Filmed by Eva Nagengast at All Ages Records in Camden, London Get yourself some…

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Yasi Salek - "How weird would it be if I changed how I spoke for a podcast" 24:50

1M ago24:50

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Journalist, Bandsplain host and alternative 90s know-it-all Yasi Salek on vocal fry, wearing MF Doom's mask and not judging the lyrics of eighteen-year-olds. She reveals the future of music journalism, remembers her pyjama party with Courtney Love, an early meeting with Charli xcx and how a book on Nirvana changed her life. Produced by Joe Little. …

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Cory Hanson - “New bands are competing with robots for Christ's sake” 41:26

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I Love People is Cory Hanson's latest soundtrack to elastic afternoons. Born from years in punk houses and assistant work in LA, and the disappointment of making something that doesn't sound like he thought it would. AI, The Velvet Sundown, Nick Cave and teaching ballet also make appearances. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https…

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For Those I Love - " I made Alien Truther videos" 49:13

2M ago49:13

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For Those I Love (aka David Balfe) is about to release his excellent new album Carving The Stone. He sits on how his uncle's DVD collection gave him his hard edges, the way The Streets' Original Pirate Material changed his life, Dublin's inaffordability, making his own videos and all the different jobs he's done to keep making music. Photo: Hugh Qu…

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The New Eves - Haunted by Tutankhamun 23:27

2M ago23:27

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If you're not sure what to make of gothic Midsommar clad The New Eves, keep listening. There's the poetic thud of The Velvet Underground and autodidactic brilliance of The Slights, but it's the wide-eyed willingness that makes their first release and debut album The New Eves is rising that makes this Brighton band something very very special. Sat o…

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Laurie Vincent (Soft Play) - "We might change our name again" 55:25

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Swerving a teenage job at his uncle's timber yard, Laurie Vincent only ever wanted to be in a band. Soft Play shouldn't work on paper (guitar, stand-up drums, Adidas tracksuits), but it definitely does work blasted loud in massive venues. Laurie has loved, lost and reconnected as he's grown up in public. Heavy Jelly is Soft Play's return to enjoyab…

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David Yow (the Jesus Lizard) - Man of Detail 42:02

2M ago42:02

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Paving his own path and making his own noise, David Yow has been the shamanic leader of the unapologetically meaty sound of the Jesus Lizard. He's also an actor, designer and expat. The band just wrapped up shows for this year following their new album - first in 26 years - Rack. Photo: Joshua Black Wilkins Get yourself some top class Shure microph…

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jasmine.4.t - "Being loved by other trans people is very healing" 33:02

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Jasmine's heartwarming debut You Are The Morning is up there with the best of this year's records. We hear about the well paying job she just quit, the power of trans community and Yulia and the Filton 18. Find out more about Yulia: https://www.freeyulia.com/ Photo: Matt Grubb Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p…

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Allo Darlin' - Helen Mirren's stockings, Yoko Ono at Abbey Road and X-rated valentine's day cards 21:03

2M ago21:03

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The indie-pop band that everyone needs in their life is back. Bright Nights is Allo Darlin's new album, and UK people can catch them on tour this October. Tickets here: https://www.allodarlin.com/tour Want AD FREE episodes? Become a member for £4 per month: https://www.patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: h…

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Kurupt FM's Hugo Chegwin - "I won two Ivor Novellos... I didn't know what they were" 38:00

2M ago38:00

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Kurupt FM's laidback man of leisure joins with tales from Brentford, co-writing Emeli Sandé's 'Next To Me', remixing Wiley, risking it in front of your mates and getting fired from an accounts job after he told them he could do numbers "like Rain Man". Want AD FREE episodes? Become a member for £4 per month: https://www.patreon.com/101parttimejobs …

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Onome Edgeworth (Kokoroko) - Gardening after Glastonbury 19:42

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Kokoroko's brilliant new album Tuff Times Never Last is out now, and their Brixton Academy show on 25 September will be one to remember. Percussionist Onome Edgeworth tells us about their best year yet, gardening and working as a team. Want AD FREE episodes? Become a member for £4 per month: https://www.patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some…

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Gwenno - "Survive the 21st Century: Speak Cornish" 15:24

2M ago15:24

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On her new trilingual album Utopia, Gwenno documents the last 25 years in Welsh, Cornish and English. Growing up with a Cornish poet dad, before getting a job dancing in Australia and Las Vegas, joining an indie pop group and landing behind the bar of a boozy pub. She has since won the Welsh Music Prize for her debut solo album, nominated for a Mer…

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Emma-Jean Thackray - "The jazz police hate me" 38:33

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It's a testament to Emma-Jean Thackray's endurance that Weirdo made it out. Mourning the sudden passing of her partner, writing lyrics that she couldn't imagine being released into the public and fighting for her album artwork vision, EJT is a hero. Weirdo is out now on Brownswood. Want AD FREE episodes? Become a member for £4 per month: https://ww…

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Rival Consoles - "I could spend 2000 hours on a song and not release it" 32:45

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Before the early days of Erased Tapes, Ryan Lee West has been perpetually transfixed with making things. His new album Landscape from Memory is out this Friday. Shot at AAJA, Deptford. Photo: Eva Vermandel. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited upload…

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KNEECAP on self expression, socialism and Irish identity 31:24

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For the first time on Spotify video (also YouTube), a memorable afternoon with KNEECAP just before their debut album Fine Art. Their new single The Recap (ft. Mozey) is out now. 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 ENT…

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Bob Vylan on Keir Starmer's irresponsible government & choosing between health or rent 1:12:25

3M ago1:12:25

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Bob Vylan's set is the most talked about Glastonbury performance this year, so we're revisiting our episode from when their album Humble As The Sun came out for the first time in video form. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists ke…

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Oracle Sisters - "We're chameleons and nomads" 29:01

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Lewis, Christopher and Julia phone in from France about their big risk turned travelling circus. From modelling and moving to Paris to take a job that lasted all of a week, to hypnotic records and selling out Koko. Divinations is out there to jam. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distri…

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Ambrose Kenny-Smith (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard) - "Redder than the devil's D" 45:56

3M ago45:56

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Ambrose is the least trusted member of King Gizzard. He's a skateboarder. He once lost a Rickenbacker which will follow him to the grave. He's thought about making a commercial rock album but would sabotage it. He doesn't have much time on his hands. But he's here for 101 Part Time Jobs. Phantom Island is out now. Get yourself some top class Shure …

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David Keenan - Faith in words 45:01

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Celebrated Scottish author David Keenan brought new light into my life with his book This Is Memorial Device, and he's written a raft of excellent stories. He's put together an avant-garde compilation Volcanic Tongue, named after the Glasgow record store he co-ran, which is out now on Disciples. His next book is coming soon. Get yourself some top c…

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Jehnny Beth - Echoes, poetry and listening to yourself 42:12

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Jehnny Beth joined us at our local coffee shop to talk moving to London as a teenager, working with Damon Albarn and Bobby Gillespie, and her new album You Heartbreaker, You - out 29 August. Photo: Johnny Hostile Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited …

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Natalie Bergman - "It’s our duty to give back to the community" 42:29

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Natalie's debut album Mercy cut through the to the core. Centred on the sudden passing of her father, it's a complete experience. My Home Is Not In This World, her new album, is born from the love of her son Arthur and carries undeniable melody. It's out 18 July through Jack White's Third Man Records, pre order it at https://thirdmanrecords.com/col…

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Los Campesinos! - "This band is the best thing we've ever done" 14:13

3M ago14:13

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At Primavera Sound Barcelona '25, Gareth David from the emo inflected positive rockers Los Campesinos! joined us. Talking queer and trans inclusivity in music spaces, the joy of being an independent band and achieving their dream of playing at the Catalonian festival. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroK…

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Anthony Fantano - "You can't have trust fund babies on this podcast" 12:11

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At Primavera Sound Barcelona '25 we heard from the internet's busiest music nerd himself. On nepotism, bleeding on customers' calzones, and why Smashing Pumpkins and Kayne should stop releasing albums. Filming credit: Liz For advice on depression and mental health struggle, visit CALM. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.…

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Dan Ozzi - Mark Hoppus, Noisey and writing for the underdogs 1:03:49

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Co-writing Mark Hoppus' rollercoaster memoir Fahrenheit-182, penning previous books with Laura Jane Grace and a blazing everything-you-didn't-know about the independent bands who signed to major record labels in Sellout, Dan Ozzi has transformed from a great music journalist to an unforgettable music author. Kayleigh Goldsworthy Get yourself some t…

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Annie DiRusso - Big Thief, Ice Cream and 3am floor talks 47:28

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Annie's debut album Super Pedestrian has the kind of vulnerability that brings me hope for the younger generations. It's heartfelt pop rock, and Annie's a funny, kind and strong soul. Photo: Elizabeth Marsh Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited upload…

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Getdown Services - "You can express how you feel with humour" 25:39

4M ago25:39

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Before their biggest headline show yet, Josh and Ben joined us at Yard Sale pizza (delicious pies) on the trojan horse of humour in music, grifting at work, celebrating food, taking direct full-name shots and independent venues. Getdown Services' new EP Primordial Slot Machine is out 6 June, order it here: https://breakfastrecords.greedbag.com/ Pho…

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Ty Segall - "I thought playing music for a living was an absurd idea" 40:10

4M ago40:10

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Multi-dimensional ripper Ty Segall joins for today's chat, on the economy of touring, working at a hydroponic grow house in California and how making different sounding records is what comes best to him. Photo: Denée Segall Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: …

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Max Pope - "I need to get out my f*cking head and dig a hole" 28:16

4M ago28:16

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Max Pope has a journey story of ups and downs, so I got him round to hear about getting signed as a teenager, having his music life turned around by discovering gardening, and entering a new time with his music. 'Love is Dead' the latest single is out now. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some t…

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Stop & Chat: Pan Amsterdam at The Great Escape 10:25

4M ago10:25

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On his new record Confines out today on Heavenly, Pan Amsterdam is unconfined melody. We spoke before his show in Brighon last weekend at the Great Escape about New York, being a Iggy Pop's band director and Merengue music. Photo: Louise Mason Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shur…

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John Niven's Blur vs. Oasis Battle 37:14

4M ago37:14

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Writer of The Battle, documenting the Britpop rivalry of 1995, and novelist John Niven joins us on writing novels like Kill Your Friends, scriptwriting and the importance of being candid. 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 make…

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Matt Maltese's Vintage Records 28:33

4M ago28:33

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Matt Maltese joins us at Rough Trade Vintage to talk through his ace new album Hers, how he ran his own vintage record shop, writing with Joy Crookes and bleeding on someone's lunch... 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 m…

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Stop & Chat: Lizzie Esau 10:40

4M ago10:40

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In Newcastle, Lizzie Esau is working by day and playing at night. Bugs is her ace new tune, inspired by long days working at M&S and legendary local venue The Cluny. Catch her on tour this summer. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Distr…

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Samantha Crain - "Everyone who works in the liquor store plays in a band" 35:31

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Gumshoe is Samantha Crain's new album and it's a good and deep listen. She's had a life of mini jobs and has made great music throughout it. She's an inspiration. Photo: Sequoia Ziff 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 mus…

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Patrick Wolf - "I earned enough to run away from home" 28:40

4M ago28:40

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After a decade in obscurity, processing rehabilitation and personal crisis, Patrick Wolf is returning with his seventh album Crying The Neck. We hear about his new lease of life, playing with Patti Smith in Dylan Thomas' boathouse and the Clapham sandwich shop he hasn't been invited back to. Photo: Furmaan Ahmed Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 p…

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Låpsley - Queer sex parties, Charli xcx co-writes and winning SXSW 11:20

4M ago11:20

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Låpsley stops and chats about running Her Own Recordings, putting on queer sex parties, writing for Charli xcx and looking back on a meandering music life. Her new album I'm A Hurricane I'm A Woman In Love is out now. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https:/…

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Cornelia Murr - Bird Lady 39:26

5M ago39:26

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Calming, groovy and meditative is Cornelia Murr's new album Run to the Center. We met in Regents Park, sat on the fountain and talked bird-saving, restaurant work and stage fright. 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…

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Chuck Ragan is reelin' in the years 15:44

5M ago15:44

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Chuck's here on the gratitude he has for Hot Water Music fans and neighbours, appreciation for his ventriloquist mother and golfer father, plus we get a sketched out idea of the types of fish he's caught. His fifth solo album Love & Lore is out now. Thanks to Hayley and Joe. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs …

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The Jeffrey Lewis Effect 48:24

5M ago48:24

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Jeffrey Lewis has made himself a home in writing acutely empathetic lo-fi tracks, building a legion of dedicated followers. His new album The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis is out now, and this week he's on tour in the UK. Thank you Rachel Silver. Photo: Ilya Popenko Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Ge…

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Sextile - "High-risk personalities" 52:13

5M ago52:13

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In a very real life story of rehab, nursing homes and personal loss, Sextile are a wild eyed medley of sonic chaos. Their new album yes, please. is out tomorrow and you can catch them live this spring. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobs Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 …

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English Teacher on pedals, mopeds and writing their second album 8:29

5M ago8:29

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One year on from their Mercury prize winning debut album This Could Be Texas, English Teacher tell us about writing its follow up, moped dreams and falling off stage. 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 …