101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
101 Part Time Jobs hears about the resilience of musicians in an uncertain time for independent music. Giles Bidder interviews bands and a variety of artists about the many jobs they’ve taken to ensure that the show can go on. Whether they’re casual jobs taken between tours or a full-time career that runs in tandem with their music, 101 Part Time Jobs demonstrates just how much effort, commitment and inventiveness it can take a name musician to be able to make a living. Previous guests include IDLES, Self Esteem, Blossoms, Yard Act, The Hives, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Jamz Supernova, Ezra Furman, Built to Spill, Big Joanie, Martha, Gabrielle Aplin, Kevin Morby, Thurston Moore, Tim Burgess, The Mountain Goats, The National & many more.
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April 24, 2025 • 40 mins
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
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April 22, 2025 • 30 mins
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.
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April 18, 2025 • 9 mins
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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.
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April 17, 2025 • 40 mins
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.
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April 14, 2025 • 33 mins
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
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April 9, 2025 • 35 mins
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
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April 8, 2025 • 16 mins
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 & photo: Liam Rooney
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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.
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March 31, 2025 • 33 mins
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.
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March 30, 2025 • 18 mins
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.
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March 26, 2025 • 42 mins
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!
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March 24, 2025 • 39 mins
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
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March 19, 2025 • 44 mins
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
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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.
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March 12, 2025 • 55 mins
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
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March 11, 2025 • 35 mins
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
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March 10, 2025 • 38 mins
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
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March 5, 2025 • 43 mins
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
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March 4, 2025 • 33 mins
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.
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March 3, 2025 • 60 mins
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.
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