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101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
101 Part Time Jobs is the interviews podcast that unearths the graft and resilience in a demanding time for artists. Giles Bidder interviews guests about the gumption and work ethic that drives them to create, defying the odds of an ever-changing industry to ensure that the show can go on. Guests have included IDLES, KNEECAP, Blossoms, Denzel Curry, Self Esteem, Tim Heidecker, The Last Dinner Party, Lauren Mayberry, Crowded House, English Teacher & many more.
Episodes
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBiig Piig - "I love a late night"
Jessica Smyth aka Biig Piig releases her long awaited debut album 11:11 this Friday. At MAP Cafe, where NiNE8 Collective have deep roots, Jessica tells us the…
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Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) on Oasis / Taylor Swift tickets, Glasgow and Spinal Tap
A few moments from our episode with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai. Hear the full episode from last week at…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderTerrorvision at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds - Independent Venue Week x Beavertown
A wonderful night at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, where we met venue runner Nathan Clark, head of security Jo, gig goers Liz & Nomis and Chris Catalyst…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderOpus Kink at Night & Day Café, Manchester - Independent Venue Week x Beavertown
Join us for our evening at Night & Day in Manchester, where we spoke with Opus Kink and The Great Unwashed, special guests Maruja - plus IVW volunteers Mia and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLICE at The Louisiana, Bristol - Independent Venue Week x Beavertown
On the first night of Independent Venue Week in collaboration with Beavertown tour, we headed to The Louisiana to see LICE, Blood Wizard, Eva Penney and The…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderPrima Queen & Opus Kink: Independent Venue Week x Beavertown
At Dingwalls, Camden we heard from Prima Queen's Kristin and Louise, plus Opus Kink's Angus about their favourite memories of indendent venues. Independent…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderStop & Chat: DITZ
The Jesus Lizard, IDLES, Lambrini Girls and McDonalds all get a mention in today's Stop & Chat with Cal from DITZ. Their new album Never Exhale is out this…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderStuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) - "Do the very best you can"
At Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom, Stuart tells us about growing up in the city, the class separation in music and how he's never lost the youthful spirit…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderVashti Bunyan - "A different generation understands it"
In one of the most remarkable music stories of our time, Vashti Bunyan's terrifying and beautiful experience as part of a travelling community set the light…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAnna B Savage - Terrariums and the different kind of toy
Behind the alchemical sounds of Anna B Savage is a long track of side-hustles and working out how to be a full-time artist. Now on her third album You & i are…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAlex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) - "I'd emerge with a chainsaw in my hand"
At 19, Alex Kapranos was promoting independent gigs in Glasgow. Working a laundry list of jobs to keep playing music, he eventually broke through as one of the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderStop & Chat: Delivery
James from Australia's Delivery fields questions on digging holes, how warm a loo seat should be and teaching Aussie rules football. The band's second album is…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLambrini Girls - "We've aged 10 years in one"
On the brink of their excellent debut album Who Let The Dogs Out (this Friday), Lambrini Girls' Phoebe and Selin join Giles about the new breed of white van…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderChuck Ragan - "It takes a village"
In the glow of his new solo record Love & Lore and during a tour with Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan talks violent early years of punk and skateboarding, the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBest of 2024... IDLES, KNEECAP, Blossoms, AURORA and Lauren Mayberry
Looking back on moments with IDLES' Joe Talbot, Irish hip-hop trio KNEECAP, Stockport legends Blossoms, Norwegian guiding light AURORA and CHVRCHES' Lauren…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAshaine White - The Wedding Singer
Wedding singer and Nando's forever-girl Ashaine White joins on today's episode. Her new track 'I Sing To Myself' is a clock stopper and she'll be playing at…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBartees Strange - “The worst thing is people feel they can’t do it”
Bartees Strange joins today on discovering community through DIY screamo shows, facilitating your own progression and having fun doing it, we share a The…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderNilüfer Yanya - Keeping it like a secret
My Method Actor is one of 2024's great albums. In this episode, its author Nilüfer Yanya talks growing up in London, being confident in her early songwriting…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCameron Winter - "I messed up the Bug Juice”
Geese's Cameron Winter laments his days as the youngest ever camp counselor, advice from Stu from King Gizzard, spilling plates at the Greek restaurant and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMedium Build - "Goosenecking on a Tuesday morning"
Creating a vulnerable, hearty connection with a proper dose of humour, Nick Carpenter's Medium Build is built on adolescent experience. He talks curiosity…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHello Mary - "Nothing beats the DIY"
Following their decidedly dynamic rocking new album Emita Ox, the three members of Hello Mary reflect on a year of touring as adolescents. Helena, Mikaela and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMaruja - "Thankfully, we've had each other"
A band based on community, Maruja walk us through playing to zero people and band practices just working out the business schtick, to creating a powerful…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderImogen and the Knife - "There's liberation in knocking your pride on its head"
Imogen and the Knife holds a deep, rare beauty. Imogen tells us of growing up around Newcastle at the same time as Sam Fender, late night bar shifts in London…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMatthew Murphy (The Wombats) - "Crikey! The Ocean"
Murph of legendary indie night reliables The Wombats joins today, on living in LA, nearly joining a wedding band and getting fired from a diner, and how…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLive At Leeds: Simon Rix (Kaiser Chiefs), Emily Pilbeam (BBC 6 Music), GK (Venus Grrrls) & Hang Linton
Celebrating the launch of West Yorkshire Music Network, we heard from four Leeds homebodies - Simon Rix of Kaiser Chiefs, BBC 6 Music's Emily Pilbeam, GK of…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderChristian Lee Hutson - "Every person I've met with gout has been in England"
One of this year's most comforting records is Paradise Pop. 10. Its author joins us on running, writing with Phoebe Bridgers, and the omnipresent expectation…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderEmma Richardson (Pixies) - "I had a few pinch myself moments"
Emma Richardson's the new(ish) bassist in Pixies, but she's lived two lifetimes - first in Band of Skulls and then as an artist. Pixies' new album The Night…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderClams Baker Jr (Warmduscher) - "We made it so we couldn't quit"
Set building for Ralph Lauren, parenting multiple kids and living a lazy susan of musical projects, does Clam Baker Jr have the same 24 hours as the rest of…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderFantastic Negrito - “I’m gonna make my trauma work for me"
3 GRAMMYs and Tiny Desk Winner are footnotes in Fantastic Negrito's story. From hosting warehouse parties frequented by will.i.am and Thundercat, to weed…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHotWax - Hastings, the Fish Shack and pub etiquette
Before they opened for The Libertines and the Roundhouse, HotWax joined us at the Hawley Arms to chat growing up Hastings, independent venues and bar…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCat Cohen - New Jersey fender bender
From an early Sears Christmas advert, comedian, songwriter, actor Cat Cohen set off on a path of all the jobs. She talks how her music taste is The OC…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHenry Cox (Boston Manor) - "Shout out Toby Carvery"
A new parent with a firefighter dad, vetenarian wife and thousands of hours on the road with Boston Manor, Henry Cox has led an interesting life. Boston…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderGetdown Services - Bongawonga music
One of the most inventive, funniest bands you'll hear today are Getdown Services. Duo Ben and Josh join me on selling ice cream together, being The First…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderElias Rønnenfelt - Iceage, Heavy Glory and supermarket hell
The Iceage frontman's debut solo album is out tomorrow, and it's an aching listen. Elias talks about supermarket and bar work, but following the feeling that…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderChilly Gonzales - The mask of Gonzo
From his living sofa ahead of his Royal Albert Hall show on 28 October (which also features Jarvis Cocker), Chilly puts the misconceptions about his music -…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRob Gallagher (Galliano) - "Who would be stupid enough to lean on a scissor lift?"
Bringing together jazz, funk, dub, reggae and club culture, Galliano have put out their first album in 27 years. Rob tells us about the affliction of 'career…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJakko Jakszyk (King Crimson) - The boy with the lovely hair
King Crimson's latter day singer and guitarist, plus mixer, actor and writer Jakko Jakszyk on early years in Watford, saying yes to every opportunity that came…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderTim Heidecker - "My life is one big art project"
For episode 400, here's songwriter, comedian and actor Tim Heidecker on where the music part comes from, the second verse, never knowing what's the going to…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDexter Holland (The Offspring) - "We still have a connection"
Dexter Holland from The Offspring on his 101 part time jobs. From being a professor in molecular biology, blasting through in a stadium rock band that's been…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJon Simmons (Balance and Composure) - Hacky sack at the horseradish factory
Balance and Composure tomorrow release their first album in eight years. Jon remembers first tours, working at the call centre with his mum and playing hacky…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderPatrick Kindlon (Drug Church) - "It's just driving a truck"
An immediately recognisable voice in punk and hardcore, singer and grapic novelist Patrick Kindlon joins on truck driving, becoming a step dad and building a…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMatt Sweeney (The Hard Quartet)
The Hard Quartet is the new band from Matt Sweeney, Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly and Jim White and it's great rock n roll. Matt remembers playing in Johnny…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLICE - Practicing in the pool room
Alastair Shuttleworth of LICE on the Bristol pub where they made a home, freelance journalism and radio, staying late at work to write lyrics and how they…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBlossoms at The Blossoms, Stockport
Sitting in the corner of their namesake pub in Stockport, Blossoms' Tom Ogden and Joe Donovan tell us the story of the band, from working at a local hotel and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKaty J Pearson - United by vulnerability
Ahead of her new album Someday, Now out this Friday, Katy talks about how she's stopped writing about herself negatively, being connected by music and working…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRosie Lowe - Surrender to freedom
Rosie Lowe's new album Lover, Other is an excellent sonic exploration, and the journey up to her fourth album is just as searching. We got 9am coffee before…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHannah McKittrick - An outsider's perspective
Get floored by Hannah McKittrick's new single 'Utensil', and hear her story of growing up writing solitarily in surburban Australia, pottering around Scotland…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJoey Valence & Brae - "We make all our songs in two days"
Joey Valence and Brae talk writing songs rapidly, filming on bad cameras, fashion and the deluxe edition of No Hands - out this Friday. Join SON Estrella…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderEnd of the Road: Mary Lattimore and Gently Tender
At the wonderful End of the Road festival in Dorset, we hear from harpist Mary Lattimore and nature rockers Gently Tender. Films reference by Mary include Good…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMJ Lenderman - Going through changes
The ultimate swooning songs of MJ Lenderman are getting topped up with his new album Manning Fireworks. Also playing in Wednesday and performing with…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJoanna Sternberg - Soul communication
Joanna Sternberg is a New Yorker who writes as a way to communicate. Their style makes you feel completely at home; like it's midweek lunchtime and you're sat…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderFat Dog - Bending minds and maturing cheeses
Before releasing their mind-bending, James Ford-produced debut album WOOF. this Friday, Fat Dog's Joe Love and Chris Hughes spoke with me about dressing up…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderReading 2024: Militarie Gun and Spiritual Cramp
Two torchbearers of punk rock and hardcore adjacent music today, the two singers of Militarie Gun (Ian Shelton) and Spiritual Cramp (Michael Bingham) join…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderReading 2024: G Flip and Bad Nerves
Under blue sky at Reading 2024, we spoke with Australia's G Flip, following their Drumless EP and before a UK tour next week, and the lightning fast Bad…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderReading 2024: Wunderhorse, Big Special and Courting
More Reading 2024 highlights join on today's episode - three bands carving out their own lanes and energies talk being independent artists in 2024. Join SON…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderReading 2024: KNEECAP and Denzel Curry
At Reading Festival we caught up with two of the weekend's highlights. KNEECAP in the glow of their debut album and film, and Denzel Curry - whose new album…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderGinger Root - "If I'm having fun, that's it"
Artist, filmmaker and storyteller Cameron Lew tells us about the origins of Ginger Root, funding his way through college, his creative partner David Gutel and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSarah Tudzin (Illuminati Hotties)
In a powerful blend of cooling indie-rock with Illuminati Hotties, Sarah Tudzin is a producer with a laundry list of excellent credits. Winning a GRAMMY with…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderVENUS GRRRLS - "Stevie Nicks thumbs up babe"
GK and Eliza from VENUS GRRRLS join on today's episode, with their new single 'Darla' out now and their UK headline tour creeping up next month. We talk about…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJosephine Vander West (That Woman / Oh Wonder)
Opening up publicly for the first time on an experience of being spiked at a music industry event, Josephine Vander West of That Woman shares her years of…