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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 BidderBill Callahan - Kim Gordon and KFC
Inspired songwriter Bill Callahan joins us today, on how Kim Gordon gave him early support, his first royalty check from Drag City, writing letters, the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAnd So I Watch You From Afar - "It's a community"
The legendary Belfast intrumental group are releasing their new album Megafauna this Friday, and it sounds wonderful. Rory Friers tells us about their…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBradley Simpson - "This is exactly how I want to sound"
Taking off on his solo career, The Vamps' Bradley Simpson is channeling his love for heavier and groovier rock. In this chat we hear about his love for…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCrows - In it for the experience
After daytimes running a tattoo studio and booking bands, James and Sam are in it for the weekend experiences of visiting new places and playing wild shows…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHorse Jumper Of Love - Pizza, Jackass and alternate lives
About to release the excellent new album Disaster Tricks, Dimitri of Horse Jumper Of Love talks drinking, Jackass, his pizza shop-running dad and keeping their…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderProblem Patterns - Worm studies and flooded cafes
Problem Patterns join us from 2000 Trees on flooded cafes, doing a Masters in worms and the importance of passing down knowledge. Photo: Sophie Porter…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMeryl Streek - "It drove me to say what I needed to say"
Meryl Streek joins Giles at 2000 Trees on Dublin, applying for a job under Meryl Streek and their new album Songs For The Deceased - out 25 October. Catch…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSupermilk - Rockin' with Motor Neurone Disease
Motor neurone disease sufferer Jake Popyura leads Supermilk, about to put out their new record High Precision Ghosts on 9 August. Jake talks about his journey…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderGareth David (Los Campesinos!) - Compulsory Tesco's at 16
Leader of inclusive rockers Los Campesinos!, Gareth David shares his approach to being a musician, the social responsibility that it brings, pressing the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHockey Dad - Fired by the theme park
Ahead of their UK dates supporting Ocean Alley, Hockey Dad talk early years of touring, lifeguarding and their new album Rebuild Repeat. Photo: Chris Frape…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAngélica Garcia - "My first shift was BDSM night"
Ahead a string of dates supporting IDLES, Angélica Garcia joins us on working at a raunchy nightclub in NYC, playing piano in rural Richmond and the pamphlets…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKara Jackson - Being honest with each other
Chicago songwriter Kara Jackson joins today on the arts scene she came up through, self-production and doing all the music-adjacent jobs as a musician…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderFran Healy (Travis) - Blasting into Glastonbury
Man of mischief and soul nourishing songwriter Fran Healy joins to talk about LA Times (out 12 July), supporting The Killers, being a wet donkey jacket and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAlfie Templeman - Nando's with Nile Rodgers
After teaching himself how to shred and self-produce, Alfie Templeman talks self-doubt, London and Nando's with Nile Rodgers. Radiosoul is out now on Chess…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBeen Stellar - Down in the basement
New York wonderkinds Been Stellar join on today's episode, on awkward label meetings, having the practice space downstairs, infinite regression and injuries…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderThe Mysterines - Afraid of Tomorrows
Ahead of their new album Afraid of Tomorrows, out in the morning, Lia and Callum talk boozing, health, and finding new sounds on the album. Catch The…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKNEECAP - "We've all been caught in the loop"
On the week of their debut album Fine Art, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí weigh in on drugs, Irish Americans, sperm banks and bee keeping. Fine Art is out…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderOrlando Weeks - "I'm getting better at my 4s"
We join Orlando Weeks at his Loja exhibition in Peckham, where he was making art prints during the day and performing at night, to talk industriousness…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRed Rum Club - Liverpool Sound City
With their stellar Top 10 album Western Approaches, Liverpool's Red Rum Club put their SAS level of hard work to good use. On this chat with an audience at…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderNick Allbrook (POND) - Landscape gardening and pub bands
About to release their tenth record Stung!, here is POND's Nick Allbrook on being a landscape gardener, trying to assimilate into regular society after…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAURORA names your pets
AURORA joins Giles talking about her work on Frozen Planet II and Disney's Frozen, having a powerful voice in social and political movements, and what you…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMike Kinsella (Owen) - Ever played a powerchord?
Owen's Mike Kinsella, on parenting, not knowing people were listening to American Football for years, and whether or not he's ever played a powerchord. Owen's…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLottie Pendlebury (Goat Girl) - "It's about being open to learning"
About to release their new album Below The Waste (7 June), Goat Girl's Lottie Pendlebury discusses anxiety, taking time to figure out what the artform is…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCrumb - Uploading your photos to the company's iCloud
Uploading personal photos to your company's iCloud is a life lesson in work gaffes. Bri and Lila from Crumb join on today's episode, the week after the release…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMolly Lewis - Causing Elon Musk's delayed meeting
Molly Lewis whistled on Barbie, with Dr. Dre, Karen O and Parkway Drive, and left Elon Musk hanging. Her new record On The Lips is out now and if you want to…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSuggs (Madness) - "...and that was the end of *that* career"
On Episode 350, British legend Suggs joins us about his shortlived careers as a butcher/gardener/painter/plasterer, being caught skiving on MotD and getting…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderVillagers - "I painted lots of people's houses"
On Villagers' excellent new record That Golden Time, Conor O'Brien returns to lone intimacy. Conor chats painting houses in Dublin, tragicomedy and finding new…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLauren Mayberry - "The industry doesn't employ me, the fans do"
As Lauren Mayberry gears up for life as a solo artist, she chats about freedom and sexuality, TikTok cats and the DIY Glasgow scene. Lauren has a new…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJordan Rakei - "Giving myself time"
On the day Jordan Rakei moved from Australia to London, he knew nobody in his new city. Now a fully fledged Londoner, Jordan tells us about fighting through…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBIG SPECIAL - "If you find it important to be honest... that's the point of it"
Joe and Callum reflect on their years of sh*t jobs, getting signed after a tiler was playing them while working at an A&R's house, waste removal and working at…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKatherine Priddy - "My first gig outside of my village was at the O2"
Katherine Priddy's album The Pendulum Swing is a sweeping, timeless snapshot of folk. Here she tells us about bigger gigs, moving beyond a hobby and supporting…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLiverpool Sound City: Yee Loi, Alex Spencer, VENUS GRRRLS
Two of the youngest artists at Sound City, Yee Loi and Alex Turner, and Grace from gothic shredders of the north VENUS GRRRLS speaks about their youth music…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLiverpool Sound City: The Mysterines and Crawlers
Callum from The Mysterines and all four Crawlers join from Liverpool Sound City - talking working at Anfield and spilled milk at McDonald's. Become a member of…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLiverpool Sound City: Antony Szmierek, Kwoli Black, Joshua Epithet
At Sound City we spoke with Antony Szmierek about his former life as a secondary school English teacher, Kwoli Black on the grind and Joshua Epithet about…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLiverpool Sound City: Brooke Combe, Home Counties, The Lottery Winners
We hear from Brooke Combe, Home Counties and The Lottery Winners from this year's Liverpool Sound City. Thank you LSC, Virgin Music Group and Modern Sky for…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderStop & Chat: Sophie Porter (Other Half)
Are Other Half east anglia's best band? You decide! Announcing their new album Dark Ageism with a very cool track 'Lifted Fingers' (ft. Nada Surf's Mathew…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderScott Lavene - "Going to towns I've never been?"
Disneyland in Dagenham is a collection of Scott's memories and jaunts, out next Friday. Here he tells us about life changing in his 40s, working at a detox…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderEl Kempner (Palehound) - Shredding the acoustic
Renowned indie shredder El Kempner joins on today's episode, on Elliott Smith, taking a step back from touring with Palehound, and a Zoom acoustic version of…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderHovvdy - Power-washing garbage cans
Their fifth album comes out tomorrow, so William and Charlie talk working in the restaurant industry, kitchens, power-washing garbage and a bit about Anthony…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMiles Kane And The Evils - Rough Trade RSD Special
Miles Kane And The Evils join us from Record Store Day 24, talking parents' record collections, surf guitar and an alternative life in hairdressing. Miles Kane…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDougal Gray (Junodream) - Rough Trade RSD Special
Junodream guitarist Dougal Gray tells us about their aspirations, the reality of being a band in 2024 and getting fired. Their debut Pools of Colour is out…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLias Saoudi (Fat White Family) - Finding the loo at Berghain
From working as a teacher in China to trying to find a crapper for his pre-show ritual at Berghain, Lias tells us about his various ups and downs of trying to…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDog Unit - Rough Trade RSD Special
Sam and Lucy of Dog Unit, who just released the excellent At Home album, chat to me about their record shop counter days, darker days, and the trick to a good…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDivorce - Rough Trade RSD Special
At Record Store Day this Saturday gone, Felix and Tiger from Divorce spoke to us about discovering new music, Jamiroquai and working at the opticians. Become a…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKate Stables (This Is The Kit) - Rough Trade RSD Special
At Rough Trade East on Record Store Day 2024, Kate Stables of This Is The Kit spoke to me about an early love of drum and bass, working at the pub and her…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCuffed Up - All you got
Christina and Ralph from Cuffed Up join today, talking about their self-produced new album All You Got, working unpaid internships, teaching yourself to fish…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderThe Mary Wallopers - If you're willing to risk driving a stolen people carrier
Charles and Henry Hendy remember doing everything they could to get to gigs, a decade on the dole and nothing being more important than the tunes. Become a…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderNathan Hardy (Microwave) - Mormon life and self-sufficiency
Currently on tour in the UK, Microwave's Nathan Hardy shares first-hand experience of being Mormon, how the band became self-sufficient and looking to other…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderNeil Finn (Crowded House) - Fleetwood Mac and working at the morgue
Holding the ultimate part-time job of being in Fleetwood Mac, Crowded House's Neil Finn joins on today's episode. With memories from Luton, London and the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderGustaf - The poop swindle / Jailed on the job
Two all-timer job stories here with Gustaf, who've just released their new album Package Pt. 2. Going to jail on the job and being caught out in a poop swindle…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderFeeder - Live at Signature Brew
Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose join on the release week of their 12th album 'Black / Red', on forgetting lyrics, how they've kept writing after 30 years and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBob Vylan - "The British government don't care about the arts"
In the glow of their new album 'Humble As The Sun', Bobby Vylan shares his lesser known years of selling vintage swag, MC'ing and working at Carphone…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderStop & Chat: Peter Bibby
Aussie rockn'roller Peter Bibby has just shared his new track 'Fun Guy', so here is discussing taking one to the face during a bar shift, doing the bins and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderStop & Chat: Felix (Divorce)
Felix on getting beaten up at his own gig, the risks of white trousers and the one subject he'd love to write a song about. Divorce's new single 'Gears' is out…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAnother Sky - "I've put everything into this band"
From open mic nights to Scala, Catrin and Jack from Another Sky tell their stories of dodgy part time jobs, sticking with a plan and the plan goddamn working!…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderThe Staves "We don't have LinkedIn" + Live Acoustic
On their new album All Now, out today, The Staves are awash with life's experiences. The sister duo perform three songs acoustic: 'I Don't Say It, But I Feel…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDylan Baldi (Cloud Nothings) - "A marathon in every state"
Getting hyped on doing a marathon in every US state, Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings (and his dog) tells about writing a song a day, memorable first tours, The…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderWhile She Sleeps - The DIY arena band
While She Sleeps are a DIY arena band. From their fifth album SLEEPS SOCIETY, the Sheffield band built a community that allowed them to create as freely as…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSam Evian "We didn't sell the fish"
Songwriter and producer Sam Evian is on today's episode, on moving from New York to the Catskills mountains, cold plunges, his new record Plunge (out on…
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Chris Wollard (Hot Water Music, 2022)
About to release their excellent new album Vows in May, here's Hot Water Music's Chris Wollard from 2022. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with…