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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 BidderGruff Glyn (Melin Melyn)
Gruff Glyn tells me about acting (including a casting in The Martian), cafe working and selling breast enlargements and solar panels at a call centre. Melin…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSerena Cherry (Svalbard)
Serena Cherry tells me about working at PC Gamer magazine, practicing every weekend, RPGs and Elden Ring, writing for Kerrang! - and some money saving tips…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderPrima Queen
Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden join me today; on about working at a DIY venue, teaching music, unexpected things happening and two work stories starring…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJohnny Took (DMA's)
DMA's guitartist Johnny talks to me about how being impressionable as a powerful thing, primal energy at shows, how the myth of needing to have pain to make…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAidan Moffat (Nyx Nótt / Arab Strap)
‘I wouldn’t recommend to anyone they leave a job because of a hangover’. Aidan Moffat talks to me about tax bills, venues’ merch cuts, love for Glasgow…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKate Meizner (Jobber)
The pro wresting themed Hell In A Cell EP is out now - on today's episode Kate Meizner tells me about wesigning websites, UX, helpful for people seeking public…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderGraham Sayle (High Vis)
Graham tells me about Liverpool growing up, doing art at Goldsmiths, being diagnosed with ADHD and making furniture. High Vis - Blending is out now. It's…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderFelix White (86TVs, It's Always Summer Somewhere)
Author, podcaster, label co-owner, sports writer, sports commentator, composer and guitarist/singer Felix White joins me to talk post-band panic, Tailenders…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderShow Me The Body
Julian, Jackie and Harlan spoke with me at All Ages Records in Camden, talking psychiatric wards, fishing, postering, and holding hostages in the back of a…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderPlastic Mermaids
Isle of Wight emotional nerd posse Plastic Mermaids spray thoughts on TikTok, eating horse poo, directing their own music videos and a fail job interview at…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBleach Lab
If You Only Feel It Once, Bleach Lab's new EP is out this Friday. Here's Frank and Jenna on being a unit, being a shoegaze band, working in local government…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderGabrielle Aplin
Gabrielle Aplin tells me about finding her home volunteering at a farm, making her own clothes and her new album Phosphorescent - out 13 January. Rival Schools…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBig Joanie
Chardine, Estella and Steph of Big Joanie join me today, ahead of their second album Back Home - out 4 November. Talking Third Man Records, DIY Space For…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderArrow de Wilde (Starcrawler)
Singer of LA rock'n'rollers Starcrawler, Arrow de Wilde tells me about her love for gardening and making her own home. Plus the adverts her songs have…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDoug Martsch (Built to Spill)
Doug Martsch (!) joins us on today's episode, a few weeks since When The Wind Forgets Your Name has been out, to talk working at Kinko's, prioritising music…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRobbie Furze (The Big Pink)
Robbie Furze tells me about dodging a bullet while managing a club in LA, East London in the early mid noughties, being big in Asia and how a tour with Wolf…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLauran Hibberd
Garageband Superstar is Lauran Hibberd's debut album. Here she talks about not being concerned about what other bands are doing, career opportunities on the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMatt Thomson (The Amazons)
This Friday! The Amazons' new album How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? is out. Matt Thomson tells me about working at Oxfam Music in Reading, struggling…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderTony Molina
Tony Molina's incredible new album In The Fade is out now. He talks about working at San Francisco's Vogue Cinema, growing up in a supportive punk/hardcore…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCheap Teeth
Working at a covid centre, Brudenell Social Club, Edinburgh curfews, flu camps, farmjobs.com, chicken chasing, wholesale chair sales... Jack and Joe (which…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderEades
Sam and Tom from Eades on losing jobs after being away on tour, trial shifts, playing in wedding bands, Sam’s new business in van conversions, breaking even in…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSam Kless (Mom Jeans)
Sam Kless is a busy bee! From being a specialist bird feeder to running their own merch company, he's been at it. Here are some tales from the times Mom Jeans'…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderNaomi Griffin (Martha)
Naomi tells me about working at a living museum, zero hour contracts, managing an animal sanctuary, rescuing wild birds, Pop Recs (check out Culture Fear…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBarry Johnson (Joyce Manor)
Barry Johnson talks career opportunities in Torrance CA, Recess Records, playing the Long Beach Arena, teaching himself to DJ and a kind of internship he won't…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderThomas Rees (Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard)
Singer Tom Rees joins me on today's episode - Backhand Deals is out now and it's a very fine listen. Photo: Lily Brown Thinking of going to 2000 Trees Festival…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMaxwell Stern (Signals Midwest, Timeshares, Meridian)
Max joins me to talk about being a freelance designer and becoming part of agency, the compatibility - or not - of designing and playing music, his family…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMurkage Dave
Out this Friday, The City Needs A Hero is Murkage Dave's second album. He tells me about dedicating his time to making music after DJing and running clubs -…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCampbell Baum (Broadside Hacks)
The group's founder Campbell tells me how they came together for the Songs Without Authors compilation, pushing forward the legacy of folk tracks going back…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSean Yeaton (Parquet Courts)
Prepare to have your ears blown off with Sean Yeaton, talking about dreams, bass lessons with Joe Lally and the moving job that gave him a perpetual tour of…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderEnglish Teacher
Lewis, Lily, Nick and Douglas from English Teacher join me on today's episode. Catch them at The Great Escape in Brighton this weekend, Glastonbury and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderEzra Furman
'All Of Us Flames', Ezra Furman's new album coming out 26 August, is announced today! Ezra tells me about writing for Sex Education, getting signed on the…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderPoppy Ajudha
Poppy Ajudha joined me this week, talking about growing up in South East London, self belief and growing into a conscientious force. Her debut album The Power…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRichard Colburn (Belle and Sebastian)
Belle and Sebastian drummer Richard Colburn joins me today, on his former life as a semi-professional snooker player, the chance meeting that led to joining…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMattiel
A few months ago, Mattiel joined me to talk about Atlanta, fish photography and their new album Georgia Gothic, which is out now!! Order Georgia Gothic…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMartin Noble (Sea Power)
Sea Power founding member and guitarist Martin Noble talks potwashing, their old Brighton club night, Disco Elysium and how he's now working at Brighton Dome…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderNorman Blake (Teenage Fanclub)
As Teenage Fanclub head off on tour, Norman Blake joins me with his morning cup. Find their UK/EU dates through April/May: https://www.teenagefanclub.com/live…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderBen Cook (Young Guv)
Wotcha! Ben Cook aka Young Guv joins us this week, and he's got a new album out. It's called GUV III and it rips like Chilton and Bell. Ben talks us through…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKing Hannah
Their debut album I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me is out now, and they're going on tour tomorrow... you guessed it: It's Liverpool duo King Hannah! Find a…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJames Cox (Crows)
Before their second album Beware Believers (1 April) comes out: Crows singer James Cox talks working at Scream and Wetherspoons pubs, growing up in middle of…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderChris Wollard (Hot Water Music)
Feel The Void comes out this Friday! Head to your local record store to get the Equal Vision / End Hits Records release. Get 15% off your Seity Socks order -…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLia Metcalfe (The Mysterines)
Lia Mysterines talks to me about her lockdown living situation, leaving college to tour with Miles Kane and their new album Reeling - out this Friday. Thinking…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAlex Cameron & Roy Molloy
From police corruption ombudsman to pharmacy driver, Alex Cameron and his business partner/saxophonist Roy Molloy had their fair share of vocations growing up…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderTeenage Sequence
Dewan-Dean Soomary joins me talking about working at his uncle's greasy spoons and guitar shops, writing for other people, Bleach Blood and The King Blues, and…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderKaty J Pearson
Before she plays her biggest headline show at Village Underground next Monday, Katy J Pearson joined me talking about prioritising music since she was a…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderDan Haggis (The Wombats)
Fix Yourself, Not The World is The Wombats new album - arriving 7 January. Dan Haggis joins me talking about teaching drums, studying French, being a billing…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderTim Atlas
Tim Atlas joins me talking about moving to Brooklyn, building a home studio, writing songs with people online, expectations with co-writing sessions, moving to…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderPriya Ragu
Priya Ragu, who'll be performing on Later... with Jools Holland this Saturday, tells me about how becoming a full-time artist felt impossible to achieve…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderAbi Woodman (MarthaGunn)
Abi Woodman tells us about working in animal welfare, dealing with expectations, becoming less private, signing to Communion and more. Treat yourself to…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMatthew E. White
Matthew E. White joins me talking about the beginnings of Spacebomb, Fight the Big Bull, Richmond, studying at VCU, teaching guitar lessons, emailing Steven…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderScott Lavene
Scott Lavene joins me talking about success and perceptions, being destined to be a "cult artist", quitting music for six years, the folk group he played in…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderLaura Stevenson
Laura Stevenson tells me of her years in Brooklyn, not being much of a planner, her Patreon, her daughter, her battle with a housefly, working at a movie…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderSteve Rawles (Belvedere, This Is A Standoff)
Steve Rawles talks to me about touring 200+ days a year, running a booking agency, burning out and breaking up, their new album Hindsight Is the Sixth Sense &…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderCharlotte Cooper (The Subways)
Charlotte joins me to talk about Harlow and The Square, taking everything as it came, the importance of talking, playing Glastonbury when she did her A-Levels…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderMyles McCabe (ME REX / Fresh)
Myles McCabe tells me the oral history of Megabear, the tour that changed his perception, selling his dad's invention of magnetic glasses frames, a short stint…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRitzy Bryan (The Joy Formidable)
Ritzy - or birth certificated Rhiannon, as I call her on this - tells me her story of moving to Utah, the tougher times in The Joy Formidable, how they would…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJohn Myrtle
John Myrtle, whose new album Myrtle Soup is out now on Sad Club Records, discusses being self aware, working at a library, door to door sales, keeping his…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Biddernudista
nudista join me today, talking about home recording, Pilar growing up in Madrid, Robbie in Devon, how nudista has evolved casually over time, Pilar working at…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderJustin Young (The Vaccines)
Justin Young joins me talking about the anxieties of early success, learning to enjoy the stresses of the band, getting a text from the person who would become…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderRebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem)
Rebecca Lucy Taylor talks about fully committing to her art, learning lessons along her way, life throughout her 20s, former jobs as a phlebotomist, a PA…
101 Part Time Jobs with Giles BidderTyler Richardson (Luca Brasi)
Tyler tells me about being a teacher, being a welder, Tasmania and that Triple J article, Party In The Paddock, making Everything Is Tenuous from home, going…