Katie Gregson-MacLeod - Big Red, Coffee and Donuts

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 Halfords. Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off, FREE MONEY: https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Plastic Mermaids 'Disposable Love', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Nov 202227min

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 and syncing, movie soundtracks and being 'shoegaze'. Get your 4 day tickets for 2000 Trees Festival, including access to Wednesday's Forest Stage Line Up with Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more. Use '101POD' at checkout for £20 off! https://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ Songs: Bleach Lab 'Take It Slow', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Nov 202236min

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 are playing 2000 Trees Festival, headling the second stage. Get your early (cheaper) tickets at twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk Songs: Gabrielle Aplin 'Skylight', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Okt 202239min

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 London, touring with Courtney Barnett and lots more. Photo: Ajamu X Rival Schools are playing 2000 Trees Festival 2023. Get your early (cheaper) tickets at twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk Songs: Big Joanie 'In My Arms', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Okt 202232min

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 soundtracked. She Said is out now! Rival Schools are playing 2000 Trees Festival 2023. Get your early (cheaper) tickets at twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk Songs: Starcrawler 'She Said', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Okt 202222min

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 but never imagining a full-time job of it, making funny music videos, and some more. Rival Schools are playing 2000 Trees Festival 2023. Get your early (cheaper) tickets at twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk Songs: Built to Spill 'Elements', Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Okt 202229min

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 Alice reinvigorated The Big Pink’s future. The Love That’s Ours is out this Friday: https://thebigpink.komi.io/ Photo: Ashley Rommelrath Rival Schools are playing 2000 Trees Festival 2023. Get your early (cheaper) tickets at twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk Songs used: The Big Pink ‘Safe And Sound’, Cock Sparrer ‘Working’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Sep 202236min

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 Isle of Wight, her first band playing Pixies, Weezer and Wheatus covers, accidentally writing Garageband Superstar, working at a cafe, hairdressers... “It’s just my life, the truth hurts." Rival Schools are playing 2000 Trees festival 2023. Get your early (cheaper) tickets at twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk Photo: Steve Glashier Songs: Lauran Hibberd 'Garageband Superstar', Cock Sparrer 'Working' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Sep 202232min