Midnight Chats

Podcast update, and a chat with Patrick Wolf

Ep 165: Season Finale – what can we expect from 2025?

Ep 164: Richard Dawson on dressing your age, allotment injuries and awkwardly meeting Louis Theroux

Ep 163: The Winners and Losers of 2024

Ep 162: Squid on their evil new album, Andy Warhol's wig and throwing away Radiohead songs

Ep 161: Albums of the Year special

Ep 160: Punk terrifies American TV viewers, Kneecap Vs the UK government , and guest Jessica Winter

Ep 159: Tales of Coachella, Kendrick Lamar surprise album verdict, and what's up with the BBC Sound of 2025 poll?

Ep 158: The week Mark Zuckerberg ruined music, and how your favourite artists would like to die

Ep 157: The Midnight Chats festival, a horrible night of unwanted nostalgia

Ep 156: Kelly Lee Owens on death, Depeche Mode and hiding horse sh*t in an ex-boyfriend's car boot

Ep 155: The return of album release hype, and the rise of listening parties

Ep 154: When artists upset their hardcore fans

Ep 153: Remix albums, and how well do you know the lyrics to your favourite songs?

Ep 152: Laura Marling on psychoanalysis, motherhood, secretly cooking for Damon Albarn and, naturally, death

Ep 151: When are posthumous albums a good idea? From Michael Jackson to SOPHIE to Elliott Smith

Ep 150: Our favourite guests, most awkward interviews, and answers to your questions, with Jarvis Cocker, Matt Berninger and more

Ep 149: Big albums coming this autumn, Jane’s Addiction implode, and are people about to start selling their vinyl collections?

Ep 148: The best acceptance speeches ever, Kendrick at the Super Bowl and Geordie Greep on the death of Black Midi and the birth of his debut solo album

Ep 147: The scam of Oasis' 'dynamic' ticket pricing, no thanks to a Smiths reunion, and interview guests Lankum and The Lemon Twigs

Ep 146: Oasis reunion verdict – the good news, the worrying news, and the inside story about plums and pints of piss

Ep 145: Charli XCX archive interview revisited – not as bad as we originally thought

Ep 144: Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten on throwing away good ideas, the band's new look, and going beyond punk

Ep 143: Jeff Bezos firing William Shatner into space, working at the New Yorker and almost quitting music, with Cassandra Jenkins

Ep 142: Mercury Prize 2024, Pt. 2 – A clip of Charli XCX, our Mercury quiz, and is the shortlist any good?

Ep 141: Mercury Prize 2024, Pt. 1 – Predictions, who we'd like to see on the list, and what it's like to be a Mercury judge

Ep 140: Sleaford Mods on 10 years of Divide & Exit, and one very bleak album launch

Ep 139: AURORA on this moment of human crises, why fame is sh*t and her music husband Brian Eno

Ep 138: Glastonbury 2024 Review! Our verdict on Dua Lipa's headliner debut, SZA's sound shambles and Coldplay's weird alien heads

Ep 137: Yard Act and Rose Matafeo on meeting at Glastonbury, winks from Rod Stewart and Greg Davies’ Desert Islands Discs

Ep 136: Foals’ Yannis Philippakis on collaborating with icon Tony Allen, his love of gardening and what happens next with Foals

Ep 135: St. Vincent on her acting debut, an apprenticeship in The Polyphonic Spree and near misses with Steve Albini

Ep 134: Lynks on ditching earnest music for the life of a masked entertainer and new queer icon

Ep 133: Future Islands' Sam T. Herring on his move into acting, his love for Everton football club and his band's ongoing "underdog" mentality

Ep 132: Waxahatchee reflects on the success of 'Saint Cloud', it's affect on new album 'Tigers Blood' and where Charlie Sheen fits into it all

Ep 131: The Blessed Madonna on cooking for Daft Punk, dance music needing to do better, and what’s happening with that elusive debut album

Ep 130: A. G. Cook discusses the life and death of PC Music, telepathy with Charli XCX, and new LP Britpop

Ep 129: GRIFF

Ep 128: Anna B Savage

Ep 127: Brian Eno

Ep 126: MGMT

Ep 125: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Ep 124: Brittany Howard

Ep 123: Anton Corbijn

Ep 122: IDLES' Joe Talbot

Ep 121: Weyes Blood

New season! Midnight Chats is back

Ep 120: Oliver Sim

Ep 119: Squid's Ollie Judge

Ep 118: AJ Tracey