All Episodes

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

Ep 117: Japanese Breakfast

Ep 116: Bernard Butler

Ep 115: Yard Act's James Smith

Ep 114: Aaron Dessner, The National + Big Red Machine

Ep 113: Amyl & The Sniffers' Amy Taylor

Ep 112: Vince Staples

Ep 111: Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry

Ep 110: Billy Nomates

Ep 109: Orlando Weeks

Ep 108: Soulwax

Ep 107: Peaches

Ep 106: Lucy Dacus

Ep 105: Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite

Ep 104: St. Vincent

Ep 103: Romy, The xx

Ep 102: Perfume Genius

Ep 101: Arlo Parks

Ep 100: Jarvis Cocker

Ep 99: Biig Piig

Ep 98: Femi Koleoso from Ezra Collective

Ep 97: Matt Berninger from The National

Ep 96: Phoebe Bridgers

Ep 95: Tim Burgess

Ep 94: IDLES

The future of Midnight Chats?

Ep 93: Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil

Ep 92: James Acaster

Ep 91: Ed O'Brien, Radiohead

Ep 90: La Roux

Ep 89: Kim Gordon

Ep 88: Caribou

Ep 87: Carly Rae Jepsen

Ep 86: Tame Impala

Ep 85: Cate Le Bon

Ep 84: Jehnny Beth

Ep 83: George The Poet + Benbrick

Ep 82: Adam Green

Ep 81: Holly Herndon

Ep 80: Haim

Ep 79: Stephen Malkmus, Pavement

Ep 78: Julia Jacklin

Ep 77: Serge Pizzorno, Kasabian

Ep 76: Kate Tempest

Ep 75: Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Ep 74: Self Esteem

Ep 73: Georgia

Ep 72: Mark Ronson

Ep 71: Fat White Family

Ep 70: Rosie Lowe + Dave Okumu

Ep 69: Sharon Van Etten

Ep 68: Kojey Radical

Ep 67: Viv Albertine

Ep 66: Stella Donnelly

Ep 65: Sleaford Mods

Ep 64: Foals

Look out! Series 7 is coming

Ep 63: Roisin Murphy

Ep 62: Fucked Up's Damian Abraham

Ep 61: Charli XCX

Ep 60: Baxter Dury

Ep 59: Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie

Ep 58: Cat Power

Ep 57: Josh T. Pearson

Ep 56: Ray BLK

Ep 55: John Grant

Ep 54: Anna Calvi

Ep 53: Brett Anderson

Ep 52: Chilly Gonzales

Ep 51: Interpol

Ep 50: Novelist

Ep 49: Johnny Marr

Ep 48: Gaz Coombes

Ep 47: Courtney Barnett

Ep 46: alt-J

Ep 45: The Hold Steady

Ep 44: Graham Coxon

Ep 43: Shirley Manson

Ep 42: Fischerspooner

Ep 41: Gwenno

Ep 40: Shame

Ep 39: Craig David

Best of 2017 special

Ep 38: Alex Kapranos

Ep 37: Wesley Gonzalez

Ep 36: Charlotte Gainsbourg

Ep 35: Billy Corgan

Ep 34: Julien Baker

Ep 33: Nadine Shah

Ep 32: Benjamin Clementine

Ep 31: Lucy Rose

Ep 30: Loyle Carner

Ep 29: Angel Olsen

Ep 28: Toddla T

Ep 27: Ghostpoet

Ep: 26 Slowdive

Ep 25: Mac DeMarco

Ep 24: Thundercat

Ep 23: BANKS

Ep 22: Future Islands

Ep 21: Blanck Mass

Ep 20: Jesca Hoop

Ep 19: Laura Marling

Ep 18: Ryan Adams

Best of 2016 special

Ep 17: Flying Lotus

Ep 16: Mike Skinner

Ep 15: Swet Shop Boys

Ep 14: Ashley Walters

Ep 13: Hamilton + Rostam

Ep 12: Anna Meredith

Ep 11: Matt Berry

Ep 10: Jon Hopkins

Ep 09: Bat For Lashes

Ep 08: Metronomy

Ep 07: Shock Machine (James Righton)

Ep 06: Kate Jackson

Ep 05: Gold Panda

Ep 4: Cat's Eyes

Ep 03: Saul Williams

Ep 02: Poliça's Channy Leaneagh

Ep 01: The Invisible's Dave Okumu