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The music podcast and journal that does music differently. Talking, writing and stuff: Giles Sibbald

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12/01/2024

The way I got into Skinny Pelembe’s music was as random as it gets: I came across an Instagram post of his about buying an Austin Allegro with his streaming royalties ( I think that was the gist of it). Now my old man - rest his soul - was an Austin aficionado back in the days of my formative years when he got hold of the Austin 1800, Maxi, Princess and Maestro (I crashed this beast of a machine soon after I passed my test and I think that kinda stopped his love affair with Austins). He never bought an Allegro – that was the domain of our across the road neighbours and buying the same mustard coloured one would have been a bit weird.

Enough of this nonsense: Doya’s writing and performing music that is really far reaching in its impact. It’s ingenious, it’s inventive, unpredictable, open minded and most of all, it makes me curious, not least to put my own experience and interpretation on the music. It challenges me as I like art to do. I can be in the middle of soulful banger and weeper that explores what it means to grow up in a world that dehumanises, the next time I’m in a trippy, distorted underground village and everything else in between and around about. This is what it’s all about. Brilliant stuff.

He’s just released, with Beth Orton, a cover of Leonard Cohen’s wonderful 1974 track Who By Fire to complement his two albums, two EP’s and singles.

I’m so pleased that I got to talk with a true diamond. Enjoy!

Partisan Records

Links to full video and audio episode in bio on my site

22/12/2023

Nayana AB .ab is an outstanding songwriter, musician and producer, who, for me, is taking influences from great songwriters of the past but making the music in very much her own vision. She’s using that history and those legacies positively to shape her own future and the future of others. I think this is exactly what legacy is about and how it’s intended to be used.

She recently won the Made Strong music in the community competition which landed her a show alongside the brilliant . She’s played the Great Escape and We Out Here festivals, performed alongside Jake Bugg and Raye and is studying for a Masters in Global Black Studies, decolonisation and social justice as well as working at UD, () the music organisation that incubates and nurtures black and culturally diverse artists.

It’s an honour to spend some time with Nayana and listen to someone who has the talent and desire to shape the future of music.

Big thanks to for introducing us!

Full episode video and audio links at my website in bio

11/12/2023

I met Noble Brown in Austin at our awesome pals and place earlier this year. Safe to say, he is a hardcore supremo and legend. Listen to Black Mercy. F**k they’re good.

This is such a great conversation to kick off Season 11, going off into all sorts of tunnels of Extreme Noise Terror, Carcass, Youth of Today, Agnostic Front, SoulGlo, thrash, hip hop, grind core, skate core, and then into what’s inspired Noble, his formative influences, self belief, anxieties, collaborations, adaptability, the whole shebang of what makes up his mindset.

Brilliant stuff Noble, I really appreciate you man!

11/12/2023

There’s a line in 2nd Hand Child by Ruts/Ruts DC that goes “When love comes as violence, you get used to it”

That hits me hard.

It’s a line that’s especially poignant given what is happening in Gaza. The generational cycle of hatred and mistrust is perpetuated by politicians’ and corporations’ thirst for power and money who routinely target children, the vulnerable, the voiceless. They don’t value love. It weakens their power.

I started the article with this quote from Emma Goldman in the early 1900’s…it’s criminal that we still haven’t learnt

“No one has yet realized the hidden wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child.
The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.”

Ruts DC performed at last night. Everything about that or set felt right. It felt of the moment. Cathartic. Unifying and compassionate. Respectful of their past but very much forging ahead with a message of resistance that has not changed since Day One:

People Unite

I’m eternally grateful that Segs and Dave trusted me to talk to them whilst they were on tour in Poland and write this article.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/journal/rutsdcinterview

26/11/2023

A Christmas Gift From Heavenly

Thanks so much to Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey for a fabulous, fun chat about Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Swansea Sound, Skepwax, formative influences, emotional intelligence, macho insecurities, misogyny, destiny, going viral on TikTok, risk taking, being and staying resolutely anti-establishment, not giving a f**k and the new Swansea Sound Christmas Single!

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/journal/heavenly

Heavenly
Swansea Sound
Skep Wax Records

24/11/2023

Situations and elements of duality, dualisms and paradoxes have started to become more evident in my life. I think I started to become more aware of this maybe 6/7 years ago when I started thinking and writing about the importance of mindset for surviving and functioning in this very complex and volatile world which, with a bit of gentle and not so gentle encouragement, led me to starting this little podcast. Exploring the existence of these situations, the reluctance to see anything other than a binary outcome, the impact of centuries of societal conditioning towards either right or wrong answers, the impact of ego and questioning what reality means…is there a reality after all?…all these kind of things tend to take up a fair bit of my brain space.

No wonder I don’t have any friends.

Patrick Wagner has a long and important cultural history in shifting boundaries. His band Gewalt Band debut album from 2021, Paridies, is an astounding piece of work, especially the trance inducing title track and the slicing pummelling groove of Es Funktioniert. They shape their work sonically, visually and lyrically with big topics that challenge our own comfort zones, our own interpretations of reality and most importantly those feelings, those dualisms…there’s a sense of order yet chaos, fearlessness yet vulnerability.

And Gewalt are back with a new physical single - Trans - backed with Monika In Scherben – both classic songs in their own right that highlight the story of Monika Donner – and they have announced a second album called Doppeldenk to follow in mid-2024.

It felt like we could have talked for hours. Thanks Patrick, phenomenal and fascinating chat

Links to get the full episode in video and audio at the website in bio

Also, big thanks as always to

16/11/2023

There’s something special about seeing great bands away from home.

Even more so when it’s Ruts DC Ruts/Ruts DC playing their first gig on Spanish soil in forever.

Yeah, right??!!

And it was SUCH a great show. I think and hope that those who were there will have felt what a sense of community and strength this band can create.

Here’s my review of the show at 16 Toneladas in the beautiful city of Valencia…

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/journal/rutsdc-valencia-livereview

Live link in stories and also go to link in bio

12/11/2023

Shout out to an alumni - who played with for last night at

The set was a different level of white heat.

Keep a look out for next year’s Free L*D film , it’s going to turn things on its head.

!

26/10/2023

Really happy to share a lovely conversation with the wonderful

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/maple-glider

Active link in stories

Check out her latest LP, I Get Into Trouble, it’s a true delight

📸 Bridgette Winten
✍🏻

20/10/2023

If this podcast were a musician, it's highly likely it would be called Trevor Dunn.

Trevor is a hugely respected and valued composer, bassist, double bassist, collaborator, ultra-improviser and fantastic conversationalist, coming to prominence with the ever fluid and experimental Mr Bungle. He has also played with John Zorn, The Melvins, Fantômas, Tomahawk, his own Trio-Convulsant, plus many more collaborations.

Now, with Sally Gates and Greg Fox, he's today releasing another fabulous milestone in his improvisational catalogue with the LP Deliriant Modifier on his own Riverworm Records.

This really is an excellent conversation with a man who's curiosity and innovation is endless. We're talking about the new record, the concepts of consciousness, alternate reality, improvisation, having an open mind and keeping an open mind, blasting away genres, mindfulness, curiosity, the pros and cons of boundaries and tons more.

Full episode at

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/podcast

Dan Volohov

19/10/2023

So very, very thrilled and honoured to present my first written feature with Ray Ahn of the Hard-Ons - Official

It’s called Rock ‘N Roll Is The Answer.

I’ll be doing more written features to go alongside the podcast. This really lets me have a crack at some graphic design stuff I’ve been learning about as well as have these brilliant conversations.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/rayahn

30/08/2023

We’ve got Becca Mancari on the podcast this week.

It’s worth knowing Becca’s backstory for those who don’t know it. It’s explained here (paraphrased from an interview with Them magazine in 2020):

‘When Becca Mancari thinks of their childhood, they remember constant strangers congregating in the basement and a circus tent on the lawn. Becca’s parents ran a church out of their own home in rural Pennsylvania, and it wasn’t until later, in their adulthood, when Mancari recognized it for what it really was.

“I was basically in a Christian, hippie cult.” Yet Becca knew from an early age that they were q***r, even if they didn’t have the language for it. When Becca finally came out to their parents at age 21, they shunned Becca, forbade them from seeing their siblings, and left them to be homeless — sending Becca off onto a tumultuous odyssey, hopping from Arizona to South Florida and India to South Florida again, until eventually moving to Nashville to fulfill their dreams of being a musician’.

Becca’s current record, Left Hand, came out of a dark period in their life.

We’re exploring this in the podcast and how their mindset helped them to not just overcome the many obstacles that they’ve faced but flourish personally and professionally.

Thanks so much to Becca and Jodie at Stay Golden PR

📸 Sophia Matinazad

24/08/2023

Back tomorrow with a truly amazing guest.

Oh, and we got some new artwork.

12/08/2023

Just on a wee break….gonna be back soon!

30/06/2023

An honour to present a wonderful chat with a wonderful artist Tony Njoku

Tony is assembling his art in ways that tell a story that helps him and helps others by bringing us together over shared experiences. Asking those big questions about our own identity and evolution, exploring what matters in life, gets me really interested in the personal intent and commitment that this involves whether through necessity or choice and in the courage, resilience and emotional intelligence.

And today is a special one…..Happy Birthday Tony!

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02/06/2023

We’re signing off Season 9 with a pioneering legend - Lora Logic.

Here’s what the incomparable Vivien Goldman wrote about Essential Lora Logic back in the nascent days of punk:

“The remarkable Lora Logic, several phases ahead as usual, proves yet again that she’s the best thing that ever played in the Roxy…The woman defines herself, un-pompously fills a cultural vacuum. If there is a modern dance, she’s our Ginger Rogers.”

I was listening to Lora’s back catalogue and I started to think that those cultural vacuums that Vivien wrote about could be those that appear when one movement fades, but the next movement hasn’t yet formed and doesn’t have a genre…that exciting, experimental phase – bands like X-Ray-Spex, ESG , Bush Tetras and Lora’s own post-X-Ray-Spex band Essential Logic, were the ones that were always pushing boundaries, doing things a bit differently, never standing still.

Her latest album, Land of Kali, released towards the end of last year, is a wonderful odyssey that takes us through the mirror of our own lives into the dangerous and dystopian age of Kali Yuga, ultimately emerging with positivity and hope.

Dig in, this is so wonderful!

Show link in bio, episode links in comments

19/05/2023

Alianna Kalaba is a multi-instrumentalist, most renowned, I guess, for playing drums for the past 10/11 years with CAT POWER and this beautifully distorted, snake-like bass with FACS Her last record with FACS is Still Life In Decay and it is a masterpiece - I’m totally in love with that record.

Alianna is also the first person that I’ve ever heard talk about a euphonium since I was playing the cello as a restless teenager which is a bloody long time ago!

I’m sharing a short clip where we are talking about self awareness, self love and vulnerability.

I felt like we had a proper meetings of minds. Conversations are absolutely everything so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Here’s the link to the full episode on YT, Apple, Spotify etc

https://tr.ee/FHoqBhxGGI

28/04/2023

Time to update the playlist with bangers from Brix Smith, Marissa Paternoster, Elisabeth Elektra and Marcus Machado

https://tidal.com/playlist/cc7ffeaa-534e-4273-bdcb-0610199ec1a0

Thanks to y’all for being such wonderful guests 🙏🏻❤️

25/03/2023

Marissa Paternoster is doing too many amazing things to be defined by any one of them – she’s best known for her music in the Screaming Females , a band whose whole ethos is of self sufficiency, open mindedness and strong integrity and who have this beautiful ability to evolve without ever not being the Screaming Females.

Marissa has also released solo music under her own name (Peace Meter is just 🧨) and as Noun. She is also a compelling artist and has been collaborating on a graphic novel.

Sorry there’s no short clip this week but dig right in and listen to Marissa talking about identity, her formative influences, resilience, her art, uncertainty, risk taking and having zero regrets - show links in bio, active episode YT link in stories

08/12/2022

See ya again in January!

24/10/2022

“There’s a world outside if you want it” ….

…. this lyric from Jesse Malin 2015 song Oh Sheena kinda sums up his desire to find the positive in life, to make the best out of the good times and the tough times.

This is such an insightful conversation with a truly great musician, conversationalist and human.

I love the way Jesse embraces all sorts of influences to produce a music that is full of honest emotion, humility, positivity and that slice of life storytelling – and I think that’s what makes him so relatable.

Check out Wicked Cool Records re-release of Glitter in the Gutter, Jesse’s legendary 2007 LP. It had got lost for years, but not anymore!

Full episode links:

https://youtu.be/mSlRUj5CMrQ

https://apple.co/3FbXOko

https://spoti.fi/3W80kyb

Silver PR

13/06/2022

Hurricane G is the amazing singer of a band that is in this exciting renegade maelstrom that is happening in Austin, Texas. BÖNDBREAKR are crossing over musical influences and styles bringing together punk rock, metal, thrash, hardcore with a dash of psychedelia and a lot of commentary that addresses the pain and grief that that society inflicts on marginalised communities, in particular on the lives of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.

This is another of those open, from-the-heart and free flowing conversations that looks at Gerilyn's lived experiences of anxieties, overcoming self doubt, showing up with her whole being and asking questions around our individual willingness to not only educate ourselves but to change our behaviours.

Thank you , G.

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If this podcast were a musician, it's highly likely it would be called Trevor Dunn. Trevor is a hugely respected and valued composer, bassist, double bassist, collaborator, ultra-improviser and fantastic conversationalist, coming to prominence with the ever fluid and experimental Mr Bungle. He has also played with John Zorn, The Melvins, Fantômas, Tomahawk, his own Trio-Convulsant, plus many more collaborations. Now, with Sally Gates and Greg Fox, he's today releasing another fabulous milestone in his improvisational catalogue with the LP Deliriant Modifier on his own Riverworm Records. This really is an excellent conversation with a man who's curiosity and innovation is endless. We're talking about the new record, the concepts of consciousness, alternate reality, improvisation, having an open mind and keeping an open mind, blasting away genres, mindfulness, curiosity, the pros and cons of boundaries and tons more. Full episode at https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com/podcast Dan Volohov

An honour to present a wonderful chat with a wonderful artist Tony Njoku Tony is assembling his art in ways that tell a story that helps him and helps others by bringing us together over shared experiences. Asking those big questions about our own identity and evolution, exploring what matters in life, gets me really interested in the personal intent and commitment that this involves whether through necessity or choice and in the courage, resilience and emotional intelligence. And today is a special one…..Happy Birthday Tony! https://linktr.ee/iwannajumplikedeedee #tonynjoku #diy #independentartist #producer #visualartist #ournewbloom #iwannajumplikedeedee #experimentalmindset #musicpodcast

Season 9 Episode 9 with Lora Logic

We’re signing off Season 9 with a pioneering legend - Lora Logic. Here’s what the incomparable Vivien Goldman wrote about Essential Lora Logic back in the nascent days of punk: “The remarkable Lora Logic, several phases ahead as usual, proves yet again that she’s the best thing that ever played in the Roxy…The woman defines herself, un-pompously fills a cultural vacuum. If there is a modern dance, she’s our Ginger Rogers.” I was listening to Lora’s back catalogue and I started to think that those cultural vacuums that Vivien wrote about could be those that appear when one movement fades, but the next movement hasn’t yet formed and doesn’t have a genre…that exciting, experimental phase – bands like X-Ray-Spex, ESG , Bush Tetras and Lora’s own post-X-Ray-Spex band Essential Logic, were the ones that were always pushing boundaries, doing things a bit differently, never standing still. Her latest album, Land of Kali, released towards the end of last year, is a wonderful odyssey that takes us through the mirror of our own lives into the dangerous and dystopian age of Kali Yuga, ultimately emerging with positivity and hope. Dig in, this is so wonderful! Show link in bio, episode links in comments #loralogic #essentiallogic #xrayspex #krishna #punk #theroxy #saxophone #tenorsax #altosax #postpunk #experimentalmindset #musicpodcast #iwannajumplikedeedee

Alianna Kalaba is a multi-instrumentalist, most renowned, I guess, for playing drums for the past 10/11 years with CAT POWER and this beautifully distorted, snake-like bass with FACS Her last record with FACS is Still Life In Decay and it is a masterpiece - I’m totally in love with that record. Alianna is also the first person that I’ve ever heard talk about a euphonium since I was playing the cello as a restless teenager which is a bloody long time ago! I’m sharing a short clip where we are talking about self awareness, self love and vulnerability. I felt like we had a proper meetings of minds. Conversations are absolutely everything so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Here’s the link to the full episode on YT, Apple, Spotify etc https://tr.ee/FHoqBhxGGI #aliannakalaba #facs #catpower #drummer #bass #artrock #chicago #experimentalmindset #musicpodcast #iwannajumplikedeedee #selflove #vulnerability #emotionalintelligence

Three things struck me about Billy Nomates when I first heard her work - vulnerability, humanity and what a bloody exciting talent. In this episode, we chat about her upbringing, her dad’s slightly out of tune piano, empathy, identity, gut instinct, true wealth and the incredible power of being in tune with trees and nature. Oh, and Cacti, her brilliant new record of course!Video and audio links in bio #billynomates #cacti #no #diy #selftaught #emotionalintelligence

“There’s a world outside if you want it” …. …. this lyric from Jesse Malin 2015 song Oh Sheena kinda sums up his desire to find the positive in life, to make the best out of the good times and the tough times. This is such an insightful conversation with a truly great musician, conversationalist and human. I love the way Jesse embraces all sorts of influences to produce a music that is full of honest emotion, humility, positivity and that slice of life storytelling – and I think that’s what makes him so relatable. Check out Wicked Cool Records re-release of Glitter in the Gutter, Jesse’s legendary 2007 LP. It had got lost for years, but not anymore! Full episode links: https://youtu.be/mSlRUj5CMrQ https://apple.co/3FbXOko https://spoti.fi/3W80kyb Silver PR #jessemalin #glitterinthegutter #newyorkcity #punkrock #springsteen #lowereastside #eastvillage #divebar #niagara #diy

Carol Hodge exemplifies what punk rock really means - empathy, self awareness, respect, humour, uniqueness, tolerance and understanding. This is a brilliant convo and I’m sharing a clip of Carol talking about her journey to self awareness….. There are honestly so many diamonds in here….thanks for coming on and sharing all this, Carol! Carol Hodge #experimentalmindset #iwannajumplikedeedee #emotionalintelligence #eq #selfawareness #punkrock #carolhodge #crass #steveignorant #selfemployed #diy

This is a bit special and it really resonates with me. It’s a must listen for anyone who thinks introversion is holding them back (it doesn’t need to!) and needs a boost to their self belief and self confidence. Love yourself, believe in yourself, go for what you live and good things will happen. James Chapman is Maps. He is producing some stunning, ambitious, symphonic soundscapes, inspired by melody and emotion and supported by his knowledge of and training in classical. It really is very powerful. He’s also opened himself up to the worlds of remixes and reworks of artists such as A Certain Ratio, Depeche Mode, Kid Moxie, Polly Scattergood, Goldfrapp, The Killers, Moby and Bombay Bicycle Club, remodelling songs so that they turn into kinda living organisms. Take a listen to James' story, there's something in it for all of us. Special gratitude to A Certain Ratio Maria Uzor Zoe Miller and Mute Records #iwannajumplikedeedee #experimentalmindset #maps #electronica #selfbelief #selflove #introvert

Wow. It’s Gordon Raphael to kick off Season 6 with a wonderful chat about how his mindset shaped his career…. - from the early days through to meeting The Strokes and producing their seminal first two records to producing Regina Spektor to Colleen Green to Atomic Stop 😎 - he is also multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and performer who has released an amount of music that I’m ashamed to say took me by surprise - and now an author with an imminent debut memoir which promises to be a fascinating insight into his life’s journey up to working with The Strokes. Please subscribe via my Linktree!

Agustina Ruiz plays keytar and all sorts of keyboards in the magnificently retro slash futuristic, surfy, psychedelic cumbia band Los Bitchos. What could be better than hanging out and talking about the big love of Dee Dee Ramone and finding out a bit more about Agustina and her mindset. Check out Los Bitchos! Their debut album Let The Festivities Begin has just come out and it's a gloriously frenzied kaleidoscope of rhythms, percussion, guitars, synths and Agustina's wonderfully evocative keytar. And no vocals. The UK and Euro tour starts on 15th February 2022. 📸Tom Mitchell Short audio below. Episode links in comments. #losbitchos #agustinaruiz #punk #cumbia #deedeeramone #experimentalmindset #iwannajumplikedeedee

Shout out to Meredith Graves whose thirst for creativity and learning is inspirational and one of a kind. Many things stick out from what she said to me but one in particular: her phrase “Who told you that?” I use this phrase a lot when self doubt starts to creep in or I start to think about what other people might think. It’s absolutely perfect. Oh, and she’s doing brilliant, brilliant things at Kickstarter Check out our chat in S3E3 #meredithgraves #kickstarter #perfectpussy #punk #MTV #beweird #identity #iwannajumplikedeedee #experimentalmindset

Vara Sky (aka Amy Swart) is a fabulous electronic music artist living in Los Angeles. She hits that very, very sweet spot of abrasive industrial and minimal pummelling beats that on one hand feels very austere and almost desolate and on the other, incredibly democratic and communal. And….she also does experimental ambient to soothe your spirit. I love Amy's story of how she went from being classically trained to finding her people, her safe space in the underground industrial electronic scene. This is a great example of the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people and the right environment. Amy has been DJ’ing since 2001 and producing her own music since around 2015. She’s also the boss of Corporatocrazy Records (excuse my lame pronunciation!) which, like her own music, specialises in, let’s say, the darker, more underground side of electronica. Short clip attached and full episode links in first comment box below This is minimal detroit #techno #dark #underground #minimal #industrial #counterculture

“DJ Food is best described as Food for DJs, simple as that, just flip it around and it begins to mean something entirely different." DJ Food is a project that started back in 1990 when Jonathan More and Matt Black's Coldcut innovation lab started producing collections of breaks, beats, loops and samples which were ideal for mixing, remixing - metaphorical food for DJ's - as well as actually for our own armchair listening and the no-so-armchair dancefloor. The project attracted like-minded collaborators like Patrick Carpenter, Paul Brook, Paul Rabiger, and Issac Elliston and eventually the mantle of DJ Food was passed into the hands of Strictly Kev (aka Kevin Foakes). Kev is one of the continually most inventive, future thinking and experimental DJ’s of the past 30 years and I'm really excited to put this out there so you can cop his infinite string of wisdom pearls.

"What we need is a revolution driven by a philosophy of personal activism" Meg Lee Chin is a visionary of the underground, DIY music and culture scene. One of her early bands was Teknofear with Becky Wreck of Lunachicks and then Crunch who were one of the first Western bands to tour Ukraine shortly after the Soviet Union dissolved. Brilliant stories! Meg is probably best known for her work with Pigface. She appeared on their 1997 LP A "New High in Low" as well as its follow-up, "Below the Belt". She released her solo debut "Piece and Love" in 1999 which was critically acclaimed as a forerunner in the home studio revolution. She has used her educational background and practical experience in music, art and video production and tech to support humanity, resistance, equality and individual empowerment, and all the while with counter-culture and personal activism pretty much playing lead roles. Short audio clip and full episode links below https://apple.co/344619r https://spoti.fi/3nQSE3u https://youtu.be/x9Ik6F9i2

Nemone has been broadcasting and DJ'ing for the best part of a quarter of a century, two decades of which she has been a familiar voice across the BBC - Radio 1, Radio 2, Five Live She eventually found her spiritual home at BBC Radio 6 Music, latterly producing and presenting her own weekly eclectic electronic show - Electric Ladyland - from 2013 to 2021. Nemone holds a degree in psychology and a masters degree in Psychotherapy and Counselling and having had many years of hearing people’s stories through her broadcasting work, she now runs her own integrated counselling practice alongside DJ'ing, radio show hosting and collaborating on innovative music projects. She has also been producing her own 15 minute mid-afternoon meditations to help people deal with Covid isolation. A real multi-hyphen life. She has some fascinating insights into how she has found that these worlds - which, at first glance appear very different -actually do intertwine. Thanks Nemone, this was such an awesome chat! Full audio/video episode links and short audio clip below: https://apple.co/3tuW2F3 https://spoti.fi/3GBQJay https://youtu.be/c9hHF4qb7E-

Gina Birch has been a massive influence on culture and society throughout her life and inspiration for many of us. She's a film director, videographer, painter and co-founder of the seminal post-punk band The Raincoats. What has struck me, both in her music and her painting is that she is herself all the time, going where her heart and mind takes her, vandalising existing narratives with humour, subversion and vulnerability and, really importantly, having a lot of fun whilst doing it. Check out her wonderful single "Feminist song" available on www.theraincoats.net or from Third Man Records "So when you ask me if I'm a feminist I say why the hell would I not be" Thank you Gina, I'm so grateful to you for coming on…this was just brilliant! Short audio clip plus full episode links: https://apple.co/3GdmIh4 https://spoti.fi/3nbHRRh https://youtu.be/ancpn5imBDo

Happy 2022 everyone! We're back with some new episodes. Sonically the Parquet Courts totally squared with my music evolution: from the melody and nihilism of Velvets and Ramones, through to post-punk of The Fall and Raincoats and the discordant no wave of Sonic Youth. But they threw it forward to the present day. Emotionally, it resonated with the nervousness, paranoia, nonchalance, panic and urgency that I often felt as I was growing up. They were a band that I could relate to and they sounded like music fans. It was an honour to spend some time chatting to A. Savage, singer and songwriter for the band, and also an instinctive artist in his own right as well as being responsible for most of Parquet Courts' artwork and other visuals. Short clip and full episode links below: https://apple.co/3eLtEpA https://spoti.fi/3eK1Guf https://youtu.be/rxAY9J123JA Unofficial: Parquet Courts