101 Part Time Jobs is the interviews podcast that unearths the graft and resilience of artists in an uncertain time for music.
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.
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Kingfishr - "What's happened to us doesn't happen to anyone" (00:27:50)
Behind a number one album, number one single and two sold out arena shows at 3Arena in Dublin are three mates who finished college and made a go of playing all the shows they could. Thanks to a company car and it's fuel card, a cold countryside house and a few people they met along the way, Kingfishr are a band who bring people together and, in their words, floor pints and grab a hold of the person beside them.
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Junior Brother - Tree Rings and Fairy Forts (00:35:55)
Ronan Kealy tells us about growing up the junior brother of a pominent Gaelic footballer, finding his voice in Dublin and how moving back to his parents' home and learning about tree rings and fairy forts informed the storytelling behind his album The End - out now on Strap Originals.
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Naima Bock - Archaeology Below a Massive Dark Land (00:23:06)
The incredibly moving songwriter tells us about archaeological digs, finding the definition of what being a sustainable artist is, and writing a new song early this day. Naima's new Live in Toulon is out now
Thank you The Shop in Deptford for hosting - find them at https://www.instagram.com/theshop.se8/
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Kojey Radical - "'Why can't you come to the rave bro?' - There's a man in a corset that needs my help" (00:44:26)
Kojey Radical joins us on how PRS has provided him a stable career after he was fired from every other job he had (including at Boxpark and fitting corsets), skateboarding around london and what makes a good producer. Photo: Garry Jones
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Stop & Chat: Mumble Tide (00:20:28)
My AOTY is Mumble Tide's 'Might As Well Play Another One', out on Breakfast Records - home to Getdown Services, Lankamer, The Cindys and many other awesome bands (follow that label if you know what's good for you!). Gina and Ryan joined me at a laundrette for this end of year Stop & Chat.
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Jeremy Corbyn - "Music gives people opportunity" (00:59:47)
Jeremy Corbyn has brought us together like no other politician in our lifetime. At community arts and music space New River Studios, he tells us about the importance of music in society, family, rebellion and why music lessons shouldn't only be available at private schools.
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Bill Jefferson (Mên An Tol) - "I sold Peter Doherty a harmonica and a hat" (00:17:55)
Living in and working at pubs, the old rooms of Peter Doherty and where Gerry Adams and Shane Macgowan hung out, is part of Bill Jefferson's story. Mên An Tol are an excellent new band, playing at The Lexington in London this coming Tuesday. Photo: Cuan Roche
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The Cribs - "We became lawyers and won our rights back" (00:35:17)
No-one expected The Cribs to become lawyers. Not because they're working class brothers from Wakefield, or they smashed themselves through a glass vase at the NME Awards in 2006 (24–7 Rock Star Shit) . But because they write absolute belters and shouldn't need to think about fighting for the right to be a-party to the rights of their own catalogue. They did anyway, though. Selling A Vibe is out 9 January.
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Cameron Winter (Geese) - Dog Walking in New York (00:27:57)
In case you missed it before Geese became the most talked about band in the world, we heard from frontperson and songwriter Cameron Winter this time last year. It was just around the time of his excellent debut album Heavy Metal, which a few weeks later he played songs from in a church in East London to a couple of hundred very quiet and respectful revellers. I doubt that kind of intimate setting will be possible for Geese again. Here is Cameron just before it all took off.
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Sports Team - "Adoration for drinking 10 pints and playing sloppy rock music? Amazing!” (00:46:34)
Stephen Malkmus, London Fields, rugby shirts and blow dried hair. Sports Team started writing good songs and putting on shows that cost a few quid to get into. Now the songs keep getting better, they've had to turn down the pyro, and released a Deluxe album. This is their story - in their words. Boys These Days - dee-lux - is out now.
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Indigo De Souza - "Artists can be treated in inhumane ways" (00:21:46)
On her new album Precipice, Indigo reflects the different feelings we wake up to. Here she talks about her first band with MJ Lenderman, waiting - and forgetting - tables, and how artists can be pushed to their limits.
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Lily Lyons - "I followed my strange instinct and was correct" (00:19:46)
Lily's debut album Re-Open the World feels like a best friend the morning after a big night. Close, knowing and comforting, it's an incredible record from someone who a few years ago decided they wanted to start writing songs. Lily tells us about cafe mishaps, family encouragement and the impact of The Vital Spark by Lisa Marchiano.
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Saul Williams - "How many people did you kill to make tea part of your culture?" (00:39:59)
Artist, actor, poet and social activist Saul Williams has 101 full time jobs. On this episode Saul remembers his first lightning bolt moment that led to performing poetry with Allen Ginsberg and The Last Poets, the cultural messages in his new album 'Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople', visiting and co-creating a film about the West Bank with his wife, his platform as an artist to share the stories of others, and the real life haunted energy in Sinners.
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Just Mustard "We need to invest in each other" (00:36:14)
Their new album We Were Just Here is a record to get lost in. Katie and David tell us how jungle influences their sound, Dundalk colloquialisms, Steve Albini, working at a candle shop and supporting The Cure. We Were Just Here is out now on Partisan Records. Photo: Conor James
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Saul Adamczewski's Insecure Men - "Every time things get good, I become a saboteur" (00:27:34)
A bruised man with beautiful songs, Saul Adamczewski is seven months sober with a new Insecure Men album. He was offered the chance to make A Man For All Seasons when he was living in a South London cupboard strung out on meth amphetamine, providing a lifeline not only to continue making music ("it's the only thing I can do") but to put the Fat White Family member a mentally and physically healthier direction. A Man For All Seasons is out this Friday on Fat Possum.
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Gareth David (Los Campesinos!) - "We turned down $45,000 for our principles" (00:35:18)
Recorded at Swn Festival in Cardiff (lovely fest if you can make it next year), Gareth David tells us about Los Campesinos!'s early years playing the student union down the road, turning down a sponsorship with Airbnb because of their involvement in listing properties on Palestinian land, and why all bands should have worked customer facing jobs.
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Biffy Clyro - "We were the least likely band to ever make a career out of this" (00:44:01)
On our 500th episode, we're joined by Biffy Clyro. Simon Neil & James and Ben Johnston take us through early gigs with Hundred Reasons, Hell is for Heroes and Reuben, getting a call to open for Weezer during a bar shift, and how they've managed to keep the fun in the band for 30 years. Their new album Futique - their fourth number one album - is out now. Photo: Eve Pentel
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Joshua Idehen - "I wanna tell you it was determination. No, it was MONEY" (00:50:44)
When Joshua Idehen was working at burlesque bar, he couldn't imagine a life making music and poetry full-time. But since moving to Sweden, a country that values art by investing in artists, he has found peace with being a working musician. His debut album I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try is out in March 2026 on Heavenly. Photo: Fabrice Bourgelle
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Nish Kumar - "I have cried in a lot of toilets" (00:59:22)
At hip east London brewery Signature Brew, Nish joined us on nepo babies, late stage capitalism, crying in toilets and how a company he worked for could have made COVID-19 a whole lot easier if it hadn't been shut down. Plus mentions of TV on the Radio, Broken Bells (The Shins' James Mercer and Danger Mouse), Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker, Geese, The Bugle, John Oliver, Andy Zaltzman, WTF with Marc Maron. This is our 498th episode!
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Stop & Chat: Upchuck (00:02:49)
A brief and slightly chaotic moment with Upchuck, the excellent Atlanta punk band. On facing a bit of contempt from Faye Webster fans, touring with Amyl and The Sniffers, construction and bar work, and recommendations from tour including Gaws. I'm Nice Now is out now on Domino.
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Stop & Chat: Home Front's Graeme MacKinnon (00:15:08)
I first saw Home Front supporting High Vis at Islington Assembly Hall, one of the rare shows that felt like a real moment suspended in time. I fell in love with their new wave / oi! inspired weirdo punk rock, and their new album Watch It Die (out 14 November) sounds like it's gonna be ace. Here's singer Graeme on being 42 in a punk band, punk houses, sleeping on the job and influential Canadian bands D.O.A. and Fucked Up. Pre order Watch It Die - https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/watch-it-die
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Soulwax - "We’re addicted to when something could be a mistake" (00:47:13)
The Dewaele brothers are here about the perceptions of what DJs, how they've kept their magic, how artists don't make money any more so more DIY shows are happening, plus Pulp, Pavement, Laurie Anderson and Fontaines D.C. Soulwax's new album All Systems Are Lying is out this Friday. Photo: Nadine Fraczkowski
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David Larbi - "Me and Me gotta start getting along. We’re in this for life!" (00:46:54)
Poet, author and timeline cleanser David Larbi joins today. We talked about his sense of self, allowing yourself to grow despite the uncomfortability it causes, and having a good idea then following it! His new book Frequently Happy is a wonderful mix of poetry, self affirmations and journalling prompts - it's out now. Thanks to The Collab, Walthamstow.
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Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) - "I'm all or nothing. It’s my quest to find balance" (00:27:26)
The Charlatans are about to release their fourteenth album We Are Love, a gladly psychedelic swish featuring perhaps my favourite Charlatans track ‘For The Girls’ - dedicated to band members’ families. Tim remembers the moment of running into Bez and Shaun Ryder of The Happy Mondays as he was checking into the hotel to detox, his favourite moments of the longer new Charalatans live shows, and how recording We Are Love at Rockfield was an embrace to his late bandmate Rob Collins. We Are Love is out 31 October. Thanks to Fender.
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Charlie Steen (Shame) - "I accidentally charged £1000 then rubbed chilli in my eyes" (00:47:43)
As teenagers wide-eyed to the world of Fat White Family and the notorious Queen's Head in Brixton, Charlie Steen and Shame did the honourable thing: dive heard first into everything. Still friends and still excited about making albums and touring, Charlie tells us about moving through south London in his twenties, living in the wahsing room and grifting at the Nepalese. Shame's excellent fourth album Cuthroat is out now. See Charlie's art at steenhub.com. Thanks to Elephant's Head, Camden.
Mentioned: King Krule, Steve Lamace, The Stooges, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Alabama 3, Viagra Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Roxy Music, David Bowie
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