101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

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.

Episodes

February 10, 2026 30 mins
Matt Caughthran and Mariachi El / The Bronx are true lifers. A white knuckle ride through ten albums, outliving the deaths, adversities and adventure that comes with being in an all-weather touring band. Mariachi El Bronx IV comes out this Friday. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https:/...
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Ahead of their hearty debut album Masquerade, Euan and Aaron joined us at the Social to talk grifting through jobs in Cork, our shared love for So Young Records and magazine, and solving the backpack litre conundrum. Masquerade is out 13 February. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://...
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Just announced as Death Cab For Cutie tour support across the USA, Nation of Language's Ian and Aidan join to talk coffee, childminding and being a hockey family band. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
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Introducing you to my favourite latest discovery... Vona Vella. It's got the Jeff Buckley layered washy groove, it's sonically great with hiss and scratches in the right place - maybe even some Built To Spill in there. You should get into it ahead of their new album, Carnival - out 27 Feb. Here's Dan and Izzy on giving the thing wheels. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: ht...
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When Chilli Jesson's first band Palma Violets ground to a halt, he found himself behind a bar trying to sign his name in Guinness foam for adoring fans. Dead Dads Club was soon dreamed up, and after a few more years he became a touring member of Fontaines D.C., became a dad, and released an excellent psychedelic rock 'n' roll album - out now on Ficton. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure mi...
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A damning indictment on what it's like for medium to large scale touring experiences, Amy Walpole and Alex Thompson tell us about their challenging last year, and the determination and resilience that it requires to keep moving. Their ace second album FEVEREATEN is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at ...
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At The Windmill in Brixton, Noah and Jules are putting themselves down of course - but that's part of the charm with the dynamic but stripped-back lexicon of Radio Free Alice. They tell us how the Australian government has helped them tour overseas, the expectant but elusive debut album, and working at the National Gallery of Victoria. Their newest single 'Rule 31' is out now. Think The Cure, The Smiths and The Strokes. Get you...
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Discussing her former double life as a kids' music teacher and what self-empowerment means today, Peaches is here ahead of her first album in 10 years, No Lube So Rude. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Get yourself some...
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December 17, 2025 35 mins
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. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads ...
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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/ Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy w...
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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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December 4, 2025 20 mins
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. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uplo...
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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. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artist...
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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 Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTI...
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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. Get yourself some top c...
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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. H...
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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. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes mus...
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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. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the f...
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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. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music ...
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