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Had a blast catching up with my bud Danny Harvey for this episode of the podcast!  Touring Front of House Sound Engineer for Beartooth, Silverstein & Cancer Bats. Working with Tandem Management managing Heart Of Gold, River Become Ocean & Limbs. Tour Managing. Setting up Sonic Workshops; a community that offers 1 to 1 online mentoring with some of the most pioneering and active people in the music industry.  Danny has throw...

Loved chatting with Anika Pyle for this episode of the podcast!  You might know Anika from playing in the bands 'Chumped', 'Katie Ellen' and 'Sheena, Anika & Augusta', all three bands I love and you should definitely check out. However, you should also be aware of their incredible solo material, 'Wild River' in particular, being their most recent and brutally honest release, which gives m...

On this episode of the podcast I have a chat with Dylan Slocum; lead singer & guitarist for Spanish Love Songs. I've loved every single one of Spanish Love Songs records,  last years release 'Brave Faces Everyone' has become an integral part of my lockdown soundtrack. I was excited to chat to Dylan about the band and their wonderful Patreon content, but also to dig a little into his background as an assistant to ...

Loved chatting with Kathryn Woods for Episode 45; she plays in Fresh, ME REX & Cheerbleederz, three amazing bands that I consider super important to the current UK DIY Punk scene. Fresh have just recently released an absolute RAGER of a track called 'Girl Clout' so make sure you check that out!!!

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We talk about marketing, social media, staying positive,...

Absolute honour chatting to Jason Lytle; singer and songwriter for the band Grandaddy, as well as solo musician and absolute legend, on this episode of the podcast.  It's hard to describe how much it meant to me to chat with Jason, I'm incredibly thankful. 'Sophtware Slump' is an album that really affected me and my music taste in a major way, hearing it recently reworked and stripped back on the wooden piano wa...

I chat to punk rocker, author, public speaker, yoga teacher, family man and absolute legend; Miguel Chen! Miguel is bassist for Teenage Bottle Rocket,  author of the wonderful books "I Wanna Be Well" & "The Death Of You"; as well as owner of a Yoga Studio  & Yoga For Punks. All of those are subjects I wanted to know more about, not to mention Teenage Bottlerocket were a band that kept me motivated during...

BONUS EPISODE!! I chat to my good friend Lewis Reynolds who played bass for Meet Me In St. Louis. They've also played in bands Colour, EXES (formerly Tropics), Bookhouse, Real Adventures and their latest, absolute banger of a project; Park Rager (I hope I didn't miss any).

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We obviously cover their time with all the different projects, which is why this epi...

On this episode I chat to Jimmy Stadt from Polar Bear Club & now a new band called Shy Tooth. This conversation means a whole lot to me, PBC were a band that inspired and captivated me like few others and I was incredibly gutted when they chose to call it a day. If you'd have told me 10 years ago I'd be chatting to Jimmy about films, music and marketing ... I'd have probably pooped my pants and been too anxious t...

Decided to drop a bonus episode! Don't get used to it, or maybe do, who knows?

I have a rad chat with Joe Booley from Beth Shalom Records. They've been a big part of the UK DIY music scene for the last few years, releasing albums from the likes of itouldyouiwouldeatyou, LASTELLE, PETSEMATARY, Bryony Williams and more.

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I was super interested in hea...

On this episode I chat to Dan Palmer, lead guitarist for Zebrahead, Death By Stereo, Fear No Empire, a bunch of cover bands aaaaannnd he's also a sessions musician. Basically Dan loves to play music and this episode is all about his attitude and passion towards what he does.

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Zebrahead have been a band I listened to a lot growing up. I'm pretty sure they go...

Loved having this conversation with Shane Brady; actor, magician and complete legend, who's been in a bunch of my favourite films including The Endless, Spring, Doctor Sleep & Synchronic.

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I initially stumbled across Shane's name repeatedly through powerhouse indie directors Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson's incredible filmography. I'm a ma...

This week I chat to Luke Henery, absolute legend, incredible photographer and bassist for the Brisbane based Alt Rock/Punk band Violent Soho.

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I stumbled across Violent Soho years ago whilst trying to find the UK Punk band 'WACO' on Spotify and finding Violent Soho's album of the same name. I was an instant fan of their hard hitting songs which someho...

This week on the podcast I chat to Ben Hopkinson, Co-Founder of  Hop King, the worlds first beer & skateboarding brand!

Not only do they make beer that's simple and easy drinking, they also make merch &  release great content, as well as have a UK skate team and an indoor skatepark/bar in London called Hop Kingdom. I was obviously stoked to chat to Ben about what he's been up!

We talk about keep...

This weeks conversation is with the wonderful Paul Jones, Owner and Managing Director of Cloudwater Brew Co. I can't even begin to tell you how much of their beer I have drank and how much of a fan I am, both of the brand and of Paul as a person.

Cloudwater are Manchester based craft beer brewery who constantly stay ahead of the curve not only with beer but also with their ethics in the workplace and their attitude to...

This weeks conversation is with Kevin Douch, Owner of UK Record Label 'Big Scary Monsters' who have provided me with so many records over the past few years it's hard to know where to start.

They have been a bench mark for the UK music scene for the past 20 years and consistently collaborate with incredible artists. Having  worked with legends such as Vinnie Caruana, Laura Jane Grace, Kevin Devine and La Di...

This weeks conversation is with Irish rapper and absolute legend JYellowL! He's been smashing it with his hard work and positive attitude, featuring on the Fifa 20 soundtrack and recently being nominated for Irish Album Of The Year in the Choice Music Prize.

His 2020 release conveniently called 2020 DIvision is an absolute banger filled with smart lyricism, catchy beats and important messages and you best go give it a...

Soooo, yeah, it's been a while.

Life got a bit hectic there, but I'm back and I have an episode that I guarantee will make it up to you.

Just before I lost all sense of time and was consumed with working for others/paying off bills, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Dan Le Sac. Honestly, that's huge for 31 year old me, but even bigger for me at 17 years old, standing awestruck at Mr Kypp...

Wonderful start to Season 4 sharing this great conversation I had with Angel Laws; Award Winning Community Manager for TrustedHousesitters.

For the past year, my partner and I have been travelling the UK; virtually rent free, whilst looking after the most adorable pets. We do this using TrustedHousesitters and have been having an absolute blast, so it obviously seemed like a perfect chance to catch up with them on the pod...

We've hit Episode 30 and to celebrate I had the massive privilege of chatting to Nigel House, Co-Owner of Rough Trade!

Rough Trade is a legendary group of independent record shops with headquarters in London. At various times there were also shops in San Francisco, Tokyo and Paris. In 2007 Rough Trade opened a gorgeous shop/cafe in Brick Lane called "Rough Trade East", located in the former Truman's Bre...