101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Mighty Moon Media

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Society & Culture Music Interviews English

101 Part Time Jobs hears about the resilience of musicians in an uncertain time for independent music.
Giles Bidder interviews bands and a variety of artists about the many jobs they’ve taken to ensure that the show can go on. Whether they’re casual jobs taken between tours or a full-time career that runs in tandem with their music, 101 Part Time Jobs demonstrates just how much effort, commitment and inventiveness it can take a musician to be able to make a living.
Previous guests include IDLES, Self Esteem, Blossoms, Yard Act, The Hives, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Jamz Supernova, Ezra Furman, Built to Spill, Big Joanie, Martha, Gabrielle Aplin, Kevin Morby, Thurston Moore, Tim Burgess, The Mountain Goats, The National & many more.

Samantha Crain - "Everyone who works in the liquor store plays in a band"

Samantha Crain - "Everyone who works in the liquor store plays in a band"

Gumshoe is Samantha Crain's new album and it's a good and deep listen. She's had a life of mini jobs and has made great music throughout it. She's an inspiration. Photo: Sequoia ZiffSupport 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads...

Patrick Wolf - "I earned enough to run away from home"

Patrick Wolf - "I earned enough to run away from home"

After a decade in obscurity, processing rehabilitation and personal crisis, Patrick Wolf is returning with his seventh album Crying The Neck. We hear about his new lease of life, playing with Patti Smith in Dylan Thomas' boathouse and the Clapham sandwich shop he hasn't been invited back to. Photo: Furmaan AhmedSupport 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself...

Låpsley - Queer sex parties, Charli xcx co-writes and winning SXSW

Låpsley - Queer sex parties, Charli xcx co-writes and winning SXSW

Låpsley stops and chats about running Her Own Recordings, putting on queer sex parties, writing for Charli xcx and looking back on a meandering music life. Her new album I'm A Hurricane I'm A Woman In Love is out now.Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2DistroKid makes music distribution...

Cornelia Murr - Bird Lady

Cornelia Murr - Bird Lady

Calming, groovy and meditative is Cornelia Murr's new album Run to the Center. We met in Regents Park, sat on the fountain and talked bird-saving, restaurant work and stage fright.Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads...

Chuck Ragan is reelin' in the years

Chuck Ragan is reelin' in the years

Chuck's here on the gratitude he has for Hot Water Music fans and neighbours, appreciation for his ventriloquist mother and golfer father, plus we get a sketched out idea of the types of fish he's caught. His fifth solo album Love & Lore is out now. Thanks to Hayley and Joe.Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone...

The Jeffrey Lewis Effect

The Jeffrey Lewis Effect

Jeffrey Lewis has made himself a home in writing acutely empathetic lo-fi tracks, building a legion of dedicated followers. His new album The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis is out now, and this week he's on tour in the UK. Thank you Rachel Silver. Photo: Ilya PopenkoSupport 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:...

Sextile - "High-risk personalities"

Sextile - "High-risk personalities"

In a very real life story of rehab, nursing homes and personal loss, Sextile are a wild eyed medley of sonic chaos. Their new album yes, please. is out tomorrow and you can catch them live this spring. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy...

English Teacher on pedals, mopeds and writing their second album

English Teacher on pedals, mopeds and writing their second album

One year on from their Mercury prize winning debut album This Could Be Texas, English Teacher tell us about writing its follow up, moped dreams and falling off stage. Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month: Patreon.com/101parttimejobsGet yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists...

Brian Bilston & Henry Normal - "Poetry comes from interacting with the world"

Brian Bilston & Henry Normal - "Poetry comes from interacting with the world"

Two poets - one an award winning writer and producer of The Royle Family and Philomena, the other a Twitter sensation who found his audience online - are make a regional trip across the UK this May. Follow them on Instagram and book your tickets: https://www.instagram.com/henrynormalpoet/ & https://www.instagram.com/brian_bilston/Support 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month:...

Bria Salmena - Driving through the ice blizzard

Bria Salmena - Driving through the ice blizzard

After touring in Orville Peck's band and doing the hard yards in Toronto indie rockers FRIGS, Bria Salmena has released her very excellent debut album Big Dog. She talks us through the stadium shows and free sunglasses, enjoying going back to the DIY admin and a hairy journey driving through an ice blizzard. Photo: Matthew TammaroSupport 101 Part Time Jobs from £2 per month:...