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  • James Smith from Leeds band Yard Act met New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo at Glastonbury festival a couple of years ago when the pair were watching little Simz. Since then, Smith's group has invited Matafeo to sing on their second album, Where's My Utopia?, star in one of their music videos and open for them in their hometown.

    What better excuse did we need to get them both in a room to discuss the time Rose accidentally put her hand up Jools Holland's back just after Rod Stewart winked at her, the horrible gig that led to James writing the song Rose would become the face of, what Taskmaster is really like to film, and how James and Yard Act will attempt to navigate this year's Glastonbury.

    Watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Yard Act 'Petroleum' video starring Rose

    Rose's Taskermaster country rap song

    Yard Act perform 'Dream Job' live on Later... with Jools Holland

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • Frontman with one of Britain’s biggest modern rock bands, Yannis Philippakis recently launched Yannis & The Yaw – not so much a solo project, more of an experiment in collaboration. Dial back seven years and Yannis spent time writing songs with one of his heroes, the icon drummer Tony Allen – godfather of Afrobeat and distinguished collaborator with everyone from Damon Albarn to Air. The result is a posthumous project – Allen died in 2020 – titled ‘Lagos Paris London’ released in August 2024.

    Yannis goes deep with host Greg Cochrane about his “cross generational” bond with Allen, and the other legendary artists he'd love write with Yannis & The Yaw. Plus, he discusses the evolving future of his band Foals, chats about his passion for gardening and why he’s writing music for some contemporary theatre productions.

    You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    More Yannis? He joined us on episode 64 of Midnight Chats back in 2019

    Check out the videos for Yannis & The Yaw tracks ‘Under The Strikes’ and ‘Walk Through Fire’

    Further reading: Yannis on his love for gardening, interviewed in The Telegraph

    The Confessions theatre production Yannis wrote the score for in 2023

    From 2023: Original bassist Walter Gervers rejoins Foals, via NME

    Credits:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton



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  • Annie Clark has been recording as St. Vincent since 2007, collaborating with David Byrne and Paul McCartney along the way, and proving herself as one of the best guitarists (and songwriters) in the world.

    In more recent years she's written a number one hit single (aren't they all) for Taylor Swift, co-written and starred in her debut feature film, The Nowhere Inn, with her close friend Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, and released her 7th album All Born Screaming in April 2024.

    On this week's show she talks with Stu about her early years in mid-00s CULT band (in every sense of the word) The Polyphonic Spree, why nobody liked her film, her close encounters with Steve Albini, and how she got childhood hero Dave Grohl to drum on her new record.

    Watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    The Nowhere Inn trailer

    Video to 'Broken Man', ft Dave Grohl

    The Polyphonic Spree on Tour - 2005 mini doc

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • South Londoner Lynks used to make the type of straight-faced, emotional music that all of his friends were making, until one day, for a bit of fun, he decided to adopt a masked drag persona and lean into being an entertainer. His thumping alt. pop songs since have centred around his experiences as a young queer person, with songs about sex with strangers delivered with a bluntness that is matched by Lynks' wicked sense of humour. This is, after all, an artist that also has a song exclusively about how to make a bechamel sauce.

    Speaking in April 2024 with Stu before his show in Cambridge, England, Lynks discusses the moment he unexpectedly unlocked his successful new act, how he approached debut album Abomination, what could be expected from his camp, prop-heavy show that night, and why it's more satisfying to make people dance than cry with your music.

    Watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Our Abomination review

    Our early interview with Lynks (2019)

    '(What Did You Expect From) Sex With a Stranger' video

    'How To Make a Beshamel Sauce in 10 Steps (with pictures)' video

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • Sam T. Herring’s distinctive growl and spectacular dance moves may still be one of the best known things about Future Islands, but away from the chest-thumping on stage he's a charismatic, thoughtful and humble guy.

    Greg Cochrane caught up with him to talk about his recent move into acting (he starred in TV series The Changling last year), the heartbreak channeled in Future Islands’ most recent album ‘People Who Aren't There Anymore’ and why he’s a diehard follower of an average British football team (sorry, Everton fans).

    You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Sam T. Herring speaks to Stuart on episode 22 of Midnight Chats

    Watch the trailer for the TV show Sam stars in, ‘The Changling’

    Future Islands return to the UK in July 2024 to play Crystal Palace Bowl - more info

    Credits:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton



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  • Katie Crutchfield aka American artist Waxahatchee joins Stu on the podcast to look back on how she arrived at her sixth album, Tigers Blood, following on from her 2021 breakthrough record Saint Cloud.

    Just what does having a breakthrough record do to an artist? How will Katie navigate 2024? Is MJ Lenderman the most talented young dude in US indie rock right now? And what was Charlie Sheen talking about when he said he was drinking Tigers Blood back in 2011?

    You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Listen to Tigers Blood on Bandcamp

    'Right Back To It' live on the Late Show with MJ Lenderman

    Waxahatchee 2013 interview around Cerulean Salt

    Charlie Sheen's Tiger's Blood moment

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton

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  • The Blessed Madonna – truly one of the most engaging, fun and opinionated guests we’ve welcomed onto Midnight Chats.

    One of the world’s foremost DJs, producers and curators, Marea Stamper invited Greg Cochrane to her intimate London studio Godspeed to record this colourful conversation.

    Topics covered: 2024 and this turbulent time in politics and journalism; her unique relationship with the iconic track ‘Marea (We Lost Dancing)’ by Fred again… and stories of cooking pasta for Daft Punk when they literally came to the house.

    Oh, and while there’s still no confirmed release date for her much anticipated debut album, there’s lots of chat about what to expect when it does finally drop.

    Enjoy!

    You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Watch the video for 'Marea (We Lost Dancing)'

    'Happier' – listen to the single on YouTube

    The Evening Standard article about Maria's response to PM Rishi Sunak using her music

    Credits:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton



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  • A. G. Cook joins Stu on this week's show to talk about the visionary hyperpop label he founded in 2013 and closed in 2023 (PC Music), his work with Charli XCX as her creative director, co-writing a song for Beyonce, growing up an only child as the son of radical architects, and his new 3-disc, 24-track, 100 minutes long album, Britpop.

    A completely singular creative mind, this episode was recorded face to face in April 2024. It could have easily gone on for hours.

    Give the show a follow on Instagram at @midnightchatspod for clips and more.

    Further links:

    Powering down: the story and legacy of PC Music – Loud And Quiet

    The World According to Archigram – The Guardian

    Beyonce – All Up In Your Mind

    A. G. Cook – Britpop

    A. G. Cook – Soulbreaker

    Witchfork

    Wandcamp

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and Mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • It’s surprising to find 23-year-old British songwriter GRIFF’s feet firmly on the ground, given her extraordinary experiences the past three years.

    It’s been a steep rocket ride: from bedroom songwriter to a powerful breakthrough performance at the BRITs, and onto the stages of stadiums with Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran. Coldplay’s Chris Martin is such a fan the duo collaborated on the song ‘Astronaut’.

    And so here we are in 2024, and GRIFF is preparing to release her debut album vertigo in July. Not before she tells Greg Cochrane about growing up in sleepy Hertfordshire feeling like an outsider, being a foster sibling and eating chips with her all time icon Taylor Swift.

    You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Watch GRIFF’s live performance of Black Hole at the 2021 BRIT Awards

    Listen to the single ‘Miss Me Too’

    The making of ‘Astronaut’ with Coldplay’s Chris Martin

    GRIFF welcomes special guests to try and ‘Beat The Clock’

    Credits:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton



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  • London-born musician Anna B Savage talks to Stu in this particularly freewheeling episode of Midnight Chats that covers topics including meeting Cillian Murphy, present-opening etiquette, music industry anxiety, and what the hell is success anyway?!

    Stu also reveals to Anna where she is/was on the Loud And Quiet 2023 Albums of the Year list. And then there's a song to end.

    Give the show a follow on Instagram at @midnightchatspod for clips and more.

    This episode was recored in November 2023.

    Further links:

    Listen to Anna's cover of 'A Girl Like You'

    Read our most recent interview with Anna from issue 157 of Loud And Quiet

    Read the full L&Q Albums of the Year 2023

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and Mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • Surprise! When you get an icon like Brian Eno on the podcast, it cannot wait until our usual Monday night drop. So we come to you early.

    Welcome to this special, bonus "Earth Day" (22 April) edition of the podcast. Brian Eno is a trailblazing musician, producer and activist. Working with everyone from U2 to Talking Heads, Coldplay to Grace Jones, he's also deeply passionate about climate action, and is the co-founder of Earth/Percent.

    Today they launch Sounds Right where a group of huge artists are releasing new music where "NATURE" is the featured artist, and receives credit and royalty. A radically simple initiative. No biggy, but Brian's song is one he originally co-wrote with David Bowie. 'Get Real' features hyenas and some wild pigs.

    Greg Cochrane went to his legendary studio in London in March 2024 to record this conversation.

    You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    He also talks about the release of the "definitive Brian Eno documentary" – a new movie premiering in London on about the story of his life. This is Eno, though, there is a twist. It's a generative film powered by AI so will be different everytime it's screened. Plus, he demos Greg some previously unheard music and talks about the geopolitical state of the world in 2024.

    Enjoy. We'll be back in your feeds as usual this coming Monday night at midnight (BST).

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Listen to the reimagined 'Get Real' by Brian Eno and David Bowie

    Read more about Earth/Percent

    Check out the Sounds Right initiative and listen to the songs

    More about 'Eno' the "definitive" documentary about Brian's life

    Stream the accompanying soundtrack to the 'Eno' movie

    Brian's musical contributions to Sounds Right used The Listening Planet – a non-profit acoustic ecology sound library

    Jarvis Cocker discussing his 'Biophobia' music and climate project

    Hard Art – a think tank for creative resistance

    Listen to Brian Eno speaking to Greg on the Sounds Like A Plan podcast

    Credits:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton

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  • Maybe you were reminded of the genius songwriting of US duo MGMT when their song ‘Time To Pretend’ recently popped up on the Saltburn film soundtrack?

    Ever since their breakthrough in 2007, with songs like ‘Kids’ and ‘Electric Feel’, the duo of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser have continued to release a stream of compelling new music.

    Greg Cochrane spoke to them from their homes in America on opposite coasts to wind back the clock on meeting them for the first time in 2007, and hear early stories of their surreal meetings with Sir Paul McCartney, Arctic Monkeys and Adele.

    Plus, MGMT discuss performing their debut album Oracular Spectacular live (hello Broadway?), the period during COVID-19 where their song ‘Little Dark Age’ seemed to soundtrack every video on the internet and their future plans as a band.

    You can watch clips of the podcast online, now just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod.

    This episode was recored in December 2023.

    Links to stuff mentioned in the episode:

    Listen to MGMT’s new album ‘Loss Of Life’ album - out now - my favourite tracks are ‘People in the Streets’ and ‘Nothing Changes’

    Watch MGMT’s video for ‘Bubblegum Dog’ on YouTube

    Kid Cudi joins MGMT on stage at Coachella 2014

    Credits:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Video by Robbie Hamilton

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  • Melbourne band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard don't just make a LOT of records (they've released 25 since they started 11 years ago); each one comes with a different experiment at the heart of it. There's the thrash metal record; the collaborative jazz record; the microtonal record; one made exclusively on acoustic instruments; one that plays on an infinity loop. And on and on.

    Their latest (if you're quick enough), doesn't feature guitars at all – The Silver Cord is the rock band's synth only album, which we discuss a little on episode 125 of MC, with band leader Stuart Mackenzie. Along with what he remembers from those previous 24 albums, the band's origins on the Melbourne scene, and how on earth King Gizzard will come to end. If it ever will.

    Give the show a follow on Instagram and TikTok at @midnightchatspod.

    This episode was recored in October 2023.

    Further links:

    Our KGATLW cover feature from 2017

    Listen to The Silver Cord

    The Discogs listing for all the bootlegged versions of Polygondwanaland

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and Mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • Adele – "There's something about Brittany [Howard] that puts fire in my soul – she’s so fucking full of soul, overflowing, dripping, that I almost can’t handle it."

    Tonight's guest has some major, major fans: Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, The Creator, Fred again..., Chris Martin. The list could go on. Yet, the former Alabama Shakes frontwomen - and x5 Grammy Award winner - is totally grounded. Not to mention a total blast to hang out with.

    She spoke to Greg Cochrane from her home in Nashville, where they were joined by her two dogs Wanda and Willie. They spoke about Brittany's love of angling, meditation and ignoring her smartphone; how she's humbled by the admiration from her musician peers; Brittany's love of the her local LGBTQ+ community; whether Alabama Shakes could ever re-unite.

    Plus, she shares what must be one of THE great stories about playing a show at Prince's legendary home and studio, Paisley Park.

    Recorded in January 2024. Find video clips of the chat on Tiktok and Instagram, @Midnightchatspod.

    And if you picked up Brittany in a convertible car late one night in Madrid - let us know!

    Further links:

    Kissydollsusadirect.com

    Brittany's second solo album What Now, was released in February 2024.

    Watch the lyric video for 'Prove It To You'

    Episode shout outs:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mix and mastered by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

    Videos by Robbie Hamilton

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  • Legendary Dutch music photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn is the man who's made black and white photography his own since 1979, while shooting everyone from Joy Division to Depeche Mode to Bowie to The Rolling Stones. He became the visual creative director of Depeche Mode and U2 around the time he started directing some of the most iconic music videos of our time, from 'Enjoy The Silence' to Nirvana's 'Heart Shaped Box'.

    In 2007, Anton directed the Ian Curtis biopic Control starring Sam Riley, followed by Hollywood studio picture The American, starring George Clooney, in 2010.

    We talk about all of this and Corbijn's latest documentary Squaring The Circle in this week's podcast.

    Give the show a follow on Instagram and TikTok at @midnightchatspod.

    This episode was recored in July 2023.

    Further links:

    One of Anton's icon Joy Division tube station photos

    Nirvana's 'Heart Shaped Box'

    Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy The Silence'

    Control trailer

    The American trailer

    Squaring The Triangle trailer

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and Mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • Over black coffee and biscuits at his kitchen table at home in Bristol IDLES' vocalist Joe Talbot speaks to Greg Cochrane.

    In discussion: Joe's mental health, his band and the state of UK politics. Plus, talk of transformative parenthood, working with LCD Soundsystem and his new music plans with Jamie T and Willie J. Healey.

    Recorded in December 2023 - find video clips of the chat on our socials, we're @Midnightchatspod.

    Further links:

    Joe Talbot on episode 94 of Midnight Chats.

    Read IDLES' cover feature interview with Loud And Quiet from 2018.

    Listen to IDLES recently released album 'Tangk'.

    Episode shout outs:

    Interview by Greg Cochrane.

    Editing by Stuart Stubbs.

    Mix and master by Flo Lines.

    Artwork by Kate Prior.

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  • American musician Natalie Mering – aka Weyes Blood – talks to Stu on the first episode of our new series, about growing up in (and returning to LA), her early beginnings in various DIY noise scenes around the country, and the time she met Lou Reed on the Occupy Wall Street demo in 2011.

    Recorded in November 2023.

    Further links:

    Our various Weyes Blood interviews for Loud And Quiet

    Our review of And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglo

    Natalie's cover for Titanic Rising

    Credits:

    Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

    Mixing and Mastering by Flo Lines

    Artwork by Kate Prior

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  • After a bit of a break, Midnight Chats from Loud And Quiet is back, with a huge series that starts 12 March 2024.

    Here's a quick bit of info about what Stu and Greg have coming up over the next weeks and months, including new interviews with Weyes Blood, IDLES, Future Islands, Waxahatchee, Anton Corbijn and many more artists for your late-night listening pleasure.

    For the first time, we also have some new social channels on Instagram and TikTok, where we'll be sharing some video clips from our interviews and much more. Find us @midnightchatspod.

    Give us a follow on Instagram and TikTok.

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  • Ahead of his debut solo album, Hideous Bastard, The xx's Oliver Sim talks to Stuart Stubbs about that record, the horror film he's made to go with it, and the secret of being in a band with friends you've known since you were 3 years old.

    This episode is supported by Southbank Centre

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  • In a special edition of the podcast, Midnight Chats comes to you from a park wall Barcelona where Squid singer and drummer Ollie Judge and Stuart Stubbs talk about NFTs, dodgy merch, Primavera Sound, riders and more.

    Read our Squid cover feature

    Order our Squid issue

    Order some L&Q fleece mittens (I think we have a few left)

    Become a member of Loud And Quiet

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