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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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