A brand new series of Midnight Chats begins in the company of St. Vincent. Fresh from a performance on Saturday Night Live Annie Clarke speaks to Greg Cochrane about the origins of her forthcoming album Daddy's Home, why Black Midi are always on her car stereo and what it's like collaborating with an actual Beatle – Sir Paul McCartney.

 

Links discussed in this episode:

 

St. Vincent's recent performance on SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fsIX5fjlE

 

Prison Bag – the podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/prison-bag/id1510319335

 

St. Vincent's reversion of Paul McCartney's Women And Wives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFo8k2feXM

 

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We've let Greg loose to make another podcast! It's called Sounds Like A Plan and it's all about how the music community is taking action in the climate crisis. It features some big name guests, including some artists who've previous...

The xx's singer Romy Madley Croft speaks to Greg Cochrane about releasing her debut solo music – writing for international pop stars like Dua Lipa and Mark Ronson, being more comfortable expressing her sexuality and her love of football – and footballers – like Megan Rapinoe and Marcus Rashford.

 

Romy's debut solo single 'Lifetime'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZRnk971u4M

 

Electricity by Silk City + Dua Lipa (co-written by Romy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-jOuHO-z4

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Mike Hadreas is finding ways to stay sane in 2020 – whether that's asking his Twitter followers to send him photos of demonic Chihuahuas or driving out into the Joshua Tree desert to perform live at sunset and roll in the dust. Greg Cochrane dialed him up at home in L.A. with his dog Wanda to talk about the 10 years since Perfume Genius' debut album Learning, his favourite moments where his music has been used in movies and why the immersive theatre project he worked on in 2019 left him crying at passing cars. That, and some chat about his 2020 album Set My Heart On Fire Immediately. 

 

Mentioned in the podcast...

 

Perfume Genius pairs Chihuahuas and songs on Twitter 

https://twitter.com/perfumegenius/status/1327842938878001155?s=20

 

'Jason' performed in the Joshua Tree National Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N09-KMAGLeE

 

The Sun Still Burns Here performance trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqL9rz0AJz0

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Arlo Parks is still only 19 but she's already making films for Gucci with Gus Van Sant, performing at Glastonbury in the year when there was no Glastonbury, and preparing for the release of her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, in January 2021. Talking with Stuart Stubbs, the West London poet also discusses her other loves – horror films, King Krule and Radiohead.

 

Knotted Gold short for Gucci

Performing 'Fake Plastic Trees' with Phoebe Bridgers for Radio

Arlo's Glastonbury performance in 2020

 

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To celebrate Midnight Chats reaching 100 episodes, Stuart Stubbs spoke with Pulp singer/solo musician/broadcaster Jarvis Cocker about birthdays, rave days, and living with drug dealer days. Also, how Jarvis has navigated lockdown, his new album 'Beyond the Pale' and learning to be happy in your own company.

 

Read our cover feature with Jarvis from 2017 here

House Music All Night Long

 

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Jess Smyth, aka Biig Piig, is missing the unplanned nights out that the COVID-era has stolen. She's staying mellow about it though, because that's what she does. The singer joins Greg Cochrane to chat about that, no-alcohol beer, Zoom dates, Billie Eilish, her plans for her debut album and why she's stopped spooking her pals by doing tarot readings. 

 

Links to things mentioned in the podcast:

 

How to support Midnight Chats

https://supporter.acast.com/midnightchats

 

Biig Piig's first feature interview with Loud And Quiet, 2017

https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/behind-biig-piigs-minimal-songwriting-is-an-ex-poker-dealer-embracing-a-messy-life/

 

A visit to Biig Piig at home in summer 2019

https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/biig-piig-a-mellow-rappers-mellow-world/

 

Billie Eilish discusses her love of Biig Piig 

https://variety.com/video/billie-eilish-favorite-songs-tour-accessories-halloween-costume/

 

Biig Piig – and the Nine8 Collective 

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/nine8-collective-on-the-rise

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Marking the midway point in series 10 of Midnight Chats, we wanted to share with you the first episode of our new Sweet 16 podcast, fully in the artists' own words as they recall what they remember from that pivotal teenage year.Episode 1 is with...

A podcast to spread some positivity right now, with guest and Ezra Collective band leader Femi Koleoso. Talking to Stuart Stubbs, Femi discusses learning drums from his hero Tony Allen, modelling for Stella McCartney, jazz and his incredible Champions League advert

 

Ezra Collective's shop

Femi's Champions League advert

The great Tony Allen

 

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The National’s Matt Berninger loves his family – so much so his first solo album, Serpentine Prison, is dedicated to his dad. It’s produced by the legendary Booker T. Jones and the story goes back to his father’s record collection, and, more recently, a classic argumentative Christmas family get-together. Matt also speaks to Greg Cochrane about 2020 – how lockdown has messed with his sleep patterns and reignited his love for fishing – plus his plans for another Mistaken For Strangers movie with his brother Tom (a TV version also in the works) and how he was clueless about his bandmates Aaron and Bryce Dessners' collaborative work on Taylor Swift’s Folklore album until the night before it dropped. 

 

Check out some of the things mentioned in the podcast:

 

Matt Berninger’s Social Distancing Distortion playlist 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LAvJGUlBsGMZZAlmFNKOU

 

Trailer for Matt and Tom Berninger’s 2013 film Mistaken For Strangers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OeSAUNvpvY

 

The Bearz G. fishing channel on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrMbbwu5fxut2IEJUo4ETxw

 

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - trailer on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwyfsTrHh-A

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