Despite everything he achieved with The Charlatans, as a solo musicians and as a flogger of his own coffee range, Tim Burgess has spent 2020 (aka lockdown) transitioning into a full-blown Twitter star, thanks to Tim's Twitter Listening Party, where his followers all listen to the same iconic record while the artists responsible tweets along. Here he speaks to Stuart Stubbs about the party, his time in LA and autograph hunting grumpy rockstars.

Tim's Twitter Listening Party

A Man Needs to Be Told

Liam's Definitely Maybe album design

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High quality chat about Joe Wicks, Jamie Cullum and releasing your biggest album in the age of Coronavirus. Idles' Joe Talbot and Mark Bowen talk to Greg Cochrane about the challenging period that birthed 'Ultra Mono', working with Mike Skinner and "annoying the assholes" in this Series 10 opening episode.

Links to some things we mention in the conversation:

Joe's online music TV series, Balley TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7BtLlNO30w

Bowen and Lee's online show, GENK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4blhPUS6aSQ

Joe's 2020 collaboration with The Streets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZ7HXooV20

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On stage: bare-chested rock titan. Off stage: gentle, conscientious human being. Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro in conversation with Greg Cochrane on Brit Awards day 2020 about the state of the world, purpose and hope in generation Z. Plus, some chatter about sleep deprivation, the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, Coldplay and Biffy's new music.

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Comedian, drummer, podcaster, ex-Spice Girls fan and 2016 music scholar James Acaster talks to Stuart Stubbs about why he became obsessed with that year of music and ended up buying 600 albums from it.

Useful links:

Luna Dott Raids the Bee Pigeon

Okilly Dokilly

Caught by the River's album made with bee sounds

eMMplekz

Clipping's 'Splendor & Misery'

'Everything's Fine' by Jean Grae and Qualle Chris

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It's taken Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien 30-odd years to release his debut solo album. He tells Greg Cochrane about how fear, confidence and expectation held him back until now. Recorded at the beginning of 2020 – pre-Coronavirus – the guitarist discusses living in Brazil, his admiration for collaborator Laura Marling and respect for the authenticity of Ed Sheeran, Little Simz and Stormzy. Plus, which Radiohead album he thinks is "shit" and why nothing beats 4am in Shrangri-La at Glastonbury Festival.

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A few weeks after La Roux spent "New Year's Eve" with Stormzy and a drunk Ainsley Harriott on Jools Holland's Hootenanny, Elly Jackson spoke to Greg Cochrane at her south London home. On the conversational menu: her early career, winning a Grammy, a "lost" Dr Dre collaboration, the panic attack that led to her latest album Supervision, how long albums are the worst and and why she won't be on stage at 65 singing 'In For The Kill'. 

La Roux on Jools Holland's Hootenanny 2019/2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UbDeriOvA

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Kim Gordon – Sonic Youth pioneer, visual artist, former dance student, political activist, fashion label owner, some-time actor, author and solo musician – somehow found some time to speak with Stuart Stubbs about art, life and crying.

Kim's Bernie Sanders video:

https://twitter.com/KimletGordon/status/1234620661487697921

Kim in Gossip Girl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKeScyZ4muM

Kim on Marc Maron's WTF podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZRECDjL9g

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In his basement home music studio in London, Dan Snaith aka Caribou speaks to Greg Cochrane about life, death and family – the core subjects of his latest album Suddenly. Plus, the producer recalls the eventful birth of his daughter on a busy street and discusses the music community's response to the climate crisis.

Links to some of the things mentioned:

David Wallace-Wells' book The Uninhabitable Earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninhabitable_Earth

Julie's Bicycle organisation

https://juliesbicycle.com/music/

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