Seven years ago Laura Marling came on episode 19 of the podcast at a very different time in her life. As she prepares to release her 8th album, Patterns in Repeat, this month (25 Oct), she does so as a new mother, who's trained to become a yoga teacher, who's gained a masters in psychoanalysis, who's formed a band called LUMP, who's quite touring, …

As Charli XCX's Brat remix album reimagines what a remix album can be in 2024, we discuss that release and trace the remix record back to its unexpected origins. Charli's record certainly is a different approach to what Green Day have done recently with their Dookie Demastered stunt, which we also get into. Then we get into the serious business of …

When a musician dies and leaves behind unfinished music, what should happen to it? Shelved forever? Released in its current state? Completed by someone else? On this week's episode Greg and Stu get into when posthumous albums are a good idea and when they most certainly aren't, from last week's SOPHIE album, to work from Michael Jackson, Tupac, Big…

What's been our most awkward interview yet? How do we charm our guests? Who have we been starstruck by? And c'mon guys, why is this thing called 'Midnight Chats'? As our podcast reaches its 150 episode, Greg and Stu celebrate by showing how the sausage is made, sharing stories and their tricks of the trade while trading some of their favourite clip…

The summer slump is over and what feels like hundreds of artists are gearing up for new albums this autumn. On this week's episode, Greg and Stu get into what coming soon from The Cure, FKA Twigs, Coldplay and more, along with the recent implosion of rock giants Jane's Addiction, while a meeting with Laura Marling last week opened up the question o…

For the last 5 years, London band Black Midi have pushed experimental rock music to new and thrilling places, inspired as much by jazz fusion as math rock and no wave. But last month, quite unexpectedly, the trio split up. It was meant to be kept a secret, until singer and frontman Geordie Greep announced the news on Instagram. One week later, he a…

Part of this week's episode of MC comes from End of the Road festival, where Stu met up with Irish drone folk band Lankum and put your questions to Long Island sibling duo The Lemon Twigs. Even the one about the Muppets. Back home Greg and Stu unpacked the fiasco surrounding Oasis' ticket sale nightmare, particularly the scam that is "dynamic" tick…

It's the Still Listening Single Showdown! Join Eliot, Jules, Jonnie and Rachael as they go through recent singles and find out which they think is number one. Artists Featured: Sabrina Carpenter, Geordie Greep, Fontaines D.C., Yaeji, Laura Marling, Kevin Abstract and Amyl and the Sniffers. #SabrinaCarpenter #Singer #PopMusic #GeordieGreep #BlackMid…

The day the music died, nah, its not all bad, it’s actually kinda *good*. Join us as we ride through recent January releases from big pop names like Lil Nas X and Ariana Grande, uncover fresh releases from independent like Australia’s Eunuchs and London’s Skydaddy. It’s a chaotic, mega mash up music review show that’s going to take the internet by …

Episode 3 of Still Listening Single Showdown, featuring Beyonce, Caroline Polachek (she's a tiger), Kanye West, Little Simz, Kacey Musgraves, The Lemon Twigs, Faux Real & Goat Girl peace xAv Still Listening

It's the Still Listening Single Showdown! Join Eliot, Jules and Sam as they go through recent singles and find out which they think is number 1. Artists Featured: Vampire Weekend, Kings Of Leon, Lime Garden, MGMT, SZA, Pregoblin, A.G. Cook #vampireweekend #mgmt #kingsofleon #limegarden #sza #pregoblin #charlixcx…

It's the Still Listening Single Showdown! Join Eliot, Jules and Rachael as they go through recent singles and find out which they think is number 1. Artists Featured: Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, illuminati hotties, Kamasi Washington, Caroline Polachek, Alien Chicks and L'Impératrice. #illuminatihotties #sabrinacarpenter #kendricklamar #kamas…

Like it or not, Oasis are back together for the reunion tour that's surprised absolutely no one. As a former stan of the band, Stu really should be feeling better about this news than he is, while Greg is just happy that he finally gets to share the extremely important role he's played in Oasis mythology. On this week's episode we get into how the …

Charli XCX's career highlight was coming on our podcast back in 2018, for what turned out to be a rushed conversation about art school, living in LA, writing songs for Blondie and seeing songs as colours. With Charli's career still doing reasonably well due to the release of this year's album, Brat, on this week's podcast we revisit that conversati…

Ahead of their new album Romance, people can't stop talking about Fontaines D.C.'s new look. One week after Glastonbury, the Dublin band's singer, Grian Chatten, had Stu round to his flat to discuss the reason behind the band's new aesthetic, his prolific writing process, a strange 9 days spend working in a bar in L.A., and a record that draws infl…

New York musician Cassandra Jenkins really shouldn't be on Midnight Chats, or any podcast talking about her new album, My Light, My Destroyer, because that record, near-perfect though it is, was never going to be made. On this week's episode she tells Stu about how she had decided to quite music after releasing her last album, but things went unexp…

Following on from last week's Mercury Prize predictions episode, Greg and Stu dive into this year's shortlist to see how wrong they were as they cast judgement on which of the nominated records they think might actually have a chance of winning this year's award. Stu picks out a clip from our 2018 Charli XCX episode, and you'll all invited to play …

In two days time (25 July), the short list for the 2024 Mercury Prize will be announced. On this week's show, Stu and Greg discuss who they think will DEFINITELY be on the list, and who they hope will be. Greg also spills the beans on what it's like to be on the Mercury Prize judging panel (something he's done 3 times), we ask how relevant the awar…

As Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods release a 10-year anniversary edition of their breakthrough album Divide & Exit, frontman and lyricist Jason Williamson revisits the album that changed his life, the time he threw the bleakest album release party of all time, and how he finally found success in his 40s on his 7th album. You can watch clips of the pod…

Look around and you’d be forgiven for feeling the world is completely broken in 2024. War. Division. Crises. How did we get here? That’s the fundamental question Norwegian songwriter AURORA explores on her latest album What Happened To The Heart?. It’s a project that is technicolor in feeling, and in sound. Host Greg Cochrane went to meet her to ta…

Stuart got the hot ticket. Greg did not. In the field, and from the sofa at home, Midnight Chats does Glastonbury 2024. Your hosts tackle the biggest talking points from the most famous music festival in the world. Did Dua Lipa fulfill her promise to turn Worthy Farm into a club on her headliner debut? Was SZA's microphone fresh out of batteries? D…

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 d…

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 wit…

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, …

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 str…

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 hear…

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 r…

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 j…

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…

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 …

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 th…

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, h…

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 C…

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 o…

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 Gra…

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 musi…

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 20…

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 Bl…

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 lis…

The mic traveled to London, to talk to Chloe Dall'Olio. Chloe is a video director with Italian roots who effortlessly blends her love for theater and performance with her job at Trinny London.Tune in to learn more about her lifestyle and how she adapted her way of living when moving from Italy to the UK.…

The mic traveled to Groningen in The Netherlands, to talk to Ingrid Aarsman. Ingrid has turned her personal experience with a 'bore-out' into a compelling career helping others find their path. Her passion? Helping individuals and organizations find balance and understanding through transformative change.…

The mic stayed within Antwerp to talk to Carole Lamarque. She’s the co-founder and CEO of DUVAL UNION Innovative Marketing where she advises companies in digital strategy and Innovation. She's a proud best-selling author of three books and knows everything about community building.“I don’t see my work as a separate thing. I see marketing as being a…

The MIC traveled all the way to Vancouver to talk to Laura Falcon. Laura is a project manager, wife, and loving mom to her son Jonah who has special needs. "I go from being a senior project manager to basically a housekeeper, teacher, and problem solver." Listen to the podcast and learn more about the Canadian way of living and how Laura manages it…

The MIC traveled all the way to Rochester New York to have a talk with Chisato Eda Marling. She is a professional saxophonist, saxophone instructor, and Manager of Education and Community Partnerships of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. "My ultimate goal is to streamline my schedule by merging my personal and teaching agendas into one calender…

The #KAAIMIC stayed within the borders to talk with Lies Eeckman. Lies is the managing director of Polestar Belux and a busy mom of five. She can be best described as passionate and a true optimist, she lives her life to the fullest and for Lies authenticity is truly key. " I don't like the terminology work-life balance, I love my job and I love my…

The MIC stayed within the borders of KAAI's home town Antwerp to talk with Anne Ludmann. Anne is the general manager of Sapphire House in Antwerp. Anne has over 20 years of experience in the hotel business before she became the general manager of Sapphire House. Not a day in the life of Anne is the same. According to Anne, working in the hotel busi…

Our new podcast episode is out! Our KAAI MIC stayed in our home country, Belgium, to talk with Angélique Van Gils. Angélique is the co-founder and -owner of 'Pursuit Femmes' a Belgian fashion label specialized in tailor-made suits for women. "Communication is rule number one", listen now and discover what it's like to start a brand together with yo…

Meet Mayu Yoshida from Japan. Mayu was a news correspondent, anchor, and reporter for Thomson Reuters and Reuters news agency in Japan until she decided to become a freelance reporter. She's one of the co-founders of Women in Journalism in Japan with a mission to spread diversity in newsrooms across the country and besides all of that she's also a …

Meet Annie Bourdeau from Toronto, Canada. Annie is the CEO of Amplius Business Design, a consulting firm aiming to innovate the world of healthcare, pharma and biotech. For 10 years she worked as an academic scientist, but then she decided to jump off the cliff and start her own company. Not a day is the same in her daily life but her morning routi…

Rasha Ezzeddine (Kuwait) is a Belgian with Lebanese roots who lives between Kuwait and Dubai. Rasha is a marketing director in the telecom industry and a real global citizen. Despite moving around the world, she took her interest and obsession with music, books, organization and handbags from one place to the next. Reporting to two GMs at the same …