ACPG 177: Matthew Murphy - The Wombats and Love Fame Tragedy
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Hello and welcome to episode 177 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is in Newcastle and zooming with Matthew Murphy of The Wombats and Love Fame Tragedy who is in LA. Ben and Murph talk about his second album from his side project Love, Fame, Tragedy. We talk about writing for this project and The Wombats, talk about the heritage of great scouse bands (there’s a few), playing live, living in LA, and much more. Even for a writer beloved by his fans for being so frank and open about his romantic failings, tempestuous marriage and issues with drugs and depression, Life Is A Killer is Murph’s...
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ACPG 176: Public Service Broadcasting
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Hello and welcome to episode 176 of the ACPG podcast. This episode is the last interview of the series. But don’t worry we will be back for a new series and our much loved outro episode. In this episode Ben is zooming with J Willgoose, Esq of the fantastic Public Service Broadcasting. The talk about PSB’s new live album, approaching playing live, writing new albums, and more. A celebration of the power of radio written in recognition of the centenary of the BBC, This New Noise saw the band joining forces with the 88 piece BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley. A standout...
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ACPG 175: Girl Ray
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Hello and welcome to episode 175 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is zooming with Poppy from the wonderful Girl Ray. We talk about their new album Prestige (the non concept, concept album, my words not theirs). Prestige is a fictional night club where we follow the band on a night out. And a good time is had by all. We speak about the new album, touring, and watching the crowds get bigger. Thank you to Poppy, Jodie, and Elliott for the support with this episode. See you next time for the last interview of the series.
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ACPG 174: Jaakko Eino Kalevi
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Hello and welcome to episode 174 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is zooming with Finnish Musician Jaakko Eino Kalevi who was in Athens, Greece at the time of speaking. They had a great conversation about Jaakko's ninth album, Chaos Magic. They also spoke about the writing process, playing live and having a career in music. Thank you to Jaako for his time and Stasi for setting up the interview. Catch s next time when Ben is talking to Poppy from the band Girl Ray.
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ACPG 173: Willie J Healey
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Hello and welcome to episode 173 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is zooming with the delightful Willie J Healey. They talk about his new album Bunny, touring with the Arctic Monkeys and Jamie T, working with Yala records and more. Thank you to Jay for setting up the interview. And thank you to Willie for his time and rearranging time for a clash in Ben's diary. We have a special artist in Willie and, as I mention, new album ‘Bunny’ is something of a new dawn for him. Recorded in NYC with producer Loren Humphrey (Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey) he stepped out of his...
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ACPG 172: Becca Mancari Interview
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Hello and welcome to episode 172 of the ACPG Podcast. After a little mid season break we are back with a short run of episodes to finish off season five. This week Ben is zooming with Becca Mancari (they/them) who is based Nashville. We talk about Becca's third album 'Let Hand'. Which we discover has a lot of sonic hugs. A new phrase for both of us but we like it. We also cover playing live, song writing, new kits, and so much more. Thank you to Becca, Jodie, and Elliot for their support with this episode.
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ACPG 171: Local Natives
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Hello and welcome to episode 171 of the ACPG podcast. This week Ben is zooming with Los Angeles where he spoke with Nick and Kelsey of the fantastic Local Natives. Now, I (Ben) have been a massive fan of Local Natives since their debut album Gorilla Manor and especially the songs Sun Hands and Airplanes. So it was great to talk to them about that but also the release of their new album Time Waits For No One. We spoke about the new album, record release parties, and touring, and more. The album was preceded at the tail-end of last year by the swaggering psychedelia-tinged indie-pop of...
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ACPG 170: Gengahr
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Hello and welcome to episode 170 of the ACPG podcast. This week Ben zooms with Hugh and Danny of the band Gengahr. Ben caught them in the middle of an instore tour. Or Instoring if you will. Just after the release of their fourth album Red Sun Titans. They spoke about the new album, the production, touring and so much more. ‘Red Sun Titans’ is an album that sets Gengahr on an exciting new trajectory. Having passed through the happy-to-be-here phase of debut album ‘A Dream Outside’ [2015] and traversed the baggage of adversity and tragedy that underpinned ‘Where Wildness Grows’...
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ACPG 169: Freddie Cowan (Freddie and the Scenarios / The Vaccines)
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Hello and welcome to episode 169 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is zooming, and nearly getting locked in work, with Freddie Cowan from Freddie and the Scenarios, and formally of The Vaccines. Ben and Freddie spoke about his debut solo album Answer Machine, touring, new directions, and a bit about The Vaccines. Freddie Cowan created Freddie & The Scenarios with the help of some of the best in Mexico City’s incredible music scene, whilst also reuniting with Vaccines’ original drummer Pete Robertson, recently more known for his production work with Beabadoobee, Nasty...
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ACPG 168: JW Francis
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Hello and welcome to episode 168 of the ACPG Podcast. This week Ben is zooming with the one of the most relaxed men in music, JW Francis. Ben in Newcastle and JW in Paris, they spoke about this new album, touring, walking, and self-created tours. Which sounds amazing. Indie-rock, jangle, slacker, bedroom pop and softly-whirring psych combine to build his 'Dream House' - the foundations held in earthy human emotion, with a roof in the clouds. Across 12 quirky, technicolour sonic vignettes, JW Francis showcases every side of his wholesome 3D approach to guitar pop. When JW isn’t writing songs...
info_outlineHello and welcome to episode 168 of the ACPG Podcast.
This week Ben is zooming with the one of the most relaxed men in music, JW Francis. Ben in Newcastle and JW in Paris, they spoke about this new album, touring, walking, and self-created tours. Which sounds amazing.
Indie-rock, jangle, slacker, bedroom pop and softly-whirring psych combine to build his 'Dream House' - the foundations held in earthy human emotion, with a roof in the clouds. Across 12 quirky, technicolour sonic vignettes, JW Francis showcases every side of his wholesome 3D approach to guitar pop.
When JW isn’t writing songs about his own life or off-kilter imagery, he writes about other people – most notably around February when he writes valentines songs on his fans’ behalf. 'Dream House' is in fact built around this collection of glorious tracks written for other people.
Thank you JW for zooming with us and thank you to Thom for setting up the interview.
See you next week for Frankie Cowan of Frankie and Scenarios and The Vaccines.