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  1. 2d ago

    Iona Zajac & The Itch (GM26 Preview)

    Iona Zajac and Simon from The Itch share some of their most memorable Green Man experiences and discuss what they’re most excited to see at this years’ festival. Scotland’s Iona Zajac plays harp and sings with the Pogues, but she also finds time to make music as an artist in her own right, releasing her debut album, Bang, at the end of last year. She describes her sound as “dark indie folk with grumbles of pop, a dark gravelly tunnel with bright warm light at the end”: sadness cut through with humour, in the vein of Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Florence and the Machine, and The Last Dinner Party. Scientists still don’t really know what an itch is, but for alt-pop duo The Itch, aka Simon Tyrie and Georgia Hardy, it’s how they describe making music: a compulsion, something akin to addiction. The pair met as teenagers a decade ago in Luton and have been collaborating musically ever since, but it was only after playing at a Talking Heads tribute night in 2023 that they decided to form The Itch. On their imminent debut album It’s The Hope That Kills You they apply an electroclash sweat and basement throb to the alienation and pessimism of the modern world, and describe themselves as “somewhere between pain and pleasure”.

  2. 3d ago

    Jessica Winter & Tony Njoku (GM26 Preview)

    Last year Jessica Winter released her solo debut My First Album, a title that raises an eyebrow to the fact she’s been grafting away in the music industry for well over a decade: first in punk bands in her hometown of Portsmouth, and then as Pregoblin with Fat White Family’s Alex Sebley. As a solo artist, though, she wears a coat of many colours — sunrise piano beats, alt-90s rock, 2000s pop — never making the same song twice.  Jessica chats to Tony Njoku.  London-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Tony Njoku makes modern classical and experimental music, yet he didn’t start out at a fancy conservatoire or music school — just hunched over a laptop in his bedroom, or teaching himself piano. Last year the Nigerian-British artist released All Our Knives Are Always Sharp, in part a homage to the musicians and communities who shaped him — including Tricky, Ghostpoet, Young Fathers, and Blood Orange — as well as a continuation of his avant-garde marriage of electronic and classical music with personal storytelling.  Tony Njoku goes Round The Twist at 10pm on Friday night. Jessica Winter will be at the Wishbone at 11.10pm Friday, and goes Round The Twist at 21.45pm Saturday.

  3. 4d ago

    Steam Down & Tony Bontana (GM26 Preview)

    Ahnansé from London-based afro-punk band Steam Down chats to Birmingham producer and vocalist Tony Bontana.  Tony Bontana calls his approach to his music “Splayed”: open, blown apart, chopped samples, wonky rhythms, destructive and degrading processing, “messing it up to make something beautiful out of something that isn’t considered beautiful”. His recent projects have included last year’s Sunday Service, all of its songs recorded on a Sunday, and L’Humanité, a tribute to his late mother.  Tony Bontana will be at the Talking Shop on Sunday afternoon, with Henry Widdicombe for the panel "Making Art from the Tough Stuff" chaired by Kiri Pritchard-McLean. Later on Sunday evening, at 8.40pm, Tony goes Round The Twist. Steam Down have perfected a finely-tuned alchemy of sound, space and energy. They will bring their afrosonic infinitism to Chai Wallahs at midnight, Saturday into Sunday morning.

  4. 5d ago

    Huw Stephens & Panic Shack (GM26 Preview)

    National treasure and Green Man’s Talking Shop curator Huw Stephens meets with Meg and Emily from Cardiff's Panic Shack.  The Welsh punk girl band have a “no f***s given” attitude: they opened their album with voice recordings from the smoking area of an Amyl and the Sniffers gig, give their songs excellent titles such as Gok Wan, The Ick, and Who’s Got My Lighter?, and stuff them full of deadpan, tongue-in-cheek wisecracks. Panic Shack (or 'Panics' as we shall now refer to them) tell Huw how they met at Green Man, chat about their recent US tour, and reminisce the time they summoned Kelly Jones in Leigh Delamere Services.  Huw Stephens is a longtime friend of Green Man, whether found hosting the Mountain Stage, DJing on Green Man Radio, or, more recently, curating the conversations over at the Talking Shop.  The broadcaster extraordinaire has selected an astonishing lineup for 2026 that is sure to get curious minds ticking. Huw tells Meg and Emily about some of the authors, musicians, journalists and political voices who’ll be taking part in a memorable weekend of conversations, debates and Q&As.  Panic Shack play the Far Out tent at 4pm on the Sunday; Talking Shop opens midday Friday and closes Sunday at 6pm.

  5. Aug 14

    Eaves Wilder & tall child (GM26 Preview)

    Green Man Rising winner tall child — aka London-based Nigerian-Indian songwriter Zha Gandhi and their band — melds intense, stormy emotion and grungy riffs with sweet melody and happy-go-lucky indie jangle, to irresistible effect. The name “tall child” comes from a Mitski lyric: a marked influence, together with Radiohead, Arlo Parks, and Rachel Chinouriri. tall child released their debut EP Somehow You Grow last year, on which they grow like a tall tree and rise above the challenges of being a queer, disabled, POC indie artist.  Zha chats to Eaves Wilder, who’s been coming to Green Man since she herself was a tall (or rather, small) child.  A couple of years ago, Eaves Wilder decided to quit music and join a nunnery. Thankfully the north London songwriter is still yet to don a nun’s habit — instead, she’s made a debut album called Little Miss Sunshine, which came out this spring. A compendium of influences — everything from CMAT to Philip Larkin, Wet Leg to Smokey Robinson — help her chronicle the change and loss of innocence experienced in your early twenties, and the result is something of emotional and elemental magnitude: or as she puts it, “music that would make you feel tectonic”.  tall child opens the Mountain Stage at 11.45am on Friday; Eaves Wilder does the same at midday on Sunday. Content warning: There is mention of sexual assault in this episode.

  6. Aug 11

    GWEN & Pictish Trail (GM26 Preview)

    GWEN is the solo project of Welsh artist, songwriter and producer Gwenllian Anthony. As co-founder and creative force behind the acclaimed band Adwaith, she helped bring music sung in Cymraeg to international audiences. As GWEN, she creates music that blends industrial textures, minimalist electronics and hypnotic rhythms with emotionally direct songwriting. As she prepares for her debut solo performance at this year’s Green Man, Gwen chats to Pictish Trail - aka festival stalwart Johnny Lynch.  Pictish Trail released his sixth album Life Slime last spring, “about how slimy life can get”. Written at his home on the Isle of Eigg and recorded in Margate, the new songs are sure to feel at home in the Welsh mountains too. Brace yourself for guilt, surrender, hope, transformation, renewal, fracture, and release, via warped and tender psychedelic electropop tunes.  Pictish Trail will play Far Out at 1.30pm on Friday; see GWEN in the Walled Garden at 12pm on Sunday.

  7. Aug 5

    Jack Shep & Horsegirl (GM26 Preview)

    SNL UK star Jack Shep has a transatlantic yap with Nora, Penelope and Gigi of Horsegirl. The Chicago trio chat about life on tour, being best friends and housemates in New York, and working with the great Cate Le Bon. Jack Shep will play Last Laugh in the early hours of Saturday morning; Horsegirl will take to the Mountain Stage on Saturday afternoon.

  8. Jul 29

    Stewart Lee & Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite (GM26 Preview)

    Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian Stewart Lee sits down with your Thursday night headliner Mogwai ahead of Green Man Festival 2026. Longtime admirers of each other’s work, Stew and Stu discuss the various eras of Mogwai’s thirty-year back catalogue of epic instrumentalism, and how Stewart keeps his comedy surprising after so many years in the game. Settle in for a chat about science, merch prices, multi-generational fandom, Stewart’s current show “Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf”, Stuart Braithwaite’s book “Spaceships over Glasgow”, and of course, an excited look-ahead to a magical weekend in Bannau Brycheiniog.  Mogwai play Far Out on Thursday 20th August 2026; catch Stewart Lee on Friday night at Babbling Tongues.

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Delectable audio tidbits from Green Man land.

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  • Creator
    Green Man Festival
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    71
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 Green Man Festival

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