Midnight Chats

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The podcast where musicians talk nonsense at midnight. And intimately about their lives and creativity. From the team behind independent music magazine Loud And Quiet.

3 DAYS AGO

Ep 158: The week Mark Zuckerberg ruined music, and how your favourite artists would like to die

Death! Like a begrudging respect for Robbie Williams, sadly, it comes to us all. Perhaps that's why Stuart has taken to asking our guests about the subject of the great beyond, which reminded us that there was a time when we asked a bunch of musicians what they thought was the perfect way to die, in a regular interview feature in Loud And Quiet magazine. On this week's podcast we revisit those answers from 2014 - 2017, make our case for SZA to have another go at Glastonbury, review new documentary Boy Bands Forever, unpack the new proposed levy that supports grassroots venues and, somewhat tragically, discuss the new song by Mark Zuckerberg. Further reading/listening/viewing Getting To Know You archive Sherelle Loud And Quiet interview Mark Zuckerberg's horrible song Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Willem Olenski Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

39 min
NOV 13

Ep 157: The Midnight Chats festival, a horrible night of unwanted nostalgia

As Kaiser Chiefs announce shows for 2025 celebrating 20 years of their debut album, with support from Razorlight, We Are Scientists, The Cribs and The Coral, Greg and Stu put their heads together to come up with an alternative bill of artists who released records 20 years ago. The Carling will be served warm and the weather will be terrible. Welcome to the inaugural Midnight Chats festival! Also on this week's podcast, Grammy nominations and predicted winners, as little about Trump as possible, and what are the worst 3 Christmas songs. Further reading/listening/viewing Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

42 min
NOV 6

Ep 156: Kelly Lee Owens on death, Depeche Mode and hiding horse sh*t in an ex-boyfriend's car boot

Welsh electronic artist, producer and DJ Kelly Lee Owens has come along way in a short period of time. Yet, her warmth and charisma mean her A-list stories of playing Ibiza’s legendary Amnesia nightclub with Charli XCX or being welcomed into the Depeche Mode family, or dining with Bill Murray don’t come across like arrogant boasts. That’s because they come sandwiched with grounded stories of her days as a cancer ward nurse, eating cheese when she gets up at 3AM and hiding horse sh*t in the boot of an ex-boyfriend's car. She also spoke to Stuart Stubbs about the release of her fourth album 'Dreamstate', out now on George Daniel’s (The 1975) dh2 imprint. You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod. Further reading/listening/viewing “Daydreamer of the year” - Loud And Quiet meets Kelly Lee Owens in Venice in 2020 Watch the trailer for the Travis film 'Almost Fashionable' Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

59 min
OCT 30

Ep 155: The return of album release hype, and the rise of listening parties

The era of surprise album releases seems to be over, with everyone from Beyonce to Billie Eilish to Charli XCX to Tyler, The Creator opting for modern (and bombastic) twists on the traditional way of hyping LPs before their release dates. Increasingly, it seems the arena listening party in a key tool in connecting conceptual artist and fans, but as Greg shares on this week's episode, they don't always work. We also get into the week's headlines, including the reformation of The Maccabees, how Lily Allen is making more money from her feet on OnlyFans than through her music on Spotify, and what Helen Mirren wishes Kurt Cobain got to experience. Greg also shows off about the most famous people he's met. Further reading/listening/viewing Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Billie Eilish listening party Kanye West Donda listening party Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40 min
OCT 22

Ep 154: When artists upset their hardcore fans

We've all been there: investing our time and energy into worshiping our favourite artist only for them to call us "creepy as f**k". Ok, maybe we've not ALL been there, but thousands of Doja Cat stans were last year, whilst just a few days ago The Pretenders upset a bunch of their most hardcore fans in an Instagram post that has since been deleted. It offered us the chance to get into the fan/artist relationship on this week's podcast, as well as Greg reporting back from Sexyland World, a club in Amsterdam, and Stu from the perhaps less sexy Barbican Centre in London. We won't pretend that we planned this, but every element of this week's show, from Joni Mitchell at the Hollywood Bowl to Greg's Top 3 challenge, happens to based around live music. Oh. And we're calling our listeners Werewolves now. Cheers. Further reading/listening/viewing Heartworms Loud And Quiet interview boygenius Loud And Quiet interview Robbie Williams' art exhibition ADE Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41 min
OCT 15

Ep 153: Remix albums, and how well do you know the lyrics to your favourite songs?

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 an age old question: Do you need to know the lyrics to a song – and their meaning – to be able to truly love it? As Stu puts Greg's appalling memory to the test, we're ultimately searching for a big fat NO on this one, otherwise Greg may never work again. Our Beat The Algorithm recommendations too. And Stu puts Greg on the spot for his favourite music venues in this week's Top 3. (This also ends badly for Greg.) You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod. Further reading/listening/viewing Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Dookie DeMastered Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

45 min
OCT 8

Ep 152: Laura Marling on psychoanalysis, motherhood, secretly cooking for Damon Albarn and, naturally, death

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, who's communicating directly with fans via a quite brilliant Substack newsletter about the craft of songwriting. All of the above is covered in this week's episode of Midnight Chats, as well as discussion about death, T.V., secretly cooking for Damon Albarn and John Paul Jones with not great results, and the beauty of a new, sparse album recorded with a baby daughter literally by your side in your living room. You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod. Further reading/listening/viewing Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Coldplay on QVC Laura Marling's Patterns in Repeat Substack Dog Unit's At Home, Still EP Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

51 min
OCT 1

Ep 151: When are posthumous albums a good idea? From Michael Jackson to SOPHIE to Elliott Smith

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, Biggie Smalls and Elliott Smith. But not before sharing the week's headlines about Radiohead going Shakespeare, Tears For Fears going AI, and Green Day going anti-Vegas. You can watch clips of the podcast online now, just give us a follow on Instagram @midnightchatspod. Further reading/listening/viewing Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist Hamlet Hail to the Thief tickets Credits: Editing by Stuart Stubbs Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines Artwork by Kate Prior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41 min

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4.4

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22 Ratings

Great, just needs some post work.

12/10/2017

MR. FREEDOM X

Love the guests, love the interviewer. What is difficult is there seems to be very little audio editing. It needs a limiter or a compressor to keep decibel peaks and lows in check. Thundercats first big laugh took my head off after having to crank it to hear the interviewer whispering. Thanks
Great guests, boring conversations

05/05/2019

MBlaze

Some really great guests so listened to 3 or 4 episodes. Difficult to get thru any of them the conversations were so boring. Listen to a lot of podcasts, this is painful.
Great chats

02/21/2019

OLIRICS

So glad I stumbled across these chats. I’m flying though them. Good vibe and excellent guest
Music Podcast? Yes, Please!!!

08/24/2018

LiamTheGooner

I think i finally found a music podcast i can subscribe to, and enjoy... Supergrass' Gaz Coombes episode is a favorite of mine :)

The podcast where musicians talk nonsense at midnight. And intimately about their lives and creativity. From the team behind independent music magazine Loud And Quiet.

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iHeartPodcasts
Years Active

2016 - 2024
Episodes

163
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Explicit
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