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Episode 301: Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides
Oct 13, 2024
47m 16s
Episode 300: Betty Boo
Oct 2, 2024
47m 56s
Episode 299: Haley Shea, Sløtface
Sep 29, 2024
46m 12s
Episode 298: Dec Kelly, Midway Still
Sep 27, 2024
54m 08s
Episode 297: Wombling around pop with Mike Batt
Sep 19, 2024
52m 53s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 10/13/24 | ![]() Episode 301: Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides | Andy Biersack, sometimes known as Andy Black, is the founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Black Veil Brides, from Hollywood, California. The group released their sixth album, The Phantom Tomorrow, in 2021. BVB recently toured the USA with Falling In Reverse and on Wednesday, October 30th, co-headline London's OVO Arena, Wembley, with Creeper. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Pa... | 47m 16s | ||||||
| 10/2/24 | ![]() Episode 300: Betty Boo | Alison Moira Clarkson - aka Betty Boo - is a British singer, songwriter and rapper. Originally active in the early 90's, whereupon she released the Platinum selling debut, Boomania, in 1990. She returned after a long hiatus with her third album, Boomerang, in 2022. Her fourth album, Rip Up the Rule Book, was released in August this year. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon member... | 47m 56s | ||||||
| 9/29/24 | ![]() Episode 299: Haley Shea, Sløtface | Sløtface, formerly known - and still pronounced - as Slutface, are a Norwegian indie rock band from Stavanger. Since 2022, singer Haley Shea is the group's sole remaining founding member. Their new album, Film Buff, is out now. They tour the UK this month and next. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John ... | 46m 12s | ||||||
| 9/27/24 | ![]() Episode 298: Dec Kelly, Midway Still | Midway Still are an indie rock band formed in the early nineties in Kent, England. Originally active between 1991 and 1994, the group reformed in 2000 and have been performing, and occasionally recording, ever since. The band's drummer is Dec Kelly. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Nort... | 54m 08s | ||||||
| 9/19/24 | ![]() Episode 297: Wombling around pop with Mike Batt | Michael Batt, LVO, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director, and conductor. He was formerly the Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. Amongst Batt's many notable contributions to music, are the creation of The Wombles pop act, the writing of era defining songs like 'Bright Eyes', and introducing and mentoring Katie Melua and Vanessa Mae. His memoir, The Closest Thing to Crazy: My Life of Musical Adventures, is released on September 26th,... | 52m 53s | ||||||
| 9/17/24 | ![]() Episode 296: Sam McTrusty, Twin Atlantic | Twin Atlantic are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2007, their singer and rhythm guitarist is Sam McTrusty, who I speak to on this episode. Their seventh album, Meltdown, was released last month. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Ricky Mur... | 43m 16s | ||||||
| 9/12/24 | ![]() Episode 295: Kid Bookie | Tyronne Buddy-Lee Ike Hill - aka Kid Bookie - is an English rock singer and rapper from South East London. His third album, Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead, is released via Marshall Records on Friday, September 13th. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Rick... | 43m 11s | ||||||
| 9/1/24 | ![]() Episode 294: Ted Leo | Ted Leo is an American singer and musician. Chisel, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, and The Both - a collaboration with Aimee Mann - are just some of the many bands he's written songs for and performed in. Now primarily a solo artist, Leo also performs in the group The Foreign Correspondents, which features members of Fugazi, Fake Names, and Obits. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT WITH AUTHOR CAROLINE SULLIVAN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join T... | 44m 56s | ||||||
| 8/28/24 | ![]() Episode 293: Kathy Sledge, Sister Sledge | Kathy Sledge is an American singer–songwriter and producer. She is best known as the youngest and founding member of disco soul legends Sister Sledge. Kathy headlines Uptown Festival, at Bute Park, Cardiff, on Sunday, September 15th. Click here for more information and tickets. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT WITH AUTHOR CAROLINE SULLIVAN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch... | 24m 02s | ||||||
| 8/22/24 | ![]() McMahonologues #18: Return of the Mack | Forgot to say this in the episode because I'm an idiot. Why not subscribe to The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon? Either way, thanks for waiting for me. X Twitter - @jamesjammcmahonSubstack - https://spoook.substack.comYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Vf_1E1Sza2GUyFNn2zFMAReddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesmcmahonmusicpod/ | 28m 12s | ||||||
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| 6/18/24 | ![]() Episode 292: Surgery shutdown (featuring The Zutons, Ash, Leatherface, Lightning Seeds, Benefits, Feeder, and loads more) | Too ill to make a new episode - so got my friends to instead. See you in a bit. Please consider subscribing to The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon at this pretty wretched time. Show theme by Bis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Ricky Murray. Danielle Walker. Claire Harris. Dana Landman. Laura Kelly Dunlop. Michael Woods. B... | 47m 44s | ||||||
| 6/9/24 | ![]() Episode 291: Gary Jarman, The Cribs | The Cribs are a British indie rock band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, that formed in 2001. On this episode I speak to bassist and singer Gary Jarman. The group's last record, Night Network, was released in late 2020. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Ricky Murray... | 44m 36s | ||||||
| 6/2/24 | ![]() Episode 290: Adam Lee, China Drum | China Drum are an English punk rock band from Ovingham in Northumberland, England. On this episode I speak to singer - and formally drummer - Adam Lee. The group's new album, One Moment Please, was released late last year. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Ricky Mur... | 46m 15s | ||||||
| 5/26/24 | ![]() Episode 289: Caroline Sullivan on the skill of Taylor Swift | Caroline Sullivan is a music journalist and author with bylines in Melody Maker, The Guardian, The New York Times and more. Having previously written about Madonna, Dua Lipa, and the Bay City Rollers, her new book, Taylor Swift: Era by Era: The Unauthorized Biography, is released on June 6th. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Fr... | 39m 24s | ||||||
| 5/21/24 | ![]() Episode 288: Clint Boon, Inspiral Carpets | Clint Boon is the keyboard player, and sometimes vocalist, in Inspiral Carpets. Inspiral Carpets support The Prisoners at The Roundhouse, Camden, on Friday, May 24th. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Ricky Murray. Danielle Walker. Claire Harris. Dana Landman. ... | 39m 41s | ||||||
| 5/20/24 | ![]() Episode 287: Gavin Dunbar, Camera Obscura | Gavin Dunbar is a founder member, and the bassist, in the indie pop band Camera Obscura, from Glasgow, Scotland. The band released their sixth album, their first in over a decade, Look to the East, Look to the West, on Merge Records, earlier this month. Show theme by Bis. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura... | 39m 43s | ||||||
| 5/16/24 | ![]() McMahonologues #17: C Is the Heavenly Option | Subscribe to The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon! Twitter - @jamesjammcmahonSubstack - https://spoook.substack.comYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Vf_1E1Sza2GUyFNn2zFMAReddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesmcmahonmusicpod/ | 20m 59s | ||||||
| 5/1/24 | ![]() Episode 286: Korda Marshall, music industry legend | Korda Marshall is a legendary name in the music business. Having worked over three decades in a variety of influential roles, names as disparate as Take That, The Wedding Present, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Darkness, James Blunt, Foals, and Pendulum, owe something of their success to him. He currently works as International Director at Mushroom Records, where he served as managing director in the 1990s, enjoying significant success during his time there with Muse, Garbage, Ash, and many mor... | 54m 40s | ||||||
| 4/30/24 | ![]() Episode 285: Grant Nicholas, Feeder | Feeder are a British rock band formed in Newport, Wales, in 1994. On this episode I speak to singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas. The group released their twelfth album, Black/Red, earlier this month. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. J... | 41m 25s | ||||||
| 4/29/24 | ![]() Episode 284: Howard Fishman on the search for Connie Converse | Howard Fishman is an American author, culture writer, singer, guitarist, bandleader, playwright, and composer from Brooklyn, New York. Since 2016 he has been a contributing writer for The New Yorker. His first book, To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse, was published in May 2023. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/w... | 36m 11s | ||||||
| 4/26/24 | ![]() Episode 283: Scott Lavene | Scott Lavene is a singer-songwriter from Essex, England. He releases his third record, Disneyland in Dagenham, on May 10th, via Nothing Fancy. He then tours the UK in June. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. M... | 43m 11s | ||||||
| 4/24/24 | ![]() Episode 282: Cam Cobb takes a trip with Skip Spence | Cam Cobb is a university professor and rock journalist from Canada. His music writing has appeared in such magazines as Record Collector, Shindig!, and Ugly Things. His new book, Weighted Down - The Complicated Life of Skip Spence, is out now. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wil... | 40m 28s | ||||||
| 4/23/24 | ![]() Episode 281: Scott Hill, Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu is an American rock band formed in Orange County, California, in 1985. On this episode I speak to founding guitarist turned lead vocalist Scott Hill. The band release their 14th album, The Return Of Tomorrow, their first ever double album of new material, on June 14th. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patr... | 33m 04s | ||||||
| 4/18/24 | ![]() Episode 280: Dylan Baldi, Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, founded by singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi in 2009. They release their eighth record, Final Summer, on April 19th, via Pure Noise Records. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. ... | 29m 43s | ||||||
| 4/17/24 | ![]() Episode 279: Nadine Shah | Nadine Shah is a British singer and songwriter. Her fifth record, Filthy Underneath, was released in February. Show theme by Bis. GET TICKETS TO MY CONVERSATION WITH GILES SMITH ON THURSDAY, MAY 9th. Want more? Join The James McMahon Music Podcast Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jY33R9cXA Thankyou to our Patreon members! John Foley. Wilfreda Beehive. Joe Frost. Conor McNicholas. John Earls. Laura Norton. Mike Clewley. Ricky Murray. Danielle Walker. Claire Harris. Dana... | 57m 05s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.

























