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

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
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wdVcOWdqw26iV1J9hV95A?si=fec0323b235544a8">Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist</a>
Credits:
Editing by Stuart Stubbs 
Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines
Artwork by Kate Prior

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.

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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Midnight Chats

The music interview podcast for late night listening – like all of those rambling conversations you have when you get home from the pub. From the team behind independent music magazine Loud And Quiet.

The music interview podcast for late night listening – like all of those rambling conversations you have when you get home from the pub. From the team behind independent music magazine Loud And Quiet.

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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/243e3b98-0b01-4854-bb48-b22601878fc3/transcript

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

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 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/midnightchatspod">Instagram </a>@midnightchatspod. 
Further reading/listening/viewing
<a href="https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/kelly-lee-owens-daydreamer-of-the-year/amp/">“Daydreamer of the year” - Loud And Quiet meets Kelly Lee Owens in Venice in 2020</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBHNK99Y-g">Watch the trailer for the Travis film 'Almost Fashionable'</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wdVcOWdqw26iV1J9hV95A?si=fec0323b235544a8">Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist</a>
Credits:
Editing by Stuart Stubbs 
Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines
Artwork by Kate Prior

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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/4d43e4f7-f5cf-43f3-beea-b21f011530b7/transcript

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

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
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wdVcOWdqw26iV1J9hV95A?si=fec0323b235544a8">Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmwR-paTDaU&amp;t=758s">Billie Eilish listening party</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQat13FAnOQ">Kanye West Donda listening party</a> 
Credits:
Editing by Stuart Stubbs 
Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines
Artwork by Kate Prior

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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d08e6d47-869b-4d0d-a8e4-b2180183a875/transcript

We've all been there: investing our time and energy into worshiping our favourite artist only for them to call us "creepy as fuck". 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

We've all been there: investing our time and energy into worshiping our favourite artist only for them to call us "creepy as fuck". 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
<a href="https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/heartworms-i-found-something-in-military-imagery-and-history-that-makes-me-feel-very-grounded/">Heartworms Loud And Quiet interview</a>
<a href="https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/boygenius-this-is-the-time-we-finally-get-to-be-around-each-other-were-gonna-enjoy-it/">boygenius Loud And Quiet interview</a>
<a href="https://mocomuseum.com/exhibitions/amsterdam/robbie-williams/76168?bg_source=ga&amp;bg_campaign=20545129600&amp;bg_kw=kwd-296161008853-mi--pi--ppi-&amp;bg_source_id=692937762475&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwmt24BhDPARIsAJFYKk28JfywTGAkYJvr3HnWLtAY33hctcuZsjlLB3wYcCICJEnzMuW5nyYaAk0VEALw_wcB">Robbie Williams' art exhibition</a>
<a href="https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/en/live/">ADE</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wdVcOWdqw26iV1J9hV95A?si=fec0323b235544a8">Listen to our new Beat the Algorithm Spotify playlist</a>
Credits:
Editing by Stuart Stubbs 
Mixing and mastering by Flo Lines
Artwork by Kate Prior

Ep 154: When artists upset their hardcore fans

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6d03ab15-244e-45c1-9925-b21101608afa/transcript

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