Artists have a duty to claim that their most recent project is the best work they have ever done. But... more

My guest for this pilot episode is Gale Paridjanian of (the magnificent) Turin Brakes.If you listen to the song Underdog... more

When I heard the Chilly Gonzales song Neoclassical Massacre, I immediately got in touch with his management and label to... more

In this day & age of abundance, you can easily forget what’s precious - like your favourite bands. If you... more

In Mark Oliver Everett’s autobiography “Things The Grandchildren Should Know”, the author, otherwise known as E, the frontman and band... more

Marika Hackman's Big Sigh is everything a 4th album should be. Really good songs, good scheduling, sophisticated arrangements (brass and... more

Fran Healy and his band Travis have this longevity thing down. Firstly, you must have a love and addiction to... more

After 25 years in the music business, both as a major label priority artist and as a jobbing musician, Ed... more

Try playing a Crowded House record (any of them) then let Spotify play on…you will get just the best selection... more

When Real Estate's fifth album The Main Thing was released to fairly mixed results, was it time for a reset?... more

Like many women creators in the (still) white, male dominated music industry, the Staveley-Taylor sisters aka The Staves, bring a... more

After the fiasco of having to cancel Beirut’s 2019 tour, Zach Condon knew he needed to take the time out... more

Metric has become one of those bands that have paved the way for independence, along with Aimee Mann, Chance The... more

I had invited Half Moon Run onto the podcast after first hearing Salt - imploring their BMG PR to arrange... more

In the 70s, the teenage years of Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, one would have heard new music by word... more

So many bands have a complex relationship with their biggest songs (probably because they essentially set a one dimensional benchmark... more

What better guest for this 50th episode of The Art of Longevity than metal’s renaissance man Corey Taylor? A modern... more

Following the highly accomplished 2012 album Heaven, cult American indie band The Walkmen went on hiatus. But now they have... more

After he “couldn’t get arrested” in the 80s, post-grunge opened a window through which a then 30-year old Ron Sexsmith... more

For Ben Folds, coming back on the scene with a new studio album feels like a breeze, literally:“I Feel like... more

Asking John Grant to describe the essence of the record he is working on now, elicits a response that fascinates... more

What’s more important in securing a band’s longevity - hit songs or a classic album? I put this question to... more

In this episode of the Art of Longevity, we have the pleasure of chatting with Stuart Braithwaite, a member of... more

Being a longevous, ‘real deal’ music artist requires many things, but being pure in heart is certainly one. And there... more

It has taken Dave Rowntree ages to make his first non-soundtrack body of work outside of Blur, especially when you... more

Gavin Rossdale doesn’t think that Bush's longevity story in the music business as high drama - even though they have... more

The egoless band can go a lot further than most bands. A strong element of that is embracing creative changes... more

Let’s face it, there is a patchy record for solo artists that began in popular 90s bands. Some crossed the... more

Rumer’s arrival struck a similar chord to that of Norah Jones some six years earlier i.e. refreshingly out of time.... more

The Delines’ world is a sprawling, blue collar soap opera. Flawed characters, aimless drifters, chancers and grifters, barroom fights, beat-up... more

In this episode, Fenner Pearson chats to Neil Arthur about his writing process and how he works on the Blancmange... more

After fading from view in the UK after "Strange And Beautiful" (a top 10 hit in 2002), Aqualung was hardly... more

Suede (or, The London Suede for our friends in the USA) has reached 30 years in the business (well, minus... more

How to characterise an American indie band over almost three decades and 10 albums, each with a subtly different flavour?... more

Before I spoke with Danny McNamara, he’d emailed me to say how much he loved Brett Anderson’s quote - the... more

Having helped pave the way, Alela remains at the heart of a very strong current movement for female troubadours -... more

Interpol have honed their craft over 20 years since they ‘blasted’ onto the scene in 2002 with Turn On The... more

“I’ve recognised that music is sort of like an inner voice that is telling me what to do. When I... more

The music journalist Paul Lester described Everything Everything as “a riot in a melody factory”, a perfect description for a... more

After her second album Fires (2005) Nerina Pallot was hot property. She kissed the frog that is ‘fame’ in the... more

Inspired by recent collaborations with some of America's coolest indie A-listers (Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, Danielle Haim, Justin Vernon aka... more

We spoke to Joey Burns on the eve of Calexico's recent European shows in Brussels and London. Calexico play bigger... more

When your host purchased The Divine Comedy's Fin De Siècle in 1998, I couldn’t quite penetrate it at the time.... more

After her fourth album The Fall in 2009 proved to be a departure from the well known blend of blues-jazz-country-pop,... more

If all music artists of longevity have a good book in them, then Belle and Sebastian are more bookish than... more

When Teenage Fanclub formed in 1989, times were unusual in music, and not in a good way. It was pre-grunge,... more

Steve Mason first made his name as one quarter (and the frontman of) the Beta Band, one of the most... more

The Wombats have defied all UK press scepticism (and cynicism) to become one of the country’s biggest indie pop bands.... more

In a warm and whimsical conversation with Yan (Scott Wilkinson) of Sea Power, I learned to appreciate just what this... more

From the earliest beginnings of 1983’s The Hurting to the band’s huge 1985 LP Songs From The Big Chair, Tears... more