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Headliner Radio
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This is a music podcast which explores the creative process. We chat to artists of all levels, from aspiring and emerging talent to international stars, to find more about how they make their music. Check us out on Insta @emergingheadliner, FB and Twitter @headlinerhub and hashtag #headlinerradio
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Emerging Headliner 52: Conscious Pilot: Making Human Poultry
3d ago00:26:07Tap to summarizeIn this world of short form TikTok content and AI-generated videos, Glaswegian band Conscious Pilot are a straight-up post-punk/indie rock act committed to recording songs to tape and shooting music videos on 16mm cameras. Frontman Joe Laycock talks about the band’s debut album, Human Poultry, a collection of songs about the grim world of employment, warehouse jobs, and fictional, chaotic film directors.
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Headliner USA 211: Evanescence: The making of Sanctuary
4d ago00:27:48Tap to summarizeAfter a five year wait, chart-topping, Grammy-winning alternative rockers Evanescence return with Sanctuary, their sixth studio album. Following the blistering single Who Will You Follow, the new LP features some of the band’s best work to date. Singer, songwriter, and founding member Amy Lee talks about Who Will You Follow’s blockbuster music video, working with producer Jordan Fish and their shared Bring Me The Horizon history, the album’s title track, and the band’s gargantuan 2026 world tour.
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Aspiring Headliner E90: Jenny On Holiday: Quicksand Heart
2w ago00:31:10Tap to summarizeJenny Hollingsworth is best known as one half of the acclaimed experimental pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma, with three albums and a Netflix score released so far. She discusses Jenny On Holiday, her new solo project which sees her take time away from the band, and her debut solo album Quicksand Heart, a joyous and uplifting collection of alt-pop songs.
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E460: Kloyd: Making ‘New Love’
2w ago00:46:20Tap to summarizeIf you amalgamate the names Kate and Lloyd, plus several genres of music, the end result is Kloyd, one of the UK’s most exciting up-and-coming talents making electronic music in the vein of Four Tet, Bonobo, and Sofia Kourtesis. While on tour supporting Art School Girlfriend, she talks to Headliner about her upcoming mixtape, New Love, her London release show and Green Man performances on the horizon, and how she creates her unique, organic sound.
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E459: Dapper: From African music mogul to solo artist
May 1100:25:40Tap to summarizeNigerian music mogul Dapper has conquered the business side of the music industry as founder and CEO of the Dapper Group, which owns an eight per cent market share of the industry across the entire African continent. Fresh from earning a Guinness World Record with Dapper Live for staging the largest-ever orchestral Afrobeats concert, he is now taking on a new challenge: stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist with the release of his third single, My Type.
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E458: John Newman: Life beyond Love Me Again
May 500:49:47Tap to summarizeSinger, songwriter, DJ and producer John Newman began his journey in 2012 when he lent his vocals to Rudimental’s UK Number One hit, Feel the Love. However, the real turning point came with the smash hit, Love Me Again. Debuting at number one on the UK Official Chart, the single soared into the top 10 in over 30 countries and has amassed 1.6 billion streams. Newman reflects on the enduring popularity of the song – which is having a second life on TikTok – and discusses his new remix EP, Love Me Again (Again), new single, Merry Go, and what to expect from his new album.
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Emerging Headliner E51: Girl Group: Little Sticky Pictures
Apr 2800:31:57Tap to summarizeAnglo-Nordic band Girl Group introduce ‘brat-punk’to the world – a unique blend of hyperpop, electronic and indie sounds. After their hit performances at Reading and Leeds Festivals and gaining support from Elton John and BBC 6 Music, Girl Group spoke to Headliner about new songs, Rage Song and SuperDrug, from their new EP Little Sticky Pictures, and why only female acts ever get accused of being ‘industry plants.’
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In The Box E30: Jesse Zuretti: Scoring 2XKO
Apr 2100:47:11Tap to summarizeComposer Jesse Zuretti dives into his metal-influenced score for Riot Games’ 2XKO – a fighting game set in the League of Legends Runeterra universe. Zuretti talks all things metal, working with Polyphia on the game’s main theme, continuing the League of Legends legacy, fans’ reactions to his soundtrack, misconceptions about heavy metal, creating the score in Cubase in his studio, and what to expect from him for the next iteration of the game.
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E457: Paul Leonard-Morgan: Scoring Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Apr 2100:41:36Tap to summarizeBAFTA Award-winning, Emmy and Ivor Novello–nominated composer Paul Leonard-Morgan discusses scoring his most recent projects, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, and Pretty Lethal, starring Uma Therman.
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E456: Anthony Willis: Scoring Wuthering Heights
Apr 1500:44:27Tap to summarizeAfter the huge success of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, director Emerald Fennel called upon British-born, L.A.-based composer Anthony Willis to work with her a third time for her adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Willis speaks to Headliner about how he worked on the score alongside the Charli XCX album of new songs for the film, how he and Fennel approached this new adaptation, and *that* viral Sophie Ellis-Bextor moment in Saltburn.
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