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SNACK Chats To
Hosted by SNACK Magazine · EN
SNACK Chats To brings you conversations with artists, cutators and professionals across music, books, visual arts, film, festivals and more.
SNACK Chats To is a SNACK magazine production.
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Saint Sappho
May 600:26:56Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats with Glasgow’s 90s-inspired alt rock band Saint Sappho about the release of their debut album, Between The Lines.They chat about working in a duo as a couple and how that led to Tammy learning drums to create the band. They talk about the making of the album, their love of 90s music, supporting Bernard Butler and also The Bluetones, being your own worst critic, knowing what you want from the music, and knowing how to get it, and the making of the video for the ‘Between The Lines’ single.If you like these chats and you’d like to support the show, the single very best thing you can do is share it with a friend. So, please do that.If you could give the show a quick 5 star review on your podcast app, that would also help us reach a wider audience. Instagram: instagram.com/saintsappho_Website: saintsappho.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Fergus MacDonald of Hank Tree
Apr 1500:38:30Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats to Fergus MacDonald of Hank Tree about his Hidden Songs project based mostly at The Doublet in Glasgow.They talk about falling into the role of gig promoter.He talks about the origins of the Hidden Songs name and ethos.Taking a holistic approach to gig promotion by looking after the artists, spending time with the acts, eating together, paying perhaps better than acts would get with one of the bigger gig promoters.He talks about the upcoming Hidden Songs gig at The Doublet with Alex Rex / Donna / Hank Tree on 16th April. Ticket link below.They also talk about the difficulties in being an artist or a promoter in this attention economy.They get chatting about the development of Hank Tree and when we can expect the second Hank Tree album.And, can we expect a Hank Tree Scotland World Cup song?Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hank.tree/*** Tickets for Hidden Songs at The Doublet on 16th April *** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →HELICON x AL LOVER
Mar 2500:53:22Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats to JP of Scottish psychedelic band Helicon and Al Lover. Al Lover if you don’t know is an experimental producer from Los Angeles, who specialises in a synthesis of trip hop, krautrock, boom bap, and dub. Two very different worlds. They have collaborated on what JP calls their most accessible record yet, Arise.They talk about them both working across the two very different cultures and approaches to style.Pushing outside your own natural boundaries to find fresh territory.Making a vastly broad sounding album cohesive.They also get into the thorny issue of just what is psychedelic music?They get into the nuts and bolts of making the record, so there’s a good bit of chatting about the ins and outs of how they work in the studio and build their tracks, as well as working with Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian. They also chat about playing King Tut’s, potentially winning over Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s fans at their appearance at Kendal Calling later this year, and much more.Listen to Helicon x Al Lover, Arise: https://heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/ariseHelicon online: https://www.heliconglasgow.com/bioHelicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heliconglasgow1/AL LOVER online: https://www.al-lover.com/AL LOVER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/al_lover/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Hero Baldwin of Tinlicker
Mar 1400:45:50Tap to summarizeWARNING: This interview may be distressing for some, with discussion of suicide. Andy Reilly chats to Hero Baldwin of Dutch electronic music group Tinlicker ahead of their 18th March gig at SWG3They chat about:Their experiences touring the toilet circuit The evolution of the band, taking ownership of your life and getting back on the perch after life’s knocks, working hard and living life fully.They speak about her relationship to the new album, Dreams of the Machine, with being more fully involved in the band than she was previously. They also chat about, in the early age of AI, what it means to be human in these times – the positives and negatives of AI.Hero also opens up on their track ‘Choosing Life’ and her struggles with her mental health, and being liberated by being on the other side of that.Hero also talks about the joy of being in the moment as artists performing.There may also be some jazz chat.Tinlicker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinlicker/Hero Baldwin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herobaldwin/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Katherine Priddy
Feb 1700:44:36Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats to Folk singer and songwriter, Birmingham’s Katherine Priddy. Her new album These Frightening Machines is out 6th March on Cooking Vinyl. We’re big fans of Katherine so we’re delighted to have her in for this chat.They chat about Katherine playing at and collaborating at Transatlantic Women at the recent Tradfest in Dublin.Playing the upcoming Tae Sup Wae A Fifer tour with Andy Irvine and Len Pennie, starting 18th February. The importance of support slots. Her upcoming Edinburgh gig with Amelia Coburn supporting. The joy in finding new ways to interpret songs for the live setting.Women being set up to compete in the music industry and the importance of solidarity in these situations.Letting go of ownership of a song on release and much much more.Plus, Katherine gives us her dream artist lineup for PriddyFest, if such a thing was ever to exist.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katherinepriddy/Website: https://www.katherinepriddy.co.uk/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KatherinePriddyOfficial Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Megan Black
Feb 900:32:53Tap to summarizeAndry Reilly chats to Megan Black.Megan is Scottish singer-songwriter known for her 70s-influenced blues-rock sound, featuring themes of feminism and mental health.They chat about manifesting San Francisco, her new song’ You Have A Way’ and her new album, Rock Goddess, out on 13th February, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Perfect for all the heartbroken out there.Her experience recently having taken up writing for film and tv. Working with people with complex mental health and addiction issues.Her haunted recording studio in an ex-sales office.Megan also talks about now being sober and what she calls ‘raw dogging real life’ without the crutch, working in a music industry seeped in addiction.They also talk about bridging the divide between Megan Black the person and Megan Black the artist personna, and her dream festival line-up, if she was to create her own festival.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganblackmusic/?hl=enBandcamp: https://meganblack.bandcamp.com/music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Tessa Rose Jackson
Jan 3000:39:55Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats with musician Tessa Rose JacksonThey speak about her move from using her own name to the Someone moniker and back again.Her new album ‘The Lighthouse’, writing the album in a tiny village in rural France and the influence this had on the music.Her celebratory tone while dealing with the subject death and grief on the album.Learning to live with the fact and fear of death.Touring live as a way of discovering local cultureAnd loads more besideshttps://www.tessarosejackson.com/Glasgow Glad Cafe – 23rd JanuaryEdinburgh Leith Depot – 18th March Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessarosejackson/Substack: https://tessarosejackson.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →SNACK Chats to Gem of Megalichen
Jan 2700:21:36Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats to Gem of experimental Glasgow alternative folk/moss band Megalichen.Follow: https://www.instagram.com/megalichen/Listen: https://megalichen.bandcamp.com/Glasgow band Megalichen are born from Gem's fascination with clarinet harmonies and lichens, presents a symbiotic mix of woodwind, strings, and vocal harmonies.They chat about their recent magical Celtic Connections gig, at Oran Mor, with Scottish alt-folk legends CLR Theory as support.They also discuss:Upcoming Medical Aid for Palestinians gig, coming up in FebruaryGem's experience joining Maz & the Phantasms on their European tour at the tail end of 2025Operating ethically in an unethical music industry and moreIf you enjoy the show, if you could share with your friends and a wee 5 star review on your podcasts apps would go a long way to helping the channel grow.Thank you Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →SNACK Chats to Zoë Bestel
Jan 1600:32:10Tap to summarizeAndy Reilly chats to nu-folk singer/songwriter Zoë Bestel about her first gig of the new year as part of her new trio, winter gardening, touring Europe, her sinle 'another chai morning', keeping schtum on new projests, and a whole lot more.https://zoebestel.co.uk/Zoë Bestel at The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow, 28th January Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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