the indie alternative with chris olden

In the first of what I hope to be 'showcase' episodes of the podcast. I'm delighted to be joined by Ryan Kershaw.  We talk about his musical journey so far and his musical influences. Ryan has his debut single out next month (November 4th) with an album due in January.  Make sure you follow Ryan on the socials and you can pre-order his music below! Vinyl preorder available from www.ryankershaw.com  As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

On this episode I'm delighted to be joined by James Walsh.  James talks about the recent 20 year anniversary tour of their debut album Love is Here, his formative years, song writing process and forthcoming new material. I really enjoyed talking with with james who was very generous with his time. Keep up to date with Starsailor and James's solo news here. starsailorband.co.uk jameswalshofficial As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

On the episode I'm joined by Alex White one half of Brighton's The Electric Soft Parade. Alex provides an insight into the bands early influences, their rise to fame and their writing and recording process. As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

Hey All! On this episode I had a great chat with Mike Heaton of Embrace. Mike talks about the writing and recording of their upcoming new album 'How to be a person like other people' which is released at the end of the month and the upcoming tour. Mike also shares his musical influences and hair metal days! Details of the album and upcoming tour can be found here; embrace.co.uk As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

Welcome back! on this episode I have a fascinating chat with Paul Laird whose new book The Birth and Impact of Britpop explores this musical phenomenon in a refreshing and personal way.    Paul marries his encyclopedic knowledge of music with some very frank,  introspective observations and anecdotes. If you are a lover of the era and books on the well known, and not so well known artists that inhabited it, then you really should check it out.  Here is a link to the book below; The-Birth-and-Impact-of-Britpop-Mis-Shapes-Scenesters-and-Insatiable-Ones-Hardback Paul on twitter; As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode I'm joined by David Gedge of The Wedding Present.  David talks to me about his musical influences, his song writing process, the continuation of the Sea Monsters 30th anniversary tour and lots more.  Really enjoyed this one, links to the website are below.  scopitones.co.uk   As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode Michele Stodart joins me to talk about her early musical influences, how she approaches song writing, collaborations and lots more. Really enjoyed this one. Please do check out Michele's solo work. Links to her patreon and socials are below! www.patreon.com/michelestodart michele-stodart.bandcamp.com twitter.com/MicheleStodart www.facebook.com/MicheleStodart   As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

Absolutely delighted to be joined by one of the UK's finest song writers Tom McRae. Tom talks about his writing process, collaborations, how he approaches a new album and loads more.  So honored to speak to Tom who was incredibly generous.  New material and Tour on the horizon! https://tommcrae.com As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

Hello! Unfortunately this is not a regular episode but an update to inform you all that its becoming increasingly difficult if not impossible to release episodes on a weekly / regular basis. As you know I’m not part of any network and without sponsorship it’s becoming really hard to secure guests and share their stories with you as regularly as I have been doing over the last two years or so. I have some potential guests lined up these will be put out on a completely ad hoc basis. Doing this podcast over the last couple of years has been an absolute blast and your support has been amazing. If you have any ideas or suggestions of artists that you would like me to reach out to I'll see what I can do, get in touch on a social media, drop me a DM or send me an email. Thank you again for all your support see you soon. If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

On this episode Charlotte Cooper of The Subways joins me to talk about writing and recording their new album, early influences, the legacy of Rock and Roll Queen and loads more! Keep up to date with the new album release and tour dates here: www.thesubways.net As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

On this episode I am delighted to be joined by Charley Stone. Charley has worked with many bands over the years and we talk about her time with Salad, Gay Dad and Sleeper. We also talk about Charley's musical influences and solo writing and recording process. Links are below! Charley on Spotify Charley on BandCamp As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode I'm delighted to be joined by Gale Paridjanian from Turin Brakes. Gales joins to talk about the writing and recording process of his debut solo album HIFILOFI SCIFIWIFI. We also talk a bit about Turin Brakes and future releases!  Make sure to check out Gale's album as its ace... Links below! On Vinyl Amazon Music As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode Magnus Sveningsson bass master from The Cardigans joins me talk about the bands beginnings, musical influences, studio time and his solo projects. Great stuff from Magnus here who was very generous with his time! Links to his new solo project Råå are below - check it out! Råå - Spelar Pierce & von Euler  Råå - Ljungens Lag Råå - Skånes Järnvägar   As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode I go back to Britpop with Jane Savidge co-founder and head of public relations company Savage & Best. Jane is widely credited as being one of the main instigators of the Britpop movement in the '90s. Jane talks about her first book 'Lunch With The Wild Frontiers: A History Of Britpop And Excess in 13 and a 1/2 Chapters' published in May 2019. We also talk about her new book 'Here They Come With Their Make-Up On: Suede, Coming Up . . . And More Adventures Beyond The Wild Frontiers' which is due for release in April this year.  It was a fascinating chat and Jane was very generous with her time! Here are links to where you can buy the books. Lunch With The Wild Frontiers Here They Come With Their Make-Up On: Suede, Coming Up As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode I'm Joined by Ed Harcourt.  Ed talks about his new band Loup Garoux which features Cass Browne and Richard Jones. We also discuss his solo material, his writing process and a lot more.  Listen to Loup Garoux here: loupgaroux.com Ed's Music is here: edharcourtmusic.com As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

On this episode Jon Stewart joins me to talk about his new book,"Dylan, Lennon, Marx & God" Sleeper, The Wedding Present and his time in the states.  Buy Jon's book here: Dylan, Lennon, Marx & God As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

On this episode I'm joined by Iwan Gronow of Sea Fever. Sea Fever is a five piece collective fronted by Iwan Gronow (Haven, Johnny Marr) on vocals and guitars, alongside singer Beth Cassidy (Section 25), the band also features New Order’s Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham (Marion) with Elliot Barlow on drums. Iwan talks about how they came to collaborate together and their writing and recording process. Check out their music here: seafeverband.com As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

This episode I'm joined by the amazingly talented Kathryn Williams. Kathryn discusses her early musical influences, the song writing process and her forthcoming album and live dates.  Head over to Kathryn's website below for all the details on her anthology box set and other releases. kathrynwilliams.co.uk   As always, thank you so much for your support! If you would like to contribute financially to help keep things ticking along, here's a link where you can buy me a virtual coffee!  Buy me a coffee And you can follow me on the socials: Twitter Instagram Facebook

Welcome to season 4! On this episode I'm joined by Rob Goodwin lead vocalist of the The Slow Show. we discuss their writing and recording process, his musical influences and the new album and tour.  The Slow Show.com As always, thank you so much for your support!  Buy me a coffee Twitter Instagram Facebook

Happy New Year all!  This episode James Mcmahon shares his top 5 '90s indie tunes.  Please check out his podcasts and projects in the links below: http://linktr.ee/jamesjammcmahon jamesjammcmahon.com As always, thank you so much for your support!  Buy me a coffee Twitter Instagram Facebook