60 Minutes or less - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 65, we get fuzzy, welcoming Bert Hoover, Jon Modaff and Charles Moothart of power-trio supergroup Primitive Ring!Formed in September 2024 and featuring players from the likes of Groop, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Fuzz and GØGGS, last year saw Primitive Ring release four 7"s across four choice labels at home and in the UK. As expected, these sold like hot cakes and built up anticipation for their forthcoming debut album.With them being spread out across Los Angeles, I caught up with the three of them over Zoom in April 2026, where we spoke of their self-titled debut album - out now on In the Red Records - as well as their influences and aesthetic, collaborating with different labels and being creative during times of hardship.If you like the episode, let us know - follow us on your favourite streaming platform and follow Birthday Cake For Breakfast on all the socials. Find us on the socials and everything else here!

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 64, we get political, welcoming vocalist Victoria Marie and guitarist Joey La Neve DeFrancesco of NYC outfit Downtown Boys!Victoria and Joey first met at union meetings while working together at a hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, brought together to write early songs about issues including exploitative workplaces. Before too long, the collective had three full length albums under their belts and have become known for a raucous live show, whilst still keeping politics front and center.New album ‘Public Luxury’ is out June 2026 via Sub Pop - arriving nearly a decade after their Sub Pop debut ‘Cost of Living’. I caught up with Victoria and Joey over Zoom in April 2026, where we spoke of the new record, as well as cassette tapes, the cost of touring, activism, fighting the good fight and remembering Victoria Marie’s late grandmother - the number one Downtown Boys fan.If you like the episode, let us know - follow us on your favourite streaming platform and follow Birthday Cake For Breakfast on all the socials. Find us on the socials and everything else here!

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 63, it’s a thrill to feature an interview with Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In!A native of El Paso, Texas, Ward co-founded cult American post-hardcore band At the Drive-In and during his tenure, released a trio of studio albums and several EPs to much acclaim, before the band knocked it on the head in 2001. Moving on from the break up sharpish, Ward’s next move was to form Sparta with members of At the Drive-In. With numerous line-up changes over the lifetime of the band, the outfit have put out six studio albums across 20+ years, with their latest album - ‘Cut a Silhouette’ - arriving May 2026 via Equal Vision Records.I caught up with Jim over Zoom the week of releasing ‘Cut a Silhouette’, where we spoke of the new record, as well as the built up mythology of At the Drive-In, drinking to cope with music industry pressures, a lifelong love of Billy Joel and the infamous At the Drive-In appearance on ‘Later... with Jools Holland’, featuring a bemused Robbie Williams. If you like the episode, let us know - follow us on your favourite streaming platform and follow Birthday Cake For Breakfast on all the socials. Find us on the socials and everything else here!

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 62, it’s a real treat to feature an interview with Evan Cartwright and Ben Stidworthy, two thirds of Canadian post-punkers COLA.With guitarist and vocalist Tim Darcy completing the trio, COLA brings together players from Ought and U.S. Girls and they’ve got chops in abundance. The power-trio have put out three glittering full lengths in their time together, with their 2024 release ‘The Gloss’ being a personal favourite. Their latest album ‘Cost of Living Adjustment’ arrived May 2026 via Fire Talk Records, another vibe-y collection of smart art-punk numbers. I spoke with Evan and Ben over Zoom ahead of the release of the new record, where we touched on playing with METZ in Berlin and the rumour of a trip to Berghain, as well as creativity, having your ideas pinched by The Strokes and the Manchester baggy sound. Stick around till the end too for some real choice Manchester chat.If you like the episode, let us know - follow us on your favourite streaming platform and follow Birthday Cake For Breakfast on all the socials. Find us on the socials and everything else here!

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 61, I’m tickled pink to feature an interview with Éliane Viens and Félix Bélisle of Canadian art-punks, La Sécurité!A head-spinning art-punk collective based out of Montreal, La Sécurité first caught my attention with the release of a couple of knock out singles in 2024. Wonky bops that take in everything from egg-punk to new-wave to post-punk, their energetic concoctions are best encountered at a sweaty live show. Following up on their 2023 released debut album ‘Stay Safe!’, their new album ‘Bingo!’ arrives June 12th 2026 via Bella Union and Mothland. The reveal of this came out during our interview as we actually spoke with La Sécurité in October 2025, not long after the quintet had rocked my world at Manchester Psych Fest.Recorded over Zoom, we spoke of the new record, as well as signing with Bella Union and hanging out with Simon Raymonde, being “Montreal late” - owing to Éliane’s late arrival - and having a song featured in TV sensation ‘Emily In Paris’.If you like the episode, let us know - follow us on your favourite streaming platform and follow Birthday Cake For Breakfast on all the socials. Find us on the socials and everything else here!

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where to mark the big 6-0, for this episode I’m delighted to feature an interview with Scottish singer songwriter Steve Mason, him up front in The Beta Band!Vocalist and a founding member of The Beta Band, Mason is also a critically acclaimed solo artist in his own right, having released five albums under his own name. With The Beta Band, Mason and co released three studio albums that landed in the Top 20 in the UK charts, with their ‘The Three E.P.’s’ compilation being a notable favourite amongst fans (even featuring in a much loved scene from the film ‘High Fidelity’).After knocking the band on the head in 2004 - with their label owed a cool million quid - following a 20 year break, The Beta Band made their long awaited return in 2025, selling out an Autumn tour of the UK within hours, with dates on the horizon this year too.Ahead of the release of his new memoir ‘Failure is Always an Option: Glorious Adventures On The Beta Band Front Line and Other Tales’ (out April 2026 via New Modern), we caught up with Mason over Zoom, where we talked about the book, as well as the long awaited return of The Beta Band, immigration and its benefit to music, navigating depression and good and bad celebrity encounters - from Brian Wilson to Julia Davis to Fred Durst (naturally).If you like the episode, let us know - follow us on your favourite streaming platform and follow Birthday Cake For Breakfast on all the socials. Find us on the socials and everything else here!