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

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 50 (woof!), it’s a treat to feature an interview with Deerhoof sticksman, Greg Saunier!We got into it deep with Greg back in May 2025, catching up over Zoom just after the release of new album, ’Noble and Godlike in Ruin’, released April 2025 via Joyful Noise Recordings. A mere month later, Deerhoof made headlines when they announced their departure from Spotify, pulling their music from the platform in the face of the streaming platform CEO's very open, shady dealings. They've since followed up with canning Facebook and Amazon too for similar reasons, the band never afraid to stand up for what they believe in.Touching on all they've been through over their three decades together, this interview goes absolutely everywhere and you won't want to miss a single minute!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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - wherefor episode 48, it’s a delight to feature our special guest, Manchester-based American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, BC Camplight!A Mancunian in his own right, BC Camplight a.k.a. Brian Christinzio has been up Norf for over a decade, in that time putting out a handful of choice releases under tastemaker label Bella Union. In June 2025, BC Camplight put out his latest opus, ‘A Sober Conversation’, a very personal record that deals with themes of sobriety and child abuse. Having referred to childhood trauma obliquely on past records, the latest release has the subject front and centre.Rather than conduct the interview over Zoom, it was a pleasure to speak with Brian from his back garden in south Manchester on a lovely summer’s day. Whilst his sweet dog Frank slept soundly on my lap, we got into it pretty deep with Brian - covering the very serious topics of the record, but also his friendship with Badly Drawn Boy, the perils of social media, misogyny in the music industry and working with his partner.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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 47, we welcome back old friends, with an interview featuring two thirds of the mighty Alpha Male Tea Party, Greg Chapman and Tom Peters!We first interviewed Alpha Male Tea Party in 2013, not long after the creation of Birthday Cake For Breakfast. Fresh faced and stuffed into a hallway during another band’s soundcheck for our first interaction, we’d go on to interview the trio a number of times over the years, yucking it up whenever we caught them for a chat. In October 2025, Alpha Male Tea Party released their latest album ‘Reptilian Brain’ (via Big Scary Monsters), the first to feature vocals in the main from this largely instrumental outfit. To celebrate its release, we once again had the chance to interview Alpha Male Tea Party, this time over Zoom from the comfort of our homes rather than in a field after a skinful. We spoke of the new record, being featured in lads mags, gardening and their bond as a unit.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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 46, we’re buzzed to welcome the master of puppets herself, Blair Tramel of Snooper!A pandemic discovery for us, we were hooked on Snooper from the off, invigorated by their scrappy debut EP ‘MUSIC FOR SPIES’, which was loaded with their sugar-rush blend of hyper egg-punk. Once restrictions lifted, we’ve managed to catch the nuts Snooper live show a time or two and in 2023, the band put out their debut album proper on Third Man Records (with a press release write-up from Henry Rollins himself!)In October 2025, Snooper put out their second album, ‘Worldwide’. Ahead of its release, we caught up with vocalist Blair over Zoom to talk about literacy in America, getting punk crowds into puppets, Jack White and their fanbase.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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 45, we’re chuffed to welcome one of our favourites, Jack Cooper of Modern Nature!Enlisting the talents of a host of contemporaries, Cooper has crafted the sound of Modern Nature across a number of releases, each one as spellbinding as the next. Taking the name of the band from the diaries of filmmaker Derek Jarman, there’s something of the natural world to Modern Nature, the band creating contemplative pieces that often allow some respite from the day to day. Each release up until their latest album even features wildlife on the artwork.In August 2025, Modern Nature put out a wonderful set of new songs in the form of ‘The Heat Warps’ (out via tastemakers Bella Union). We caught up with Cooper over Zoom ahead of release to talk all about the new record, as well as the late Andrew Weatherall, friction with an audience, playing live with Andrew Savage and introducing your child to The Beatles - not literally, mind you (though there’s two remaining Beatles - never say never!)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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 44, we welcome surely the busiest artist knocking about today, Kavus Torabi!No slouch on the performance front, Torabi has many, many credits to his name, dividing his time between solo work and mind-altering outfits like Gong, Cardiacs and The Utopia Strong (featuring snooker leg-end and previous podcast guest, Steve Davis)!Joining your favourite band must be a trip and for Torabi, it’s a trip he’s been on for over two decades, having joined Cardiacs as guitar wizard in the early 2000s (when yours truly was still in secondary school - woof!)  In September 2025, Cardiacs release ‘LSD’, a seventeen track double-LP that’s some 18 years in the making. With all music written by the late Tim Smith, the new record was pieced together lovingly in his absence by an assorted cast of characters from the Cardiacs universe, with Torabi joined by the likes of Mike Vennart, Rose-Ellen Kemp and Tim’s brother, Jim Smith.We caught up with Torabi over Zoom a month ahead of release to talk all things Cardiacs. Naturally, he was awaiting my arrival on screen with guitar in hand.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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 43, we welcome an artist who’s been a regular fixture on Birthday Cake For Breakfast since near enough day dot, Matt Bigland of Dinosaur Pile-Up!The new Dinosaur Pile-Up album ‘I’ve Felt Better’ has just landed in August 2025, with a UK tour not far behind. Business as usual you’d think? Not quite. Their first record in six years follows a rollercoaster ride of health issues for Bigland, who spent chunks of the intervening years in and out of hospital, suffering rapid weight loss, internal bleeding and at one point his throat almost collapsed in on itself. Fuck-ing-hell!Whilst Bigland remains on the recovery journey today, things are certainly looking up and health-wise, he’s in a much better place. He was certainly chipper in our interview when we caught up over Zoom at the start of August. We spoke of the new record, married life, the early days of Dinosaur Pile-Up, drinking in the music industry, performance anxiety and those major health issues.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’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 42, you might have to bear with me on the pronunciation front, as we look to Germany and our guest, “outernational” artist Derya Yıldırım.Based out of Berlin, Derya Yıldırım leads the band Grup Şimşek, bringing together players from South Africa, France and Germany, with Derya herself born in Germany to Turkish parents. Self-described as “outernational” rather than international, they promote a sound that’s more inclusive or “beyond borders”, mixing Anatolian folk with psychedelia and pop influences for a delectable cocktail. In March 2025, the band put out their third album ‘Yarın Yoksa’ (via Big Crown Records) - a record that instantly grabbed my attention from its terrific artwork alone before I’d even heard a note. Only a few days after its release, we were lucky enough to catch the band at Manchester’s Deaf Institute, completely hypnotised by their - at times - breathtaking performance.We were delighted to speak with Derya over Zoom a few months back, to talk about the new record, performing live in the UK and the historical significance of some of these songs. 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!