Roisin O'Connor's Good Vibrations

Dinosaur Jr have a new album - There Near - and it's brilliant. An unusually talkative J Mascis dives into everything from his love of skiing to getting into the straight edge subculture of punk in the Eighties, playing on the same stage with GG Allin and his favourite films, not least the 1971 classic Harold and Maude. Also, an unexpected and transcendental moment he had while on a spiritual journey, the boredom he experienced living in New York, and the unusual way he met his wife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roisin and pop singer Baby Queen become fast friends as they dive into the South African-born British pop singer's new album, I Hope You Don't Remember Me, and its themes of heartbreak, anger and confusion. They also chat about her being mentored by Courtney Love, the weirdness of rom-coms, partying in LA and the perils of modern dating!

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The Independent returned to Montreux Jazz Festival for its 60th edition and conversations with some of the incredible lineup. In this double episode, Roisin speaks with Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan about the band’s fantastic new album Splat!, their extraordinary history with Montreux, and why they have no plans of retiring any time soon.

She then sits down with Paris Paloma to discuss why her viral song Labour feels sadly more pertinent than ever, amid the rise of trad wives and right-wing views of women and their place in the world. The singer-songwriter also dives into the themes behind her stunning new album The Fatal Flaw, including pre-Raphaelite art, greek mythology, toxic masculinity and our skewed ideas of female beauty.

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A special live recording of a keynote conversation with Canadian pop provocateur Peaches and UK artist and creator ILĀ at The Great Escape festival in Brighton, delving into the themes behind Peaches' latest album No Lube So Rude and their thoughts on the body, aging, fashion, womanhood, AI and art. Both artists also answered some brilliant questions from the audience on representation and breaking into the music industry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roisin finally gets (jet-lagged) pop star Bebe Rexha in the studio to talk about her new album Dirty Blonde. Having parted ways with her major label, the newly independent Rexha found herself club-hopping around the world. This in turn inspired the songs on the new record, from dance banger "New Religion" to the pulsating "Hysteria" and brooding, grunge-influenced "I Like You Better Than Me". Rexha opens up to Roisin about the scrutiny in recent years over her body, her perfect "Eurosummer", dealing with unrequited love, and what she makes of those "Khia Asylum" memes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.