John Robb meets up with long time friend, journalist and author, Jon Ronson, where they talk about music, his brand new book, and mental health.Originally filmed at Lush Studio Soho, you can check out the interview in full here. Swears.

Episode 16 | STEWART LEE

Sep 13th, 2019 1h 10m

Back in 2017, John met with stand-up comedian and writer, Stewart Lee, at the Lowry Theatre in Salford while touring his ongoing ‘Content Provider’ show. They talk about the roots of comedy and its relationship with politics, identity, place a

Episode 15 | LAURIE VINCENT (SLAVES)

Sep 6th, 2019 42m 54s

Slaves have been at the forefront of exciting, adrenaline-filled guitar music in the past few years.The duo’s thrilling gigs drive their sparse, smart and powerful off-kilter albums into the top 10.In this interview, the band’s Laurie Vinc

Episode 14 | STEVE ALBINI

Aug 30th, 2019 40m 15s

The best recording engineer in the world, Steve Albini allows the artist's true vision to be laid to tape without the usual smoke and mirrors of showbiz.With his own powerful vision, particularly underlined in his own brilliant band, Shellac,

Episode 13 | BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

Aug 23rd, 2019 55m 38s

Poet, writer and musician, Benjamin Zephaniah, talks to John about his politically charged ‘toasting’, Dub Ranting, and life in Birmingham and London through the 70s and 80s.He talks about friendships with the likes of Peter Tosh and performi

Episode 12 | DON LETTS

Aug 16th, 2019 44m 19s

‘Of the people. By the people. For the people’Filmmaker, DJ and musician, Don Letts, takes us back to the ‘f*cked up’ social political climate of the late 70s where the white, working class youth of London were beginning to create their own s

Episode 11 | VIV ALBERTINE

Aug 9th, 2019 40m 49s

Musician and author, Viv Albertine, sits down with John in Soho for an intimate chat about her second book, To Throw Away Unopened. She explores her family’s turbulent history and dynamic, and discusses what it was in the 70s that made her pi

Episode Ten | LEE RANALDO

Aug 2nd, 2019 22m 42s

Lee Ranaldo is the mystic groove in Sonic Youth; the George Harrison of the groundbreaking New York band whose creativity has found a spotlight and a focus with the breakup of the 'alpha' group.In this interview, the Sonic Youth guitarist tel

Episode Nine | THE BLINDERS

Jul 26th, 2019 30m 49s

Following the release of their debut album, Columbia, John Robb catches up with The Blinders over the phone.The band’s vision of a better future - as told through their dynamic and intelligent music - gives him hope.Read more from John on Th

Episode Eight | JORDAN

Jul 19th, 2019 48m 15s

Recorded in front of a live audience at Rough Trade, Nottingham. With its great gallery of characters, punk rock is one of those fabled eras of British pop culture full of a cast of mavericks that are deeply embedded into our cultural psyche.

Episode Seven | POLY STYRENE

Jul 12th, 2019 34m 14s

Poly Styrene possessed one of the great voices of punk rock and was an inspiration to generations: a brilliant imagination, highly visual songs and perceptive lyrical vision, Poly had her day-glo moment in the mainstream, before devoting her li

Episode Six | DANIEL ASH

Jul 5th, 2019 22m 8s

John talks on the phone to Daniel Ash who describes in detail the series of events and the unlikely spaces in which Bauhaus birthed Bela Lugosi’s Dead back in 1979. The sparse, darkly atmospheric track pioneered the iconic post-punk/goth mov

Episode Five | MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Jun 28th, 2019 36m 28s

Birmingham. 1993.John joins Richey James and Nicky Wire in a motel room whilst on tour with their second album, Gold Against The Soul.He describes the band’s intelligence, cynicism and naive idealism as all being in place in this interview

Episode Four | THE CHARLATANS

Jun 21st, 2019 30m 32s

January. 1990.John meets The Charlatans for what will be their first music press interview. In this conversation, a 21 year old Tim Burgess has just joined the band and they discuss tracks such as ‘Indian Rope’, ‘Sonic’ and ‘Sproston Green’

Episode Three | GLOVE

Jun 14th, 2019 26m 59s

Manchester. 2019.John squeezes into the back seat of a car with SloSilver and Stephanie Finegan: the artist duo behind the band Glove.They drive through the vibrant city centre of Manchester and talk; a conversation which races along in a

Episode Two | PATTI SMITH

Jun 7th, 2019 1h 9m

Sheffield. March. 2010.At a sold-out 600 capacity venue, the crowd eagerly await this live In Conversation with poet and artist, Patti Smith, who is touring with her recently released book, Just Kids.She arrives just one minute to stage tim

Episode One | NIRVANA

May 30th, 2019 22m 45s

New York City. Summer. 1989.John interviews Nirvana in a hot and claustrophobic flat - an on-the-road crash pad they’re sharing with label mates, Tad.The (then) four-piece are on tour with their recently released album, Bleach, and play at

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The John Robb Tapes | Trailer

May 21st, 2019 59s

The John Robb Tapes unearths the incredible archive of old interviews that music journalist John Robb has amassed over the years, along with more recent conversations with contemporary bands, acts and figures.

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