THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam talks with Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA musician Self Esteem about Bake Off stress, ambition guilt, feeling out of place as an indie pop star, feeling at home in Cabaret, the challenges of following up a hit album, booze, why men love CBT and much else.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 June, 2025
THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR
ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm
BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026
PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING FILM AND TALK WITH ADAM BUXTON & PATRICK BARKHAM @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, 28 June, 2026
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SELF ESTEEM - I DO THIS ALL THE TIME - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
SELF ESTEEM - THE CURSE Self Esteem's song about booze from 'A Complicated Woman' - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
SELF ESTEEM - FOCUS IS POWER - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
TEETH'N'SMILES Starring Self Esteem @ Duke Of York's Theatre until 6 June, 2026 (TEETH'N'SMILES WEBSITE)
ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 April, 2026
I'll be waffling with Mawaan Rizwaan, the former YouTube comedian turned BAFTA winning writer and star of TV sitcom Juice, at the Roundhouse Comedy Festival. I don't plan on doing any other live podcasts this year, so I hope you can make it to this one.
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Adam talks with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz about not giving a f**k, being born in the 60s and growing up in the 70s and 80s, duetting with Mark E Smith and Lou Reed, why Damon isn't as impressed by Van Morrison and Coldplay as Adam is, partying too hard with Ant and Dec, trying to get The Spice Girls into Stockhausen, Dads, the new Gorillaz album 'The Mountain' and the experience of trying to make peace with mortality in India that inspired it.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 22nd January, 2026
THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR
BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM
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GORILLAZ - THE MOUNTAIN TOUR 2026
DAMON ALBARN'S SONGWRITING ROUTINE, USING GARAGEBAND TO CREATE BLUR SONGS ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
DAMON ALBARN: STUDIO TOUR, 'CRACKER ISLAND' COACHELLA - APPLE MUSIC - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
DAMON ALBARN - THE CULTURE SHOW SPECIAL - 2014 (YOUTUBE)
DAMON'S STUDIO 13 (WEBSITE WITH STUDIO PICS AND GEAR LIST)
THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SUPPORT ACTS
ANNA B SAVAGE - THE GHOST - 2022 (YOUTUBE)
THE CINDYS - ETERNAL PHARMACY - 2026 (YOUTUBE)
TALIABLE - SCRUB - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
CLÉMENTINE MARCH - FIREWORKS - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
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Adam shares a helping of face-to-face, NOT in front of a live audience, spicy Christmas waffle cake with his old friend Joe 'Cornballs' Cornish. Expect gift exchanging, Made Up Jokes, celebrity couple news, hand music, what to do if a dog shits on your lap during a job interview, Adam’s newly confident K-Pop musical direction and more…
CONTAINS SOME FESTIVE BAD LANGUAGE AND MILD MULLED FILTH
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 9 December 2025
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing.
Thanks to Kid Klava for musical assistance on Adam’s Confident K-Pop song
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THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR
On sale on Monday 29 December 2025 at 10:00
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PICS AND RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE)
THE HAND MUSIC OF GRIPMASTER G (MATCH OF THE DAY) - 2022 (YOUTUBE)
GRIPMASTER G'S YOUTUBE PAGE
ADAM AND JOE MOUNT ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2025 (LINK TREE)
ADAM ON SODAJERKER ON SONGWRITING PODCAST - 2025 (SODAJERKER WEBSITE)
MANY MEN SOUND SYSTEM - PODCAST THEME - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
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DR BUCKLES' FRANK BLACK SELECTION (SPOTIFY)
Adam talks with British writer, director, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade about Wes Anderson, the pain of returning an album, and their shared love of Pixies, before being joined on stage by Pixies frontman Frank Black, who sings a song from his classic solo album Teenager Of The Year and (in a conversation recorded before a Pixies show the previous evening) Frank tells Adam how he really feels about comedians making music and the trauma of his audition for David Fincher's film Zodiac.
Conversations recorded face-to-face in London on 18 & 19 March 2024
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Bryers for additional editing, and the team from Crosstown Promotions, especially Richard Walsh, Annalisa Lembo, Ben Saunders, Phil Turner
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FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - HEY (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)
FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - WHERE IS MY MIND (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)
FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS - DOG GONE Directed by Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish - 1998 (YOUTUBE)
FRANK BLACK - TEENAGER OF THE YEAR 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - 2025 (4AD)
THE UNFINISHED HARAULD HUGHES (AUDIOBOOK) - 2025 (AUDIBLE)
Read by Richard Ayoade, Chris Morris, David Mitchell, Lydia Fox, Noel Fielding, Sally Hawkins, Stephen Merchant
PLEASE STOP USING AI TO MAKE WES ANDERSON PARODIES by Stuart Heritage - 2023 (GUARDIAN)
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Adam talks with American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter and visual artist, Devendra Banhart, about podcast jingles, the wisdom of cats, dead Dads, therapy, the place that religion has in Adam and Devendra's lives, songs that make you cry and The Greatest Night In Pop. Plus, two specially recorded versions of Devendra's songs, Fireflies and The Body Breaks, and Adam reports on his trip to see Radiohead play in London.
Conversation recorded remotely on 19 July 2024
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support
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DEVENDRA BANHART - CHARGER (LA BESTIA LIVE SESSION) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
DEVENDRA BANHART - THE SEVENTIES (OFFICIAL VISUALISER) - 2005 (YOUTUBE)
WHAT'S IN MY BAG - DEVENDRA BANHART - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP (TRAILER) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)
RANDY CRAWFORD - ONE DAY I'LL FY AWAY - 1980 (YOUTUBE)
THE MAVERICKS - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY - 1998 (YOUTUBE)
LIONEL RITCHIE - ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - 1983 (YOUTUBE)
ALDOUS HARDING TINY DESK - 2017 (YOUTUBE)
POLLY HARVEY TINY DESK - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
CA7RIEL & PACO AMOROSO TINY DESK - 2024 (YOUTUBE)
ALDOUS HARDING KEXP - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
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