Nick Tann's Is This Thing on Podcast

A music saturated podcast this week with tracks from Passenger ~The Shape Of Love, The Scene Continental ~ Oscar Romeo Hostel, Clockwise ~ Rich & Famous, Laura Day ~ Heaven in Youth, Tragic O’Hara ~ Have Mercy, Mak Woven ~ Give Me The Wind,  Paul Liddell ~ Brighter Light, The Visitors ~ Humming in your Dreams, Tom Bishel ~The Feeling of Home and a demo of mine that might make it on to my...

A kind of Eastleigh Festival of Music Special….. Paul Lane and myself discuss the event and play music form some of the people who played including Andrew Foster , Anja McCloskey , The Real Raj , The Last Child Dancing , Toupe , Steve Lowis , Woven Bird and good old me, Nick Tann . Should be a normal show next week, what ever one of those

Yes, that’s what it looks like! A slightly drunk podcast this week, well it is summer and all! Played some great tunes including The Travis Waltons ~ Millionaire, Good King Friday ~ A Simple Choice, Jason Parker Quartet ~Mance’s Dance, Lewis MacLean ~ A Better Place, April Maybe May ` Sugar & Mess, King Never ~ Sorrow, The Spiraltones   & a track by good old me I’m Gonna Break Your H...

Two fat ladies? Yes podcast 88 where me, good old Nick Tann ably assisted by Izzy bring you some of the best music you have never heard! In no particular order Fit & The Conniptions ~ Wood for the Trees , Gray Smith ~ Peach , Meniscus ~ Fight Club , Mentirosa & Mad Colour  ~ Scarz of Marz, The Lost Boys ~ Weekend Tales, Mohatra ~ Buzz , Crisifus ~ I Know What You’re Thinking and a tu...

And what a podcast it is. I play a great track from Flearoy ~ Tiger Lilly , A track from the new album by Georgian megastars Belizer ~ Autumn and a great new track from Wax Ersatz ~ Out In The Cold. There then follows a great interview with the talented and groovey Cherry Bluestorms Glen Laughlan (not Craig Mclachlan, idiot!)  and Deborah Gee where they tell me about their new album, playing in Am...

A tired and slightly hungover podcast this week. The first three tracks were Mailman ~ The Ones That Got Away, Nen. TE. Psudo ~ Doucement, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ Her Mirror Cracked. There then followed an interview with the fantastic Anja McClosky , who spoke about her recent tour of America as well as other bits and pieces of her musical life. Anja was also kind enough to perform an amazing new...

This week it’s an Unplug the Jukebox Special with Paul having full rein on who gets played and he’s chosen some corkers in All The Shapes , Broken Links , Woven Bird , Arp Attack , David Simnell , What Is Life For? , Shannon Chilvers , Loz Bridge and These Fine Galleons . Paul chose one of mine from The Vinyl Project , bless. I got a bit bit ranty about somesuch nonsense, but then that...

On time this week and Izzy kept me company. I played Vega ~ Taiga, Fez ~ Lowlight, Cantaloop ~ Chocolate, Lucas Raye ( it was Lucas, I checked) ~ Fire, Marvin B Naylor ~ Boy Became a Man (click here to read Marvin’s Dairy of a Busker) Broken Links ~ the Fine Line Between Choice and Decay , Clockwise ~ You Are A Star and a brand new track by me. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox chatted via S...

Yes a little late this week as life got in the way. I played some beautiful tunes people! In no particular order ( I haven’t got the time!) Clara Barker ~ Care of Princess, Broken Valves ~ What is Right?, Anja McCloskey ~ Stephanie, By The Rivers ~ Run Around, Vallis ~ Accident-Emergency, Matt Stevens ~ Burnt Out Car, Raquel Aurilia ~ There’s Time, Big Block 454 ~ Blind Jack of Knaresb...

This weeks podcast included a track from the new Planes over Paris album ~ Distant Earth , ‘ Til Dusk ~ Honey Just Walk It , The Robbie Boyd Band ~ Orion’s Belt , The Lost Souls Club ~ Your Children Are Safe With Us , Kid Russell ~ Paradise , The Jerk – Tales From the road- Sergio Beercock, The Wilton Project ~ Diana , Will Kriski ~ Kerry’s Jig , The Real Raj ~ Ingenue, the...

Yes , YOU! Top music as ever this week from Jesta~Scully Says , Belizer~How many times ?, Carvalho ~ Sin & Shame, Caroline’s Capuchin~Prepare to Fall , By The River~Take Control , Sonny~Fighting Fair and  Sigurdór Guðmundsson ~Gengið á Gufunum” (Running on fumes… to be exact ;-). Paul Lane from  Unplug The Jukebox came in and we put the world right as regards playing gigs for...

A straight music only podcast this week with very little chat by me. SHAME! Some old, some new tunes thins week Marc Philipe ~ Red Tears, I am in Love ~ I Want you, The Tony Cannam Set ~ Suzie on a Summers Day, Bernadette Sebastiani ~ Easy to Forget, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ 4 Here, Safari ~ Quicksand, Vendor Defender ~Justin, Al Goodwin ~ The Stone That Bought The Girl, Tim Farrell ~ The Backpacke...

I’m flying solo this week but managed to get through the hour! Great tracks from Hot Vamp Club , Gideon’s Demise , Eastern Conference Champions , Frankey , Postcode , The Glass Child , Sophie Peacock and good old me! Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came along and waxed, waxed lyrical he did! In geeks corner I explained why last weeks podcast was late. There’s a nice little poll...

Thanks to the mighty podcasting guru  Pete Cogle , I can now bring you Is This Thing on Podcast 78. This week I am joined by my mate Drew Harris as we trawl, yes TRAWL, through the music. In no particular order we Listen to The One and the Many ~ Come Around, American Hollow ~ Operator, Rieg ~ Runaway, Kay ~ To The Holy, Dead Sea Apes ~ Soy Dios-1, The Milkmen ~ Like a Drug, Mike Vaughan ~ Will We...

For some reason I can’t get the podcast that I recorded with my mate Drew Harris to work. I’ve tried everything , pretty much so not wanting to leave you with nothing to listen to I have uploaded an old podcast. Is This Thing On 27 from 12th April 2011. This is how it looked then. I hope all will be back to normal next week until then enjoy….. In a better late than never podcast...

In part 2, a little more “refreshed” we carry on our journey of showcasing some of the acts that Paul from Unplug the Jukebox has featured in previous episodes. In this part we play The Rusty Blues , Dead Wax , The Lost Boys and a track by me from my Vinyl Project . As I wrote this the day after I am glad to report that neither Paul or myself have a hangover. We put this down to the qu...

Yes it’s another Unplug the Jukebox Special! This week Paul Lane joins me from Unplug the Jukebox for a podcast so packed we had to make it in two parts! Helped largely by cans of wonderful Polish Tyskie beer we waxed lyrical, ranted,  raved and generally spouted. In this part we played full unadulterated tracks and by The Rising , Mash Attack , Curxes , Butterflies on Strings , The Douglas...

Because I had a gig to play tonight, this weeks episode is a little late. All the usual stuff including a Skype conversation with Paul Lane from unplug the jukebox plus some great music from Dead Social Club Syrian Kisses, Ask Alfie and Karaoke, a live Liz Longley track – Go On,  an exclusive track from The Fierce and the Dead – 10×10, a Japanese masterpiece from Lite with Image g...

In a classy podcast full of high morals I (with a little help from Izzy) bring yo u Helen Austin , David Cevoli , Tann-Starr (not me), Kidd Russell ,  that other live acoustic track from The Rising and Shinsei Kamatachan. Paul from Unplug the Jukebox came along and waxed lyrical about some band or other. I asked the question “What have you lost that you want back” and got some very int...

In a podcast dedicated to my Twitter mate Jane Belinda  (she’s not a happy bunny) I play in no particular order The One and The Many , the Despicable Little Man , Rebecca Pidgeon , Vendor Defender , Indigo Earth , Burn , Sarah Griffin, Isaac’s Aircraft , Rainer Straschill and Fernwood. I also played one of my tracks I recorded as part of my Vinyl Project . Subscribe by subscribing to t...

In this weeks podcast Paul and I interview The Rising who also play a cracking acoustic track!  I also play Faux Disco Club ~ Recovery, Bang Bangs ~ In Arms, PostCode ~ Drop Dead, Planes Over Paris ~ Signs, an exclusive track from The Lost Boys ~ Crazy Weekend, Paul eventually sent me a Dan Sheers & The Velveteen Orkestra ~ City of Dreadful Night, Camp Out ~ Made My Self Sick, Marvin B Naylor...

After a very tiring weekend I bring you some of the best music on the planet, namely The Statler Project ~ Been In Your Streets, Fit & The Conniptions ~ Sweet Sister Starlight, The Travis Waltons – Milliionaire, Matt Erion Orchestra ~ Reach (Simon Brown’s choice),   The Fierce & The Dead , The Real Raj ~ Safe & Sound, Steve Picken ~ High Hopes, Anja McCloskey ~ Stephanie (w...

Dingle Fligg ~ No Room At The Inn 23, Groundfloor ~ Bound To Your Head, Menn Arsins ~ 12 steps to The Liquor Store {Simon Browns Personal choice for this week}, Schnauser ~ World Of Whimsey, Sonny ~ Something In The Water, The Rebs ~ Don’t Fool Yourself, Mohatra ~ I Need Air, Safari ~ Quicksand,   Stattik Doxx ~ Raise Your Hand, Napoleon & Swineshead ( Watch With Mothers and now Hot Pota...

In a packed show this week I play Eastleigh’s sons Broken Links ~ What Are We Waiting For?, Ben Willmott ~ On The Beach, Stone Them Crows ~ Joker In The Pack, I had a lovely chat with Helen Austin all the way in Vancouver Island and played her tune Take Me Away. Then Coloured Lines ~ Read Between the Lines, Andrew Foster and a song I recorded when he was here a few weeks ago Panic Moon, SRM...

is this thing on podcast This week I am joined by America’s best export Justin Wayne from The Justin Wayne Show with random comments from Izzy and what fun we had. I played Kidd Russell’s new single Backyard Heroes, Ruins by Pineross , Glen Laughlin’s Valentines Day, the astounding Teenage Eyes from old friends and all round good guys Ex Libras , Fez and Lowlight and the fabulous...