Nick Tann's Is This Thing on Podcast

Is This Thing On Podcast 68 It’s an Unplug The Jukebox Special and how special it was and we all were. We played Beatitudes Piece of Mind , Johnny Dark I like The Rain , In Darkligh t The Human Race , David Simnell and The Pumpernickles Let Love In. Andrew Foste r came in and enthralled  us with his music as well as his chat. Mark “Smutz” Smit h bought with him tracks by The Melo...

Is This Thing on Podcast 67 Ably abetted by my daughter Izzy this week who acted as my secretary and wrote all the show notes out for me. In no particular order I played Eastern Conference Club ~ Bloody Bells from Sarasetor Records , Doyle and the Fourfathers ~ When Will The Children Learn? Bella Cardassis ~ Sandstorm , Jason Parker Quarte t ~ Bashert , Matt Stevens ~ Burned Out Car , Paul Liddel...

is this thing on podcast 66 It appears that the Markers Mark did the trick this week as I whizzed through the podcast at record speed! I started off with and old favourite Diana by The Wilton Project , then a most beautiful tune by April Maybe May called Sugar & Mess and then Alibi by Planes Over Paris . Then came my interview with the delightful Anja McClosky who told me all about her imminen...

Is This Thing on Podcast 65 A packed podcast this week. Not only have I got am interview And a song from the great Marvin B Naylor , band reviews from Paul Lane of Unplug the Jukebox but also some great music. A great new track Build from Ernesto Schnack , then The Cherry Bluestorms beautiful new single 4 Here, Kevin Fisher Losing You, Bangs Bangs and In Arms, Hot Vamp Club with Young Hearts Soft...

is this thing on podcast 64 This is the first podcast that is totally hosted and fed by this website. It’s a farewell to podbean an the old website and hello to all you wonderful new folks as well as a welcome back to all the faithful folk who have followed me so far. In this weeks podcast I played Vendor Defender Passing, Liz Longley and her great new tune Unraveled, Rainer Straschill Dema,...

Is this thing on podcast 63 A look back at some of the artists I have met during the course of 2010. I started off with the great Haunted Stereo and their great tune Can You See My Side? Followed by the mighty Broken Links and Shelter Your Loss , Marvin B Naylor A Little Speck of Blue, Matt Stevens Dolls House, Salme Dahlstrom C’mon Y’all, Gideon’s Demise Glow, Jim Chorley Nothin...

Part two does start, eventually after about 12 seconds, sorry about that but there were technical problems with this one. Apoc told us the tale of a Canadian Xmas followed by the mighty  Matt Stevens with his Xmas address. A great track  Fearless by ITTO fave Paul Liddell then  Repeat by  Tommy Eye (ft Matt Diaper),  Odin the Great by  Defy 4 ,  Unravelling from Liz Longley , a tune from me which...

It’s a big one this week enough to keep you going over the festive period as I will be taking a couple of weeks off. I was joined by that nice Paul Lane from  UnplugThejukebox and Doyle and Ben from Doyle & The Forefathers who apart from playing a brand new song and an old favourite, join us in putting the world of music to rights. I kick off with a very xmasie tune by the wonderful Salm...

Nick Tann’s Is This Thing on Podcast 61 Paul Lane has great chat with that nice Mark Lawrence from Broken Links with me piping in every now and then. Then a chat I had earlier in the evening with the lovely  Jennie Walker . If you want to help her in her quest to win countless flights on British Airways then  click here and vote It’s the bumper Xmas edition next week. If you want a ded...

Nick Tann In this weeks cast I play Vendor Defenders excellent track Golden Shiver, Wayters track Cheese Sandwich, Last Child Standing track John Connor’s rhapsody, Indigo Earth’s track Land Of Dreams, Joe Welfairs track Useless Kid, Shoulders of Giants track She’s In Love, Schnauser track Cosmic Ordering Service, DanMingos track Oh My God, Mohatra’s track Buzz and a little...

As I explain, a bit late this week… I kick off with an amazing track by the marvelous Marvin B Naylor with a track called Boy Became a Man that I recorded live at a Pure Acoustica event at The White Swan In Winchester. I followed that up with great track called Flowers by Southampton ban The Lost Boys The picture above shows how this weeks Unplug The Jukebox with Paul Lane was recorded&#8230...

Nick Tann Dave Miles Drew Harris This week I was joined by my very good friends Drew Harris and Dave Miles . As well as singing his famous Subcontinental Travel Sick Blues he also bought a few tracks that he has played on his own fine radio show on BCFM First off though I played 10,000 leaves by the amazing Bella Kardassis , Dave responded with a fine live track Spider from Bristol artist Andy Ske...

Sleep It’s another “lets focus on the music as Nick is a bit of a shambles” podcasts this week! But what amazing music, I kicked off with   Three’s Company by the amazing  Helen Austin then Can’t You See My Side by the brilliant Haunted Stereo and then  Langir Skigger a live track recorded for Icelandic radio by the awesome Menn Arsin s . Paul Lane from Unplug The Juk...

Paul Lane and I decided to do the first of what I hope with be a regular 6 weekly special of tracks reviewed by Paul on his Unplug The Juke box feature . We had a great time with not only some great tracks but also we were lucky enough to be joined by Dan from The Lost Boys who performed a track so new that the rest of his band had yet to hear it. Anja McClosky also graced us with her presence, he...

is this thing on podcast 55 In this weeks episode I play great tracks from American band King Never , Russian band Vega , American duo Camp Out , American DWH , British band The Rebs , Leylileyli , The very British Tom Caulfield and the cosmopolitan ME . You heard from Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox as well as Veronica from Boobie Wednesday.

Yawning Nick Tann In a packed podcast I played The Statler Project Dirtbag Love Affair Sawsound SRM1138 , Salme Dahlstrom The Lost Boys , Lisa Hogan and IreneB I murmured my way through as I was very tired, sorry. I dedicate this podcast to all the lovely folk I met at the Watch With Mothers meet up on Friday “We’re off of the internet!” I sang one of my tunes live but forgot the...

A bumper episode this week full of wonderful stuff. My opening track was from the magnificent Schnauser followed by the small but perfectly formed Clara Barker .  An exclusive little track from Indigo Earth (I think), then that nice Mr Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came in and told us about Under the Laurels and Johnny 5th Wheel and the Cowards .  Veronica from Boobie Wednesday told us about h...

Yes, a special with some fantastic music by bands who were part of Southampton’s Music In The City Festival. I start with an awesome track by a very nice man who I met in the Quilters Vault yesterday called  Mr Marvin B Naylor click his name to go straight to his bandcamp site, it’s all good. Next Doyle and the Forefathers and live version of their new single Guvnor of Giving up that I...

A nice chilled out start to this weeks podcast with the beautiful  Late Riser , followed by the equally beautiful These Fine Galleons . Matt from   King Never makes everyone feel beautiful buy that tune here  The Hostages may think they are beautiful but they’re not a patch on  Salme Dahlstrom who is quite gorgeous and you can buy her track here  WaxEsatz are from up north so anything is pos...

It’s a competition bonanza with literally lots of cds on offer. I asked a question about each of the artists that I played. Email me the answer and I will send you the appropriate cd. Do you see? First off I played Sand Rivers brilliant Kid Dust and The Black Hearts. To win one of their cds you need to answer these two questions. How much does it cost to download Sand Rivers album and where...

Nick Tann Is this thing on podcast 49 In this weeks very sober podcast I played a lovely little track by Tony Wallace called Turtle & Crab, a magnificent track by We Sell Sea Shells called Bad Monkey, a superb new track by The Cherry Bluestorms called Just a Kiss Away, one of my favourite tracks from Shinsei Kamattechan called  Otokawa Roman Daze , the brilliant Lite and Imagine Game (not Imag...

In this weeks busy podcast I played a great track by… .. Sarah Saville click here to buy her amazing album  , Lost In Wonderland , Tom Caulfield , Tom Bishel , Mohatra and a track by me click here to buy the album it came from  . I chatted to Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox about The Lost Boys I chewed the fat with my good friend Red Stripe and played the Japanese version of one of his tun...

A nice chilled laid back podcast this week. I started with a cracking tune by the mighty Scott Turchin , then carried on with the marvelous April maybe May .  An interview with the superb Sand River that sounded it was recorded using baked been cans. Then the beautiful sounds of Bella Kardasis followed by Americas finest Shoulders of Giants . Paul Lane then raved about fantastic Anja McCloskey and...

In a very packed show this week I play the amazing Bang Bangs , Sand River , Suiseinoboaz , Sophie Peacock, Coloured Lines and a track by good old me, why don’t you>>  I interview the fragrant Salme Dalhistrom who tells us how she makes money from licensing her music. Artists may well be disappointed by the answer but we shall see! Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came in and review...

In an ale fueled, jump around type podcast I featured the great sounds of The Rebs , Postcode , Burglars of the Hear t click here for their Bandcamp site , Toby Duckett and   you can buy his track here , Fez and you can download their album here , Lost in Wonderland , The Cherry Bluestorms , Shinsei Kamattechan and a tune by me called Life is a River which you can buy on iTunes by clicking on this...