Episodes

Dec. 20, 2011

Is This Thing On? Podcast 109

Nick Tann flyer The last podcast before my Xmas special featuring the talents of ‘Til Dusk ~ Honey Just Walk It, Mike Gatto ~ Silent Outrage, By the Rivers ~ Take Control, Gray Smith ~ Peach, Jesta ~ Back Chat, Flearoy, Holding up the World, Heidi Kole ~ Lay Me Down With Your Hands, Mohatra ~ Buzz, Mak Woven ~ Give Me The Wind, Parker Ainsworth ~ Time To Let Go, Doyle and The Forefathers ~ When Will The Children Learn and a new rendition of an old song from good old Nick. I banged on about the ...
Dec. 12, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 108

Nick Tann badges In a better late than never episode I play Bad Bad Meow ~ Wheel, Covergeist ~ the Loneliest Boy in the World, Jebo ~ Diamonds, Kick to Kill ~ Black Kisses, Mahoney and the Moment ~ The Next Love, American Hollow ~ Operator, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling, April maybe May ~ Sugar and Mess, Good King Friday ~ Leaving, Frankey ~ Words Will Silence You and a little tune by me downloadable for free here. That nice Mr Paul Lane interviewed local heroes The Rising and I played a track of the...
Dec. 4, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 107

Did you miss me? Well I’m back with a bucketfull of the best independent music you have ever heard. In no particular order I played The Cherry Bluestones – By Your Leave, Catfish & The Bottlemen – Sidewinder, Vivid Nation – We’re Not The Same, We Steal Flyers – Our World, Sigurdor Gudmunson ~ Naem, Killing No Murder – Reality TV Star, Captain Backfire – Double Kid, Jon Gomm – Gloria, Lock n Load – Lock n Load and a song from me Don’t from my new “Big Set”. I interviewed the amazing Anja McClosk...
Oct. 30, 2011

Is This Thing On? Podcast 106

Nick Tann A bumper crop of fine music this week featuring in no particular order Clara Barker ~ With You, Owen Hackett ~ Come Back To me, Son of Eagle ~ Another Song, White Bone Rattle ~ The Feryman, The Scene Continental ~ Stranger, Black Mamba ~ To Be Honest, Leibowitz ~ So Fla So Good, Isaw ~ Massimo, Tragic O’Hara, Big Block 454 ~ Pyjamagedon, Ex Libras ~ Teenage Eyes, Drunk On Logic ~ Subcontinental Travelsick Blues and a nice little instrumental from me. Dave Miles from A Cup Of Tea and a...
Oct. 24, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 105

Is This Thing On 105 A faintly folkie ripple to this weeks ice cream sundae of music…please yourselves . Great music from Last Child Dancing ~ The End Of Summer, Matt Stevens ~ Scapegoat, Terry Etherington ~ A Time to Go, No Snow No Alps Far In To The Night,Light Garden Antoshka, Clean Marlin ~ Ramjet, Badgers Stew ~ A Sailors Last Wish 7 an old track by me called Drunk on Logic. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came along and spoke about Charley Macaulay’s new album and Dave Miles from A Cup ...
Oct. 16, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 104

NIck Tann A lovely band episode this week featuring in no particular order Burning Shapes ~ Silence Amplifies, The Carousel ~ Thelma, Jamie & The Portraits ~ What a Croc, Haunted Stereo ~ Can You See My Side?, Indigo Earth ~ Cold Light of Day, These Fine Galleons ~ The Entity, Shoulders of Giants ~Code of a Madman, SandRiver ~ The Reprisal (Kid Dust pt2), Postcode ~ Drop Dead & Paul Liddell ~ Boots. I chatted with Dave Miles from A Cup of Tea and a Piece of Cake fame, played an old song of mine...
Oct. 8, 2011

Is This Thing On? Podcast 103

Nick Tann Nice and early this week and some amazing tunes. In no particular order Salwa Azar ~ White Horse, Bus Stop Dreams ~ The Big One, By The River _ One Word, Marvin B Naylor – Carousel, Lite ~ Image Game(UK TOUR DATES!!), Stereo Sound Future ( NOT FUNK AS I SAID IN THE PODCAST) ~ If I…., Allen Wentz ~ Ernies, Peter Doran ~ Eternity and a frankly badly cobbled together mix of Treat Me Mean for more info on this track just click here. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox talked as did Dave Mile...
Oct. 3, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 102

Nick Tann Yes this is how I want you to listen to Burn ~ Happy, The Wilton Project ~ Diana, Matt Stevens ~ Relic, Marc Philippe ~ Red Tears, Kidd Russell ~ Backyard Heroes, Captain Backfire ~ the Dice, Andrew Foster ~ Panic Moon, The Travis Waltons and me singing the demo of Going Around My Head. Perhaps you could post pictures to the Facebook page? Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox Skyped me as Did Dave Miles from A Cup of tea and a Slice of Cake.
Sept. 25, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 101

Now the dust has settled on episode 100, 101 is biting at its heels with some of the best music on the planet! in no particular order I played Mummy Short Arms ~ Change, No Snow No Alps ~ Lumerino, Catscans ~ Killing Fields, For Abel ~ Yorkshire, Miniature Dinosaur (not Alligator!), Ryan Peel~ What am I missing ?, Russell Morgan and Jesper Ejrup ~ Holding on to You and a live song from me How Can It Be Wrong? I also mentioned This Thing is on! A compilation of some of the best tunes played on ...
Sept. 18, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 100!

So here we are, episode 100! Recorded live at The Cellar Southampton and what an afternoon Paul (Unplug the Juke Box) and I had! Sadly no live video stream ( I broke the internet!) but some great live performances from Anja McCloskey, Marvin B Naylor, The Lost Boys, Mike Vaughan and Gideon Towers from Gideon’s Demise. I filled in with some amazing tracks from Tim Farrell and Matt Stevens ( the remixed one by Pseudo Ambient) . I chatted with Guy Sivour from Sand River, David Simnell, and Mark La...
Sept. 11, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 99

In this weeks episode I played Rebecca Mcintee ~ Goodbye, Transmission Party ~ You’re My Lighthouse, Y(G) Lyamking ~ Ancient Spy, Black Mamba ~ Head Space, Woven Bird ~ Saw You In Two, Paul Liddell ~ Boots, Steve Swindell ~ Spinning Around, Tony Wallace Turtle & Crab, Shoulders of Giants ~ Code of a Madman, Lost Souls Club ~ Romeo, The Rebs ~ Always in a Heartbeat, Jon Gommin ~Passionflower and a nice little tune by me, good old Nick Tann. WARNING. I may have rambled a bit……
Sept. 4, 2011

Is This Thing On 98

Back from my hols all tanned (yes…I know) and beardy!! This week I played Hi Sonorous ~ Break the Cycle, The Dots ~ Honey, Atari Pilot ~ Game Change, Coloured Lines – Feed Me To The Vultures, Thinking For Tuesday ~ Unsung Hero, Broken Valves ~ What is Right, Flearoy ~ Hey Brother, Gideon’s Demise ~ Panic and a track I wrote for my mate Dave Miles called ~ Dave! Paul Lane from Unplug The Jukebox came along and spoke about some band or other & I mentioned the 100th podcast live video feed. Pip ...
Aug. 28, 2011

Is This Thing on Podcast 97

Indeed I can… Still away on holiday I carry on in a similar vein from last weeks episode. I play a new tune from Coloured Lines ~ Love Lost Light pt2, then some older tracks from Haunted Stereo ~ Cant You See My Side, Late Riser ~ Dick Logic, May KB ~ Conquer, King Never ~ Kitchen Sink Drama, Salme Dahistrom ` C’mon Y’all, Wax Ersatz ~ Make A Man Out Of Me, We Sell Seashells ~ Bad Monkey, Tom Caulfield ~ Good You Got Away, Kidd Russell ~ East North East Avenue, Ex Libras ~ Teenage Eyes and an ...
Aug. 21, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 96

I am away on holiday so this podcast is appearing through the magic that is time travel. As I haven’t had many new tracks sent, I have taken the opportunity to go back and play some of the tracks that I played at the very start of the podcasts history. I played The Wilton Project ~ Diana, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ Diana, Sonny ~ Something in the Water, Sigurdor Guomundsson ~ Gengi? á Gufunum, Paul Liddell ~ Ghost Car, Will Kriski ~ Metal Mayhem, Liz Longley ~ Rush and an old Drunk On Logic Versio...
Aug. 14, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 95

In no particular order I played Isaw ~ Massimo, Last Child Dancing ~ Balcony, Big Block 454 ~ Pyjamgeddon, Matt Erion ~ In From The Cold, Indigo Earth ~ Cold Light of Day, Matt Stevens ~Burned Out Car, Pierre Masse’ ~ Give The Word, Marvin B Naylor ~ Alice & Mariane and the demo track of mine entitled Treat Me Mean. If you want to download the guide track then go to https://nicktann.co.uk/mean/ to do that and find out more about the project. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox spoke about a coupl...
Aug. 7, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 94

A positive cornucopia of musical and comedic delights await you this week with Hot Vamp Club ~ Always Always, The Modests ~ Don’t Hold Back, Marc Philippe ~ Red Tears, Liebowitz ~ Chasing Pompano, Titty Bingo ~ To Forget You, Black Mamba ~ Childish Ambitions and a demo slide guitar track from me!. Hot Potatoes made their debut with their first in a series about All Music starting with their own preferences. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox spoke to me via the medium of Skype and gave us a cou...
Aug. 1, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 93

The Rising ~ Thinktank, Isla ~ Love Like That, Jonathan Whiskerd ~ Life Line, KTS ~ Inside Out, Wax Ersatz ~ Out In The Cold, Juana Ghani ~ Breathing, Macdaddy ~ Hurry Hurry and a summer instrumental track from me Dream… That nice Mr Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox came along and talked about Defy 4. I played a jingle advertising the mighty Movie Meltdown I reminisced about some of the old features and other such malarky….
July 24, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 92

Schnauser ~ Everything is Nice, Scott Turchin ~ Jah Creation, Lost Souls Club ~ Leave a Light On, Vendor Defender ~ Justin, Will & The People ~ The Game, Anja McCloskey ~ And Her Head, Eggshell Egoz ~Funky Poets, Rob Warren ~ Good For You, A Man Called Son ~ Sand River ~ A Letter (to the Loves of Emma)Dear Liza, Get The Tape ~ Freak Power and my song for sale Guy on the Internet made up this weeks episode. No Paul Lane this week so I just waffled on and played some great music. I also mentioned...
July 16, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 91

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 new album “Chemicals” Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox said very nice things about Doyle & The Fourfathers an...
July 10, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 90

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
July 3, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 89

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 Heart. Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox gave tongue to The Queue and also his opinion on last weeks podcast. I’d...
June 26, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 88

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 tune of mine from The Vinyl Project Paul Lane form Unplug the Jukebox was talking about Hey Sholay as well as giving hi...
June 19, 2011

Is This thing On Podcast 87

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 America and their parrot Winston. Finishing off with playing a new track from their as yet unfinished ...
June 12, 2011

Is This Thing On Podcast 86

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 song ~ Kiss. After that I played stunning tracks from Marvin B Naylor ~ Alice & Maryanne. I shot t...