Episodes

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 Like Your Love, Helen Austin When We Were Young, Doyle and The Forefathers Every Woman You Meet, The Real Raj Ingenue...

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 you can download for a £1 by clicking here. Sarah Griffin bought us close to the end with her brilliant tune...

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 fromDoyle & 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 Salme Dahlstrom followed by Black & White Christmas by Isle of Mann band Postcode. The two “Doyles” then give us a...

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 dedication then send me an email to isthisthingonpodcast@gmail.com

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 tune by me 3am

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… A lovely piece of jazz by the sublime Matt Erion Trio leads me in to an interview with the wonderful Helen ...

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 Skelton. I then countered with In To The Sea by Matt Stevens. Dave then played his famous tune, the afo...

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 Arsins . Paul Lane from Unplug The Jukebox and I chatted in my car about The Lost Souls Club. Then I played the brand new track Panic by the cosmic Gideon’s Demise followed...

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, her piano accordion, her amazing voice and by Andy on guitar and a fantastic fiddle player whose name e...

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 last verse, think I may have got away with it. Paul Lane from Unplug The Jukebox came in and raved about The Chase ...

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 her site and if you click here you can see this weeks “pair of the week” and they belong to Veronica her...

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 recorded at their session yesterday buy the album by clicking the little button here . A little chat from Paul L...

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 possible. May KB makes beautiful music so therefore must be beautiful. Paul Lane from Unplug The Jukebox isn’t as bea...

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 do they come from? To find the answers go to Sand Rivers bandcamp site Then I played Estrobo by the amaz...

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 Image game as I said on the podcast), the great Wax Ersatz and a track called Make a Man out of Me, Sounds Un...

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 tunes click here to buy the English version I also plugged the Matt Stevens Ustream weekender event at https://c...

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 I played the Freezing in Fressin track missing from last weeks episode. I finished off with the subl...

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 reviewed rack by Freezing in Frezin and These Fine Galleons.

In an ale fueled, jump around type podcast I featured the great sounds of The Rebs, Postcode, Burglars of the Heart 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 little black itunes button I think I just about got away with it!

Yes, not like last weeks 44 pretender, this is the real deal. A bit early as I’m going on my holidays, enjoying the broads of Norfolk. This week I play some of my favourites Matt Stevens to buy his track Eleven click here, Tracy Shaun you can download the tune I played by clicking here , Indigo Earth, Wax Ersatz, Tom Caulfield, Jennie Walker, Menn Arsins to buy the tune 12 Steps to the Liquor Store click here , King Never and James Corachea. The rough demo I played eventually ended up as this...

A frankly shambolic podcast, I even got the number wrong it IS number 43. What I DID get right was the music, they are all new artists to Is This Thing On. I played the songs ofMarch of Dimes buy their tracks on itunes here, Petersson & Fredriksson, Shinsei Kamattechan (courtesy of jpoplover), Leyli, We Sell Sea Shells, SRM and Steve Swindells. Apoc was talking about James Keelaghan and Paul Lane spoke about all the great music that was happening in and around Hampshire. His new website is now l...

Is This Thing On lite Is This Thing On LITE #3 The Female Special click here to play This is the third in a series of mini podcasts aimed at being inserted as a feature in existing podcasts and radio shows and lasts just five minutes. In this edition I play three artists that I featured in my Is This Thing On Podcast Female Special Tunes by Liz Longley, Salme Dahistrom and The Cherry Bluestorms

A nice big noisy one this; I play Planes Over Paris from the Isle of Man, Fez from the London in the UK, DWH from Los Angeles USA, Kay (Katja Ten Dam Flik) from Amsterdam , Steve Moyes from somewhere in Kent I think, Sounds Under Radio from Austin Texas USA and Sawsound from West Yorkshire UK. I played a track called That Woman that’s taken from my album Life is a River (now only £4 for the whole album!). Dave interviewed Mad Billy from Bristol in the UK (check out the great videos) and Paul La...