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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……

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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 Pip!

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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 Version of All I Think About Is You.

I slipped in an old Watch With Mothers song review, remember them?

Lots of things associated with this podcast will have happened automatically but don’t be fooled, I am in Portugal.

More pre recorded fun next week!

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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 couple aof bands (Their names escape me) & and Hot Potatoes Ben P Perry and Liam Tucker educated us on some more music matters.

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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….

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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 that the mighty Inflammatory Bowel Disease was played on the Saturday Arts Club Podcast and I mentioned the Vobes podcast that I plated a few choice tunes on.

If you’ve made it this far then why not click on a few things. Click here if you want to buy the fantastic This Thing Is On compilation cd, a bloody bargain £6.50 for 13 tracks!

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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

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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 the breeze with Paul Lane from Unplug the Jukebox about the band Something Beginning With L. I then rounded of proceedings with Eastern Conference Champions ~Bloody Bell and a track of mine with Anja accompanying  me on accordion ~ The Day After The Night Before.

Nice!

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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 Knaresborough, Indigo Earth ~ Land Of Dreams, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling and a little tune by good old me Nick Tann!

Paul Lane and myself talked outside a pub in the wind and I nibbled my nuts!

Paul talked about the Children of Mercy cd in aid of Cystic Fibrosis. Below is the press release

CHILDREN OF MERCY BOOK AND COMPILATION BRING STORIES OF INDIE MUSIC TO LIGHT FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Spokane, Wash. (April 1st, 2011) — A good cause is always worth supporting, so the fact that the Children of Mercy book and CD compilation help out two causes make this project a must-see. Children of Mercy: Tale and Teachings From The World of Independent Music is a collection of stories and essays by several elite members of the indie music world that will not only open the eyes of the outside world to the independent music scene but also raise money to fight Cystic Fibrosis.

Along with the compilation CD, the book brings to light stories from the independent music scene while it raises money for the fight against Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that has affected the son of one the contributors, Swedish musician and writer Ola NybergRon Trembath, creator of the project, pursued funding for the book publishing on Kickstarter and obtained over $2900 in pledges to ensure that 100% of the profits and royalties from the book go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in the US, as well as the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in the UK.

Anna Lynne Williams of the indie folk legends Trespassers William, Anja McCloskey of Haunted Stereo& Sotones Records, Shawn Fogel of Golden Bloom, and Portland Mercury journalist Ryan Feigh, andPastime Records CEOAndy Botterill are just some of the artists, producers, label runners, promoters, writers, and listeners from the world of independent music that have contributed their essays on life in the independent music scene. A wide array of topics including, DIY, effects of the internet, performing, break ups, and indie history will be found in this treasure trove of indie music perspectives. The book seeks to open the eyes to the outside world on how tough it can be to be a solely independent musician as well as highlight why it might just be the only true way to be a real artist in the musical world. It also gives advice to those currently living the independent music “dream” or those that are interested in creating music without the fear of losing their soul to the media monster know as the mainstream.

The compilation CD was released on The Beechfields Record Label on February 8th.  The book was released through Marquette Books LLC on April 1st.  Physical CDs include artwork by San Diego based pop artist Kathie Bayne.  The CD includes tracks by MoneytreeMenhirs Of Er Grah, Lotte Kestner (Anna-Lynne Williams’ solo project), Robin Grey, Cleeman and The Pristines. The album is also currently available on CDBaby!  Tracks from the album have already been heard on WVVY in Martha’s Vineyard MA, KYRS in Spokane WA, KZUU in Pullman WA, and KJHK in Lawrence KS.  As well as features in DrunkenWerewolf MagazinePacific Northwest Inlander, and Rolling Stone (Indonesia).  FOR PHYSICAL REVIEW COPY, E-MAIL RON AT CHILDRENOFMERCYBOOK@GMAIL.COM or SIMPLY REPLY HERE AND RECEIVE ONE ASAP!

Additional Children of Mercy news can be found at: https://www.childrenofmercy.net or www.childrenofmercybook.blogspot.com

Children of Mercy Bandcamp: https://childrenofmercy.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-mercy

Also find Children of Mercy on Facebook and Myspace!

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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 brand new self released single from Kajagoogoo  (yes, THAT Kajagoogoo!)~ Death Defying Headlines and a little track by me.

Paul Lane and I also got a little drunk and talked about These Fine Galleons.

Nice!