Jarpsy, Good Time Locomotive, Charlie Smith, Songraes Jarpsy start us off with their retrospective break up song Are You Happy Yet. Jarpsy are an indie alternative rock band known for their live energy and relentless drive. They have built a fierce local following, sold out venues across the North East and taken their songs on […]

As you can see here, my beautiful new desk and chair combo… or can you? Episode 43 Johnny Marie and The Lonesome Petunias, The Lost Trades, Soft Cotton County, Drop Dead Gorgeous Anyhoo, to business! Kicking off with the wonderful Johnny Marie and The Lonesome Petunias and She Caught Car Lights. This is the email […]

Episode 42 JW Paris, Toothgore, Pacificaze, Heron Bringing us straight in with a bang this week is JW Paris and the splendid Anytime. 90s vibes with some Blur and Oasis feels. This blurb is epic: JW Paris are a 90s grunge Britpop-inspired three-piece featuring Gemma Clarke, Danny Collins and Aaron Forde. Fresh from storming Radio […]

Episode 41 Hi and welcome to episode 41 where I play The Casbahs, Subscene, Luna Marble, and Orlando Kallen. The Casbahs – Electric Daydreams (You try saying it!) They start us off with a cracking guitar track that could have done with a bit more in my opinion, but I loved it just the same. […]

Episode 40 And so we are 40 and we have Lea G, Poppie Marynns and Nika Redhart, Rivia, and Joanovarc giving their best. Also I teased a brand new song that I started to write last weekend. No lyrics or title yet but I will be sharing the journey this little tune makes, but in […]

Laptop, BJD, Around About Dusk, Shallowdrown I mention my band’s gig on the 1st November at The Spice of Life, deep in the heart of Soho. Details here: https://nicktann.co.uk/2025/09/08/the-spice-of-life-saturday-1-november-2025/ A bit of a rushed one this week as I recorded this on the Sunday before the Monday when each episode goes live and I felt […]

The Kettle Zone, Amity, Freefall, The Mighty Heartache It’s episode 38 and it’s a banger with a compilation of old jingles from the Is This Thing On Podcast that I used to produce at the end. We kick off with The Kettle Zone and Every Other Summer’s Day. A kind of Paul Weller/Prefab Sprout undercurrent […]

Episode 37 The Bad Actors, Valentyne, Falling Below, The Painkillers Episode 37 and what better way to kick it off than with Sheffield’s own The Bad Actors and their head nodding single Offside Clarity. It looks like this could be a tight little two piece. Have a read through the blurb and see what you […]

Episode 36 Nick Tann and the Whole Family, Chaz Jankel, Steve Hewitt, Marvin B Naylor So here we are at 36 kicking off with a track from my live album, Nick Tann and The Whole Family – Live at the Bedford, with our final track Can’t Stop Missing You that was lifted, as I said, […]

Episode 35 Madame Claude – Happy Life, Lucy Kitchen – In My Corner, The Zealots – Security, KLOGR – White Eyes What a start with the mighty Madame Claude sliding in with the massive tune Happy Life. They say it’s a “…. a gunslinging spaghetti western ska groove with spangly guitars and their trademark acerbic […]