This Reality – Podcast No 70

Episode 70 – 39 minutes running time Welcome to This Reality Podcast where this week we have three brilliant tracks and a bunch of interesting but slightly random discussions. This week the music includes: 1. Moxie, Take A Chance (http://www.myspace.com/moxierocksusa) 2. The Razorbax, Wake Up, Wake Up (http://www.myspace.com/therazorbax) 3. Fanfarlo,... [Read More..]

News update 25th June 2009: Performing Rights Society Licence!

This Reality Podcast has been awarded a licence to use the intellectual property of mainstream musicians. We’re the first podcast in the UK (and probably the first in the world) to achieve this status. Let’s put it this way, not even the BBC is licensed to use mainstream artists on their podcasts! However, neither Soph nor Bren is keen to move... [Read More..]

News update 24th June 2009: Website relaunch!

After weeks and possibly months of teasing, the new, high-function website has been released. To celebrate the new website we’re giving away albums. No, it’s not a competition, yes, it is a giveaway. The first two people to send an email to thisrealitypodcast@gmail.com with the subject line ‘Website relaunch’ will get two free albums. It’s... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 69

Episode 69 – 45 minutes running time La meilleure musique, le meilleur des discussions, la meilleure musique – le tout sur le meilleur podcast dans le monde. The aim of the podcast this week is to bring you some laid-back summery sounds, a breath of fresh country air for you to inhale again and again as the seasons change around us. So... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 68

Episode 68 – 44 minutes running time La mejor música, los mejores debates, la mejor música – todos en los mejores podcast en el mundo. Yes indeed, it’s time to run for the hills again as Soph and Bren sneak in to Studio L and give you episode 68 of This Reality Podcast. So this week includes, and kicks off with: 1. Remind Me To... [Read More..]

Band review: Jonquil and support, Oxford Academy

11th October 2008 Our Oxfordshire-based gigging began with a visit to The Oxford Academy. The first band of the night to take the stage at Oxford’s Zodiac was The Great Eskimo Hoax: This band is an interesting three-piece combo who played catchy, hooky material with its roots spreading from what used to be called shoegaze. Every number in their... [Read More..]

Band review; inLight, The Bullingdon, Oxford

22nd March 2009 How many times have you gone to see a band, or an artist – a band or an artist you’ve heard good studio tracks from – but when you get there, when you saw and heard them ‘live’, you were disappointed? Did you hear jerky vocals from both the up-front and the backing? Was there some dodgy timing from the drummer? Suspect bass... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 67

Episode 67 – 57 minutes running time Last week’s Very Much Trailed Big Beginning is finally unveiled. Phew! Yes, This Reality Podcast has been negotiating with the UK Performing Rights Society for weeks and we’re (finally) pleased to announce that as an experiment we have been granted a licence to play mainstream artists who are registered... [Read More..]

Band Review: The Razorbax, Bar Academy, Birmingham

15th August 2008 How do you like your indie? Fast, loud, energetic and full of love for the music? The most obvious thing to begin with is how good the Razorbax sound live. Some bands are predominantly studio acts who don’t quite achieve – on-stage – the high production levels they regularly get in a recording. The reverse is true for other bands... [Read More..]

Band review – Earth Calling Alice, Atticus, Birmingham, Sunday 17th August 2008

On Sunday evening we drove up to Birmingham to see Earth Calling Alice perform at Atticus in Bearwood. The gig was organised by an outfit called Acoustic Brew – more on them later! A quick word about the venue. Atticus is self-described as a café/bar. It’s a large, split-level room with a mix of kitchen-ish chairs at small tables, comfortable chairs... [Read More..]