This Reality – Podcast No 79

Episode 79 – 51 minutes running time This week we extend our range of music beyond ‘diverse’, we go to new levels to bring you four works of art by artists from all over the world. And Oxfordshire. We also bring you a very interesting interview with the organiser of the Wychwood Festival (http://www.wychwoodfestival.com). It’s... [Read More..]

Review: Fanfarlo, The Walls Are Coming Down – 28th August 2009

This is the new single from Fanfarlo’s debut album ‘Reservoir’. We’ve heard a massive amount of Fanfarlo’s studio work and ‘The Walls Are Coming Down’ is exactly the kind of musical package you’d expect from this London-based band. It has a fast, very catchy 4/4 time start which kicks off with a Spanish trumpet that soon... [Read More..]

Gig Review: Pearl Jam – 17th August 2009

Venue: Manchester Evening News Arena Reviewed by: LizSara Reviewers website: http://ifmusicbe.co.uk This was the first time I had seen Pearl Jam live, having been a fan for nearly 16 years and I was almost expecting to be disappointed. Fortunately that disappointment never materialised and while there were a number of technical issues (4 mic changes... [Read More..]

Review: The Good China, Old Maps/New Roads EP – 23rd August 2009

About bloody time too! Melbourne’s richly diverse musical collective ‘The Good China’ have finally given the world (via iTunes) their debut five-track EP Old Maps/New Roads. I’m only whining about this because it was almost nine months ago when we heard the demos that have led to this EP, and let me tell you that hanging around on street corners... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 78

Episode 78 – 46 minutes running time It’s a Very Big Show with some Very Big News, but we’ll keep that under wraps for now. Let’s just pretend that it’s only another normal Friday night in the house of fun in Studio L in rural Oxfordshire. With no pizza again. There’s something wrong here! But we really do pull out... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 77

Episode 77 – 45 minutes running time Friday night in the house of fun in Studio L in rural Oxfordshire. In the studio there’s no pizza (gasp!); just him and her and a bunch of audio, a two-part interview with a brilliantly diverse musical talent (Avipaul) and four great tracks.And because this is a podcast you can download it to your mp3-player... [Read More..]

Review: Dub Pistols, I’m In Love – 14th August 2009

In 1996 Dub Pistols gave us their first single ‘There’s Gonna Be A Riot’, a wonderfully hard-edged sound that made us sit up and take notice. Thirteen years later and the latest single from Barry Ashworth’s consortium is the somewhat blandly-titled ‘I’m In Love’. But is the sound bland? No way! However, ‘I’m In Love’ might have the... [Read More..]

News update 13th August 2009: Les Paul has left the building

There can’t be many with a passing interest in music who haven’t at least heard of the shortened name of one Lester William Polsfuss. Les Paul (to you and me) as a musician was no slouch, but as an inventor of musical developments he came in to his own. Les is credited with being a cutting edge pioneer in the development of the solid–body guitar... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 76

Episode 76 – 39 minutes running time Instead of the usual Friday evening offering, this podcast hits the studio on Saturday afternoon. Because? Well, we could tell you, but we’d have to kill you. Probably. So we won’t tell you. It’ll be just our little secret. The musical goodness comes to you from: 1. 16 Millimetre, Better... [Read More..]

Review: Muse, Uprising – 5th August 2009

Musing about… Muse We’ve been listening to the latest offerings from Muse, a group who we’ve been fans of for years. The first track out of the black bag of music is: United States of Eurasia Meh. But wait, on second listen… No, it’s still Meh. United States of Eurasia is a very pretty piece of composition, professionally... [Read More..]