This Reality – Podcast No 92

Episode 92 – 45 minutes running time We’re back from Munich! Talkie bits: * The Cheese Game is an interesting competition this week – but who won? * A quick round up of the week * An even quicker review of the film New Moon (it’s rubbish!) * A few words on the Biffy Clyro/Muse concert in Munich * An email from Tessa reminding... [Read More..]

An advent calendar – without chocolate?

Oxfordshire-based indie-band ‘inLight‘ have announced a musical celebration of the Christmas holidays and the launch of their new all-singing, all-dancing website. Starting 1st December the band will put at least one new feature on their website (http://inlightband.com) each day. Charlie, Mike, Pete and Johnny hope that the musical ‘advent... [Read More..]

Review: Muse in Munchen

Munich’s Olympiahalle is a 75,000-seat, oval-shaped auditorium with a massive pit in front of the stage. On Friday 20th November 2009 the stadium was almost at maximum capacity. The few seats that weren’t occupied were those that were directly behind the stage. The pit held around 3,500 people who mostly bopped, waved, shouted, screamed... [Read More..]

Give aways! Get your free stuff here!

We need to clear out a few things to make space for new things, so we are giving stuff away: A free copy of Service Bell EP by Years of Rice and Salt (an excellent CD!), just send us an email with the subject of ‘Salty Rice’. If you are the first to email us we will get back to you, collect your address and put the CD in the post to you. A... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 91

Episode 91 – 38 minutes running time We went in to the studio and recorded this podcast early – on Thursday evening. Why? Read on… Talkie bits: * The Cheese Game is an All German event * A quick round up of the week * A midnight screening of the film New Moon (followed a couple of hours later by…) * A trip to Munich to see Muse *... [Read More..]

Film review: New Moon

New Moon is the second film visit to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampire quartet. Although the plot turns accepted folklore on its head (Vampires are bad for you, yeah, we knew that; but Werewolves are good for you, they only exist to protect us pink meat from Vampires. You didn’t know that, didja?  And also, being out in the daylight doesn’t... [Read More..]

Review: Girl In Rome, Tell It To The Harps

There is a microscopically-thin line that separates the pit of cutesy-saccharine-goodness from the vat-of-unending-mediocrity. With their début EP ‘Tell It To The Harps’, unsigned duo Girl In Rome, trip effortlessly down that line and emerge, completely unscathed in your ears, leaving you beaming all the way. A three-track EP, Tell It To... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 90

Episode 90 – 47 minutes running time After last week’s ‘special’ this week we’re back to normal. Normal? Bwahahaha! Talkie bits: * The Cheese Game: This week we play an All Blue game confined to National boundaries (we also had an email from Kevin in Southampton telling us that the cheese game we played in podcast 88... [Read More..]

News update: The Epstein at Folk Against Fascism, Witney

This Friday, 13th November 2009 sees what promises to be an outstanding music gig, performed by three groups of exceptionally talented artists, taking place at Fat Lil’s Comedy Club in Witney, Oxfordshire. The three-band gig is being held in aid of the Folk Against Fascism movement. Artists taking part include the London/Oxford-based The Epstein,... [Read More..]

This Reality – Podcast No 89

Episode 89 – 43 minutes running time It’s a special podcast! This week we blow the dust off our PRS licence to bring you a couple of mainstream gems (for a very special reason). And we head these mainstream gems with an unsigned brilliance! Why do we do this madness? Just read on my friend, just read on… Talkie bits (not many this... [Read More..]