Author: Nick Tann

Musician, songwriter and podcaster.

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She 1 Him 2, Star Wheel Press, Soft Cotton County, Pomona

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I’m Nick Tann – musician, songwriter, and your guide to the best new music you haven’t heard yet.

As per usual, I threw all I could find about the artists into Chatgpt and it came up with this….

It’s just me flying solo this time, listening live and sharing some seriously fresh tunes.

🎹 She 1 Him 2 – Moving Parts

We’re kicking things off with the ’80s-inspired, synth-driven Moving Parts by She 1 Him 2, all the way from Cleveland, Ohio. It suddenly hit me—they’re our first American artists in a while! We used to feature loads… maybe Trump scared them off?

Anyway, the track’s got a big retro vibe, and the video is absolutely bonkers—but worth watching! You’ll find them all over social media, but here are two links I thought you’d enjoy:

🎸 Star Wheel Press – Low Sun Drive

Next up, we go north to Scotland for Star Wheel Press, who dropped the instantly lovable Low Sun Drive. I chat a bit more about them in the episode—don’t miss it.

I didn’t get any links from Craig (I think he’s from the band?), but I tracked down their new album on Bandcamp. It’s only £7 and well worth picking up. Here’s where to look:

🌾 Soft Cotton County – Blue on Blue

Soft Cotton County glides in beautifully with Blue on Blue. I actually prefer this one to their last track we featured—Coward of the Country Fair. What do you reckon?

Their website is packed with goodies, including a gorgeous vinyl version of this track. Go have a snoop and see what they’re all about:

  • Website (Check vinyl availability!)

🔥 Pomona – Saga

To wrap things up, we’ve got Pomona, possibly Manchester’s best punk art band, with their super-tight, groovy track Saga. I absolutely loved this one—especially the little Easter egg at the end (you’ll know it when you hear it).

They sent over a whole truckload of links, but I particularly liked their Instagram:

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CJ Wildheart, Berty, The Spitfires, Pmad

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While you’re here, hit subscribe and get a heads-up every Monday when a new episode drops.

I’m Nick Tann – musician, songwriter, and your guide to the best new music you haven’t heard yet.

I kicked of this episode by apologising to WindowHead for getting their name wrong in the previous episode. We have been in contact via Instagram and are all friends again, so that’s good.

I was able to welcome Dolphin Feathers from who joined me from https://youheardithearfirst.com/  to go through the tunes in this episode. We started with punk rocker (in the literal sense) CJ Wildheart and the thumping “You Got The Best Of Me” Once part of punk godfathers (?) The Wildhearts CJ is flying solo in this soon to become new (or NU?) punk banger. CJ starts a UK tour in May

21st – Huddersfield Parish
24th – Preston Vinyl Tap
With Michael Monroe:
MAY
22nd – Newcastle University
23rd – Glasgow Slay
26th – Southampton The 1865
27th – Brighton Concorde 2
28th – Bristol Thekla
30th – Swansea Sin City
31st – Buckley Tivoli
With Ricky Warwick
SEPTEMBER
13th – Inverness An Seymar
14th – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
15th – Newcastle Cluny
16th – Carlisle Brickyard
19th – Manchester Rebellion
20th – Wolverhampton KKs Steel Mill
21st – Leeds Bridenell Social Club
22nd – Cambridge Junction 2
23rd – Southampton The 1865
25th – Bristol The Exchange
26th – London 100 Club
27th – Swansea Sin City
The best place to find out more might be CJs Bandcamp page. 

Second up was Berty and Big Leap. I can never strees this enough buyt please listen with headphones unless you have a kick arse stereo as this is ASMR heaven. Tingles indead from this stunningly produced masterpiece, Big Leap certainly delivered in “Tingles”. She has a Facebook page which is something but I will keep banging on at artists to get a website. Certainly also worth checking out her YouTube profile We definitely want to hear more.

The Spitfires had us both nodding our heads and channelling Madness (Dolphin Feathers) and The Stranglers (me) with their nu mod “Better the Devil You Know“. They have just started a UK tour

  Fri 2 May: Liverpool, O2 Academy2

·       Sat 3 May: Glasgow, Stereo

·       Sun 4 May: Shrewsbury, Loop Fest

·       Fri 9 May: Dublin, The Sound House

·       Sat 10 May: Belfast, Deer’s Head

       Fri 23 May: London, Koko

So get along to one of those dates if you can. If you cant then perhaps visit their linktree to learn more about this interesting Watford band.

Podcast favourite Pmad ended and interesting amd rather alternative podcast with a collaboration with Italian artist “Think” and a new song “Chance“. We reviled in the beautiful chaotic mix of majors and minors and the gorgeous drama of this tune from the Irish Londonite. His linktree is the best place to start following this gem of an artist so if he is for you then be there for him.

 

I also reminded listers that there are Spotify and Tidal playlists made up of all the tracks played on the podcast that appear on those platforms if you wanted to take a listen. Visit the website and click.

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Dead Hazards, Rear Window, WidowHead, Steve Young and The Real Time Players

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While you’re here, hit subscribe and get a heads-up every Monday when a new episode drops.

I’m Nick Tann – musician, songwriter, and your guide to the best new music you haven’t heard yet.

 

Before I tell you about the music, a few of you have made a comment about the audio levels of Chris and myself. I have tinkered with this aspect and I hope you will hear an improvement. If you still have problems with it please let me know. Onwards….

Lucky for us we have the amazing Dead Hazards kicking off with a track from their brand new album Saline and a track called Remorse. I know we played a track from them earlier this month but I felt we needed to play another as this is a great album and deserves some shouting about. This is what I said about them in episode 11.Shoot off to their Bandcamp Site here for some choice cuts

Next is the wonderful Rear Window and their Scissor Sisteresqe (yes thats a real word.. Now) Rocket Men. This almost hypnotic song charmed both of us as it will surely charm you. We love Rear Window and in fact played them 3 times in our previous podcast Is This Thing On as you can see here.  They have a small yet perfectly formed website here. Go there now!

WindowHead are next up with Todd, Honey a wonderful messy proggy, shoegaze enigma of a track and what a band. They ticked all our music boxes. Based in Brighton, howe of the eclectic this is what they say about their sound “Windowhead has spent the last 4 years honing its craft as a live band, leading to an increased focus on immediacy inherited from Post-Hardcore influences such as Thrice, Glassjaw and At The Drive-In. The impact of this can be felt in the upcoming Terrestrials EP, which combines the band’s signature effects-heavy guitars with unconventional time signatures, extreme dynamics and chaotic rhythms” Reading this I can hear the At The Drive-in comparison.

Finally we have Steve Young and the Real Time Players and Come Around. Chris had plenty so say about them in the show. They are on tour with date WEDS 21st MAY, The Duke, Ipswich (Blues In Town)
THURS 29th MAY, Corn Exchange Hertford (supporting Chantel McGregor) JUN 19-22nd – Isle Of Wight Festival (TO BE CONFIRMED) , SUN JULY 13th – Todd in the Hole Festival, Stevenage, SAT JUL 26th – Old Town Live – Ware, AUG 9th – Old Town Live – Stevenage. For more things Steve Young, follow his linktre

I would have loved to  put up more links for these bands, however, when Googled (yes thats what I do) the band names were so unbandnamey I would have to have spent too long trying to find them. So I guess thats what would have happened if you, dear listener, would have done the same. This is why I band on about bands choosing original names or at least having a website…

Love you all you beautiful creatures. Oh and what would your sandwich choice be if I decided to name one after you?

 

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Great new music for you to discover in episode 13 of Nick Tann’s Fresh Music Fix podcast #deadhazards #rearwindow #widowhead #steveyoungandtherealtimeplayers Link to the website in the description musicdiscovery newmusic musictaste musicrecommendations #musicreview #nicktannsfreshmusicfix

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