Mike Borgia, finally, gets his session on TPN Rock. Recorded last month, this singer songwriter has been a personal favourite of mine since I played ‘When The Bombs Come’ back on The Friday Rock Show #52, and is one of the songs that I use in my warm up routine (which if you listened to some of the live shows during April, you’d already realise). Anyway, three tracks, introduced by Mike, from his new album Philistines and Alcoholics.

• With No Regrets
• Time Is Gold
• Nerves

www.mikeborgia.com
Tags: Mike Borgia

Gotta say, I have been so looking forward to getting this session out to you all. Urbansnake is a band that TPN Rock has followed for a long time, and when I received their new CD, White Knuckle, in the post, not only could I not wait to listen to it, but to let you all hear it as well. A big thanks to Vinny and the band for taking part in another TPN Rock Session!

• Energy
• Orphan
• Lines

www.urbansnake.com
Tags: Urban Snake

Another in the occasional showcasing of upcoming bands. This time, it’s the turn of Chris, Roger, Steve, Neil and Simon. They make up Shed Music. Based out of Reading in the UK, these three tracks were recorded live at the start of the year.

• I Want It, I’ve Got It
• We’ve Got Time
• I’m On Fire

www.shedmusicuk.com
Tags: Shed Music.

A little treat for the Ne Year. While I was over at Podcamp Boston (late October 2007) there were a good number of podsafe musicians putting on shows, and I captured a few of them. And so, with his permission (which actually went “For God’s sake, circulate the live recordings! Don’t just play ‘em, tell the world!!!” So with that endorsement, here’s Matthew Ebel, live from the Bullfinch Yacht Club, Boston…

• Wasting My Time
• I Know You’re There
• Robots
• This Too Shall Pass
• I Just Wanna Fall In Love

Yes it’s Christmas time! And I think that calls for an extra-special Christmas Eve show, full of the great Podsafe Classic Christmas tunes, and a bundle of new ones I’ve found. Chat is at a minimum here, so the show can be the timeless classic you listen to every year over the iYule fire, wrapping presents, and wondering what’s going to be under the tree. I can tell you what… a whole load of rockin’

Smells Like Christmas Spirit, by The Expermients (www.theexperiments.com).
Single for Christmas, by Chris Valenti (www.chrisvalentimusic.net).
A Pirate Christmas, by Tom Smith (www.tomsmithonline.com).
Christmas All Over Again, by Darlene Love (www.darleneloveworld.com).
Merry Freakin’ Christmas, by MyDols (www.mydols.com.
A Harry Potter Christmas, by Joel Kopschke (www.igotyulebabe.com).
Christmas Down The Pub, by Deaf In One Eye (Deaf in One Eye at Mood Music).
Happy Xmas, by Peter Buckley Hill (www.pbh.clara.net).
The Greatest Christmas Song Ever, by American Heartbreak (www.americanheartbreak.com).
Christmas Here on Mars, by Bubble (www.planetbubble.com).
A Cheesy Christmas, by The Martians (The Martians on MySpace).
Some Christmas Hugging and Kissing, by Geoff Smith (www.thegeoffsmith.com).

…and watch your ears at the start. it ain’t Noddy Holder, but I do try…

Neall appeared back in TPN Rock #108 with his track Save Me, and I know that a number of you asked if he could come back in The Decades Show to give us another track. Well, I quietly ignored those calls (publicly) as I had already asked Alcott if he’d do a session for us.

Which is here now - talking about three tracks (including the title track) of his new album, Rittenhouse Square (which is available from CD Baby, and other major stores, via his website). Enjoy!

Rittenhouse Square
Six A.M.
When The World Comes Down On You

Find out more at www.neallalcott.com. And if you’re new to TPN Rock, you could consider subscribing to our podcast feed, or joining us on Facebook.

Time for another Session, with Martin Devaughan continuing to showcase some of the finest new bands out there for TPN Rock while I try not to wilt under the strain of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe daily podcast (so thanks for that Martin). This week, he catches up with Welsh Ska/Rock band Xms3 and a sneak peak of their soon to be released album Rock and Dole.

Visit Xms3 via their MySpace Page.

Serious Cereal
Eat Up Martha
Fi-Hi Entry
Tonight
Autumn Dance
Carry Me

All from the album Rock and Dole.

Tracks

Recorded, Edited and Produced by Martin ‘GD’ Devaughan for Green Dragon Media (Wales).

Homespun (Myspace Link) chat about their music, influences, their history and life in general, as well as playing 6 tracks from their new album, “Sexready Mind Control,”

Badman
Better Take A Holiday
Wednesdays Child
I’ll Let You Know
White Lies
The Dance Hall

Recorded, Edited and Produced by Martin ‘GD’ Devaughan for Green Dragon Media (Wales).

Time for another session I think - Needfire are the band behind both a fantastic mix of Celtic Rock n Roll, and the music behind the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast here at TPN. So as well as all the bumps, jingles and incidental music on the daily report from Scotland’s Capital and the largest Arts festival in the world, I thought I’d let them musically spread their wings here as well.

• When I Get There
• Sound of Sleat
• Young, Free and Celtic

Find out more about Needfire at their website. And don’t forget the TPN Rock Facebook Group!

Those of you watching the music charts may well recall that back in January this year, long before Bum Rush the [iTunes] Charts, a young band from Colchester, Essex, became the first unsigned band to reach the UK Top 40. Not a store chart, or a local hit parade, but the honest to god, national, officially recognized Top 40. Reaching number 31, Koopa (for that is the band) did what we all thought would happen at some point. But they did it first!

So congrats to them for that, and also for not sitting back on that first. The ‘tricky second single’ has been released today, so I thought that it would be nice to honor both their previous success, and showcase them a little bit more, and offer them only the third TPN Rock Session.

Everyone… Koopa!

• The One-Off Song For The Summer
• Blag, Steal and Borrow
• Shut Up

Find out more, and order the new single if you like it, at www.koopatheband.com. And don’t forget the TPN Rock Facebook Group!

What a great time in Cologne at the Medienforum’s Podcastday2006. And on top of all that, TPN Rock was recorded alongside C.C. Chapman’s Accident Hash - and we’re sure it’s one of the first Podcast Mashups. It’s rock Jim, but not as you know it… Enjoy (and don’t tell Cameron).

Live or Die, by De La Vega (www.dlvmusic.com)
The Way Of The World, by The Go Station (www.thegostation.com)
Joanne, by Waltham (www.walthamtheband.com)
Safe as Houses, by Sooth (Sooth on Myspace)
When The Revolution Comes, by Sunspot (www.sunspotmusic.com)
Run and Hide (Live), by Barry Price (www.barrypricemusic.co.uk)
Ewan’s Pick of the Pods Mix
Soulless, by Marwood (www.marwoodmusic.com)
So Fragile, by Four Past Midnight (www.4pastmidnight.co.uk)
Dumb Ass, by Jester (Jester on Myspace)

The Accident Hash Feed
The TPN Rock Feed

The Accident Hash Summer Speedtrap #2 (Accident Hash #140)
TPN Rock #2005 (The Best of The Best from The First Year).

We also gave shout outs to The Podcast Network, Podshow, Hipcast, Doug Kaye at The Conversations Network, Dan Klass and Old Wave Radio, The Podsafe Music Network, Myspace, Pure Volume, BBC Radio 5,

And now, something a little bit special while I continute to tour America. Bob Leslie’s The Outfit were playing Edinburgh just before I crossed the Atlantic, and I was there to capture a live session from the new line up. It’s raw, real, and I’m pretty sure you’re all going to appreciate

Lady Luck Rode Away.
Come Travelling With Me.
No Strings and No Regrets.
The Devil Ain’t A Friend Of Mine.
It Wasn’t Down In Texas.
Adios to Rock and Roll.

Visit The Outfit at http://outfitmusic.com/, and tell them you heard their session at TPN Rock.

Between Show #39 and Show #40 is, of course Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year, and trust me I’m in no fit state to do jsutice to a decades show right now. Luckily, John, Gerry and Houston of The Martians came up trumps, with their new EP, The Pumpkin Grave. They’re still searching for a good website for themselves, so if you’d like to get in touch with them, I’ll happily pass on any email or comments you send.

So, for the Festive period, here’s two exclusive brand new tracks from The Martians. Enjoy!

The Pumpkin Grave, by The Martians.
A Cheesy Christmas, by The Martians.