The podcast introduction to our New Band of the Week, Nottingham sister duo ALT BLK ERA. We talk a little about their exciting year so far, their upcoming EP, and play one of their most recent singles I'm Normally Like This.

Read the interview: https://gigradar.co.uk/2023/07/31/newbandoftheweek-altblkera

ALT BLK ERA music and socials: https://www.altblkera.com/links

GigRadar New Band of the Week: https://gigradar.co.uk/category/new-band-of-the-week

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We chat to Cherry, Will and Callum from British metal band Defences about beginning a brand new era with their new single Something More. We also have new music from all over the world from Dead Romantic, The Slime, After Silence, Before We Fall, Luna Kills, RedHook and Saints Among Us.

We chat to Colin Doran, frontman of They Fell From The Sky and formerly of Hundred Reasons, on the new band and how starting a band in 2021 differs from doing so in 1999. We also have brand new music from Beyond Extinction, As Everything Unfolds, As December Falls, The Clockworks, Prey Drive and Holding Absence.

We chat with Archie Hatfield from Bristol band Immerse about their brand new album The Weight That Holds Me Here. We play you 2 tracks from the album along with new music from current New Band of the Week Artemis, plus Greybeard, Octopus Montage, Knocked Down, Abigail's Affair and Averted.

We chat with Tamsin and Jonny from Cosmic Ninja about their brand new single Break The Silence. We also have loads of British bands for you to listen to, with new tracks from COPE, After Smoke Clears, Shallow, Tired of Fighting, Blanchard, LestWeForget, Skyfever, Azazel and Death Blooms. Discover the new music you'll love!

We decided to keep the chat to a minimum on this episode to focus on the new music. In addition to Bolivian band The Inferate and Norwegian band Fight The Fight, we also have new tracks from British bands Hypothetics, Flight of Eden, Sobriquet, Bone Cult, October Ends, Death of Youth and Phoxjaw. There's also US bands Hearts & Hand Grenades and The Fauriginals and Aussie punk rockers Riff Raiders. Listen on to discover the music you'll love!

We chat to Sertraline vocalist Lizzie Parry about the band's upcoming new EP and play their appropriately titled latest single Isolation. We also have new music from our current New Band of the Week, Paper Tigers. And there's even more new music from Lost From The Start, SickOnes, The Baskervilles, Lexytron, Federico Spera, I Within, Empty Friend and Finding Kate.

In an Easter special, recorded on Easter Monday, we offer up brand new music from two of our New Bands of the Week, Immerse and RADARS. We also have new music from Havelocke, TEETH, Melisandre's Beaver, COPE, Trashed, Hollow Doors, Picturesque and Rainium. And we close out this Easter special with some brand new music from the mighty Billy Talent.

While on lockdown back in the UK, we chat to Jay and Aaron from Bristol band From Idols To Ashes about their brand new EP Counting Days. We also play a brand new track from York rockers FOXHAUNT, our current New Band of the Week, along with new music from Phoxjaw, Sky Valley Mistress, The Crooked 45, InTechnicolour and Ebonivory.
Thanks for listening to GigRadio, the new music podcast from GigRadar.

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We chat to Tokyo band We Carried The Boat about the music scene in Japan and the country's continuing love for buying CDs.  We also have a mass of great new music, including LUTE, our current New Band of the Week, as well as tracks from Beggar, Furlong, Hidden Phase, Hollowed Sky and Sinka.
And the Japanese bands mentioned in our interview were:
- Circle Takes The Square, Ling Tosite Sigure, Tricot, Melt-Banana, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

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We chat to Lyndsay Dale and Bill O'Dwyer from Leeds rock six-piece Sir Curse on their brand new single Graphite, being influenced by Kate Bush, American Horror Story and nuclear disasters, and their intriguing band characters. We also have brand new music from last week's New Band of the Week, Askari, as well as fellow new UK bands Gold Baby and Salt The Snail, and Indianapolis hard rockers Sakoya.

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