ALC’s Free For All

24/02/2023

Unfortunately due to last minute issues there will not be a free for all today! We apologize in advance!

20/01/2023

Guess who’s back?!? Tomorrow! Right before Spike Dorections Garage of Dreams on XRP Radio

04/03/2022

Issue #8 of XRPZiNĒ is OUT NOW! Heralded as 'Simply The Biggest Voice In Independent Music featuring reviews, interviews, tips & hits, support and more for Unsigned & Independent musicians and creatives!

This weeks issue features:

Cover Artists: The Silent Companions - Get to know them in a in depth interview

Feature Artist: Mishappenings - And the weird and wonderful world that is.

DJ Feature: 11TroniX's Daz & Joli where we find out more about them!
-Plus mentions and short reviews for Komatoze, tunnelmental experimental assembly, Black.Star.Muzic, OneLegMan, Euphoria and Stereoinsolo.

Know The Shows: An honerable mention for not ur usual beat now on hiatus till summer with favourite mentions for Liotia, Estelle Mey, Riskee and the Ridicule, TRAPS, Tax Return, Jules Hay Music, The Good's Gone, Claire Pitt Wigmore, Lunatraktors, Tokyo Tea Room, Hello Gecko.

Tips & Support from:

-Tizz's Tips For Unsigned & Independent Musicians
-European Indie Music Network's Alessandro talks funding
-Clickasnap's Tips For Photographers
- Aja & Claire Simone's Ketch A Vibe Show's Claire Simone gives wellbeing and mental health support in 'Dear Auntie C'

Music Features:

-Tizz's Track of the week Christos & The Violet Crown
-Sun-Pinned Leaves tell us More
- KILLED A FOX go on tour!

Fun Features:
-Games and chance to win an XRP MUG!
-Cat's Cooking Corner

14/02/2022

It’s ALC’s BIRTHENTINES Free For All! Live from 1pm CST also known as 7pm UK/GMT on XRPRadio.co.uk/chat

Yes our beloved hostess with the mostest ALC shares her birthday with Cupid. Well we say shares, but Cupid can go take a back seat as she takes you on her usual journey of whatever she wants!

Get your requests in and bring your prezzies!

31/01/2022

If you’re anything like me you can stay in and enjoy the free for all every Monday! Today at 1-3CST / 7-9GMT I’ll be taking requests and playing our favorites over at xrpradio.co.uk/chat

11/12/2021

zine.XRPRadio.co.uk - HERE IT IS: The December/Festive edition of XRPZiNĒ spopnsored by My 2 Cents Design! With Motor Raider as our feature artist! - Want to be in the next zine? Get in touch NOW @ [email protected]

We've gone big for Christmas with longer and more in depth content as our last of the year - We hope you love it - and if you haven't read yet we have 6 other issues for you to go back to! :D

This months XRPZiNĒ features excellent content, reviews, support and mentions for and from:

Feature Artist Interview & Release: Motor Raider with mentions of favourite tracksw from P***y Ruckus, Higgs and the Bosons, James Doyle ft Spike Direction and oddly enough Motor Raider XD

Tips & Support:
Tizz's Tips for Unsigned & Independent Musicians
Nick J.Townsend's How To Ruin Your Music Career

Reviews & Interviews:
Tizz's Track ofd the month is Madi Mai with Anti-Clockwise

11TroniX does slightly more than 5 word reviews ;-) of MKKamrathsMusic, Wainscott, Acazuz, D.J. Highlanders and Dean Schaub.

The Shade Garden's Juniper reviews John Robert Hunter's 'Angels, Ive Been So Alone'.

TOAD SHOW's Porlie interviews The Picassos

XRPSTUFF:

Know the shows this month is ALC’s Free For All

We have a 4 page special for Meet The DJ as the founder of XRPRadio is interviewed in depth! Featuring short reviews of his favourite artists of the moment, Sombre View, FMA + 12 Gage, Madi Mai, Apteekii and Sound of the Sirens!

Extras:
Four Gods Ache gives us a very special Sherlock Mystery?!

Cookies fdor Santa in our Recipie of the Month from ALC

Hangman & Slider for our festive games to win yourself an XRP MUG or TSHIRT!

And our Merch of the month (with $1 discount) is our new TOAD SHOW TSHIRT & XRP Kicks!

So get it in your eyes, and don't forget we have 6 more issues there for you to perruse with LOADS MORE FANTASTIC content!

Breaking The Chains Of The Mainstream - Simply the BIGGEST voice in independent music.

31/10/2021

Happy Halloween to all my favorite Free For Allers (that’s all of you! Yup, even you hiding in the back)!

Tomorrow we will resume our regularly scheduled program with the free for all (but it may be at a weird time for you because of daylight savings time!)

Monday 7PM GMT / 2PM CST

31/10/2021

IMPORTANT NOTICE - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS CROSSOVER IS IN EFFECT - XRP SHOW TIMES MAY BE AFFECTED

Due to the world changing their clocks at different times XRP SHOWS may be affected by ONE HOUR over the next TWO WEEKS for those that do change their clocks depending on the location of the shows host.

For those that don’t change clocks you will find ALL SHOWS at an hours difference over the next 2 weeks.

To stay informed keep an eye on our social networks.

This may be a chance for you to catch more of shows, or shows that were previously on too early or too late for you.

The app/website worldtimebuddy.con may be of use to you.

Thanks all!

09/10/2021

You have literally hours left to submit for this months super bumper XRPZiNĒ! HALLOWZINE if you will! - As always XRPzine is growing and this is going to be our biggest and coolest issue yet! We're already upto 40 pages (we usually do 32) and are happy to take extra subs for this special edition!

Get in touch NOW @ [email protected] and check all the details at https://zine.xrpradio.co.uk/submit-article or get in touch with tizz directly @ facebook.com/xrptizz

25/09/2021

Who’s gonna come help us defeat those Pennsylvanians?

24/09/2021

So much great content plus a fall favorite recipe from yours truly!

ISSUE #5 OF XRPZiNĒ HAS LANDED! zine.XRPRadio.co.uk for your monthly dose of whats happening in the independent creative industry. As always packed full of tips & tricks for independent creatives, new releases and a bit of fun!

NEXT MAG IS THE OCTOBER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Anticipated to be specifically well read and it will be a bumper edition - If you want to be involved, advertise or release please email us @ [email protected] or check http://zine.xrpradio.co.uk/submit-article

Cover Feature Artist: Get to know the man behind Wainscott (and many other names (including a certain ordained pie) and his music!

Music Features:

The Killogic Effect brings you 'Bands On The Move' featuring: Sepsiss, Ascent to Power, Alions and Genus Ordinis Dei.

Z Stacks' Dan interviews s.e.r as we explore more about the Summer Charts Champions!

TOAD SHOW's Porlie Eidolon interviews Tim Holehouse.

Tizz's Track of the month review this weak is a certain track from P***y Ruckus thats been gaining a following recently.

not ur usual beat's Four Gods Ache brings you ridiculous anagram reviews of Liam Doyle Music & Spike Direction, PLESH, MKKamrathsMusic, The Dreadful Tides, Poür Me, Gianni Scalera Music, Elliot Porter, Apteekii and D.J. Highlanders (and we are very sorry about that)

Independent Advise & Tips:
Tizz brings you his Tips for Unsigned & Independent Musicians.

Nick J.Townsend tells you how to ruin your music career.

My 2 Cents Design & Hosts of 11TroniX Daz & Joli teach you how to build your visual brand!

Clickasnap continue to drop the best photography advice for live gig snaps!

Creative Partners Management show you another entry in A Managers Journal - this time exploring the importance of copywriting.

Releases:
Lavender Galaxy releases 'You Got This' alongside a campaign to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Written by The Shade Garden's Juniper

The Midnight River Crew release 'Perfect Strangers'

Craymo releases 'One Love, One World'

Baltazar Rock UK Presents She Loves Pablo, KILLED A FOX, Larska and Kevlar Bikini from their promo roster.

Maria Rodhe releases her new EP 'A Happy Ending'

Pressure drop their video 'Where Are You Now'.

Fun And Wellbeing:

XRP Stuff:

Know the shows feature is with Mikki's Metamorphic Rock.

Meet The DJ Feature is from David B Goodwin aka Boomsmack from Pipe Dreams.

JOIN THE TEAM! - Learn a little about what its like being an XRP DJ

Win an XRP MUG by completing our XRPlaytime competition.

Aja & Claire Simone's Ketch A Vibe Show's Claire brings mental wellbeing in the form of our independent creatives agony aunt column.

ALC’s Free For All brings you her recipe of the month - Apple Crumble Coffee Cake!

A shout to the XRP Summer Campion s.e.r and the top 5 including Collins and Streiss, Deformed Dollz, Higgs and the Bosons and Z Stacks.

Thanks to all of our writers, promoters, the XRP Editing team and most of all to ALL YOU READERS that have kept us going from concept to what is now becoming the most read independent music magazine on the planet! We were not expecting such success and we are so proud to provide something you find both entertaining and useful.

23/09/2021

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22/09/2021

IT IS CHARTS RESET DAY! We will crown the KINGS AND/OR QUEENS OF SUMMER TONIGHT! 7-11pm GMT+1/UK in 1.5 HOURS on XRPRadio.co.uk/chat

Our crowned champion will receive or coverted cover photo across the XRP Social networks PLUS the AMAZING E-Trophy of joy to adorn their graphics PLUS a free week of promotion!

The top 5 will ALSO receive free promotion!

You have 60 minutes to get those final votes and downloads in to declare the Summer Season Champion!

Remember:

💛: votes = 1pt - you can vote for one track per artist/band as you like, but as many artists/bands as you want!

🛒: Carts = 5pts - purchase as much music as you want, whenever you want. Sales points do NOT get reset at seasons end.

How to vote/download: https://fb.watch/7sdiI4zSlj/

Here’s how to get involved and uploaded if you’re new to XRP: https://fb.watch/7sdq6lW1uF/

27/08/2021

LATEST XRPZiNĒ is OUT NOW @ ZINE.XRPRadio.co.uk - Want to have a feature in next months zine? Get in touch NOW (deadline 10th September)

This months is packed full of fantastic music features, tips and advice for unsigned and independent creatives, independent games, new releases, interviews, reviews and some new additions including:

Main Feature: After 10 years of Death Monkey Records bringing and supporting fantastic acts like 100000 Bodybags, World Vs. World, Kikker, Sarah Birch, Nineplanfailed, The Kick Jetts and supporting amazing projects like Abertawe 13 we catch up with Damien and Dave from DMR to talk about what their journey was like.

Music Features:

Sarah Birch Release/Review - Old Money New Money

Smash Into Pieces Release Review - A New Horizon

Four Gods Ache's 5 Word Reviews with Spindly Killers, Shïppa-63, Night Wolf, The Fresh Bananas, Craig Allen Hecht, PorkPie.

The Killogic Effect's Bands On The Move with Elephant Tree, Sygnal To Noise, Social Strife, Drivetrain and Bangulo

Tizz's Track of The Month - Robin Cisek Music - Speak To Me

INVESTIGATOR - 'Lake Of Eyes' Lyric Deep Dive

Music Mentions: PRYMA release, The Midnight River Crew release, Mishappenings Vinyl Single, Dunkie's Working to Design Vinyl and Indian River Music Company bring us SPAWNDIE and JP2

Tips and Advice for Unsigned & Independent Creatives:

Nick J.Townsend's How To Ruin Your Music Career [Pt. 3]

Tizz's Tips For Unsigned & Independent Musicians

Creative Partners Management - A Managers Journal

Edds Head's Edd Price brings Confessions of A Multi Band Mover [Pt. 2]

Four Gods Ache's Building A Website - Setting Up Your Server

Clickasnap's 10 Top Tips For Gig Photography [Pt 1] (featuring photography from Foto Adventures found on Clickasnap.com)

XRP Features:

Become a DJ with XRPRadio
Know The Shows - Pipe Dreams Feature
Meet The DJ - Four Gods Ache Mortal or Marvelous?

Fun & Wellbeing:

New XRP Merch this month with discount includes a special hat tip t-shirt to our rising synthwave 80's crowd and a colour changing TAGGEd Mug.

Claire Simone from Ketch AVibe becomes AuntieC - our creative agony aunt!

Competition Time: Crossword & Jigsaw where YOU could win a FREE XRP MUG!

AND a FRONT COVER AND BACK PAGE :O

As always thanks to all of our contributors and all you lovely readers whom for without there would be pretty much no point in this massive task being undertaken every month :D

26/08/2021

Whats new Admin Lady Cat?
Glad you asked! ALC will be taking over the Thursday edition of Spams Bangers for the foreseeable future and using the time to explore more of this weeks new submissions! We will be reveiwing the newest tracks, taking requests and mostly doing whatever we want (If tizz is reading this then we are totally gonna follow the rules and stuff)!
Come join me RIGHT NOW! at xrpradio.co.uk/chat

This week we will be listening to some new tracks from
Liam & The Family Doyle feat The Spike Direction Effect
Topdre Ft G Nerro
ILLUSORY
Brian McKell
Martin Wardley
Arc Arrival
Paul Callan
Dan Rose
One and a half dog
Tol Morwen
PorkPie
Zmarchrob
Loud Minds
Three Underneath
Lyra
MKKamrathsMusic
Sun-Pinned Leaves
FLUX AMUCK
Coyotes y Krotal
The DHP The Darren Holland Project
Apteekii

23/07/2021

zine.xrpradio.co.uk - Leading the Unsigned & Independent Arts Movement - XRPZiNĒ from XRPRadio once again breaks the chains of mainstream media by bringing you tips, hints, reviews releases and more insider information from long term industry professionals and music lovers. A must read for independent creatives and lovers. If you are interested in releasing/advertising/featuring anything in XRPZiNĒ with its massive (provable) reach - please get in touch @ [email protected]

XRPZiNĒ #3 HAS LANDED - zine.xrpradio.co.uk - Breaking the chains off mainstream media, it is once again packed full of great reviews, interviews and independent creativity of all kinds! If you are interested in advertising, releasing or being included in next months get in touch @ [email protected] This weeks issue features:

FEATURES:
- Feature Interview with Cover Artist Higgs and the Bosons.

TIPS, TRICKS & SUPPORT:
- Tips for Unsigned & Independent Musicians: Organic Reach is King!
- Clickasnap's Tips for Photographers - Band Shoots = preparation.
- First Angel Media - Facebook Navigation Tips
- Nick J. Townsend's How To Ruin Your Music Career [Pt. 2]
- European Indie Music Network - Alessandro Cicioni's How to Implement Social Media Into Your Workflow.

RELEASES & MORE:
- JP2 & SPAWNDIE Releases
- This months XRPMerch SPECIAL (with discounts ;-)
- Edds Head's Mentalist Of The Week
- Tizz's Track Of The Month - NOVA - Music
- Creative Partners Management's Anniversary
- TOP 6 Confessions of a multi-band mover and ex band jumper by Edd Price.
- The Midnight River Crew release
- Mishappenings Vinyl Release
- Meet The DJ - Welcome to the strange life of Edd Price
- Four Gods Ache's 5 Word Reviews featuring: Black Budget, Dantus, Danny R & Paul Gillings Music, Robin Cisek Music, Killburn, Motor Raider and Andrew Hetherington Electronic Music Producer.
- dunkie's working to design Vinyl release campaign.
- Sambone Promos Feature Release: Pressure - Fem I Tre
- Know The Shows - Spike Direction's Garage Of Dreams
- The Spike Direction Effect's Indie Drivethru - Uncle Peckerhead.
- AuntieClaire's Creative & Mental Health and the addition of our creative mental support agony aunt feature.
- Games & Competitions [WIN AN XRP MUG]
- The Killogic Effect's Joe Hodgkin - Bands On The Move featuring: Comin' Home The Band, My Son The Bum / Brian Kroll, Gravehuffer, TRAWL.
- Catherine's Cooking Corner - Rhubarb & Honeycomb Ice Cream drool 🤤.

05/07/2021

You may not have known - but you need to! ALC’s Free For All is on XRPRadio.co.Uk/chat where you can request and get your music played RIGHT NOW!

So the right thing!