Curveballs on Phoenix FM

06/08/2024

2nd of 2 new Curveballs shows are up on the Phoenix FM website now - this latest show sees Nick joined in the studio by Will from Acorah, plus tracks from Nerina Pallot, SUPERBUS, This Boys Fire, Two Tree Island, Deftones, Black Sabbath, The Cribs, Gaffa Tape Sandy, Scully ward, Ray Ben Rue, Chromonicci, Rose Noir, Evil Needle, Alexis Ffrench and more!

https://www.phoenixfm.com/2024/08/06/curveballs-31st-july-2024-with-acorah/

06/08/2024

Check out 2 new editions of Curveballs up on the Phoenix FM website now - first up Nick is joined by ATOM SMASHER, plus there's tunes from Inspiral Carpets, The Lottery Winners, LunchMoney Lewis, The Subtheory, Fraser Morgan, This Boys Fire, The Lexigators, Acorah, MAGIC SEAS, The Futureheads, Sleeper, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly., Alfie Firmin, Two Tree Island, Gyvus, Disclosure and more!

Tonight we chatted to Plymouth trio Atom Smasher (l-r Mike (top), Jason, Conor). The trio hail from Plymouth and take read more

21/07/2024

Soundtrack your Sunday with new Curveballs on Phoenix FM, joined by Two Tree Island in the studio plus tunes from The Darkness, Marika Hackman, Nyther Silence, Gaffa Tape Sandy, PET NEEDS, BlackWater Kings, Skindred, BRING ME THE HORIZON, Sleep Token, Atom Smasher, Love Is Enough, Ben Bada Boom, Sarah, The Illstrumentalist, Birocratic, Nick Cody Music Projects and more!

Tonight I was joined in the station by Adam, Will and Curtis from Thurrock newcomers Two Tree Island, just ahead read more

07/07/2024

The latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM has landed and we're chatting to Impious Spirit Productions plus tunes from Muse, The Fires Below, Pure Trash, Love Is Enough, Akkadian, BlackWater Kings, Divided Kingdom, The Bob Collum Band, Chris Robson Music, Bcalm, L'indécis., Gyvus, knowmadic, Sofia Gillani and more!

Tonight I was joined by Josh and Liam from Impious Spirit Productions, a promotions company making waves with gigs across read more

01/07/2024

The latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM is one of our busiest ever! Actor Jack Parr discusses his new film 'The Last Breath', Sofia Gillani introduces her new single 'WYN', 035 Promotions' Tranunki talks new gigs and Luke from 10 Plagues tells us about life in a horror metal band! We also have tracks from Nothing But Thieves, Beans on Toast, Funke and the Two Tone Baby, Future, Reverent Son, Official Motörhead, bad snacks, Blue Wednesday, Aduza Dolozi, Mp Clarke and more!

A singer, an actor, a gig promoter & a metal drummer all walk into a radio show… and what a read more

22/06/2024

The weekend soundtrack is here with Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to US actor Artie O'Daly plus tunes from The Offspring, Matt and Kim, PET NEEDS, The Nomadic, Destroy The Idols, The Fades, Phil Ireland, ABBA, The Rebel Party, Sofia Gillani, HOBO BAND, Riskee and the Ridicule, Röxxi Red, Chromonicci, Blue Wednesday and more!

Tonight we heard from US actor Artie O’Daly, whom I chatted to a few weeks back when he came to read more

22/06/2024

The weekend soundtrack is here with Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to US actor Artie O'Daly plus tunes from The Offspring, Matt and Kim, PET NEEDS, The Nomadic, Destroy The Idols, The Fades, Phil Ireland, ABBA, The Rebel Party, Sofia Gillani, HOBO BAND, Riskee and the Ridicule, Röxxi Red, Chromonicci, Blue Wednesday and more!

https://www.phoenixfm.com/2024/06/22/curveballs-19th-june-2024-with-artie-odaly/

17/06/2024

Soundtrack with new Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to 035 Promotions, Destroy The Idols, MODES & Concrete Age, plus tunes from Sum 41, Fraser Morgan, The Features, Brave The Day, J KEYS, Reverent Son, BlackWater Kings, The Fires Below, Superfecta, James Gold, Teddy Roxpin, Birocratic, This Circus Life and more!

Tonight we chatted to 3 of the bands playing the latest 035 Promotions gig, this time at Chinnerys in Southend read more

15/06/2024

Soundtrack Saturday with new Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to Reverent Son, Ian from Metal2TheMassesEssex, Luke & Jamie from the Essex Vulcan Beer & Music Festival, plus tunes from The Fratellis, Amy Baker Music, Elephants From Neptune, Torchbearer, Raised By Owls, Arms To Oblivion, Jehenna, Brave The Day, The Intersphere, Fraser Morgan, STEALING SIGNS, Blue Wednesday, Gyvus, bad snacks and more!

https://www.phoenixfm.com/2024/06/15/curveballs-5th-june-2024-with-reverent-son-metal2themasses-southend-airport-mb-festival/

03/06/2024

See out with new Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to Fraser Morgan and Popclaw plus tracks from YES, Spin Doctors, Travis, Headless:, Cross Wires, Reverent Son, Palps, Tom Peplow, Mama Aiuto, Supertask, Packed Rich, George Bone and more!

Tonight we welcomed back 2 acts from last year with many more stories to tell! First up tonight we heard read more

27/05/2024

Soundtrack your with new Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to all-female Deep Purple tribute band Diva Purple plus tunes from Blur, Suede, This Circus Life, Phil Ireland, MDT, OPENSIGHT, Superfecta, Ultrabloom, echobelly, Deep Purple, Flight Facilities, RIVAL SONS, Fraser Morgan and more!

Tonight we welcomed Susie and Laura from Diva Purple – an all-female Deep Purple tribute band – to the studio. read more

20/05/2024

It's and there's rocking to be had with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM where we're chatting to 035 Promotions, Reverent Son and OPENSIGHT about their upcoming Black Heart Camden gig, plus there's tunes from The Peacocks, Cross Wires, The Fires Below, The Great Leslie, Elephant Jane, Superfecta, Five Finger Death Punch, Not Me But Us, Blue Wednesday, Gyvus, Hemingway & more!

Tonight we welcomed Tranunki and Bruce from 035 Promotions back to the studio to chat about their latest gig, alongside read more

13/05/2024

The latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM is here to soundtrack your - Nick is joined in the studio by Elephant Jane, and there's tunes from PIXIES, Cardigans, Fraser Morgan, Stern John, THECITYISOURS, Faith No More, Biffy Clyro, Rage Against The Machine, OPENSIGHT, Cross Wires, The Fires Below, Rollin Machine, This Circus Life and more!

https://www.phoenixfm.com/2024/05/12/curveballs-8th-may-2023-with-elephant-jane/

06/05/2024

Soundtrack with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM - joined by Reverent Son in the studio plus tunes from Blur, The Clockworks, The Dollyrots, PET NEEDS, MAGIC SEAS, Lemoncurd Kids, Sonic Boom Six, BlackWater Kings, Draugrheim, Elephant Jane, Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer, Eat The Evidence and more!

Tonight we welcomed Reverent Son back to the studio (l-r Ross (vocals), Nick (drums), Oli (bass)). The foursome (also featuring read more

29/04/2024

Soundtrack with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM - featuring tracks from The Levellers, Marianas Trench, Indifferentmonkey, Myopia, Emma Anderson, Graeme Campbell, The Bob Collum Band, The Big Boss UK, Rollin Machine, Darrah, Invaders, The Parallels, The Vi5ion, S𝐀V𝐈N𝐆 𝐏E𝐀C𝐇, Stern John, Reverent Son, PET NEEDS, Two Year Break, Not Me But Us, Sarah, The Illstrumentalist, The Doppelgangaz and more!

Tonight we had a look ahead to Stackfest at Canvey Island’s Haystack Pub on May 4th and 5th, alongside some read more

29/04/2024

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23/04/2024

Curveballs is back on Phoenix FM on Wednesday night at 8pm but do check out last week's episode online now - featuring The Bob Collum Band live in session plus tracks from My Life Story, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, The Beatles, MDT, Funke and the Two Tone Baby, Reverent Son, Dirty Donations, The Doppelgangaz, Bcalm and more!

Tonight we welcomed back Bob Collum to the studio after nearly a decade and a half since his last session read more

15/04/2024

Soundtrack with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to Daryl from Fear of an Infinite Loop plus tracks from Nirvana, Luscious Jackson, bis, Fraser Morgan, Invaders, The Bob Collum Band, Alexander Valentine, Lemoncurd Kids, Osmium Guillotine, This Boys Fire, ADMISSIONS, Louise Parker, Evil Needle and more!

Tonight I chatted to Daryl Bass from Brentwood & London-based trio Fear of an Infinite Loop. The trio (also featuring read more

05/04/2024

Soundtrack your weekend with new Curveballs on Phoenix FM - featuring World Party, Rocket Kings, Fragile Creatures, bis, THECITYISOURS, Cardinals, The Mandala Effect, J KEYS, Greebo, Alexander Valentine, Elephant Jane, The Parallels, Myopia, The Bob Collum Band, Filthy Militia, Stop The Presses, PET NEEDS, SoulChef, L'indécis., Mono:Massive, Ray Ben Rue, Gyvus, SwuM, Not Me But Us and more!

https://www.phoenixfm.com/2024/04/05/curveballs-3rd-april-2024/

30/03/2024

The latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM is online now to soundtrack your Easter weekend, featuring The Mandala Effect whose new album Collapse is out today! Also featuring Mansun, Two Year Break, Fraser Morgan, Syteria, Electric Wizard, Alestorm, Reverent Son, Greebo, Not Me But Us, saib., Evil Needle and more!

Tonight I was joined in the studio by Southend trio The Mandala Effect (l-r Sam, George, Conor), who are releasing read more

23/03/2024

17 years ago today, Phoenix FM launched as a full-time radio station! Happy birthday to my wonderful broadcasting home. To celebrate, here's your chance to listen back to the latest show - hear my chat with content creator and author Brittlestar plus tunes from Flogging Molly, The Clockworks, J KEYS, Ladygrey Andtheearls, The Mandala Effect, OPENSIGHT, Two Year Break, Young Francis Hi Fi, Chris Robson Music, Boris The Hustler, Chillsound Music, saib., HDBeenDope and more!

Tonight I chatted to Canadian author and content creator Stewart Reynolds, better known as Brittlestar, who has just released his read more

19/03/2024

Curveballs is back on Phoenix FM tomorrow at 8pm but check out the latest show online now - with tracks from Ultrabloom, Ladygrey Andtheearls, J KEYS, Jay Suave, Jay Lewn, The Fires Below, MAGIC SEAS, The Big Boss UK, MDT, Stern John, Cardinals, Invaders, Palps, This Boys Fire, KILL BOSCO, The Parallels, Humbleslug, Basharan Music, Kissamilé, Sarah, The Illstrumentalist, Boris The Hustler and more!

On tonight’s Curveballs we had plenty of events to discuss, with plenty of gigs coming up and the results of read more

09/03/2024

The latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM is here to soundtrack your weekend - chatting to J KEYS plus tracks from Sonic Boom Six, Syteria, Two Year Break, Read The Room, The Fires Below, Alexander Valentine, Sweet Crisis, Pale Blue Dot, Sarah, The Illstrumentalist, Oddfish, Gyvus, Kissamilé, saib., Kreatev, Rochelle Jordan and more!

Tonight I chatted to local performer J Keys alongside longtime collaborator Mad Skill Adil. J’s new single ‘Mad Money’ is read more

04/03/2024

See out with 2 new editions of Curveballs on Phoenix FM - for show 2 we welcome back Reverent Son alongside Dirty Donations to talk gigs plus tunes from Paramore, PET NEEDS, Röxxi Red, Lovelorn Dolls, MAGIC SEAS, The Long Highway, Charley Stone the , Imaginary Dreamers, MODES, Forged In Black, Alien Music UK, J KEYS, Oddfish, American Teleport, Ian Ewing and more!

Tonight I was joined in the studio by Ross and Oliver from Reverent Son alongside Chris from Dirty Donations. Both read more

04/03/2024

See out with 2 new editions of Curveballs on Phoenix FM - first up we're chatting to 035 Promotions alongside Forged In Black, Reverent Son and Seventh Fear, plus tunes from Evanescence, Skindred, Röxxi Red, PET NEEDS, 드링킹소년소녀합창단 - DrinkingBoys&GirlsChoir, KMFDM, NeonFly, Concrete Age, This Boys Fire, Risen Ashes, Alexander Valentine, Boris The Hustler, Sky Lofi, Nick Cody Music Projects and more!

Tonight we welcomed 035 Promotions’ Tranunki Thompson back to the studio, alongside Seventh Fear frontman Martin, Reverent Son frontman Ross, read more

18/02/2024

See out Valentine's weekend with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM - chatting to Matt from Alexander Valentine plus tunes from Ash, Two Year Break, Rolled Up Sleeves, PET NEEDS, J KEYS, Sonic Boom Six, Ren Stedman, Helen Love, Nick Cody Music Projects, Mp Clarke, Reverent Son, Dirty Donations, Chris Robson Music, The Long Highway, Sofasound, Melodiesinfonie, Gyvus, Pabzzz Beatmaker, Ian Ewing, This Circus Life and more!

Curveballs has landed on Valentine’s Day for the first time in over a decade, and alongside a few love-themed tracks read more

12/02/2024

See out with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM! Featuring a chat with PET NEEDS and director Emmanuel Odusami plus tunes from Splendora, Jay Lewn, Shed Seven, J KEYS, The Clockworks, Rocket Kings, Alexander Valentine, Midwich Cuckoos, Art of Rebellion, Basharan Music, Fraser Morgan, squeeda, Axian, Rose Noir, Misha and more!

Tonight I chatted to Johnny from Colchester rockers Pet Needs. They’re releasing their third album, Intermittent Fast Living, on February read more

05/02/2024

See out with the latest Curveballs on Phoenix FM! Featuring Alexander Valentine, Steriogram, Marika Hackman, Zebrahead, Sofia Gillani, Disclosure, PET NEEDS, Concrete Age, Read The Room, The Parallels, Stern John, MDT, Kreatev, L'indécis., Ouska, Mono:Massive, Gyvus, Night Driving in Small Towns and more!

This week you may well have spotted Curveballs in the Brentwood Gazette following our recent coverage of the Chinnerys gig read more