GigRadar

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.

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

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.

We sat down at a bar in the middle of Hanoi with guitarists Trung and Nam from exciting Vietnamese band Windrunner. We also feature the latest single from Manchester's Chiasmata,  our current New Band of the Week, and have new music from Marisa and the Moths and Bottomshelf.

We discuss exploring new music and open mic nights with Travis King, Director of Community Dev at travel program Remote Year. We also haveb new music from two exciting new British bands and some brand new Scandinavian music.