‘Kick Out The Jams’ is a programme is on NvTv every tuesday from midday and is repeated every hour or so until midday the following day. The show usually lasts 20-30mins and features local bands. They film gigs on location and invite bands into our studio to perform acoustically. They also show local music videos. Each show is dedicated to an individual band (except for the occasional music video special). The show has been running since 2005 and had featured many bands including The Answer, Brian Houston, Biffy Clyro, Desert Hearts, Oppenheimer, Fighting with Wire, And So I Watch You From Afar and Duke Special to name but a few. Over the years there has been barely a handful of Irish bands whose dizzying ascent to the top of the music industry has been made in double-quick time, Ham Sandwich are among those.

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The Flaws, a four-piece from Co Monaghan, Ireland released their debut self financed EP in the summer of 2005. The 4 track EP won a host of admirers with tunes like ‘Sixteen’, & ‘Idolise’. National airplay quickly followed on Today FM with presenter Alison Curtis describing the lead track ‘Sixteen’ as “brilliant, one of the best Irish tracks of 2005”.
A hugely successful set at the 2005 Hard Working Class Hero’s festival has seen them hailed as one of the top 3 bands of the weekend in the Irish Times and helped them garner support slots with the likes of Nine Black Alps and Nada Surf.
Their debut single ‘No Room’ was released in Ireland in March ‘06 as a calling card and was limited to 1,000 copies. It won many fine reviews as did the bands live performances. They took to the road for a 6 date tour and warmed up with some U.K shows in March with Nightmare of You.
The Flaws released the graceful ‘1981’ in July ‘07. The single taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘Achieving Vagueness’, which is due for release on 14th September was also recorded at Grouse Lodge and mixed at Apollo by Mannix . It will be available to download from various digital music services worldwide including itunes and at record stores nationwide.