February 9, 2009 11:13

This week on NME Radio: 9-13 February 2009

With Crystal Stilts live, Bloc Party and Beastie Boys giveaways and more

Along with the regular set of DJs and music, NME Radio has a whole load of stuff going on this week.

Listen in for the following:

Monday
To celebrate Bloc Party's month of touring in "Bloctober", Sarah Kerr has tickets to all 25 dates of the UK tour to give away from 10am, as well as the upcoming two sold-out London dates at Olympia.

NME Radar editor Jaimie Hodgson is in with three of the newest bands at 4pm, and Iain Baker has copies of the special reissue of Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' to give away from 5pm.

Tuesday
Sarah Kerr is chatting to actor Chris O'Dowd about his new ITV2 show 'FM', set in a fictional independent radio station called Skin FM.

Wednesday
The NME Music Forum at 4pm sees NME's Steve Sutherland, 'Skins' music advisor Alex Hancock and Isle Of Wight festival boss John Giddings in to discuss new releases by The Virgins, The Prodigy, U2 and more.

Friday
New York's Crystal Stilts are on Sarah Kerr's show live from 11am while Simon Reynolds, author of new book 'Totally Wired: Post-Punk Interviews And Overviews', drops by Iain Baker's 4pm show.
He's taking to the stage at London's Roundhouse with Wire's Colin Newman and Scritti Politti's Tom Morley on Sunday (February 15), and Iain has tickets for listeners to win.
Iain's also talking to Amazing Baby at 5pm.

To tune in, head to Sky Channel 0184, Virgin Media 975, Freesat 727 or via NME.COM/Radio .