Tirez Tirez has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 28 September 2014.

Tirez Tirez was an American rock band led by composer/performer Mikel Rouse. The group's work was strongly influenced by minimalism. The group gave its first performance as the opening act for the rock band Talking Heads at a 1978 concert in Kansas City.

Lead by Mikel Rouse (born Michael Rouse in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, January 26, 1957) is an American composer. He has been associated with a Downtown New York movement known as totalism, and is best known for his operas, including Dennis Cleveland, about a television talk show host, which Rouse wrote and starred in.