but i have been busy!
for starters i got myself a new tattoo =D
secondly i have been working hard.
thirdly its my three month today and i really should be with my girlfriend instead of on here!
and fourthly i have grown an unfriendly obsession with reading russel brands booky wook and afi
wich leads me to this awesome cover of an afi track done by none other than the offspring check it out
also the big mahusive blog is still in progress its almost all written up just got a couple more interviews to do and im sorted.
also ive begun work on the local bands of hertfordshire on here to get them some exposure :)
with bands such as humanerror, chasing stacey, 6th edition, 13 riots, evileden, and many more :)
check ya soon
xx
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Wednesday 9 January 2008
As Tall As Lions
A lesson in beautiful songwriting, As Tall As Lions are simply an astounding band.
describing themselves as indie/ambient/rock As Tall As Lions hail from the ever popular New York. Home of some of the biggest bands on the indie scene its no surprise that ATAS found a comfortable home there on the east west/STR record label.
ATAS's music is a brilliant fusion of the progressive indie sound we all love to hear coming from new york and an impressive ambience that links them to such artists as zero 7 and sigur ros.
From Australia? then your a lucky bugger arent you seeing as they are on tour out there as we speak. playing a string of dates all over Australia and how i wish i could go. i would love to review these guys live as its hard to imagine how they would pull off their impressive sound live especially those vocals i would love to see it done.
describing themselves as indie/ambient/rock As Tall As Lions hail from the ever popular New York. Home of some of the biggest bands on the indie scene its no surprise that ATAS found a comfortable home there on the east west/STR record label.
ATAS's music is a brilliant fusion of the progressive indie sound we all love to hear coming from new york and an impressive ambience that links them to such artists as zero 7 and sigur ros.
From Australia? then your a lucky bugger arent you seeing as they are on tour out there as we speak. playing a string of dates all over Australia and how i wish i could go. i would love to review these guys live as its hard to imagine how they would pull off their impressive sound live especially those vocals i would love to see it done.
want a quick taste of what i believe is one of their best songs.
Sunday 6 January 2008
mix of old posts from my old blog
mainly to fill the gap whilst im writing my brand spanking new review. the new ones going to be my personal top 10 albums of all time. its going to have 3 tracks from each album. (thats 30 tracks already) an in depth review of each track and the album as a whole. a short bio of each band and the whole discography in wich i will include one track form all of their other albums so in total in one post you will get about 50 tracks for free :) but for now here comes some of my past reviews and posts.
Move over mixtapes for the Ipod generation: I miss the days when people put real time and effort into making the perfect mixtape, rather than assembling a playlist on an mp3 player. Now it's not difficult to be one of the in crowd. a quick look at some scenesters myspace will give you a list of bands taht will make you "poular"
Gone are the days when the true music lovers thrived, when they didn't all conform to a prototype, and when a Saturday morning meant rifling feverishly through the tight rows of CDs and LPs at the Rough Trade record store.
Sure, it was expensive and time-consuming to put together a collection that would have been only a fraction of your Itunes or shared folder, but there was heart in the whole process. Today, the whole music industry is somewhat lacking in heart; it has become an 'industry of cool'. Would most of the indie or emo kids you find on MySpace actually be willing to go out and search for the music they listen to in independent record stores?, suppose that would be the only way to obtain it. I very much doubt it. i think if this was the case we would have a whole generation of pop induced teenagers. that would only listen to what the radio or t.v told them to.
its oh so easy to be an alternative kid today. and there are few who are truly passionate about their music.
although i am not totally against the benefits of the internet to music it totally has made my life easier. i dont have the money anymore to afford the kind of cd collection i would like!. i can now go find an album cover i like make a small note of the band name and find them at home on my computer.
i have many thanks to a few websites for my ever growing music collection, namely:
http://www.elbo.ws/
a music blog aggregator. an amazing site on its own. if your an indie fan you will love this it will hook you up to blogs that have free mp3 downloads of hundreds of obscure bands. this is the "new" equivalent to record hunting in shops. merely type in the name of a band you like and a list of blogs will come up with that band in it. check out the other bands on the page and bingo you may have found your new fave band!
http://www.last.fm/
this website is truly amazing, one of my absolute favourites.
sign up to this and download their application.
in simple this website logs every track you listen to via a scrobbling system.
once youve listened to a few tracks say 30/40 or so this site will recomend to you bands that are similar.
it will also link you to people that have similar music tastes to you. one of the aspects i greatly adore of this site as you can look at what these people are listening to and check out the band for yourself.
the site also has some free downloads. and for every band has a 30 second clip of their top listened songs.
Move over mixtapes for the Ipod generation: I miss the days when people put real time and effort into making the perfect mixtape, rather than assembling a playlist on an mp3 player. Now it's not difficult to be one of the in crowd. a quick look at some scenesters myspace will give you a list of bands taht will make you "poular"
Gone are the days when the true music lovers thrived, when they didn't all conform to a prototype, and when a Saturday morning meant rifling feverishly through the tight rows of CDs and LPs at the Rough Trade record store.
Sure, it was expensive and time-consuming to put together a collection that would have been only a fraction of your Itunes or shared folder, but there was heart in the whole process. Today, the whole music industry is somewhat lacking in heart; it has become an 'industry of cool'. Would most of the indie or emo kids you find on MySpace actually be willing to go out and search for the music they listen to in independent record stores?, suppose that would be the only way to obtain it. I very much doubt it. i think if this was the case we would have a whole generation of pop induced teenagers. that would only listen to what the radio or t.v told them to.
its oh so easy to be an alternative kid today. and there are few who are truly passionate about their music.
although i am not totally against the benefits of the internet to music it totally has made my life easier. i dont have the money anymore to afford the kind of cd collection i would like!. i can now go find an album cover i like make a small note of the band name and find them at home on my computer.
i have many thanks to a few websites for my ever growing music collection, namely:
http://www.elbo.ws/
a music blog aggregator. an amazing site on its own. if your an indie fan you will love this it will hook you up to blogs that have free mp3 downloads of hundreds of obscure bands. this is the "new" equivalent to record hunting in shops. merely type in the name of a band you like and a list of blogs will come up with that band in it. check out the other bands on the page and bingo you may have found your new fave band!
http://www.last.fm/
this website is truly amazing, one of my absolute favourites.
sign up to this and download their application.
in simple this website logs every track you listen to via a scrobbling system.
once youve listened to a few tracks say 30/40 or so this site will recomend to you bands that are similar.
it will also link you to people that have similar music tastes to you. one of the aspects i greatly adore of this site as you can look at what these people are listening to and check out the band for yourself.
the site also has some free downloads. and for every band has a 30 second clip of their top listened songs.
Monday, 29 January 2007
frenetic energy!
Im really feeling some upbeat fast paced songs today.so to introduce my first band of the day The mad capsule markets hailing from the land of the rising sun ( Japan) have already successfuly debuted in the U.K and the U.S. their music is teribbly hard to define into one particular genre, an incredibly rare thing to find these days. imagine a mix of technology based music backed up with a hard dose of pure fun. some have described the M.C.M as Digital hardcore thrash-punk pop. can you remember that ever being a genre?? me either. the M.C.M have built a phenomenal fan base in their homeland of Japan and look set on bringing their unique music to the rest of the world.with a new album coming up and tour dates in the U.K (inc Download Festival) i would seriously consider going to see this band. i believe i would buy a download ticket just to see this band.their supposed to be an absolutely phenomenal live band fuelled with energy. (who wouldnt want to see three crazy japanese guys running around a stage whilt they pump out some frantic tunes? i know i would)here are my three best tunes from the M.C.M spanning the better part of a decade, enjoy.
frenetic energy!
Im really feeling some upbeat fast paced songs today.so to introduce my first band of the day The mad capsule markets hailing from the land of the rising sun ( Japan) have already successfuly debuted in the U.K and the U.S. their music is teribbly hard to define into one particular genre, an incredibly rare thing to find these days. imagine a mix of technology based music backed up with a hard dose of pure fun. some have described the M.C.M as Digital hardcore thrash-punk pop. can you remember that ever being a genre?? me either. the M.C.M have built a phenomenal fan base in their homeland of Japan and look set on bringing their unique music to the rest of the world.with a new album coming up and tour dates in the U.K (inc Download Festival) i would seriously consider going to see this band. i believe i would buy a download ticket just to see this band.their supposed to be an absolutely phenomenal live band fuelled with energy. (who wouldnt want to see three crazy japanese guys running around a stage whilt they pump out some frantic tunes? i know i would)here are my three best tunes from the M.C.M spanning the better part of a decade, enjoy.
this song is the bonus track on their cistm konfliqt album.a few tips for listening to this track.
1.turn volume to loud
2.sit down and strap yourself in
3.prepare to have your face melted and blown away.
Mad capsule Markets - all the time in sunny beach
from the album - 020120
a very upbeat punk -esque ditty. kind of reminds me of the ramones in places. definitely a song to make you smile.
Mad capsule markets - happy ride
from the album - happy ride
this song does just what the title of the song says, taking you on a very technical happy ride. this song makes me feel like playing a racing game. im going to vote for this song to be listed as one of the greatest driving songs of all time.
1.turn volume to loud
2.sit down and strap yourself in
3.prepare to have your face melted and blown away.
Mad capsule Markets - all the time in sunny beach
from the album - 020120
a very upbeat punk -esque ditty. kind of reminds me of the ramones in places. definitely a song to make you smile.
Mad capsule markets - happy ride
from the album - happy ride
this song does just what the title of the song says, taking you on a very technical happy ride. this song makes me feel like playing a racing game. im going to vote for this song to be listed as one of the greatest driving songs of all time.
now to introduce my final band sabrepulse.
sabrepulse are part of a new breed of bands pioneering a new genre of music typically branded chip - break this new music is derived predominantly from game music from systems such as nintendo and sega. their songs are fashioned on drum n bass rave style music with the nintendo sounds fused together to create interesting melodies. sabrepulse's songs are amazingly complex and this song is what i consider to be their best work. it really shows off what sabrepulse can do.
sabrepulse - new 5 in 1
if you like this band here is a list of other bands that have similar material that you should check out.
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"from the decker house" straight to your bedroomcome an absolutely awesome band The Rosewood Thieves.
hailing from New York The Rosewood Thieves deliver their unigue folk rock style in an amazing fashion.I recently bought there 6 track e.p from their website after hearing there song los angeles and i have to admit that it did not dissapoint. link to website.
right click/save as track below to download.
the rosewood thieves - los angeles
now to introduce an amazing sounding band
Boards Of Canada
a band who describe themselves as psychedelic/experimental/electronica but personally i only see the psychedelic side of them there not very experimental in terms of pushing the barriers down in fact i think there quite the opposite and neatly fit into the ambient box.
put simply i could see myself sitting down to a nice bit of green and tripping to boards of canada.with big sounding effects that paint landscapes in your mind, boards of canada are a truly ambient band who have made some great songs.
right click/ save as track below to download.
boards of canda - dayvan cowboy
now say hello to metric a band with incredible hype on the blogging network.
( they also have an impressive amount of faux myspace pages )
Metric are an impressive band and are on tour now in england!. check this to see what dates and where.
if you are an mtv2 fan you may have already heard there songs "monster hospital" or "dead disco" two amazing songs but im going to introduce you to a lesser known track by them wich is just as good if not better.
this is one of my personal favourite metric tunes
right click/save as to download
I have to say that when i first heard The red Jumpsuit Apparatus i was a bit sceptical to say the least. i thought they were O.K. but that was before i heard some of their really great tracks.
there tracks are done better acoustic simple. they sound prettier and it really enhances the lead singers voice without all the messy music in the background.
acoustically it allows him to really come into his own and show the true talent he posesses. though it has to be said his lyrics are shit hot.
especially in this song face down.
right click/save as to download song
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face down (acoustic)
(note to readers this is an old post, i will be doing a new review of the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus soon wich will include a full album review, gig review :) photos, live videos etc. basically a full exposure to open up the beast that is the R.J.A)
I found Brave Captain through http://www.elbo.ws/ possibly the best web blog aggregator!. i liked there name and thought id give them a listen. ( proof a clever band name can make you popular) any ways i ended up downloading there whole e.p and this is my favourite track from it.
right click/ save as to download song
Tuesday 1 January 2008
Top Ten Week 1
I had to put this song into my top ten this week because it is one of those songs that just hasn't got old. i listen to the light grenades album regularly and this is one of my favourite tracks off of it.
Rancid - journey to the end of the eastbay
Rancid - journey to the end of the eastbay
This song is just an amazing punk tune from the esteemed bay punks Rancid. this song to me is one of tjose summer tunes that makes you feel good, and lets face it at this time of year when its cold and wintery we need songs like this.
Taking back sunday - your own disaster
Taking back sunday - your own disaster
This song by taking back sunday hits my top ten this week mainly because of the vocal melodies. i think they are absolutely awesome. the song is a bit weak in places with song structure etc but alas it was only ever a demo and never amounted to anything more. wich just goes to show even though TBS wrote an absolutely brilliant song with tons of potential they only go with their best cut stuff. a raw emotional demo and a must have download for any TBS fan.
akala - this is london
akala - this is london
ever heard the Clash mixed into a grime track? no well then say hello to Akala brother of the infamous Ms.dynamite i chose this track because the lyrics are really good and the tune is awesome (how could it not be, being set to that awesome bassline from the clash London Calling).
any retro gamers out there? ever get the urge to feel like your running through your favourite game? this song is an amazing mix of awesome 8 bit sounds composing all the music from a gameboy and performing live with one aswell. this is a must have for any retro gamers and retro emos alike. i believe this will suit all of those electro indie kids down to the ground aswell.
whenever i listen to this song i just feel so happy =D its so upbeat and fun you have to download this.
i was introduced to daggermouth by a good friend of mine and i must say ever since i have not looked back they are a phenomenal band with an awesome punk rock sound, hard , fast and great melodys. they remind me of the bouncing souls in a lot of ways but mainly because of their bass lines.
I had to put this track into my first top ten of the year as a dedication to my sweetheart.
This is one of those songs that is so sickeningly romantic you cant stop listening to it. its really pretty the whole way through and you truly can feel the passion they are trying to convey. the build ups are nice and i guarantee you and your girlfriend will be singing this one for a long while. enjoy.
another mushy mushy song from one of the greats Elliot Smith. the acoustic guitar in this is way beyond it is so beautiful its unbelievable. the lyrics woah hell are they good. this song always makes me feel good. i dont think theres been an occasion yet where it hasnt cheered me up.
This song is a great british anthem in my opinion. i love the lyrics and the vocals. his voice is exceptional. this song is great to skate too and will always remain in my mp3 player. a truly great song.
this song made it on here for one reason. i had my media player on shuffle and this song popped up and made me smile =D i hadnt heard it in ages and it was great to hear it again. i mustve listened to it twenty odd times since it popped up yesterday.
New year blues
of course i would love to start the new year with a smile and enter into it with much graciousness but alas i cannot.
while the rest of you ended up having a fantastic night last night i in fact had quite a terrible one due to the fact that i was ill it turns out as i found out this morning that i have the dreaded tonsilitis.. PERFECT just the way i wanted to spend my new years day.
at least i get to blag a couple of days more off work than i should wich is always a plus point. =D
well first things first i suppose i should explain to everybody what my blog is essentially about. my blog like so many others is a music blog, wich will have available on it many many free downloads for all you music junkies to enjoy. i will be collaborating my personal top 10 songs once a week every week. with all top 10 songs available for download.
i will be writing reviews of a variety of things including album reviews, gig reviews and will in some cases have some interviews on here :).
also another point i would like to point out about my blog that completely seperates it from the likes of other music blogs i have encountered is that i will not limit myself at all to just one style of music. I as a person am into many many styles of music and i will do my best to cater to a number of tastes including indie,rock,punk,pop punk,emo,chipbreak,ambient,electronica, grime, rap, acoustic, metal, and hxc
well as introductions go i dont think that went too bad.
i look forward to writing in this blog this year and i only hope that you people come back again and again and drop me a comment from time to time. (even if it is just to pick up your weekly dose of downloads) i would love to hear your opinions on my reviews and if you think they are justified or not. i am open to criticism ( though please dont be too mean)
well i hope you all had a fantastic night last night for new years ( if you did i am bloody jealous)
goodbye for now.
while the rest of you ended up having a fantastic night last night i in fact had quite a terrible one due to the fact that i was ill it turns out as i found out this morning that i have the dreaded tonsilitis.. PERFECT just the way i wanted to spend my new years day.
at least i get to blag a couple of days more off work than i should wich is always a plus point. =D
well first things first i suppose i should explain to everybody what my blog is essentially about. my blog like so many others is a music blog, wich will have available on it many many free downloads for all you music junkies to enjoy. i will be collaborating my personal top 10 songs once a week every week. with all top 10 songs available for download.
i will be writing reviews of a variety of things including album reviews, gig reviews and will in some cases have some interviews on here :).
also another point i would like to point out about my blog that completely seperates it from the likes of other music blogs i have encountered is that i will not limit myself at all to just one style of music. I as a person am into many many styles of music and i will do my best to cater to a number of tastes including indie,rock,punk,pop punk,emo,chipbreak,ambient,electronica, grime, rap, acoustic, metal, and hxc
well as introductions go i dont think that went too bad.
i look forward to writing in this blog this year and i only hope that you people come back again and again and drop me a comment from time to time. (even if it is just to pick up your weekly dose of downloads) i would love to hear your opinions on my reviews and if you think they are justified or not. i am open to criticism ( though please dont be too mean)
well i hope you all had a fantastic night last night for new years ( if you did i am bloody jealous)
goodbye for now.
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