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Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Win 1 in 50 Carl Barat Tickets,

With a relatively recent release of a solo album, Carl Barat is offering you the chance to win a rest for your cheeks next Monday 21st March. With no question, no payment required, it is a means for the honest ,( maybe slightly poor) fan to experience a close session with him. The location is unconfirmed but the way to win is very simple

Send an e-mail to : FAN.SUPPORT@PIAS.COM

The e-mail should simple consist of a reason why you think you should be there, pro tip : don't beg and use sob stories, i am sure everyone is, even I stumbled a few desperate pleas in mine but i woke this morning with a feeling of slight regret for doing so . Best of luck.

Devil Sold His Soul B&C Tour.

Devil Sold His Soul - 18/2/2011

These guys have been recently touring the UK promoting their latest release 'Blessed and Cursed', playing from up North to down South , i had the upmost pleasure of seeing them at one of their final gig at the Camden Underworld in London Town. With most support spots taken up by 'Feed The Rhino' ( deservedly) the tour was a highly anticipated one . DSHS, in my eyes, is a progressive/semi-hardcore act, but genre terms are so loose these days its hard to pin point the exact correct terminology but i feel an uprising in a new field of music is in the woodworks from bands in this category.

Feed The Rhino was an artist i knew nothing about, but their presence on stage told me they had done this before, the matching black vests and almost compulsory sleeves would indicate certain closet agreements were done pre tour life. But disregard that, it's about the music,and these guys worked the crowd. There was a presence of FTR fans already present , the sound they provided was entirely head bang worthy if not further body movement . There were signs of excellence amongst the tightness they had amongst each other, and it must be stated they even though their drummer was hidden in the dingy corner of the Camden Underworld his presence was definately felt and i commend him on his efforts. My only complaint regarding FTR was that of a samey vibe throughout their setlist, each song was not indistinguishable from the other . But this perhaps due to the not ideal sound system the venue hosts. I can imagine these guys doing well in many smaller festivals this summer , maybe watch out on the phlegming on the audience would be one tip i gave, it wont always be 14 year olds that they land upon. But i would rate these 4/5 For sure. And as i was entirely clueless regarding who they are beforehand it is a strong rating, the performance was enough to engrave a clear memory .

This was the first time i had witnessed DSHS headline, always just under the main acts at all the festivals and gigs i had been to in the last year or so. With a new intro sound clip leading into Tides which worked quite elegantly and presenting their new bassist 'Jozef Norocky' who seemed to fit into his role quite nicely. Richard Chapple seemed in awe whilst playing throughout, Ed Gibbs was endlessly thanking the crowd and was ecstatic throughout. The performance included mainly of B&C but a off the earlier releases got the crowd moving even more so, with the classic ' Like it's your last' and 'Hope' as a finale , i don't think anyone could have argued the set list ( even though i believe hope was a shortened version, could be wrong).
The thing about devil is it's progressive, and i note that when they perform , most people around me are in their own place enjoying the experience in a individual way. I can't stop to guess what goes through their mind with the sounds and lights they see but i know what goes through mine,epic scenarios usually depicting the end of the world work quite well to DSHS songs.

Friday, 14 January 2011

God damm It's Turbowolf !

FUCK YES - TurboWolf !!!!

I accidently had the pleasure of stumbling across a new rock n' roll band whilst dwindling along in East London last friday Night. The venue - The Old Blue Last,which had a warm welcome , with Stu from the Gallows by the frost door - sporting the American baseball style jacket ( un-neccesarily) stating GALLOWS CREW on the back . Regardless of that aspect, i was an eager beaver for the absolutely under-rated Ghost Of A Thousand, of whom i saw strolling around the venue . In the "overly" ( but realisticly underly) cool district of where i was, surrounded by the camera wielding douches who insist on wearing minature hill billy wooly hats with matching hilly billy checkered shirts, i was eager ( as always) to discover new hope in the genre of rock n' roll.
I was greeted to the stage area/upstairs bar by an unknown band with an awesome hair wearing, very noticable front -Wo-man.With her screaming the NIN -'I want to fuck you like an animal' it was of no surprise to hear small chat between guys consisting of nothing but their primative desires. With an average performance but better than average presence i wish them the best of luck - but experience is the only aspect they lack, good on them. And supporting TGOAT at that level of earliness in a bands career is truly fucking sick to be honest.
The second band , i dont even want to name this absolute horror to music, with the shame of the fact that one of my favourite bassists ( Stu) actually demonstrating support for the Welsh band - XXXXX , my opinions on them are that they should stay in Wales, and not try to progress any further than that. It was a reminder of how bad music can be, how people can get too carried away with wrong routes - the hardcore scene is one that wont be remembered by anybody, except in the listeners regrets 10 years later. I fucking hate hardcore( modern hardcore that is).
This peice of shit band aint worth a second more of my thoughts,fuck em.

NOW TO THE POINT

Turbowolf

These guys knew what they were doing - with interesting and unique appearances that falls back into the old days of rock n' roll , crazy shirts, ridiculously long hair, skinny bodies, skinny clothes and heart for music. I knew before they even started that they were about to impress me. The crowd were hyped to an extreme level before the end of the first song, then catastrophe struck. With technical problems on the guitarists amp, even for the first song , the set was cut very short . The front man was riding the waves of the audience in that short time, engraving memories in our heads of baubels flying everywhere, he knew how to work a crowd.
Later research led me to discover that these guys supported Korn across Europe and have played alongside PABH ( another upcoming band i dig). Fucking check them out, i was distraught to discover that 2010 was the worst year for rock music in the charts for 50 FUCKING YEARS YEA. So basically we need to buy more music ! Or go to more performances, do your part for music .

AT LEAST DOWNLOAD THE EP ( LEGALLY) :
http://relentlessenergyturbowolf.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-cut-ep

Check them out.

Also , a new TGOAT song for all to listen to , from that very night , recorded by yours truly :

Monday, 27 September 2010

Beiber compares himself to Kurt Cobain.

In a shock statement that angers many ,the pre-pubescent child named Justin stated he feels like Kurt Cobain. This hilarious statement demonstrates that kids these days have minimal knowledge of how music was before there own day, which cuts deep. But 'Nevermind'..

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Radiohead New Album Created .

Taken from the nme.co.uk website:

'Radiohead have announced that they could "throw out" their forthcoming new album and "head back to the drawing board".

Set to continue work on their eighth studio effort on Monday (September 27), drummer Phil Selway admitted that the group would be taking stock of all of the progress they've made so far.

"We've been working on material on and off for a year now," he told The Canadian Press. "We're basically taking stock on Monday and seeing what we need to do with the material to move it to those final stages."

He added: "We might get back together on Monday and after discussing stuff we might just throw this all out and say maybe we need to go back to the drawing board. Who knows, as I say, it's all up in the air at the moment."

The follow-up to 2007's 'In Rainbows' is due for release later this year.'

I personally have mixed feelings about radiohead and am not overly excited , but hey , i'm sure there are some hardcore fans eager for this release.

Friday, 24 September 2010

Weezer announce first few dates of their 'Memories' Tour

Nme.co.uk is quoted as saying:
'Weezer have announced details of the initial dates on their upcoming'Memories' tour.

Beginning at Los Angeles' Gibson Amphitheatre, the group will perform their 1994 'Blue' album in full on November 26, followed by 1996's 'Pinkerton' on November 27. Both shows will also feature a selection of the band's greatest hits.

Following the Los Angeles gigs, the band will then do the same at San Francisco's Nob Hill Masonic Centeron November 29 and 30.

More dates for the jaunt will be announced shortly. Tickets for the shows go on sale on September 25, for more information, visitWeezer.com.

The band also have a series of previously confirmed gigs in support of their recently released album, 'Hurley'.

Weezer will play the following:

Columbus, OH Ohio State University (September 24)
Peoria, IL Bradley University (25)
Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre (30)
Las Vegas, NV Mirage Hotel And Casino (October 1)
New Orleans, LA Voodoo Festival (29)
Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (November 26, 27)
San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center (29, 30)'

Thursday, 23 September 2010

36 Crazyfists Tour their new album!

24 Sep 2010