Archive for December, 2009
Death of ‘The ‘Rev’ and UK Afterlife Campaign.
Dec 31st
'The Rev' with fans. Image courtesy of "Oliver Walsh" & "Phillip Katamidze"
The UK’s media seems to be dominated by the same old recession stories, news on how another celebrity couple have split up, and how we’ve been told for the past 5 years a certain food product has been good for us and how now it’s suddenly detrimental to our health?
Yet normally our Media seems to be quick in announcing the death of a famous icon who has inspired many people throughout their daily lives; Michael Jackson, Brittany Murphy just to name a few. So what happened in the case of ‘The ‘Rev’ (James Sullivan)? Why did mainstream UK Media channels fail to report his death aside from the obvious music devoted institutions such as Kerrang?
Shadows Chasing Ghosts
Dec 29th
Hello, welcome! Pull up a chair and sit down.. but first a word of advice: ‘Never get a Wolf’s attention by pulling it’s tail‘. The reason why my friend is not because a Twilight fanatic will think you’re trying to viciously destroy one of their ‘favouritez charactarz!!1!’ Nor is it in any way related to the fate that poor Little Red Riding Hood is to meet in a sequel. In fact it’s the ever so epic, and effulgent EP of ‘Shadows Chasing Ghosts‘ a band quickly on the verge of becoming a household name.
Rage Against The Machine Officially Win Xmas Battle!
Dec 20th
After a tough time battling X Factor’s Joe. RATM have finally broken the 4 year streak of the show and claimed number 1 for theirselves.
Now it’s time to look forward to that free gig we’re promised…
Well done everyone!
Leave comments below letting us know what you think!
You Me At Six
Dec 20th
In a tranquil and halcyon 2008 an inspirational and mind broadening event was about to shake the bare foundations of the industry and change this peaceful, idyllic setting into a eardrum bursting plethora of goodness. The reason why my friends is not because of it being the Beijing Olympics or the uproar surrounding the Hadron Collinder but the year that a small band from good ol’ Surrey released their album ‘Take Off Your Colours‘.
Metro Station – Last Christmas
Dec 17th
Unfortunately being a music critic comes with one major flaw; having to be unbiased.
*Sigh* So lets get the good out of the way first. Trace, Mason, and Anthony are probably earning more in a few years then I will in my life. So I have to hand it to them they definitely know what they’re doing in this industry, well their PR and label do at least anyway.
Now on to the ‘proper’ part of the review.
Mayday Parade – Anywhere But Here
Dec 12th
First albums are somewhat similar to the first line of a review. Their role is pivotal, and they are really hard to conceptualise. But, luckily for Mayday Parade, their debut: A Lesson in Romantics was great. Let’s not beat around the bush, what made that album special was the song writing. The lyrics were on the better side of pup-punk standard, and the instrumentation was unique enough to separate the band from the pack – ALIR is an album that defined Mayday Parade and gave them some well deserved exposure. Somewhat unfortunately though, the chief song writer for the band – Jason Lancaster – left shortly after the album was released, essentially draining everything that made the band great, and leaving them as a sort of – ‘empty shell’.
Now Now Every Children – Birmingham Live Review
Dec 12th
Bands MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nownoweverychildren
Trying to reach the venue of Birmingham’s NIA is like trying to play ‘Through The Fire and The Flames’ on Guitar Hero, on expert, in a darkened room, backwards… Pretty damn time consuming! After a journey spanning double the time it should have, having your ticket checked multiple times at different stages of entry as if your ticket’s magically going to change to fraudulent between each point, and being told water has to be left behind in favour of their ‘over-priced drinks’ you can imagine it’s not the best way to start your night of rocking.
Hopeless Heroic
Dec 6th
Breaking genre conventions is arguably one of the very few ways left for a band to break out of the unsigned indie sphere and ultimately make it in this tainted and impure rock genre; which is just the way we like it! Who can forget the ever so popular Flobots – Handlebars that managed to reach mainstream coverage due to its innovation and ingenuity. I mean come on it opened the world up to accepting violins in a modern day genre, and in my eyes even if you had a strong distaste for the song you can’t deny it definitely helped to broaden the minds of a multitude of people.
