I am awful at keeping this updated. I need people to poke me about it. It'd be easier to do if I knew that more than one person read it. This one is shorter as I need to get to bed, haha.
Anyway, without further ado -
1. !Viva La Gloria! - Green Day
Green Day have their own Rock Band out soon, which is a pretty impressive achievement. Well, this starts off with some lovely cheerful piano, and then take a big scoop of punk rock ice-cream and smothers it in pop sensibility sauce. Mm, delicious.
2. Hero Of War - Rise Against
Punk and politics. Politics and punk. They're totally intwined, however you look at it. Punks protest, and they take guitars with them. Here's an anti-war song, with acoustic guitar and lyrics that'll make you think. Don't get me wrong - I think that all soldiers are such brave individuals and I respect them, but I'm anti-conflict.
3. These Days, I Have Nothing - We Are The Ocean
Yes. You're right. I'm here, recommending We Are The Ocean, a band who I have maligned numerous times, mainly in person more than online. Doomed to be an eternal support band I feel for them, I really do. But here. Have some Alexisonfire-eque tuneage, with a lovely raw/clean vocal mix.
4. Just Don't Feel The Same - The Mission District
Oh yeah. You can just feel the eighties and the glowsticks. It's pretty basic and totally has the whole it-doesn't-need-to-be-clever-to-be-catchy ethic down pat. Plus, they're Canadian. And everyone knows that Canada is full of good bands.
5. My Disease - A Skylit Drive
... What are these guys? Metalcore? Emocore? Rock...core? They definitely seem like a something-core. With the whole screamo/lyrical thing down pat, some pretty awesome drumming and either an epic falsetto guy or a high-pitched girl, there's a pretty good voice on show here too.
6. Aberdeen 1987 - The Xcerts
It's one of those happy-go-lucky reminiscing songs on an acoustic guitar. Only with a really thick Scottish accent - seriously, what is it with Scottish bands at the moment? - and some bitterness under it. People change, and this song really sums it up.
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Monday: Songs Of The Week 15/02/2010
(Yes, I know it's Tuesday. Shush.)
1. Plug In Baby - Muse
It's one of those songs everybody knows, even if they don't realise it. Spooky electro rock with jarring solos and a huge falsetto chorus? Yes. Yes, indeed. Wrap your ears around this and pretend you didn't wish you knew how to do the guitar without breaking your fingers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I7gpswhQ4
2. Save Our Selves - The Blackout
If you have ever seen The Blackout live, you will hate this song. Why? Because it's painful. A jolly good song, with enough brash screaming and sweet vocals to satisfy anyone's taste, but bloody painful all the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1z2pVwY9oU
3. Walk - Pantera
You know you love it. WALK! Heavy and brutal and guaranteed to bring out everyone's inner metalhead, moshing in memory of the great Dimebag Darrel. Go on... start headbanging. You know you want to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk
4. Dude Looks Like A Lady - Aerosmith
No. It's not big and it's not clever, but it never claimed to be. But you know what it is? A chance to just dance and shake it out. If you're going to see these guys tear it up at Download, then I envy you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE
5. What Is Life? Where Is Laughter? - Twin Atlantic
Get practicing that Scottish brogue so you can launch into this song at a moment's notice. Yes, they do sound a bit like Biffy Clyro. It's more "inspired-by" than "stolen every idea from" though. Oh just give them a chance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMKmKjTYsE
6. 1985 - Bowling For Soup
Bowling For Soup: the biggest, least clever guys around. Watching guys your dad's age make fools of themselves is always cringe-worthy, but the song about Peter Pan syndrome makes up. Oh... and you might just laugh too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAjdDOshbs
7. The English Way - Fightstar
*to the tune of big fish, little fish* Red room, blue room, big guitar... Charlie Simpson left Busted for Fightstar so you'd expect his band to be good. And they are. Mr Simpson and his eyebrows are so much more then boy band fodder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVwTtUn8jzk
8. Welcome To Oblivion - Madina Lake
Do you know what the video's about? Do you? Really? I sure as hell don't. Not one bit. Hve fun watching some blond sunshiney twins jump around and sing about panic attacks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrUbosEYXU
9. I Miss You - Blink-182
Dark and gothic. Travis Barker playing glorified bongos with a mohawk. Everyone looking gloomy and making Nightmare Before Christmas references.I tell ye one thing - my life will greatly improve after I hear this live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY
10. This Too Shall Pass - OK Go
You know OK Go. They did that music video on treadmills. Well this is a live version of their latest song and it's brilliant. I don't want to give anything away, but... well. Think marching band... and think all in one take.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY
1. Plug In Baby - Muse
It's one of those songs everybody knows, even if they don't realise it. Spooky electro rock with jarring solos and a huge falsetto chorus? Yes. Yes, indeed. Wrap your ears around this and pretend you didn't wish you knew how to do the guitar without breaking your fingers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I7gpswhQ4
2. Save Our Selves - The Blackout
If you have ever seen The Blackout live, you will hate this song. Why? Because it's painful. A jolly good song, with enough brash screaming and sweet vocals to satisfy anyone's taste, but bloody painful all the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1z2pVwY9oU
3. Walk - Pantera
You know you love it. WALK! Heavy and brutal and guaranteed to bring out everyone's inner metalhead, moshing in memory of the great Dimebag Darrel. Go on... start headbanging. You know you want to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk
4. Dude Looks Like A Lady - Aerosmith
No. It's not big and it's not clever, but it never claimed to be. But you know what it is? A chance to just dance and shake it out. If you're going to see these guys tear it up at Download, then I envy you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE
5. What Is Life? Where Is Laughter? - Twin Atlantic
Get practicing that Scottish brogue so you can launch into this song at a moment's notice. Yes, they do sound a bit like Biffy Clyro. It's more "inspired-by" than "stolen every idea from" though. Oh just give them a chance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMKmKjTYsE
6. 1985 - Bowling For Soup
Bowling For Soup: the biggest, least clever guys around. Watching guys your dad's age make fools of themselves is always cringe-worthy, but the song about Peter Pan syndrome makes up. Oh... and you might just laugh too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAjdDOshbs
7. The English Way - Fightstar
*to the tune of big fish, little fish* Red room, blue room, big guitar... Charlie Simpson left Busted for Fightstar so you'd expect his band to be good. And they are. Mr Simpson and his eyebrows are so much more then boy band fodder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVwTtUn8jzk
8. Welcome To Oblivion - Madina Lake
Do you know what the video's about? Do you? Really? I sure as hell don't. Not one bit. Hve fun watching some blond sunshiney twins jump around and sing about panic attacks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrUbosEYXU
9. I Miss You - Blink-182
Dark and gothic. Travis Barker playing glorified bongos with a mohawk. Everyone looking gloomy and making Nightmare Before Christmas references.I tell ye one thing - my life will greatly improve after I hear this live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY
10. This Too Shall Pass - OK Go
You know OK Go. They did that music video on treadmills. Well this is a live version of their latest song and it's brilliant. I don't want to give anything away, but... well. Think marching band... and think all in one take.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
An apology
Thanks to being overrun by schoolwork, it seems I will not be updating my blog today, and as I am out on Friday, there will not be one then.
Hopefully, I will do a double update on Sunday to make up for my chronic ineptness.
Thanks again
Hopefully, I will do a double update on Sunday to make up for my chronic ineptness.
Thanks again
Monday, 1 February 2010
Monday: Songs Of The Week 01/02/2010
Happy pallindrome day!
Today is Monday, which means the beginning of my Music Blog in all honesty. And so, to start off my new blog in style, I am going to give you a rundown of my top 10 current favourite songs. (Note - the title of this blog may very likely change if I can come up with something better)
1. Wake The Sun - The Matches
What do you get if you cross pop punk, ska, and whole lotta bounce? Well, I'm guessing it'd be something like this. This song has a lot of memories for me - it was one of the songs which got me through NaNoWriMo '08. Well, what are you waiting for? Go have a wiggle to it!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nbsaHCR1nXI
2. Boston - Augustana
A piano-led ballad with nearly a million YouTube views? A music video involving a huge-ass keyboard instrument on a beach and someone playing the guitar in the middle of the sea? Yeah, why not. Just hope that it wasn't too cold a day when they filmed it or they'll have been shivering more than I did when I heard this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xLluvXi5nOs
3. Any Way You Want It - Journey
YEAH! BRING BACK THE 80s! Even if you've never listened to Journey properly, you've probably heard this song - it's been on numerous TV shows, such as The Simpsons, and has a pretty sweet solo. Cheesy 80s pop? Yeah! So what?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aqyIpwhXXrk
4. 96 Quite Bitter Beings - CkY
Picture this: you want some groove, you want some heavy, and you want some sludge. Well, there's none better than this dark, relatively straightforward slab of hardcore metal and roll. Oh, and the drums are really good fun to pretend to play, of course.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WgQ7qOCDFYQ
5. Burn Burn - Lostprophets
So the Welsh wonders are back with their fourth album, The Betrayed. And while it is a mighty fine album, their old stuff is mighty fine as well. So of course, it only makes sense to feast your ears on this delightful shout-along from 2004 album Start Something, which will be 5 years old on Friday.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5hJUGi-ODIU
6. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby! Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby! Uh... la la la la... hey, anyone actually know any of the words other than that? Nothing beats some cheerfully angsty unrequited teenage love song with a happy ending.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1jJVRcCdvyY
7. Invalid Litter Dept - At The Drive-In
It's not an easy listen, but it's well worth it. Few bands would have had the guts to write a song about the Juarez Murders (the murders and rapes of young women in Cd. Juarez), but At The Drive-In tackled it well and hard in their last single. And if the piano doesn't move you, you need an emotional transplant.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8wR1MVdDmUA
8. Clean Up Your Eyes - The Dykeenies
Aaaaah, Scotland. Name a Scottish band and you'd probably say Biffy Clyro. Well, now we've got some newbies coming in to try and take their crown of jaunty indie rock. No, I'm not sure what "clean up your eyes" means either, but hey it's all in good fun!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oV5-g61GYKY
9. Hail Destroyer - Cancer Bats
Canada may be the second largest country in the world, but it also only has a population of around 34 million - just over half of the UK population. Still, they seem to be pretty good at turning out bands, and Cancer Bats are a prime example: heavy and riffy and a great moshpit starter.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2j-xR_wSAQ
10. Winter Kiss - Young Guns
Yeah. If you know me then face it, you knew it was coming. Rock and roll from the Home Counties. Add some sweet ethereal opening and closing music, a few metal/hardcore influences, go and set the video in a spooky old house and give away the single for free... Yeah, you've got a pretty good thing right there.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X5ciIFY5eQU
Today is Monday, which means the beginning of my Music Blog in all honesty. And so, to start off my new blog in style, I am going to give you a rundown of my top 10 current favourite songs. (Note - the title of this blog may very likely change if I can come up with something better)
1. Wake The Sun - The Matches
What do you get if you cross pop punk, ska, and whole lotta bounce? Well, I'm guessing it'd be something like this. This song has a lot of memories for me - it was one of the songs which got me through NaNoWriMo '08. Well, what are you waiting for? Go have a wiggle to it!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nbsaHCR1nXI
2. Boston - Augustana
A piano-led ballad with nearly a million YouTube views? A music video involving a huge-ass keyboard instrument on a beach and someone playing the guitar in the middle of the sea? Yeah, why not. Just hope that it wasn't too cold a day when they filmed it or they'll have been shivering more than I did when I heard this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xLluvXi5nOs
3. Any Way You Want It - Journey
YEAH! BRING BACK THE 80s! Even if you've never listened to Journey properly, you've probably heard this song - it's been on numerous TV shows, such as The Simpsons, and has a pretty sweet solo. Cheesy 80s pop? Yeah! So what?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aqyIpwhXXrk
4. 96 Quite Bitter Beings - CkY
Picture this: you want some groove, you want some heavy, and you want some sludge. Well, there's none better than this dark, relatively straightforward slab of hardcore metal and roll. Oh, and the drums are really good fun to pretend to play, of course.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WgQ7qOCDFYQ
5. Burn Burn - Lostprophets
So the Welsh wonders are back with their fourth album, The Betrayed. And while it is a mighty fine album, their old stuff is mighty fine as well. So of course, it only makes sense to feast your ears on this delightful shout-along from 2004 album Start Something, which will be 5 years old on Friday.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5hJUGi-ODIU
6. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby! Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby! Uh... la la la la... hey, anyone actually know any of the words other than that? Nothing beats some cheerfully angsty unrequited teenage love song with a happy ending.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1jJVRcCdvyY
7. Invalid Litter Dept - At The Drive-In
It's not an easy listen, but it's well worth it. Few bands would have had the guts to write a song about the Juarez Murders (the murders and rapes of young women in Cd. Juarez), but At The Drive-In tackled it well and hard in their last single. And if the piano doesn't move you, you need an emotional transplant.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8wR1MVdDmUA
8. Clean Up Your Eyes - The Dykeenies
Aaaaah, Scotland. Name a Scottish band and you'd probably say Biffy Clyro. Well, now we've got some newbies coming in to try and take their crown of jaunty indie rock. No, I'm not sure what "clean up your eyes" means either, but hey it's all in good fun!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oV5-g61GYKY
9. Hail Destroyer - Cancer Bats
Canada may be the second largest country in the world, but it also only has a population of around 34 million - just over half of the UK population. Still, they seem to be pretty good at turning out bands, and Cancer Bats are a prime example: heavy and riffy and a great moshpit starter.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2j-xR_wSAQ
10. Winter Kiss - Young Guns
Yeah. If you know me then face it, you knew it was coming. Rock and roll from the Home Counties. Add some sweet ethereal opening and closing music, a few metal/hardcore influences, go and set the video in a spooky old house and give away the single for free... Yeah, you've got a pretty good thing right there.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X5ciIFY5eQU
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Blog II: My Musical Side
Hello, I am V. You might know me from my usual blog at http://livelovelaughgig.blogger.com/. If so, hi!
This is going to be my second blog. My usual blog will be going on with more personal stuff - the rants and the highlights blogs - and this blog will be for my music related things.
Proper reviews, I mean, not just the highlights omg-it-was-awesome blogs. This will be the home of my Music Fridays (name still needs to be changed), and I am also going to do my best to post some other music related blogs here - probably some pimping local bands and shows, reeling off gigs I wish I was going to, maybe giving a Top 10 Songs Of The Week - that kind of thing.
I will do my best to keep up with this blog. I'd like to update it Monday/Wednesday/Friday, but I guess we'll just have to see how that pans out.
Peace out, and see you soon.
This is going to be my second blog. My usual blog will be going on with more personal stuff - the rants and the highlights blogs - and this blog will be for my music related things.
Proper reviews, I mean, not just the highlights omg-it-was-awesome blogs. This will be the home of my Music Fridays (name still needs to be changed), and I am also going to do my best to post some other music related blogs here - probably some pimping local bands and shows, reeling off gigs I wish I was going to, maybe giving a Top 10 Songs Of The Week - that kind of thing.
I will do my best to keep up with this blog. I'd like to update it Monday/Wednesday/Friday, but I guess we'll just have to see how that pans out.
Peace out, and see you soon.
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