(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
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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
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