(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
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