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The Smiths

post from Some Kind Of EUPHONY on 03 November 2009 03:29:00 AM. © Some Kind Of EUPHONY

"..to die by your side. well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine"

Not that I am very much drawn to indie music and all the indie loop, I just thought The Smiths were too underrated. Been a fan of The Cranberries? Or may be this band just reminds me of a pre-Belle & Sebastian feel. Needless to say, this Manchester-based indie band turn out to be one of the most influential alternative rock to emerge from the British independent music during the 80's. Their famous songs include Hand in Glove, The Charming Man, How Soon is Now and the list goes on. Enjoy the tracks below.
There is a Light that Never Goes
Please, Please, Let Me Go

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Hot Chip announce 2010 uK tour!

post from Altsounds on 03 November 2009 03:16:22 AM. © Altsounds

The brilliant indefatigable 5 headed pop colossus that is **Hot Chip **have announceda return to the live arena with aUK tour in February that will span the length and breadth of the UK culminating in two back to back shows at Brixton Academy on February[...]

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Rihanna is Hard (trying too hard to be)

post from Gangster on 03 November 2009 03:14:49 AM. © Gangster

What is Rihanna and her team doing? Hard just leaked on purpose after the new material failed to catch on. But this one sounds just the same - boring and lackluster.

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MUTINY WITHIN- NEW RR BAND

post from Altsounds on 03 November 2009 03:06:40 AM. © Altsounds

*Mutiny Within* started with tons of promise. They also started young. Typical story of a bunch of New Jersey kids who stayed home and practiced the shit out of their instruments til their fingers bled and their brains were just as full of the[...]

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Twilight Sad - Live at Scala

post from The 405 RSS Blog on 03 November 2009 02:58:13 AM. © The 405 RSS Blog

Who: Twilight Sad (with Talons and Airship)
Where: Scala, London
When: 29th October

Wandering through Kings Cross of an evening can be an odd experience at the best of times but en-route to this gig the inhabitants of the area seemed slightly weirder than usual. Dodging my way through a number of zombies, apparent knife-attack victims and slutty nurses I found myself wondering what the fuck was going on. By the time I had got into the Scala I had realised the time of year but was still left thinking a.) Why the hell are students dressing up for Halloween on a Thursday night when this year it falls on a Saturday? and b.) Thank God I'm not heading to a fancy dress do but instead am off to what I was highly anticipating being a top night of live music.

Talons brought their noisy hardcore instrumental fanfare along to kick off proceedings and managed to just about squeeze themselves on what was a rather cosy stage rammed with equipment. It was a short and tight set which seemed to go down reasonably well with the pretty sparse crowd. By the close of their set they had built up quite an energy and were really fizzing, but, as with any 'instrumental' act I seem to miss something in it(the something being vocals). They were alright and different, just not really my thing.

After what seemed like a lightning quick turnover Airship took to the stage. Theirs is a sound you probably know and probably like. It's radio friendly indie-pop, what else? Whilst it was nothing new, it was a really pleasant set and it would be very harsh on the band to give them a bad review. Without ever really setting the crowd off they put in a good shift and again closed strongly with the final two songs by far the strongest of the set.

Then following what seemed like an epic changeover, came the headline act, Twilight Sad. Halfway through the opener 'Reflection of the Television' from new album 'Forget The Night Ahead' there had been a clear step up in confidence and sound. Their set included the best of both the band's records to date, 'Cold Days From The Birdhouse', 'That Summer, At Home, I Became the Invisible Boy' were immense. Recent singles 'I Became A Prostitute' and 'Seven Years of Letters' both also work well live. But the standout track was 'Talking With Fireworks' which burned with such intensity it was almost palpable.

Overall, this was a very tight performance. The driving drums, pounding bass and screaming guitars were all executed to a tee but the evening belonged to front man James Graham. The man is nothing short of captivating on stage, yet seems to encompass a series of dichotomies (and I don't use that term often!)...

Whilst appearing slightly terrifying in person (he's a big lad... Glaswegian... Skinhead... has a visible scar...) he also comes across as boyish and charming and seemingly shocked and touched people actually like his band. In addition to that there's his apparent lack of stage confidence. Whilst performing he stares at the floor, the roof, the walls but never the crowd... Yet, the absolute ferocious intensity with which the man belts out a tune suggests that he just cannot possibly lack self confidence... Whatever is going on, it works and makes Graham a very interesting character to watch perform.

After an hour of a very enjoyable, yet darkly intense set, the band left the stage only to return for a single track encore. 'I'm Taking The Train Home' built into a 10minute ear splitting wall of noise that, I kid you not, had some bloke in front of me standing there watching with his fingers in his ears. Despite the physical discomfort the boy was in he still couldn't tear himself away from the band. Sensational stuff.

(Sorry, owing to a camera failure there was no photography from me for this gig, but hop on over here to see a gallery of pics from the evening)

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CKY ANNOUNCE LONDON SHOW

post from Altsounds on 03 November 2009 02:58:10 AM. © Altsounds

CKY are set to play a special club show this Friday 6th November at London’s Barfly. With CKY normally appearing at venues ten times the size of the 200-capacity Barfly, a hot-and-sweaty, high octane show is guaranteed! Tickets, priced £14 (includes[...]

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Weezer Snuggie's for all mankind

post from Gangster on 03 November 2009 02:58:05 AM. © Gangster

It's been a long time since we though of Weezer. But that changes now as the band are offering their latest album Raditude (out today) as a free gift if you buy the Weezer Snuggie. Looks so damn comfortable! And what that lady is doing with her normal blanket, we always do as well. Bring on the Snuggie for everyone!

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Canterbury - Thank You

post from The 405 RSS Blog on 03 November 2009 02:55:01 AM. © The 405 RSS Blog

Label: Mythophonic
Release date: 22/11/2009
Website: www.myspace.com/canterbury

You mere mortals can't buy Thank You, Canterbury's debut album yet, but their follow-up is already done and dusted. It's even been named already. There's a debate or two in the concept of that but you have to admit it's pretty darn prolific. Actually you won't need to buy it anyway, it's set to be a free download from here.

They've been making a name for themselves by being a ferocious power and straight from the off it's obvious. 'Peace And Quiet' is incessant, the guitars and vocals compete for the front furiously. They're toeing that very helpful line of close enough to Radio One playlist whilst still being able to maintain their usual staunch followers at the same time.

Take 'Hospital,' it's a stupidly catchy acoustic pop song- it's doesn't feel like Canterbury, but I can guarantee you'll be singing and tapping along. It's more at home at some night barbeque on the beach and some people will hate it, but many will guiltily enjoy the barbershop ba-ba-ooms. Whereas 'Diver' is the kind of growing beast that becomes as anthemic as it does impassioned with a jerky chorus that suits them perfectly. Every band needs a fist-clencher, Diver is theirs.

'Eleven, Twelve' is a dual-vocalled catchy pound-along that will whip crowds into raptures re-igniting all the time without even going out, powering through thumping drums and gravelly synths. Vocally it's on the edge, a trait that then saves the pop-rock of 'Take Me Out Of The Wall.'

The short bursts of 'Got To Believe' and 'Accident' are aggressive and powerful, showing that sharp ragged string to their growing bow. They're touching on all the bases which on the face of it sounds like the stereotypical heavy-ish British album, but it isn't. It's a debut that leaves them room to focus on one of their many impressive angles, but with number two already finished it could well turn into Thank You Pt. II. You could argue that won't be a bad thing. Let's just hope they don't have Pigeon Detectives syndrome, eh?

Rating: 8/10

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Alela Diane featuring Alina Hardin - Alela &
Alina

Label:Names Records
Release date: 02/10/09

Softly sung and deftly played in a traditional folk style with none of the avant garde trappings of electronics displayed by many other groups in the tidal wave of country and folk that has been washing over us for a good many years now. This is not meant as a disparaging comment at all but it's nice to hear something so very simple, delicate and touchingly beautiful.

We are given just guitar and voice with plenty of finger picking and vocal harmonies. Lyrically it bows a mournful world weary head and gives a glimpse into a life hard lived and painfully ended. I particularly like the song Matty Groves about a doomed feudal love affair between a young peasant boy and the wife of the lord of the manor. Rake tells of a late repentant lover his body old and worn, whilst Amidst The Movement seems to find a beauty in sinking to the bottom of the waters and what is found in the depths.

If you revel in the sad sweetness of life, if you can find the cathartic joy in deep fulsome sobs pulled from the heart of your being like a cleansing life affirming rain then enjoy this collection of songs that reflect a pale slice of those truer feelings. Innit?

Rating: 7.5/10

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Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

Label: Memphis Industries
Release date: 26/10/09
Website: http://www.myspace.com/cymbalseatguitars

You?d be hard pushed to dislike Cymbals Eat Guitars. Despite band, album and track names that suggest some kind of post-rock nonsense, Why There Are Mountains is indie rock to the core, and blasts you with a finely crafted blend of the best of the genre from the word go. A band like this relies heavily on its influences, and they?ve picked some good ones.

Mew and Built to Spill or Pavement are the most obvious ones, as we are blasted with Mew-style screeching and fuzzy guitars that battle with 90s indie rock melodies and synth parts from the instant the album opens with ?...And The Hazy Sea?. Why There Are Mountains then pretty quickly settles in to a pattern of Pavement-style guitar pop, occasionally mixed up with something different, such as the Ben Folds-y piano of ?Indiana? and the Mew or Slowdive influenced spacy shoegaze sound on seven-minute ?Share?.

Even though there?s nothing here whatsoever that will catch you by surprise, or even sound unfamiliar, it?s still a good record. Just not really a great one. If you?re looking for a slightly more shoegazey imitation of ?Wowee Zowee? fourteen years on, though, then you need this album.

Rating: 7/10

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