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Kid Harpoon 2007-11-04 15:13:31 -
Kid Harpoon Friday 26th October at Clwb Ifor Bach (The Welsh Club), Cardiff
Finally, after nearly two years of supporting exceptional acts such as Jamie T, Larrikin Love and The Mystery Jets (to name but a miniscule few) Tom Hull, aka Kid Harpoon, is taking centre stage and headlining his own British tour following the release of his first EP, aptly named 'The First EP.'
Last Friday I harassed the guitar-souled, great-music militant at Clwb Ifor Bach (The Welsh Club) to find out about his new release, inspirations and er childhood cartoons.
Approaching Tom whilst he was finished his sound check with the band I set about asking him some relevant questions while he re-stringed, he seemed happy enough
Last weekend at Rough Trade's East London Shop 1,000 copies of your EP were painted to form a massive mosaic of the artwork featured on the cover of the CD version, how did that go?
Yeah it was cool, there's this artist called Lenin that came down to do th
Nine Black Alps - Love/Hate 2007-11-04 09:01:25 -
Two albums in, and it's time to grow up for Nine Black
Alps. Whereas their debut Everything Is' snarled and spat at the world regardless, Love/Hate' has taken a step back from the edge and considered things. Despite their roots being grounded in Manchester, the sunnier climes of Los Angeles have played a large part in the creation and production of this second album, and with it, Nine Black Alps move out of the shadows and, indeed, into the light.
Shorn of their darker past to some extent, Love/Hate' showcases the band growing into the nuances of their own music. It still rocks pretty hard in places, such as the QOTSA-tinged Heavier Than Water'; not the only occasion when Josh Homme's homies are referenced here all squalling guitars, put through numerous filters, and insistent rhythms. The single Burn Faster' dispatches lead guitars doodling in further feedback and an anthemic chorus, but it's a more rounded sound that emerges on Love/Hate', not least
The Twang, Little Man Tate, Look See ProofNorwich UEA, 22nd Oct 2007 2007-11-03 07:41:24 -
Opening to a less than full capacity crowd, young power-poppers Look See Proof kicked off the proceedings with some energetic up-tempo tracks including the latest release You and Me with its infectious chorus and rousing blend of riffs and guitar lines. Newest single, Local Hero stirred up the most excitement with the crowd and rightfully so. Played with accuracy and stature, Look See Proof fired up the crowd for the follow-up, Little Man
Tate.
With a similar exuberance and enthusiasm as Look See Proof and mixing a dab of ska into their poppy sound, Little Man Tate were impressive for a band with little more than a year's professional experience. Crowd-pleasers included new release Boy in The Anorak with its slowly-soaring rock riff and House Party at Boothy's with it's simple yet catchy punk-pop riff and transcending guitar lines.
However, as one would expect from such an established and decorated band, The Twang shone on the night. With all the power and l
Dashboard Confessional - The Shade Of Poison Trees 2007-11-03 05:07:01 -
DashboardConfessional
don't like rich people. The first track of their emo-tastic new album, The Shade
of PoisonTrees
, mockingly speaks of 'upper crust tragedies' and is titled When There's Gold..., and an entire song is later devoted to the issue of money, power and inheritance. The rest of the album, thankfully, is deeper than this: a journey through a young mind that contains enough earnest honesty to make up for the lack of musical depth throughout.
Chris Carrabba's solo project turned established act have shied away from the pop-rock distorted guitars of their previous lyrics to return to a more acoustic-driven style that emphasises the lyrical content of the songs as opposed to their tuneful, catchy riffs and melodies. It's a shame, then, that it's not really worked.
The songs revolve around personal relationships and emotional conflict as you'd expect for a band that are relentlessly labelled 'emo' and adored by fans in skinny jeans. Metaphor is Read more:Dashboard Confessional
Popular Workshop - William, It Was Really Something 2007-11-02 17:03:17 -
On side A of PopShop's new double single William
, It Was Really Something', we are treated to something a little more subtle than their previous efforts. Whilst the almost mathematical angular riffs and rhythms that make their usual work so unique and enjoyable has been done away with, the track is no less genius than anything else they've created before it. Stripped of the standard aggression, we are left with a heart warming ode to another band held in high regard amongst South East London scenesters, William, of course. You'll be happy to know that AA side radical is a return to form and then some, with nasty dissonant guitars and catchy melodies sharing the same aural space once again.
Released: 22/10/07
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Anemo - Pray 2007-11-02 16:57:49 -
Brighton-based Anemo have launched their second album with: an angry, vitriolic single asking questions about the nature of war, violence and journalism with Pray. In the face of seemingly constant anti-war songs over the past few years just look at Ian Brown, System of a Down, Eminem, Nerina Pallot, James Blunt, Green Day and even the Pet Shop Boys leaping onto the bandwagon, barely able to disguise their camera-honed disgust. You'd be forgiven into thinking that Anemo's latest effort is somewhat similar.
Thank god, then, that it's anything but. Sure, it's got anti-war themes, but it's rescued from falling into a particularly vacuous and mediocre camp thanks to the intriguing theme, gorgeous vocals and grinding, anthemic music that backs them up.
The track opens with Arabian-tinged vocals that echo the name of the track before launching into a stomping, foot-thumping, body-moving drumbeat courtesy of rhythm man Mike Kelly and a driving, tuneful bassline.
Lyrics ar
65daysofstatic, Youthmovies, Tired IrieSouthampton University, 29th Oct 2007 2007-11-01 17:04:47 -
Tonight, in a venue previously graced by bands such as Biffy Clyro, 3 acts who are easily making some of the most exciting noises on the not-so-underground movement. This movement, once restricted to only the darkest and smallest venues across the country, would tonight be out in the open, albeit infront of a sea of students, most of whom seemed somewhat bemused by the fact tonight's headliners didn't have a singer. Not that that made any difference...
Tired Irie opened proceedings in front of a sizable crowd, most of whom seemed far too polite to clap after each song -"We are in a uni, right?!" The Lecister lads carried on regardless, armed with offbeats and impressively gyrating hips, with flagship tracks such as "Sumerian" and "Terra Firma" dancing out like Foals' darker and slightly estranged older brother. This, the second time I've caught Irie live, and the second time they've left me wanting more. Tease! If they were a girl, I probably wouldn't bother, but as they' Read more:University
SEX PISTOLS, 08th Nov 2007 2007-11-09 18:59:32 -
"We ain't gonna be playing when we're 30, 40 years old like Pete Townshend and all the rest." Steve Jones, 1977. He's now 50.
"I'm gonna be dead by the time I'm 21." Sid Vicious, 1977. He's now dead.
Ah, the conundrums and contradictions of the world's most perfect band deliberately disemboweling themselves 30 years on. So it turns out Sid was right and the rest of them were big fibbers. Another one-off reunion. The third or fourth at the last count. More Filthy Lucre? At least they're honest. And ask yourself - how many people do you know who don't do their job largely for the money? I know I do.
Brixton Academy is bursting at the seams. The intro music is "There'll always be an England!" which has the entire crowd - an odd mix of trendy teenagers and middle-aged men - singing their hearts out. What might normally have a whiff of a BNP rally is warm-hearted enough to be genuinely affecting. No doubt about it, this is going to be a night to remember.
Heeeeeeee
Paul Leonard-Morgan - Filmtales 2007-11-09 11:55:01 -
Paul Leonard
-Morgan
is a Glasgow based musical genius; but it is most likely to be the case that you've never heard of him. With string arrangements that could turn sinners into saints, the two times Bafta winner and Ivor Novello nominee brings us his first entirely solo record.
The ethereal experience of ?Wilderness' (featuring the velvet voice of Isobel Campbell) is an airy dream-like opening to a wonderfully sculpted album. With its twinkling pianos and wandering double bass line, the track eases through speakers to create the ultimate mind utopia. U.N.K.L.E like strings open ?Seen From The Outside' which leads into the most euphoric crescendo put to binary this year and the stand out track of the CD.
?Sienna' is a gorgeous example of how soft piano and almost-but-not-quite dance drum rhythms can come together to create a wonderful sonic soundscape that few artists can boast to have in their armoury. An aggressive twist to the otherwise passive ?Snatcher', ?Like A Bull
Laura Critchley - Sometimes I 2007-11-09 07:23:18 -
Laura
Critchley is a Liverpudlian singer songwriter with new ideas on an all-too saturated market. Brimming with confidence, Laura is set to release her new album ?Sometimes
I' a week after her latest single ?What Do We Do'.
The album opens with ?Today's Another Day', a song penned about every day trials and tribulations ? no matter what the world throws at you, crack on day and live your life; an upbeat piece of pop that anyone who's woken up freezing cold with the prospect of a tough day will appreciate., ?What Do We Do', Laura's latest single, is anthemic without being cheesey; a formula for success.
As the album progresses, it is obvious that these songs work well together and that Laura has a definite sound. ?Shoulder To Lean On' and the tremendous ?I'll Be Ok' are piano led with the former being an upbeat swung number, with the latter a strong ballad. The album's title track is a summer-sunshine moment of pure pop artistry and this, alongside the uber-cool ?Te
Look See Proof 2007-11-09 06:07:54 -
After a brief but formal introduction to both The Twang's Phil Etheridge and up-and-coming Power-pop band Look See Proof
, GIITTV's interviewer Paul Cook sat them down to discuss the tour, the music and what lies ahead for them in 2008.
How did Look See Proof form?
Me and Lee are obviously brothers and we started playing together, not in that way, but musically and then I knew Jason as well and said to him on holiday ?shall we start a band.? We started jamming as a sort of three-piece without a drummer but eventually said it's time to get one in. We advertised for one in a phone-box and in came this lanky streak of piss called Jonny Harry! We had our first practice, it all went pretty well and that's where we wrote our first single ?tell me, tell me, tell me' and it all started from there.
You wrote your first single in your first ever practice?
Yeah, Jon brought the flow, he brought the killer riffs and Dave brought the ?bass? (fish) and a terrible hairstyle. S
Sons And Daughters - Gilt Complex 2007-11-09 05:23:22 -
Oh wow. There's nothing more satisfying than finding a good little band with lots of potential then watching as BOOM! They realise that potential in an explosion of taut, tense folk-indie-rock. Folk? Well it's hard to work out how else to describe Sons And Daughters. Theirs is evil folk, rhythmically simple but louder, more electric, and full of menace. Over a bassline that feels like it is heralding the unstoppable arrival of something very very evil, 'Gilt Complex
' is simply irresistible. Adele Bethel has one of the best voices in modern indie music, reminiscent of PJ Harvey at her angriest, but still Bethel's own. She uses it to tell a vicious morality tale which manages to both criticise its rich, celebrity victims but also revel in their existence. It's dirty and wrong and brilliant.
Just as good is their version of evergreen classic Killer by Seal/Adamski. Surely with such a song the only outcome can be an inferior version? No chance, carrying over the energy from Gil
Arcade FireCardiff International Arena, 30th Oct 2007 2007-11-08 16:26:15 -
There's no doubt about it: Cardiff's International
Arena is an appalling music venue, a cavernous aircraft hanger. The sound is abysmal, the beer is over-priced and it's full of quite a few disinterested idiots who see the gig as a good excuse to get tanked up and trample on people - the whole experience often swamps good bands. Take support act Clinic, for example: in a more intimate environment their twisting, grimy art rock is challenging and enjoyable, but here even their best songs sound forgettable and drowned out. Not even their large top hats can save them from an apathetic audience still filing in.
Canadian seven (or eleven on tour) piece The Arcade Fire are, however, a different prospect. 2005's Funeral was a wake up call to the music scene: brimming with unstoppable tunes, vast arrangements and heartfelt sentiments, it was brave music for the heart and the head. Something communal and untold, yet personal and telling, it placed the band at the forefront of a North
Tori White - Please Remember 2007-11-08 09:29:42 -
Tori White
is a sultry singer songwriter from the Midlands who is supporting this year's Poppy Appeal with the beautiful ?PleaseRemember
', a song dedicated to those who gave their lives fighting for their country.
With a voice that could melt a thousand hearts, Tori is paving the way for a pop career that, given the right backing and support, could go supernova. The string laden track is built around the poignant ?Please remember, please remember/I was there for you and you were there for me?. Opening with a straight and cleanly played acoustic guitar, the song builds into a huge crescendo that excites and intrigues.
Well produced, ?Please Remember' is perfect pop for a potential pop princess who could be the next big thing.
Laura Critchley - What Do We Do 2007-11-08 03:53:46 -
With the voice of an angel dipped in particularly sweet stardust, Laura
Critchley releases her second single, the anthemic ?What Do We Do' on the Big Print label. A wonderfully gifted singer, Laura has caught the attention of such pop heavy weights as Robbie Williams, with whom she has recorded three tracks, apparently set for his next album and the Sugababes, who are fans of her sound.
The track is set to launch Laura Critchley into the big wide musical world and bring her to the nation's attention. The song opens with a soft vocal that sits neatly on top of a warmly played piano before the drums slide in accompanied by guitars and a simple but effectively constructed bass line. The middle eight is sure to set flag wavers off, a not-too-cliched guitar solo acts as a break before Laura launches into her final chorus which sets the goosebumps off with a bang.
Extremely talented and pretty too, Laura has the potential to break into a pop chart dominated by singer songwriters
Animal Collective - Fireworks 2007-11-07 09:45:16 -
Cleverly released to coincide with the 5th of November, 'Fireworks
' is one of those rare things, a single that can truthfully claim to be alternative as the sound of Battles filtered through the Beach Boys over fractious drum beats, the sound of the world's theme parks as experienced by acid junkies; The bright lights and ambient rattles of the roller coasters, merry go rounds and a million arcade machines all blending together into one glorious, ecstatic mess. It's the kind of mind expanding experience that could leave you drooling with it's DIY collage aesthetic, painted against the juxtaposition of pure chaos disguised as intelligent pop, or, in short 'Fireworks' is close to seven minutes of pure genius.
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GIITTV singles club releases ?A Knife, A Camera and a Bang? by The Sailplanes as a free download single on the 26th of November.Sailplanes, The 2007-11-07 09:00:33 -
GIITTV single
s club releases ?A Knife
, A Camera
and a Bang? by The Sailplanes as a free download single on the 26th of November
.
The Sailplanes are Stacey Hine and Tim Webster, two guitarists who share vocals. They formed in London two years ago with no pre-conceived notion as to where the band would go, just a mutual appreciation of noisy experimental music. They were later joined by Yola Rodowicz (percussion). Since then they've released four records of challenging, sharp, arty, experimental, noisy music to the acclaim of the UK underground. In June of this year they released their debut album: 'a second, or ten years later' on their own Redheaded Stepchild imprint.
Clocking in at 18 minutes, consisting of eight taught tracks, the record garnered words of praise from everyone that heard it, including Drowned In Sound: ?That very debut is The Sailplanes' noisy, discordant, and succinct raison d'etre. In short ? it's awesome.? and iShotthedeputy: ?aggressively and wond
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre 2007-11-13 15:50:32 -
Over the past few decades Duran
Duran have been ploughing out studio albums faster than Chinese factory workers and their cheap, lead ridden toys. There is however nothing cheap about this album though and it has been reported by many as a return to the bands new wave origins. The bands thirteenth album (unlucky for some) entitled 'Red Carpet
Massacre' is an epic album touched upon by some of the most influential faces in music with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nate Hills all having imprinted their own indeliable touch on the album. With more truth in the title than might first be realised, the road to the album's release has certainly been a massacre or sorts. Late into 2006 when the album was to be originally released under the title 'Reportage' it was announced Andy Taylor was to leave the band. Close collaborations with Timbaland and Timberlake in the remainder of the albums creation and production put a new spin on an album that was nine tenths of the way to it's comp Read more:Duran Duran
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Cedar - Black Sparks EP 2007-11-13 15:26:21 -
It must be hard being an unsigned band in the current music climate in the UK. It's always the quandary how can you sound new and original in a sea of mediocrity? How can you be individual when every big label knocks your demo back with the dubious piece of advice “sound more like the most commercial sounding “indie” pop bands in the charts.” (Razorlight!!!?? Please god no!) Watford four piece Cedar
have been hard at it for five years, their new EP “BlackSparks
” shows they've worked on a definable sound which has been honed after hours on stage and in rehearsal rooms, even the production is very shiny and commercial sounding, for a unsigned CD. That this EP is so brazenly influenced by a few acts (Oasis, Embrace, The Doves, Paul Weller) isn't the problem, it's more that the clear potential here isn't quite being realised because of a feeling that they haven't quite outgrown those influences yet - a feeling that never escapes me throughout my listens.
“I Am Because Y
Pigeon Detectives - I Found Out 2007-11-13 15:04:23 -
The Pigeon Detectives are a five-piece, Indie-rock band hailing from Leeds. Having released their first record in early 2006 the band have since gone on to become the darlings of NME, Radio One and numerous other influential magazines, radio stations and TV channels. Their independent label, ‘Dance to the Radio' must be very proud parents.
The Pigeon Detectives new EP, ‘I Found Out' is a re-recorded version of a track taken from their 2007 debut album – ‘Wait For Me'. It was previously released in 2006; before the band had become the darlings of the aforementioned publications. Their new found popularity should help the single to achieve a better charting than its November 2006 accomplishment of #39, but does it deserve it?
The short answer is yes. ‘I Found Out' is a short, sharp, stomper of a track. It has a fantastic, crunchy guitar base which has been layered over with a smooth, catchy melody; just like the best cheesecake imaginable. Hearing it is like getting tha
Kaiser Chiefs - Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) 2007-11-13 14:59:18 -
The relentlessly breezy Leeds mob have, for perhaps the first time since they bounded onto the music scene and refused to budge, pulled something unexpected out of their keyboardist's hat. So often playing the rebels without a cause – or a clue – blustering their way through goofy and overblown music for the masses, ‘Love's Not A Competition' is almost a shock to the senses; in that it is, by welcome way of change, not an attempt at visceral, aural assault.
Instead, this new single is sparingly scored, opening with and constructed around Ricky's brazen Northern timbre and a plainly-strummed acoustic. While Ricky's voice doesn't ‘do' the necessary delicate style that a song like this would otherwise require, his vocal, and its occasional harmony, is reminiscent of Duran Duran: and they did alright despite their oral shortcoming, didn't they. The lyrics – and this is a shock – have a faint Morrissey glow to them, and lines like “You know what it's like when you're Read more:Kaiser
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O Fracas - Factfinding/And So A Scratch Runs Down A Wall 2007-11-13 14:53:10 -
O Fracas are a band I've hear much discussed by a few friends and latest offering 'Fact Finding' is jerky, tribal rock which is under the influence of Talking Heads to put it lightly. Sadly the press releases claim to O Fracas holding a balance between Fugazi and Led Zeppelin is largely hyperbolic-instead we are left with disjointed rock whose closest current(ish) contemporaries may well be the rather wonky Dogs Die In Hot Cars albeit with a somewhat more subversive edge. Perhaps the references to Led Zeppelin are drawn from what one could loosely term riffage on 'Factfinding'?
If this is so the PR puppet is either stupid or slightly confused between the sounds of Led Zeppelin and Linkin Park or any other nu-metal mopesters. Double A side 'And So A Scratch
Â…' at least gives you something a little less flaccid to get yer teeth into. Sounding like a retarded dream of the holiday season And 'So A Scratch...' suggests a more melodic but equally
repetitious side to the band
Percee P - Perseverance 2007-11-13 14:49:47 -
No rapper has ever waited as long to put out a debut LP as underground legend Percee P – 19 years since his first single appearance, to be exact – and after so long hawking mixtapes and putting in show-stealing cameos on albums by the likes of Edan and Jurassic 5, he's finally seen fit to drop the appropriately titled Perseverance
.
So, is it worth the two-decade wait? Well, not quite. Although Percee's machine-gun flow is totally distinctive and Madlib's production is as strong as we've come to expect from the erstwhile Mad villain, Percee's lyrics haven't really evolved beyond rugged battle raps. You'd expect a man who's endured such a long wait and doubtless the frustrations that come with it to have a story to tell, but Perseverance gives us little insight into the man himself.
Of course, Percee has so many inventive and amusing ways of informing the listener that he is better than everyone on every conceivable level it's hard not to enjoy it. ‘Your ho ass got a
The Royal We - The Royal We 2007-11-13 14:44:32 -
After just over a year of shambolic, freewheeling experimentalism and countless line-up changes, Glaswegian art-schoolers The Royal
We called it a day, leaving a reasonably good-looking corpse and this mini-album as their last goodbye.
But The Royal We struggled to capture the vitality of their live performances on record, and sadly this mini-album does little to change that. All the songs here have been widely circulated in demo form, but the band seem uncomfortable in making the transition from stage to studio, and consequently their self-titled debut is disappointingly restrained.
Jihae Simmons, however, remains a fascinating presence, her tongue-in-cheek lyrics loaded with charismatic delivery and the band behind her specialise in jerky twee-punk, like a grown-up Los Campesinos! or a more rough-and-ready Orange Juice. The slinky ‘French Vitality' shows the band have surprisingly decent chops, but like some of the other material here, lacks the endearing ramshackle romanc
Gallows feat. Lethal Bizzle - Staring At The Rude Bois 2007-11-13 14:36:55 -
Gallows
, it would seem, are quite a big deal at the moment. Picked up by Warner and with a frontman sitting proudly atop the NME's not-at-all-worthless Cool List – 17 places above Brandon Flowers' moustache, incredibly - so vast quantities of Babycham were no doubt quaffed by the suits responsible for this union between the Watford band and Conor McNicholas' pet grime merchant, Lethal
Bizzle.
But such self-satisfaction would be completely undeserved. Although their take (sorry, ‘2007 update') on The Ruts' original has become a live favourite, on record it's totally pointless. The normally captivating Frank Carter barks half-heartedly over a bog-standard replica of the original punk standard. Bizzle's awkward MCing, meanwhile, is similarly underwhelming, far from the intensity of ‘Forward Riddim' or his earlier work with More Fire Crew.
Longtime Gallows fans could be forgiven for finding all this hard to swallow. ‘Staring
at the Rude Bois' sounds like a worrying re
Delays 2007-11-11 18:29:08 -
After eighteen months away Southampton guitar pop four piece Delays
are back. Catching them on the first date of their November mini tour last week in local Cardiff dive The Barfly, nodding my head and straining to peer my way through a crowd that included actor Mathew Horne (of Gavin and Stacey fame) dressed in a rock star's coat, one is struck by just how pristine Delays' bittersweet falsetto sprinkled guitar sound is. Theirs is a refreshing kind of sun kissed pop that is given a real emotional heart, capturing hints of the looping psychedelica of Ride and the Stone Roses and marrying it to a soaring sense of melody that harks back to the early to mid nineties when the likes of the La's and The Boo Radleys ruled the morning airways. Highlights of the set include the melodic yearning of "Nearer Than Heaven" and the pulsing keyboard of "Valentine." Newer efforts taken from their new EP have an insistent edge that burst forth with the first joyous rush of love (“Love Made Visible
The DodgemsLeeds University Union, 31st Oct 2007 2007-11-11 15:31:16 -
Life as a support band must be a tough one. You travel all around the country, constantly in the shadow of another band, all in the vain hope of making an impression on anybody not queuing up at the bar. Still, these things are a necessary evil if you harbour intentions of hitting it big one day.
The Dodgems are a four-piece indie/rock band from Sheffield hoping to do just that. Heard that before? I'm not surprised. The influx of exactly this type of ‘indie-by-numbers' band appears to be exactly the type of fuel that the NME hype machine runs on. That's not to say they're all bad. Indeed, after a song or two it's apparent that The Dodgems are a technically capable band, albeit completely lacking in any kind of originality or cutting-edge.
Phil Goodwin does his level best to project the band to an apathetic audience, but strutting around like a pre-pubescent Johnny Borrell will do little to endear him to crowds who have seen acts like this time and again. When bands like Read more:University
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Sons and Daughters 2007-11-18 15:45:00 -
I joined Scott Paterson (Guitarist/Vocalist) of Sons and Daughters at the Birmingham Bar Academy on their most recent and longest ever tour where we discussed Suede, The Smiths and erm, the worst interview questions to field to the band?
How's the tour going so far?
This is only the third night so we're still at the very beginning: it's been great. The first night was at Northampton where we'd never been before so we were a little worried ?cos we haven't toured for about 2 years. It feels like we're starting again, playing all the little sweaty places. That's our favourite thing, playing where you can actually see the crowd.
It's quite a long tour this time?
Umm, really long. It's almost like the comedy tours when you see a comedian doing 3 months. It's 5 weeks so it's almost twice as long as we've done it before; it will give us chance to figure out how to do the new songs and get them really tight then come back and do a normal UK tour in the new year.
Correcto - Joni 2007-11-17 09:59:37 -
Correcto are a Glaswegian Indie quartet who release their debut single 'Joni' as a 7" on the wave of a growing loyal fanbase.
This first effort is a catchy guitar driven song with a strong chorus and an easy to remember verse which is ever so slightly early Buzzcocks-ish. The song is let down by the down strum-down strum-down strum rhythm which is synonymous with the latest batch of indie upstarts and doesn't help Correcto to stand out in the extremely populated crowd.
However, there is potential here - that chorus comes back time and time again to re-stick itself into the brain, something that is always going to be a useful tool when trying to 'make it' in the music industry.
Cribs, The - Don't You Wanna Be Relevant 2007-11-17 09:11:46 -
Wakefield's finest, The Cribs
, return with an anti-establishment tirade in the form of 'Don't You Wanna Be Relevant
', their latest single.
The Cribs are, without wanting to sound cliched, the embodiment of the true spirit of rock and roll - making music, regardless of who the messages they convey in their songs are aimed at. The barrage of guitar chords and bass and drums are the essential ingredients that help the trio put across their ideas; and my don't they do it well.
The well worked interplay of guitar and bass provides an angry backdrop for the vitriolic vocals which swerve all over the place melodically. The combination of slagging off every other band in the music industry for being sell outs in a song which is particularly un-mainstream, works brilliantly.
The Cribs are the bastiens of a proper music work ethic - do it because you love it, not because you want to be on the cover of every tabloid day in day out - long live The Cribs!
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