Wednesday 5 December 2007

Kias Fansuri



Kias Fansuri are a hardcore screamo band from Malaysia. They remind me of early Envy but with a much more harsh singer.To me though they sound beautiful especially now that screamo and hardcore band's normally care more about their haircuts and look rather than the music they are playing. It's great to see a revival of old skool screamo in other countries especially with bands like Kias Fansuri, Japan's 1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal and Scotland's Mesa Verde (there will be a post on them very soon). Check out the bands Myspace where they have a discography and tour dates , sadly none of which comes anywhere near America or the UK. Here's their Self-titled EP to keep you entertained until they finally do decide to destroy stages near you. And remember, support the artists and buy a CD!

Tuesday 4 December 2007

1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal



1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal are a screamo trio from Kita-Kyushu, Japan.

I recently got into this band through randomly going through different bands on Last.fm and I'm quite glad I found them. The band are labeled as Screamo but I see much more of an ATD-I and Cap'n Jazz influence in them. They're music is brutal and melodic at the same time which is a winner for me.You can check out their 2003 album "Owari Wa Konai" which features the amazing "The End Never Comes" at Tip Your Fucking Hooker.Check them out and get some of their CD's while your at it.

Sunday 2 December 2007

Glassjaw



Here's Daryl Palumbo's best band doing what they do best...tearing it up live. This is a live show of the band at the Brixton Academy in London on the 7th July 2007. It's a totally ace recording and it features some live tracks which is even more of a plus. If you've never heard the band then this is a great place to start as it shows how intense the bands fanbase are with nearly ever word he says screamed out in unison with him by 1000+ people.

Courtesy of Dance In My Blood

Live In Brixton Academy

Mondo Cane



I've mentioned my love for Mike Patton a few times and here he is again with his new porject "Mondo Cane". In this project he's working with Aldo Sisillo and Roy Paci to cover 50's and 60's italian pop music. I know how cool it sounds and it definetly is. Their is an album rumoured for next year but it's unclear whether it will feature live versions or studio recorded versions but here's a live show he did in Italy. It sounds amazing and is courtesy of Blood Is Truth. Enjoy!



Mondo Cane - Live In Italy

On an added note, how cool does Mike look in that white suit!?

The Tiger Lillies



The Tiger Lillies are a dark cabaret band from London. The band are known for their extremely surreal style and their witty and dark lyrical themes. The band's discography contains about 20+ albums and the band have also been known to collaborate with many other artists including the Kronos Quartet and writer Edward Gorey. I found out about the Tiger Lillies through the great Bolachas Gratis when they posted a seemingly random live clip of them playing on Jools Holland. Since then I've been a massive fan as their music changes so much, one moment being hilarious tales of horror to bleak tales about the end of the world. I suggest if you liked the video I have posted of them playing live or any of the mp3's from below, then you seek out more by them and, even more so, go see them live as their shows are the stuff of dreams.

Snip Snip
Masturbating Jimmy (with the Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlandsoperan)
Heroin And Cocaine


Jeromes Dream



Jeromes Dream where are screamo band who where pioneers of the emo-violence scene. The band did not use a vocal mic at live shows which eventually lead to their vocalist spewing up blood at live shows because of his strained vocal chords. The band's songs usually clock in at a minute or lower and you can find their whole discography at A Nice Place To Raise Children which has some other mighty fine stuff on there. The band was made up of Jeff Smith (Bass/Vocals), Nick Antonopulous (Guitar) and Erik Ratensperger(drums). The band where only active from 1997 till 2001 but have inspire many real screamo bands since then.

Saturday 1 December 2007

Carbine's Top 10 Of 2007



It's amazing how time consuming college can be but I've finally managed to create my Top Ten Albums of this year! Hopefully there wont be as much as a post drought as their has been but don't quote me on that just yet!

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On a side note I'd just like to mention the passing of one of the best blogs I ever came across;"ROAWR!". Mixing hardcore, screamo, early emo, hip-hop, metal and a whole host of other music genre's, the site got me into many, many band's who I wouldn't have heard of otherwise and it is a real shame the creators have decided to shut the place down.

However with it's passing a new blog has sprung into life! The Spark That Bled has recently just been created by a very good friend of mine and his first posts have already gave promise of much more greater things to come so check it out! Now then, lets get into this list.....


1. Battles - Mirrored & Cadence Weapon - Breaking Kayfabe

At joint top of my list is Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon and American experimental rock band Battles. Both of these albums are debut's and couldn't be further away from each other in types of music but both have one major thing in common and that's amazing originality. I strongly suggest anyone who has heard neither of these band to check them out as your really missing out! I've got a track from each to really give you an idea of what their like

Battles: Leyendecker
Cadence Weapon: Black Hand


3.The Horrors - Strange House

Causing quite a stir in the British indie scene for their supposed "style over music" ways, the band have proved their haters wrong with their modern take on 60's garage rock.


The Horrors: A Train Roars


4. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City

I was slightly confused about putting this album into the list as it's been a favourite of mine since 2006 when it first leaked onto the Internet. The band have went from strength to strength on this, their second album. I eagerly anticipated what they'll do in 2008


Bloc Party: SRXT


5.Tomahawk - Anonymous

This album was guaranteed a place in the list as soon as Patton announced it just for the reason that the man's a genius. This album has certainly lived up to expectations and over with Mike and the rest of the guys taking on the challenge of creating an entire album of modern takes on old Native American songs.


Tomahawk: Crow Dance


6.Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak

With complex guitar parts and smart lyrics, Good Shoes debut has been a breath of fresh air in an overly dull British indie scene. Also you should try to catch them live where their already great songs come into a life of their own.


Good Shoes: Things To Make And Do


7.HEALTH - HEALTH

A teeth smashing debut and late comer into my list, HEALTH are from America and play some of the best noise rock since the Boredoms and are still only kids. I cant put this album on without listening to every song on it.


HEALTH: Courtship


8. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

The best new Scottish band for a very long time. The band combine shoegazing and post-rock along with lead singer James Graham's thick accent to make a debut full of songs that will make you glad to be alive.


The Twilight Sad: Cold Days From The Birdhouse


9. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times

Seeing as the post before this one was a music video by SGM it's safe to say I think they are ace. The Avant-Garde rock band have created a superb third album with snippets of all sorts of genre's littering this album. One for the open-minded.


Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Helpless Corpses Enactment

10.Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound

What can you say really? Shellac have been and always be amazing and this album just shows why this is. Buy it now!


Shellac: Spoke

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Ahhhhh, all done for this year...best go and start next years right now!

Wednesday 7 November 2007

Monday 15 October 2007

TFOTHC Mixtape Vol. 3



So it's finally here...mainly as I have a week off this week and I thought I'd get this out the way first before I go job searching and the like through the rest of the week. Anyways some of the artists on here have been featured here before or have already been included on the other Mixtapes. I'm sorry I couldn't help this but there have been very little in the way of listening to new stuff these last couple of weeks so hopefully for Vol. 4 there shall be a few artists making their debut on the blog =D Here it is anyways...enjoy!

1.Deep Fried Frenz - MF Doom
2.Sweetness - Jimmy Eat World
3.Fireworks - Animal Collective
4.Convalescence - Darkest Hour
5.Holy Water - The Gossip
6.Trevor an'Them - Murs
7.Death At The Chapel - The Horrors
8.Chill out Tent - The Hold Steady
9.Screws And Bolts - The Fall On Deaf Ears
10.This is The Dream Of Win And Regine - Final Fantasy And Cadence Weapon
11.He Knows - The Futureheads
12.Afghani Black - House Of Blow
13.One Hundred Things You Should Have Done In Bed - Snow Patrol
14.16 Military Wives - The Decemberists
15.Imaginary Places - Busdriver
16.Bottle Neck - Gas Club
17.In The City - Good Shoes
18.Graffiti - Maximo Park
19.Gio-Graph-Ick - Subtitle
20.Safe In Sound - Small Brown Bike
21.Winter Month Novelty - At The Drive-In
22.Strange Ways - Madvillian

Mixtape Vol.3

Saturday 6 October 2007

Busdriver - Imaginary Places



So the last few posts of late have had at least sort of hip-hop influence and this one isn't going to be any different.I'm currently still working on the next mix tape and also some of my own music but here's an amazing song from the hip-hop artist Busdriver. This is just a taster of what the man's work is like and there will definitely be a proper post on him in the future but for now enjoy the music.

Friday 5 October 2007

Banksy



I've become a huge fan of Banksy's work in the last couple of days. I used to talk to a couple of guys who where really into tagging and the like and I always thought it was really interesting stuff ( and it looked cool as fuck as well!). Anyways, Glasgow is over-populated by things called "menchies", a crude form of tagging which involves no skill whatsoever, has no thought behind it and is largely to do with the hordes of gangs that roam the streets.However,there are a few area's in Glasgow where there are some really sweet pieces of art. One that's caught my eye the last few days is a building near the River Clyde and this is how I got into Bansky's work.

The work in Glasgow has nothing to do with the "art-terrorist" Bansky.However it did get me looking into more Graffiti based things and this is where I came across Bansky.

No-one really knows who he is(well there are some, but their not telling) and his work is normally very political based. It's also of very high quality as he uses stencils rather than just doing it free hand. The thing about him which most amazes me though is that fact that even though he is quite well known, he still isn't a celebrity. He actually seems to hate the idea of them (check out the Paris Hilton video below).

Bansky's greatest piece in my opinion is when he Israeli West Bank barrier and painted 9 pictures on it. Check out the video below to see this amazing man's work.


In Palestine



Paris Hilton Get's A Makeover

Monday 1 October 2007

Cadence Weapon And Final Fantasy



These mp3's are the result of a CBC Radio Live session collaboration between Final Fantasy (AKA Oweb Pallet; a modern genius) and Cadence Weapon (who's album "Breaking Kayfabe", is joint top of my Albums Of 2007 list). Being the two greatest musical exports from Canada (yes, I'm even counting The Arcade Fire in this..there's no way they're better than either of these guys) the collaboration is a great idea considering the artists music couldnt be further away from one another but this collab works well on so many levels as the beats in Weapon's songs are replaced by the wonderful violins of Pallet and it turn Final Fantasy's songs are re-worked with Owen singing over big brutal electro beats.Beautiful stuff...would love an album but if it never happen's we'll always have these!

CBC Radio Session

Isis - From Sinking



From the bands 2002 album "Oceanic". Totally epic stuff....I hate how some people try to write off metal bands before listening to them. Shouting/Growling/Screaming lyrics doesnt make a song or band less amazing. Mixtape Vol. 3 coming soon...

Sunday 30 September 2007

Subtitle - Young Dangerous Heart




Young Dangerous Heart is the first full length album by Los Angeles based rapper, Subtitle, released in 2005.



At the moment I've been going through quite the hip-hop phase(aswell as a hardcore-punk one but the two seem to fit well together anyway).I cant say I was ever really that much of a hip-hop fan until I heard A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory". I've always had a hatred of the 50 Cent/Snoop Dogg style of rap, that gangster tinged mainstream tosh but ATCQ blew me away and showed it wasnt all bad.

Enter Subtitle, the rapper/producer who is well known for his production and collabarations with various artists from different genres. Subtitles (real name Giovanni Marks)solo work, however, is just as good as any of the work he has done. I've been listening to his 2005 album "Young Dangerous Heart" on repeat for pretty much the last three days. It's an amzing record...one of those pieces of music that you know when the first track kicks-in, you know your in for something special. Subtitles lyrics are smart and quick and he uses various beats to keep songs like "Gio-Graph-Ick" stuck in your head for days.Anyways I guarantee you'll love this record if you have an open mind about music so go hunt it down.And if you want more convincing, try the tracks I've uploaded to get a feel for the album.

I'm hoping for a new mixtape for the next post but I dont have a clue when I'll be able to get that done so keep checking back here for more updates!


Two tracks from "Young American Heart"
Leave Home and another Young American Heart

Saturday 22 September 2007

Glassjaw - You Think Your John Fucking Lennon



Quite a good quality live version of one of the new Glassjaw songs taken from there as of yet untitled new album to be released (hopefully) some time next year. Enjoy!

Thursday 20 September 2007

TFOTHC Mixtape Vol. 2



1.Mr Bungle - Slowly Growing Deaf
2.Rage Against The Machine - Maggie's Farm
3.Mesa Verde - Any excuse For A Waste
4.MF Doom - Beef Rapp
5.Funeral For A Friend - Bullet Theory
6.Tim Buckley - Hallucinations
7.Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
8.Shellac - Dog And Pony Show
9.Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Helpless Corpse Enactment
10.Minor Threat - Out Of Step (With The World)
11.A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
12.The Spinto Band - Brown Boxes
13.Slayer - Postmortem
14.Black Flag - Six Pack
15.Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
16.Bury Your Dead - Colour Of Money
17.At The Drive-In - Metronome Arthritis
18.Sunny Day Real Estate - In Circles
19.The Sex Pistols - Anarchy For The UK

So my second Mixtape has finally been completed..and it runs just over 80 minutes!!Oh well, anyways this volume has much more of a hip-hop and hardcore feel to it than the last one. Let me know if you like it


Volume 2


Note:Best played in itunes or burned to disk for the maximum listening experience =P

Tuesday 18 September 2007

Busy Month



So I haven't done a post since my Mixtape which was a while back now mainly as I've been at College studying Music Tech and been a bit busy but hopefully there should be a proper new post by the end of the week or the start of next week. Right now my time is being divided up between college, getting into town with my mate, reading Rules Of Attraction ( I would recommend it), learning RATM songs, trying to watch my Beloved Detroit Tigers at 1am in the morning, watching my beloved Rangers get beat 4-2 ( :[ )and a few other annoying,but time consuming, things.Anyways, I'll end this post with a video of Rage playing Woodstock '99 since I'm in abit of a RATM mood...enjoy!

Wednesday 5 September 2007

The Fate Of The Human Carbine Mixtape



So it seems those great people at Zen And The Art Of Face Punching aswell as a few other blogs all have the Mixtape fever at the moment and it has finally hit me! So heres some songs I've been really liking the last few weeks and a few of my all time favourites for good measure.

1.CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings
2.Neils Children - Sometimes It's Hard To Let Go
3.Cadence Weapon - Sharks
4.Boredoms - B Is For Boredoms
5.Constatine Sankathi - Forget Everything I Told You
6.Oxbow - The Geometry Of Business
7.Good Shoes - Southwest Train
8.Slint - Ron
9.Prinzhorn Dance School - Crackerjack Docker
10.Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
11.Final Fantasy - Many Lives -> 49
12.Boredoms - Budokan Tape Try ( 500 Tapes High)
13.Gallows - Abandon Ship
14.Cap'n Jazz - Basil's Kite
15.Texas Is The Reason - There's No Way That I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight
16.Foals - Mathletics
17.Drive Like Jehu - luau
18.Codeine - Loss Leader
19.iForward,Russia! - Twelve
20.Cat Power - The Sleepwalker
21.The Twilight Sad - Last Year's Rain Didn't Fall Quite So Hard
22.The Horrors - Sister Leonella
23.Smog - I Could Drive Forever

Mixtape
Note: It's probably best to play this in iTunes as I think the songs will come up properly if you do =]

Sunday 2 September 2007

Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer



"Boredoms is an avant-garde rock band from Osaka, Japan. The band was officially formed in 1986, although some date the band to bedroom tape experiments beginning in 1982. Their varied output is difficult to pigeonhole, but is usually referred to as noise rock or sometimes Japanoise, though their more recent records have been largely based around repetitive minimalism, ambient music and tribal drumming.

The band has a vast and sometimes confusing discography. Many band members have rotated through the group over the years, often using a number of various stage names. Singer Yamantaka Eye is the closest they have to a frontman; his style includes a range of baffling screams, babbling, electronic effects and very heavy post-production. Drummer/singer/trumpeter Yoshimi P-We has been featured on many Boredoms recordings as well."


Now onto one of my favourite bands.Crazy is the best word to describe them. I fell in love with them after hearing them in the Ichi The Killer Soundtrack.All I can say is that you should try this album espescially if you like noise rock or screamo stuff...You'll definetly enjoy it!

Chocolate Synthesizer

Cat Power Live In Dc



So I've already explained that I love everything Chan Marshall has done.This is a set I found awhile ago of her playing Live at the 9.30 Club in DC. It's great quality and studded with great songs aswell as some covers (Crazy and House Of The Rising Sun etc). The only fault I have with this gig is the lack of her old songs...


Cat Power In DC


Thursday 30 August 2007

Les Incompétents



Titled the "new Slipknot" at one point by a Radio 1 presenter, Les Inc. have really nothing at all in commonm with the American Metal band except for the amount of people they have onstage/in the band at one time. Les Inc where formed by Billy Leeson and Frederick Macpherson, the band injected a freshness into the london indie scene with their humourous and dark lyrics and the energetic live shows. The band was also noted for their dual vocalists with extremely different vocal styles. The band announced their split in June 22, 2006. The reason has been much disputed ( Billy was assaulted and nearly died as the band where starting to meet with some success and it is thought that this was a facotr in their split) but the band say they couldnt decided what musical direction to take.In 2007 the band released a End Of An Error, a collection of all their recorded material and live performances. R.I.P. Les. Inc!!!!


End Of An Error

Tuesday 28 August 2007

Sunday 26 August 2007

Alfaro Vive, Carajo!



I've already mentioned how big an At The Drive-In an I am in an earlier post but I wanted to share a bit more from one of the band's I hold close to my heart. Unfortunately I never saw ATD-I or had even heard of them until their demise(I was a nu-metal kid!).However I think I have made up for this since I have pretty much all of their back catalogue. Anyways, if you don't know who they where At The Drive-In where a post-hardcore band formed in El Paso, Texas. It was made up of Cedric Bixler-Zavala(Vocals), Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Guitar), Paul Hinojos (Bass Guitar), Jim ward (Guitar and Vocals) and Tony Hajjar (Drums).Alfaro Vive, Carajo! was the band's second EP and shows them at their rawest. The band eventually split in 2001 as a result of many problems within the band and outside it. Jim and Tony with Paul eventually formed the band Sparta, a more typical rock band, but Paul has since Joined Omar and Cedric's new band The Mars Volta who play a mix of progressive rock with hints of Latin and Experimental rock.

Alfaro Vive, Carajo!

Thursday 23 August 2007

Constatine Sankathi



Got into this band through the great Roawr blog and I think it's put perfectly there. Check it out!

"You probably don't know this band, because it is about 11 years ago that Constatine Sankathi played their last show somewhere in deep deep California. Though I think that this band is responsible for the emergence of such over-the-top emo/screamo bands like The Saddest Landscape, The Pine or as well Her Breath On Glass. If that's a re 100% bad thing or not is your decision. There are about four releases floating around by this band, but nearly no other information. The final and most important release, their discography cd, was done on Council Records."

Discography

Wednesday 22 August 2007

Man Stroke Woman

Now for a bit of comedy.Man Stroke Woman was a british comdey that aired on BBC3 for two seasons. It featured Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz star Nick Frost. It was also one of the most under-rated sketch comedies out there....honestly, more people should have watched this program!Here are some of the best bits =D

The Burgalar


How Many Women Have You Slept With?


New Boy In The Kitchen

Tuesday 21 August 2007

Aerial Caused The Haunting



So, today I thought I would post something I knew no-one would have and I remembered about this band. Aerial Caused the Haunting where a short-lived local Glasgow band who played metal with a mix of thrash thrown in. I only saw the band once at some point last year and I knew a couple of the guys who played in it. Anyways I wanted to post this stuff as I've had to songs of theirs for ages now and I thought it would be a good idea to kind of put them out there as before I made this post I had a little look around the web to see if there was anymore info about the band. And that's when I knew I should post them as, even though they where only a local band, I felt quite sad that a lot of bands just disappear before they can even really make a mark. This goes for not only ACTH but lots of other bands out there who never stayed around long enough meaning the people out there who could have fallen in love with their music didn't just because they never heard a song by them. So, all in all, this post is kind of my salute to the Internet in keeping music alive.People think my blog and blogs like this kill music but really these are the place's where it really lives on.

Aerial Caused The Haunting

(Included in this are the songs "My Mum's Crimewatch Debut" and "Black Tower")

Slint - Glasgow 20/08/07









Amazing night. Shall update this post more later...Also, I have more photo's and an extra video but didnt want to post them all here

Sunday 19 August 2007

Inside Out



Thanks to Here for this!

"Inside Out was a Hardcore and/or Metal core band from Orange County, California - notable for being the first band fronted by Zack De La Rocha, later of hugely successful band Rage Against the Machine."

I have to be honest from the start. I always hated Rage Against The Machine. It's true. Up until only about a year ago I finally "got" them. For some reason I always had them labelled as some crap rap-metal band who didn't like the government or something. Thank fuck I came round is all I can say! However, for all my love of Rage, when I found out about these guys and then heard them I was blown away and Rage immediately became second to them. Fronted by Zack De La Rocha before he joined/created Rage, Inside Out where far more ferocious and hardcore than them(and in my eyes better!). They only released a single 7" EP entitled "No Spiritual Surrender" but if you give youtube a search you can find so many great videos of them.


No Spiritual Surrender


Wednesday 15 August 2007

Don't Say I'm not Good To You Guys

The Horrors


"The Horrors are a five-piece garage rock band who formed in the summer of 2005. They released their debut album Strange House on March 5 of 2007. Strange House reached #37 on the UK charts. They have polarised opinion in the popular music scene by their unusual choice of apparel and obscure musical inspirations. Their influences are presented profoundly in their own music, which has been described as a hybrid of The Birthday Party and The Cramps."

Bit like marmite The Horrors are. You either love them or hate them. Thankfully I'm a lover, especially after I caught them at the Glasgow ABC where they totally ruled the stage (and the audience!). Signed to the fantastic Loog records their debut "Strange House" is an awesome garage-punk gem in a sea of generic indie bands. Find it and buy it!

She Is The New Thing Single


Foals


"Foals are an English indie band, based in Brighton but originally from the Oxford area. The five-piece group are known through extensive live playing around Great Britain for its mix of indie with elements from techno and math rock. The band has signed with Transgressive Records, and played a number of shows at the 2007 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas."

Amazing band to dance around to and very technical aswell. One to watch for the future.

Live 12"

At The Drive-In


"At the Drive-In was an American band from El Paso, Texas that existed from 1993 to 2001.During their short but influential career, At the Drive-In crafted musically complex songs laced with cryptic and strongly metaphoric lyrics. Influenced equally by hardcore music as by the likes of Pink Floyd and The Smiths, the band was founded in 1993 by guitarist Jim Ward and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala"

I should'nt really have to say anymore about this band as they are one of the greatest things to happen to music. After they broke up members of the band went on to form two more great bands, Sparta and The Mars Volta. Go out and buy all their records...you wont be dissapointed

Split with Sunshine

Invalid Litter Dept. Single

glassJAw


"Glassjaw (sometimes written glassJAw) is a four-piece band (formerly a five-piece) from Long Island, New York. The band is fronted by vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, and has undergone numerous line-up changes since their inception. The exact style of music Glassjaw can be considered to have taken inspiration from, but not limited to: Bad Brains, Snapcase, Mike Patton, Refused and fellow New York notables Anthrax, Silent Majority and Vision of Disorder."

glassJAw are a post-hardcore band fronted by the great Daryl Palumbo. Having just reunited (they never left really) I decided to post these demos I found awhile back. In these you can clearly hear the influence they have from ATD-I as Palumbo's lyrics sometimes infuse with ATD-I's own. Wether he was taking the piss or not we'll probably never know but it sounds damn good XD

Demos

Friday 3 August 2007

Welcome

Hey there, whoever the heck you are! This is my first attempt at one of these blog things. This is where I shall share my love of things which I think are cool ( and hings I think are not so much) such as art, music, film etc etc. I shall update when I have more time but for now here are some videos of bands I really like to keep you occupied! Enjoy!

Cat Power - Metal Heart


Cat Power - The greatest singer in the world ever and the most beautiful woman in the world as well ( well at least in my opinion..) If you don't know anything about Cat Power, AKA Chan Marshall then go find out...NOW!!! There shall be a lot more of this woman in the future on this blog (it's named after one of her songs so you realise how big a fan I am of hers) but for now here she is playing the highlight from her 1998 album, "Moon Pix", Metal Heart. If this doesn't get your emotions going then I hope your dead....

Cult Of Luna - Back To Chapel Town

I saw this song on really late one night when I was half-pissed and it blew my mind. I'm not a metal-head (You'll realise this when my blog comes on a bit more) but I do have a soft spot for the good stuff and this is definitely it. COL play something similar to Isis with huge riffs and growling vocals but this song has a tendency to take me away to some apocalyptic world where this would be the last thing to hear before you die....Enjoy =D


Sunny Day Real Estate - Song About An Angel

I like Emo music (eekk!). And before you jump away from this page know this; when I say Emo I mean proper Emo music. This is none of the naff novelty pop-punk going about just now trying to describe itself s Emo (I'm looking at you Fallout Boy and Paramore!). No, this is the good stuff, the original emo music that was closer to indie and college rock than anything else. This track is taken from their first album titled "Diary" and is a beautiful song. I shall do a lot more SDRE in the future...

The Young Knives - We Are The Also Rans

To finish off I thought I'd get something a bit more light-hearted and so here are British indie-rock band The Young Knives singing about mediocrity in the current British Indie scene(hey have a right you know..it's shit other than them). This was one of their b-sides but I love it. This band are charmingly witty and their album "Voices Of Animals And Men" was one of the best of 2006. Anyways I'm quite drunk and also a bit tired so I'll leave you to it!