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.

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.

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!

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

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

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.

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