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

My Hero

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!