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Monday, February 8, 2010
Bummer
So I busted my foot open at the beach.....
So i went to the docs.....
So now im on crutches and can't put any pressure on foot else the cut will split open. So alas we can't play this show...
Bummer...
P.S. the shows still on so go check out all the amazing bands we could be playing with...
So i went to the docs.....
So now im on crutches and can't put any pressure on foot else the cut will split open. So alas we can't play this show...
Bummer...
P.S. the shows still on so go check out all the amazing bands we could be playing with...
Monday, February 1, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Ben's best albums of 2009
2009, What a year. Michael Jackson and Britney Murphy died, Tiger Woods’ private life got caught *insert witty golf sex joke*.
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
This album really plays on my “hipster indie” side, although its a very small part of my side it fills it with delight. Some songs are just incredibly pop with 1980's top 40 keyboard intros and others are as if the strokes and hot chip met in a bar and got into a brawl involving pool cues and glass bottles to the face. I was going to consider seeing them as most of their youtube appearances have been great but $80 seems alot for a band of which one album I have fallen for..... also its a festival hall...
St. Vincent – Actor
Sometimes I hate this album but other times I love it. The amount of crap to gold ratio is enough to keep it in my top 2009 albums. Theirs some real depth and incredible song writing, and instrumentation. And fat sax riffs. Also her use of disgusting screeching guitars appeals to me.... Maybe a little too much...
The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
The thing about the chariot is, they do it their way and they always do it right. No need for that "brutal chord" that every uses or sweep picking. While the rest of the early 2000s "metalcore" has gone down hill alot with everything single thing being triggered, over produced everything and drop A tunings, these guys have stayed gritty as all hell. They're also great at keeping their youtube page up to date, unlike alot of bands. Can't wait til they get to Australia... Hopefully in 2010....
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
I really like this album but i think its been severely overrated. Its fantastic in every way shape and form. Production is exquisite and song writing is insane but it just reeks of an album create a few years back by this little band called the Beatles. This whole review seems to be extremely hypocritical in essence so I'll stop talking. To each his own....
*p.s. i really like this album
Matt and Kim - Grand
If you haven't heard this album you would of definitely of heard "Daylight" somewhere. Commercials, video games etc. Its an extremely catchy album, sort of in the same vein as Los Campensinos, White stripes, Phoenix. - Although it's nothing like any of these at the same time. Check it.
Here is a list of albums I should of listened to before making this list because friends have said I would of like them…..
And so I watched you from afar - And so I watched you from afar
Isis – Wavering Radiant
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
The end...
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
This album really plays on my “hipster indie” side, although its a very small part of my side it fills it with delight. Some songs are just incredibly pop with 1980's top 40 keyboard intros and others are as if the strokes and hot chip met in a bar and got into a brawl involving pool cues and glass bottles to the face. I was going to consider seeing them as most of their youtube appearances have been great but $80 seems alot for a band of which one album I have fallen for..... also its a festival hall...
St. Vincent – Actor
Sometimes I hate this album but other times I love it. The amount of crap to gold ratio is enough to keep it in my top 2009 albums. Theirs some real depth and incredible song writing, and instrumentation. And fat sax riffs. Also her use of disgusting screeching guitars appeals to me.... Maybe a little too much...
The Chariot - Wars and Rumors of Wars
The thing about the chariot is, they do it their way and they always do it right. No need for that "brutal chord" that every uses or sweep picking. While the rest of the early 2000s "metalcore" has gone down hill alot with everything single thing being triggered, over produced everything and drop A tunings, these guys have stayed gritty as all hell. They're also great at keeping their youtube page up to date, unlike alot of bands. Can't wait til they get to Australia... Hopefully in 2010....
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
I really like this album but i think its been severely overrated. Its fantastic in every way shape and form. Production is exquisite and song writing is insane but it just reeks of an album create a few years back by this little band called the Beatles. This whole review seems to be extremely hypocritical in essence so I'll stop talking. To each his own....
*p.s. i really like this album
Matt and Kim - Grand
If you haven't heard this album you would of definitely of heard "Daylight" somewhere. Commercials, video games etc. Its an extremely catchy album, sort of in the same vein as Los Campensinos, White stripes, Phoenix. - Although it's nothing like any of these at the same time. Check it.
Here is a list of albums I should of listened to before making this list because friends have said I would of like them…..
And so I watched you from afar - And so I watched you from afar
Isis – Wavering Radiant
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
The end...
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Jac's Album's of 2009
So Ben asked me to document my favourite CD's of 2009 so here goes in no particular order
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
I hated this CD when I first heard it, and yes, it's overproduced, has enough saccharine to kill a small dog and extremely cliche and generic, but it's a grower and I feel has these guys ahead of the pack of generic 'pop punk' bands that seem to be appearing left right and centre like trailer trash spawn
And Then There Were None - Who Speaks For Planet Earth?
Soaring Post-hardcore singing vocals backed by hardstyle trance?
A fan of both I took to this CD like a fly to a 4 day old pizza slice casuallyleaning off a window-sill and it has been on constant rotation since. The CD as a whole is solid, with a couple of songs that are just plain terrible, but they are saved by a plethora of solid songs.
Closure In Moscow - First Temple
An excellent debut from the local lads, released shortly after they relocated to the U.S.A to broaden their horizons. This CD has quite the early Mars Volta (de-loused) influence throughout but the band make it their own sound with some really, REALLY complicated rhythms and some lovely guitar flourishes throughout. I'm curious to see what these guys do in the future, considering their first offering is appetizingly solid. Yum
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
This Album is just FUN
Like a slip 'n' slide on the moon
The songs are all silly and don't really have substance, but it has cheerleader sing-a-longs, and amusing lyrics, and sometimes that's just what you need.
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
Ashamedly the first CD I heard from Dance Gavin Dance, but surely enough it blew me away. The arrangements are just so perfect, varied and each member contributes an equal amount to every song resulting in an amalgamation that really earns them the title of 'a band's band'. Most people can't get over the fact there is yelling in most of the songs, but it is only another colour in the palette the band uses to define their sound, it's truly a great record, perhaps one of the best i've ever heard.
A Day To Remember - Homesick
Apart from the first song on this CD, I loved this album, 2009 was the year of 'pop-mosh' and while I don't think this 'genre' will be around for very long, it sure was a lot of fun, can't wait to see them at Soundwave. Here's hoping I get that volunteer position *fingers crossed*
More to come as I get around to it, but for now, sleep.
Love
Jac Fieldlings
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
I hated this CD when I first heard it, and yes, it's overproduced, has enough saccharine to kill a small dog and extremely cliche and generic, but it's a grower and I feel has these guys ahead of the pack of generic 'pop punk' bands that seem to be appearing left right and centre like trailer trash spawn
And Then There Were None - Who Speaks For Planet Earth?
Soaring Post-hardcore singing vocals backed by hardstyle trance?
A fan of both I took to this CD like a fly to a 4 day old pizza slice casuallyleaning off a window-sill and it has been on constant rotation since. The CD as a whole is solid, with a couple of songs that are just plain terrible, but they are saved by a plethora of solid songs.
Closure In Moscow - First Temple
An excellent debut from the local lads, released shortly after they relocated to the U.S.A to broaden their horizons. This CD has quite the early Mars Volta (de-loused) influence throughout but the band make it their own sound with some really, REALLY complicated rhythms and some lovely guitar flourishes throughout. I'm curious to see what these guys do in the future, considering their first offering is appetizingly solid. Yum
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
This Album is just FUN
Like a slip 'n' slide on the moon
The songs are all silly and don't really have substance, but it has cheerleader sing-a-longs, and amusing lyrics, and sometimes that's just what you need.
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
Ashamedly the first CD I heard from Dance Gavin Dance, but surely enough it blew me away. The arrangements are just so perfect, varied and each member contributes an equal amount to every song resulting in an amalgamation that really earns them the title of 'a band's band'. Most people can't get over the fact there is yelling in most of the songs, but it is only another colour in the palette the band uses to define their sound, it's truly a great record, perhaps one of the best i've ever heard.
A Day To Remember - Homesick
Apart from the first song on this CD, I loved this album, 2009 was the year of 'pop-mosh' and while I don't think this 'genre' will be around for very long, it sure was a lot of fun, can't wait to see them at Soundwave. Here's hoping I get that volunteer position *fingers crossed*
More to come as I get around to it, but for now, sleep.
Love
Jac Fieldlings
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