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Thursday, 19 June 2008

ANTISOCIAL

Artist: ANTISOCIAL

   Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock

Discography:

Battle Scarred Skinheads

Year: 1984
Tracks: 17

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Crowded House's Somerville set a true fan's 'Dream' come true

Crowded House is the kind of band that can hit you with a deep, brooding song about the nature of life and mortality. Then they’ll crack a few jokes.
The band’s always had a split personality - they’re jovial pop guys with a wide depressive streak, and it’s only widened since they reunited last year.
Life has given frontman Neil Finn some heavy things to write about - last year’s reunion album, “Time

Earth,” seemed informed by the death of original drummer Paul Hesterbut - but Finn’s songs were getting deeper and subtler long before that happened. Last night they introduced a handful of new songs that continued the ambitious trend.
While Finn’s songs don’t necessarily sound like hit singles nowadays, they do sound like gorgeous, dark-shaded pop - and at least one of the new tunes (which uncharacteristically featured double keyboards and no guitars) was up with their best. To their credit, Crowded House never pushed the somber mood too far: They had rockers (“Locked Out”) to pull from the catalogue; and well-remembered hits (“Don’t Dream It’s Over”) to balance the unfamiliar songs.
While the band has a more relaxed sound than before, you get the impression that they reunited to explore new ideas, not to trade on nostalgia. The onstage camaraderie seems natural as always. At one point last night, Finn gave bassist Nick Seymour a piggyback ride around the stage.
The small-theater setting proved a payoff for fans, who got a looser and longer show than Crowded House played at the Pavilion last summer. During a 45-minute encore, Finn accepted a dare from someone up front to try playing every song he’d written with someone’s name in the title. This led to almost-never-played songs “Iris” and “Hello Sandy Allen” (both from his former band, Split Enz), with Finn cueing his bandmates on the chord changes.
After a few more deep tracks, he jumped into the front row to lead a singalong on one of his best ballads, “Better Be Home Soon.” That’s the way to return a cult audiences affections.

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Art and Jazz Messengers Blakey

Artist: Art and Jazz Messengers Blakey

   Genre(s):
Jazz

Discography:

Caravan

Year: 2007
Tracks: 8

Comedian Harmonists

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

My Chemical Romance fans plan march against Daily Mail

My Chemical Romance fans are planning to march across London in protest against the depiction of the band in the media.

The march, to be held on May 31, will begin at Hyde Park's West Pond and end outside the offices of The Daily Mail.

The newspaper has recently dubbed My Chemical Romance a 'suicide cult' band in its coverage of the suicide of 13-year-old emo Hannah Bond.

Three hundred fans are so far confirmed to march against the British press, of which the organisers from the MCR Buzznet Community in a statement claim The Daily Mail is the 'worst offender'.

In 2006, the newspaper widely criticised emo and My Chemical Romance and has recently run general pieces about the dangers of the 'cult'.

Monday, 19 May 2008

Ant and Dec to give back comedy award

Television system presenters Pismire and Dec have confirmed that they volition return a comedy accolade presented to them, after an probe set up that they hadn't actually won the dirty money.
The award, which was the People's Choice prize, was presented to the TV duet by isaac Bashevis Singer Robbie Roger Williams at the 2005 British people Comedy Awards.
An probe has since concluded that the award, decided by viewers' phone votes, should get gone to comedy champion Catherine of Aragon Tate.
According to lawyers Olswang, called in by ITV to investigate the computer programme, Tate had received more votes and was the discipline winner of the accolade.
Olswang said that the switch of winner appeared to be connected with an assurance presumption to Hank Williams that he could lay out an prize to Ant and Dec.
It noted that the pledge had been given to the isaac Bashevis Singer at a time when the only award left to be decided was the People's Choice, selected by a public voter turnout.
Reuters reports that vote was even allowed to carry on afterwards the trophy had really been presumption, when the depict was diffuse "as go" followers a break for the evening intelligence.
Olswang said: "Patch it rump be concluded that the assurance was presumption to assure Robbie Williams' attendance to pose an honour, it cannot be concluded that this was the grounds why the wrong victor of the People's Choice Awarding was announced."
It said that thither was no suggestion that Theodore Samuel Williams, McPartlin (Ant) or Donnelly (Dec) were aware of the switch.
A spokesman for Pismire and December said the divine revelation was "as a great deal a surprise to them as to everybody" and that they would be returning the honour.
Publicists for William Carlos Williams and Tate declined to comment on the storey.