This is the best track I’ve heard this week and I can’t even understand a bloody word! Sultry, seductive. Flittering on the border of decency. J’aime cette musique!

Now, this is has the intentions on being a short review of little words because of course, music really should sell itself.

Casino are a band from Birmingham formerly known as SpiderSimpson, formerly known as Casino. (long story)

I found these guys on MySpace about 3 years ago and have periodically peeked in when the thought passes my mind to see what news they may have and on so doing that today, I’ve seen some major changes.

Last time I visited the band there was talk of disbandment and I thought it was a great, great pity because not since the Stereophonics had there been a group in Rock to just wet my appetite as much as them. With only a few singles released, I had the opinion of them being the next big thing. Sadly, it was not meant to be. Or so I thought.

With the reincarnation of Casino at the tale end of last year we have them back, ready and gearing and just you wait for it.

After one or two side projects the band have been busy in other areas, but let me tell you this people;

I believe that Rock in this country is slowly dying, I believe that this is the band that can save it. This one of the best rock bands I have heard for a longtime.

I’ll not come out with any witty, glorifying write-up. the music should speak for itself.

A Heavy Metal Machine is what we need and want.

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This has got such a hook to it you really wouldn’t think this to be nearly 12 years old! The cheek in this, the way it swings you about, the moodiness in it all. It’s a crackin’ track.

Personally, when it comes to the world of dubstep, Marlow is part of the hierarchy. Check out his remix of Owl City’s Fireflies too. The original is number one in the UK charts and he makes it sooo much better.

I seem to be coming out with some tunes that have been and gone tonight but the thing is though, they must be good if I’m still hearing them. This is one of them.

I’ve uploaded this track because I feel the need to do so. I believe people have to hear this track because quite simply, it’s feckin’ divine! Polish DJ Codec he is. Anyone know of him, I need to hear more if not all of his work.

Now this is the kind of breaks track I like. It’s got a steady pace to it along with a filthy a tint to it. A progressive edge that unleashes magnificently. Yeah man, this is good stuff.

A really, lovely flowing breaks track with a trance tinge that’ll have you smiling from ear to ear when you’re in the heat of the moment. A pretty good number this one.

Feeling the need for this tune. Adorable track! A Stanton Warriors favourite and one true, timeless masterpiece of a record.

Once again I’m coming back to this incredible French-Electro Legend, Vitalic. This is a tune that is welcomed anytime, any place, anywhere for me. A true treasure this gentleman. I seriously suggest you get this album. It’s bloody brilliant!

It pains me to listen to a band like this. That does not mean I do not like them. On the contrary.

I can visualise a 60,000 strong chorus in a packed out arena after listening to A Ready Defense. But just not yet.

After listening to the tracks on the music player of Misfortune500 I was wanting to shout at them and say “Yes! That sound’s awesome” and then “No, no, no, no, no.”

Musically they are tight and very much a unit which is the foundation of a solid, big sound but I feel the band all revolves around the untrained larynx of the lead vocalist. 

Now worded like that, it can appear a touch on the harsh side, but let me explain my reasoning.  As everyone kind of knows (apart from me perhaps because I know I can not sing to save my life) each individual has a level of sound which they can carry off and make good. Sir Tom Jones for example, cannot do high notes comparing to the late Freddie Mercury. U2’s Bono can not do the saucy yet rustic sound of the Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones.

Where the singing is in the style of crack-influenced, depressive/aggressive punk rock as it is at 3:35 on the track A Ready Defense it doesn’t quite suit the song in my opinion but as it climbs towards to “purely belter” part after the instrumental section there is this passionate, roaring of a sound fantastically similar to the singer of Exit Calm (you’ll have to search for them, this is not their review).

The eclectic, spinal-chilling moment when the singer does release that almighty tone to shiver the sternest of rocker is contained within that singer I have no shadow of doubt but the problem being is using that at the right time and far more frequently as I thoroughly believe that the key to their success lies in there. A slight reduction in the lingering, sustained vocals that carry on a slight amount to far the over shadow the music.

A couple of pieces need moving about and a red-hot poker up the singers backside, Hollywood Bowl, watch them then go.

This puts me neatly on the small fence with my legs straddled to the left and the right touching the ground on both sides. So it’s kind of like being in the Marmite or Vegemite camp. Love them or hate them?

Well when it comes to spreading the humble yeast extract around ready for your next consumption you will probably tend to not take in too much as it can be too sickly, too over-powering. But a touch of flavour is really quite pleasing to the palette. So it’s about balance then.

GodPawn have a truly well, produced sound. No-one listening to it properly could take that away from them. However though it is a confusing, genre cocktail making me question exactly “What am I listening to?”.

The rythymatic artistic poetry involved is a greatly beat-matched, the noise is clean and quite refined even though it be an industrial one but it’s quite a puzzling combination. If it were a cocktail, then a little less of this and a little more of that with that omitted and this in addition as well, it is like I said, quite confusing.

Experimental it definately is. When it comes to experimenting further I think that the measure of each of the ingredients are needed to be altered to make it more palletable, then I know I’d love them.

I’m probably just not a fan of their work but the latest Green Day album 21st Century Breakdown really didn’t do a great deal for me at first.

The initial tracks played on the record just seemed to be all to familiar, very basic and for someone who is a fond lover of dance music, dare I say, repetitive?

If it wasn’t for the crispness in the production then I would’ve mistaken it for a GCSE music project put together by some pothead students the morning it had to have been handed in for marking.

Comparing it to tracks unmistakeningly excellent like When September Ends, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Time Of Your Life, initially, it wouldn’t have woken me up to the revolution it appears they’re trying to instigate. But they did.

And then, Last Night On Earth. Thank goodness. Another classic Green Day soft-tissue-requesting track that’ll melt that hearts of the strurness rock maidens. Cool track, very balanced and flowed through nicely. After that some of the songs got better, in fact, I’d say they all did. Actually rather good too. I’m not a Green Day fan as a rule. East Jesus Nowhere kicked off the start of the better half of the album really and if it wasn’t for the poor start of pubescent sounding potheads trying to get a grade.

Great album altogether. It definitely grew on me. Maybe their Rock Band game will do the same..

Every now and then, a song comes on the radio by a band or artist that you’ve never heard of, it stops you in your tracks, you’re captured by this sound, it has a hold on you and you just need to hear it again.

Death by White Lies sounds just brilliant.

The first track on their To Lose A Life album is something which is beautifully warm, soothing and will manage the crowd listening to it live, belt out any stress, worry or just simple negtivity that inhibits their lives. It is a true and theraputic record. The rest of the album isn’t too bad either you know.

There is a powerful essence of Morrissey except it doesn’t bore me to the point where I wish to take myself out to the nearest, sharp implement and introduce it to my jugula.

Fairwell To The Fairground is another lovely yet moody but still an upbeat number. After all of the festivals they attended last year, it’s a surprise to me if you’ve not yet heard of them.

The White Lies are a band I am looking forward to hearing again.

IAMX.  Let’s open another window and we’ll go there as well so we can listen to that and read this at the same time.

Now. I like Iron & Wine which is poetic, rustic, American deepsouth folk. I like Nine Inch nails which is hard, industrial rock with very much explicit lyrics yet powerfully heartfelt. I like dark, filthy breakbeats which bang and bleep in all the right places. Depeche Mode with their indie/electronic sound, anthemic vocals and all the romanticism which surrounds. But what about an Artist which can combine all of those traits and come out with something truly masterful?

I am fortunate to have found that very artist in the former Sneaker Pimps co- founder Chris Corner’s alter-ego, IAMX.

The third album is a natural, creative and productive progression from the former two. Kiss & Swallow and The Alternative are fantastic pieces of recording and lyrically marvelous.  (I am very much a fan )This is much cleaner and more refined with regards to the overall sound. 

Brilliantly structured, timed to perfection, the highs are matched with the lows, the levels are bang-on as well as the poetry laid over the dark, melodic and harmonious beats, it is divine.

The introductory track to the album Nature Of Inviting hooks you in immediately with a rumbling, bouncy bassline along with near-operatic vocals.  Imogen Heap doing a delightful duet on My Secret Friend and I Am Terrified would just blow you away if you were in the front row of any live performance.

I genuinely love his work.

I have no reason for my admiration for French Electronica. Why do I seem to appreciate so much is beyond me. So to come across this particular Artist/DJ/Producer is almost overwhelming due to the divine beats, tweeks and bleeps this gentleman creates and unleashes through my speakers.

Vitalic from Dijon, France has recently-ish released Flashmob. To be honest, I’m struggling to put one track on here that can truly allow you to feel the masterful vibrations created. Poison Lips would be the best one really would as it reminds me so much of the original House music anthem by Donna Summer.

The tracks are at a comfortable dancing pace suited for all. The depth of the music is almost sordid at times with a naughty, sleazy twinge and along with the harmonious overtones that balance the music out shows intelligence as only the successful producers in my opinion can achieve. It’s all about balance I say. I would expect myself to be quite off balance after visiting a venue where he would be performing.

The tunes are sweetly delivered, progressing into what can become a frantic display of an unleashing rejuvenation.

It’s light, it’s hard, it’s sweet, it’s sleazy, naughty and just awesome.

This is a perfect example of why I love French Electronica.

This is my first write up in what is probably now 4 months. Having established the site in all it’s glory with the aesthetics, links and of course building the network to inform you all about my finds has been no easy task. Then, bizarrely, a block has been built and I’ve felt that I cannot write anything. A loss of interest has wormed it’s way into my soul and quite simply, I’ve got to the point of lethargy to which I almost had no return from. It was going to take something special that would truly move me. Something that could spark my appetite and rekindle the magic if you like. So now I introduce you to an established group that has only recently came across my ears. LCD Soundsystem.

They’ve had their latest release The Sound Of Silver out and about since 2007. Where do I find it? A new entry in the UK Dance Charts a fortnight ago. So, over two years out and then all of a sudden it’s labelled as a new entry?! How strange. But when I listened to this record I felt that perhaps it was of no surprise.

The first track is unmistakeable by many a gamer as being a theme tune to a very popular console Liberty City episode. Get Innocuous is a tune and a half. It has a certain attitude within the sound that means business, to bring you out of yourself and to take the bull by the horns. But depending on mood it can actually make you feel quite, well, innocuous.

As the album continues there is a fantastic crossover of genres as each track dabbles in another. We have the edges of punk on North American Scum and Watch The Tapes. Funky tunes such as Time To Get Away and one or two delightful and uplifting records such as All My Friends. Over the last two weeks of initially hearing this track it has become the one of the most played on the jukebox in my local watering hole. What I like most is the fact that people are asking me who this is, what this track is and I get to tell them. It’s brilliant.

Every track on this record is as unique as the previous one. All of which are individual, brilliant and worth listening to many, many times over. An excellent album.

I could go on about every track individually but there’s no point, it’s all good.

If you like only bits of punk, or some funky tunes or just a little bit of dance and rock. This is genuinely an eclectic combination and no album can truly define that any better.

For fun, politics and to disrupt plans of music industry domination

If you agree with the idea, hang fire people until the Monday before the 20th of December 2009 where the difference can be made. This is an edit to the previous written one being as the record has already reached No 20 in the last 4 and a half hours.

For me it began with this:

@d_h_morgan

Sick of bullsh*t x-mas xfactor no.1 buy “Killing in the Name” from iTunes/Play.com between: Sun 13th-Sat 19th #ratm4xmas #xfactor
11:44 AM Dec 2nd from web

Calm yourselves before the storm. Wait until the 14th of December 2009. iTunes, Amazon (see below), Play.com, HMV etc. It’ll cost you less than a pound, a dollar and will make a truly great, politically confrontational band make waves across the usic indutry and make the governemtn understand what it is that the people really want.

It’s a statement in more ways than saying No to an evitable Christmas number one.

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The first of October for me is always a ritual. There is always one track to be played. October for me is the month of positive change. It’s just my thing.

This track represents everything about change, progressing, and battling through. Severe poignancy.

I raise my glass of branded cola to my dear friend Anselmo, my compardre for nearly 20 years.

On this cold October morning, as frost lay on the ground..

I love the fact that these boys from Huddersfield in the North-West England are the thrash metal lords of darkness at this present time with their latest release Infected Nations.

Evile must have been overwhelmd at the chance of recording with Russ Russell shaping them out. These are classic, plectrum destroying riffs which just blow you away with their intricacy, their pace and the fact that is sounds pretty damn cool too. The drummers got some beef, the singer has audacity and the guitarist will just rip you up, spit you out into the mosh pit without a care nor a flinch.

This ranks with the top dogs from the days of old such as their influences Sepultura, Slayer and Metallica. Old friends of mine they are and I now call Evile as friends of mine too after Bathe In Blood. A cracking number.

Priceless production work, priceless riffs and solo’s that will blind you and make you twitch.

Infected Nations is out now.