Posts Tagged ‘rock’

Witchcraft by Pendulum


16 Jul

With these boys pretty much living of here in the UK due to their mass popularity across the genres of Dance and Rock, there is no escape from Pendulum.

With the release of their third album Immersion likely to be heading up to atmospheric heights – and I believe it will do – this tune is a sign of the wonders yet to come. The Prodigy could possibly lose their mantle if these guys continue with the work they’re banging out.

PLUS! As an additional treat, check their Essential Mix before BBC Radio 1 close down the link. CLICK HERE!

Witchcraft is released on the 18th of July.

Witchcraft

The Black Keys


11 May

I will never say to other people that I know a lot about music. It is impossible to hear about everything that goes on in the World around us. So many times there are bands that don’t get the break that they need to be able to unleash the terrific tunes that they conceive. Sometimes they manage to do it but they don’t get heard by everyone in their targeted demographic. The record company’s sometimes fail on the Artists behalf.

I am just wondering how an awesome band such as The Black Keys have totally deserted my radar though.

I’ve never heard of them up until yesterday. I am entirely overwhelmed by the glorious psychedelic, Bluesy-Rock sound which could put many a 60′s Woodstock band to utter shame. This is superb!

BROTHERS is their 8th studio album – 9th if you count their collaborating work on Blackroc released last year – and I swear it is the most excellent piece of production I’ve heard quite possibly ever.

Having a sound that is so reminiscent to the likes of – Better still in fact – MUMFORD & SONS meeting THE DOORS on a comedown Sunday afternoon after a LED ZEPPELIN and ROLLING STONES joint venture.

Lyrically, every song tells a story. Musically this album is Harmonious Blues with a moody Rock and Indie style that sweetly hums along as an autobiographical moment to whatever stage of your life you’re currently in.

There is a song for everyone. I’m not going to go through all of them because quite honestly, it should only take one or two of them.

I am gong backwards for a change, checking out their previous material. I believe this is a great piece of songwriting. Awards will be magnetised to this record without doubt. And if I’m wrong, that means those who decide where the awards go to, are seriously very wrong indeed.

BROTHERS is released on the 18th May. For goodness sake, please your heart, soul and mind and get it. Pre-order it here. You won’t mind selling your soul to this. And yeah, you’ve got to watch the video’s below to meet Frank the Funkasaurus Rex.

Many thanks to npr.com/music for indirectly allowing me to do this review. To hear the album in it’s entirety before release, CLICK HERE! And pre-order it by clicking the iTunes link below.

The Black Keys

Black Rock by Joe Bonamassa


18 Apr

BLACK ROCK is the latest release from the Blues/Rock guitaring maestro that is, Joe Bonamassa.

I could say living legend but if he has only recently passed my ears then I’ve either my head in the sand or his riffs haven’t carried over to me far enough.

Having recently played at the Royal Albert Hall with living legend Eric Clapton – that was more appropriate I think – I noticed his performance is truly heartfelt, honestly passionate and very powerful too.

This is the kind of mature music my father would have listened to and loved. Now I have to say, being as the candles are further burning for me, I am falling for this too. This is done the way it should be.

He has great soul and a voice that simply speaks the truth. I have found that Blues music to this degree with quoting any movies has to be lived and experienced to be able to genuinely sing and play it with your heart and spirit. He feels the music he sings, it’s a part of him and the guitaring is a blessing. I have heard many acts over the years doing their best to eminate the greats but it is such a refreshing experience for me to listen to a great with some up-to-date – already – classics. Blue & Evil just rock.

The video below doesn’t get any fresher either.

Joe Bonamassa - Black Rock

Break My Soul by Hybrid


07 Apr

To have a tune which has some delightful female-sung vocals over the top and inbetween some dark, sordid drum and bass nowadays like this crawling up the charts faster than a squirrel with a firework up it’s backside is simply blissful.

Original Sin by Hybrid


07 Apr

You know when you listen to some music like an unknown album or something random on the radio, then all of a sudden a tune comes on and you’re immediately taken aback, moved, unhinged by the sheer excellence emitting from your speakers or headphones? I’ve just had that. You’re wearing your haunting war-face to this dark floorfiller.

We Have Band


03 Apr

EXPERIMENTAL would be an appropriate word used in some opinions regarding the sound of We Have Band but this is has quite a familiar feel. Just with the 21st Century twist. Take the Human League and collaborating them with Morrissey, remixed by The Whip.

The electronics are not strong enough nor as prominent to be classed as Electro. The instruments are not hard enough to be classed as Rock, so we have a subtle crossover and a delicate blend between the two.

WHB, their debut album introduces you with Piano. A minimal track which has an uplifting brightness as if the sun is breaking through, beginning to shine for the first time on a cloudy morning. The individual talents of the entire three members shows of more so the production skills rather than the playing of instruments as a minimal almost throughout alike to The xx except with more warmth.

Hear It In The Cans for me is one of the smarter numbers as the structure of the track is varied with levels but combined well resulting in almost an intricate track, but so sweet and passive is really delivered quite cleverly. Their single release Divisive is brilliant, 80′s synth disco style. Then with You Came Out (below) with the random Punk-esque vocals and the Indie harmony supporting. It’s so crazy it seems to work.

The songs are diverse yet simple, complex but effortless. It is creative, discerning and profound.

WHB by We Have Band is out now.

We Have Band - WHB (Bonus Track Version)

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The Ides by Subsource The Far Too Loud Remix


02 Apr

It’s all about Subsource for me at the minute. This being the Far Too Loud remix of their single out this week I believe they’ll be on the podium with other other two major rock and dance crossover acts. These boys are going for gold. Check out the album review HERE.

Rock Star by Frederic de Carvalho, Gooseflesh & Pro7 The Pro7 Remix


02 Apr

When it comes to defining; Eclectic. This is a perfect example. All the best filthy, grimey, dirty sounds possible from breaks, dubstep, electro and tech house all assembled in an organised chaos producing this stunner. Awesome.

Subsource


01 Apr

GALVANIZED bass and searing electro beats muscling their way out of the cyberpunk bubble with a boom rather than a bang. As James Brown may say, this IS my bag.

This band with genuine aphrodisia are releasing their debut album with tunes that would perfectly suit the full moon moments where “The Bitten” change into the animals for the night unleashing deafening roars.

Thundering in after the first couple of bars on the single, Tales From The Doombox you know immediately that this is full-throttle, fast-lane, pedal to the floor. The second track intro to Street Soul Music decelerates slightly but cruises with a filthy, breakbeats style and hip-hop, reggae vocals as is Charge Me. Then it’s just a steady over-the-limit-pace all the way through. Grimey, dark, heavy screamo tech. With bands and groups such as those guys that names begin with the letter P, can simply do one. Combichrist twisted with the Qemists.

This is volcanic material. Hotter than a forest fire and more fluid rage than torrents on the Sarangetti River. Fierce, frenzied and intense, organic electro-punk.

Subsource have released a few tunes here and there before but this time round I’m hoping it to be their year. The Ides released at the beginning of the week will have currently been douse around the breakbeat venues with the support of Oli Cash of Far Too Loud providing a psybreaks remix.

Any festival goers in the UK last year who bypassed them should this year make a bee-line for them whatever stage they play. There is definitely something on the horizon, I’ll see you in Arcadia gents.

Tales from The Doombox is out now and available on iTunes by clicking the box below.

Subsource - Tales from the Doombox

He Doesn’t Love You by Sarah McLeod The Hook N Sling Vocal Remix


19 Mar

No matter how many songs pass my ears, I am always finding myself listening to what I deem to be a classic. Doesn’t matter about the genre. This is just simply, “Get up and dance”. Sarah McLeod’s He Doesn’t Love You receiving the Hook N Sling affect. The Australian’s have had it going down for years. Wakey wakey!

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