Though I'd try and balance it out a little, and post some HEAVY METAL! from soft pop to this, I said I would cover a range of music.
I haven't been listening to these guys long, I first found out about them when they were announced for Download Festival (Seen as though I'm going I analysed every announcement thoroughly) when they were announced I genuinely didn't know who they were, as far as I was concerned I had never listened to them before. Then, one day when I was listening to them on Spotify something clicked... I remember I saw a band back in 2011 supporting 'A Day To Remember' on the Eastpak Tour in Manchester (England) that had ghost in their name, after a bit of research I discovered it is the same band! so I had gone from 'never listening to them' to 'Oh wait I have seen this live' I don't remember much of the gig but I can remember every band that played were incredible live as that gig acted as a catalyst in my listening to heavy metal career...
ANYWAY, about the band. They'awesome. Simples (Meercat voice(If you are unaware of this, search compare the meercat)(best advert on television)) They combine absolutely mind bendingly good 'shouting' vocals and heavy guitar riffs/ basslines to produces monstrous tracks, pretty much all I can say other than, when I listened to this 'Engine 45' my jaw physically dropped after about 4 seconds...
Well here it is :)
Let me know what you think!
Ps- Their latest album 'Get what you give' is a corker. I'm always listening to it on spotify.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Nim Eloi
So I have had another request, Nim Eloi is his name. He is a Puerto Rican pop singer that has a very similar sound and feel to Eirik (Somebody I have mentioned before) he is also 17 like Eirik... MAYBE HE IS EIRIK IS DISGUISE!
Again I have ventured out of my comfort zone here, gone out of 'my music circle' I won't lie, I'm not really a fan of this kind of music (as I have mentioned before).Anyway about Nim, this guy does have some real talent! He is Puerto Rico's answer to Justin Bieber, lyrics about love and girls that are put across by a very versatile voice. From the video he has provided me I can see that he is a very good singer, and if you like the whole lovey-dovey side of music you will certainly love this guy..
Looking at the statistics of his YouTube account I can see he is a very popular boy, with a lot of fans and praise in the comments section, in fact on the video I will attach to this post every single comment says 'love this song!' and like I have mentioned several times he is very talented, so it is hard not to like if you are a fan of pop music.
Give it a listen....
Let me know what you think...
Again I have ventured out of my comfort zone here, gone out of 'my music circle' I won't lie, I'm not really a fan of this kind of music (as I have mentioned before).Anyway about Nim, this guy does have some real talent! He is Puerto Rico's answer to Justin Bieber, lyrics about love and girls that are put across by a very versatile voice. From the video he has provided me I can see that he is a very good singer, and if you like the whole lovey-dovey side of music you will certainly love this guy..
Looking at the statistics of his YouTube account I can see he is a very popular boy, with a lot of fans and praise in the comments section, in fact on the video I will attach to this post every single comment says 'love this song!' and like I have mentioned several times he is very talented, so it is hard not to like if you are a fan of pop music.
Give it a listen....
Let me know what you think...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Shinedown
This incredible Hard-rock/ alternative metal band are from Jacksonville, Florida in the US. I have loved these guys since 2009 when my music taste started to really branch out.
I'm not going to lie, Brent Smith (Shinedown's lead singer) is in my top 5 vocalists, his voice is incredible and really powerful. He can sing as well as 'shout' he can pretty much sing anything. He has a similar singing style to Miles Kennedy, in fact Shinedown may be compared to Alter Bridge. The whole band are amazing not just the singer, and they generate some of the best music in the world in my opinion.
Shinedown have 4 albums out with a 5th due out relatively soon, as Brent Smith has already stated the album is complete. My favourite however was released in 2008 it is named 'The Sound Of Madness' and is in the top ten albums of all time in my opinion. (Please, please, please listen to their others too to get a real feel for the band)
They have recently released tour dates in the UK where they are supporting 'Alter Bridge' with a band named Halestorm (who I will do a post on if you would like). This is one of the best gig lineups I have ever seen, so I am obviously going! Roll on October.
Anyway, this is my favourite track...
Let me know what you think.
I'm not going to lie, Brent Smith (Shinedown's lead singer) is in my top 5 vocalists, his voice is incredible and really powerful. He can sing as well as 'shout' he can pretty much sing anything. He has a similar singing style to Miles Kennedy, in fact Shinedown may be compared to Alter Bridge. The whole band are amazing not just the singer, and they generate some of the best music in the world in my opinion.
Shinedown have 4 albums out with a 5th due out relatively soon, as Brent Smith has already stated the album is complete. My favourite however was released in 2008 it is named 'The Sound Of Madness' and is in the top ten albums of all time in my opinion. (Please, please, please listen to their others too to get a real feel for the band)
They have recently released tour dates in the UK where they are supporting 'Alter Bridge' with a band named Halestorm (who I will do a post on if you would like). This is one of the best gig lineups I have ever seen, so I am obviously going! Roll on October.
Anyway, this is my favourite track...
Let me know what you think.
Lumineers
These guys seem to come from nowhere! I had never heard of them and now they're massive! Very popular.
They are a folk- rock band from Denver in the US.
I wasn't really a fan of the whole folk scene until 'Mumford and Sons' became apparent a few years ago, and soon as I found out there was another folk rock band in the charts I was rather intrigued and decided to listen to them. When I searched them on Spotify and listened to their most famous track, I realised my girlfriend had been playing this song to me for ages! She seems to love them. After listening to that track (which is my fave) I then progressed onto their next tracks and discovered I loved everyone! My second favourite track by them is named 'Stubborn Love' (definitely listen to this) They released an album at the beginning of this month which is simply named 'Lumineers' is one of my favourite albums of the year (strongly recommend you listen to it in its entirety)
When Leeds and Reading festival made their main announcement many people were disappointed to this this band so high up the bill, they are playing fourth down, which is a spot which has facilitated such bands as 'Jimmy Eat World' and 'Cypress Hill', but when I realised they were playing I was so happy and I can't wait to see them. Anyway this is my favourite...
Let me know what you think!
I wasn't really a fan of the whole folk scene until 'Mumford and Sons' became apparent a few years ago, and soon as I found out there was another folk rock band in the charts I was rather intrigued and decided to listen to them. When I searched them on Spotify and listened to their most famous track, I realised my girlfriend had been playing this song to me for ages! She seems to love them. After listening to that track (which is my fave) I then progressed onto their next tracks and discovered I loved everyone! My second favourite track by them is named 'Stubborn Love' (definitely listen to this) They released an album at the beginning of this month which is simply named 'Lumineers' is one of my favourite albums of the year (strongly recommend you listen to it in its entirety)
When Leeds and Reading festival made their main announcement many people were disappointed to this this band so high up the bill, they are playing fourth down, which is a spot which has facilitated such bands as 'Jimmy Eat World' and 'Cypress Hill', but when I realised they were playing I was so happy and I can't wait to see them. Anyway this is my favourite...
Let me know what you think!
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Pure Love
Well the lead singer is "Frank Carter" from the Gallows, he left the Gallows to form Pure Love. He wasn't happy with the direction in which the Gallows were heading, he wanted to leave it all behind hence why he left. After he left the Gallows he took up singing lessons (Let's face it, he didn't do much singing in the Gallows) Nobody knew what Pure Love were going to sound like until they played songs on Valentines day in 2012 at Bush Hall in London, after which they released a few singles. They turned out to be kind of alternative rock/ punk rock, which is a million miles away in terms of vocals from where he was at with Gallows who are a metalcore/hardcore-punk band.
When their sound came out, the opinions on the band were very mixed. Comments like "What are you doing Frank" plagued the bands YouTube videos, but Frank did answer his critics in the first line of their first single. he SINGS (That's right, sings. Very well) "I’m so sick of singing about hate, It’s never gonna make a change" which pretty much sums up why he left the Gallows.
I love Pure Love and even though I saw them before their album was released (Leeds Festival 2012) I thought they were incredible, definitely one of my highlights of the entire festival. They basically preformed the whole set from inside the crowd rather than on stage, If you get chance definitely go and see these guys.
They released an album at the beginning of this year, definitely buy it. It's incredible. It is called "Anthems"
Anyway here is my favourite...
This was their first single, listen and let me know what you think!
When their sound came out, the opinions on the band were very mixed. Comments like "What are you doing Frank" plagued the bands YouTube videos, but Frank did answer his critics in the first line of their first single. he SINGS (That's right, sings. Very well) "I’m so sick of singing about hate, It’s never gonna make a change" which pretty much sums up why he left the Gallows.
I love Pure Love and even though I saw them before their album was released (Leeds Festival 2012) I thought they were incredible, definitely one of my highlights of the entire festival. They basically preformed the whole set from inside the crowd rather than on stage, If you get chance definitely go and see these guys.
They released an album at the beginning of this year, definitely buy it. It's incredible. It is called "Anthems"
Anyway here is my favourite...
This was their first single, listen and let me know what you think!
I Set My Friends On Fire (ISMFOF)
Where do I start with these guys? Weirdest thing I have ever heard. They are a Post-Hardcore/ electronic and they are a very, very experimental band with a very very unique sound. I originally listened to these guys a few years back because I liked the Lead Singers hair. (I'm now friends with the lead singer(Matt Mehana) on facebook)
When I listened to one of their first songs and enjoyed it, I then looked to see if they had an album out, turns out they did and it has one of the best album titles ever "You can't spell Slaughter without Laughter" which I own (It's on spotify). They have really weird track names that are pretty much all irrelevant to the lyrics like... "But the NUNS are watching" and "Reese's pieces, I don't know who John Cleeves is" which are both cracking songs. They released an album in 2011 called "Astral Rejection" which again follows the same theme with a track called "My paralyzed brother taps his foot to this beat" they do have some really interesting track titles. They are due to release an album later this year too called "Caterpillar Sex" So through this you can really get a feel of how weird they are. They got famous through a cover of "Crank that" by "Soulja Boy" which is a billion times better than the original. (Definitely listen to that song)
Anyway this is my favourite, used to be my alarm track you will probably be able to guess why...
Let me know what you think!
When I listened to one of their first songs and enjoyed it, I then looked to see if they had an album out, turns out they did and it has one of the best album titles ever "You can't spell Slaughter without Laughter" which I own (It's on spotify). They have really weird track names that are pretty much all irrelevant to the lyrics like... "But the NUNS are watching" and "Reese's pieces, I don't know who John Cleeves is" which are both cracking songs. They released an album in 2011 called "Astral Rejection" which again follows the same theme with a track called "My paralyzed brother taps his foot to this beat" they do have some really interesting track titles. They are due to release an album later this year too called "Caterpillar Sex" So through this you can really get a feel of how weird they are. They got famous through a cover of "Crank that" by "Soulja Boy" which is a billion times better than the original. (Definitely listen to that song)
Anyway this is my favourite, used to be my alarm track you will probably be able to guess why...
Let me know what you think!
Rusko
After much deliberation I have decided to change this post. I read it back to myself and thought people reading this wont have a clue what I am talking about.
Anyone for a bit of Dubstep? Proper Dubstep not that rubbish WARMP WARMP repetitive rubbish,, by this I mean the rubbish you find on the Dubstep Collection CDs, the Dubstep that seems to play the same RUBBISH beat over and over again.
If you are then listen to Rusko, even if dubstep isn't your thing listen to this track.
It's tied between Skrillex and Rusko for my favourite Dubstep artist but I have chosen to write about Rusko.
All of Rusko's songs/ his remixes features some of the best drops I have ever heard, his style is similar to "Nero" absolutely class music to party to.
Rusko has 4 albums and dozens of tracks and remixes. Originally he started as a kinda paired act with somebody called "Caspa" (Who is also awesome) but now they have parted ways but the album they produced together is called "FabricLive.37" which has to be my favourite as it features all of my favourite Rusko songs, yes It could be seen to be repetitive, but I like the drops and the beats, after listening to this album I suggest you have a shower because its GRIMEY :). His latest album is a collaboration with the notorious Hip-Hop group "Cypress Hill" they work on songs together and have made some really great tunes.
Anyway this is my favourite, (which I have decided to change because the last one 'cockney thug' is old and Rusko has progressed a lot since then)
Not everyones cup of tea, I know. Let me know what you think
Anyone for a bit of Dubstep? Proper Dubstep not that rubbish WARMP WARMP repetitive rubbish,, by this I mean the rubbish you find on the Dubstep Collection CDs, the Dubstep that seems to play the same RUBBISH beat over and over again.
If you are then listen to Rusko, even if dubstep isn't your thing listen to this track.
It's tied between Skrillex and Rusko for my favourite Dubstep artist but I have chosen to write about Rusko.
All of Rusko's songs/ his remixes features some of the best drops I have ever heard, his style is similar to "Nero" absolutely class music to party to.
Rusko has 4 albums and dozens of tracks and remixes. Originally he started as a kinda paired act with somebody called "Caspa" (Who is also awesome) but now they have parted ways but the album they produced together is called "FabricLive.37" which has to be my favourite as it features all of my favourite Rusko songs, yes It could be seen to be repetitive, but I like the drops and the beats, after listening to this album I suggest you have a shower because its GRIMEY :). His latest album is a collaboration with the notorious Hip-Hop group "Cypress Hill" they work on songs together and have made some really great tunes.
Anyway this is my favourite, (which I have decided to change because the last one 'cockney thug' is old and Rusko has progressed a lot since then)
Not everyones cup of tea, I know. Let me know what you think
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