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You Me At Six will release a brand new album next year in the form of fourth studio album ‘Cavalier Youth‘, and the band has now unveiled a new single from the upcoming album in ‘Lived a Lie‘.
You can watch the official video for You Me At Six’s ‘Lived a Lie‘ below.
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New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms will tour the UK later this month, with a September tour confirmed for the band which will see them take in 11 cities/venues in as many days.
The band recently released an official video for the single ‘Funny You Should Ask‘, and this latest tour will provide a fantastic opportunity to hear their music live in action.
The following is a full list of tour dates that The Front Bottoms have planned to play later this month:
Sunday 15-Sep-13 Sheffield Corporation
Monday 16-Sep-13 Glasgow King Tuts
Tuesday 17-Sep-13 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Wednesday 18-Sep-13 Liverpool Korova
Thursday 19-Sep-13 Stoke Sugarmill
Friday 20-Sep-13 Nottingham Bodega
Saturday 21-Sep-13 Birmingham HMV Institute
Sunday 22-Sep-13 Exeter Cavern
Monday 23-Sep-13 Bristol Thekla
Tuesday 24-Sep-13 London Dingwalls
Wednesday 25-Sep-13 Southampton Joiners
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Official lyric video for Mekanism’s ‘The End of Fear‘, taken from the band’s EP of the same name, out now and available for streaming via the Mekanism Bandcamp page.
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After 17 years with founding member Paul Isola as lead vocalist, London based Gibraltarian rock band Breed 77 have announced that a change of vocalist is to occur, with the band having released the following statement regarding the lineup change:
In the light of recent developments within the Breed 77 camp, we have to announce that vocalist Paul Isola has decided to part company with Breed 77 and will be playing his last show with us on 10th September at a National Day concert in Gibraltar.
We wish him all the best for the future and still remain best of friends with him. Now, for the great good news!! We want you to welcome to the band our amazing new vocalist Rui Lopez who some of you have already had the chance to hear live with us on our recent German dates [and secret warm-up show in London prior to these]. For those of you coming down to our shows at the end of this week you are in for a treat as you will have the chance to hear Rui for the first time at a headline show in the UK.
Paul Isola had the following to say regarding his decision to depart the band:
Hello friends, it is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that I am leaving Breed 77. It is not a decision I have taken lightly, to be honest I have been struggling with it for a few months now. My reasons for leaving are very personal, but I feel I owe you some kind of explanation.
Firstly, I would like to make clear that the split is completely amicable and I continue to love and support my brothers in the band, as they have done for me during this difficult time.
Being in a band like Breed 77 is a full-time commitment, night and day, all or nothing is the only way we know, and now, with the state of the music industry it is increasingly a struggle – recently due to personal circumstances I have found that I could not commit in that way and that I found at times that I had no fight left. I have been in this band for more than half of my entire life and I love it as if it were my own child, and I feel that I cannot give this child anymore of myself right now. I feel that I have neglected parts of my life and am suffering for it, as are my loved ones around me.
All my love and thanks goes to everyone out there who came to our shows, bought our records and continue to support the band, you have been my extended family for what seems like an eternity and I will miss you dearly. We shared many great moments which I will treasure till I die – I hope I was always at my best and you appreciated I gave you my all every second I was behind the microphone.
I feel I leave the band in good hands, I have been lucky enough to spend some time with Rui and I think he’s a great singer and good guy, I hope you will share your energy with him as you have done with me for so long. In some way I will always be a part of Breed 77 and Breed 77 is a part of me – I wish them all the best and I’m sure that great things are still in the future for the band.
Peace and Love
P
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With TV shows such as The Vampire Diaries and True Blood having enjoyed huge popularity in recent years, and also with the massive success of the Twilight franchise; Netflix decided to have its own go at the vampire/werewolf thing with its own series, Hemlock Grove, adapted from the Brian McGreevy novel of the same name.
Set in the fictional town of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, the series hones in on the unlikely blossoming friendship of Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgård) and Peter Rumancek (Landon Liboiron) as the two begin bonding after Peter moves into town. With rumours spreading amongst the townsfolk that Peter is perhaps a werewolf, horrific murders begin to start taking place in the town every full moon, and Peter finds himself to be the chief murder suspect due to his outsider status and the murmurings of his werewolf status. With the wealthy Roman Godfrey as his main ally, Peter sets out to discover the true identity of the killer in order to bring an end to the murderous activities within the town and restore the townsfolk to their previous safety.
Eli Roth onboard as executive producer (and also as director of the pilot), Hemlock Grove is quite a slow paced serial that consists of 13 episodes and features notable stars such as Famke Janssen (of X-Men fame), Dougray Scott (who was originally to play Wolverine in X-Men, but ultimately replaced by Hugh Jackman due to a scheduling clash), and Bill Skarsgård and Landon Liboiron as the main heartthrob’s of the series. Despite some shaky acting, a very questionable transatlantic accent from Famke Janssen, and very little actually happening throughout the entirety of the first season, Hemlock Grove is actually a pretty enjoyable show that keeps you interested throughout and happily has you coming back for more.
With very little action actually taking place and the limited action that does occur all being fairly predictable, Hemlock Grove is a series that relies on the way that the characters interact with and relate to one another, and it’s very much the character interaction that is central to the show’s success. The relationship of Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgård) and Peter Rumancek (Landon Liboiron) is particularly interesting here, but it’s not just these two that are enjoyable to watch, it’s also the way in which a lot of the more minor characters are utilised within the series. There are very few, if any, characters that feel surplus; everyone seems to have their place within the series, each contributing to the overall flow and direction that Hemlock Grove takes.
The nice thing about Hemlock Grove is that it doesn’t seem to take itself too seriously; the scripting is sometimes slightly awkward and uncomfortable and the violence and bloodshed is ridiculously over the top, but it all rather adds to the charm of it. Eli Roth is connected to the show so you therefore feel that pastiche is an expected element of the series, and ultimately it’s a series that deals with the subject matter of vampires and werewolves, if it took itself more seriously then it probably wouldn’t be anywhere near as watchable and its flaws would probably feel far less excusable, too.
For all of its issues and flaws, Hemlock Grove is definitely a series that has a certain element of charm about it, and for those that love their gore there is definitely a decent amount of that on show here. The language is strong and some of the scenes definitely aren’t suitable for a younger audience, if you’re in your mid teens to mid twenties though then you may well find enjoyment in Hemlock Grove, and if you’re a campy horror fan of any age in fact then this is a series that is definitely well worth watching.
Hemlock Grove will return in 2014 for a second season, the second season all set to feature 10 episodes.
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Official video for the Stars Are Ripe single ‘The Lost Cavalry‘, taken from the London-based six-piece band’s upcoming début album ‘Three Cheers For The Undertaker‘ which is officially released on September 16th.
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Currently in the studio with producer Nick Jett (Terror), Backtrack is a fantastic up and coming NYHC band that has recently signed with Bridge Nine Records.
The album that Backtrack is currently working with Nick Jett on will become the band’s Bridge Nine debut, their first release since ‘Darker Half‘ which was released via Reaper Records in 2011.
Having first formed in 2007, Backtrack has gone on to tour with the likes of H20, Terror, Comeback Kid, Expire, Cold World, and Trapped Under Ice, and later this year the band will continue with their heavy touring ways as they hit the road with Stray From The Path, Gideon, No Bragging Rights, and Rescuer in a very busy October which will see them take in 19 venues throughout the US.
Backtrack is a band that has already accomplished a huge amount, and 2014 should be another absolutely massive year for them as they release their Bridge Nine debut and continue to bring their music to the masses.
Below you can take a listen to Backtrack’s ‘The Worst Of Both Worlds‘, taken from the band’s ‘Darker Half‘ studio album.
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Censored version of the The Courtesans’ ‘Dirty Killer (The Bad Atom Remix)‘ video, the uncensored version of which is available from The Courtesans’ official website upon subscribing to the band’s official mailing list.
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Originally started as a solo acoustic project by singer/songwriter Patrick Currier, Red Crow has ultimately grown into something far more than that, now standing strong as a fully fledged five-piece band.
‘City Riser‘ is the latest single from the band, a track that clocks in at just under the four minute mark and carries with it a huge amount of energy and excitement. With sound, this is a track that sounds every bit big enough to soar its way up the UK singles chart; the double bass sits powerfully in the sound, there’s a fantastic element of instrumental prowess, and vocally the band also has a huge amount to offer.
‘City Riser‘ is an incredibly catchy piece of music, the sound is incredibly tight, and I’d certainly be very surprised if this track doesn’t turn a few heads and gain the band a few new fans along the way.
Patrick Currier has an extremely hard-hitting voice and no doubt would have made a huge success of Red Crow had he stuck with his original plan to have this as a solo project, he’s certainly surrounded himself with some other very talented musicians here, however, and all of the band contribute strongly to making ‘City Riser‘ a huge success.
If ‘City Riser‘ is anything to go by, Red Crow is definitely a band to watch out for in the future, and it’s surely only a matter of time before this Banbury based band begins performing to sold-out venues on a very regular basis.
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Complete with a CGI makeover, The Wombles will be returning to our screens via Dramatico Animation Ltd in 2015, with a series of 52 x 11 minute episodes scheduled to be aired on Channel 5’s Milkshake slot.
The Wombles were originally created by Elizabeth Beresford in six novels first published in the UK between 1968 and 1976, and the BBC ran two stop-motion series of The Wombles between 1973 and 1975. In 1995 Cinar produced a stop-motion series of the show for ITV, and it has now been picked up for a return in 2015 with the belief of Mike Batt (who wrote the music for the TV series/pop group and is now the co-executive producer of the show) that “there are audiences of new children and international audiences who missed The Wombles the first time around and will be thrilled to see the brilliant high quality animation and new musical productions we shall be mounting”.
Adding to what Mike Batt has said of The Wombles’ return, Genevieve Dexter of Serious Lunch, co-executive producer of the show, had the following to say:
Many people have attempted to bring back classic properties, and failed. What sets The Wombles apart is that they were ahead of their time, as the first recycling enthusiasts and with the extra dimension of the band which brought them to a family arena. The rights have now been regrouped and adapted for 21st century tastes and media consumption, although the relevance of the original themes holds strong and the messages therein are perhaps even more widely accepted today.
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