Music, Film, and Gaming
Official video for the Teddy Music track ‘Rage‘, featuring Kozzie and Merky Ace; a great grime offering with a massive amount of bass.
‘Rage‘ is released digitally on March 10th 2013.
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Official video for the Scorcher track ‘One Time‘, featuring South London’s Fekky. ‘One Time‘ is taken from Scorcher’s latest mixtape offering, ‘Simply The Best 3‘.
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For all you hardware heads out there, the Moog Sub Phatty is no doubt an analogue synthesiser that you have a huge amount of love for!
Moog have a great history of putting out incredible sounding synthesiser’s, and the Sub Phatty is another synth that comes into the category of being a beautiful sounding synth. Don’t just take my word for it though, have a listen to the samples below and hear just what this great little synth is capable of!
Some people will try telling you that software synths are just as good as the hardware options out there, and whilst it may be true that software solutions will save you a lot of money, there’s nothing quite like handling the real thing, and as someone that has always had a lot of love for the Moog brand; owning a Moog synth is just the absolute ultimate in synth satisfaction!
The Moog Sub Phatty may only possess 25 keys, it’s certainly capable of some huge sounds as I’m sure you’ll have gathered from these samples though, and for such a small machine it certainly has a great amount of power and performance packed in there.
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South Wales’ Volenté is all set to release a new single on March 25th 2013 in the form of ‘Broken Promises‘.
The single will consist of three tracks; ‘Broken Promises‘, ‘End of Time‘, and ‘So Many Times‘, three tracks that showcase Volenté’s supreme talent as an artist with a fine ability to produce experimental dance music and combine it with some absolutely beautiful vocal abilities.
Fans of dance music may well love Volenté, but also fans of incredible female vocals, too. Volenté is surely an artist that will appeal to many, and when this three track single is released on March 25th it’s definitely a fine release to invest in.
Volenté will be playing a few tour dates over the coming months, and you’ll be able to catch her at the following venues:
Fri 22nd March – Warehouse 54, Newport
Fri 12th April – Dublin Castle, London
Fri 26th April – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
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Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes had the following to say about the decision:
Due to overwhelming and phenomenal demand, Sempiternal will be with you sooner than you thought, we are glad you have heard and & love it and all we can ask is if you enjoy this album you’ll help the band continue to make records and buy it when it’s released officially.
The album can now be streamed in full here.
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The ambitious event is being organised by Andy Pilkington, Reign of Fury’s manager, and Steve Shaw their PR partner:
We are putting together shows in the UK’s major cities at the best rock & metal venues, ending the tour with an all-day finalé event in Birmingham, the home of heavy metal. The tour and its associated buzz is designed to raise awareness for testicular cancer, with every penny of profit going to Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity that is very close to our hearts.
WHY?
In early 2008 Reign Of Fury vocalist Matt ‘Bison’ Steed was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
He was treated at Warwick Hospital, where he had surgery to remove the tumour (and the testicle), which was replaced with a prosthetic one. Bison was told that the surgery had been a success, but that he would need to undergo a course of intensive chemotherapy as a preventative measure, given that the type of cancer (seminoma) had a fairly high chance of spreading and reoccurring.
Driven by this life changing experience, Bison and his band mates are going to do something they wouldn’t have felt possible before – something that will help others who’ve been touched by it.
By combining an event for both established and unsigned rock bands, with every penny going to the Teenage Cancer Trust, Bison can turn his brush with cancer into something very, very positive. And hopefully encourage others to do so along the way.
Andy Pilkington, Reign of Fury’s manager, had the following to say:
There are few communities more male orientated than the Heavy Metal music scene, and even fewer with such an ‘infallible’ and testosterone driven image. Very little has been done to tackle awareness amongst this group and we believe that approaching this from the inside is the best way to get under the skin of what can be a very impenetrable genre. I’m hoping what we’re doing can help bring back the the sense of community in a music scene that’s lost some of its brotherhood over the years as the grass roots bands struggle to break out from their local areas through lack of support.
We are planning to play 10 Cities in the UK throughout July/Aug, hosted by only the most loved and respected rock and metal venues. Reign Of Fury will invite local unsigned metal bands to each show, with an aim to attract figurehead bands from each area to head up the shows. It’s early days, but we’ve already had some fantastic interest from key venues, as well as some very exciting sponsors.
With Reign Of Fury being a Midlands band, there are special plans for the Birmingham date of the tour, with Steve Shaw having the following to say about the plans for Birmingham:
Our plans for the Birmingham event are to look at a higher capacity venue than the ones played on the tour and hold an all day festival with a bigger band line up. We already have the commitment of a full filming crew for this event
We are looking at several established bands to headline the line-up as well as offering them the chance to come along, be interviewed and get involved to show their support for the TCT. The outlook for getting some well-known acts down to the event looks very good, judging from the early response.
Dates for the tour will follow soon but the cities we will be visiting include London, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Exeter, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham
The plan is to turn the Headbangers Balls tour into an annual event, showcasing the solidarity of the metal community and its power to provide positive change.
For further information and updates on the tour, please head to the Official Headbangers Balls Website.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
If you’re at all a fan of pop punk music then the chances are that you’ll be a fan of, or at the very least familiar with the music of The Wonder Years. As far as I’m concerned, The Wonder Years is one of the very best pop punk bands to have formed in the last decade, and ‘Sleeping on Trash‘ is a great collection of rarities from the band that’s well worth investing in. There are some absolutely beautiful tracks contained within this release; tracks like ‘Through Two Hearts‘ that just really make you appreciate this band all the more, and tracks like ‘You’re Not Salinger. Get Over It‘ and their Kid Dynamite cover ‘Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems‘ that just really hit you with their biting edge and synthy brilliance. ‘You’re Not Salinger. Get Over It‘ is probably actually my favourite track from this collection, right from its swirling intro you know that the track is going to be something special, and the band definitely don’t let you down here as they launch through an incredibly catchy piece of pop punk. As always, the keyboards really add something incredible to the sound, the vocals are absolutely top notch, and the guitar work always has a huge amount to offer also. There’s an absolutely fantastic bass sound on display here, a beautiful precision bass tone that really fits the music perfectly. Everything about the track just really works, and if there’s any track here that’s not to be missed then it’s this one (although I’d personally highly recommend listening to each and every track in the collection, multiple times over, every day).
There’s not a single bad track present in this collection, there’s a Christmas song which catches you a little unawares, the quality is still high even with this track though, it just might seem a little strange listening to the collection in the summer and suddenly finding yourself listening to ‘Christmas at 22‘.
As well as the aforementioned Kid Dynamite cover, there are also covers of Lit’s ‘Zip Lock‘ and Fountains of Wayne’s ‘Hey Julie‘ included in this collection, with the band demonstrating a fine ear not only for penning their own perfect pop punk, but also for recording a quality cover too. The Fountains of Wayne cover provides something a little different to the rest of the collection, it’s great to hear the band showcasing a little diversity and for me this cover is a real success. Dan Campbell’s vocals sound absolutely incredible throughout the entirety of this collection, and this I feel is The Wonder Years’ greatest strength. Instrumentally this is a band that really knows how to hit the spot, but it’s Campbell’s vocals that really help separate the band from the pack and make sure that The Wonder Years stand strong as one of the finest pop punk band’s around.
‘Sleeping on Trash‘ really is an incredibly impressive collection of material from The Wonder Years, and there are plenty of tracks here that are insanely catchy and will certainly make you smile. If you’ve ever been a fan of The Wonder Years then ‘Sleeping on Trash: A Collection of Songs Recorded 2005-2010‘ is, without question, a collection that you’re going to want to have on your iPod.
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Triggerfinger will release a brand new studio album in April, so the tour will provide a great opportunity to hear the band’s new music on the live circuit prior to its official UK release on April 15th.
Full details about the band’s UK tour can be found in the poster above and also in the information below:
7th March – London, The Garage
8th March – Manchester, The Deaf Institute
9th March – Glasgow, King Tut’s
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