Xmas - final gigs, new announcements for 2009 =0

Well it's just after xmas, a bunch of new shows announced for 2009 and some much needed rest =0

For our last gig of the year, we had the pleasure of having the (international) noise conspiracy rock the kufa before the xmas break. Metro opened the preceedings, I haven't seen them for a while, but their new stuff is 'ganz gudd' , their opening song in particular seems to really stick in my head. They have an EP or something coming out towards the start of next year so can look forward to that.
T(I)NC exploded onto the stage around 21h40 or so, all wearing skinny jeans and purple suits, high octane 70s inspired rock with a massive backdrop of their new album that just got released, I had never gotten to see them before but given the show they put on i was asking myself why, a really solid performance and a great way to finish off 2008.

Despite it being the holiday season I'm really happy to announce some new great shows for 2009, which all got confirmed in the past week or so:

24/02 - My Vitriol (UK) - think shoegazing meets grunge, big soundscapes with great melody, it might be on a wednesday, but they haven't been too active since their amazing record 'finelines' released in 2001 , taking a 4-5year break since, a band well worth seeing in my opinion

http://www.purevolume.com/myvitriol

(** amended date, due to routing issues they will be playing on the 24th of February **)

11/03 - Cult of Luna - absolutely crushing, saw them in London scala earlier this year, very impressive not only to watch but to experience, their sound really hits hard

18/03 - The Ocean, Burst, Bison BC -
Just confirmed, the ocean return to the kufa as part of a very impressive package, Burst will be presenting their new album 'lazarus bird' connaisseurs will probably remember them. Bison BC have been likened to Mastodon, absolutely great reviews from a lot of various press/magazines, insider's tip =0 definately

27/03 - Tomte - hamburgschule, awesome indie with a subtle touch

08/04 - Poison the well - Their first ever visit in Luxembourg, a big name within the hardcore/metalcore scene that they pretty much started off in the late 90's with their first EP and the LP 'opposite of december' , they have evolved into more experimental territory now, but still hit hard

18/04 - Out of the Crowd festival ... No word on the lineup just yet, but It's one of those things that you can just recommend in advance, great way to spend easter ;)

If you're wondering, Benabar has been sold out barely a few weeks after announcing it, which is why I haven't listed it here, it will be a hectic night for sure


Lastly, my band La Fa Connected, has just released a 5 song EP , free to download and stream on myspace

www.myspace.com/lafaconnected

We play indie influenced guitar rock =0 , it's free either way so have a look if you have time.

Anyhow, all the best for the end of the year, and hope to see you all in 2009


take care

best lists of 2008 ...

so they're slowly surfacing ;0

pitchfork have got some up already, and you can download/listen to all the tracks they nominate for this year, pretty cool

have a listen

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

The past week - concerts + more =0

So it's friday already and I haven't had time until now to update this , guilt trip ;0


Let's start off in chronological order which makes a lot more sense.


Last week we had Bang your head on the saturday which basically made for a long day of heavy music and unfortunately in my case a bad case of hiccups which lasted 3-4 hours...not the best of things to have at a concert i can tell you ;0

Following a monstrous sound-check and epic dinner, the doors opened at 19h , I was happy to see a bunch of people show up early enough to see Scarred, a band i'm yet to see live. They played a very tight gojira influenced breed of metal with certain modern influences, tight set , great musicians, be good to see them again at some point.

The concept for the evening was to have a local band on and then an international act, after Miles to perdition finished their set we had Psyke Project play... heavy heavy stuff but they somehow didn't get my memo on 35minute stage time, playing almost 45 instead...ah well, made things get a bit later than expected, but this didn't deter the crowd at all, who after shaped by fate's crushing destruction ;) nearly all stayed until hatesphere finished up at around 1:15am...now that's dedication, ex inferis also had a good sound for once =0 which was a really good thing , hatesphere played this song at 1am...made my night anyhow




was a real busy week, we also had Murder by Death on the tuesday , unfortunately there was bad bad weather on the night which i think deterred some people from showing up, but for the people that were there it was definately worthwhile, after a 40minute set from traumkapitan, Murder By Death reminded me what made them so good, a solid set of americana noir so to speak, numerous people told me they had chills just from the singer's voice...so i'm guessing he was doing something right ;0

whisky not water...maybe we should all take note heh

music for the weekend: - swedish influenced prog melodic metal hardcore ... now that's a long description

http://www.myspace.com/hauntedshores

hope to see you all at noise conspiracy next week =0 ,will be a great way to finish off 2009.

Joe Satriani sues coldplay...

Now i don't know what shocked me more...that joe satriani is sueing coldplay , or that he's actually 52 years old...wowzers

Satch sues coldplay

have a listen, same chord progression and pretty much the same melody in both songs...

seeing as Satriani's song was first...who's right?

//

and the plot thickens...

and again ** sorry about the 239048 invites to bang your head on facebook, for some reason it sent out 10+ invites after i clicked it

band for this weekend...seeing as it's bang your head tomorrow ;)

http://www.myspace.com/bleedthesky

Kanye West - 808s & heartbreak

Just got this album today, quite a departure from his previous albums, really grows on you , and definately worth a listen even if you generally hated his music lol

he called this 'pop art' , heavily using the roland tr-808 for sounds, with nice big production , songs that stick in your head and somehow sound fresh despite using 'dated' technology

considering i've been listening to a lot of pop-punk and melodic hardcore recently, this really hits for some reason