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64% Self Released Views: 124
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Historically The Boxer Rebellion, was a violent anti-imperialist, anti-Christian, some might say, slightly delusional movement; for like R.Kelly the Boxers believed they really could fly. All they needed to do was adhere to a strict training programme, eat a frugal diet, become masters of martial arts and with the additional input of that old chestnut, prayer, they would develop an immunity to />...
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 109
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I approached Middleman as they've built themselves an impressive fan base in Leeds, so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Apparently it's about raving, turning 30 and waking up in trees.
Altsounds: Let's do some introductions.
Slurpy: Hello I’m Slurpy and its my 30th birthday today.
Altsounds: Oh happy birthday, do you want some gum?
Slurpy: />...
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 108
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It was tipping it down on Sunday so I offered shelter to wandering bands in exchange for a quick interview. I grabbed a very wet Jay, Jonno and Oliver of A Place to Bury Strangers.
Altsounds: So you guys are from New York, if I were to go to New York, where would I go to rock out?
Oliver: Brooklyn is fantastic. You should pick up a show paper and they'll have listings of />...
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 112
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I just walked into the room when someone grabbed me and plonked me down next to Andy from Manchester Orchestra. My hearing had taken a bit of a beating throughout the weekend and I didn't hear who they said it was. A bit flustered, I started recording as I was told I’d only have a few minutes.
I apologised for the rocky start and the fact that I’d just shoved my camcorder under his />...
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 92
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I waited around for a good couple of hours, until Fake Problems arrived. Apologising, more than fashionably late, and a little drunk. They were pretty funny and sweet though, so it wasn’t all bad.
Altsounds: OK so Fake Problems are…
Sean: Sean.
Casey Lee: Casey Lee.
Derrick: And I'm Derrick Perry. Are you just Sean? I know like a million Sean’s. Did you know />...
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 96
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Whilst crouching down packing my camcorder away, I saw a luminious sticker with Billy Talent scrawled across it stuck on the leg on of their tour manager. Heart pumping, I approached him to persuade - or beg - for five minutes of their time. So I began talking like an excitable, star-struck school girl to lead screamer Bejamin Kowalewicz and beautiful bassist Jonathan Gallant.
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 170
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Barrie from Milk White White Teeth was relaxing on the sofa interviewing with the BBC until I dragged him onto the floor for a rock and roll interview [the BBC had claimed the sofa for most of the day]. Barrie, who plays keyboard, glockenspiel, electric guitar, harmonica and adds some vocals to the textured sound of his eight piece band, was utterly charming and may well be the nicest rock star />...
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Interviewed in person at Leeds Fest Views: 132
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On Sunday, the weather turned nasty, so I stood at the press tent door and offered shelter to passing musicans, a very damp guitarist from Brighton based Ghost of A Thousand traipsed in from the cold in exchange for a two minute interview.
Andy: Hi I’m Andy from Ghost of A Thousand.
Altsounds: So, who've you seen at Reading or Leeds that you love or that you wanted />...
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97% Special Guests: Steel Panther  Views: 344
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Is there any such thing as “the perfect gig”? Because I don’t think my live music experience is going to get any better than tonight. It’s like real love after a hundred teenage crushes which you thought every time were the real thing. But let’s start from the beginning.
We’re in Wembley Arena, a 12,500 capacity venue, for one of only two ZZ Top UK dates, after some triumphant />...
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80% Rapster Records Views: 298
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I'm not the biggest disco fan in existence but I do like Daft Punk and loved the recent Horse Meat Disco LP so it was a little annoying to see the review of that on here being done by someone who obviously really doesn't like disco at all but anyways... rant over.
Back to the real issue of why you’re reading this and what you get on this album. It is twelve tracks of some pretty />...
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80% with Mothlite Views: 269
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Isis' latest album “Wavering Radiant” left me a bit dubious after a first dig, but I always appreciated this band more live, so I’m looking forward to seeing if their new work will work its magic once again on stage.
First, supporting band Mothlite has the hard task of warming up a very demanding public. They’re surely valid musicians, with a sound full of atmosphere that is quite />...
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80% with Zebrahead Views: 286
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I’ve seen Bowling for Soup before, it was I 2002 at the Astoria. Brilliant gig, fun and well played. What a shame, I thought, the audience was mainly kids, with adults probably being driven away by their non serious side and their happy-go-lucky videos, failing to spot some more than decent musicianship and live potential.
What surrounds me at the Roundhouse tonight is definitely />...
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71% With Throwdown and Daath Views: 118
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It was a temperate Monday evening in mid October and with a long night of metal ahead of them the metalites with their long hair, band t-shirts and camouflage, were queuing in abundance along Camden’s dimly lit high street. Our friends across the sea are often treated to line ups of a similar calibre to this one, but very rarely do we see one of this quality in a venue like the Electric />...
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86% Virgin Records Views: 284
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“Splitting the Atom” is the new four-song EP from Trip Hop pioneers Massive Attack. These guys have been at it since the 80s, working with a wide variety of vocalists, writing some of their own music, remixing the music of others, and just generally littering the music landscape with gold and platinum records in half a dozen countries. This release features 4 new songs, two of which are remixes. />...
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64% Fake Four Inc. Views: 171
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Awol One has been an MC for 15 years. He broke in on what was called Underground Hip Hop. That really just means he wasn’t signed to a major label, but he was able to build a loyal fan base via Internet distribution and touring both as a solo act and as a member of The Shapeshifters. His early work featured sparse tracks with little polished production but bottomless flow. In 2007, he />...
Last chatter by Rob H | 5 Comments |
50% Matador Views: 179
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‘Childish Prodigy’ marks Kurt Vile’s - with or without his band, The War on Drugs - gradual ascent from the murky swamp of lo-fi. It’s not a complete exodus - it’s as if the album knows that it’s under the full scrutiny of daylight now so buries itself back in the mire every so often where it can feel comfortable. It has a right to be nervous - Vile’s songwriting just isn’t consistent enough />...
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74% Soundway Views: 156
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There was a period in my life when the music about me was sung by the great Trinidad calypsonians, Lord Kitchener, Mighty Sparrow and their like. As time went on I discovered the reggae and dub of Prince Buster and Lee Perry from Jamaica, geographically so close but with very different musical traditions. But I had never previously considered the music of the Francophone Islands to the east of />...
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The Altsounds Concentrate | Tuesday 3rd October 2009 Views: 195
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Well, that's another years Halloween festivities over. I'm not sure about you, but I did absolutely sweet F.A. to celebrate it. Halloween isn't a scary occasion anymore but the Christmas adverts are the freakiest. I mean come on, it's only just November! We know what you are all buying each other for this Christmas. ALTSOUNDS OFFICIAL T-SHIRTS! BUY HERE (http://www.dizzyjam.com/dj/shops/135)
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39% Support: Yves Klein Blue Views: 191
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I always think a good way to tell if you are enjoying a band live is how much you feel the need to drink while watching them. If you haven’t even noticed that your £2 Carlsberg is running low, or if you have already hiffed your pint over the unaware crowd in front in a fit of excitement, then chances are you are enjoying the gig. Or, if you are either constantly worrying that your beverage is />...
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"What's meant to be is meant to be and la de da." Views: 1056
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Note to readers: Jon Anderson has a great accent. I tried to copy this down as he said it and edit as little as possible so you can read it in his voice. Enjoy!
Altsounds: It's always so hard for new bands. They're broke and they have to work their asses off to get ahead. That was a long time ago for you, but what do you miss most about those early days when you had nothing but the />...
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27% Mothership  Views: 556
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Taster track ‘The End’ introduces Voodeux’s “The Paranormal” with spooky sounds reminiscent of an 80s horror movie: when the ethereal, half naked lady - panting in her white night dress - is about to be stabbed, and we all know she should have run the other way: It’s chilling like a knife being sharpened, but once second track ‘Just a Spoonful’ kicks in you realise it’s something you’ve heard />...
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11% Medieval Records Views: 119
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My grandmother used to say of an ugly baby that only a mother could love it. "Nightingale Hall" by Lyrian is one heck of an ugly baby; it’s a 500-disk pressing and for a vanity project of such excruciating awfulness, that’s possibly 499 too many. However, having heard the disk in its entirety, for which dedication I deserve a medal, I believe I may have seen the passion and commitment that went />...
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