GIVE IT A NAME festival

HI all.. it's Monday... and i am still recovering from a heavy weekend at the Give It A Name festival at Earls Court in London. Loads of great music, cool bands, exhausting interviews.. and fun fun times.
The arena is so fricking huge.. i had never been there before.. and it totally blew me away. I dont know how many thousand of people were there.. but from up where i was.. it looked mental. Between doing interviews for the Rock Show.. and video interviews for an upcoming Kerrang podcast.. and then some video interviews for an Atticus DVD that might come out this year.. there were only a few moments to check out the music on stage, but everything i saw was great. Highlights? Attack In Black, AFI, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, Ignite, Sparta, Alexisonfire.. and more.
Strangely enough.. and i never thought i'd hear myself say this, in light of the names i have just mentioned, but the most mind-altering performance was probably Enter Shikari. The crowd was MASSIVE, the dance beats were REDICULOUS.. and the whole audience was raving and freaking out with glowsticks.. a pretty impressive sight. I don't quite know how it happened, but they are totally totally huge. Check out this shitty pic I took on my phone of the crowd during their set. Yikes.

Did you go? have fun?

My report from the show will be on air tonight as part of the ROCK SHOW between 12 and 2 on BBC radio One. Check it out.
Katie x

New Kerrang podcast... Deftones, Dream Theater...

Head along to (THIS NEW LINK) http://www2.kerrang.com/podcast/ to check out the new Kerrang Podcast!!


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In this week's edition, Katie Parsons catches up with the DEFTONES at the Northampton Roadmenders and finds out what's on Chino Moreno's mind and gets their fans' reactions after the show. Plus there's music from LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON and OPETH as chosen by DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. There's also a clip from the new RUSH single 'Far Cry'. Podcast? Prog-cast, more like.


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thanks friends

xx

My fave band this week...

... are Canadians Attack In Black. I saw them play last night as part of their tour with Bayside and Moneen.
They were great, raw, energetic and passionate.. and messy.. which is always fun.
Check them out at www.myspace.com/attackinblack
and get their latest 4-track CD. It's good. :)

This is their singer Dan (nice bloke.. likes to talk about dragons)..

take care


katie x

Radio One interview... go check it out!

Hello friends
wanna hear me chatting crap on the Radio One Rock show from Oxford?
If the answer is yes.. head along to www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow/ and fast forward to about 1.45...
You'll hear little interviews with Adam Cry For Silence, Tom from The Ghost Of A Thousand... and the lovely Stan (best merch guy in the country. Kinda).

If the anser is no.
No worries. I'm sure you have better things to do. :)


katie p x

New Kerrang! Podcast...

Howdy all,
the new Kerrang! podcast is now available to download online - for free - from www.kerrang.com
(so.. you might as well go have a listen) :)

CHECK THE BLURB:

In this week's edition, Katie Parsons joins DEVILDRIVER and finds out why frontman Dez Farfara has a heavily bandaged hand. Plus there's music from Fightstar, Funeral For A Friend and The Academy Is. Simon Young wonders if co-host Daniel Lane will make it to the end of the podcast in one piece. This podcast contains coughing and jazz.


DOOO IT!

x KP x

Kerrang Podcast!

Hello everyone, why not go have a listen to an interview with Liam from the Cancer Bats that I did from their show in New York city at www.kerrang.com as part of this week's Kerrang! magazine Podcast


x KP

Me on Radio One.. from New York City

It's true..
more odd-talking from me from a holiday with the Loose Girls in NYC..

Cancer Bats, our mate Raioooo, some girls, some dude.. some good times..

last night on BBC Radio One... check it out..

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow/

(if you press the play button in the middle, you can fastforward to about 53 mins in.. if you like)


kp

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New Kerrang podcast....

... Howdy all,
check out the new Kerrang podcast.. available to download now...!!

Head along to www.kerrang.com to get it...

It's Simon... me... Fightstar... some dead birds... some great new music...


wooo!!!



Katie x

Katie on the Rock Show this week...

Oy Oy!
Check out www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow/ for an interview I did in Reading with Joe from Exit Ten and and Josh from Sylosis.... and some randoms.. as usual..
Fast-forward to about 1.40 ish... x

Word

kp x

MY NEW FAVE BAND

... are The Almost..

it's Aaron Gillespie, drummer from Underoath's, new band.

Check them out at myspace.com/thealmost.

It's emo, hand-waving, singsong superness.

That first track... totally addictive xx

Update...

Hey all,
the Rock Show went out last night.. you should go check it out online at www.bbc.co.uk/radioone and click on the ROCK/ALT link... you can listen and re-play the show.. again.. and again...
yeahhh!!!

kp