Albums of the year... hmm..

howdy all..
it's about that time that we in magazine land start thinking about our albums of the year.. 2007 has been such a great year for rock and metal.. and i am having a bit of trouble trying to work out who should grace the (probable) top 10 I have to compile!
Contenders this year:

Every Time I Die - the big dirty
Underminded - eleven eleven
Machine Head - the blackening
Biffy Clyro - puzzle
TDEP - ire works
Parkway Drive - horizons

and so many more!!

what's your top5?

katie xx

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Me on the Rock Show.. have a listen!

Hello ladies and gents,
if you have a spare 5 or 10.. you might wanna head along to the BBC Radio One Rock Show and click on the LISTEN TO THE SHOW button..

it allows you to listen again (no shit Katie!) to the show from last night.

I went in and chatted to DPC about new bands and stuff.. it's about 30 mins in... and you can fastforward.. but holding down the play button till time whizzes by..


Cheers!

Katie xx

Oooo.. good music!

Hello people.
Today I wanna talk about Thrice. It is rare that such a band can evolve so beautifully and neatly from one record to the next... and always remain ahead of the game!
I first got into Thrice on their debut - and at the time, I thought they had some of the best, most classically crafted good songwriting around.
Then the next album, and the next, and now the most recent.. they have gone from punk rock, to hardcore, to emo, to ambient, to moodscapes... but it's still all Thrice.
Does any of this make sense? Probably not.
What I am trying to say, is that I believe they are one of only a few bands that have matured with age - and still remained interesting and exciting (Deftones and The Dillinger Escape Plan also fit this)...
Yeah.. so basically.. Thrice have a new album out soon.. 'The Alchemy Index, Vols 1 and II: Fire And Water' (what a mouthful!). Its part one of their four element series. And it's pretty damn cool.
Perhaps you should check it out. Up to you. www.myspace.com/thrice

Rant over.

ha ha

Katie x

Thank you heavy metal...

So... there i was last week.. feeling uncharacteristically down in the dumps. I had been sad for a few days, didn't know why - but to be fair - hadn't made much of an effort to get better either.
I didn't want to see my friends, or go to work.. and lying in bed seemed the best option.
THEN... I remembered that Killswitch Engage were playing at Brixton Academy.. and i heaved myself out of bed.. traveled to Brixton... and.. believe it or not.. got cured!

thank you Killswitch.
thank you heavy metal.
please god, someone remind me next time i am feeling sad and blue that music really does feed the soul.

I stood there amongst the few thousand other fans - and sung every word as loud as i could.. letting every riff wash over me like a massive (not scary) wave.

It was great. And although I don't feel 100 percent...I do feel LOTS better.

Cheers Killswith. Today's Blog post is for you.. x

Hassle Volume One - CD coming up!

Hey Y'all,
just a quick post to let you know about the upcoming CD: ‘Hassle Volume 1’ that is coming out on October 29th this year.

The tracks were picked by the lovely Daniel P Carter from the Rock Show... and I have written the short sleeve notes for the inside of the CD. Together, we are very proud of this little collection..
(Dan did the artwork too.. check it out!)

It's gonna retail for a weeny £4.99.. and copies are limited.. so make sure you go get one when it comes out..

Full track listing:

1. Cancer Bats – French Immersion

2. Outcry Collective – New Franchise Mess

3. Flood Of Red – Don’t Sleep, Swim!

4. Hexes – Semaphore Cut

5. Blackhole – Witches

6. The Ghost Of A Thousand – Left For Dead

7. Gallows – Come Friendly Bombs

8. Rolo Tomassi – Curby

9. Sanzen – Modus Operandi

10. Untitled Musical Project – A Popular Musical Composition

11. Silicon Vultures – Sour Tits

12. 1000 Hertz – Give Me An Amen!!

13. The Fucking Hate – Indoor Scarfs

14. Cry For Silence – A World Benign WAITING

15. Fucked Up – David Comes To Life


Ta da!!

Some great tunes on there!


xx Katie

My fave band this week!!

Cor... long time no post. Sorry!

So.. back to business.. my fave band this week are Memphis May Fire.. you can hear their lovely work right here...

and they look like this... (check that tash!!!)

They have just signed to Trustkill.. who obviously have great taste!

Fun times

xx