Mcr loves music has gone global!

That's right, we have had our first viewing from across the pond in the good ol' US of states! Get on the band wagon everyone before we get massive!

Remember, any music at all is welcome, just let me know what you want.

Peace, love and music

Beady Eye - Manchester Apollo - 7th March

Not knowing what to expect from any band fronted by Liam Gallagher, is a little bit daft really..... I'm a little bit daft.

As giddy as i was on the lead up to the gig, there was a bit inside me that thought he would mess the whole thing up; like he had never put on a show for anyone before. probably because he is so unpredictable.

After waiting for what felt like an age, the sound engineers played Stone Roses "I am the Ressurection" at full blast. lights went down (after the full album version!) and then.............

....a teaser of an opener before they walked on stage, the the unmistakable silhouette of Monkey Boy Liam Gallagher leaps into Four Letter Word. playing all but wigwam off the new album, it was high tempo and high volume from start to finish.

Look, these boys are Oasis without the brains. but oasis without brians is a simple rock n roll sound that gets you feeling happy, mancunian, and almost 18 again.

good work fellas, i think that will be the last time you play a venue that small again.

now, some more clips for you from the gig....

MILLIONAIRE!

 

BABY COME ON!!



The Ferocious Few, How Kings of Leon Want to Sound!

heard a little about these guys a few months back but never really checked them out. I guess the only way to describe them is how the Kings of Leon want to sound, and how The Killers want to look?!?
Dirty, Grimey Rock! Track is Loc'd Out.

...For a band to still busking for their supper, I can confidently say "you heard it here first"

I Just Discovered Aloe Blacc...

...and apparently he needs a dollar!! Gone are the heady, crazy, dreamy days of James Morrison (thank the baby jesus and the orphans) trying to pretend he has any soul by singing in a croaky voice. This guy (Aloe Blacc) has been going, unheard of, for since the mid 90's and is probably one of the best Soul artists since the days of Motown Records. Have a listen and let me know what you reckon? you may have heard this track (I Need a Dollar) as the theme tune for "How to make it in America" and that’s where it got my attention so thanks Sky Atlantic!

Useless, But Brilliant Fact...

Everyones favourite Vegas tash masters, the Killers, got their name from a fictional band in the New Order video Regret. New Order used a good looking fictional band instead of themselves. Good choice Hookey you ugly lump.

Thanks for that fact Clint Boon.

Beady Eye - Different Gear, Different Band, Best Album So Far This Year??

Alright?

I have to admit, i have been slagging off the Beady Eye track "Roller" since I first heard it. Sounds just like a bad Beatles cover right? Maybe on the first few listens, but I downloaded the album last night (Legally of course, Piracy is for fu*kin chumps) and I was very pleasantly surprised.....no........I thought it chuffin rocked!

starting from the funky cover of a girl riding a croc, to the last track "Sons of the stage" and everything in between is a sound we haven’t heard in a long time. Is it a bit Beatles? yeah, in parts. so what? the Beatles sound good. Besides, Rock n Roll uses the same 3 or 4 chords anyway so its all bound to sound similar!

My Top Tracks....
Kill For a Dream is probably the strongest lyrically and sounds great; a bang tidy acoustic number with a nice electric riff .
Sons of the Stage just sounds like one of those tracks that will have you screaming and swearing at Liam thinking you're well hard.
Four Letter Word starts like some Bond theme tune. nice and fast opener and sets the bar for the whole album
Millionaire starts like an Elliot Smith Track (although Ii doubt bears absolutely no influence on "R Liam"!
Wigwam - well, if the Beatles wrote this it would have been a classic....

you know what. balls to it. Its a top album, buy it, listen to it, get drunk to it, dance to it and enjoy it. Oh, thought i'd show add the cover cos it tickles me....