Sunday 30 June 2013

Your Favourite Bassist (Day 5 of 30)


Tough, tough, tough one, bassists hold a special place in my heart. However, for this one I picked Jaime (Hi-me) Preciado of Pierce The Veil, because not only is he an awesome bassist, he's also an awesome guy, and when I met them I gave him my letter and he smiled at me, and I had a mild heart attack.
Also have the song I Don't Care If You're Contagious, because bass:

Saturday 29 June 2013

Your Favourite Guitarist (Day 4 of 30)


Without a doubt, it's Frank Iero. Every aspect of his being is just brilliant. The song here is Early Sunsets Over Monroeville, because, if I remember rightly from my LOTMS sessions, that's one of the first songs he added to when he joined My Chemical Romance during the recording of Bullets . . . because they needed another guitarist so they'd be able to play live.

Friday 28 June 2013

A Good-Looking Band (Day 3 of 30)


That's a difficult one, because there's so many bands out there who look nice, possibly because of the extremely shallow media, possibly due to bizarre coincidence. But if I had to pick a good-looking band, I'd say You Me At Six. Look at them with their hair and their faces, they're quite nice. This is my favourite song by them, Crash.

Thursday 27 June 2013

Your Least Favourite Band (Day 2 of 30)

Technically Marina And The Diamonds is an artist, not a band, but she's my least favourite. I'm sure she's lovely, but I can't fucking stand her music.




Wednesday 26 June 2013

Your Favourite Band (Day 1 of 30 Day Challenge)


I found a 30 Day Band Challenge thing, and it's supposed to be for pictures, but I'll add songs too. Day 1 is 'your favourite band'. No surprises here, it's My Chemical Romance, and my favourite song by them, Helena (So Long And Goodnight).

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Monday 17 June 2013

about my posting

I know I keep kind of going into dry phases with the updating of this blog, but I struggle somewhat with motivational issues sometimes. Just churning out random bits of music is difficult enough, let alone reviewing bands - however, if you have any feedback or you're in a band you'd like me to listen to, then just comment or message me, it'll give me something specific to do.

Sunday 9 June 2013

Ghost - Guleh/Zombie Queen


Because I should really resume posting and I'm all over this song right now.

Wednesday 5 June 2013

Pierce The Veil Review

As happens nowadays, when I do a gig review, I will be posting it on the website Louder Than War, but I'll give you the link so you can read it - feedback is always welcome.

Monday 3 June 2013

PIERCE THE VEIL BONANZA

I will be writing a proper post for Louder Than War, but this is my harebrained fangirly experience of today.

So last night, as you might have noticed, I was very excited because I was seeing Pierce The Veil today, and also potentially getting into a signing they were doing in the Pulp branch in the Arndale in town. That meant I was too excited to sleep for more than two and a half hours, before getting up at 5:30 in the morning so I could be in town on time. I made it into the queue for a wristband - they were giving out the last 25 that morning and I was 17th I think - and I got it, and I was all over the place. My heartrate was at about 90 bpm.

Sunday 2 June 2013

PIERCE THE VEIL EXCITEMENT

I'm seeing Pierce The Veil tomorrow, for the second time. They're my favourite active band. I am more excited about this than I was about Bring Me The Horizon, and I was pretty fucking excited about that. I'm trying to work out if they're giving out more wristbands for the signing in Pulp tomorrow, because if they are, I'm getting up at 5am and fighting off all the other fangirls. The first time I saw them was the first concert where I was able to actually go mental instead of dithering in a corner. As such, to try and turn this into something more productive than me squealing and weeing myself a bit in anticipation, I'm going to show you my top ten songs by the band, just in case you've never heard them and were wondering just why I'm getting so worked up.

10) Yeah Boy And Doll Face
For a lot of these songs, I'm not sure exactly what it is that makes me like them so much, and it's the same with this one. I think it's the lyrics, though - I don't know what Vic's said they're about, but they sound quite like the feeling of being betrayed when someone dumps you, and dealing with trying to decide if you still love the person or loathe them.

9) I'm Low On Gas And You Need A Jacket
Again, I don't know, but I really like the way Vic sings the line "Fuck, what, am I supposed to be impressed?"

8) Besitos
It sort of signifies my committing to them as a band. Selfish Machines was the first album that I got hold of, and this is the opening track, so this is like the music over the opening credits to the film that is me sat there in the corner weeping at their brilliance. Also, that awesome guitar bit at the start. I take my hat off to you, Tony Perry.

7) The New National Anthem
I really like the slow tinkly start, and the way that the singing sounds a little bit sinister - to me at least - and then it just breaks down into music that makes me want to throw things at the houses of people who've annoyed me.

6) Bulls In The Bronx
Because everything in this song is so bad-ass. The drums, the guitar, the bass, the singing, it's all so lfjnhdslfhasdjfhalkdhfal. And at the end, when he goes "and you're about to miss everything", and it all goes crazy, it's wonderful.

5) Caraphernelia (feat. Jeremy McKinnon)
This was maybe the second song of theirs that I heard when I was checking them out, and it's so awesome. You just put it on and stamp about and shout things, and just get really angry for a bit.

4) The Balcony Scene
It took me a while to find this one, because it's tucked away near the end of their first album, and I was so caught up with Selfish Machines and Collide With The Sky that it took me a while to realise I needed to go back and properly re-listen to A Flair For The Dramatic. It's so beautiful, though, and I feel like it doesn't get the appreciation off fans that it deserves.

3) Currents Convulsive
The . . . .the guitar at the start . . . the guitar all the way through . . . . the screaming . . . "You better listen to you doctor, doctors lie, lie, lie, lie!" ugggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

2) Hold On Till May (feat. Lindsey Stamey)
It's so very obviously 'save your life'-ey, but it still works so amazingly well. It sounds so lonely at the beginning, and then at the chorus it sounds like those songs you have on your headphones when you're on the motorway at night and you're looking out of the window pretending you're in a music video. Plus, it articulates a lot of things that I find difficult to say for myself.

1) Bulletproof Love
I DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT I JUST LOVE IT. I love it so much. It's so catchy and over-emotional, and it sounds really cheesy, but apparently Vic said it's actually supposed to sound like a suicide note you'd leave for your lover to find, so it's actually pretty dark as well. Here's the video: