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Death Cab for Koko 2008-08-02 16:21:25
On July 24th Death Cab for Cutie got ready to play their second low key gig in Camden this summer. Having missed their previous May appearance at The Electric Ballroom I was determined to catch them this time. The fact that I had spent many nights in this North London venue when it still went by [...]
Rock Punk Goodies (?!) 2008-07-16 21:39:34 If you are looking for something to do in London this Saturday i strongly advise you to check out Raid On The Arcade playing live at The Good Ship in Kilburn. I’m sure i will blog more about this promising new three piece but in the meantime check out a video from their last London show
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So why now? Liberté, égalité, fraternité, JUSTICE! 2008-07-15 14:13:29 I’ve already mentioned i had been planning to write this blog for a while now. I had already picked the name a while ago and was just waiting for something to kick start it all so why start now?
Well, in the past couple of months I’ve had the privilege to see some awesome artists who [...]
**Idle Will Kill** 2008-08-10 09:32:11 Osker were still in their teens when releasing their debut full length ‘Treatment 5′. Reviews at the time were generally positive citing the bands youthful age and their competent if not revolutionary take on Rancid/ Green Day. At the same time singer/guitarist Devon Williams was becoming increasingly confrontational with audiences openly baiting his own fans [...]
**Agatha Christie presents: Mystery In The Park** 2008-08-07 16:06:10 Working Wireless Festival at Hyde Park last year saw us scattered to separate locations around the festival area. I had been setting up since 7am and the last thing I wanted to do was hear annoying demands from the herd-like punters. A mix up in the official festival program meant that it was not even [...] Read more:Agatha
, Christie
, Mystery
**Raid On The Arcade Vs. Metro club** 2008-09-12 09:40:45 Cougar Microbes just got into the flyer business, here is something whipped up in 10 minutes for tonights show. If you are in London come down!
**What’s The Story?** 2008-09-08 20:42:51 Oasis leader Noel Gallagher was pushed over by a “fan” the other night whilst on stage in Toronto. The video doing the rounds on Youtube at the moment shows Noel completely unaware as he gets shoved to the ground whilst Liam Gallagher acts like he is ducking in and out of a playground fight. It would [...]
**I Know What You Did Last Summer** 2008-09-07 00:40:12 September will forever be associated with returning for a new school year. Realistically it is not a big deal and turning into a grown working bee also means learning to measure your holidays for maximum impact. Yet despite the fact i finished my studies years back without fail on the 31st of August i mourn [...] Read more:Summer
**Barack Obama and John McCain’s favourite songs revealed** 2008-08-25 07:12:37 US Presidential hopefuls BarackObama
and John McCain
have each revealed their ten favourite songs
to Blender Magazine. I realise this post is a bit of a cop-out but the post I’ve been working on is taking a little longer than planned. Anyhow I thought this was an interesting insight even and there are a few [...] Read more:Barack Obama
**I Never Want To Say My Best Days Are Behind Me** 2008-08-22 11:20:24 Jonah Matranga never takes a break. If you look at his record from as far back as 1993 (be it with Far, as Onelinedrawing or under his own name) he has brought out a release of some sort almost every year. In 2001 hungered for a rock band setup again he recruited members from some [...]
**Get Well Soon** 2008-09-28 18:54:48 Gutted to hear Travis Barker was involved in a plane accident a few days ago. ‘Enema Of The State‘ was released the same year I moved to London and I had the chance to catch Blink -182 play quite a few times in that period. The ridiculous banter between Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus was [...]
**Devotion Is A Strange Thing** 2008-09-20 10:33:21 As reported by a few sources:
Metallica fan Mick Cassidy has finally shaved his beard after growing it for two years, following a vow he made based around his heroes’ release schedule.
Los Angeles resident Cassidy vowed in 2006 not to shave until his favourite band released another album.
It took Metallica two years to release their next [...] Read more:Devotion
, Strange
, Thing
**Billy the kid did what he did and he died** 2008-09-17 08:28:40 Despite only showing up on my radar recently Why? rapidly rose to being the band I have played more than any other so far this year. This doesn’t entirely surprise me as i have been on a mission to play them to everyone I’ve met since I got a feel for their standout track ‘The [...] Read more:Billy
**But I Am Lefthanded** 2008-10-16 19:35:41 After stumbling across the superb ‘Long Goodbyes‘ and expressing my appreciation for the track I received a nice email from I Am Not Lefthanded with a copy of their latest EP. With Cougar Microbes only in its infancy I hadn’t expected to receive pre-releases from label and bands just yet so this was a sweet gesture from the band.
‘Yes Means [...]
**Something To Write Home About** 2008-10-11 08:52:11 When I was at university, and in between houses, I temporarily shared a room with one of my best friends. For 3 months straight he played The Get Up Kids‘ Something To Write
Home About first thing when he woke up and last thing before he went to bed. Had it been any other album i [...]
**Capitalism Stole My Virginity** 2008-10-08 18:44:53 Everywhere you turn the talk is about the growing global economic crisis. There are people, far more educated in the matter than I am, writing kilometres of pages about the causes, the consequences and possible solutions of this situation. Its strange that when things were going real good no one thought of planning in case [...] Read more:Capitalism
, Stole
**Say something, Do something, Feel something, Anything at all** 2008-10-05 08:40:01 Have you ever championed a young independent/unsigned band seeing their profile slowly rise to the point you want them to succeed like your life depended on it? What if you also became friends with that band? That band for me were Hitechjet. Having known some of the boys prevously, we cemented our friendship when we [...] Read more:something
**What’s All The Hype About?** 2008-10-02 11:56:42 Super to discover Cougar Microbes was added to hypem.com this week! In fact, it is highly likely that many of the people reading this blog right now have come directly from there. I will happily admit that when I started this project one of the aims I set out was to be added on The Hype [...]
**Tennessee’s finest** 2008-10-26 10:26:07 “I am flying high over Tupelo, Mississippi, with America’s hottest band, and we are all about to die”
Actually, I’m on a train packed full of sweaty commuters pulling out of London Bridge Station and the fellow next to me obviously had no time for a post-corporate-workout shower. So, nausea more than death, really.
There’s only one [...] Read more:Tennessee
**Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook** 2008-10-21 14:55:54 Arctic Monkeys need no introductions on these pages unless you have been living in a cave in Afghanistan for the past few years. I must confess I was almost frightened off by all the press build up and was frankly quite sceptical before I heard them expecting another twee indie band for the NME to [...]
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