Jimmy, he whispers

The Lock-Up lineup has announced and I couldn't be happier! Billy Talent, Alexisonfire, Rise Against, Thursday and The Polar Bear Club. Reading is shaping up to be one hell of a weekend! I can't wait!

Currently listening to Manchester Orchestra, I'm loving their latest effort Mean Everything to Nothing, Indie Rock doesn't get much better then this. This band are another Last-FM find and thanks to Spotify I can listen to it for free! Really need to get the Internet sorted in my room though because using my Dad's computer is a pain in the arse.

Other then that I'm very bored I've tried watching TV and playing Splinter Cell on the Playstation but nothing seems to relieve it! I just want the festivals to start now!

Anything can happen in the next half hour

So I went to London for a couple of days to catch up with mates from uni. Much fun was had, we did Camden, Hyde Park among others. I even spotted Eddie Izzard which was pretty cool! Plus there are so many hot guys there! Why are there none in Birmingham?

Not much going on on the music front I haven't bought any new stuff but have been loving Fightstar's- Grand Unification which is a quality album, need to give their new album- Be Human a proper listen though. We also had another announcement for Download Festival, 17 bands with 3 I defiantly will check out; A Day to Remember, We Are the Ocean and Middle Class Rut. The majority of the line-up this year is not really to my taste, a whole load of classic rock and Nu-Metal. On the other hand the Reading Festival line-up is looking killer, Deftones, FFAF, AFI, Enter Shikari, Brand New, The Gaslight Anthem and Lostprophets. And if it couldn't get any better Rise Against, Alexisonfire, 36 Crazyfists and Sense Fail all rumoured to play it's looking to be my perfect line-up for a festival ever! I can't wait!

Burned out in a jar

It's days like today I wish I was back in Bangor, chilling on the front lawn blasting out some death cab! Had a good chat with Ffi today, was informed that someone thinks I have bad music taste! Which I find hilarious, she's a bit of scene kid and a very pretentious one at that! Maybe she's just jealous as me and her boyfriend share a similar liking in music! Man why do people always need the drama, just living is enough! There is no need to create extra drama! Losers!


Took me a good two albums to fall asleep last night. First we had Moneen- The Red Tree, that album continues to surprise me. Its pretty much all I've listened to since I bought it and I'm loving it! Especially 'The day no one needed to know' with it's anthemic breakdown which I can't help sing along to even when walking home from work with my headphones one, also 'the frightening reality that we will all die one day' with its killer intro and for a final song on an album you can't get much better than 'The song I swore to never sing' with it's simple melody and lyrics it's hauntingly brilliant.

Then I listened to He is Legend- I am Hollywood, it's thanks to Last-FM playing me 'Dinner with a gypsy' that fell in love with this band. That song has the most awesome intro and outro very jazz influenced it even got a nod from my dad which is a lot! This album has more riffs than you can shake a stick at, sort of reminds me a little of Hundred Reasons. Schuylar Croom has such a great voice the clean vocals are faultless and the screams are immense what more can you ask for?

Currently checking out a bit of Polar Bear Club and I'm liking them! More listening needs to be done there playing a show in brum in May and they're also playing Slam Dunk Festivals which looks like something I need to go!

Rock Solid

Where has april gone so much for booking time off to go to London and meet friends! Fuck! Went to Tempest Records again, bought He is Legend-I am Hollywood, excellent album. Also just read on the download forums they're bringing out a new album in June, can't wait! Also a new tune from Dance Gavin Dance plus a new album from them in June, doesn't seem that long ago since their last album but its all good because I do love them so! Heres to a U.K tour!

A Shipwreck in the Sand

So I never managed to get tickets for Alexisonfire, here's hoping they do a proper U.K tour (London is not the only place on this god-forsaken rock). Looking forward to their new album 'Young Cardinals' though, I like the title, tis cool!

I managed to squeeze a trip into Birmingham the before work the other day, its amazing how much money I can spend in like half an hour! Bought my self a groovy pant and vest set and a yummy mambo purple check shirt from this cool surf style outlet store!

Also made a productive trip to Tempest Records got two Moneen records, 'the red tree' and 'are we really happy with who we are'. Also picked up the latest Silverstein record 'A shipwreck in the sand' and on first listen it sounds pretty awesome, I know it's something of a concept record which doesn't always work but so far so, so good.




On a slightly more depressing note I can't believe I never got round to buying tickets and booking time off for Give it a Name. Now it's sold out and I really wanted to see both Thursday and Taking Back Sunday. Damn! Having only just got into Thursday the fact that they were in the U.K was amazing but now I can't bloody go!

With this song I will destroy myself

So post number one, I'm still not sure what direction this blog is going to take so I shall start off slow!

Today started off none to well I managed to set my alarm for the wrong time and after putting it on snooze twice I realised it was 6:54 and I started work at 7! Thankfully my lovely father gave me a lift so was only 15 minutes late, my boss seemed OK, it wasn't till 20 minutes before the end of my shift that I was given an evil, evil job to do so I ended up getting out 30 minutes late!

Other than that my day has been pretty chilled watch some of the OC season one (which I have watched so many times yet it never gets old!) and the Gilmore Girls (yes I am a bit of loser!).




On another note I'm debating over going to see Alexisonfire at the London Underground because they are playing 3 dates, but what with it being so close to Download I'm unsure plus I have no one to go with. On the other hand they are quite possibly my favourite band and I'm all about the live music! Hmmmm decisions....

I also feel like a trip to tempest records soon is on the cards as I haven't bought any new records in ages and I do really like that record store. I'm listening to Moneen at the moment hence the title of the blog, streaming it on Spotify (quite possibly one of the best things to come off the internet! Thankyou Dad for introducing me to the wonders of it!).