Your just jealous cos we're young and in love

This is going to be a super duper update! It starts a while back

• Download Festival- Amazing weekend, great music, great weather couldn't have asked for more! Highlights for me were in no particular order, ADTR, Limp Bizkit!, Fei Comodo, Gaymers Cider, Pip in general, WATO, People in Planes, getting so stoned I couldnt move, drinking far to much red thounder (effectively red bull but half the price! 2 before 10am was my motto!) the sun and Slipkont. Lowlights included Marilyn Manson, Sunburn and going back to work!

• Brand New- Absolutly mind blowing having been a fan for years finally getting to see them properly (saw them support Incubus in '04) was something special. They played a great set The Shower Scene, The quiet things, The no seatbelt song, Sic Transit Gloria, Okay I believe you, Jaws Theme Swimming, Play Crack the Sky, Sowing Season, Millstone, Archers, Jesus Christ, Luca, Degausser, You Won't Know plus and encore with Jesse singing Soco Amaretto Lime. I couldn't fault them the only down point was some prick behind me claiming to be a huge fan and then talking pretty much through their entire set, rude twat!

Next are the CD's I have purchased in no particular order

• He Is Legend-It Hates Me- This is ablum is a step away from their post-hardcore effort I am Hollywood having a more rocky edge, Its a good album all in all some songs a bit long in places and with less variety in the vocals it can get a bit boring!
• Alexisonfire- Old Crows/ Young Cardinals- This being their 4th album and most accomplsied by far they seem to have found their sound and what a sound that is! 'We are not the kids we used to be' sums it up in one sentance, Alexisonfire have grown up and their not afraid to shout about it, Georges vocals have improved 10 fold and the interplay between the 3 vocalists is great especially on songs The Northern and Midnight Regulations. The drums are also supurb shining through on the majoirty of the tracks! Quite possibly the album of the year!
• Dance Gavin Dance- Happiness- A truely fitting title for a great ablum, the songs just make you want get up and dance like an idiot, its groove ridden with great vocals and some snazzy guitar work!
• Killswitch Engage- Killswitch Engage- From the first couple of listens it's very promising need to listen to it more though!
  

• I have been in a very chilled out mood recently so have been listening to a lot of mewithoutYou, Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine, City and Colour and Never Ending White Lights. Plus I have lots of gigs lined up including A Skylit Drive with Dance Gavin Dance supporting, Biffy Clyro, Enter Shikari, Alexisonfire and Reading Festival!!

I can barely breath

Its been a while so proper update needs to be posted when I can bothered. This post will mainly concern last nights amazing Manchester Orchestra gig!

So after a quick bus ride into Kings Heath we entered the Hare and Hounds. Pretty cool little pub got ourselves a couple of drinks and sat outside enjoying the sun! Had a chat with a couple from Norwich and watched a family get harassed by some random drunk guy! Doors opened at 7:30 and it was about 10 mins later we were asked to have I.d as it was apparently an over 18's gig, lots of protests especially from me as Francis is 16 and there was no way I was missing the gig! Thankfully they sorted it out and upstairs we went into the sold out venue, nice and intimate very narrow and long.

Kevin Devine was supporting, having seen him not that long ago supporting Brand New and not paying much attention he blew me away with the opening song the majority of which sang without a microphone his voice carrying perfectly over the crowd. This guy can sure sing and is much better live then on record. Also a very funny man, interacting with the crowd and remarking on the politeness, funniest point was when he misheard edgbaston as edgbastien saying it sounded like a posh cousin! He had the crowd eating out the palm of his hand.

Next up where the much anticipated Manchester Orchestra who did not disappoint coming on to a song about 50 cent which was hilarious! They played a great varied set playing songs from their debut and their newest release Mean Everything to Nothing including, I've got friends, Wolves at Night, I can barely breath and The River. My highlights was excellent rendition of Where Have You Been? including an appearance by Kevin, and the finale The Only One sung hauntingly by Andy Hull who thought a voice so amazing could come out of someone so hairy, spectacular!