WINNERS ARE...
1st Prize (Female):
Rachelle Rotheram
1st Prize (Male):
Joshua Bailey
Runner Up (Violet Bones EP and Kilto Take EP):
Penny Clarke
Runner Up (Repeater EP):
Drew Davis
WELL DONE TO YOU ALL
If you missed out why not check the bands out, you can hear all of their great music over at their facebook pages. You can buy their music too if you like.
Thanks to Rik and Si from Violet Bones for providing the winning prizes!
Fred, x
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Showing posts with label Repeater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Repeater. Show all posts
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Awards of 2010
New act of the year:
1: We Are Tokyo
2: Ideals
3: Violet Bones
Best international act of the year:
1: Secrets
2: Repeater
3: Beat!Beat!Beat!
Best surprise of the year:
Neon Index, I booked them for the "It's All Indie Showcase" and without hearing a song, I just went on word of mouth. What a surprise, they played out their heart and souls, I loved the set and they played a cover of "Standing In The Way Of Control", which was pulled off brilliantly!
1: We Are Tokyo
2: Ideals
3: Violet Bones
Best international act of the year:
1: Secrets
2: Repeater
3: Beat!Beat!Beat!
Best surprise of the year:
Neon Index, I booked them for the "It's All Indie Showcase" and without hearing a song, I just went on word of mouth. What a surprise, they played out their heart and souls, I loved the set and they played a cover of "Standing In The Way Of Control", which was pulled off brilliantly!
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
It's All Indie: Top 20 - 20 to 11
As announced in the facebook page, the voting has been scrapped as 3 different IP addresses were voting on a certain track every 0.5 seconds. This I feel is a better approach, this is compiled of...
- Last.fm group scrobbles
- User feedback on the page
- Hits on the page
- Hits on the blog posts
- My opinions
- Most talked about on the facebook page
20: Islington Boys Club - Pristine
19: Repeater - Patterns
18: Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
17: Sketches - Bleed Victoria
16: Ideals - Forever Leisure
15: Fenech-Soler - Demons
14: I Dream In Colour - If You
13: Them:Youth - Toothache
12: Kilto Take - Retrogress
11: Francesqa - Ghosts
Top 10 going to be up daily, 10th tomorrow, 9th the day after and so on.
Not in the top 20? Maybe the top 10 then ;)
- Last.fm group scrobbles
- User feedback on the page
- Hits on the page
- Hits on the blog posts
- My opinions
- Most talked about on the facebook page
20: Islington Boys Club - Pristine
19: Repeater - Patterns
18: Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
17: Sketches - Bleed Victoria
16: Ideals - Forever Leisure
15: Fenech-Soler - Demons
14: I Dream In Colour - If You
13: Them:Youth - Toothache
12: Kilto Take - Retrogress
11: Francesqa - Ghosts
Top 10 going to be up daily, 10th tomorrow, 9th the day after and so on.
Not in the top 20? Maybe the top 10 then ;)
Monday, 23 August 2010
EP Review... Repeater - Patterns
I swear post-punk is coming back to life, Editors have shown us what is possible, White Lies brought another route with infectious hooks, Bloc Party with their debut album Silent Alarm providing mainstream attention and now it's the turn of a band that I have found all the way from Long Beach, California, USA. Their EP is 3 tracks long and is filled with infectious hooks and riffs with vocals that are shouted above the music with such heart and soul. Below is a breakdown of the Ep track by track.
Patterns:
The opening track and this sets the release alight from the beginning with catchy guitars on the intro and blistering drumming you are thought that this is going to be a generic post-punk track. Wrong, then it hits you. These vocals are just perfect for the music, they accompany each other very well. Then the chorus hits in and it sounds like a combination of Tom Smith (Editors) rhythm guitar and a drop that any band would be proud of. This is indeed a epic 4:34 long track with a well executed breakdown towards the end with a slow build up back to the original pace of the song, and finally ending on what can only be described as an anthem!
Out of 10: 9/10
Keep The Sun From Rising:
You would of thought it can't get better right? Well, this track continues on the lines of anthematic post-punk-rock with a brilliant intro that sounds slightly Irish (in the vocals) then drops into the sweet tingly guitars. It stays right the way trough the song and that is what I love best. The melody in the song is just awesome with this chilled track taking a turn away from the first one but not dropping below par one bit!
Out of 10: 8/10
To Swallow Lost Goodbyes:
This is the last track on the EP and they want to go out on a high. They do it easily! It is without question exhilarating with an angry sounding that Steve (Singer) has set out to feel once again as epic and as much of an anthem as possible with the riffs and hooks that have made me feel like their album (which is coming soon) will be one of those brilliant records. Another long (ish) track and it is laid out the same as the others, a brilliant intro, the great filling in the middle and a end that keeps on getting better until it suddenly slows down to a crash and the EP ends with me feeling all dizzy!
Out of 10: 9/10
Repeater - Patterns
Out of 10: 8.7/10
You can buy the EP from the BandCamp link from as little as $1 or can download for free through their website, but please buy the EP, support the music industry yeah!
[MYSPACE]
[FACEBOOK]
[OFFICIAL SITE]
[BANDCAMP]
Patterns:
The opening track and this sets the release alight from the beginning with catchy guitars on the intro and blistering drumming you are thought that this is going to be a generic post-punk track. Wrong, then it hits you. These vocals are just perfect for the music, they accompany each other very well. Then the chorus hits in and it sounds like a combination of Tom Smith (Editors) rhythm guitar and a drop that any band would be proud of. This is indeed a epic 4:34 long track with a well executed breakdown towards the end with a slow build up back to the original pace of the song, and finally ending on what can only be described as an anthem!
Out of 10: 9/10
Keep The Sun From Rising:
You would of thought it can't get better right? Well, this track continues on the lines of anthematic post-punk-rock with a brilliant intro that sounds slightly Irish (in the vocals) then drops into the sweet tingly guitars. It stays right the way trough the song and that is what I love best. The melody in the song is just awesome with this chilled track taking a turn away from the first one but not dropping below par one bit!
Out of 10: 8/10
To Swallow Lost Goodbyes:
This is the last track on the EP and they want to go out on a high. They do it easily! It is without question exhilarating with an angry sounding that Steve (Singer) has set out to feel once again as epic and as much of an anthem as possible with the riffs and hooks that have made me feel like their album (which is coming soon) will be one of those brilliant records. Another long (ish) track and it is laid out the same as the others, a brilliant intro, the great filling in the middle and a end that keeps on getting better until it suddenly slows down to a crash and the EP ends with me feeling all dizzy!
Out of 10: 9/10
Repeater - Patterns
Out of 10: 8.7/10
You can buy the EP from the BandCamp link from as little as $1 or can download for free through their website, but please buy the EP, support the music industry yeah!
[MYSPACE]
[FACEBOOK]
[OFFICIAL SITE]
[BANDCAMP]
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