Download Announcement 4

Image courtesy of Download

So Download added another group of bands this week and I figured I might as well keep up my evaluation of the line-up as a whole.  It’s also become clear that Sonisphere will be returning with an announcement due on Monday!  So look forward to hearing me complaining/celebrating that line up as well.  Right now however, we’re heading onto Download street where we now have a couple of second stage headliners as well as some bands fleshing out the lower stages.

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Weekly Playlist 25/11/2013

I’ve been forgetting to do this recently, something I’m going to put down to being very busy.  So here’s an extra long playlist to make up for it.

 

Letlive – The Blackest Beautiful

letlive. are one of those rare bands who appear to be the whole package.  Whether they are writing songs that blend melody and insanity together in a concoction that is sweet yet sour, heavy yet gentle and all in all just simply intoxicating or taking the time smashing the shit out of things, in a very literal sense sometimes, in live shows which in my own experience bring audiences together in a way that few can do, they seem to do it perfectly.  So quite frankly it’s a disgrace that I’ve taken this long to write up a review of The Blackest Beautiful.  Particularly as it is without a doubt one of the albums of the year.

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Letlive w/ Night Verses and The American Scene at King Tuts 12/10/2013

Letlive at King Tuts
Letlive at King Tuts

The American Scene seem a strange band to open proceedings to a packed King Tuts.  Their rather dull indie doesn’t really get anywhere and never manages to grab the crowds attention.  There is no doubting there will be gigs where The American Scene go down great but tonight is not that night and while they walk off the stage to polite applause it is nothing compared to what is to come.

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