Wall of Mouths

Fucked Up
http://www.myspace.com/epicsinminutes

Yep, it sounds like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_po0RTKjsC8

Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling (it’s ok)
Portugal The Man - Censored Colors (in my opinion their best album so far)
Glasvegas - s/t (really good)
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (boring)
Metallica - Death Magnetic (their best album for five years :-D )
Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - s/t (dreamy indie pop, excellent)
The Gutter Twins - Adorata (pure magic)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (it’s good, better than A Weekend In The City)
The Verve - Forth (crap)
Hellsongs - Hymns In The Key Of 666 (that’s how metal songs should sound like)

But my favourites at the moment are:
Off With Their Heads - From the Bottom
The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound
Shot Baker - Take Control
Banner Pilot - Resignation Day

I love ‘em they’re fantastic.

Don’t miss them they’re an excellent live band, too.

You can listen to some songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/thereplacements81

I’d say College Rock wouldn’t exist without The Replacements (though that might be held against them ;-) )

It’s natural to focus on Nirvana, the label’s biggest success.
It was nice that for the SP20 festival some old bands reunited. I have a recording of the Green Show (Mark Arm and Steve Turner from Mudhones, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam) and they really kicked ass.

Erm yes, though everyone should know him for being the singer of The Replacements.

I bouth the new Paul Westerberg album this morning for 49 cents, what a bargain.
http://pwesterberg.blogspot.com/

I also made one:

http://allroy.muxtape.com/

All songs currently in my top list of 2008

Nick Cave’s brilliant and he was even better 20 years ago without that moustache::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6RML0YHOm8

The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound
LaGrecia - On Parallels
MBV - Roundhouse, 22.06.08

Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
The Twilight Sad - Here, It Never Snowed, Afterwards It Did
H20 - Nothing To Prove (best record of the year so far)
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

I made a fatal mistake this morning: there’s nothing worse than starting the day listening to the new Coldplay album, immediately kills your morning glory.

Also listened to Stop Drop And Roll by the Foxboro Hot Tubs (aka Green Day). Boring and lame as well.

Europe part 2
6 Aug 2008 Tavastia, Helsinki FI
7 Aug 2008 Way Out West, Gothenburg SE
8 Aug 2008 Voxhall, Aarhus DK
9 Aug 2008 Haldern Festival, Haldern DE
11 Aug 2008 Zodiac, Oxford UK
12 Aug 2008 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham UK
13 Aug 2008 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London UK
15 Aug 2008 Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt BE
16 Aug 2008 Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen NL
17 Aug 2008 Highfield Festival, Hohenfelden DE
19 Aug 2008 Beatpol, Dresden DE
20 Aug 2008 Ampere, Munich DE
21 Aug 2008 Palac Akropolis, Prague CZ
23 Aug 2008 Proxima, Warsaw PL
25 Aug 2008 Forum, Bielefeld DE
26 Aug 2008 Komedia, Brighton UK
27 Aug 2008 Leadmill, Sheffield UK
29 Aug 2008 Electric Picnic, Stradbally IE
30 Aug 2008 Academy, Liverpool UK

Silent Cry

New album out in June.

It really rocks, I love it.

I’m going to see them in Cologne tomorrow and getting myself in the right mood by listening to a recording from the Birmingham show last week.
The setlist was:
1. Introduction
2. Tipp City
3. Huffer
4. Bang On
5. Shocker In Gloomtown
6. Divine Hammer
7. Night Of Joy
8. No Aloha
9. Pacer
10. We’re Gonna Rise
11. Son Of Three
12. Walk It Off
13. New Year
14. Cannonball
15. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
16. Iris
17. I Just Want To Get Along
18. Saints
19. Safari
20. Encore Break
21. Overglazed
22. Here No More
23. Fortunately Gone
24. German Studies

I can’t wait to hear Shocker In Gloomtown at last.

Ricky Warwick solo supporting Keith Caputo, but obviously only in Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark:

http://www.rickywarwick.com/tour/tour.html

Good show but way too short because of Mr. Dulli not feeling well.

Sorry I missed you, marja, but the good thing about the early ending was me being able to catch a night train home.

It’s a pity that the new songs can’t keep up with those classics like this or Cannonball.

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=7AsId-qVIb4

Yes, I’ve seen it on the AB website. My train arrives at around 5:30pm and I#ll be heading straight to the venue.

No, it just seems to be part of the Monochrome tour, last year’s European dates hadt to be cancelled if I remember correctly.

Hello marja,

keep your eyes out for a handsome young German at the AB on Friday ;-)

European dates:

26.06. Augsburg - Kantine
29.06. B-Dessel - Graspop
02.07. A-Wien - Arena
04.07. Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal
05.07. NL-Bergum - Wâldrock
06.07. Köln - Gebäude 9

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Anti-Flag - The Bright Lights Of America
No Use For A Name - The Feel Good Record Of The Year

and still rotating regularly: Portishead, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, R.E.M. and, of course, The Gaslight Anthem.

Thank god for that!

Watch The Gutter Twins on Letterman

He WAS ace, Sixes And Sevens, his new album, is utter shite.