Oh Nirvana. Everyone knows, and everyone loves the big songs that came from their albums. Nirvana were a hell of a lot more than a singles band though, and the strength of the songs that would make up the rest of their albums was often astounding. Here’s my top thive. 5: ‘Scentless Apprentice’ (In Utero) … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Music
Dostoevsky/Like Eating a Stone
http://haraldmath.bandcamp.com/album/dostoevsky-like-eating-a-stone There’s a link. If you click on it, it will take you to a page that has 2 songs on there, both of which are available to download for absolutely zero money. As I still wait for the art to be finished for album number two, I figure why not throw something on there, … Continue reading »
The A to Z of Great British Rock: R is for Reuben
[side note, yes, I know I missed Q. I'm not writing about Queen.) R is for Reuben Of course R is for Reuben. There are many bands who I have bestowed titles such as ‘criminally underrated’, ‘the best at what they do’ and ‘generally best’ etc etc, but no band was more deserving of these … Continue reading »
Thursday Thive: ‘Give Me Your Soul’ Video
So we recently stumbled across this video, which I’m pretty sure would qualify as the best thing in the history of the world. It is entirely hilarious, whilst also being quite a well put together song. Seriously, I’ve had it in my head for about 2 weeks now. King Diamond is utterly ridiculous, and here … Continue reading »
Thursday Thive: L.D.50
Yes, I love this album. 5: ‘-1′ Big tune. A rare moment of clean guitar on the album, with ol’ Kud singing his way through the verses before going appropriately mental in the choruses. It features more silly timed riffage, more tight drumming and one of the bands finest rolling chug moments. The delivery of … Continue reading »
The A to Z of Great British Rock: P is for Phema
P is for Phema I used to really like the Foo Fighters. A lot. This was before I started delving into finding out new bands for myself, but they were definitely one of my favourite bands for a while. As I got a little older, I began to have some gripes with Grohl and the … Continue reading »
The A to Z of Great British Rock: O is for Oceansize
O is for Oceansize This is a pretty bloody easy one to write to be honest. Even if this was an A to Z of International Rock, this would still be a shoe in. Oceansize were a level above the rest of their ilk. They did post rock, metal, alternative rock, everything a heavy guitar … Continue reading »
Thursday Thive: Queens of the Stone Age Singles
5: Make It Wit Chu (‘Era Vulgaris’) There is something inherently sexy about this song. So its not the normal QoTSA fare, there is no balls to the wall riffage and crazy cool, but it still manages to retain a certain hazy sexy cool. It is probably the perfect rock ballad, and why there isn’t … Continue reading »
The A to Z of Great British Rock: N is for Nine Black Alps
(Sidenote: This weeks A to Z was written by the glorious Ashley Morton, he of Harald Math goodness and the fantastic innothingwetrust blog, linked to the side on this site. He also plays drums in the super duper Sykopath Kondor, and is generally the best person going. I couldn’t think of anything for N. Ashley … Continue reading »
The A to Z of Great British Rock: M is for Million Dead
M is for Million Dead Aw, Million Dead. Simply put, one of the best bands this island has ever produced. Frank Turner has gone onto mega success since the end with his journeyman folk, but he’ll be hard pushed to ever top the 2 albums Million Dead produced. The first, ‘A Song to Ruin’ was … Continue reading »
