We spoke to Liverpool based duo James Dyke and one half of Go Heeled Philip Rourke on their rad releases of the year.
Other than our releases we have enjoyed….
James Albums:-
1. Saves The Day – Daybreak
I’m a massive fan boy for the band, and love pretty much everything they do so. and i met them so this defo has to go on.
Fav track – “Z”
2. Dad Rocks! – Mount Modern Fav Track – “Battle Hymn Of The Fox”
3. Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestial Lineage Epic black metal! need i say more?
I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for electronic music and this just has all the right stuff. Dubstep, Bass, bass and more bass. And in parts makes me feel like I’m in that scene in Rocky IV with paulies robot!
Fav Track – “Doomsday”
5. Andrew Jackson Jihad – Knife ManFav Track – “Zombie By The Cranberries By Andrew Jackson Jihad
Best gig we put on – Gifts From Enola – I hadn’t really listened to them before the gig, and when they played they just blew me away. I didn’t expect them to be so heavy, closet I’ve seen a band to being almost as awesome as cult of luna!
Best gig attended – Fake Blood – I was at a festival in Spain and it was the first dance gig I’d been to. It was just perfect. Great weather, great beer, good music and thousands of people just having a good ol’ dance! from what i can remember anyway.
1 – The Dodos- No Color Beautiful instrumentation, clever songwriting, humour and emotion all captured perfectly. Its pretty much perfect and maybe not 2nd to the dodos but on the same level. Hard to pick a stand out track but the last track entitled ‘Pants’ is so sweet and very moving and incorporates everything Ive mentioned above perfectly really.3 – The Drums -Portamento
I get the feeling a lot of people dislike these guys but I love them. They simply write great pop songs and I just love their mix of surf & 80s sound (more 80s on this record though). I think lyrically its really good too.People should check out ‘What you were’ or ‘Money’ from this record. So good.
4 – Moonlit Sailor – Colour In Stereo
Beautiful instrumental music. Its their third record and its just stunning. Great production and unlike other instrumental stuff around these days its really hopeful, bright and full of catchy hooks. A track called ‘May Day’ would be my choice from this. Its perfect! Makes me want to go to Sweden or just buy pointless Ikea stuff, which is always good!
I recently saw these live and thought they where so fun . Not really that into punk/HC music like I was say 10/11 years ago but this record just really appeals to me and its REALLY good. They seem to be getting a lot off hype at the moment too which I find really odd. Check out ‘Insufficient Fare’
Live show – This is so tough. I hate this question. So many good bands (especially CUT!!!!) They’ve all been great. I think best band live would have to be (like Jay) GIFTS FROM ENOLA. Really small venue and they just sounded massive. Every one there was blown away. A show as whole though that we’ve put on! Then the Dad Rocks & Shoes & socks off show was amazing.
Attended….er…I haven’t seen that many shows this year to be honest with you. I saw Jeniferver this year which was nice. I used to book their tours so Ive seen them a tonne of times but it was nice to see them play my hometown in a real nice biggish venue. They’ve worked so hard over the years and they are just awesome. Live they are great. Rhodes supported too!
Plans.
Well, we will be releasing an EP by a band called ZOLA in the new year and booking them a few shows throughout the year. We’re working on sorting out releasing the RHODES record too (March/April). We have an incredible American band called COO WOO whose record we will put out in February hopefully. Its not been off our stereos. Other than this we will continue putting the free compilations out (as long as we keep getting enough tracks submitted to us that we like), put on the odd Liverpool show here and there and eat far too much pizza from American Pizza Slice.
No Comments