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Young Kato

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Evening friends!

Just a quick update and some new sounds for you all to enjoy!

Any Indie fans out there by any chance? I have quite the love hate relationship when it comes to Indie music, for one just how wide and overlooked the genre is as a whole. Secondly, how people seem to have a preconception of this genre and how its very ‘hipster’ and ‘samey’. Myself? I love this genre, particularly grimy, guitar based indie rock.

There are A LOT of brilliant indie guitar bands out there for you all to enjoy, and being in my early 20′s I must admit (although I’m not all that proud of it) during my teens I grew up in the MTV era, driven by reality shows like The Hills, The City and more recently and a bit closer to home my guilty pleasure Channel 4′s Made In Chelsea.

Now I know what you’re all things…. OH LORD!! I know… How could I right?

Well when watching the season premiere on Monday, I was astonished to see the MIC crew at The Barfly in London watching and bopping their heads along to a band called Young Kato…

I instantly fell in love with their summery, upbeat noises and their INCREDIBLY catchy lyrics.

Check out their video for Drink, Dance, Play below – Now available along with their debut self titled EP on iTunes for a cracking £2.49!!

Enjoy,

Kelsey

Please come check out my lifestyle blog too here: Blog Steal and Borrow

Thousand Autumns

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I’d like to introduce you to Thousand Autumns, local boys, a London 5-piece that release their second EP “Chasing Boats” for free download on April 1st. This is the post-hardcore quartet’s second release, following on from their debut EP, ‘City Of Sun’ released in February 2010, which gained a huge following from Kerrang!, Rocksound and XFM.

Having the EP produced by Romesh Dodangoda (Bullet For My Valentine, Lostprophets, Funeral For A Friend) at Outhouse Studios, it really shows off what Thousand Autumns can do, and you’re ears are in for a treat. ‘Chasing Boats’ includes heavy, crashing riffs, epic breakdowns and beautifully melodic choruses. Let’s hope this EP gains even more attention than ‘City Of Sun’ did, I’m sure the boys are headed for massive things!!

Thousand Autumns have toured all over the UK, sharing the stage with the likes of Hawthorne Heights, Exit Ten, Fei Comodo, Polar, Heart In Hand, All Forgotten, Mallory Knox and The Smoking Hearts.

For Fans Of: Alexisonfire, Thrice, Story Of The Year

What The Press Say:
“Plenty of driving rhythms on offer to mark Thousand Autumns out from the crowd’ – Big Cheese 4/5

“Bouncing rhythms, Hardcore bite and sweeping guitars” – Metal Hammer 7/10

“Confident riffs and flawless rhythm” - Black Velvet Magazine

“A plethora of different sounds and heavy melody” – Dead Press 9/10

“The band twists and grooves through a mirage of genres meanwhile keeping a tight hook on rhythm driven melody” – Molten Mag 4/5

You can catch Thousand Autumns on tour NOW!!

UK Tour Dates:  April 2013

01/04/13 – Sheffield Corporation, Sheffield
02/04/13 – The Cockpit, Leeds
03/04/13 – Sound Control, Manchester
04/04/13 – The Garage, London (EP launch headline show)

Facebook: facebook.com/thousandautumns

Twitter: twitter.com/thousandautumns

Offiicial Site:thousandautumnsofficial.co.uk

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Please Please Me

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Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to post up for you today about a band that mean the absolute world to me. They have been part of my life since I was a little girl, I was brought up listening to them, and now they’ve reached a massive landmark, not that the Fab Four weren’t massive to start with…

Yesterday, March 22nd 2013, saw the The Beatles debut album Please Please Me reach it’s 50th birthday!

After speaking to my Dad about his memories of this album, and although he was only 11 at the time of release, he can remember Please Please Me going straight to number 1 in the charts, the chaos it caused and the start of “Beatlemania”. Ultimately it began his journey into the world of music and his love of The Beatles, which has been passed down to me.

Now I, being 22 still listen to and love their music, it isn’t just great music to me, it’s memories of childhood, music that provokes a happy and care-free mood and something that changed the music scene in so many ways 50 years ago.

So I pose this question to my readers…

What is your FAVOURITE Beatles album or song and WHY?

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For The Life Of Me

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Hello again Friends, another dreary Saturday another awesome band for you all to sink your teeth into!

Any fans of heavier music out there? Or anyone looking for something a little bit different? I’ve got something for you that’ll warm your cockles.

I’d like to introduce you all to For The Life Of Me – a four piece that reside across the waters in Portland, Oregon. They’ve been together and making music since 2009 and working hard to release their new EP ‘Closure’ which will be available 26th March this year – and boy is it a good’un!

The band have released the beautiful “Eleven” as their first single from the ‘Closure’ EP, a powerful and heavily tuneful song which accompanies the video portraying their hometown in it’s past and present glory which you can view HERE.

Absolutepunk.net recently showcased For The Life Of Me in their ‘Band Spotlight’ column, claiming fans of Make Do and Mend and Balance & Composure should give them a listen.

So please do go check out For The Life Of Me I’m sure you’ll love them!

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Get in touch with the boys:

Facebook: facebook.com/forthelifeofmepdx

Twitter: twitter.com/ftlommusic

Website: forthelifeofmepdx.bandpage.com/

Swim Deep – The Sea

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How about a little something to lift those winter blues?

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Swim deep are a Birmingham four piece, you may not have heard of them but they’ve just layed down their first full length record.

In their words, Swim Deep have said they sound like Duran Duran mixed with One Direction. And they’re being serious. To me though, they capture the sound of the summer, of lazy afternoons and midday sunshine – with a bottle of beer in hand of course!

Definitely a breath of fresh air, and a very good mood lifter for this long winter we seem to be stuck in the middle of right now!!

Their new single ‘The Sea’ is out March 4th, here’s a little look at single for you all:

Catch them on tour now with Two Door Cinema Club, see dates below!

FEB:

14th - Southampton, Joiners

15th - Birmingham, HMV Institute Library (venue upgraded due to demand)

16th - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

17th - Manchester, Soup Kitchen

18th - Nottingham, Bodega Social Club

19th - Sheffield, Plug

20th - York, Duchess

22nd - Glasgow, King Tuts

23rd - Liverpool, Kazimier

24th - Bristol, Thekla

25th - Norwich, Open

26th - London, XOYO

27th - Brighton, Green Door Store

Supports:

JAWS (14th-17th), Best Friends (18th-21st), Paradise (22nd-27th)

Where are they from: Birmingham
Give them a go if you like: Wavves, Peace
Buy It Now: New single ‘The Sea’ is out March 4th on Chess Club/RCA Victor
See Them Live: Currently supporting Two Door Cinema Club
Believe It Or Not: Bassist Cavan met 1D’s Harry Styles at Dalston hipster hangout Birthdays. “He tweeted me and I got about 1,000 followers from that alone. Now I get hate from One Direction fans daily…”