Blakfish - See You In Another City

Ever found yourself searching for a band that combines two types of music you like ?

Blakfish bridged that gap for me. Combining the heavy elements of hardcore and the technical playing side of math rock they created something so jaw dropping I haven't listened to anything else all week.

SYIAC is only a 5 track EP but packs a punch that most full length albums could only wish to do.

Opening with my favorite song of the 5 "Preparing For Guests" is pretty much about how people tidy their houses before company arrives. You may think this a rubbish idea for a song but the lyrics make up for it. With this song displaying the bands sound at its best If you dont like this I wouldn't recommend the rest of The EP.

Lyrics like "Its like were lying to all of our friends, This place wont ever be this tidy again" captivating imagination and provoking thought you cant go wrong.

My next most appealing song as my first hearing of Blakfish, "Jeremy Kyle I A Marked Man" opens with amazing technical catchy guitar and with the vocals keeping screaming to a minimum on this track its a nice break from the epic and adrenaline pumping sound of the other songs.

I cant love this band anymore right now, I highly recommend this EP. 

Blakfish have their debut album "Champions" out on the 25th of May.

MP3: Blakfish - Preparing For Guests

Look Out For...

So everyone is doing a list of bands that they think are going to be big in 2009 so I thought id jump on the band wagon and try my own. Enjoy.

Haunts - This band awed me with there self titled album released late 2008. With good reviews all around and a UK tour already underway this band are set to be big. If the dont become big Im going to have to formally complain to music.

You Slut! - The first of many bands I got interested in that create instrumental rock. With a unique complex style that verges on math rock but has far to much distortion and anger to be so You Slut! are a band to remember... And with a name like that you not really going to forget.

We Are Enfant Terrible - Hailing from Paris and with a sexy female vocalist this electro pop group are probably the least known of this list but are damn good. Keep an eye out for them.

Teengirl Fantasy - These guys were listed as a hit for 2009 on 2stepsforward4stepsback and rightly so! Making a frenzy of electro insanity Teengirl Fantasy are a diamond in the rough of electro at the moment.

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Top 25 Songs Of 2008

Its taken me ages to get round to writing this as there have been so many good songs this year I wasn't sure what to put or not to put in this list. I haven't ordered them as everyone is amazing and its to hard to deicide.

Bring Me The Horizon - Chelsea Smile

Haunts - Breaking Up

Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - Angles

Biffy Clyro - Mountains

SebastiAn - Dog

Late Of The Pier - Focker

You Slut! - Mybloodyjesusexploreronfire

Bullet For My Valentine - Forever & Always

Errors - Cutlery Draw

Elle Milano - Juliet's Dead

Paul Gilbert - Norwegian Cowbell

Metronomy - The End Of You To

Does It Offend You Yeah? - Battle Royale

Friendly Fires - Photobooth

Bloc Party - Talons

Crystal Castles - Black Panther

Busy P - To Protect & Entertain

Justice - Planisphere pt.4

36 Crazyfists - The All Night Lights

The Whip - Trash

Rolo Tomassi - Abraxas

Ratatat - Shempi

Producers With Computers - Colon Bracket

Mr. Oizo - Hun

Metallica - The Day That Never Comes

There we have it. There were so many other amazing songs but I would have to write a much longer list. I recommend you download everyone of these songs.

Head Wound City

This band are born of 5 super member all of which are from previous or current well known bands. These are A member from The Locust, 2 members from The Blood Brothers, A member from The Yeah Yeah Yeah's & One member from Holy Molar.

This 5 man band have created a blizzard of hardcore punk that will send you into a frenzy of violence. The vocals provided by ex Blood Brothers vocalist Jason almost sound alien to hardcore music but you cant help but love them.

They have released one self titled Ep that is an insane array of guitar and high pitched screams and one track that has caught my eye of it is opening track "Radical Friends". After the 50 seconds of feedback the song pounds straight into the bands signature sound.

Every other track although is brilliant and although none more than 2 minutes long are all enjoyable.

As quoted by the band "Its kind of like if alien and predator started a band instead of fighting each other".

Head Wound City - Radical Friends.m4a