Quick Mudkiss Pre-Easter Round-up

Just a quick round-up of Mudkiss features prior to the Easter weekend and as usually, the music from completely opposite ends of the age and genre spectrum.

On the new band side, check out an interview with a brilliant Norwegian Punk Band "Honningbarna" already making waves in their homeland and due to hit these shores in the middle of April.

http://www.mudkiss.com/honningbarnainterview.htm






Nige Cartner reviews and interviews one of his heroes, Ian NcNabb.

 http://www.mudkiss.com/ianmcnabbinterview2.htm

http://www.mudkiss.com/ianmcnabbshowreview.htm








Phil King is back with a bang, scouring the North West for the best in underground music, on this occasion, Wasted Life and soon to be Green Man headliner Feist.

http://www.mudkiss.com/wastedlifelive.htm

 




http://www.mudkiss.com/feistlive.htm














Laura Everett braves the murky waters of the Star and Garter, inhabited by Sharks

http://www.mudkiss.com/sharkslive.htm
















Jeffrey Munday catches up the visceral Zulu, who include in their ranks the son of a punk icon.........

http://www.mudkiss.com/zuluthebandlive.htm









And our leader Mel, witnesses a glorious but sad occasion, the final show by The Adjusters

http://www.mudkiss.com/theadjusterlastshow.htm

Dog is Dead - Two Devils

Perhaps not the greatest moniker for a band, potentially excluding animal lovers, but the Nottingham outfit are certainly making a name for themselves in all the right ways musically. "Two Devils" takes a slightly dark, more Noah and the Whale direction than previous outings, including gothic style video.

http://dogisdead.co.uk/

Mudkiss March Round-up

Catch up with the March reviews on Mudkiss as the fragrant Chumki provides a floral tribute the Spring singles and EP releases and album stalwarts Callum and Josh are joined by new contributor Phil from Belfast, with his first review for the site, taking on a British music icon.

http://www.mudkiss.com/chumkimarch12.htm

http://www.mudkiss.com/marchalbumreviews.htm

No Sonisphere........worry not.

Worried about the lack of metal festival opportunities with the sad demise of Sonisphere this year. Fear not, there are still a whole host of incredible line-up's available over Summer to satiate your extreme tastes. 

Bloodstock Open Air

http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/

Ghost Fest

https://www.facebook.com/pages/GHOSTFEST-OFFICIAL-FAN-PAGE/109916129036016

Damnation

http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk/news

SOS


http://www.mwaweb.com/sos_home_2012.html













And of course

Download

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/

Sonisphere Cancelled.......Oh no it's not.......oh yes it is.

The rumours are true and Sonisphere 2012 has been cancelled. Announced initially through Adam Lambert, Queens guest vocalist, an official statement  has been released today.

Reading between the lines, it's likely poor ticket sales the main reason and taking a look at the line-up of a festival regarded as one of the U.K's finest in relation to extreme music, is it really that much of a surprise? Festivals while potentially great value for money, aren't cheap, could it be expected the majority of discerning rock and metal fans would part with hard earned cash for the privilege of witnessing Queen headlining with some bloke from American Idol, the antithesis of all we hold dear in our musical world.




Elsewhere  the bill resembled a pantomime, Kiss, Marilyn Manson and even The Darkness, the only additional requirement, Spinal Tap with Widow Twankey on vocals to round everything off nicely. At least Tim Minchin promotes himself as a joke act. 

Organising a festival can't be easy, particularly in the current economic climate, the expectations of fans, competition so intense within the U.K surely leading to sleepless nights  awaiting confirmation of the biggest and best acts. Sonisphere unfortunately appear to have succumbed to the pressure, announcing headliners so removed from it's core audience it defies belief.  I genuinely hope this doesn't prove the end, metal, rock and punk need Sonisphere, they can't afford the loss of one of their finest supporters.

I can't imagine Adam Lambert has enamoured himself to many via his ham fisted leaking of the news, ah well, every cloud etc, etc.

 

Dio Re-Issues - Holy Diver / The Last in Line / Sacred Heart

Three albums re-issued from the back catalogue of the legendary, Ronnie James Dio this month. Nearly two years since we lost one of rock's finest vocalists. R.I.P.

Here's my take via Mudkiss on :

 http://www.mudkiss.com/reissuesofthemonthmarch.htm

Holy Diver

The Last in Line

  




Sacred Heart

Tom Williams and the Boat - Teenage Blood

Great new Tom Williams and the Boat video, enhancing the Country vibe around the title track from forthcoming album "Teenage Blood" released on April 23rd, which is available for pre order through their website.

If you enjoyed the debut "Too Close" this certainly won't disappoint and if you aren't aware of Tom Williams and the Boat........where have you been..........time to play catch up. 

http://www.tomwilliamsandtheboat.co.uk