MUDKISS FINAL UPDATES FOR 2012

OUR FINAL UPDATES OF THE YEAR

NOVEMBER /DECEMBER 2012

Well the year is almost coming to a close, and what a year it has been. It’s been so busy that unfortunately I have had no spare time to edit ourAnnual Mudkiss interview book. So for the first time in 4 years we have no book coming out, which is sad but I guess you could say we are a victim of our own success. As anyone knows who manages any kind of online music zine, it is hardwork and can be stressful at times, juggling everything that a decent site demands, e-mails, sorting out gigs, interviews, going out reviewing, photographing, and putting it all together, social networking,  plus holding down a full time job. So rather than crash and burn we try to take a break sometime in December to recharge our batteries and see if we have the energy, determination, patience to go forth for yet another year. [I am actually still waiting to take that break]. However during this time we have continued to post previews/videos and items of interest, and we haven't been completely dead. We just needed to as the posters say.....stay cool and chillout.

A few Mudkiss Calendars are still available – please e-mail if you want to buy one for £6.00 + p&p Mudkiss@blueyonder.co.uk

INTERVIEWS:

The Delaplains: Catch ThisTrain Before GlastonburyBeckons - Interview by Andy Barnes

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

The Lost Souls: A Change OfWeather - Review By Matt Crane / Interview by Eva Jostakova

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

Jessie Rose: 2013 Will be ABiggy - Interview By Eva Jostakova

http://www.mudkiss.com/jessieroseinterview.htm ;

Sisterbutterfly: RevolutionIs The Norm - Interview by Svenja Block

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

The Boys: First Boys AlbumIn 32 Years - Interview by Teddie Dahlin

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

The Art Of Punk: Alex Ogg & Russ Bestley - Interview By HelenDonlon

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

Neon Leon: Hero Instead Of Zero -Interview by Teddie Dahlin

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

Keith Levine: Search For Absolute Zero:Interview by Kathleen DiTondi

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

SHOWS:

The Rainband/Slydigs/Within @ HMV Ritz, Manchester22/12/12

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

Jessie Rose/ The Naughtys/The Minx/ Chaddy @ Academy, Manchester15/12/12

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

Black Keys @ ManchesterArena 11/12/12 

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

Duncan Reid & TheBigheads / The Duel @ Buffalo Bar, London 05/12/12

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

The Raveonettes @ SoundControl, Manchester01/12/12

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

Martyn Joseph / LukeJackson @ The Met, Bury 30/11/12

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

Dan Mangan  The Haunt,Brighton 29/11/12

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

Vive Le Pink @ The BlackHeart, Camden23/11/12

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

Buckcherry @ HMV Institute Birmingham 21/11/12

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

Music For Cities: TimBurgess/ Peter Hook & The Light/ Puressence/ Sivert Hoyem/ Jake Evans/ withguests Rowetta Manchester and local musicians @ Manchester Cathedral 15/11/12

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

Dia De La Muertos Fiesta: @Hellfire Club, Manchester02/11/12

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

The Revival Tour 2012 @Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth12/11/12

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

Kathryn Roberts/ SeanLakeman @ The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge - 'Folk RootsFestival' 10/11/12  

http/www.mudkiss.com/folkrootsfestival.htm

The Boys @ Kampen Bistro, Oslo, Norway09/11/12

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

Jack White/ Willy Moon @Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 06/11/12

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

Little Sparrow @ The DeafInstitute 02/10/12

http://www.mudkiss.com/littlesparrowreview2.htm

Damnation Festival @Students Union, Leeds University 03/11/12

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

Barclay James Harvest @ HMVRitz, Manchester19/10/2012

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

Rat Scabies, Brian James, TexasTerri, / The Dactyls  @ St Paul's Church, Brentford 26/10/12

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

Mudkiss Music Showcase -featuring Chris Fox/ Dressing For Pleasure/ The PhoenixExperiment @ The Railway Venue, Bolton05/10/12

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

Scissor Sisters @Manchester Apollo 20/10/12

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

SalfordMusic Festival 2012 [ A multitude of artists]

http://www.mudkiss.com/salfordmusicfestival2012.htm

BOOKS:

“Sound And Vision" - Den's Winter 2012 Book Round Up

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

• Russ Bestley & Alex Ogg: The Art of Punk
• Mick Farren & Dennis Loren: ClassicRock Posters - 60 Years of Posters & Flyers 1952-2012
• Paul Buck: Performance – ABiography of the Classic Sixties Film
• Rob Jovanovic: Nirvana -The Recording Sessions

 REPORTS/ FEATURES:

Andy's UK Metal Top Ten To Look Out For In 2013: For those moreinclined towards heavier musical aspects, here's a UK metal top ten ofbands to look out for in 2013.Spires/Incassum/Talanas/Collibus/Bisonhammer/Agonyst/Dragged Into Sunlight/Huron/Sanguine/Kamikaze Test Pilots.

http://www.mudkiss.com/topukmetaltipsfor2013.htm ;

Andy's Top Tips For 2013: A selection of bands & artists I havehigh hopes will really break through in 2013, some new, some not sonew, but all worthy far more attention. Golden Fable/Feldspar/Palma Violets/TheGramotones/The Delaplains/Christine Owman/Savages.

http://www.mudkiss.com/andystoptipsfor2013.htm

Mel's favourite live show photos from 2012 - taken from the MudkissPhotograpy archives: by Melanie Smith

Mel shows us some of her favourite live show photographs from theyear, and tells us why. Artists: Jessie Rose / The Virginmarys/ TheRaveonettes/ Adam Ant/ The Phoenix Experiment / Dressing For Pleasure/ SylverTongue/ Chris Isaak/ Morten Harkett/ Scissor Sisters/ Jack White/ Tim Burgess/The Damned/ Choking Susan/ Emilie Autumn/ Morrissey/ Ren Harvieu/ PalmaViolets/ Jordan Reyne/ Icarus Line.

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

Blue Cat Blues.....by MaryO'Meara

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

Black Monday: Last Days OfFAC251 - The Factory Records Office

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

Ha'te Au ViolArtistique  - by the Last Chanteuse  [Anne Pigalle]

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

NEW MUSIC REVIEWS:

An Alternative Christmas from Andy Barnes- Kindest Of Thieves/ Exile Parade/ Christine Owman

http://www.mudkiss.com/alternativechristmas2012.htm

Kirsty Almedia & TheTroubadours - Winter Songs - Review by NigelCartner

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

“This Could Be The Last Time" - Den Browne’s End of the World reissue round-up

Bob Mould - Silver AgeSugar - Beaster; Copper Blue; F.U.E.L.Steve Miller Band - Children of the Future; Sailor; Brave New World; Your Saving Grace; Number 5Bo Diddley - Diddley Daddy - The CollectionThe Jam - Original Album Series (box set: In the City; This is the Modern World; All Mod Cons; Setting Sons; Sound Affects; The Gift)http://www.mudkiss.com/decreissues.htm

Re - Issues Of TheMonth:  Rush 2112 - review by Andy Barnes

http://www.mudkiss.com/rush2112reissue.htm

Blog Sound Of 2013: WhoWill You be Listening To Next Year?

http://www.mudkiss.com/blogsoundof2013.htm

Andy Barnes shares his top 10 albums of 2012

http://www.mudkiss.com/andytop10albums2012.htm

Greater Than Frankincense,Myrrh & Gold, The Power Of Music To Cleanse Your Soul: Single/EP reviews byChumki Banerjee

http://www.mudkiss.com/chumkidec2012singles.htm

Movember Reissue Round up: Succumb Unto The Beat Surrender - Reviewsby Den Browne

The Velvet UndergroundNicoThe JamJoe Strummer & The MescalerosThe Jetsonics http://www.mudkiss.com/reissuesnov12.htm

Movember Album Of TheMonth:  - Muse - The 2nd Law by Callum Barnes

http://www.mudkiss.com/muse2ndlaw.htm

Movember new releases, reviewed by Matt, Paul, Pete, Nige and Andy.

Bat For Lashes – The Haunted ManNeurosis – Honor Found in DecaySorry & The Sinatras - King Of Shambles StreetTorpedo Head - Greetings From Heartbreak KeyCaro Emerald - Drum Rolls and HeartbreaksTurrentine Jones - 'Show Me Mercy' [single]Benjamin Gibbard - Former LivesDragged into Sunlight – WidowmakerJames Johnston – Hassan Falls to his Death The Cubical – Arise ConglomerateJames Iha – Look to the SkyPeople Like You Records Label Sampler - Rock N Roll Is The Devils Music Hancox - Vegas lights Sam Pickett: Patience Of A Madman /Ravings Of A Saint  EP Sam Forrest: Silo EPhttp://www.mudkiss.com/novalbums12.htm

Contact us on editor@mudkiss.com
Regards,

Mudkiss (Mel)
http://www.mudkiss.com/

METAL U.K TOP TEN TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2013

For those more inclined towards heavier musical aspects, here's my metal top ten of UK bands to look out for in 2013. http://www.mudkiss.com/topukmetaltipsfor2013.htm

• Spires
• Incassum
• Talanas
• Collibus
• Bisonhammer
• Agonyst
• Dragged Into Sunlight
• Huron 
• Sanguine
• Kamikaze Test Pilots

Hopefully something here to satiate the thirst of all metal fans, the UK home to some of the finest extreme music on the planet.  Here's to a monstrously metal 2013, wishing you all a very Happy New Year.

    





 

TOP MUSIC TIPS FOR 2013

A selection of bands / artists I have high hopes will really break through in 2013, some new, some not so new, but all worthy far more attention. Head over to http://www.mudkiss.com/andystoptipsfor2013.htm for more details on the following :

• Golden Fable
• Feldspar
• Palma Violets
• The Gramotones
• The Delaplains
• Blind Atlas
• Savages
• The Phoenix Experiment
• Kindest of Thieves
• The High Commissioners 

Enjoy,  and let me take the opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year.

SUNS OF SAM - ROSES

Deep from the heart of Phoenix Lodge arises yet another enthralling project, sitting alongside The Phoenix Experiment and Top Heavy Robots. Suns of Sam are Master of the Lodge, Mike Bee with Liam Rimmer, releasing their debut track, the beautifully understated and gorgeously tender "Roses."

2013 surely the year The Phoenix rises in true majesty

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM NUCLEAR BLAST

The World’s biggest Heavy Metal label Nuclear Blast –home to the likes of Nightwish, Anthrax, Children Of Bodom, Bury Tomorrow, Testament & Sylosis – recently opened the doors to its UK office. To celebrate that fact and the imminent arrival of Christmas, we have decided to give UK fans a taster of all that is hard’n’heavy on the label. We’re offering you a FREE 10-track Christmas sampler, including the cream of the current NB crop. Heavier than Santa’s sack but filled with just as many goodies, the sampler includes:

Anthrax - Fight ‘em Till You Can’t Bury Tomorrow - Royal Blood Sylosis - Born Anew Graveyard - Goliath Epica  - Storm The Sorrow Enslaved - Thoughts Like Hammers Testament  - True American Hate Witchcraft - It’s Not Because Of You Sabaton - Carolus Rex Meshuggah - Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion

Sill not convinced ? Then check out this special message from Testament guitar maestro Alex Skolnick

Click here to download the Nuclear Blast UK Christmas sampler for FREE!

iTunes UK is celebrating 25 years of Nuclear Blast by offering fans killer titles for £4.99 – get your hands on albums by Anthrax, Nightwish, Testament, Sabaton and many more by clicking here.

Click here to sign up to the NB UK eTeam and receive news & updates from the label PLUS signed merch – and all whilst supporting your favourite bands!            

An Alternative Christmas 2012

In a month when frivolity and festive cheer the general aim of the populace, fascinating to come across three artists in the space of a few days, seemingly opposed to such light heartedness…….easy to forget, as the tragic events in Connecticut have shown, Christmas not always quite so merry for all.   http://www.mudkiss.com/alternativechristmas2012.htm

Kindest of Thieves









Christine Owman

Exile Parade 

MY GIGS OF 2012

You can't beat a good list, so after my albums of 2012, here are my gigs of the year. The room, hall, theatre, arena or stadium where music truly comes alive....well perhaps not in arenas or stadiums, the majority watching a big screen with the band physically just dots in the distance but you know what I mean.

Started as a top ten, although extended slightly as I start to search the video archive.   Through my role with Mudkiss Fanzine  I'm lucky enough to see a wide variety of live shows spanning numerous genres and not always those you expect which bring the greatest of pleasure and vice versa.

Jack White in Blackpool for instance, while certainly a great musician with excellent backing band, lacked the energy and unpredictability of his White Stripes days, failing to feature in the years highlights.

But these are the ones who did, in no particular order.

Amenra  - Damnation Festival - Leeds University Student Union.

Undoubtedly the most intense performance of the year, incredibly powerful and ritualistic in nature, vocalist Colin Van Eeckhout, a man possessed, exorcising his demons.  We should all worship at The Church of Ra, a truly awe inspiring live band.  

Spires - The Judge and Jury - Colchester

I see no logical reason why Spires aren't one of the biggest metal bands in the U.K. Intelligently crafted, meandering symphonies, interweaving tenderness and brutality within a melodically metallic lattice. Definitely one of THE bands of the last few years. Based on the new tracks performed in Colchester, album number two cannot come soon enough...... hint, hint lads.

 Bo Ningen - The Ruby Lounge Manchester

It's said the line between genius and madness is fine, Bo Ningen prove that exactly the case.  The sheer energy which exudes from the stage as they rip the venue to shreds a pure joy to behold.  Not seen them yet, you're missing a frenetic treat. Rectify it soon.

The Phoenix Experiment - Mudkiss Fanzine Show Case  - The Railway Venue Bolton

I've followed the progression of The Phoenix Experiment since hearing the filthy blues rock debut "Cut You Down," slightly concerned that certainly worthy the headline slot at the inaugural Mudkiss Fanzine Showcase night, could they possibly transfer their sonic soundscapes to a live setting. Fear not, Mike Bee and friends producing an audio visual experience leaving NASA scientists fearing a meltdown of the known universe.  Incredible night had by all.

  

Blacklisters - Damnation Festival  - Leeds University Student Union

According to vocalist Billy, he felt quite jaded after three days alongside Pig Destroyer. God help anyone who stands in his way when full of the joys of spring. Chaos reigns when Blacklisters are around, along with a blistering set of hardcore brilliance.

Seamus Cater and Viljam Nybacka - Cambridge Folk Festival

Certain rules govern the bookings for The Den, the new music tent at Cambridge Folk Festival, no drums, no amps, no one over the age of twenty five.  Seamus and Viljam broke every one, and weren't we pleased. Minimalist keyboard, accordion and harmonica, with restrained, unassuming rhythms, supporting in the main, narrative tales of eccentric characters and occasions from history. The perfect way to end a day of top drawer music.

 Liz Green - Cambridge Folk Festival

A vulnerability surrounds Liz Green, completely quirky, with a darkly dry sense of humour straight from the heart of her native Wirral, more than capable of losing herself amidst songs, acknowledging a dislike of practise not especially helpful.  The innocence and awkwardness only ensure her all the more captivating and engrossing however,

White Denim - The Ritz Manchester

I waited a long time to catch White Denim and they certainly lived up to the billing of one of the best, most exhilerating live bands around. A real musos outfit, with musical talent exhuding from every single pore. 

Savages / Palma Violets - The Deaf Institute - Manchester

Don't believe the hype....ok in this case do.  Described by the NME as two of the worlds most amazing before actually releasing anything, the Palma Violets double header with Savages a definite highlight of the year.  Savages, intense, focused and downright sensuous, Palma Violets, loose, ragged and occasionally chaotic, a kind of slighly posher Libertines. Total opposites, but complementing each other perfectly.  

No Ceremony /// - Salford Sacred Trinity Church

One of those events I approach with little expectation, electronic music not usually my thing and ultimately just blown away. Ideal venue at Salford Sacred Trinity Church for No Ceremony ///, the intimate and reverential surroundings providing a perfect backdrop for an understated, although thoroughly captivating performance,.the alluring nature both refreshing and exhilarating in equal measures.

Guillemots - Hard Rock Cafe - Manchester

Always a pleasure to see Guillemots, especially in an intimate venue like The Hard Rock Cafe.  Fyfe holds centre stage maintaining the majority of the audiences gaze, although the strength in depth of the band take one of the UK's more eccentric quartets to another level.    

The Miserable Rich - The Deaf Institute - Manchester

Sadly The Miserable Rich are currently taking an extended break, hopefully 2012 won't be the last year we see them perform. Gorgeously unique sound, baroque chamber pop with one of the most wonderfully controlled vocals you'll ever witness. The musical world is a slighly duller place without them.  

2:54 / The Palma Violets - The Deaf Institute Manchester

I have to admit to being slightly disappointed by the debut album from , the studio unable to encapsulate their excellence.  Delicately waiflike and etheral, although in front of an audience, additional spikier edges emanates.  Live the best way to appreciate 2:54.

And support that night, it's those Palma Violets boys again.