Rochdale Feel Good Festival

http://www.mudkiss.com/rochdalefeelgood2011.htm

Brilliant day of music on Saturday at the Rochdale Feel Good Festival with a great mix of old and new treading the boards.


Fun Lovin Criminals


Badly Drawn Boy

Frankie and the Heartstrings





Ellen and the Escapades

Doyle and the Fourfathers

The Fellons







Interviews with William from Doyle and the Fourfathers and Badly Drawn Boy coming soon.

Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands

Came across this on Soundcloud, free download from Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands.  It's a great slice of 80's influenced synth pop taken from forthcoming album "Golden Syrup."  One for those who still hold a hint of nostalgia for an interesting musical decade that just doesn't seem to want to go away.






http://soundcloud.com/thequietus/patrick-kelleher-seen-me-blue

The Rapture - Stream the new album

http://www.modularpeople.com/news/stream-the-rapture-in-the-grace-of-your-love/9869.html





Regarded as their most personal work to date, stream the new album from The Rapture "In the grace of your love."  prior to it's release next week.

100 albums recorded since 2000 better than Oasis pt.6

Past the half way mark now and Pt.6 of my 100 albums better than Oasis. Let's start the latest batch by heading to the North and East of England.



Field Music - Measure

The Brewis Brothers incorporated a harder rock edge to their intelligent melodic pop to great effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x257xocl4_k

Fighting With Wire - Man Vs Monster

Heavy melodic rock from Nothern Ireland teenagers.  An album all rock fans should own. That tiny area of the world really produces some great bands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG7kU5J9oUQ





Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed

Musically not fantastic, can be a bit plodding, but lyrically brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGLzDQ7e-k








Goldheart Assembly- Wolves and Thieves

Beautiful melodies and harmonies belie a darker edge to the lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNGZypCDGE

Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines

Proving Coxon isn't just a great guitarist, but also not only were Blur a better band than Oasis, this also carried on in his solo career.  I particularly like the comment under this video "He makes Oasis look like twats."  Nuff said :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgV91MiN_sk

Guillemots - Through The Windowpane

Epic, sweeping although tender pop songs with Fyfe Dangerfield's haunting vocals at the fore.  A stunning debut. The band have struggled since to capture the same magic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EaAYi64Rpo&ob=av2e




The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Solid rock backing for Craig Finn's tales of the underbelly of American society. Fabulous live band and a must see, if just to see someone who has the looks of accountant completely lose control of his bodily movements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVNA7o0-48&ob=av2n

Jamie T - Panic Prevention

Eclectic urban, gritty pop music. Bit of hip hop, bit of punk, bit of everything thrown in.  Wonderfully inventive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZvYkZfAtq0&ob=av2e

Grinderman - Grinderman

Nick Cave with a stripped down Bad Seeds. Same intelligence, same sense of humour, just more raw and dirty rock n roll.  The man is a legend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl6GJmuMX2Q&feature=fvst

Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

The first album by the mighty Maiden I've bought in a long time. They've still got without a doubt, massive riffs, twin guitar heaven and Bruce on vocals. Melodic metal heaven from one of the originators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQVU5V1-No&ob=av2e

August Album reviews

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

Mudkiss album reviews for August.

Not Above Evil




















The Loud




















Epigene

Various Artists - Dirty Home of Riot Rock n Roll

The Icarus Line

Jeff Bridges (Yep, that Jeff Bridges)

100 albums recorded since 2000 better than Oasis pt.5

Ash - Free All Angels

A return to form for Ash. Pop punk with a melodic edge at it's best. Who says the Americans do this best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW8mEMqiNhc

Amplifier - Amplifier

Criminally ignored progressive rock hailing from the same city as the Gallagher Brothers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLqCb09JC8

The Black Keys - thickfreakness

Brilliantly raw and filthy blues rock from Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0YlVWyM4ak

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Stripped down, emotionally charged folk from the backwoods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMmr1oMPGA

Midlake - The Courage of Others

Gorgeously melodic intensity and one of the most relaxing albums ever recorded. Beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcHVYrcb6As

John Grant - Queen of Denmark

Clever, clever pop music with great lyrical dexterity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6iWtIFJ-og







The Miserable Rich - Of Flight and Fury

Chamber pop with dark lyrical themes around relationships incorporating James De Malplaquet's wonderfully controlled vocals. One of the U.K's finest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtYXYzbmGlg







British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music

Anthemic rock from one of the U.K's most eccentric outfits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2n-7K0Ef6Y&ob=av2e

Dangermouse  / Jay Z - The Grey Album

Intelligent and inventive amalgamation of The Beatles - White Album and Jay-Z's - Black Album, subsequently and ridiculously banned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3VVykEt37c




Ed Harcourt - Here Be Monsters

Another criminally underrated talent, with an album of just fantastic and emotive pop songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0EylOpX1eg&ob=av2e

Euros Child goes all swamp blues

Talking about musical mavericks, ex of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Euros Child releases yet another free collection and moves away from electronica and into stripped down swamp blues for the four tracks on his "Beef Bridge EP."

One of the music industries true eccentrics, Euros is always well worth a listen.

http://www.euroschilds.com/