The List of Most Wanted Albums for Spring 2012.

Well, a lot of pretty decent stuff had already come out as for example as the third studio album for Enter Shikari that is called " A Flash Flood of Colour"  reached the top number 1 in the UK chart after the couple of the first weeks after release as well as 5^th ranking in US Rock Billboard Chart. It was released on 16^th January and you might want to check this out if you are at least interest in some of the derivatives of modern hardcore/ electronic music

Another decent releases that we have already experienced include :  Ringo Star’s- “Ringo 2012”, Paul McCartney’s -“Kisses on the Bottom” [former Beatles got quite busy during this year,ha?] as well as experience edition of Pink Floyd’s famous “The Wall” [released on 24^th of February]. 

We have releases worth for considering from such monsters of metal core as Every time I die, Attack Attack!, MyChildren MyBride.

Anti- Flag had indeed cheered up its fans with their new release called “The General Strike”.Just a couple of days before Lady Madonna released its new album titled “MDNA” [the Rolling Stone magazine did already ranked it with 3.5 stars out of 5.

Nevertheless, what is there ahead of us that is worth of expecting and worth of spending some cash on [my personal biased opinion should be considered]?

1)      26^th March, Iron Maiden is releasing its video album “En Vivo” from the live gig in Chile that was held there last year in April. The daddies of heavy metal reached the rating of 8/10 from the Metal Hammer magazine and 4/5 from a similar and well-known magazine Kerrang!

2)      The Used have scheduled their new release called “Vulnerable” for tomorrow 27^th of March. The fifth album produced by Mr John Feldmann a guy who is known for producing such acts as Attack Attack! D.R.U.G.S., Panic! At the Dicso, Escape the Fate ( as 3 previous albums) shouldn’t be a regret for the fans and we will probably be satisfied.

3)      “Blunderbuss” Jack’s White first solo album after the breakup of The White Stripes is scheduled to be released at 23 of April and I feel that it is going to be legendary, because honestly Jack never disappoints. His unique style and sound is something that brings joy and pure arousal to your ears. 2 singles already released give us a hope of a great work that is ahead of us and I am very excited for this once very much.

4)      30^th April we would be honored with the 8^th studio album of famous freak and an honored musician Marilyn Manson who is releasing his new “product” called “Born Villain”. The material was recorded during the period of 2009-2011. Band states that “it is the best work they had ever did”, that is pretty much that every band is saying prior the release of their new album. Although, it is Marilyn and he might get us well surprised, so let’s wait just a little bit to hear some of his new industrial metal.

5)      Another treat for the brit-pop/alternative rock lovers, “Strangeland” the fourth studio album by all known Keane is going to be selling out on May 7^th. This was quite a while that we did not hear anything from Keane, their last full-length work was released back in 2008. As the band members mentioned: “Compared to Keane's previous full-length studio album Perfect Symmetry (2008), the album focuses more on songwriting: "We wanted it be less production led and focus on making sure that the songs were great. You write a lot of shit songs to get to the good ones."   

That’s pretty much it for the interesting releases for the spring 2012 period that I personally think are worth of waiting for and buying.

Keep yourself together and stand your ground, be cool.

TOP 5 MUSIC MOVIES

Good time of the day, my dear Ladies and & Gentlemen. Sorry for not posting anything for so long but there have been some procrastination and studying issues that should have been resolved. Now I’m fine, chilling out on the Spring break and deciding what to post on today.

As I recently realized my blog is mostly on music and gigs so I won’t be messing around to much and continue to talk about some other music derivatives like movies about/on/with awesome music. I created my top 5, and maybe you might want to check them out.

5^th place : “This is Spinal Tap”(1984)

This is awesome, I mean truly awesome. This is movie is quoted by musicians itself, although the idea was to film the ultimate parody on the day-to-day band life of true rockers. It is funny and totally worth every minute of your time watching it.

Ranking #4:” Sid and Nancy” (1986)

Not only the story of one of the daddies of punk, the famous “Sex Pistols” who literally released only 1 studio album but at the same time their music influenced the generations of people and musicians who later would take punk and metal and transform it into alternative rock and hardcore.

But the plot is not really about the influence of punk on the globe but a love story. However, this is the least cheesy love story I have ever watched. This is biography of “downhill” relationships. And the Point is that Love is never fully pure and beautiful but here you see all of the “dark sides of it”. In any case, this is a good watch and ranking #4 is fully appropriate.

 

#3 “Metal.A Headbanger’s Journey. “(2005)

This is a famous and very informative type of documentary on the history and development of this all known as evil and for some reason demonic type of music aka Heavy Metal. After watching this movie at the age of 15 I literally became a metal fan, I had a couple of black t-shirts with the logos and photos of the famous bands like Black Sabbath, Dio and Metallica. My music taste preferences went to extremes of death and speed metal. Mr. Sam Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist who was a metal fan since the age of 12 tells a story by interviewing people and famous musicians on the its origins, culture, controversy, and the reasons it is loved by so many people.

P.S. I guess you might find this one in parts on youtube if you want :D
And, if you really got interested there is a second movie that is a sequel called “Global Metal” by the same author.

#2 “Seven Ages of Rock” (2007)

A BBC2 documentary picturing and telling the history of rock music since the early 60’s and until our times. Each hour episode features 1-2 major bands respresenting the particular genre whether it is punk with Ramones or classic rock with Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones. This is an outstanding watch for various music fans because it tries to capture the best and most influential bands and events that took place sometime/somewhere. 7 Ages of Rock-7 parts-7 major waves and genres. I frankly watched it like 3 times the whole documentary and I guess it is still not enough. Take a look yourself and I am pretty sure you will be totally amused.

#1 “Across the Universe” (2007)

A musical romantic drama based on 34 compositions of the best band in the whole universe- The Beatles. I mean seriously, no matter what you say and think I honestly think it is the best, no other band had that amount of influence or popularity ever and probably will never have. The movie is full with references about the Beatles or their music. All of the songs sang in the movies are sanf by the actors and they are another way to cherish the remix culture and an addition to the praise of Beatles awesomeness. Starring Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood this movie is most likely the best way to lead an evening with your gf/bf who likes music and especially The Beatles.

"The little Red Riders Book"

Today, I want to share an interesting and funny collection of famous bands riders (a rider is a list of backstage requests from bands that is sent to every venue they perform at).  This list was collected in a book called ‘The little Red Riders Book’ edited by Mr. Steve Lamacq who is a BBC DJ and the author of” Going Deaf for a Living”. My friend gave me this book to take a look for a couple of days and I had lots of fun reading about probably the most strange and fascinating artists’ demands. Lots of outrageous and ridiculous stuff is included in this tiny but truly awesome book.

So here are the best of the best:

·         Rolling Stones

HP sauce. Shepherd’s pie. Paintbrushes. Snooker table. TV (capable of showing cricket matches). Toilet (on wheels). Scroll down for more…

Specific tastes: Rocker Marilyn Manson requests a bald, toothless hooker while Beyonce insists all products are Pepsi

·         Nirvana

Macaroni cheese.

·         Marilyn Manson

Air-conditioning always on full. Haribo gummi bears. Doritos. Microwave popcorn. Bottle of Absinthe. A bald hooker with no teeth.

·         Frank Sinatra

An ear, nose and throat specialist with the anti-inflammatory drug Decadron.

·         Artic Monkeys

Special K. Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. Two cooked chickens. A novel of the venue’s choice. Two cases of cider. Wrigley’s Extra chewing gum. A novelty Yo-Yo.

·         Britney Spears

Two boxes of Pop Tarts. Fruit Loops. Cable television. Two 6ft sofas. Odour-free carpet. A phone line.

·         Led Zeppelin

Iron. Ironing board.

·         Beyoncé

Pepsi products only. Honey Nut Cheerios. Ginger root. A two-man love seat. 78F in dressing room. Toilet scrubbed with disinfectant. No sweets, chocolate or crisps in dressing room.

·         Oasis

“Lots of” Guinness. “Lots of” beer. “Lots of” red wine. “Lots of” vodka. A bottle of whisky. Monster Munch. Wotsits. Doritos and dip.

·         Elton John

74 towels. Flowers (NO chrysanthemums, lilies, carnations or daisies).

·        Elvis Presley

Pot roast with gravy. Mashed potatoes with gravy. Corn bread with gravy. 36 chocolate donuts

·         Black Eyed Peace

Just a sober monitor engineer.

·         P Diddy

204 towels. 20 bars of soap. Two bottles of Hennessy cognac. Two bottles of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio. Two bottles of Veuve Clicquot. A bottle of Dom Perignon. Grey Goose vodka. Boom box. Bouquet of white flowers. Cheddar cheese and sour-cream chips. Sweet Tarts. A $300,000 bullet-proof Maybach.

‘The Little Red Rider Book’ is a cool replenishment for a music literature collection and a nice little present for a person who is keen of music. So if you have spare 10 $ go and buy this one, I would personally love to have a copy.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Red-Riders-Book/dp/1906032106

54^th Grammy Award Nominees

The “Oskar” of the different musical acts is taking place tonight 12th February in L.A. and the venue for the ceremony is the famous and invariable for a couple of years already L.A. Staples Centre. Today’s ceremony is starting at 5p.m. PT(so it is around 3 a.m. for the citizens of Lithuania and other countries who happen to exist in +2 GMT time zone).

I expect this ceremony to be under cover of grief for famous pop and r&b singer Ms Whitney Houston who passed away yesterday. She was just 48 years old. The multimillion selling artist was acknowledged as the queen of pop in 80’s and 90’s due to her magnificent voice abilities and millions of the record’s sold.

As for me it would be much more interesting to comment or discuss the actual winners of the particular awards but as for now as L.A. is still sleeping and the red carpet is probably not yet there I would like to acknowledge sections of the awards that I perceive as most interesting and worth of looking at.

So, our 5 nominees for the “Record of the Year” are:

1)Rolling in the Deep-Adele

2)Holocene- Bon Iver

3)Grenade- Bruno Mars

4)The Cave-Mumford & Sons

5)Firework- Katty Perry

 If I would be betting on who will be the winner I would mostly likely bet on Adele because her song and the album as well are already given the title the best for some other musical awards and I don’t think we should expect something extremely different here at Grammy’s. She earned it completely, and if not this year she will probably earn some more in the upcoming years because she is definitely a singer that is worth of hundreds of awards.

The Album of the Year:

      1 )    21-Adele

      2)    Wasting Light- Foo Fighters

      3)    Born This Way- Lady Gaga 

      4)    Doo-Wops & Hooligans

      5)    Loud-Rihanna

Foo Fighters with 6 nominations including best Rock/Hard Rock performance for the “Walk” and the Best Rock Album would most likely earn a couple of trophies this year. I honestly don’t know what to expect for this category but I think that Adele would be the total leader in the number of won nominations so yeah “21-Adele” for the album of the year? Sounds legit to me guys.

Best 5 new artists include :

      1)    The Band Perry

      2)    Bon Iver

      3)    J.Cole

      4)    Nicki Minaj

      5)    and of course “SKRILLEX”

I am cheering for Skrillex and I think that he is the one who should get this particular trophies. However, this is not the only category Mr. Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) is nominated (5 nominations in total). If he is not going to win this one, then there is no doubt  he is up for the “Best Dance/Electronica album” for the “Crazy Monsters & Nice Sprites”.

The Last Category I want to highlight on is “The Best Rock Performance” which in this year includes artists like:

  
     
     1)  Every Teardrop is the Waterfall- The Coldplay

     2)    Down By The Water- The Decemberists

     3)    Walk- Foo Fighters

     4)    The Cave- Mumford & Sons

     5)    Lotus Flower- Radiohead

In terms of awesomeness I would pick the Lotus Flower by the Radiohead, however the “Walk” seems worth of a Grammy as well. It is always up to the fans who to greet and bet on but sometimes miracles happen and some no-name first year artists are able to win the trophies that some bands work for a decade to be simply nominated for.

Good Luck for everyone, and let the best wins :D(Sound more like a sport event)

Anyways you can check out the CBS online broadcast if you click below. Although, keep in mind that you would need to be up all night to watch it exactly live due to PT time zone.

http://www.grammy.com/live

Upcoming Gigs Worth Of Considering

It is clear that Lithuania-Baltic countries-Eastern Europe is not the target market for most of the well-known music bands. For some reasons a lot of artists and music producers are not even considering to put our countries in the list of their tour places.

However, Ryanair and cheap hostels are not yet extinct and for now we have a chance to see and hear our beloved artists in the nearby European countries. Thus, today i would like to present to you a list of upcoming music shows that would take place in the cities that are easier to get by taking a cheap plane or a bus.

So, for the electro/dubstep/progressive house fans:

                                 Maestro Skrillex is visiting Germany on 

                                              24 February- Berlin

                                              25 February-Cologne  (Köln)

                                              26 February- Stuttgart

Ticket prices vary around 30 Euros. Honestly, this kind of experience worth more than that in 3 or 4 times. Why? Read the 2 post in the blog below\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Famous French Electronic band named "Justice" are giving even more gigs in the nearby venue cities.

                                              

                                              

                                                22 February- Berlin

                                               28 February- Amsterdam

                                               1 March- Copenhagen

                                               2 March -Stockholm

                                               5 March- Brussels

                                       *Tickets = approximately 30 Euro

If you really are into dubstep and having a mind-blowing party experience I would advise you to break all your piggy “moneyboxes” and collect the cash you have, because this event is really awesome. 

Lady's & Gentlemen I present to you ...............

"Digital Maag 2012" in Zurich. Yeah,yeah I am well aware that's Switzerland is far too expensive and prices are often simply exaggerated. Nevertheless, this unforgettable experience cost 70 Euros+travel expenses. 

The Line-up Include: Justice, Nero, Modestep, Feed me, and many more...

Oh come on! Make yourself a present!

In addition, if you will be visiting the Queen during the spring break you might want to consider checking out the Nero's dates in UK tour.

                                           8 March- Newcastle

                                           9 March- Leeds

                                          10 March- Liverpool

                                           11 March- Leicester

One of the best dubstep/electronic rock acts nowadays, don't miss your chance!

Another wob-wob-wob DJ is visiting Europe with his new and truly awesome program. The only one Israel musical producer that i know, Mr "BORGORE" would be giving a couple of gigs that are easily accessible to go to from Lithuania.

                                     

                                          24 February- Warsaw*

                        ( I consider going there, if you want to  join write me a pm)

                                      29 February- Milan (Segrate)
-Ryanair flies to Bergamo and then  you can get a cheap train that will head straight to                          Segrate.

 * Tickets in Warsaw are still available and will cost approximately 10-12 Euros!!!!

                    In the genre of Rock/Metalcore/Trash Metal/Pop Rock

We are expecting these artists:

One of the leaders of British indie/alternative scene, adorable and brilliant "KASABIAN" are visiting a number of cities including:

                                               22 February- Brussels

                                                   4 March- Berlin 

You will have to pay 35 Euros to visit their gig, which is pretty much nothing for a truly amazing band.

One of the best British metalcore bands "Asking Alexandria" are touring Europe with their new album and prior to their U.S. part of tour they will be rocking the stage in this particular cities:

                                    

                                    10 February-Milan*
                  ( together with BlessTheFall & Chelsea Grin)

                                    12 February-Stuttgard

                                    25 February-Stockholm

          *Tickets for the gig would cost you no more than 35 Euros.

Another interesting metalcore band from Sweden "ADEPT" is trouring their home country this days and they will be a giving a tremendous gig in Stockholm on 25 of February.

<<<Adept

Some more truly epic gigs would be closer to our boudaries in May and July when Metallica & Red Hot Chilly Peppers would be going through Europe with their World tour material.

                                   07 May- Prague(Metallica)

                                   10 May-Warsaw(Metallica)

                                   

                                   

                                  29 March-St. Petersburg(RHCP)

                                   25 July- Kiev (RHCP)

 AND FINALLY 28 JULY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 

TO SEE AND HEAR RHCP ROCKING OFF IN KAUNAS!!!

TICKETS ARE STILLAVAIALABLE...!

That's pretty much it, thanks for visiting my blog! Much more of interesting stuff is yet to come!Have a nice day\m/

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