Tonight
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Another quick plug, this is the new music video for the 505's song 'Tonight'. Although it says by Emily jayne turner it was actually by me, on Emily's mac, i promise.

Enjoy

Current tunes

It's been a while since i've blogged, maybe because the only reason i got a blog was for a assignment thats now over, but i enjoyed writing it so I'm going to try and keep it going.

I thought i would quickly talk about some of my new favorite songs from the last week or so.

First of all, brand new Mystery Jets. I'l be honest, my friend Stew made me listen to this, I'm not usually a fan, but their new track 'Flash a Hungry Smile' is a absolute tune! The Twickenham 5 piece have upper their game again for the third album after the success of 'Twenty one' and if this free download is anything to go by it could be one of the albums of the year.

Download it for free at www.mysteryjets.com/

One of my other favorite songs to come out in the last few weeks is 'This Orient' by Oxford's Foals. Their debut album 'Antidotes' made math rock cool and their new single doesn't stray to far from what made them good, it just sounds bigger, bolder and better. It sounds just like it should be in an episode from Skins, which is ironic considering the show gave the band their break.

The new single is released on the 3rd of May with the second album 'Total Life Forever coming

a week later.

Have a listen

And also have to quickly mention The Gaslight Anthem, i've always known about them, but never really took much notice. Got the album the other day and its brilliant, like the Killers, but with a bit more of an edge, a lot more rock n roll.

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I'm gonna be a bit cheeky and quickly talk about my band and our new E.P.

For those that don't know, when I'm back home i play in indie rock band called The 505's, which came about when me and Luke were starting to do some acoustic covers. We added a drummer (Jamie) and a bass player (Tom) and soon began writing songs. We are all at different universities/colleges so don't get to practice that often, but after nearly 9 months we've finally recorded our first E.P.

It's made up of four tracks written by the band and was recorded at Yard 1 studios in Bideford, North Devon.

I'd like to thank Tom Watkins for recording and producing the record and hopefully you will all like it.

Please take 10 minutes to listen to the tracks on our myspace where you can also download them for FREE! or if you want the retro feel ask me for a CD and I'll send you a copy.

http://www.myspace.com/the505s

Cheers

Why i love football, and why i hate it

I did say when i started this blog that it would be about music and sport, so i thought i better do a sport one eventually.

Last night i travelled up the M5 from sunny Devon to Wiltshire to watch the mighty Exeter City take on 3rd in the league Swindon town. And for 90 minutes it went very well, unfortunately football lasts a little bit longer than 90 minutes.

For those who don't know I'm a massive Exeter fan a regular at the real St James Park when back from uni, however the Grecians have been struggling a bit this season after two consectutive promotions.

On the way to the game last night i feared the worst. Swindon have been on fire recently and Exeter had a dull 0-0 draw at home to a team below them at the weekend.

Football never goes to plan though and after 41 minutes James Dunne sent me and 500 other Exeter fan's wild by putting Exeter one up to silence the Swindon faithful. While me and most of the other City fans taunted the rather large bloke on the other side of the divide, Swindon began to dominate the game leading to a string of great saves from Exeter keeper Paul Jones.

Exeter were holding on for a famous three points and the lads on the other side of the barrier had gone very quite, until the ninety third minute when Exeter captain Matty Taylor deflected a shot into his own net, and send 90 percent of the crowd into raptures, and left the traveling city fans silent.

As the final whistle blew, we were taunted with chants of 'going down going down' and the large bloke who received so much abuse had the last laugh. A point was a good result, but when your that close to winning it feels like defeat.

It was a long trip to see City pick up a point, but would i do it again?

Of course i would.

What Ever People Say

“What ever people say I am, that’s what I’m not” The greatest album ever? To many probably not, but to me, it’s a clear winner. When the Arctic Monkeys released their first single back in 2005 guitar music was out, The Strokes weren’t so cool, and the Libertines had imploded, Rap music dominated the charts, and unless you’re a millionaire or ‘wanna’ be gangster you can’t exactly relate. The Arctic Monkeys changed all this. They made guitar music cool again and their tales of one night stands, angry taxi drivers and underage drinking was something that the majority of teenagers can relate to.

The music was great, and the lyrics were even better. Alex Turner mastered how to make everyday events sound like poetry. The words were clever but yet very obvious. They weren’t overly abstract. They were simple, anyone could understand. “These two lads squaring up proper shouting, bout who was next in the queue, the kind of thing that would seem so silly but not when they've both had a few”. Everyone can understand what that means. Combined with killer choruses and tune’s you can dance to it they were on to a winner.

That album made people pick up guitars again, just like, Is This It and Defiantly Maybe did before it breathed life back in to guitar music. Going to gigs was cool again, and all the girls wanted the boys in the band. It gave a passage for other great bands to follow. Even bands like Kasabian and The Killers who were around before the Monkeys reaped the benefits of their success. Sheffield became a hub for music with Milburn, Little Man Tate and Reverend and The Makers all jumping on the band wagon. However they would all be in the shadow of the Monkeys.

It was the most important album in over twenty years, and the album that changed my life. A big statement I know, but if it didn’t happen? I would have been a chav.

You Got The Love

There are loads of versions on Candi Staton's soul record which was made famous by The Source in 1992, but today i think i've found my favourite. Florence's was good, Joss Stone's wasn't and Kasabian did a version on their last tour which was, well, odd. Today though, i heard a new one.

While on the way into town today i put radio 1 on (very rare for me) and they rewarded me staright away when Rob Da Bank played The xx's remix of You Got The Love.

Now i'm a massive fan of The xx, their debut album is amazing, but this remix had some how escaped me until today.

They put their own original sound to Flo's recent hit single and mixed it to a chilled out dubstep beat to give it the unique xx feel.

It's brilliant



and if this is the first time you've heard The xx then check out their debut album, it's a modern day classic.