August 9th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Chris George Band, The MySpace Tour
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Welcome back, friends, to the MySpace Tour and stop #2 - the Chris George Band. The first stop on our tour was LA’s Heart Of Cygnus, and we’ve selected Chris George from their list of friends to continue the tour.
Okay, any band that sports the name of one of its members usually has that person as the focus. Chris is the main man - lead guitarist and vocalist. He’s aided and abetted by drummer Farid Medjane and bassist Rob Butterfield.
You should know that Chris is some kind of guitar prodigy - he’s been playing since he was 7 years old, and was crowned Young Guitarist Of The Year in 1997 by Guitarist Magazine.
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August 8th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, The Automatic
Steve McQueen is the latest single from The Automatic, and man is it on heavy rotation on the radio right now.
File this one under Anthems…
Because that’s what this is, a raucous rock anthem, with a banging, irrepressible chorus. If this is the lead single from their forthcoming album, then we’re in for a treat.
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August 8th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Heart Of Cygnus, The MySpace Tour
OK, this is the first stop on our tour of MySpace, and the band we’re featuring tonight is Heart Of Cygnus, an LA-based metal band.
Yes, METAL. We’re starting with metal…
On first listen, Heart Of Cygnus are a full-on rock and metal act with a typically big sound. But scratch beneath the surface and you’ll discover that the band are only two people, Jeff Lane and Jim Nahikian.
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August 8th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: The MySpace Tour
We used to cover a lot of new music here on Unreality Music, taking some highly recommended bands on MySpace and reviewing them for your pleasure.
And what with all this talk about the dire state of the Indie scene, we thought it might be a good time to start looking out cool new bands. However, this time we’re not waiting on you guys to make recommendations. Oh no. We’re going on a tour of MySpace, one friend at a time.
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August 7th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, Ida Maria, Stripper Music, Thumbs Up
We here at Unreality Music don’t need much of an excuse to cast off our clothes. So, imagine our delight when the virtually unknown Ida Maria started getting airplay with this absolutely epic tune.
What with Katy Perry trying the bi-curious angles this summer, and this thumping rock anthem dedicated to getting yer kit off, we like to think that the charts are temporarily a much hornier place…
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August 6th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, The Streets
Well, here it is people, the album artwork for the new The Streets album, Everything Is Borrowed. It’s due to be in an online store near you on 15th September.
The lead single from Everything Is Borrowed is The Escapist, which is currently available as a free download from their official site. The second single is the album title track, Everything Is Borrowed.
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August 6th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, Kid Rock
Surely this should be more controversial? Kid Rock ripping off Lynyrd Skynyrd and - worse still - singing completely different lyrics over that classic riff?
Maybe you’re a more progressive soul and believe that All Summer Long represents an opportunity to recycle a classic rock song and superimpose his own nostalgic words over the top?
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August 6th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, The Verve
The Verve are due to release Love Is Noise as the first single from their new album, Forth on 11 August 2008.
So, after 9 years apart, what should we expect from this band who once ruled the world with their Urban Hymns album?
Well, Love Is Noise turns those assumptions of a sequel to Urban Hymns on their head. The most shocking thing? It’s up-tempo.
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August 6th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, The Saturdays
So…Have you heard all the buzz lately about The Saturdays? You can’t escape it. And they’ve released their first single, If This Is Love, and it’s already gone Top 10.
And since they’ve toured with that veteran pop act, Girls Aloud (veteran in pop terms anyway), you could almost take that as a sign that they’re the ‘approved’ successors once Cheryl or Nadine pull the plug on that group.
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August 6th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry.
Here’s a bunch of cool music-related blog posts I’ve come across recently.
35 Beautiful Music Album Covers
Album cover art is often considered to be one of the extinct fields in modern graphics design. Smashing Magazine take a look at some amazing cover art in music - I’m sure you can think of some of your own favourites.
