Archive for June, 2011

Japanese Voyeurs : Yolk

Posted: 30th June 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Midlands Rocks, http://www.midlandsrocks.co.uk/reviews/album-reviews/cd-reviews/japanesevoyeurs-yolk June 2011 The knock on the door thundered through the dirty flat. Mick winced in pain, rolled from the sofa and staggered toward the source of discomfort. The previous evening Dave had dragged him along to see some crappy indie band and, the alternative being far more attractive than [...]

Japanese Voyeurs : Yolk

Posted: 30th June 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, http://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/54-cd/2243-cd-review-japanese-voyeurs-yolk- June 2011 Melodic death metal. On paper, one of the more amusing oxymora to be found in the lexicon of contemporary music. To be fair, it was, perhaps, inevitable. The cross-pollinating, mutating and fusing occurring in alternative music, now and over the last decade, has bequeathed us a bewildering [...]

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Posted: 23rd June 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: Beholder, Bloodstock, , , Grand Ultra, , Kerrang!, , , , Simon Hall,
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Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography, www.suepaterson.co.uk Unless you’ve been cryogenically frozen or holidaying on Mars, you’ll know, by now, that one of the region’s most loved bands, Isolysis, have called it a day (full statement below). As the statement makes clear, there is no one reason for the split, rather an assortment of [...]

Journey’s End

Posted: 21st June 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: , Daniel Hayes, , , , , , Tracy Holland
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Isolysis press release Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography, www.suepaterson.co.uk This has been one of the toughest press releases it’s ever been my burden to write. For a band I admired deeply, both musically and also as a collective I’m proud to call close friends, this will be also be the last [...]

Download 10-06-2011 : Thin Lizzy, FM, Alter Bridge & Def Leppard

Posted: 20th June 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: , , , , Donington, Download 2011, , , Korn, , , Thin Lizzy
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First published by Midlands Rocks, www.midlandsrocks.co.uk June 2011 I sigh. Life is so predictable. The box office guy is apologetic and genuinely trying to help. “Dude, I’m really sorry but your pass needs the counterfoil on it, yeah? This doesn’t have it. This pass has already been authorised and used. Who did you say you [...]

Andy Copping & This Year’s Download Travesty

Posted: 1st June 2011 by Harry in BLOG, MUSIC
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Poor old Andy Copping, eh? The poor sod can’t do right for doing wrong. Every year it’s the same, tired, old story. The rumours regarding the next Download line-up start seeping out, one or two names are teasingly hinted at, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock etc, all get in on the act as the speculation mounts [...]

Pandora’s Box

Posted: 1st June 2011 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE
Tags: Pandora's Box, Poetry
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This started life as a set of lyrics that never really made the grade. The band I was with went tits up before I’d finished the music and the chorus never really worked anyway. Went back to it a while after our spectacular demise and after some hacking, slashing and re-jigging, it seemed to work better as a [...]