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MYSPACE REVIEW – ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL

Posted in Music, MySpace Review with tags One Day Internation, One Day International review on June 3, 2009 by Tickets There

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After the joys of finally being able to write something good about a band in the previous MySpace Review, I’m filled with an actual want to do another. Picking an act is a little more complex that filtering bands and choosing randomly. If you come across a band playing dance when you’ve a headache, your not going to enjoy them and that’s not fair on the band. Fortunately, I’m in the perfect mood for what’s on offer over at One Day International’s MySpace. As usual, I haven’t seen the band live and haven’t heard their album (if they have one). This review is simply based on their MySpace.

I wont pretend to know anything about One Day International. I’d heard of them before writing this review but only their name. Once again, I’m pleasantly surprised by the strength of their songs and feeling behind them.

Little Death starts things off. Nice, un-interfering song that would sit perfectly in any little dark club. Piano’s and a soft drum beat. Singer Matt Lunson (I presume he’s the singer) manages to avoid lyrical cliché’s for such an emotional song that most Irish bands dive head first into. The music changes perfectly compliment each other and the vocal bridge that closes the song resembles Bell X1 at their finest.

Sleeping on Trains is next and doesn’t pull you in as quickly as the first song. More emotional and the lyrics about the trains are a little…ya know. About a minute into the song the music really kicks in with a sad kind of circus feeling around it. Lovely little track that really comes together in the second half.

When Miss Your Mouth comes on, it becomes very clear this band are not here to sing songs like Start Me Up or YMCA. One Day International are all about the heart on sleeve loss of life. Fortunately, the music is so strong, with such awe-lovely changes that you cant help but let it grab you. The quiet, powerful drums, violins and piano’s add real depth and fantasy to the singers deep, soft voice. This is the kind of music Radiohead have to make poncy and pretentious and ruined it for everyone. Miss Your Mouth continues the trend of this band getting better and better and has to have the best sing along chorus yet.

Not over Yet is another beautiful song. The vocals are incredible. I don’t think there’s enough respect for true, simple talent these days. There’s no gimmicks here, no illusions of grandeur. Just simple, perfect music. I’m almost fed up writing this because it’s interfering with one of the nicest songs I’ve heard from an Irish act in a long time.

Is it fair to say Tickets There is a fan? Fuck yeah. Its also fair to say I’ve rushed through writing this review so I can finish and properly appreciate their songs. I just saw their still recording their début and it’s defiantly going to be in Tickets There’s collection when it does come out.

Check out their myspace…NOW!
www.myspace.com/onedayinternational

And (god help us), try and catch them (in the worst possible environment), The Odessa Club on Feb 26^th. Great bands on the bill, terrible, terrible place for shows… and only because the poncy ass members who insist on being there.

MYSPACE REVIEW – LE GALAXIE

Posted in Music, MySpace Review with tags Le Galaxie, Le Galaxie review on June 3, 2009 by Tickets There

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Always a sceptic of favourite Irish acts these day, I’ve decided to pick yet another of Ireland’s hotly tipped underground acts for the fourth Tickets There MySpace Review. Le Galaxie are making quite the name for them selves these days. Their dance beats are finding friends with indie heads, metal heads and pop fanatics, not easy boundaries to break. As usual, I haven’t seen the band live or heard their album, the following review is based on solely on their MySpace tracks.

As I Feel The Fire loads up, I decide to take a sneak peak to get an idea of their style. After a few seconds I had to turn it off. Sunday mornings are not the best times to stick on instrumental dance. I can never understand those guys with dance beats blaring in their cars at nine in the morning. Then again, I can’t understand metal fan drivers who go around with Slayer on during the day either, well, not unless they plan of having some good old fashioned road rage and their driving monster trucks. I went straight to The Script’s MySpace to give them ago and about eight seconds in, I realized the very bad mistake I had just made. I heard they were poppy but sitting through music like that is on par with Nazi torture, except more drawn out and self inflicted.

LeGalxie it is and opening song, I Feel The Fire isn’t too bad, not too bad at all. It has a kind of THX Sound intro that you hear in cinemas with overdubs of a Resident Evil disaster warning. Good beats, nice synths that build steadily. At the end of the day, it’s a dance song. You cant write too much other than this is a pretty great song. About a minute in and there’s a burst of guitars, drum beats and vocals. Impressed and surprised to say the least. Theirs a true air of grandeur and an appreciation for the bodies connection with the sound. (in non-bullshit/waffle words, this is sweet!)

I have to stop I Feel the Fire on the third listen because it’s Sunday morning and I want to go back to watching the telly. LA Takedown’s up next. Kind of a soppy opening. Not as hard hitting as IFTF but nice. More based around guitars bass ad drums rather than dance beats and synth’s. Song bursts open again and displays some Arcade Fire traits. Eh, not really Tickets Theres thing. Sounds like a lot of indie stuff out there but without the lyrics. Probably nice in the middle of a live set though and has enough going on to keep you interested.

We Bleed the Blood of Androids brings the vibe back on par with the first song…but then doesn’t. I don’t know if it’s the floating, echoey beats or the drifting guitars but this is another brilliant song. Just as I was getting worried they might only have one. Riveting, powerful, uplifting. If I took pills, this would be on my play list for the first time.

The forth and self titled track, Le Galaxie sounds like a U2 remix. Worse then LA Takedown, not as good as the other too. Follows a similar formula to the previous songs but it’s a little more bland. Nice opening, kind of choppy but again, not my cup of tea.

3061 is the final song of the day and for the first time doing on of these review (yeah, like it’s been a million), I’m a little disappointed. Le Galaxie are a very, very good band. I’m not a major dance fan. I like The Prodigy, The Happy Mondays, New Order, Marshall Jefferson and some garage but not a whole lot else and sadly, 3061 is more of a phase out song rather than an actual track. Still after two brilliant songs, one okish one and one that I wont be rushing out to buy, Tickets There is finally happy to say we (as in I) fully recommend Le Galaxie. They may not be the most novel or unique act (Chemical brothers anyone?) but their good at what they do and that’s even becoming rare these days.

Catch them in Whelan’s on February 25^th.

And visit them on MySpace: www.myspace.com/lemusicgalaxie

MYSPACE REVIEW – BATS

Posted in Music, MySpace Review with tags Bats, Bats review on June 3, 2009 by Tickets There

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Bats are currently building up a nice little fan base around Dublin. They’re listed a favourites on several notable music blogs, E-Zines, stores and magazines. To Tickets There, they sound like a mix of Chop, chop, stop! Indie with a tea spoon of metal. Once again, I haven’t heard their EP or seen them live. This review is based on the tracks they have on their official MySpace.

Opening song, Atom and Eve isn’t really a song. It’s more a mix of several styles, none of them their own, all thrown together into a blender. More than likely they mastered the song by cutting up a load of demo’s tapes and sticking them together randomly. It kind of starts, then the bottom falls out, then they add something to keep it going (like the blatant Metallica, Creeping Death rip of riff that pop’s up occasionally) but then it all stops again. The song never gets a chance to breath and find it’s feet leaving it a boneless little nuisance. The lyrics follow the same geeky, superhero rubbish so many other bands insist on spuing out these days. If you want to hear a real singer growl, listen to Joey Wilson from the Future Kings of Spain instead.

Next up is These Only Lay Egg’s. The opening bass/guitar n drums intro sounds like the first song you ever wrote when you picked up a guitar. Kind of annoying, like slow punk, without the anger. Once again the song lacks any sort of character and doesn’t pull you in, in the slightest. It’s a real shame that Irish singers feel such a desperate need to sing like all those California bands. That annoying little emo twinge in their voice drives me up the wall. A nice crunchy bass solo brings hope three minutes into the song and the ‘danger’ set’s in…..only to disappear again. The minute they start the build its gone, which would be fine, but they never deliver, not on these tracks anyway. Think they asked Wham to finish the last minute of the track.

Before I get into the third song, I’d love if someone could message me and explain why Geek’s have managed to take over the underground? It’s not just Bats (and believe me, they’re no where near the worst out there. At least Bats can play…just not formulate songs is all). I know Weezer were cool, but that doesn’t mean everyone has to drop their balls and whine all the time. Start thinking for yourselves people! You aint gonna write a good song, that means something to you, when all you do is rip off anything you can from the past. Has anyone ever heard 80’s Hardcore bands? They did all this better and they weren’t geeks about it.

Last song of the review, Death to Kent Hovind, is pretty much what it says, an attack of controversial conspiracy theorist, Kent E. Hovind. Nothing to praise, noting to slag. Possibly their best song on MySpace though, Not as long, or as thought out as the other two but more structured at least. It manages to sound like a real song.

Tickets There says – Try to catch them live, there are a few moments that sound like they’d be mental with a PA behind them. Definitely not a favourite though (I’m sure they care )

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