MySpace Review – Fingersmith

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , on January 19, 2010 by Tickets There

After trying a whole heap of acts from this years JD Set (Read Here for More), we were coming to the conclusion that aside from Stone Throwing Youths, everything else was amateur…until we found Fingersmith. Formally known as Silo and hailing from Co. Cork , they just released their debut album (The Annexe) in December and they’re currently working on a follow up EP. Honestly, the name didn’t grab us so they were on the ‘leave till later’ list but we’re hooked. They’ve an almighty band and we need to stop yakking and start praising.

As usual, we’ve never seen them live or heard their album.

After spending the last few days thinking we may have found the best bands in Ireland already, we were wrong (once again). Third song on their playlist, Freakshow is on at the moment so let’s start there. Guitars are brilliant, composition is brilliant, drums, bass and flow are incredible and the singer’s voice, holy god the singer’s voice is inspiring. What a savage, always changing, heavy as hell song. The riff is pretty much unstoppable and the speed is dizzying. What else can you say? We Freakin (NO PUNS! – Ed) love it.

Going back to Sub, things seem a tad slowed down. The first time you hear it you’ll find two words screaming at you. FOO FIGHTERS! There, we said it and it’s out of the way. FF sounding or not, it’s a great track and for all you fans of harder rock, I’m delighted it’s the slowest one they have up. The recording is so tight and layered that it the song continually grows gradually faster and heavier on each chorus/verse. Singers vocals are standout once again and we like it.

Last but not least, Pogo doesn’t waste any time letting you know that things will be a little heavier this time. The riff is infectious and the sudden changes are really enjoyable and make the main riff a little more dangerous. The Chorus is a little…ugh. The words Pogo the Clown will start to get annoying but considering he was a maniac serial killer, we’ll let them have it. In fact (joining the dots TT? – Ed), was that a recording of Pogo at the start? Maybe, Maybe.

Really enjoyed these guys. Very strong musically, very good writers, performers, recording artists and we’re hoping a great live act as well. They’re pretty original but still draw heavily from big sounding hard rock / pop rock which is never a bad thing unless it’s Nickelback. Along with Stone Throwing Youths and House of Dolls, add these guys to your list of albums to buy, gigs to see and bands to worship because in ten years, they’ll be stateside pissing away your money on booze, groupies and …well, they’re Irish so more than likely souvenirs for their mums!

Check out their MySpace Now by Clicking Here.

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MySpace Review – House of Dolls

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on January 19, 2010 by Tickets There


Dirty, sleazy and good. Three words that sum up Tickets There’s highly professional opinion of House of Dolls. We found these guys days ago but haven’t been able to properly sit down and give them the dedicated focus they deserve from us. Now, with the wind in our hair, the sweat on our brow and a taste of last night’s Guinness on our breath, it’s time.

As usual, we haven’t seen them live or heard their album/EP wot-eva!

Opening tune, Before She Walks is like something straight out of the late eighties Brit alt rock scene. It’s got that relaxed, psychedelic ambiance but enough guitars and up-temo-ness to ensure it doesn’t send you to sleep if you’re having a few puffs. It’s well written, well played and enjoyable. Let the MySpace Review begin!

Second track, Gimme Some Glory is alot sharper. The singer’s voice is great and the band sound right. It’s not the craziest mother f**ker on the planet, but combined with Before She Walks, it’s more than enough reason to pick up their album. Light Starts to Fade begins like a forgotten Joy Division B-Side. The vocals are much rockier, the song’s explosive and filled with overtones of the impending ‘danger’ Tickets There loves so much. One thing we’d like to see changed is the guitar leads. Musically they’re damn good, so why not turn them up a few notches and let them make their mark? This is a demo rather than a real recording but that’s the only thing TT would want to see changed.

Vampire Blues starts like a Bruce Springsteen meets U2 cover from the eighties until the keyboards and guitars come tumbling in. I cannot for the life of me figure out who the vocals remind me of. Feck it, pretty decent song with a great upbeat chorus. Lots of guitars, lots of catchiness, lots of love for House of Dolls from Tickets There.

On Collider, the lads really unleash their hard rock side. It’s faster, bleaker, punk rock stomping down the door making you pogo like a mad man. The guitars rampage through the track, only stopping to let the lead spiral off into a mesh of blues rock tangents. This is the kind of song we like, expect the vocals get pretty annoying about three minutes in. It’s only a demo but they need to be replaced with words or left out altogether (is it the singer or an escaped sheep with delusions of a career in recording? Hell, If Babe can do it, that sheep can do it). Also, there’s too much space in the final minute and a half with nothing to fill the void. If it gets abit of a cleanup, this will be a serious track. So good, Humazi will be kicking themselves they didn’t kill House of Dolls and steal it.

Second last track, Suicidal Jesus starts well. Guitars revving u, drums just waiting for their change to have at it, throbbing bass lines and the crash, yes!! This is what we want to hear. The riff is very similar to the The Sex Pistols version of Stepping Stone but the song is taken in another direction. This is where the vocal styles really sound their best. The verse is a mix of punk, urban rock and more punk. Imagine Joey Rammone signing with Ash (for lack of a better example) and you’ll get there. The day is saved once again and Tickets There is happy.

Finally we come to the last track of their playlist, Prostitutes and it’s probably one of our favorites. The vocals are back to the muffled, gritty styles of Light Starts to Fade and the guitar riff is as rough n ready as anything we’ve heard. In some ways it sounds similar to The Future Kings of Spain but they’ve added a nice punk sound to the mix that works well.

There were a few different tracks up the other day and thankfully they’ve removed the one song we really hated, Slowly Coming Down. What they’ve left is an excellent representation of what could become one of Irelands best rock bands of the decade. They may need to pick up the pace of a few tracks to keep it exciting but for now; they’re more than ok in our books.

Check out their MySpace now by Clicking Here (and welcome to the first review on Tickets There .com)

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www. Tickets There .com

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music, News with tags , , , on January 18, 2010 by Tickets There

Howdy folks,

In November 2007, Tickets There was started as a laugh after watching the EyeBrowy Tout Spaced skit. Over the last two years things haven’t changed a whole pile except we’re swearing less and people are reading more. We’ve had a great laugh doing it and we’ve discovered loads of fantastic music which, at the end of the day is the whole point behind this blog. We don’t make money from TT and we don’t want to. We’re not in this for anything other than to find good bands and give them as much exposure as we can.

Today, Tickets There finally has its perfect home and we’re proud to announce that our new address is

www.ticketsthere.com.

Since it cost a kingly sum of over $14 to get this up and running, you can be sure Tickets There will be working overtime to make this a decent blog for you to read, for us to enjoy and most importantly, to give the bands we like a respectable source of feedback. Tickets There aren’t critics, we’re music fans.

Thanks alot for making all this worthwhile and I can promise you this is the last nicey nice post you’ll be seeing on this site for awhile. Now, on with the show!!

Kindest Regards,
Tickets There! (Broke N Bloggin / Irish Noise!)

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MySpace Review – Stone Throwing Youths

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , , , , , on January 17, 2010 by Tickets There

Hangover is starting to disappear, feeling is returning to skull and Tickets There feels we’re ready to review yet another of Irelands emerging acts. For the next twenty or so reviews, we’re going to focus on unsigned bands competing in this years JD Set. Click Here to read more about that. Anways, ff Jack Daniels and music are involved, we’re betting there’ll be a handful of hard rock acts turning out for the prize. Judging by the opening riff from the first band we’ve checked out, we’re not going to be disappointed.

Haling from…all over Ireland by the looks of things, Stone Throwing Youths seems to be the brain child of two men, Mr. Brian Casey (Vocals, Guitars, Piano – names awful familiar) and Andrew O’Sullivan (drums).

As usual, Tickets There hasn’t seen them live or heard their album / EP

Wow. Opening song Relive Reborn is flat out deadly. It’s got a savage riff. It’s got savage vocals. It’s a hard, bruising monster of a track that smacks you’re head around a little. If any early nineties grunge act had released this, it’d be a classic. Brian’s vocals sound a tad weak at the start but as the song moves on it’s very obvious that his voice is absolutely fantastic. It’s heavy, harsh, powerful and in need of a serious producers attention to release it’s full potential. Tickets There loves this song! Tickets There really loves this song.

Since Long Ago starts a little slower leaving Tickets There to drop it’s excitement and come to terms with the fact that yet again we’d found another band who tease with one belter and then force you to sit through their emotions. That is until about a minute in when the guitars kick off, the chorus turns out to be ballad rock without the cheese and it only gets better. The guitars appear more and more as the song grows darker. A major riff appears, the vocals get gritty and the day is saved. Another one Tickets There loves.

The future’s bright, the futures Too Much Information. Riff, Riff, Riff!! Oh, give this man a Les Paul and make this song explode like it wants to. Deadly, power drive of an opening riff. Dark verse, Marilyn Manson meets Motley Crue style chorus! Retracted speed, bruising power and the daunting off beat drums let the mighty chorus smash through the dizzying void. Vocals are incredible, Jesus, imagine seeing this sh*t live!! Incredible stuff. Aw, must be played many more times at full volume. Where the hell have these guys been!

Yes, Piankiller style drum opening, Stone Roses style guitar and then what? The Pogues covering The Smashing Pumpkins before turning back into the Stone Roses covering Snow Patrol or something? It’s like three deadly bands covering the catchiest band on the planets latest single at the one time in different styles. It’s got the upbeatness of a person suddenly realizing they’re at Woodstock watching Jimi Hendrix. Downside Down, deadly!

That’s it!! Hell, if Tickets There ever get’s any money we’re paying for these guys album, their tour, their merchandise, their houses, cars, commercial sports teams, groupies, reunion press statements, pr and management companies, boats private islands, acting career startup cash, travel and accommodation during guest tv spots, drugs, smokes, booze and court cases. Twelve thumbs up, Nine out of Ten (Their album will get Ten, saving it ya see). Everything a respectable rock fan could want from a group…except a couple of solos.

Go check them out now or stop reading Tickets There!! CLICK HERE to visit their MySpace!

Seriously!

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IRISH NOISE! – The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock (MySpace)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , on January 16, 2010 by Tickets There

Since my upstairs neighbors insist on blaring out their mix of cheesy eighties pop, really loud techno and what ever other shit they find, Tickets There has decided it’s headphones and review time. We’re having a little difficulty typing, reading, forming thoughts, staying coherent and keeping upright today, so please bear with us.

Today’s Irish Noise takes a look at a band that actually sounds Irish (for a change). The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock (ah, they just stuck on Rhythm is a Dancer. No souls!) are a four piece traditional / folk / alt. rock group from Dublin. They’ve got one self titled album in the can and the second TT heard them we were hooked. Their songs are so layered, well written and, well, so different from any other music out there at the moment. As soon as their first song, In Country Dark starts you’ll find your hand moving towards volume control and giving it socks. Imagine Idlewild playing classic bluegrass and you’re on the right track. Great stuff!

Second and final song of their MySpace Player (note to self, buy this album), The Hare is a strange one. It’s more upbeat and faster than In Country Dark and it’s got this vocal swapping thing going on. The lads blend traditional Dublin styles with modern ones. They jump from folk story telling to doom banjo metal.

Ah sorry folks, music upstairs and hangover are driving me mental so we’ll leave it that. All in all a pretty sweet group. It’s nice to hear young Irish people updating our traditional music and making it relevant and appealing to a new generation. They’re on the list of bands Tickets There will be going to see live.

Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here

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IRISH NOISE! – And So I Watch You From Afar (MySpace)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , , , , , , , on January 15, 2010 by Tickets There


On Wednesday, Tickets There took one of our almost daily constitutionals to our local. We’d been listening to I’ll Eat Your Face for almost the whole day and decided to check what the buzz was amongst some other metal loving folks. Surprise, Surprise no one had ever heard of them and one lad is completely convinced I’ve made them up. Wasn’t much of a shock when it turned out none of the, had heard of And So I Watch You From Afar either. One word, disgraceful! Obviously the main reason for their lack of press hasn’t been a lack of talent on the bands side but rather a lack of coverage on Ireland’s sexiest music blog, Tickets There. So it’s time to ratify this!

2009 Choice Music Award Nominees ASIWYFA, are currently one of Irelands brightest shinning hopes for international stardom (what the f**k TT, try not to jinx every band you review. Ass! – Ed)  Their self-titled debut was a widely acclaimed by pretty much everyone who came within two feet of it and their live shows are regarded and talked more than any other band on the scene. Along with the likes of I’ll Eat Your Face and Adebisi Shank, they’ve helped shape a very impressive, exciting and unique heavy metal / melodic scene that music fans of this country should be proud of.

So, with all the hype and promotion out of the way, what’s it all about you ask? Well, going through their MySpace player track by track would be a complete waste of time, as it is for almost any instrumental band.  They blend a massive range of styles throughout all their songs ensuring not a minute goes by without something new being added. Tracks like Set Guitars to Kill, S is for Salamander, Clench Fists, Grit Teeth…GO! and TheseRIOTSareJUSTtheBEGINNING are brain stomping, ear bleeding metal riffage in all directions. Huge, blazing guitars of fire spewing lashes of landmark solos, belting, bone breaking bridges and some of the most intense jamming’ you’ll hear any band accomplish for many a moon.

They display a much more melodic side on tracks like And The Voiceless, with it’s powerful, overhauling bass lines and Tip of the Hat, Punch In the Face which follows along the path the Red Neck Manifesto set out…before transforming back into their trademark adamantium metal madness.

What more can you say? Four Irish lads making a hell of alot of impressive noise. Love IT! Any more words would just keep you from checking them out when really that’s what you need to do. Go to their MySpace, listen and love.

Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here.

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MySpace – Murder Plan

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , on January 15, 2010 by Tickets There


After spending a whole night watching Simpson’s, Cannibal Corpse videos, listening to Judas Priest, ASIWYFA, I’ll Eat Your Face, Judas Priest and Massive Attack…ah you got me, like I’d listen to that rubbish. Anyway, after all that, Tickets There has decided and formally decreed it’s time for some reviewing. We had an incredible run of luck recently with the bands we’ve found, ones that have been recommended and ones that have had the balls to ask for a review so why not? Nothing beats listening to good music for the first time.

Tonight’s subjects are Dublin Blues five piece, Murder Plan. They’re about to start recording their first album so it’s just live cuts on their MySpace but what the heck. Tis the season for branching out after all. I’ve had a few listens over the last few weeks and they really grow on you…as long as the first song doesn’t drive you away beforehand.

As usual, we’ve never seen them live or heard their album…although, we’ve given their MySpace a few spins.

First track God Help You at first sounds quite good but I found repetitive listens get on your nerves. Whether the singer wasn’t recorded properly or if she was just having a bad night, the vocals sound far too strained during almost all of the high notes. According to our ‘research’, she has an amazing voice so benefit of the doubt kicks in here. That’s the problem with live recordings, you just can’t fully tell.

Second is Ain’t That The Way and this is much better. The notes are lower and the songs faster, meaning everything is spot on. It’s quite a simple track and it lacks massive character. There’s no big event in the song but it’s catchy and will stick in your head for abit.

Wasdum to Wisdom takes its piano lead from Ain’t That The Way. It’s very similar in sound except this ones a little more on the rock n roll side of blues. The vocals are stronger here than on any of the others we’ve heard so far and they manage to incorporate a few of those classic blues moments. Reaching the high notes at the end of the chorus once again proves to be a challenge but the first guitar solo of all the tracks so far saves things. All’s well and ends well.

Nina’s Waltz is a nice, laid back track that relies more on the vocals than any of the others. Thankfully lead singer, Stephanie O’Keeffe is on the ball. The piano melodies are quite nice and the gentle hints from the guitar add to an overall pleasant ambiance.

Now we get to Tickets There’s personal nominee for their best song, The Dead Tango. More of a jazz feel to the opening than blues, that is until the real smokey blues piano and smooth guitar get laid down. The chorus is haphazard in all the right ways. A cluster of crashing instruments with a fast tempo. At times it sounds like the players are tripping over themselves trying to play as they all work their hardest to come together before falling apart again just before making contact. I like it.

Annesley Bridge on New Years Eve is a song I’d prefer to hear on record. Like God Help You, the vocals are completely off again. Obviously Tickets There isn’t trying to say we could do better but we firmly believe Murder Plan can and will. Music good, upbeat and building. We love building.

So that’s it folks. We wouldn’t flip head over heels but the  again, it’s not one of our favorite genres of music….unless there’s a man with a Les Paul and a top hat in the band, missing gigs because of his heroin problem.

Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here.

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MySpace Review – Ghundi

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , on January 14, 2010 by Tickets There

 
On Tuesday, Tickets There was worried about our ability to properly assess dance music. Today, we’re worried that some hardcore punk will shatter our poor, hung-over, sensitive brains. Ya know what, it ain’t too bad. Although our history with Galway’s hardcore bands isn’t the best, we’re determined to fire ahead with this review because Ghundi are pretty sweet…as hardcore goes.

We haven’t seen the band live or heard their album….And honestly, we’re not big fans of the genre but good music is good music no matter what ‘scene’ it belongs to.

Ok, Fake Cures for Fake Threats kicks things off and it’s full on, standardized hardcore. They jump in with no messing around. The songs grand, alot of this hardcore stuff all sounds the same to me. The singer’s voice is pretty good and there are some good lounging bass moments. The guitars are fairly sharp and more metal than normal hardcore. Also, the screams are pretty good. Hmm, not bad.

Next up is I Was A Teenage Suicide Bomber and somewhere during the ‘heavens just a rumor chorus’ Tickets There was ready to bail out. There has to come a point in your life when you utter those fatal words, ‘I’m getting too old for this shit’. But, turns out we’re not. The music is savage (a word I use alot but not half enough). The guitars and drums are full on, belting punk and some of the bridges are just classic. Great riffs and despite the actual lyrics being a little ..cliché, the singer has a great voice. He doesn’t just roar everything all the time, he doesn’t rely on the band to always be there to back him up to make every other line of every verse stand out and it’s just pretty good.

Sanity Clause is more along the traditional Hardcore lines again except this one has a sharper than sharp guitar rumbling away. Anyone remember Female Hercules? Same kind of crunchy sound in this song. It’s energetic again (well, it’ll hardly be a ballad).

The Last Electric Robot opens with a subtle bass line before an almightily heavy guitar bursts in sporadically. The vocals aren’t as strong as the previous numbers until you get into the song. There’s some of that roaring back and forth nonsense that just sounds like someone’s drilling into your brain and it almost completely destroys the end of the song, but they manage to pull things back together at the last moment.

Caught Dead starts off almost exactly where The Last Electric Robot finishes (as does any traditional hardcore track). This is what Tickets There doesn’t like about this music. It just seems to all run together and sound the same. Thankfully, Caught Dead is short and the following tune, Drop the Dead Junkie sees the back running back to what they do best, HEAVY GUITARS and riffs up your ass! Again it’s short but there’s some furiously over the top guitar playing, mental stuff!

Last headache once again sees them going back the traditional Hardcore route. Not bad, pretty fast and full on but ends too abruptly. What about the acoustic melodies? what about the four tier harmonies? what about the mandolin? I guess there’s just no place for old relics like those in today’s music J

Overall, well, surprisingly enough, we thoroughly enjoyed them. One of the better ones we’ve heard from Ireland and well worth ago. If you live in Galway, go see em. They know what they’re doing.

Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here.

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Thursday Rocks!! GODS OF WAR

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music with tags , , on January 14, 2010 by Tickets There

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Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music with tags , , on January 13, 2010 by Tickets There

Not a massive fan of S&G but I love this song.

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MySpace Review – Blasterbra

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , on January 13, 2010 by Tickets There

Ah Wednesday, nice. Warmed up this morning with Guns N’ Roses Bad Obsession followed by The Future Kings of Spain Lost and Found, The Delorentos Secret and You Can Make Sound before indulging in a fine selection from The Jimmy Cake’s MySpace. God I love Irish music and now that we’ve woken up, it’s time to point our happy ears to another of Irelands underground acts and give them the biggest break of their life or, the worst flogging they’re ever likely to get. Either way, it’s a MySpace Review.

Today’s choice is Blasterbra. A post-punk / alternative four piece from Co. Galway, Irelands most Beloved County…except Leitrim. They’re releasing their debut EP Soon this Friday and it’s time they went under the hammer….sorry, knife.

As usual, we’ve never seen the band live or heard their EP.

First up is Inactivist. It’s not a bad tune but it wouldn’t be one of Tickets There choices.  It’s sparsely populated, musically dense and hard to warm up to. We waited until we’d heard everything else before writing about this song and we’re delighted to say it is the weakest link. It’s not the worst song in the world but it doesn’t have the impact it’s trying to have and just remains a little sluggish. So, let’s move on.

The second track, Quiet You has abit more life to it. The vocals during the verse are a tad forced but the chorus is pretty catchy. The music’s also alot more interesting and sounds much stronger than Inactivist. It’s nothing massively original but it’s not bad either. The riff is quite slow but it’s strong enough to keep the momentum going and they don’t drag the song out, the traditional killer of good tunes.

Switchblade Romance is where we find more depth to the bands writing. If some of the heavier instrumental acts in the country had lyrics, this is what it would sound like. The music full on, belting, fire breathing rock/punk and techno all fused together and the vocals are the top notch and it’s short. Great song, more please.

Ah, fourth song, Basement doesn’t keep the same energy going. Its opening is much more stripped back that we’ve heard on any of the other tracks. Not long in we’re reminded there are guitars in the band and things start to fall together a little quicker. There’s a nifty, Guns N Roses-esque guitar solo towards the end and the song evolves into quite a good wee number.

Finally, we get to a song that probably has more meaning these days than normal. A Break in the Weather sounds like the band achieving the down beaten sound they attempted with Inactivist. It’s bleak, it’s heavy it’s good. Imagine The Cranberries covering Sepultura and you’ve got it.

Overall, not too bad (in an upbeat, positive rather than passive tone). Some very good moments and Tickets There would very much like to hear Switchblade Romance and A Break In The Weather live. Thumbs up for now and stick em on the ‘ones to watch’ list. We’d like to wish the band the best of luck with their launch on Friday (@ Freds Zepplins, Co. Cork: 20:00), hope everything goes well.

Check them out at their MySpace by Clicking Here.

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Choice Music Award Shortlist: UPDATED WITH LIST

Posted in Music, News with tags , , , on January 13, 2010 by Tickets There

Well, it’s been a year already. Today at 15:00, the shortlist for the Choice Music Award 09 will be announced on Today FM and the Choice Music Awards official site, www.choicemusicprize.com

Last year’s award was picked up by Jape for his third album, Ritual, one of the finest albums released in this country for many a year. This year’s shortlist is surrounded in the usual mystery but Tickets There feels fairly certain And So I Watch You From Afar will be one of the nominees. If they’re not, there’s something wrong.

We’ll update this post as soon as the shortlists been announced.

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LIST HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

Tickets There is rooting for And So I Watch You From Afar

Who do you want to win?

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Live, From Hollywood California – GUNS N’ ROSES

Posted in Music, News with tags , , , , , , on January 13, 2010 by Tickets There


Well it isn’t difficult to judge what today’s most popular search will be. Legendary, beloved heroes of Tickets There, Guns N’ Roses are opening the first night of a thirteen date Canadian tour tonight in Winnipeg.

The tour officially opened last month when the group played a mini tour of Asia consisting of four dates in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The shows were rapturously well received and rather than a burnt out shell of a formerly great band, the world got to see a glimpse of the strongest GNR lineup since the golden days of the late eighties. All the shows ran close to the three hour mark with their last show in Japan reaching three hours and thirty seven minutes.

The bands latest album, Chinese Democracy was released in 2008 but to a lot of fans disappointment, it wasn’t promoted with music video’s, interviews or a tour. Rumor has it lead singer, Axl Rose was unhappy with the way the release was handled and simply disappeared, shunning all his promotional agreements.

Tickets There would like to wish Axl, Ron and all the boys the best of luck on the tour. All going well, these shows will pave the way for the much anticipated European / American shows later in the year.

Check Tickets There’ Twitter or GNRDaily.com for more details.

Photo: ©HankDPhoto (Taken from GNRDaily.com)

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Guns N’ Roses – MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (13.01.2010)

01. Chinese Democracy
02. Welcome To The Jungle
03. It’s So Easy
04. Mr. Brownstone
05. Shackler’s Revenge

Richard Fortus Guitar Solo

06. Live And Let Die
07. Sorry
08. If The Wrld

Dizzy Reed Solo

09. Street of Dreams

Jam

10. Better
11. You Could Be Mine

DJ Ashba Guitar Solo

12. Sweet Child O Mine
13. I.R.S.

Jam
Axl Rose Piano Solo

14. November Rain

Jam

15. Scrapped

Bumblefoot Guitar Solo

16. Out Ta Get Me
17. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
18. Nightrain

Encore

19. Madagascar

Jam

20. This I Love

Frank Ferrer Drum Solo

21. Rocket Queen
22. My Generation
23. Patience
24. Paradise City

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Hank Williams III – Country Heroes

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music with tags , on January 12, 2010 by Tickets There

Tuesday’s a good day for some drunken country. Enjoy,

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IRISH NOISE! – Sweet Jane: You’re Making This Hard (Single Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, Single Review with tags , , , , , on January 12, 2010 by Tickets There

Anyone want a fine, upstanding psychedelic rock track to pass the Tuesday blues? Well how about checking out Sweet Jane’s latest effort, You’re Making This Hard?

For those of you not familiar with the band, Sweet Jane is an alternative rock band from Dublin. Now, I know what you’re thinking, ‘everyone in the world is an alternative rock band from Dublin’ but Tickets There can assure you that this lot are many cuts above the rest. They write well, the play well and they’re a major force on the up and coming scene. They blend classic sixties psychedelic guitars n drums with a twist of nineties indie, vintage rock along with a few of their own unique traits for good measure.

There’s something very memorizing about this song. It’s hard to stop listening to it and each play makes the chorus more and more enchanting. It’s both captivating and soulful. The verse is very quiet, very restrained and but the chorus is Velvet Underground-overdrive. It’s repetitive but it works.

Taking up room on the flip side (B-Side TT, don’t be a Muppet – Ed) is a cover of the classic Christmas Carol, Silent Night. Not bad but after hearing this song eighty thousand times during Christmas I can’t go through it again.

As singles go, this is a good un. Check out the bands MySpace by Clicking Here and the video for You’re Making This Hard below.

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MySpace Review – Solar Taxi

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , , , on January 12, 2010 by Tickets There


Recently, Tickets There seems to have turned the MySpace Reviews into an exclusive outlet for Ireland’s rock acts. That’s not the way it’s meant to be so we’re shaking things up (LMAOL – Ed). We’ve got two bands lined up who deserve some positive words. Bring on the Blues but first, bring on the dance.

Realistically, Tuesday morning is not a good time to start listening to dance music…unless you want to hate the band. This morning however, Tickets There is finding the beating tunes from Solar Taxi quite enjoyable. Now, we’re not going to go out of our way to convince we’re the biggest dance fans on the planet. We like some but we dislike / hate the majority of it. As genres go, dance and techno music is probably the worst for attracting horribly mundane acts with as much talent as a broken corkscrew. On the other hand, Irish acts such as LeGalaxie, Jape, Cowboy X, The Vinny Club and many more, are proving everyday that dance music can still be fresh, fun and exciting. I’m sure there’s some decent International dance acts as well but unless they’re called Def Leppard, we don’t care J

Blame Game is first up and it’s a pretty chill-axed, simple number. One thing that will grab you immediately is the quality of the production. It’s quite long for a dance number but it fills out the time well. There’s several well placed changes to keep things going and the song’s structure manages to keep evolving as the number goes on. What more can you say? Pretty decent tune.

CantWont is next and it’s more along the techno lines than Blame Game. There’s more force in the lyrics and it’s a little more interactive with the listener. There’s a nifty guitar soloing along in the background which makes a nice addition. Rather than constantly changing and evolving, this song is more structured and repetitive but this makes for a sweet little dance floor number.  Tickers There is liking it.

Moving swiftly passed the remixes, it’s time for Peachy Peach and yet again we have a change in styles. Instead of dance beats and techno keyboards, we get a full drum kit, a hooky wee bass line and a Sitar of all things. It keeps the upbeat tone of the previous tracks but it’s an indie/rock song through and through. Agh, the bass is sooo crunchy. Check 1 min. and 53 secs. in to see what I mean. The riff is simple, the playing is ni-ce!. Probably the best yet, kind of a pity we’re onto the last track.

Final song, In Your Skin immediately get’s back to the dance styling’s of the first two tracks. Its keyboards, bass and snare beats and  a general half two in the morning, falling around a dark floor covered in sweat, half hour queues at the bar, long stints in the toilets…both toilets, blackouts in taxi’s, bad kebabs and head spinning nostalgia.

Overall, as dance acts go I’d recommend Solar Taxi ahead of the pack. Their upbeat, tight as hell and have at least four tunes worth hearing under their belts. Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here and hear for yourself.

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The Greatest Heavy Metal Song of All Time?

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music with tags , , on January 12, 2010 by Tickets There

We’ve probably blogged and talked more about this track than any other Heavy Metal song….and we still are. Quality never dies and when the Priest cometh, though should know to kneel.

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The Greatest Hard Rock Song of All Time?

Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music with tags , , on January 12, 2010 by Tickets There

It’s been Tickets There favorite for about sixteen years. Can you top it?

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IRISH NOISE! – Floyd Soul and the Wolf (New Album Track)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , , on January 12, 2010 by Tickets There

You may remember a couple of months ago Tickets There getting very excited about a band called Floyd Soul and the Wolf. Well, they’re back. Each ‘full moon’ for the next …gods knows how long, they’ll be uploading a new track for forthcoming album to their MySpace, giving fans a chance to see what they’ve been up to all this time. Fans and nasty Dublin ticket touts posing at music bloggers that is.

The first track up is the sublime, Four More Hours. On first impression the song sounds drastically different from the ones we heard before. Instead of instant riffs, balls to the walls vocals and a beat you could set a clock to, there’s delayed guitars, a slow paced ambiance and a steadily building drum beat. This pushed through the first half of the song as the band delay the big build up but keep things interesting with a chorus that’s guaranteed to stick in your head. Half way though, the familiar sound of sharper muted riffs and a choppy lead chime in, giving the song more depth.

The song never really explodes but then again, it’s not that type of song. If Tickets There were a betting Blog, we’d place a tenner on this being number one in the albums play list and it would suit that number perfectly. Hopefully number two will continue where Four More Hours left of.

As they go, Tickets There recommends. Although we’d be more inclined to favor the harder, Give It A Chance but that’s because we’re silly rock fans. Four More Hours resets a more grown up, mature sound to the bands song writing and it works very well.

Check it out for your self by Clicking Here

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IRISH NOISE! – I’ll Eat Your Face (MySpace Review)

Posted in IRISH NOISE!, Music, MySpace Review with tags , , on January 11, 2010 by Tickets There

Welcome to Tickets There’s latest review series, Irish Noise! Here we’ll be taking a look at some of our favorite underground (or just above) Irish bands and reviewing their latest singles, albums and MySpace players. Unlike the MySpace Reviews series, we won’t be selecting bands we’ve never heard of or seen live and instead, we’ll use this series to keep you up to date about the bands we’ve found and liked while doing the MS Reviews, as well as other long standing favorites of ours.

Today’s choice, I’ll Eat Your Face are one of Cork’s finest instrumental heavy metal acts. We first discovered these guys about a year ago and honestly, we weren’t taken away. Although their playing was superb, Tickets There couldn’t understand why their songs were so short and because of this, we ended up giving a slightly negative review. After months of reading nothing but positive reviews and stories about the guys, we decided they deserved at least one more shot and thankfully, Tickets There finally gets it.

Opening song, I Have a Wolf on My Head is as intense as they come. The opening thirty seconds is filled with blisteringly heavy guitars that growl at your soul, face melting drums and more aggression than you’d find on Jerry Springer. Then, out of nowhere the song briefly slips into this tranquil world of slowed down drums with a repetitive, undistorted guitar riff before once again rising in the form of a doom metal Armageddon styled anthem. It’s kind of hard to believe they can accomplish all that in one minutes and twenty four seconds but they do.

Second track, Dr. Pancake manages takes things up a notch…make that a few notches. Describing this song minute by minute would be a fruitless exercise. Its three minutes of amazing guitar riffs, melodies and shreds from The Boy, all backed by Barrytrons furious thrash metal drum stylings. There’s little room to relax this time and by the time the song ends, your ears will ring and your neck will ache. The sher number of changes alone is enough to make your head spin. Leaving IHAWOMS aside, Dr. Pancake is more than enough proof that I’ll Eat Your Face can not only write a full length song when they want, but they can write one much better than 95% of the metal acts in the country. Probably the best metal song I’ve heard in the last two or three years.

Final song, Irritant is much rawer recording that the others. Fast, dirty metal guitars that rampage unmercilessly in circles around the belting snare and bass drums. Throw in a Jazz moment, some more doom metal and you’ve got the gist.

Hand on heart, Tickets There is sorry for ever doubting this bands ability to do anything. Judging by these three tracks alone, this is an album every single Irish metal fan needs to buy, listen to and love. Well, we’ll be buying one anyway.

Click Here to check out their MySpace.

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