Are you a fan of Foals and Two Door Cinema Club?
Have you ever been listening to either and thought, "Wouldn't it be great if I could take the vocals of Foals and the rhythm of Two Door Cinema Club and create a brand new ultimate band?"
Well, fear not, my music fanatic!
Your prayers have been answered.
Edelweiss, a new band from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania have emerged to meet all your indie music needs!
I came across the band, consisting of Thomas Vitale (vocals/bass), Niko Porlier (vocals/guitar), Tony Young (guitar) and Coby Porlier (drums), on a regular new music search and was instantly stopped in my tracks.
As a fan of Foals and Two Door Cinema Club, I immediately linked them together and fell in love.
At first, I was puzzled by the name, obviously creating some German connotations.
Do not be tricked by the hard exterior of the band's name because under that shell, there's plenty of soft marshmallow indie goodness. Almost like a good old Tunnock's Tea Cake.
Surely, that image should be enough for you to go ahead and give them a listen.
Don't be deprived of discovering this musical magic.
Two downloads are available on their Purevolume website ('(NO)' and 'Fiasco') so go forth and download them and let them make their way up to your top 25 played songs on your iTunes!
You can thank me later.
Monday 8 August 2011
Sunday 17 July 2011
Cher Lloyd // Swagger Jagger
The questions on everybody's lips recently: what exactly is 'swagger jagger'?
Well, whatever it is, we need to get some of our own.
It makes me slowly lose faith in humanity when songs such as Cher Lloyd's dreaded debut single can be classed as an 'anthem' and is even able to place in the top 40.
I never thought there could be something worse than that infamous phenomenon 'Friday' but this provides some serious competition.
Watch your back, Rebecca.
But as awful as they are, they seem to have the ability to get trapped in our minds and they become famous for all the wrong reasons.
I found myself, unconsciously, humming along to Cher Lloyd today whilst watching the highlights of T4 on The Beach, much like an annoying bug that has managed to crawl into my ear and burrow itself into my brain, casually setting up camp.
But after a minute or so, I snapped out of my swagger jagger daze and came to my senses.
I think Cher Lloyd's 'swagger jagger' is quite safe for now.
I, myself, have no interest in taking it from her.
Well, whatever it is, we need to get some of our own.
It makes me slowly lose faith in humanity when songs such as Cher Lloyd's dreaded debut single can be classed as an 'anthem' and is even able to place in the top 40.
I never thought there could be something worse than that infamous phenomenon 'Friday' but this provides some serious competition.
Watch your back, Rebecca.
But as awful as they are, they seem to have the ability to get trapped in our minds and they become famous for all the wrong reasons.
I found myself, unconsciously, humming along to Cher Lloyd today whilst watching the highlights of T4 on The Beach, much like an annoying bug that has managed to crawl into my ear and burrow itself into my brain, casually setting up camp.
But after a minute or so, I snapped out of my swagger jagger daze and came to my senses.
I think Cher Lloyd's 'swagger jagger' is quite safe for now.
I, myself, have no interest in taking it from her.
Thursday 28 April 2011
Kingdom Hearts // Birth By Sleep
Although it has now been seven months since the release of the latest game in the Kingdom Hearts saga, I have only just completed it today.
Receiving the game on Christmas day, I was filled with ideas of what this game would behold.
I had waited for it for over two years, it had to be amazing!
The idea of playing three separate characters, each with their own tale to tell - but yet somehow they are all intertwined - didn't exactly seem like the easiest concept for me to grasp although I went with it.
I had no idea which order to play them in so I decided to take the safest route and go with the order they had already been placed in on the screen (no point defying what had already been given to me!). This lead me to become Terra at first, followed by Ventus and then ending the game as the only girl character, and apparent leader of the pack, - Aqua.
This entire game, for me, was a bit confusing.
I went into it thinking that the entire Kingdom Hearts concept would be explained to us.
Sadly, it was not.
Perhaps it was falsely advertised as doing so or I had just gotten the wrong end of the stick (the latter seems much more likely).
I felt strangely unsatisfied by the ending of each character's story and it always felt slightly unfinished and not fully explained in the slightest.
And by the end of the whole game I found myself saying, "Is that it?".
However, I was sure that that would not be 'it' and ventured to Youtube to discover a few 'secret movies' from the end of the game.
I find it rather unjust that you can only see these movies if you are playing the game at a certain level and complete it 100%. For people like myself, who may not be avid gamers, we will never get to experience these videos and will never get the full experience from the game.
Perhaps this is something Square Enix should consider on their next conquest?
Although, once I had found these 'secret movies' and watched them through, I did feel a sense of understanding.
It's just a shame that I had to take that route to get that satisfaction. It's almost as if I could have cut out the middle man and just watched the movies on youtube oppose to purchasing the game and wasting four months of my life playing it.
One thing I did like from the 'secret movie' was at the very end, we found Sora, Riku and Kairi back at Destiny Islands - a similar image to that of the ending of Kingdom Hearts II - and Sora has King Mickey's mysterious letter in his hand telling both Riku and Kairi that there are still people out there who need his help. Kairi then utters the words "Hurry back." whilst handing over her lucky charm - as seen in Kingdom Hearts I.
This is an exciting moment for any Kingdom Hearts fan as it hints at a third game featuring Sora, Kairi, Riku and the gang.
Perhaps my view of Birth By Sleep is slightly unfair, as I feel I may be a bit prejudiced towards it.
I have gotten so used to playing as Sora and having that usual gang around me, helping me fight the Heartless and stop Kingdom Hearts from forming and then to have it all taken away from you and being forced to play as brand new characters, fighting new creatures named 'The Unversed', all just seems slightly foreign and strange.
Maybe for me, it's a game I would need to play more than once to fully understand it.
Nevertheless, if you are an avid Kingdom Hearts fanatic, definitely give it a go and form your own opinions on it.
Receiving the game on Christmas day, I was filled with ideas of what this game would behold.
I had waited for it for over two years, it had to be amazing!
The idea of playing three separate characters, each with their own tale to tell - but yet somehow they are all intertwined - didn't exactly seem like the easiest concept for me to grasp although I went with it.
I had no idea which order to play them in so I decided to take the safest route and go with the order they had already been placed in on the screen (no point defying what had already been given to me!). This lead me to become Terra at first, followed by Ventus and then ending the game as the only girl character, and apparent leader of the pack, - Aqua.
This entire game, for me, was a bit confusing.
I went into it thinking that the entire Kingdom Hearts concept would be explained to us.
Sadly, it was not.
Perhaps it was falsely advertised as doing so or I had just gotten the wrong end of the stick (the latter seems much more likely).
I felt strangely unsatisfied by the ending of each character's story and it always felt slightly unfinished and not fully explained in the slightest.
And by the end of the whole game I found myself saying, "Is that it?".
However, I was sure that that would not be 'it' and ventured to Youtube to discover a few 'secret movies' from the end of the game.
I find it rather unjust that you can only see these movies if you are playing the game at a certain level and complete it 100%. For people like myself, who may not be avid gamers, we will never get to experience these videos and will never get the full experience from the game.
Perhaps this is something Square Enix should consider on their next conquest?
Although, once I had found these 'secret movies' and watched them through, I did feel a sense of understanding.
It's just a shame that I had to take that route to get that satisfaction. It's almost as if I could have cut out the middle man and just watched the movies on youtube oppose to purchasing the game and wasting four months of my life playing it.
One thing I did like from the 'secret movie' was at the very end, we found Sora, Riku and Kairi back at Destiny Islands - a similar image to that of the ending of Kingdom Hearts II - and Sora has King Mickey's mysterious letter in his hand telling both Riku and Kairi that there are still people out there who need his help. Kairi then utters the words "Hurry back." whilst handing over her lucky charm - as seen in Kingdom Hearts I.
This is an exciting moment for any Kingdom Hearts fan as it hints at a third game featuring Sora, Kairi, Riku and the gang.
Perhaps my view of Birth By Sleep is slightly unfair, as I feel I may be a bit prejudiced towards it.
I have gotten so used to playing as Sora and having that usual gang around me, helping me fight the Heartless and stop Kingdom Hearts from forming and then to have it all taken away from you and being forced to play as brand new characters, fighting new creatures named 'The Unversed', all just seems slightly foreign and strange.
Maybe for me, it's a game I would need to play more than once to fully understand it.
Nevertheless, if you are an avid Kingdom Hearts fanatic, definitely give it a go and form your own opinions on it.
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