(Brit) Pop Alt Rock #7

Less Brit. More US. Somewhat Pop Alt Rock (although often defies categorisation!) I picked this song from The White Stripes purely because it seemed to match the vibe and tempo of the UK exploration. Plus, its film clip was made using stop-motion LEGO, and being the engineer / geek that I…

Brit Pop Alt Rock #6

Rounding out the UK contingent, and probably the 'Brit' aspect of this little exploration, we have the Arctic Monkeys. A colleague of mine once found it quite strange when they found out I was a fan. Admittedly, we hadn't previously discussed more than my Metal affliction,…

Brit Pop Alt Rock #5

Day 5. UK's Kasabian today. When I think of them, I think of 'Shoot The Runner' and its film clip. That feels like it was the bigger single here in Aus (note: based on absolutely no research or factual basis whatsoever). So, I picked Empire instead…

Brit Pop Alt Rock #4

Day 4. Back to the UK with the Kaiser Chiefs. Were they 20 years too early?…

Brit Pop Alt Rock #3

Day 3. We're not even in the right hemisphere at this point. The Vines however proved that they too could churn out gravelly, ear wormy, fuzz-soaked alt rock pop goodness like the rest of the world was doing at the time.…

Brit Pop Alt Rock #2

Day 2's offering. A little bit north. A little bit east. Sweden's The Hives with their ear worm, radio friendly form of brit pop punk.…

Brit Pop Alt Rock Adventure

Today kicks off a Brit Pop Alt Rock adventure which should dial things back a bit from our 'lil Thrash Metal Sepultura appreciation bent over the last week. Now, I say Brit Pop Alt Rock, but in reality, most of the bands that will be featured are actually not…

Celebrating Life Through Death

Gig Report time from AJ and my latest escapade to see Sepultura in their final world tour fling, of which they were gracious enough to bring to the land of Orstraya! So, when tickets were released, AJ and I thought 'why the hell not?!?'. Originally billed at the…