Paramore Revisited

Paramore, on the top of their game after touring North America with New Found Glory and Tegan and Sara on the Honda Civic Tour 2010 they enter down under on a high, back for another stint in Australia for the second time in 2010.

Back in February, they entertained Sydney with their half hour Soundwave set, making sure they kept it short fast and loud, while still promoting Brand New Eyes, and its upbeat tracks off the record like Ignorance and Brick By Boring Brick. Sure enough we knew that Paramore wouldn't leave Sydney without play the highly anticipated sideshow, featuring Rolo Tomassi.

Since, Paramore weren't headliners at Soundwave 2010 due to the Mega lineup that included Faith No More, Jimmy Eat World and Placebo. Nevertheless Sydney was entertained by Paramore at The Big Top at Luna Park, Milson's Point. Showcasing a full set, it was a fitting loud and fast performance, yet the venue didn't give them the praise that they should of, with a small and compacted arena. However, Hayley and her crew proved to SYDNEY that they are the band to be, further emphasized after claiming the KERRANG! Award for Album of the Year with Brand New Eyes.

Their arrival was imminent for Sydney siders and we see the band put on a huge sell out show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre with support from The Jury and the Saints and Relient K.

The clock was ticking down to 930, around the time when the headliner act would appear on stage. Nonetheless, the environment was vibrant and so was the introduction of Paramore to Sydney this time around. Opening with Ignorance, expected by most of the fans out there, it would be a night of promotion of Brand New Eyes, with the whole album being played throughout the night. The crowd grew excited and warm towards the ever vibrant Hayley Williams as Paramore kicked off the show with Feeling Sorry and fan favourites That's What You Get and For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic. As, the show progressed the crowd grew in energy and love towards the Nashville 5-piece and the noise erupted with the opening track of the first Twilight soundtrack - Decode. A title that the band accepts as the Twilight band has brought them a new group of young fans, and it seeks that every Twilight fans loves Hayley and Paramore.

Of course, Paramore entertained us through the middle of the feature set with their acoustic songs, many of which appeared on Brand New Eyes. Opening with a cover of Loretta Lynn and followed by When It Rains and Misguided Ghosts, the reception of their slower and softer material was positive all the way through the absense of distortion and sustain.

Of course, we were all waiting for the return to their loud and fast material and it didn't take long. Re-introducing themselves as rock giants they returned with Looking Up and the long awaited acrobatics that accompanies the feature single from All We Know Is Falling, Pressure. Of course, they finished up their set with The Only Exception onto a huge reception by the Sydney Crowd.

A short wait for the encore and the return of the band back to stage, with the sing-a-long and feature single from Brand New Eyes - Brick By Boring Brick. What other way to bring the house down? MISERY BUSINESS! The popular track from Riot! blew the minds of fans and every member of the audience got into it to make the sold out show a night to remember! Paramore brought energy, youth and noise to the table tonight and they put on a show to remember for fans and performers alike.

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Deez Nuts - This One's For You

When I Killed The Prom Queen called it a day, drummer JJ Peters formed hardcore outfit Deez Nuts, and not only does he handle all of the drumming and vocal duties on their second album, The One's For You, but also a vast majority of guitars. Peters has called it some mates to add guest vocals, most notably Ollie Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon on the angst-driven If You Don't Know, Now You Know, aiding the record's collective and inclusive nature.

Deez Nuts tread the line between the guitar-driven simplicity of hardcore and hip hop-inspired vocals that are riddled with common themes of self-expression and pure, unabashed anger. The music has common themes as well, the tracks have driving rhythm sections and simple guitar lines. The Deez Nuts project is about creating an atmosphere and a mood, with less emphasis on musical technicality and a stronger focus on conveying their mood of being pissed off into the world.

Opening track Don't Call It A Comeback has an old school punk ethic at its core, whilst title track This One's For You is dedicated to the downtrodden, blue-collar worker and is, surprisingly, an endearing song - a prime example of the Deez Nuts vibe. On the other hand, the ode to his party crew DTD is simply about getting drunk and enjoying the ride. The same goes for Party Song, which takes a less subtle tack in inciting excessiveness. Peters provides the atmosphere for yoy to shake the working week off and forces you to enjoy the little things in life, music, your mates and good times.

2010 Splendour In The Grass Lineup

The lineup for the 2010 Splendour in the Grass festival was announced this morning and it's pretty impressive!

Headlining are artists like The Strokes, The Pixies and LCD Soundsystem, plus you'll see Mumford & Sons and Florence & the Machine and stacks more.

Tickets for the event go on sale at 9am Thursday May 6 and this year Splendour will not be held at Byron Bay as usual. The new location is Woodfordia, QLD and the festival runs from Friday 30th July through to Sunday 1st August.

2010 Splendour In The Grass Lineup

The Strokes
Pixies
Frightened Rabbit
LCD Soundsystem
Broken Social Scene
The Drums
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Yeasayer
Mumford and Sons
The Temper Trap
Band Of Horses
Passion Pit
Florence and the Machine
Laura Marling
Grizzly Bear
Band Of Skulls
Surfer Blood
Alberta Cross
Two Door Cinema Club
Midlake
Foals
Goldfrapp
Jonsi
Ash
Scissor Sisters
The Ting Tings
Hot Chip
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
We Are Scientists
Richard Ashcroft and the United Nations Of Sound
K-Os
Delphic
School Of Seven Bells
The Magic Numbers
The Temper Trap
Angus and Julia Stone
Empire Of The Sun
Wolfmother
The Vines
Tame Impala
Paul Kelly
Operator Please
Lisa Mitchell
Midnight Juggernauts
Little Red
Space Invadas
British India
Oh Mercy
The Middle East
Bluejuice
Washington
Whiteley
Dan Sultan
Cloud Control
Miami Horror
Clare Bowditch
Philadelphia Grand Jury
The John Steel Singers
Violent Soho
The Mess Hall
Jonathan Boulet
Boy and Bear
Gypsy and the Cat
Last Dinosaurs
Ernest Ellis
Tim and Jean
Yacht Club DJs

Love Is All - Two Thousand and Ten Injuries

Love Is All’s first two albums (2006’s Nine Times That Same Song and 2008’s A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night) were thrilling noise pop records that drew from post-punk experimentalism, twee pop sweetness, and punk rock energy, added hooky songs and rambunctious performances, and ended up making a glorious racket. It’s nice to report that their third album, Two Thousand and Ten Injuries, is the equal to the first two in quality, that it delivers the same level of thrills, and is packed from to top to bottom with excellent songs and fiery playing. The band took a more relaxed approach to writing and recording the album and it shows in the slightly more precise arrangements, the songs that sound more constructed than hastily slapped together, and the clearer production. That’s not to say the intensity level has dropped, only that they have refined and focused their approach a bit. Where they used to clatter, now they might smolder, and where Josephine Olausson would have howled, now she might croon a little more. It’s a welcome move toward sophistication that works because the underlying passion and drive that are the group’s strength are never far from the surface. For every song like "Never Now" that scales back the energy in favor of arrangement, there are songs like "Early Warnings" or "Kungen" that rattle and roll like early Love Is All. The crisp and punchy production gives these rockers an extra kick that was sometimes lost in the ramshackle production of their debut and in the reverbed murk of A Hundred Things. The care given the sound really comes to light on "The Birds Were Singing with All Their Might; the synths, saxes, and Olausson’s vocals combine to give the song a majestic feel that brings to mind early New Order with Clare Grogan (of Altered Images) singing. The album is filled with great moments like this, and plenty of songs that will be the highlights of summer 2010 mixtapes. Many bands start to lose their way around the time of their third album, but on Two Thousand and Ten Injuries Love Is All sound better than ever and well-positioned to keep making smart, hooky, passionate records for a long time to come.

Story of the Year - The Constant

Alternative Metal rockers Story of the Year come out with a new record for 2010 and isn't the title fitting - The Constant. Anything but, is the new album with their variety of influences of styles mixing some hardcore, funk metal and alternative rock as well as the presumptious emo-pop lyrics gives fans new hope and especially Australian fans - a solid act for Soundwave Festival 2011. Yes that's right. i have already been looking. And wouldn't we also love Jimmy Eat World to come back soon, especially given that Aussie fans know of a new and in recording album to be released over the new future. But that's another story altogether.

The Constant opens with The Children Sing and it proves to be an epic and suitable opening track to the record. A great pop-metal track with accompaniment from some children makes it a fun and great sing-a-long for the live stages. But the next track really shows what Story of the Year bring to the table - The Ghost of You and I, a shoe in for their live single of the album. Using great melodies with a bit of the old 'short, fast and loud' treatment to make their point as the songs transitions into what fans love - Emo-Rock lyrics mixed with some alternative metal melodies as they are 'longing for daylight'.

To The Burial presents us with a slower but more epic and just as loud track indefinitely leave us with moments of screamo and hardcore in our ears. A bit of punk-rock follows the opeing chorus and every other chorus to keep us in our seats, the pop and radio friendly feature of this track makes it really the lowlight of the record.

The Dream Is Over shows us Page Avenue saga Story of the Year which all listeners will love with the under-melody and the lyrics are the subtle but most important part of the track - they just know how to put our feelings into words, who really wants to wake up from a dream?

Are we looking for more vintage Story of the Year? You bectcha! Time Goes On and so do Story of the Year as their new record looks to invograte old fans who are still stuck on Page Avenue. Interesting lyrics as well as how we choose to interpret them but they sit down and realise that lives came and gone but time still goes on.

The Constant finish with a speed-metal/hardcore track that's title doesn't have the best intentions, but that's we love them isn't it? Eye For An Eye really shows why Story of the Year have produced such commercial success - their ability to be different from other alternative-metal/post-hardcore groups and present such varying material with a vast array of influences, but still able to keep their core music writing styles to please old fans and still keep their fan base growing.



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