Saturday, October 11, 2008

Feral Children




Every now and again I receive email telling me that the content of the blog is appreciated. The latest one was obviously a cut and paste from a record label representative who took the opportunity to email every music blogger with a visible email address about the band they're presently hyping. Otherwise I'm guessing this may be related to the The Pixies mention. Truth is, I think The Pixies were overhyped garbage for people who couldn't handle Killdozer. I don't know really know what a hipster is but I get the feeling Seattle band Feral Children is going to be called "hipster garbage" by more in the know music critics.

Sarathan Records have a free download of Feral Children's EP available if you're so inclined. You can get it from their record label site . There's also a link to Feral Children's myspace site which has songs. I recently downloaded Hugh Cornwell's latest album and fall asleep every time I listen to it. I expect the effects of listening to Feral Children's EP could be far worse. Update your will and ensure distance from sharp objects before downloading.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Conquest for Death, Wellington, Oct 7th, 2008

On Tuesday night I went to see Conquest for Death play at Valve in Wellington. I made the questionable move of first parking my car on Marion Street, not far from the video shop. I was greeted with a knock on the car window by a person with a penchant for female appearance as soon as I parked up. I then moved the car further up the street.

First band up at Valve were Entrails, who sounded a little like Terror to my ears.



Above Pic: Entrails


Next up were Shortlived, who I wrote that I didn't really enjoy nearly a year ago at Punkfest 2007. They've got a new drummer and the original drummer now does all the vocals. There may be another guitarist since a year ago. I found them and thir hardcore sound a lot more enjoyable which is possibly due to both the passage of time and line-up changes.




Last up were Conquest for Death who with an Australian guitarist, a Japanese drummer and three Americans are a truly international band. They were an incredibly energetic band with some fantastic stage moves. The reasons the guitarist won the world air guitar championship were obvious.





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