6 posts tagged “cymru”
Ok ladies and gentlemen, this one's a little different. I know I've posted far too many Crimea tracks already (and even an Akira The Don one but a couple days ago) but there's a much better reason for posting this.
You'll remember not so long ago Radiohead caused a stir by releasing In Rainbows as a pay-what-you-like download. Well, before all of that nonsense (and even before Prince's newspaper giveaway), The Crimea released their own album complete free online (yes, I blogged about that too). Anyway, this week they've been continuing their trend settings crusade against the music industry with a unique single release tactic. The lead single track, Loop A Loop, along with twelve remixes and two b-sides have all been made available through fourteen seperate blogs and one TV advert (UK viewers may have seen it already...). Each blog hosts an exclusive download of one remix, and that's where W♥M comes in...
Available to We Heart Music listeners is the release to the right, a remix by Akira The Don. It's not quite as exclusive as the others as it's also available for full download on Akira The Don's website, or on his ATD 15 mixtape CD. But if you like it, want more remixes, wanna know more about the band, or just want some more cool music blogs to check out, then take a look at The Crimea's official site where you can find links to all of the blogs featuring single remixes. I particularly recommend the Faronheit blog for the b-side Stoned, or Music Like Dirt for the unrelated article on Lily Allen's pottential album samples and influences.
Now we just wait for Radiohead to follow suit and get all the press attention...
Welsh born rapper and producer Akira The Don (Myspace) came to my attention after he remixed a song by one of my favorite bands. After a bit of searching I came across another cover he's made, Clones, originally by Alice Cooper. The original video posted on Newgrounds is probably as much as draw as the tune, though even that is deffinately catchy and I reckon better than the original. Check out the full quality flash vid on Newgrounds if the Youtubified version doesn't suffice. Welsh rap FTW! Seriously, did I ever post any Weapons Of Mass Belief stuff? - Christopher
This is the 6th Top 7, so you know what that means? The 7th and final installment will appear on December 31st, the last day of 2007. I love it when a plan comes together, don't you?
So I had to leave myself off this list because I have written over 387 stories. My goal was to write a story a day, so it's really no surprise that I have over 365+ posts.
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Coming in at 35 stories is my right-hand-man, The Dharma Blues dude himself, Ryan. Just take a look at some of his stories: We're All Going to Die for Christmas, Music from troubled minds (Mental Health Day), Joanna Newsom @ The Royal Albert Hall, From the trenches of my artificial Glastonbury: Day Two ("Glasto Coverage"), and A song about a man who doesn't have a cat... ("No Pussy Blues" by Nick Cave).
24 stories from Jason, all quality in my opinion! So many of my favorites: Little Boxes (ever wanted to hear 44+ "Little Boxes" covers?????!!?), (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, Ratatouille / Le FestinHarry Potter and the Phenomenon of Wizard Rock (this article introduced me to "Wizard Rock", who knew?), Tetris Music (a must read!), Night and Day (29 classic covers), and Jaymay. Also check out Jason's free mp3 blog.
Christopher stories are all based around hot women who can play guitars (all Australian) and obscure band names. But don't let me discourage you from checking out Llama Farmers, Little Blue Crunchy Things (see what I was saying about weird names?), Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches, and Nobou Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII Soundtrack (who doesn't love FF?).
For Swedish pop, check out Randy's stories: The Concretes - Chosen One, The Charade - Monday Morning, Acid House Kings - Say Yes If You Love Me, and Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Rent A Wreck.
Hopefully we'll see the return of Gus in 2008. My favorite Gus stories: Bettie Serveert - "Hell = Other People" (I love Bettie Serveert!), A Group Called Smith (Deathproof), and 23 (Blonde Redhead).
The only lady to make it on the Top 7, is the Cristina. Check out: Soundtrack Maestros: Goblin, Reunion Recap (The Verve, Héroes del Silencio, Soda Stereo, Shed Seven, and Superdrag), and Birthday Beefcake (DANZIG).
Mads have disappeared, but his posts lives on: Jetstream Lovers - Floored, Rhythms del Mundo project, Candie Payne - All I Need To Hear, and Stereolab - Eye Of The Volcano.
I want to let you know that all contributors are very important to me, and although these didn't make it on the Top 7, you should check out their stories: Maggie, Lara, Jennifer, Emelia, WB Mook, Michael, Sally, Em, Dave, Troy, Kristine, inuit66, Valley Girl, Silpa, Alex, Ceji, Kennie, Jessica, Eric, Mel, Minh, Jaime, Marcus, Adina, and Celeste.
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12/30/2007 10:42:28
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I don't know about that. I do know there's good reason for me following the band for the past 7 odd years. 'Course, at the start they had a few different members, were known as The Crocketts, and produced what can best be described as Welsh cow-punk. The lead singer, Davey, did stuff like this and this.
Then a few members left, a few more joined, they changed their name to The Crimea (though it was nearly the much more interesting Fat Camp Heros) and eventually they started producing much quieter, heart-felt indie with a bit of an edge. They've been compared to everyone from the Pixies to Dusty Springfield. I that's just marketing crap, but anyway. They released three singles and an album, then were signed to Warner Bros for a while who promptly went about releasing the exact same three singles and album once again. When they ran out of stuff to leech off, they dropped the band leaving them to run things on their own.
The song I've added is a never released demo from 2005 called Oliver Twisted (cockney for pissed, if you couldn't tell). The lead singer burned it along with a load of other in-progress tracks to a CD after a gig one evening and handed them to a friend of mine. I have good contacts. I actually have another version of the same song that came on a demo CD I got off eBay. They're almost like chalk and cheese, this one's kinda dark and emo-y, the other is real light and poppy.
Either way, in my opinion it's the greatest song the band have ever produced, and because of that and the fact that, as a good fansite webmaster, I must do my duty to promote the band as much as possible, I'm gonna post the second version of the song later on. That way, if you hate it, or you just forget that there's a free album to be had, you'll get a second chance to fall in love with the only band I've listened to for 7 years. Well, pretty much.
Kaiser Krap. Jack Johnson? You don't need that shit people, just head down your local English pub (to be fair, possibly more local to some than others) and you'll find something much better. Unfortunately that won't be Da Grubby Adipose Flange. With classic songs such as Poor Twat, Jism (In Your Eye), All My Friends are Cunts and todays select piece, The Day I Painted My Penis Blue, one wonders why they never made the big time.
I don't know much about them, all I know is they formed like so many other great bands in the small Welsh University town of Aberystwyth. A friend of theirs was nice enough to send over a couple gig recordings along with their only studio recorded album from which I've taken The Day I Painted... It's great. They're all great. From light Ska to late Britpop Indie style pieces, a few original covers and plenty of Aber folklore chucked in for good measure. Some would say they murdered Streets Of London. I say you've never heard it sung with such passion.
"I need my entertainment I can't lick my balls all day, I'm not gonna fetch a stick for you, I know you'll throw it away..." If another band comes up with lines as great as those in the GAF's Dog's Life I'll lick my own balls. For a good few days.
Unfortunately, as with so many others, they broke up upon leaving Uni. I can't tell you much more. One of their members was called Jez. I think. If you want a copy of anything else, get in touch. The GAF will rise again! If only in my head.
Update: Slightly unbelievably, they have a MySpaces page. Actually, even my local pub has one. So it's about a unbelievable as Vu buying a new DVD today. Have a listen to more Flange; musical genius at work.
I first heard about Halflight a few years ago when the drummer for one of my favourite bands played on their first EP release. Previously the singer had been the guitarist in a band called Jylt who were supposed to be pretty good until their singer passed away a couple years ago. I ain't saying they're not still good now, just.. you have to wait a few years for the Kurt Cobain effect to kick in, don't ya? Five years, they'll be huge. Or something. Anyway, I guess guitarist Sarah Howells couldnt't wait that long cos she grabbed a few mates, formed a new band and started recording again.
Halflight have come on a little since their first EP. They got their own drummer for a start (Ed: my bad, they're still looking for one :oP ), and during a trip to a radio station we here in England like to call "Unavailable", they recorded this song Worship for BBC Radio Wales. I never heard the original airing but this thing is still available on Last.fm and I loved it the first time I heard it. Make sure to check out their newest stuff on MySpace if you like it.
- Christopher
