The News Review:
- Rockers do their block
- Bloom is off Roses Are Red.
- Grown-ups are in the band too but they’re punks so cut ‘em…
- Some punks are against Against Me!: Success mistaken for sellout.
- Meet the Band: The Waydowners
Rockers do their block
NEWS.com.au – Mar 15, 2007
article-tools –> Kathy Mccabe March 14 2007 11:00pm A NEW generation of British indie rock musicians are stealing back the zeitgeist from their hip-hop brethren. The indies are offering four-minute vignettes which capture life at street level for popular consumption. British rockers Bloc Party arrived seemingly from nowhere two years ago with their debut album Silent Alarm a mish-mash of danceable punk music which was championed by Franz Ferdinand and the BBC. Its themes were stereotypical of pop freshmen – sex and boredom with a dash of anti-conservative politics as befits their university education. But after a year of travelling the world which included their explosion from best kept indie secret to top 40 band in Australia courtesy of their Splendour In The Grass 2005 performance and sideshows Bloc Party decided to embrace a "concept" for the all-important album No. Frontman Kele kereke says he and bandmates Russell Lissack (guitar) Gordon Moakes (bass) and Matt Tong (drums) had been collecting ideas for A Weekend In The City for 18 months before they entered the studio last year with current hitmaker Jacknife Lee (Snow Patrol U2).
Bloom is off Roses Are Red.
Free with registration – Kansas City Star – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 15, 2007
Byline: Dylan Walker A weekly entertainment review _ anything from books and video games to movies and music. ___ Fans and skeptics alike will discover Roses are Red’s newest album “What Became of Me” to be a true disappointment. Nothing unique or genuine is introduced here and it’s apparent the ensemble is content with “performing” the same ancient and mediocre punk music that has been swallowed.
Grown-ups are in the band too but they’re punks so cut ‘em…
San Francisco Chronicle – Mar 15, 2007
Eddy Demon doesn’t think so. The lead singer and guitarist of Total Annihilation and his band mates intend to “annihilate everyone” with their music as they play a “Kids Rock” gig this weekend that features bands with kids and adults in their lineups… Gregory’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco a year ago. In the audience that night was Comte a veteran of the early ’90s rock ‘n’ roll wars as a member of the San Diego group Swivel Neck. Seeing the kids put their heart into their music inspired Comte and he asked if he could join the fledgling group. “Eddy was like ‘Wow it would be really cool’ ” Comte says. Since then Comte has become something of a mentor to Eddy and Pietro. “A lot of times children hear the message that nobody ever makes it in a band” says Comte who has a 4-year-old daughter. “That can be discouraging.
Some punks are against Against Me!: Success mistaken for sellout.
Free with registration – AZ Daily Star – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 15, 2007
15–Against Me! has to be one of the most incendiary punk acts to be signed to a major label in a while. And it’s not just the band’s music that gets people fired up.
Meet the Band: The Waydowners
St. Petersburg Times – Mar 15, 2007
: "We play what we like and we like different things. Why not? We don't want to gravitate to one genre necessarily. We like different kinds of music the punk stuff the Irish stuff regular rock. "TRADITINAL RECIPES: "Not everything we do is the punk version" John Sr. "Some songs are a little slower. There's one we do called Kilkelly Ireland.