Royal Blood - Royal Blood

Number 6 on Tune Of The Days best album list of year 2014 is the British brash-rock duo "Royal Blood" that kicks us in the ass with the self titled début album.

Royal Blood with their mixture of anguished cocky vocals, vigorous drumming and bass of chugging menace. A tight bind of rhythm and noise that will kick you off your hard wooden chair! Royal Blood have made a very fresh and inventive album that works all the way from beginning to end. This is a fantastic record that is definitely worth to add to your collection.

On the 23rd of Mars next year these duo will play at Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden. A show that I am almost certain it will be sold out, if it's not already.

Todays tune "Figure It Out" is taken from Royal Blood's self titled debut.



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Royal Blood - Ten Tonne Skeleton

New week, which means it's time to present this week's "Record Of The Week"

The British brash-rock duo "Royal Blood" hits us in the face with the self titled début album.

The thing with the guitar and drums duo, is something we have learned to understand nowadays. Bands like The White Stripes got a big success with their duo, likewise with Swedish Johnossi. This Brighton duo makes it even heavier by changing the guitar against a bass guitar, but Mike Kerr choose to treat it as a guitar most of the time.

So how does it sounds then?, well the "Guitar" is a bit heavier than normal, but sounds amazing and very noisy :) and is nothing that usually comes out from a bass guitar. The skin-pounding beating is made by Ben Thatcher, who really know how to treat the drums. The band's sound is reminiscent of and rooted in modern garage rock and blues rock. If I should make some comparisons to something I could say that I hear some shades of Queens Of The Stone Age and The White Stripes and some early rock 70's stuff like Led Zeppelin.

The album is a mixture of anguished cocky vocals, vigorous drumming and bass of chugging menace. A tight bind of rhythm and noise that will kick you off your hard wooden chair! Royal Blood have made a very fresh and inventive album that works all the way from beginning to end. This is a fantastic record that is definitely worth to add to your collection.

The band, composed of bassist/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher, was formed in Worthing in 2013, and played their first gig a mere two days after Kerr's return to England from his "working holiday" in Australia. During the summer of 2013, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders was seen wearing a shirt supporting the band (before the release of their first single) during their Glastonbury Festival concert in July. On 11 November 2013, the duo released their debut single, "Out of the Black", which came with a B-side called "Come On Over".

In November 2013, it was announced that Royal Blood would be supporting Arctic Monkeys for two Finsbury Park shows in May 2014. In December 2013 Royal Blood were nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014.

Royal Blood released their second single, "Little Monster", on 11 February 2014. The band also released a four-track EP, featuring "Out of the Black", "Little Monster", "Come On Over" and "Hole" on 11 March 2014 in North America. Their debut album, Royal Blood, was released on 25 August 2014 to commercial success & was well-received by critics. Royal Blood was verified by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling British rock debut album in three years in the UK.

Royal Blood performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2014; at Liverpool Sound City festival and at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow in May; and at Download Festival and Glastonbury Festival in June. They performed at T in the Park festival in July, and at Reading festival as well as Osheaga in August 2014.

Mike Kerr has previously used the name Royal Blood when living in Australia in 2012, working with drummer Matt Swan.

A video clip for "Out of the Black" entered rotation as part of cable network AXN Japan's "AXN Tunes" program in October 2014; music videos aired on-the-hour as filler in between regularly scheduled, syndicated programming.

In October 2014, Royal Blood announced details of their biggest European tour to date, starting in Germany on 10 January, and ending in Sweden on 23 March.

 

Todays tune "Ten Tonne Skeleton", the upcoming single taken from the "Record Of The Week". Pre-order the 7" here, release December 1, 2014



Upcoming Gigs:

08.11.14 Junction, Cambridge, United Kingdom Sold Out
10.11.14 Pyramid, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Sold Out
11.11.14 O2 Academy, Oxford, United Kingdom Sold Out
12.11.14 Bierkeller, Bristol, United Kingdom Sold Out
14.11.14 106 Club, Rouen, France Sold Out
15.11.14 Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France Sold Out
16.11.14 Les Inrocks, Paris, France Sold Out
18.11.14 Alcatraz Milan, Italy
20.11.14 La 2 Barcelona, Spain
21.11.14 Sala But Madrid, Spain
22.11.14 Armazem F Lisbon, Portugal
01.12.14 WKQX - House of Blues Chicago, IL, United States
02.12.14 St. Andrews Detroit, MI, United States
03.12.14 Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA, United States
05.12.14 War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, TN, United States
06.12.14 Juanita's Cantina Little Rock, AR, United States
07.12.14 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK, United States
09.12.14 Seattle Center - Key Arena Seattle, WA, United States
20.12.14 Brighton Dome Brighton, United Kingdom Sold Out
10.01.15 Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
11.01.15 Mojo Hamburg, Germany
12.01.15 Postbahnhof Berlin, Germany
14.01.15 Palladium Warsaw, Poland
15.01.15 Arena Vienna, Austria
16.01.15 Theaterfabrik Munich, Germany
17.01.15 Komplex 457 Zurich, Switzerland
21.01.15 Liquid Room Tokyo, Japan
24.01.15 Singapore Laneway Festival Singapore, Singapore
26.01.15 Auckland Laneway Festival Auckland, New Zealand
31.01.15 Brisbane Laneway Festival Brisbane, Australia
01.02.15 Sydney Laneway Festival Sydney, Australia
06.02.15 Adelaide Laneway Festival Adelaide, Australia
07.02.15 Melbourne Laneway Festival Melbourne, Australia
08.02.15 Fremantle Laneway Festival Fremantle, Australia
22.02.15 Barrowland Glasgow, UK Sold Out
23.02.15 Barrowland Glasgow, UK Sold Out
27.02.15 Pavillions Plymouth, UK Sold Out
28.02.15 Spa Bridlington, UK Sold Out
02.03.15 Guildhall Portsmouth, UK Sold Out
03.03.15 Centre Newport, UK
05.03.15 UEA Norwich, UK Sold Out
06.03.15 Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, UK Sold Out
08.03.15 Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK
09.03.15 Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
10.03.15 Olympia Dublin, Ireland
11.03.15 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK Sold Out
13.03.15 O2 Brixton Academy, London, UK Sold Out
14.03.15 Rock City, Nottingham, UK Sold Out
16.03.15 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sold Out
17.03.15 L'Olympia, Paris, France
18.03.15 AB, Brussels, Belgium
20.03.15 Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden
21.03.15 Rockafeller, Oslo, Norway
22.03.15 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
23.03.15 Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden

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Record Madness: Q

Record Madness is a project between Metal blog and Tune Of The Day, a project that has been and boiled under low heat for a long time but now finally became a reality.

In short, its based on a closer look at our record collection, and the rules are relatively simple.

There will be challenges between us. Everything is about to dive into the shelf and pick up the records with the letter which you have been challenged with. One tells stories, shows pictures, a little anecdotes, or anything that affects the character that is current at the moment. The posts ends with a challenge in the form of a letter from the alphabet sent to Chief Rebel on Metal blog. Then he makes the same thing with his record shelf (hey CD!) But with his twist and his angle on it before he sends back a letter. Then it all goes back and forth like a pinball machine, but in slow motion.

Everything started with "Chief Rebel" who dived into the letter "A", and wrote a mammoth post with lots of pictures of what was in his record shelf under the letter A. Very interesting reading, check it out here! However, it's in Swedish, but use a translator, it's worth it, believe me.

I got the first challenge and deliver a similar post on the letter "L", which was pretty good. Then I threw back the letter "R" as Chief delivered gallant with both Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rainbow and now it is again my turn to deliver.

Well lets get started, my challenge to master to today is the letter "Q", this time was Chief really kind, he guessed that behind the letter "Q" would not have so much, here he was right, a very empty letter indeed, which is dominated by three bands "Queen", "Queen Of The Stone Age" and "Queensryche" .

The mixture is total even under this letter, something that most of you have guessed that follow this blog. First out in the pile is Aggro-Phobia is the fourth studio album by Suzi Quatro, released in 1976. She would appear live on a bill full of males and very much hold her own. Playing a long-necked bass guitar and stomping the floor, her attitude was that (if she were taken on) she would take no prisoners. As a personality, she still endures. Her recorded music is memorable and will continue to endure.

Then we have two albums by Queen, the fourteenth studio album "Innuendo" from 1991 and the thirteenth album "The Miracle" from 1989. I'll also have a couple of the older albums "Queen", "Queen II", "A Day at the Races" and "Sheer Heart Attack" but they are in a box up in the north (will come home on the next trip I guess).

Then we have the fourth studio album "Self" by the English group Quintessence. A rock band formed in April 1969 and playing a mixture of jazz, psychedelic rock and progressive rock with an influence of music from India. Quintessence was among the first true progressive rock outfits signed by Island Records.

Under the next picture we find two records with the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. First the is the fourth studio album "Lullabies to Paralyze" from 2005. The record that contained the monster hit "Little Sister", It is also the band's first album to be released after Nick Oliveri was fired from the band. Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan are the only members from the previous album, Songs for the Deaf, to play on this album and it's the first album to feature drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen. And then we have the fifth "Era Vulgaris" from 2007, The album's title Era Vulgaris refers to the Latin term for Common Era. The title was chosen by Homme because he thought "it sounds like 'the Vulgar Era', which I like, because that sounds like something that I would like to be part of… I mean I think we're in it, and I'm stoked". The Vinyl was released as a 3 × Vinyl, 10 ", a very odd format.

In the middle we have The Quireboys ‎– I Don't Love You Anymore from 1990, on a Shaped Picture Disc, Vinyl 7". Nice looking one.

 

Next pile of records are composed of the American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche. There lies the at the bottom left The Warning (1984), Rage for Order (1986), Operation: Mindcrime (1988), Empire (1990), Operation: Mindcrime II (2006) and Promised Land (1994). A high pile of with wonderful record titles, where the flag is high, when it comes to Queensrÿche.

Found also a signed copy of The Warning that at some point should be framed and hung on the wall.

The last image contains a nice mix of records of the digital media. There lies the at the bottom left Swedish stoner rock/heavy metal band The Quill, a band Spader Ess holds dear to his heart. Then a disc with Quant (Jonas Quant), a friend from Gothenburg. The sixth studio album "News of the World" by British rock group Queen, released in 1977 and the compilation album "Greatest Hits" released in 1981. The last record in the upper row is Songs for the Deaf, the third studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. Released in 2002, the album features Foo Fighters and former Nirvana member Dave Grohl as a guest drummer.

The middle record is a signed American Soldier booklet with Queensrÿche.

The bottom row contains records as Q2K (1999), "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" CD-Single (1990), American Soldier (2009), Tribe (2003) and Live Evolution (2001).

That's it, as a second shot in the series Record Madness. It will take form along the way, this time i didn't have so much to work with but i guess next time i will. That it has popped music during the creation of this is of course a obvious, all day basically, been a little "home alone" as wife is out doing the Swedish Eurovision in Karlstad and im doing a warm up for the evenings concert.

I will wrap this up with sending the puck to "Chief". He knows nothing about the letter that will be his next target, for it will be choosen by me here and now. (just as little I know what he's going to send it back eventually).

Even this time it will be a bit a bit calmer for Chef, knows he has a lot right now with jobs and so. But I am a bit unsure of what is hidden behind his.

Chief's mission is to describe what hides behind the letter "G". The glove is thrown.

Today's tune comes a little later and will of course be based on the letter "Q"

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight, Queen - The Show Must Go On, Foo Fighters - Best Of You, Seether Amy Lee - Broken

As it was my day couple of days ago and I want to choose some of my memorys.

I wont write that much today.

I miss my Man tonight, Stones is in Gothenburg and working at "Where The Action Is"
Love you honey for ever and ever!

Much Love, Thetania






Here are some tune-candy for some of us....









Listen to ”Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight" on Spotify here!

Listen to ”Queen - The Show Must Go On" on Spotify here!

Listen to ”Foo Fighters - Best Of You" on Spotify here!

Listen to ”Seether feat. Amy Lee - Broken" on Spotify here!

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Queens Of The Stone Age - Mexicola

Queen Of The Stone Age is playing in Stockholm, Cirkus tonight!
Im afraid we will miss it, as we are gonna look on The Rush concert.

This week been all Crazy, Begun with Roger Waters, a huuuge production, This was mixed with the Jusuf (Cat Stevens) Islam load in, then today, Rush...and tomorrow Jusuf load out...Im gonna sleep almost all sunday...I wish, nah Stones will sleep half of it :p ..haha

We will get u some Waters and Rush Tunes soon!



Q.O.T.S.A. released a remastered version of their first self titled album early 2011.
They have also stated that they will be playing the Australian festival Soundwave in 2011. According to keyboardist Dean Fertita, Queens of the Stone Age are set to begin recording their new album in January 2011.

In March 2011, Homme stated that: "Doing the rehearsals for the first record is really defining the new one. It's been turning the new record into something else. What we were doing was kind of bluesy, and now it's turned into this trancey, broken thing. The robots are back!"



The tour plan looks like this..

06/05/11 Stockholm www.ticnet.se

07/05/11 Oslo www.billettservice.no

08/05/11 Copenhagen www.billetlugen.dk/home

10/05/11 Munich here www.eventim.de

11/05/11 Zurich www.komplex457.ch

12/05/11 Graz www.oeticket.com

14/05/11 Eindhoven www.ticketmaster.nl

15/05/11 Amsterdam www.ticketmaster.nl

17/05/11 London www.seetickets.com

19/05/11 Dublin www.ticketmaster.ie

20/05/11 Glasgow www.triplegmusic.com

21/05/11 Manchester www.gigsandtours.com

23/05/11 Paris www.avosbillets.com

24/05/11 Antwerp www.proximusgoformusic.be

25/05/11 Strasbourg www.avosbillets.com

26/05/11 Dudingden www.starticket.ch

28/05/11 Budapest www.livenation.hu

29/05/11 Prague @ KC Vltavska – tickets here

30/05/11 Warsaw www.ticketpro.pl



Okey Ladys and Gents, Here is Mexicola with Q.O.T.S.A

Peace, Thetania



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Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came. He is best known for his 2005 album, Illinois, which hit number one in the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the song "Chicago”.

Stevens has released albums of varying styles, from the electronica of Enjoy Your Rabbit and the lo-fi folk of Seven Swans to the symphonic instrumentation of Illinois and Christmas-themed Songs for Christmas. Stevens makes use of a variety of instruments, often playing many of them himself on the same recording, and writes music in various time signatures. He is considered part of the folk revival in indie pop, but his influences are very broad. His music has been likened to electronica and aesthetically compared to the minimalism of Steve Reich. Stevens' music originally contained spiritual elements; many songs (most notably on Seven Swans) draw their inspiration from Bible stories and themes. Recently, he has made a notable shift away from religious elements once present in his music, and has made several songs that distance himself considerably from the Christian religion, as present on 2010 albums All Delighted People EP and The Age of Adz.

The latest album "The Age of Adz” was released on October 12, 2010 by Asthmatic Kitty Records. It is Stevens' first song-based full length album in five years, since the release of Illinois in 2005. The album features a heavy use of electronics augmented by heavy orchestration, and takes inspiration from the apocalyptic artwork of schizophrenic artist Royal Robertson

In interviews, Stevens has stated that in 2009–2010 he suffered from a mysterious debilitating viral infection that affected his nervous system. He experienced chronic pain, and was forced to stop working on music for several months. He said: "The Age of Adz, is, in some ways, a result of that process of working through health issues and getting much more in touch with my physical self. That's why I think the record's really obsessed with sensation and has a hysterical melodrama to it.”

Sufjan Stevens is out on tour atm and did ​​a visit to the Circus, Stockholm, Sweden yesterday. I must say, A really big production for such a small place as Circus, lots of gadgets and effects did they bring on at this trip. A big band crew with double drummers and a few dancers. The show was very electronic and did a high-impact, very entertainment. Part of the show was very psychedelic with UV light glowing in the dark moving to the beats and used projections of the artist Royal Robertson's (1936-1997) works, very nice effect.

That this is a real ”Stevens” week is actually pretty fun. Sufjan Stevens yesterday, Roger Stevens today and tomorrow, he is doing a double gig at the Globe, on the same day does Arctic Stevens a gig at Circus, on Friday do The Queen of the Stevens plays at Circus and Rush Stevens at Globe and finally Cat Stevens on Saturday.

Roger Stevens (Roger Waters)
Arctic Stevens (Arctic Monkeys)
Queen of the Stevens (Queen Of The Stone Age)
Rush Stevens (Rush)
Cat Stevens (Himself)

Here is some pictures from the show.

Here is some photos by James Hamilton from the Followspot place were he was ready to release some ballons…

Todays tune "Futile Devices” is taken from the latest album, enjoy!



Futile Devices (Live in Stockholm) 2011 @ Cirkus




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