Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV

1. Cash Machine
2. Middle Eastern Holiday
3. Tied Up Too Tight
4. Gotta Reason
5. Hard to Beat
6. Unnecessary Trouble
7. Move on Now
8. Better Do Better
9. Feltham is Singing Out
10. Living For the Weekend
11. Stars of CCTV

I won't lie to you all here, I have no clue why I didn't put a review for this album up earlier. One of the best indie albums of the past summer (well, it definetly was for me, I think I must have spent 16 out of every 24 hours in the day listening to it). If any of you have checked the Bloc Party album or the Kooks albums I threw up a while back, this is the same sorta thing. What's amazing about this album is it's not one of those you throw on and have to keep the album case on hand just so you can switch to the 1 or 2 good tracks. With this, you throw it on and there is no doubt you'll probably fall in love with all of the tracks. Personal favourites (and their are plenty of those) are Cash Machine, Hard to Beat, Unnecessary Trouble, Move on Now, Better do Better, Feltham is Singing Out, and Living for the Weekend. I know a few of you have already checked 'em out and that's cool, but for the rest of you, if your into indie then this should definetly be a must-have. Enjoy.

(p.s - if anyone knows when they're planning on releasing another album let me know. cheers)

Torrents:
- Demonoid (registered only)
- Isohunt
- Torrentspy

Bloc Party in Vancouver

I completely forgot to mention before, Bloc Party are coming to Vancouver (Orpheum) on March 12th, chances are by now most of the good seats are gone so in reality this message is pretty much useless. But you can't say I didn't try.

Ticketmaster
(maybe it's not too late, who knows)

Indy

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

1. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
2. Hunting for Witches
3. Waiting for the 7.18
4. The Prayer
5. Uniform
6. On
7. Where is Home?
8. Kreuzberg
9. I Still Remember
10. Sunday
11. SRXT
12. We Were Lovers
13. England

Finally, the official release of the 2nd installment from Bloc Party has arrived! So does it live up to its enormous hype or has it fallen miserably short of what people expected? Well, for me, it's somewhere in between. Lately I've been practically playing this CD on continuous loop (note that the track listings I've thrown above are from the Japanese edition which got 2 bonus tracks). I must admit, the more I play this CD the more it grows on me. I'm reluctant to say it's anywhere near as good as the first album, Silent Alarm, though. That's not to say that this album isn't good, if this wasn't from Bloc Party I'd have to say this album is beyond amazing, but I think we expect a bit more from this particular band. On that note, I have to say that when I heard Silent Alarm the album just blew me away, and I didn't get the same thing from A Weekend in the City. On the other hand, the content on the new album is better as it deals with more social issues in England (especially regarding minorities and the younger generation, which was quite appealing to me at least). Personal favourites on this album are The Prayer, Uniform, and England. Speaking of which, if any of you got the pre-release version that I had posted earlier than make sure you look out for the version that has the 2 extra bonus tracks. The track "England" was especially good and is worth getting just for that. If you do have trouble I'll just post that track up on the site later. For any indie-lover's out there though, this album is still great. Enjoy.

Torrents:
- Demonoid (registered only)
- Isohunt

- Bonus Tracks ("We Were Lovers" & "England")

Pendulum Live Performance

If any of you needed more of a reason to see Pendulum live, hopefully seeing this video will do it for you. Enjoy.

Indy