REVIEWED || Beyoncé - The Visual Album

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Summer Soundtrack || 2013

    I've just come in from an hours sun bathing, and thought it's the brilliant time to create a summer's soundtrack. I came up with the idea late last night before I went to sleep and well now I'm acting on it ha. Just a quick disclaimer, music taste is subjective to everybody so if you don't like certain songs you can swap and change it's down to you, so here we go!

    So to kick off the summer playlist, I thought I'd include a classic track that many great artists have covered themselves and it's All Day and All Of The Night by The Kinks. The guitar riffs in this give it the fluid and quick beat that gives this song it's attitude. Now I will hold up my hands here and say, I only know this and maybe two more songs by The Kinks so I'm not their biggest die hard fan out there but this is definitely something to check out!

    The next song is a very recent release and it's Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys, now compared to The Kinks I'm a huge fan of Arctic Monkeys and sadly missed out on tickets for their next UK tour (sold out in 30 seconds!!) but I've been following their glastonbury coverage where this was played. Arctic Monkeys never fail to release good summer tunes and this one will definitely be over played on my ipod.

    Oh cheeky, The 1975 have been floating around recently and I never really got around to listening to them. However after recommendation from a friend (I'm talking to you Charlotte) I gave their song Sex a listen to and I loved it. Their alt-rock tune reminded me of going out to the beach on holidays and visiting parks on hot days, and I think that sums up summer quite well. They also hail from my home city of Manchester, so that's another perk!

    Another blast from the past (a little bit) and it's Last Nite by the The Strokes, this is another cult hit that I'm sure most of you have heard of before and it's just a very light 3:18 of you trying to understand what Julian is singing about ha. The Strokes have released many hits of their band career, and have been the backing track for many famous advertisements. 

    My second recent obsession has been Django Django and in particular their hit Default, I've recently started listening to more psychedelic art pop music and these guys have been at the top of my list for a couple 7 months or so! They were part of the NME Tour which I sadly missed out on (I was too late on buying tickets again) but after seeing some of their set live at festivals, I know not to miss out next time.

    Now my summer playlist wouldn't be complete without mentioning this guy, it's Tom Odell with the lively and upbeat Hold Me. I've recently done a review on his latest album and wouldn't stop raving about how his album is one for my summer soundtrack. Now I obviously can't have all of his songs on here, so instead I've picked my favourite (at the moment) and it's Hold Me. The video too this looks so fun to of made, and it's just a very free spirited song that can be interpreted in quite a few ways.

NOVEMBER 2012 || Album Of The Month #2

OCTOBER || Album Of The Month

REVIEWED | Kate Nash || Fri-end? Music Video

    Now I'm a self confessed Kate Nash fan, since she burst onto the screen in 2007 with the single 'Foundations' I've been hooked ever since. Kate took a break after her latest album 'My Best Friend Is You' in 2010 and has returned with a vengeance, releasing a new music video and free download in commemoration of halloween. Breaking the boundaries of her previous 'sweet but blunt' approach to songs, Kate has roughed up music making it more experimental, creating a fresh view on the music horizon. Criticised for jumping on the grunge bandwagon after her release of 'UNDER-ESTIMATE THE GIRL' Kate kept to her new found roots, with her latest single 'Fri-end'

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    Without giving away too much of the new music video (which I will link below) it follows the theme of halloween party, where Kate is dressed up as a rather glamorous vampire, accompanied by many different characters. Myself like other fans are awaiting the release of her EP (hopefully in time for christmas) and after her latest UK tour, which went down a storm we'll be graced with more tour dates for next year (fingers crossed). What do you think of Kate's new turn to music, do you like it? Comment are welcome below...

'Fri-end?' Music Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EUW2pugyIAw

INTERVIEWED | Luna Webster

    I'm proud to say I've grabbed some time from the lovely Luna Webster, known across Sound Cloud for her self written songs and unique voice, Luna agreed to tell us bout her singing career, future plans and some back ground information. I hope you enjoyed reading through this as much as I have talking to Luna. All information will be below.

Fagan x

Smell Like Gaga

    
    It was released on the 14th via Twitter that the go ahead is happening on the rumors of Lady Gaga's first perfume entitled 'Fame'. Now being a fellow fan of Gaga finding this out makes me 1. very excited and 2. feel the pain of my purse. It's been said in a statement that two versions of the perfume will be released. A small bottle classed as affordable, around $30 (£19/20) and then a considerably larger bottle over $70 (£44/45). Gaga has put no influence on her fans to purchase the more expensive version, but she names the $70 bottle as the 'masterpiece'. Is this a marketing trick to con people out of more than double the smaller bottles price or will there be secret additions added?


    Banishing the rumors that her scent will contain animals blood and sperm, the scent instead will have a nice light floral smell, this of course will be more appealing to all markets apposed to the original scent. Now with Gaga being the extreme madam that we know her as, this straight forward basic perfume must have some surprise of twist to give it the Lady Gaga edge and it does. This is the first black fluid perfume, don't start panicking when the perfume is dispensed its a clear mist, which also goes invisible once dry. 


    It has been said that advertisements and posters for the upcoming scent will be displayed through out America during the start of September, I am unsure as to when the rest of the world will have the campaign displayed but a photo has been released worldwide (above) giving you the shape, style of the perfume and a cleverly hidden naked Gaga with what appears like semi naked men climbing all over her body. 


    So what do you think of the perfume, is she just after money putting a cheap scent in a bottle or do you think all her passion had been put in a bottle? Write your opinions below.


    Fagan x

Blink-182 Manchester Gig

    Last night was unreal, the support bands and the main band themselves blew me away! The line up was 'Twin Atlantic', 'The All American Rejects' and 'Blink-182'. It was wonderful. I arrived outside the venue with my friend for around 3pm, there was around 30 people roughly who were all very lovely. We just relaxed really, had some McDonalds and at 5:30pm everybody was allocated into different lines due to there being 7 different entrances. 

    At 6pm we were let inside, it was a frantic rush to get the another line which would lead us into the stalls (standing area). We were all given white wristbands with a blue zig zag pattern on so that we were entitled to receive our concert ticket back at the end. Once led down the many set of stairs everybody ran to the barrier, some being almost tackled be security to slow down. Thankfully me and my friend made it to the barrier, and then was instructed to sit on the floor until the first act came on.


    The first act was 'Twin Atlantic' I've been a fan of this band for quite a while and only found out on the day that they were standing in place of another good band 'Four Year Strong'. Their set-list consisted of songs off their new album and their known single 'Free'. The boys performed very well and only played a short set of around 45 minutes.


    Next to come on stage was 'The All American Rejects', these guys were known for their single 'Hope It Gives You Hell' a few years ago, bursting on stage to 'Dirty Little Secret' the crowd and myself jumped around crazily, singing along. The front man of this band - Tyson Ritter was a bundle of energy throughout the entire set. One of their crew members had their birthday celebrated on stage as well yesterday with a birthday ham, they also got to perform 30 seconds of their own band, which name I can't remember. 


    Then after a 30 minute wait, the glorious 'Blink-182' graced the stage. The energy in the room was sky high, performing all their known songs such as 'I Miss You', 'What's My Age Again?', 'Rock Show' etc a few of their older songs also went down a storm. A special performance of the song 'Wasting Time' was also done. Not being played in around 15 years, people were swaying along to the acoustic song, singing their hearts out.


    I can't recommend enough to go watch 'Blink-182' they filled a big gap in my heart that night, I can guarantee the band will be back next year with another European Tour, that will probably be even better than this one. Growing up listening to the band from such a young age steered me into my music taste today, which to me is a wonderful thought. Below I'll leave some photo's I took of the support bands and the main band, enjoy!


    Fagan x

[CLOSED] Blink Once, You'll Miss It. Blink 182 Times And You Won't

    Ignoring the very cheesy title, I've decided to do my first giveaway. Now I'm not sure how successful this will turn out to be, only having a few followers but I'm going to give it a go anyway. 'Blink-182' are in the middle of their UK Tour with 'Four Years Strong' and 'All American Rejects' so I thought being a fan I would do a related giveaway.


    I'm going to their first date in the North West - Manchester with a friend and few members of my family who have been fans when the band were at their peak. Coming back the band released a book explaining the up, downs and why they came back. I thought this would be ideal for any fan of the band. The book has been untouched and is in mint condition.


    To win this book all you have to do is write the following words in the comments below 'Fagan pick me!' I will be putting everybody's user names into a random generator to receive the winner. There is no limit to how many times you can comment and the giveaway is available world wide because I'm that generous. It will end on the 15th of this month, being sent out the next day which is a Saturday. Let's hope you win!


    Fagan x

The Best Of May

     Being the first I've done of these type of blog posts, I decided to keep it pretty much unstructured to help me be more flexible in the future months, steering away from the traditional structure of mentioning a different foundation, perfume etc every month. I will have a variety from makeup, movies, films, holiday locations and other miscellaneous items. So I hope you enjoy something new and different to my blog.


    Fagan x

'The Reckless And The Brave'

    A few hours ago all the member of the pop-punk band 'All Time Low' excluding Zack Merrick posting a link on their twitter accounts. To fans shock and utter happiness it revealed art work, could this be for a new album or a new single or totally irrelevant. The internet has gone into meltdown from all the fans asking each other whether they know what is going on.   

    Some have figured out when trying to save the picture that it is indeed the artwork to something upcoming, if you scroll down the page there is also a countdown, leading down to 3 days. This is assumed as when whatever this is will be released. Fans are wishing for different things, new single, album or even a new tour. Whatever it is I can guarantee it will be worth the wait!!

    Website Link - http://www.alltimelow.com/
   
    Fagan x

UPDATE | #5

    I apologize for my lack of posts this week, being piled down with work and deadlines on my back I simply haven't had the time to write a decent blog post without rushing it to make it a very poor standard. I will be having a haul posted this weekend on all the items I bought on my trip to Venice. (venice post here) Along with that will be 2/3 reviews that following week, and I've been working around with an aspiring fashion designer, a close friend of mine for a little interview on how the business works and tips and tricks to get into fashion design. I hope this hasn't been an inconvenience to those who are regular readers, I am to be back on top by friday night. Hope you've all been well!


    Fagan x

Homewrecker

Electra heart album artwork

    Marina and the diamonds has released her latest music video and single 'Homewrecker' from her latest album 'Electra Heart'. After her absence Marina has bounced back with a lovely, fresh sound to match her new style. Being the second single she's released, it's obvious Marina is out to become everyone's next loved artist. Her previous single 'Primadonna' was a hit across the board, wearing the latest fashions, Marina presses the pastel colours with her own creations such as black rimmed nail polish.
    With her album being released on April 30th and a UK tour in May ahead of her, Marina isn't shy to dive into this album head first. Below you can watch her acoustic new release 'Homewrecker' as well as 'Primadonna' you won't be disappointed.

Marina's twitter account - @MarinasDiamonds

You tube account - Marinaandthediamonds

Concert tickets - Marina-the-Diamonds-tickets

    Fagan x

Kiss Me Again - We Are The In Crowd ft. Alex Gaskarth

    So a band quite close to my heart released the music video to their most recent single called 'Kiss Me Again' featuring the lead locals from All Time low, Alex Gaskarth. The video begins around a campfire on the beach, it follows lead vocals Tay Jardine and Alex Gaskarth through their undiscovered love along with members of We Are The In Crowd with extras.
    The video is well planned out, leaving you in suspense throughout whether Tay and Alex will kiss and get together or just ignore it, along with scenes of them both singing this video has lived up to its recent hype. To watch the video you can access MTV or click the link here. Here's some screen shots while you wait for the video to load.

Tay Jardine and Alex Gaskarth

Mike Ferri and Alex Gaskarth

Tay Jardine Twitter - @TayJardine
Mike Ferri Twitter - @mikeferri
Jordan Eckes Twitter - @jordaneckes
Cameron Hurley Twitter - @cameronhurley
Rob Chianelli Twitter - @RobChianelli

    Fagan x

Gemma Hill Is On Her Way

Gemma Hill

    I know you've all been very patient regarding the interview with Gemma Hill, and you'll all be happy to know shes been in touch with me. The lovely lady has been very busy lately, already participating in two online interviews and with seeing family and friends.
    I shall be uploading our interview very soon. I can't give a date of precision to when I'm uploading it, but the day she emails me back I will put it up within hours. Being told about her other interviews happening lately, shes trying to make this one very special. So keep peeled!


    Fagan x

Interview to look forward to

    As I mentioned a few days ago in my first post, I've emailed Gemma Hill and Pete Firman on answering a few questions related to their background and career and I'm proud to say that the drummer of Robots In Disguise - Gemma Hill has emailed me back confirming she'd like to take part in the online interview.

Gemma Hill - Drummer

  Now I've emailed her back with some questions and hopefully she will reply back before Thursday when I post my foundation review. So keep your eyes peeled for the wonderful Gemma Hill to be gracing my blog.


Fagan x

Suspicious Reading & Leeds Festival Line-up

So the past 3 nights I've been hearing rumors on twitter and tumblr regarding the Reading & Leeds line-up for 2012. I got sent a link from a twitter follower to leedsfest.org which have not clarified this poster but have agreed amongst the public that it is very realistic.
    Personally this would be a pleasure for myself if its the real line up, but I do slightly hope there's some alterations for the simple reason that I was planning on buying a day ticket, to see All Time Low however Kasabian is on a separate day to them but it is a decent line-up.

    So what do you all think, is it real? Or are they just teasing us all, who knows.


Fagan x