FIVES: THE BEST WONDER YEARS SONGSThis week Lansdale, Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their fourth album - ‘The Greatest Generation,’ a record that sees the pop punk quintet reach their creative peak in a number of ways. With a wealth of material in their discography, Already Heard's Sean Reid and Tom Knott took on the tricky task of picking out the five best songs from The Wonder Years. Find out what we picked and let us know if you agree or disagree?
INTERVIEW: MALLORY KNOXFollowing the release of their superb 'Signals' album, Mallory Knox have certainly become ones to watch in recent months. We caught up with the band to discuss joining Search & Destroy Records, how vital the festival season and touring are, what it feels like to be a part
of the expanding British rock scene and much more.
ALREADY HEARD RECOMMENDS: OVER THE OCEANOver The Ocean have crafted a compelling, brooding record with their latest effort ‘Be Given To The Soil.’ With intense specific precision and delicate accuracy that echoes the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros. Jesse Hill from the band to discusses how the
album came together, the importance of precision, being compared to post-rock pioneers and more.
VERSUS: BRING ME THE HORIZON - 'THERE IS A HELL...' VS 'SEMPITERNAL'After a top ten UK album and an outstanding UK tour with festival dates on both sides of the Atlantic to follow, Bring Me The Horizon are having a fantastic 2013 and are now featured in the latest edition of "Versus." It's ‘There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret’ vs the bands latest release, 'Sempiternal.'
ALREADY HEARD TRACK GUIDE: ALEXANDER - SAY HELLOWe catch up with Newcastle Indie Rock quartet Alexander to find out more about their debut album 'Say Hello' for a “Already Heard Track Guide” feature.
INTERVIEW: TITLE FIGHTHaving briefly returned to the UK for the Hit The Deck Festival before starting a European
tour, we caught up with vocalist/bassist Ned Russin to discuss the bands progression in sound, differences between UK and US festivals, their recent split with Touché Amoré,
having friends on tour and more.
We Are The Ocean, Kvelertak, Devin Townsend & Many More Added to Download Festival 2013
25 new bands have been added to the line-up for this years Download Festival with We Are The Ocean, Kvelertak, Devin Townsend, Straight Lines, The Afterparty and Rob Lynch being some of the acts added to the three-day festival.
The full list of additions are:
Thunder
Kvelertak
Devin Townsend
We Are The Ocean
Zico Chain
Blood Command Black Moth
The Wild Lies
The Howling
Page 44
Wounds
Hear Kitty Kitty
Toseland
Rob Lynch
Acoustic TV
Straight Lines
Fahran
The Killing Floor
The Afterparty
Pig Iron
Night x Night
Crash Mansion
The Graveltones
Arthemis and Avosetta
Walking Papers (acoustic set)
Buffalo Summer (acoustic set)
Crowns (acoustic set)
Heaven’s Basement (acoustic set)
Skin (acoustic set)
Red White & Blues (acoustic set)
Download Festival takes place from Friday 14th June to Sunday 16th June at Donington Park. Visit DownloadFestival.co.uk for further information.
Click read more to view the full line-up.
Festival Preview: Radstock 2013 - 10 Must-See Bands
Radstock 2013 is a brand new one day festival based in Liverpool and according to the proposed line up it seems like only good times are ahead! We’ve picked 10 bands that we think you should check out, but we can go one better and link you to this lil’ interview (click here!) with one of Radstock’s organisers Jamie Otsa who can explain further about the festival.
Anyway, back to ourselves and below is a finely picked list of 10 bands for you to enjoy at the festival. Let us know what you think of this list and if you do attend, send us photos and let us know your thoughts! Hashtag your treasured memories with #AHRadstock2013 and we’ll retweet and share the best ones.
And incase you didn’t already know, let us know any of your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter. Enjoy!
View the full list of stage times here.
Don Broco
I don’t care what you want to call Don Broco and where you want to try and pigeon hole them. Their live show will contain sing alongs, slick haircuts and push ups; if this isn’t enough to quench your thirst for a brilliant live set from what could easily be argued as one of Britain’s biggest bands right now then you should probably leave right now. Enjoy your night at home scrolling through Facebook when you could be out partying hard. As “they” say, #YOLO. (MB)
When & Where: 07:10 on the Monster Energy Stage.
Live Photos: Straight Lines - Koko, London - 01/02/13
Photos by February Photography. View on Flickr.
New Straight Lines Video (‘Escapology’)
Straight Lines have released the video for ‘Escapology’ from the new EP of the same name.
The video can be viewed by clicking read more, and the ‘Escapology’ EP is out now on Xtra Mile Records.
Straight Lines Announce New EP (‘Escapology’)
Straight Lines will be releasing a new EP called ‘Escapology’ on January 28th.
1. Escapology
2. Empty Chest
3. Half Gone (live session)
4. Ring The Bells (acoustic)
We Are The Ocean Release ‘Young Heart’ Music Video
Following their show supporting You Me At Six at Wembley Arena this past weekend, We Are The Ocean have released their new music video for ‘Young Heart’.
Click read more to view the video.
We Are The Ocean will be back on the road for a UK headline tour early next year. Support comes from Yashin and Straight Lines.
January
31 Norwich Waterfront
February
01 London Koko
02 Bristol The Fleece
04 Birmingham Academy 2
06 Newcastle Academy 1
07 Glasgow Garage
09 York The Duchess
The Xcerts & Straight Lines To Support Feeder at Brixton Academy
The Xcerts and Straight Lines have been confirmed as support for Feeder’s show at the O2 Brixton Academy, London on 23rd November.
Yashin & Straight Lines Announced as We Are The Ocean UK Tour Support
Yashin and Straight Lines will support We Are The Ocean on their forthcoming UK headline tour, which begins on January 31st 2013.
January
31 Norwich Waterfront
February
01 London Koko
02 Bristol The Fleece
04 Birmingham Academy 2
06 Newcastle Academy 1
07 Glasgow Garage
09 York The Duchess
The Blackout, We Are The Ocean, Yashin and More Announced for Liverpool’s Radstock Festival
The Blackout, We Are The Ocean, Yashin and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are part of the first set of bands announced for Radstock Festival 2013, a new indoor festival that will take place at Liverpool’s O2 Academy on Saturday 30th March 2013.
The other bands announced so far for the Easter Bank Holiday are Sonic Boom Six, Straight Lines, Natives, With One Last Breath, Decade, Carcer City, Gnarwolves, and Tantrum To Blind with more bands to be announced.
Radstock will take place across three stages along with a merch village, artist meet’n’greet area and after-show party featuring special guest DJ’s.
Early bird tickets are priced at £22.50 with general admission pricing at £25.00.
Tickets go on sale on Friday 16th November and can be purchased here.
Live Photos: Straight Lines - O2 Academy 2, Oxford - 25/10/2012
View on Flickr. Photos by Sarah Louise Bennett.
Xtra Mile Records Stream ‘Good Hangs’ Compilation Featuring Frank Turner, Straight Lines and Sonic Boom Six
Xtra Mile Records are streaming their new compilation ‘Good Hangs’ on Facebook. The compilation includes tracks from Frank Turner, Straight Lines and Sonic Boom Six.
1. Straight Lines - Ring The Bells
2. Sonic Boom Six - Virus
3. Dave Hause - Melanin
4. Jim Lockey And The Solemn Sun - England’s Dead
5. Frank Turner - Tattoos
6. Fighting With Wire - Didn’t Wanna Come Back Home
7. Tim Barry - 40 Miler
8. Beans On Toast - Angry Birds
9. Mongol Horde - Casual Threats From Weekend Hardmen
Straight Lines to Support The Blackout This Week
Straight Lines will be supporting The Blackout on brief run of UK shows which will take place this week.
October
23 - Leeds Cockpit
24 - Bournemouth Old Firestation
25 - Oxford Academy II
29 - London Underworld
Live Review: Straight Lines, Evarose, Morain and Newlands - Sound Control, Manchester -27/09/2012
Tonight in Manchester there are a wide range of bands playing different venues to choose from, from an old metal band at the Ritz, an British metal band at Club Academy, a legend of alt rock at the Deaf Institute and of course tonight at Sound Control the finest British punk and indie bands.
Local Mancunians, Newlands are up first playing their way through some rocky tunes that are intricate and catchy at the same time. As the band keep saying throughout their set this is their first ever live show as a band and you would never have thought it. The band is a little bit wary but looks natural and comfortable on stage and play an impressive first ever gig.
Next up is Morain playing through some of their indie tinged rock songs, ‘Animals’ sounds just as good live as it does on their EP. Other songs like ‘Are We Lost’ and ‘Between The Lines’ also sound good live and are well received. With on stage banter going back and forth with the crowd when Wil Frost talks about Billie Joes latest outburst he’s told he has one minute left and goes off stage a little too premature and it feels strange with no real ending to their set.
Straight Lines Posts Acoustic ‘Ring The Bells’ Video
Straight Lines have posted an acoustic version of their recent single ‘Ring The Bells.’
The band kicked off a UK tour this past weekend and the video for the track can be viewed by clicking read more below.
