MySpace Review – 21 Outs

Friday baby, Tickets There’s favorite day of the week and more than enough reason to look for some kick F**king ass tunes to make the evening a little nicer. After causing a little ruckus in the Galway Hardcore scene with our Only Fumes and Corpses review, we decided it was time to revisit some of the music coming from Ireland’s fastest growing city and make it up to them. After a surprisingly short amount of time, I came across the 21 Outs and they blew me away. They’re still young and the recordings on their MySpace are rough but the songs are too good to pass up. So without further ado, hey ho!

As usual, I’ve never seen the band live or heard their record/EP.

First song One of Those is very close to a Future Kings of Spain kind of number. Very heavy indie style but louder. The recording of the demo doesn’t allow the song to really burst into life which is unfortunate but listening to the live recording gives you a much better idea of what this song will be like once it gets the proper attention. Lead singer Philip Cassidy has some powerful voice on him which is great to hear. A lot of bands playing music like this in Ireland today just lack those definitive vocals to really push the song through. Long Day Blues is a completely different vide. Great guitars, nice funky bass riffs and another side of Philips vocals. TT isn’t a massive Blues fan so we won’t start going into specifics but it’s a pretty sweet number and would be a good live number..

Now we get to the track that got me hooked. Wait For Nothing (Live) is a monster of a song. Full on guitars, full on drums (cowbell and all), full on rifffffage up the arse. But, the vocals are the true highlight here. There’s a lot of power in that voice and if it’s harnessed and trained properly you’ll hear some belters coming from this band before long. Get Rick Rubin (or an alternative, cheaper version), get into a studio and get this song down!

Difficult You is another live recording (demo is there too but let’s try this version). Verse is much laid back, slow paced with chilled out drums, odd leads here before they start belting away into full attack mode. The harmonies during the chorus let the side down a little but you get the idea of where they’re going with it and again, once it’s done in the studio it’ll be a savage track. Anonymous Slander changes the bands style once again. It’s another demo so the quality isn’t the best , especially since the tone of the song has a lot more grandeur than a lot of the bands material. The verse is a mix of back n forth pop with Kurt Cobain styled vocals passing the time before the guitars and drums come roaring back to show their stuff. Another one for the recommendation list.

Must We is one of the oldest songs on the site. The style again is totally different as the bad fuse the blues style from Long Day Blues with a sort of fifties kind of pop. One and a half minutes in, the guitars lose control and go another direction. “I have an opinion, that means I’m cool” – “I have an opinion how would you like to bend over and I’ll force it into you”….fitting. The Rant brings the bands heavier demons screaming back with a vengeance. Toned down guitars set top Heavy, piercing vocals, few slow moments, and a final solo that would melt the face of ya. Some seriously savage stuff there. Once again, TT is rushing to finish the words and get to the listening.

Highly, Highly, Highly recommended. Definitely one you’ll be hearing more about on Tickets There and one to watch for the future. Check out their MySpace (by Clicking Here) to hear more demo’s and other recordings. Also, you’ll enjoy the chat’s inbetween the live recordings

PiL – New Dates Announced

Legendary post punk outfit, Pil are reforming for a few UK shows this year. It’s the bands first U.K. tour in 17 years and fans across the world have high hopes that the lads might expand their outing.

Ireland probably won’t get a look in but for those of you who don’t worry about Christmas, spend the cash on one of the UK shows instead and don’t miss this opportunity.

Full List of Dates:

Birmingham, 02 Academy, December 15th 2009
Leeds, 02 Academy, December 16th 2009
Glasgow, 02 Academy, December 18th 2009
Manchester, Academy, December 19th 2009
London Brixton, 02 Academy, December 21st 2009
London, Electric Ballroom, December 22nd 2009
London, Electric Ballroom, December 23rd 2009

MySpace Review – NoLady

Rain, wind, miserable attitudes, negativity, Karma and broken machines. Not such a good week! Tickets There has been pretty quiet on the article front, sorry about that folks. Sweet fuck all happening in the world of music from what I what I see. I suppose the Elton John fanatics don’t spend much time here so won’t be covering that story. Anyways, amidst all this crap, Tickets There has decided it’s time for another MySpace Review.

Now, on the surface, us reviewing a band that describes themselves as 80’s Influenced Dance Rock could be a bad thing but I happen to like The first track, Little Diva. So, in the interest of being eclectic (Tickets There has no such interest – Ed.) we’re going through with it. The band is from Donegal (Up the North West!) and have a few well known music heads on the line-up, including Aine O’ Doherty (Onya) and Billy Fitzgerald (Dead Flags) on guitar. Now, there’s intense, detailed, factual and serious hard core research for ye

As usual I’ve never seen them live or heard their EP/Album.

I like Little Diva. It’s well produced, it’s full of life and the band sound great and most importantly, it’s a perfectly written little slice of pop rock. The actual song wouldn’t be on Pink Floyd levels of originality and we’ve all heard several other songs that sound very similar to this one but it’s a good effort. Anyone out there looking for some good time, dance floor styled beats this weekend (or a similar act top Lady Ga Ga), Little Diva is for you!

Spotlight is even better. Starts off a little slowly and the style doesn’t change a whole pile until about a minute in and the guitars pick themselves up a notch. Hard, heavy, solid pounding beats that really do hit the spot. Electronic pop a go go!. Much more interesting than Little Diva and get’s better each time you listen.

Typical, you find a shite band and you can’t say enough,. It’s like God comes down and works with you to think up the most hideous, degrading and gruesome insults man has ever conceived….then the fucking Ed bitch deletes them and bob’s your uncle, 8,000 words on Irelands leading crap bags. But you find a decent act and all you can write is good beats. Ah well.

Green Eye’s is just a tad stale and is too similar to most pop songs in the world. It’s nice in the fact that Aine has a really good voice, especially for this kind of track. It’s grand for what it is but not as full on as the other two. It’s short though so that stands in its favor. If you had to sit through it for eight minutes you might go a little spare.

Over all, Tickets There would recommend. It’s good clean fun pop rock and sometimes you just need that.

Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here.

MySpace Review – Zealots

God what a week. Fucking computer crashed last Thursday and two feature articles Tickets There was hoping to complete soon are gone, totally gone so fans of the Illegal Downloading argument and the Future Kings of Spain will have to wait. Check yourself bitches!! Ya see, what we got here is failure to build computers so they don’t continually fuck up every five fucking seconds. Tickets There doesn’t like it anymore than you (any Cool Hand Luke fans out there? That one’s for you, Buy me a pint!)

Anyway, enough totally unrelated B.S., let’s move on. I’m still going through the bands from the HWCH and there’s so many I just can’t sit though. The Dying Seconds, We Cut Corners, Subplots, O Emperor and so many others are just too hard to take today. The Zealots though, they ain’t too bad. They’re from Dublin, their first EP just come out and to top it all off, the illustrious Tickets There, semi-part time champions of the Irish Underground are about the bestow the grand honor of a MySpace Review to their repertoire…of reviews, not songs obviously.

As usual….you face…..and we’ve never seem em, never heard em.

Since this is one of the HWCH bands, I’m not using their MySpace so please don’t sue for the hideous false advertising. Instead I’m using their profile at Breaking Tune (link at the bottom). First track, Contrition gets things under way. I’m on my second go of this one and I definitely like it. Really atmospheric, the music is spot on. I have a hung over head and it’s not hurting it, always a good sign. I like the vocals, I like the building, I like the guitars, the drums and the changes. Towards the end it gets a little more obvious indie but it’s still a good un. Ten points (we don’t give points here at Tickets There, let’s be clear about that – Ed.).

Chalk Outlines is second and it’s a got a little more beat in its keister. The songs good a good, dark vibrant sound running through it. Haunting harmonies in the distance, vocals notched up on demand without anything really changing. Gets a little repetitive and ever so slightly begins to drag on but fuck it, Tickets There is in a good, l grand, over the moon mood today. Eighty points!! Exitbag, the third song has a very silly title. Not as entertaining as the others. Little heavier and less based around atmospheric periods of silence built around low volume guitar melodies and Joy Division-esque drums. Not bad but not our favorite. Forty points.

Final song, The Glitch sounds little more radio friendly. Has that Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand kind of choppy, indie riff dominating it. Way too dragged out, way too empty and just not a great effort. Bit more work and a few additions could see this become a great song but at present it ain’t.

Overall, not a bad lot. First two songs were poifect. Other two not so much. Worth checking out for any dark souled dance folks or fans of The Cardigans.

Check out their Breaking Tune Profile by Clicking Here

Check out there MySpace by Clicking Here (Bitches!!)

The Buzzcocks & Cheap Freaks Tonight!!!

Fancy some seventies punk nostalgia?? Well, The Buzzcocks and in town and they’ll be playing the Academy tonight with Cheap Freaks, an excellent Irish punk / rock band as support.

Tickets There has just decided to head along so if you want to settle any grudges or start a fight…fuck off, we’ll be having our pints and chill-axing.

Read our review of Cheap Freaks by Clicking Here!

666 Reasons why Dio Needs Dublin

Ronnie James Dio, Former frontman of a million great bands and current lead vocals main man with Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath – The Dio Years) is doing a Dio (solo) tour around Europe this November and December while Tony Iommi is recovering from surgery.

Tickets There is disappointed he hasn’t announced any shows in Ireland yet so we’ve put together a little list about why Dio really does need Dublin as much as we need him.

1 – Dublin starts with a D. so does Dio and Date. Dio needs to schedule a Dublin Date so the three D’s can be one again and the gods will not be angered.

2 – Irish people aren’t tall. Dio isn’t tall. Dio needs to come to Dublin and be one with his fellow short folks. (Don’t mention all the six foot Polish lads, they shame us).

3 – Dio like to rock. Dublin likes to rock. Who invented Thin Lizzy??

 4 – Dio is in Black Sabbath. Black Sabbaths sound reflects the Ireland of the olden days. How can he not come here and share our musical bleakness together with his fellow short folks?

5 – A lot of Irelands venues have low roofs. This is not an issue for Dio, so he should take full advantage and play five nights!!

6 – Tickets There wants to see Dio live. However, Tickets There can’t afford to go to England to do this. Dio should come to Dublin and meet us here.

7 – Dio rules

8 – 666 – Dio wasn’t scared by the Black Sabbath super fan. Therefore he has no fear and won’t mind braving the Irish sea in November when he comes here to play Dublin.

Black Sabbath Superfan ya say?? Check it out by Clicking Here. Very funny stuff.

Maiden Much?? Blaze Bayley – Coming to Dublin & Belfast

Fans of Iron Maiden beware. Their former singer, Blaze Bayley (the guy in between Bruce’s sabbatical) is coming to Ireland for two shows next March.

Unfortunately the venues haven’t been confirmed yet but Tickets There can tell you the shows will take place on the 5^th and 6^th of March in Belfast and Dublin respectively. Support will be provided by Northern Ireland rockers, Sinocene

When we know more..we’ll tell ya!!

Answer the Call

The Answer have confirmed two Irish dates taking place in December. Starting in Dublin, the band play The Academy on December 12^th before heading up to Belfast for a show in the Ulster Hall on the 14^th. After all that touring with AC/DC this year, I’m sure they’re going to be a couple of great shows.

Tickets for both shows are on sale Now. Dublin ones are priced €17. Belfast ones…I’m not sure. Join the Euro and you’ll find out J

Read More at my source for this and many other stories (but they Ain’t as funny or insulting) @ Hotpress.

Also, check out The Answers MySpace

Oliver Cole: New Shows & Video Coming

Tickets There is really on the ball today for news. We just checked MySpace there and it seems Mr. Oliver Cole is currently finalizing plans to play some headlining shows this side of Christmas. Not only that, but he’s also working on a video for his first solo release, What Will You Do? Which was released last month.

Tickets There will have more news as soon as we hear it.

Read a review of Oliver Coles What Will You Do ? by clicking Here

Read Oliver’s Blog Post Here

Google go Head to Head with ITunes

Watch out Apple, as if attacking Microsoft Operating System wasn’t enough, Google have secretly been getting their very own music downloading service and it’s going to be ready next week.

The service is titled One Box and there’ll be ton’s of stuff including videos, news and pictures for every band. According to NME.com (who stole it from The Times), Warner Music, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group have all signed up for the new site.

Read the full story on NME by Clicking Here!

And yes I do realize that if I dont start putting the full story here myself people will stop coming but Tickets There is lazy folks and really, it isn’t that interesting. Isn’t there about 1 million legal download sites already??

GUNS N’ ROSES 2010 TOUR VIDEO

Seems things are really piling up in favor of the 2010 Guns N’ Roses tour actually going ahead. Axl Rose, Tickets There’s personal choice for greatest living rock legend and his group of guns will be hitting Canada and the world next year for a tour that looks set to be pretty massive. As long as Ticket sales and normal ranting issues don’t get in the way, the world will finally have one of hard rock’s greatest bands back on its feet.

For More detials about the tour, please Click Here and see TT’s original article with all confirmed dates listed.

Here’s a video for their show in London, Ontario on January 25^th

MySpace Review – Identity Parade

Thursday baby!!! Know what that means?? It mean free chocolate, pay day tomorrow and a brand, spanking new MySpace Review for yis. Not sure if all the music heads in the country will be able to recover from the exciting news about Paul McCartney himself playing here in December but I’m sure we’ll all struggle on :p. I’ve restored back to the HWCH 09 Festival line up to find another act for the almighty MySpace Review series.

Today’s review will be unfortunately short as the band has only posted 2 minute previews of each track. Identity Parade are a five piece Dublin act. According to their press release they’ve played alongside acts such as Republic of Loose, Director and The Blizzards but please folks; let’s not hold that against them. I’m sure they had good cause. Anyways, let’s push on and see what they’re like.

As usual I’ve never seen them live or heard their record.

Ok, first song, Ooh Ooh caught my attention immediately. Well priced, sounds like they know what they’re doing and pretty full on. A couple more listens and the track is still pretty solid. Very down/up beat kind of pop rock. Foo Fighters meets The Killers if you want a description. Pretty ok song, just a pity they cut the end of it off.

Next up is Colette Collar. Same kind of style but a little more upbeat and more like one of those American punk band s(you know, the ones that look like total retards) during the chorus. Not a bad song except they get into a ghey (politically correct way of writing the derogatory slang term. TT doesn’t want to upset our readers. We do hate politically correctness though, imagine, we as a species have reached a point where we need guidelines on how to act as humans towards each other. Anyone reads this who worries about offending others and being politically correct – you’re a total sap!!  Act like a fucking decent person and you’ll find we don’t need guidelines) little melody bit towards the end of the preview. Just as the song sounds like it’s about to improve…they cut it off. That doesn’t entice Tickets There to go listening, it gets us pissed off! Yer not Zeppelin lads so let people hear your music.

Kicking Stones brings the more singer / songwriter effort from the band. This one’s just a tad Swiss and not one of Tickets There’s favorites. Very basic Foo Fighters except a little more obvious and cheesy. As this sound goes, it’s an American thing so Irish bands trying to emulate it doesn’t really work because it doesn’t represent us as a people, no matter how hard most of the bands try to make it ours. Not bad songs, just a little mediocre as this style goes.

Check them out at Breaking Tunes and see for yourself.

Paul McCartney – The O2, December 20th

Ever wanted to see The Beatles live but you were born too late? Well never fear because one half of the McCartney / Lennon (edited from Lennon / McCartney after John’s death at Paul’s insistence..seriously, look it up) is coming to town.

What’s better than a hand full of Beatles classic thrown in-between a set of Wings favorites and solo filler? Ah I’m just messing with ye (If TT doesn’t say that, we’ll be told to take the picture down. Infringing intellectual property don’t ya know. Just ask Meatloaf – Ed).

Paul McCartney: Live at the O2, December 20^th

Tickets on sale October 28^th Priced between €86.25 – €156.25

Read More at Hotpress,

Wednesday Night Doesn’t Rock…Tickets There Does!!!

LIVE VIDEOS!!!

METALLICA: Harvester of Sorrow (Live in Moscow, 1991 – Metallica ‘Black Album’ Tour)

DEF LEPPARD: Stagefright (Live is USA, 1988 – Hysteria Tour)

GUNS N’ ROSES: Rocket Queen (Live at The Ritz, 1988 – Appetite for Destruction Tour)

KISS: Deuce (Live in Finland, 2008 – Alive 35 European Tour) Sorry about the sound quality but visually it gives you a good idea what a KISS gig is like. Quite simply, KISS live is the greatest experience you can have. Five out of Five doctors recommend it.

Foo Fighters New Song – Wheels

Hey folks,

The Foo Fighters have a new track out that will appear on their Greatest Hits that’s coming your way Nov. 2nd!

Tracks alright. Very, very, very radio friendly and a little plain…to say the least.

Tickets There’s Message to Dave Mustaine.

Stop it!!

Jesus man, this Norwegian Interview thing has gone too far. You’re just talking a lot of shit man, give it fucking up. Megadeth are a savage band but your feeble, fifty year old man crap is destroying any credibility the band has built up over the years. You’re not eighteen anymore. Either cut your hair, go Emo and then whine like a bitch or just shut the fuck up, leave Kerry King and Lars Ulrich do all the shit talking for Heavy metal. God man, you can barely get through two consecutive interviews without contradicting yourself so stop,

When you’re a better bull-shitter, when you realize the world isn’t out to f**k you over and when you just get back to playing great heavy then you’ll be a happier ‘born again Christian’.

Just for everyone else, Megadeth latest studio album, Endgame, kicks ass. Go and listen / buy it now and show this middle aged bitch that you do still like his band. Might shut him up….or make him worse. Who knows? Rock On!!

Also, this rant was posted because of this recent controversy with the Norwegian journalist and the ‘who brought Metallica up’ debate. Dave claimed that he would send the male journalist to hospital if they ever met again. The journalist came forward and not only disputed Dave’s claim that she had brought up Metallica, she also reminded Dave she was not a male journalist, but a female one, proving Dave couldn’t even remember the interview in the first place. Dave bitched some more and demanded the full interview be posted so fans could see he was being manipulated and the journalist did bring his former band’s name up first. The interviewer posted the full video and surprise, surprise, Dave was the one to bring them up.

All a load of total, time wasting bullshit caused and stirred up by an angry little hobbit biotch (Dave, not the journalist)

Click here to Read the Full Story on Blabbermouth

Megadeth – Endgame Review: Click Here

Rob Zombies ‘Hellbilly Deluxe 2’ Release Date Postponed

This story is at least a week old not but I’m making more of a effort to post more news related articles and quite frankly, there isn’t anything going on at the moment.

Originally meant to hit stores on November 17^th but for unannounced reasons, the album’s release date has now been pushed back to an unspecified date in 2010. No official word has come from Geffen about why they postponed it so hackers, attack!! Get into their database, find out why and publish them. While you’re there, check if there’s any unreleased Guns N’ Roses tracks on their servers and publish them to.

The first single from HellBilly Deluxe 2, Words? Was released through ITunes on October 6^th. Except an update about the album when TT knows more.

or! – you can visit the legends site and find out yourself…ya lazy bas*ards!

Click Here to Visit Rob Zombie.com

MySpace Review – Talulah Does The Hula

There’s been a lot of hype about Talulah Does The Hula since the HWCH festival. They even managed to top the list of ‘most downloaded’ artists out of the 100 bands playing the festival. Now, with a name like TDTH, Tickets There is pretty sure they’ll fall into the Chongo Pop genre we detest, but, in the interest of actually wanting people to visit this site, we decided…after many days deliberation to fire ahead, review them and get the whole thing out of the way before we focus on the band as another easy target.

As usual, I’ve never seen the band live or heard their record.

Ok, the bands big single, Bad Boyfriend is first up (the songs video has also been nominated for Best Video By A New Comer in this year’s IMTV awards). Hmmm, not chongo pop anyway so TT’s relived. Only Fumes and Corpses was enough shit music for today. The singer has a nice voice…very nice actually and the style is more like R n’B or soul than today’s pop standards. The chorus is real smooth, clean cut and catchy. Not a bad effort by any means and closer to real pop than most music out there. Yep, the fear has definitely left the building.

Those Girls is next and it’s a little darker at the start. Not Cradle of Filth dark, but very Weezer-ish. Remember old Weezer? Yeah, that one. Chorus is more upbeat but not as catchy as Bad Boyfriend. After listening for awhile, the song does grow on you a little. It’s slow and could possibly do with a little shaving here and there, make it a little shorter. Not bad though. Brick for A Brain has a little Pixies rip off, a band Talulah seem to be a little influenced by. Kim Deal kind of vocals, full of little electronic nudges from one of those happy sounding key boards. Light guitar and drums and a very background sort of bass. I like the verse, nice and uneasy (good uneasy). Song itself is a tad dull. It lacks any sort of kick and no kick = no joy.

Order is next and also the last of the studio tracks. The last three are all live recordings from Crawdaddy. Bridge is good, just waiting for the chorus because the verse didn’t hold much. Hmm, chorus is alright. Very slow again and nowhere near the quality of Bad Boyfriend. Ah, not Tickets There’s thing but I’d say there’s a big audience out there for it. Think we’ll leave it at that.

Tickets There would recommend them if you want some dancy, poppy music for the evening. They have the potential to be a great pop act but it’s early days as far as song writing goes.

Check out their MySpace by Clicking Here.

D.I.Y. MySpace Review – Only Fumes and Corpses

Some funny intro. Some witty remarks. Some general references to what I’m up to. A closing remark that brings us to the point. Pointless, un-researched general info (generally nothing more than the bands location) and the band’s name (Only Fumes and Corpses).

Usual spiel about never hearing them or seeing them.

Open with a general statement about the group normally based entirely on their first song. EG –  I think hardcore punk is a scene that needs to be laid to rest. I’ve been sitting here for 20 minutes listening to this band (Only Fumes and Corpses) and not only have they sucked my life away, they’ve destroyed any credibility I would have given this genre. It’s nothing more than the bastard son of punk and metal. Then move onto discussing each song. This proves to people you’ve at least visited the bands MySpace. Five Days starts off pretty well. Nice Slayer kind of aggression on the drums and in the riffs and that’s kept going for some time, building the sound and adding layers of anger. Then the vocals and the main riff’s plummet in. Not bad because it’s over pretty quickly. In all fairness, this isn’t a bad track. What suddenly dawns on Tickets There is this song has been running for at least 15 minutes. Going back to the MySpace I (yes it’s an I day, Anto’s away) discover that I’m on the third track. They all sound so similar I couldn’t even tell when one finished and one started. Not only do they sound similar but the quality just hops onto a spiraling descent into awfulness. Flogging a Dead Horse doesn’t even sound like it has a chorus while Drawing Lines is sooooo fucking long, boring and repetitive I’ll deserve a medal for actually sitting this one out.

Move onto the next song and try to look for some of the band positives. If this fails, tear into their fucking souls like Satan himself. If you feel you don’t have the right because you haven’t followed your dreams and you don’t think it’s right to criticize people for doing just that…then you have no business writing a MySpace Review. This isn’t Hotpress folks, it’s brutal reality of life (you’re so full of shit TT – Ed). What’s DRI? I couldn’t be bothered checking Google to find out. Anyway, the fourth song is I Don’t Need Society is by far the best, possibly only because it’s a DRI cover. Fast, well played and (finally thank god!!) a different-ish riff than the other three. Not bad. Wouldn’t listen again but not bad. Rage Against the Machine is just screaming in their graves.

Fifth song, It’s Imminent is obviously an original because they’ve just gone back, taken the music for the first three tracks and changed the odd lyric. Boring, repetitive and pointless. Sixth song (When you don’t like a bands sound, try to keep moving along because readers don’t like to see ten thousand words of negativity) is called The Elite and it’s more like I Don’t Need Society than the ‘Hard Core Template’ they’ve used on the other four ‘originals’. Not good, too stoppy starty with nothing to define it. Singer just screams and the band go mental. He stops screaming and the band calm down and then, then he starts screaming again. Not music.

Second last, September. Again a different type of style from the other numbers. Funky bass, possibly the best thing about any of the songs so far. Ah boring, so is final song, The Last Tide. What an unbelievably boring review.

If you like the band, try to include as much follow up material as possible, e.g. official sites, MySpace, gig dates…etc. If you didn’t like the band, finish on a remark trying to highlight their strong point of simply state that you didn’t think much of them. Tickets There would recommend…….you stay the hell away from Only Fumes and Corpses. (closing remark edited as part of TT’s ongoing commitment to be nicer to Irish bands but…it kind of involved a remark about the quality of music a pile of rotting flesh could produce in relation to these six long, drawn out, waste of time efforts. But we won’t say it)

The Boss

Sick of looking at that IMRO logo and taking a wee break for a few hours. Ya’ll be good and do what the BOSS says!!