As I'm sure you saw, the band who cropped up the most on that list are the post-punk inspired Girls Names, a band that the worldwide blogosphere can't help but fawn over.
Yet within Belfast, there doesn't seem to be the enormous swell of support for them that this amount of blog love would suggest which isn't to say that they haven't got fans here, because they do. So what is it about that band in particular that seems to attract such love from the blogs that other Belfast bands can only dream of?
Is it that their 80s alternative-resurrecting sound resonates with the current blogged zeitgeist? Is it because they're signed to record labels who understand the role that music blogs can have in reaching a global audience? Maybe the group are just simply better than every other artist from the city?
Or even none of the above? Nonetheless, the band's success is rather welcome, and hopefully their rather nice second album, "The New Life", will help to win them over new fans, both locally and across the world. Many local bands could learn a thing or two by following their example. Although they might be better known for their upbeat rock, their latest single, "Here's To You", sees them treading more insular territory.
It sounds like it could fit rather nicely onto 90s also-rans Geneva 's "Further" album, which is mighty praise indeed. Y , who release their "Dead Academics" E. P this month. Taken from the set is "Seize The Chair", a song that seems to set the band up as N. I's answer to Biffy Clyro. My beloved monster Live from Tennessee 04 Dog's life Susan's Apartment Manchester Girl BBC Flower BBC My beloved mad monster party BBC Animal Stepmother Everything's gonna be cool this Christmas Your lucky day in hell Michael Simpson Remix Altar Boy Novocaine for the soul Moog CookBook Remix If I was your girlfriend live Bad News Funeral Parlor Hospital Food BBC Open the door BBC Birdgirl on a cell phone Vice President Fruitley My beloved Monstrosity Dark end of the street Live The cheater's guide to your heart live Useless Trinkets.
Prizefighter Lilac Breeze In My Dreams Tremendous Dynamite The Longing Fresh Blood My Timing Is Off Alll The Beautiful Things Ordinary Men. The Beginning Gone Man In My Younger Days Mansions of Los Feliz A Line in the Dirt End Times Apple Trees Melt Yourself Down might be a little bit too esoteric for some people's tastes, but there is no denying its earworm-inducing hooks on songs like "Fix Me Life", the bass vs sax dual of "We Are Enough", or the wonderful "Kingdom of Khush".
From their monster calling card single "King City", the sparkly "Colour Your Ways", through to the more introspective sound of "The Sea" and the great baggy-infused closer "She Changes The Weather", the band shows off a great songcraft that belies their youth.
What I found interesting whilst reading reviews of the record is that some critics have suggested that whilst they enjoyed "Where The Heaven Are We", they still think that they band still has a world-beating album still to come in the future.
In all honesty, if their follow-up album is only half as good as this one, it will be worth listening to. Thursday, 12 December Assorted Tunes - Round-up It's been nice being a bit nostalgic, looking at some of our most favourite songs of the year over the past two weeks, but it's also great to be able to keep the fantastic new tunes coming, especially in the run-up to Christmas.
Here's a few assorted tunes that have been floating The Metaphorical Boat recently : Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be isn't even over yet, but Clean Bandit are staking their claim early for the biggest radio hit of with their new single "Rather Be". The song features guest vocals from Jess Glynne , and sees the band continue with their trademark mix of orchestral music and dance, albeit in a more commercially-minded manner than they have attempted before. On the 16th December, he will be releasing its first track, "Can't Make You Come Back", a song that sees Chris wearing his heart very firmly on his sleeve.
With An Apostrophe" available as a f ree download last month. Taken from it is "Old Piano", a quirky little lo-fi indie-rock song about how the ivory-infused instrument is left unused because guitars are awesome. At least that's what I think it's about.
If the first song he's made available, "Nothing That I'm Scared Of", doesn't help to increase his profile, then I will be very disappointed. He's always had a great voice, but now he seems to have tailored it to a sound that is very much of the here and now.
Labels: derry , Northern Ireland , round-up , Strabane. Public Service Broadcasting - Signal Taking vocal samples from a smattering of over-the-top road safety films, the song saw PSB at their heaviest, rockiest, and most mosh-enducing, with guitars and drums firmly set to It has been highlight of their live sets, the one moment when their fans tend to go just a little bit mental.
Now sit back, press play of either of the embeds below, and enjoy the best song of Labels: Top Songs of We're very nearly at The Metaphorical Boat 's favourite song of , but before that here's the songs that just fell short of the top spot:.
Over a minimalist electronic beat, the song's antagonist is told that " what you got is a black belt in B. S," among other insults.
Irresistible, sharp tongued, and bloody brilliant. This is how pop music should be done. Birmingham band Swim Deep released a re-recorded version of "King City" back in June, and periods of great joy were ushered in.
They've taken a very familiar chord progression, added youthful lyrics about a crush on Warpaint's bassist and topped it all off with the most earworm-inducing pop hook of the year. Why it didn't become a massive hit, especially after the buzz surrounding the band earlier in the year, is incredibly puzzling, but at least it's one over quite a few people regardless. When you're releasing your first official single as a band in 10 years, you'd better make sure that it's just as good as it was then.
Thankfully, Suede , the greatest band of all time, were never going to let us down, giving us "It Starts And Ends With You", a song that harks back to the best moments of their career whilst still sounding like it belongs in It's got quite a strange structure, given that depending on what way you look at it, in consists of only choruses, or only verses.
It's a song that has slotted very nicely into their live sets, and definitely proved the naysayers who said that they had no place in the current musical landscape very wrong indeed.
We Were Evergree n - Leeway. The song takes doo-wop vocal samples, toybox keyboard sounds, xylophones and cute vocal harmonies to create something as sweet and delicious as a Battenberg topped with Caramacs. We now plunge straight into the top 10, with some of the best songs of the year, from , plus a little bit about why exactly they float The Metaphorical Boat : Yes, the promo clip for "High Hopes" might be the most gratuitous example of emotional manipulation I've ever come across in a music video, but there is no denying that the song by Dublin band Kodaline is one of the finest of the year.
It's a soft-rock masterpiece, using familiar yet effective chord structures to create a song to pull at the heartstrings. It gave the band their biggest hit to date, making the top 20 in the UK and topping the charts in Ireland. Vampire Weekend are by far the finest band to have emerged in the past five years, taking indie guitar music and twisting it in ways that are both unique and enjoyable.
The song is carried by the fantastic, almost operatic vocals of Hannah Reid, whose voice belies her young years. Nearly into the top 10 now, but first here are the songs from , who just fell short of the mark, but are wonderful songs regardless. This section features a French trio, a Scottish trio, two Northern Irish bands with very different sounds electro-rock vs post-punk , and the greatest band of all time:.
The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of - We're into the really serious stuff now, songs that we've ranked from in our favourite songs of The part features the band of my early teenage years, a song that was massive on the blogosphere before racing its way up charts worldwide, one of the biggest new bands to break through this year, an artist who just keeps on getting bigger and better with every album he releases, and a 90s dance revivalist sound that I actually can get behind:.
We're nearly into the top 20, but before that, here's songs from numbers She screams and she cries and ignores all the stares. She wants me to go but I'm never going there. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory. This power pop gem immediately needs repeated listens. Despite a great title, "Jellypop Smiles" is a lo-fi dud featuring a reverb drenched recorder, but does offer a nice gloomy contrast to the peppy flip-side.
If you love Tobin Sprout as much as I do, this is the single for you! While "She Wore Blue and Green" is a sing-your-kids to sleep folk song. Pollard's - "Full Framed Luberon" is one of his numerous deranged experimental messes filled with grating guitars, and. Download the songs at gbvdigital.
Sometimes it takes seeing a band in concert to decide what level of fandom to gravitate towards. As someone who can't live without music, I literally love hundreds of bands and artists in all different genres. Between LPs, CDs, cassettes, and downloads; I feel the need to keep thousands of albums in my possession. Some of which are sadly only listened to a few times while others I've been obsessed with for more than a decade. Still with others, I'll go years without listening to, and then suddenly fall in love all over again.
The bands and artists that span my collection range from: groups I like but have no desire to see in concert; groups I enjoy but would think twice before before picking up that third album; and then there are the ones that reach a peak in my musical obsession where they can do no wrong. Sure, some of their music is better than others, but you learn to love all their albums equally, as though they were a brother or sister.
In cases like this, I don't feel the need to listen to music samples on iTunes before pre-ordering a new release; and I take every opportunity I get to see these artists in concert Guided By Voices, Ryan Adams, The Black Angels, Wilco, and David Bowie all come to mind. Veronica Falls were a borderline band for me: I was one step towards becoming a fan for life, and one step towards being happy with the occasional new release.
After falling in love with their debut single in "Found Love in a Graveyard" , and everything else they've put out since, I finally got the chance to see them in concert. This time I made sure to get my tickets early, after just barely missing them at South By Southwest a few years back.
I'm still fairly new to Chicago, so it was a pleasure to not only catch the band but also to see them at The Empty Bottle.
The crowd was largely comprised of young and skinny, fashion conscious hipsters, so I didn't quite fit in, but who cares. The Set List. Tell Me. My Heart Beats. Beachy Head. Broken Toy. Waiting for Something to Happen. Bad Feeling. Found Love in a Graveyard. If You Still Want Me. Buried Alive.
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