New Noel Gallagher Song, If I Had A Gun

Its called If I Had A Gun, and die-hard Oasis fans will recognise it as one of the songs that surfaced in soundchecks two years ago. It's obviously been worked on since then though, and is easily my favourite song he's released so far. Seems kinda fitting that it's been premiered almost exactly two years since the day that Oasis split up... Without further ado:

In other Oasis-related news, someone on the Live4ever forum seems to have got hold of some Be Here Now demos but unfortunatley the quality is very poor as it was recorded on a phone from an old tape. Only I Hope, I Think, I Know has surfaced so far but the user apparently has 3 other songs, will keep y'all updated.

Songs I'm Enjoying

Echo Raptors - Plastic People

http://soundcloud.com/echoraptors/plastic-people

I'm aware I keep banging on about them, but not been this excited about a new band for a long while. All 8 of their Soundcloud songs are excellent but this one takes the biscuit for me, massive tune. Give 'em a listen if you haven't already.

IC1s - Whack Jack (Demo)

http://soundcloud.com/ic1s/whack-jack

Another great new band, this one from West London and formed last summer. They have 4 songs up on Soundcloud, all of which are very good, although this one has such a catchy chorus I couldn't not include it. Expect a 'new band' post on these soon.

Viva Brother - Electric Daydream

I realise this may well be a controversial choice, as this band has attracted just many haters as fans. However, I fall into the latter category, and for me this is the highlight of a solid debut album. Bit of a change of pace from the rest of the album, probably won't convert any haters but those who haven't heard the band could do worse than to see what all the fuss is about.

Beady Eye - In The Bubble With A Bullet

This song has been out for a couple of months now, but I was away when it was released so only heard it properly in the last couple of weeks. This is a lovely song, and in my opinion the best thing Beady Eye have done so far, although it is slightly let down by the ending in my opinion. Give it a listen if you haven't heard it already!

Babyshambles - Maybelline

This unreleased Babyshambles song dates from about 2008, but I only discovered it recently. Great riff and song, up there with Fuck Forever and Delivery as Babyshambles' best song for me. Had to post a live video as there is no video of the demo which was posted online in 2008. Speaking of which, I have found this demo near-impossible to track down so if anyone has it please get in touch, cheers.

New Band - Crooked Tongues

This blog has been a little bootleg-heavy recently, so shall be balancing things out in the next few days by posting on some new bands. Anyway, onwards... Crooked Tongues were formed in summer 2010 in Leeds. The band say on their Soundcloud page they are influenced by bands such as The Who, the Sex Pistols and Oasis, and have the noble mission statement of bringing "the classic days of indie back to a new generation". Although they only have 2 songs available online, their music echoes the intent in those words. Of these two, Fake Smile is a swaggering anthem that sounds like a more 'Oasis-y' Twisted Wheel, and Lick It is a two and a half minute instrumental that sounds almost like an instrumental version of Stereophonics' 'Soldiers Make Good Targets', which is most definitely not a bad thing. These two songs show great promise, and I am sure I'm not the only one eagerly awaiting more being posted (I'll be sure to keep you in the loop). Those who listened to and enjoyed Echo Raptors (and if you haven't, what are you waiting for?!) would do well to check out this band, as well as obviously fans of Oasis and those yearning for the days when bands had a bit more swagger and attitude.

Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/crooked_tongues
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crooked-Tongues/120497608021239

Arctic Monkeys - 2011 Live Bootlegs

Following on from my Kasabian post the other day, I decided to do a similar thing with the Arctic Monkeys. Bootlegs from this year have been quite hard to come by, but a few have come to light over the past few months. However, tracking them all down is quite a task, so decided to post all the ones I've found together in one place. Think there may be a few more, or some Youtube videos that can be ripped, so I may do another post like this in a few months if I find enough. And again, if you have a problem with any of these links being used, let me know and I'll remove them.

2011-05-19 - Boston House of Blues

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I7X7LE7Z

Link from my friend Pete's excellent Backinthefire blog
Artwork by Zed

2011-06-10 - Sheffield Don Valley Bowl (compiled by me)

http://www.mediafire.com/?3s3og5wyjb87m8e

Artwork by Zed

2011-06-20 - Berlin Admiralspalast

http://www.mediafire.com/?0bk5rwihjkdw2g4

Artwork by Zed

2011-07-06 - iTunes Festival

http://www.multiupload.com/4268UAFRMV

Link thanks to L4E forum user Shakeyourragdoll
Official artwork

 2011-07-08 - T In The Park

http://www.multiupload.com/1J9O4L5KT6

Link again thanks to L4E forum user Shakeyourragdoll

2011-08-06 - Chicago House Of Blues

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?utchu8ja8bvy5an

 2011-08-20 - V Festival

http://www.sendspace.com/file/q9iakz

Link thanks to AMUS forum member Tom

UNCREDITED LINKS AND ARTWORK ARE MY OWN

Check out Pete's excellent Back In the Fire blog at http://backinthefire.blogspot.com
and Zed's fantastic Arctic Monkeys artwork blog at http://hellcat-spangled-shalala.blogspot.com
If you're on L4E be sure to drop Shakeyourragdoll some K+

Kasabian - 2011 Live Bootlegs

 First post in god knows how long, apologies for the extended absence; have been on holday in various places. Got my computer back but lost a bit of music; the vast majority is still on a hard drive and am planning on transferring everything back to my computer soon. A few boots of Kasabian's recent tour have been floating around so I decided to try and make everyone's life easier by compiling them here. If anyone has a problem with any of these being posted, please let me know and I will remove the offending links. Anyway, here goes:

2011-04-04 - Live At The 02 Academy, Sheffield
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MW5GEZ8K
Link thanks to http://www.kasabiansparadise.com

2011-06-18 - Live At The Hurricane Festival

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1krntp

Link from the Hear That Bomb blogspot

2011-07-29 - Live At The Roundhouse, London (iTunes Festival)

http://www.multiupload.com/9EI3OXA117

Link thanks to L4E forum user shakeyourragdoll

2011-07-15 - Gurtenfestival, Switzerland

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LFET320A

Link thanks to http://onetwo-onetwo.tumblr.com/

2011-06-29 - Hove Festival, Norway

http://www.sendspace.com/file/md0sqr

Link thanks to ordahlen

2011-07-03 - Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NHNNJKPE

Link thanks to http://onetwo-onetwo.tumblr.com/

2011-06-10 - Rockness Festival, Scotland

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BR5H1PCZ

Link thanks to http://onetwo-onetwo.tumblr.com/

2011-06-12 - Isle Of Wight Festival

http://www.sendspace.com/file/8zskd2

Link thanks to the Hear That Bomb blogspot

And of course check out http://onetwo-onetwo.tumblr.com/ (Kasabian bootleg site)
and http://hearthatbomb.blogspot.com/ (not exclusively Kasabian blog), both of which are excellent.


 ENJOY!