http://www.musictowers.co.uk Another Music Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:01:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We love Christmas here at Music Towers. We're running a video advent calender at the moment up there in the video box - go on, look up and to your right a little bit. Every five days we're going to collect them all so you can catch any that you've ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/office-parties-out-rocknroll-parties-in/ So you have written some bitchin’ songs, made a MySpace page, and maybe even bought a domain name. You’ve had a few local gigs – but what now? Well, it’s going to cost you a bit of money, and a lot of time. 1. Organise your mailing – even if it ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/40_top_tips_about_promoting_your_band_online/ London's Astoria is on it's last legs. It's almost time to switch off the lights and call in the wrecking ball. I was just passing the place and found myself thinking: "Airbourne are on tonight...might be the last chance to go there..." The venue is full of proper old skool ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/stone-gods-airbourne-at-the-london-astoria/ Last month we mentioned that The Gaslight Anthem had a new single, 'Old White Lincoln', coming out to co-incide with their December mini-tour, but didn't have a video for it. Well, we do now, so have a gander: The video for 'Old White Lincoln' by The Gaslight Anthem: Speaking of tours, the ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/video-the-gaslight-anthem-old-white-lincoln/ Country Music frightens me. You know that scene in Terminator 2 where he walks into the bar, beats that guy up, melts his face on the kitchen hob and nicks his threads? Country music was playing in the background. Not to mention every brain-scarring psycho moment in Deliverance - remember ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/12/album-the-john-henrys-sweet-as-the-grain/ So you can't afford Manu Chao, but still want some continent-crossing modern masterpieces in the next week? Well, Bishi is playing the Camden Monarch on December 10, and it's only £4 with a flyer. The Monarch used to be the Moon Under Water or somesuch, but it will be home to Bishi next month ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/another-short-call-show/ Apologies to anyone reading this that doesn't live round the corner to the Kentish Town Forum in north London, but Manu Chao has just announced a surprise show there for December 16. The last time Manu Chao played London, he sold enough tickets to pack out Wembley Arena, and for ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/manu-chao-surprise-london-show/ So: the design is perfect, the name and logo are excellent. It seems they have fourteen billion MySpace listens already and 100 date tour. Already no doubt sold more records then Guns N Roses and The Killers combined. And nobody has ever heard of them. I can already see them on main ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/i-set-my-friends-on-fire-the-band-you-never-heard-of-are-coming-to-sellout-a-festival-near-you-soon/ This should make me feel old - it wasn't like this in my day. I should talk at full volume in a grumpy old white man voice, saying "This isn't real music. Real music is Soundgarden or Slayer's 'Angel of Death', or Led Zeppelin'. I should be dismissing this as  "Yes, very ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/the-count-sinden-featuring-rye-rye-hardcore-girls/ I love Christmas. Society takes a step back from all the bollocks it preaches for the rest of the year (Don't Drink So Much. Don't Eat So Much. Stop Snogging Random Strangers You Meet In the Pub. Be Miserable. Be Quiet.) and instead everyone acts like they should (Drinking Too ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/ep-kono-michi-the-stone-ghost-collective-the-grey-eulogy-ep/ In the 20 years I have known him, my mate Tom has never once said: "So-and-so are playing the Dublin Castle - want to come along?" "Yep, I will meet you there," I reply, somewhat stunned. The band in question is The Sea, playing at the Dublin Castle in Camden -  and ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/live-i-see-the-sea-at-the-dublin-castle/ I know fuck all about hip hop. Okay, so I've got a few albums lying about here and there from acts both American and British, but I'd be a big fat lying fucker if I pretended they weren't tokenistic inclusions in my record collection. There's some Task Force nestling up ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/live-kenan-bell-hoxton-bar-grill-19-november/ I first heard this track, White Lies' forthcoming single, 'To Lose My Life', on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6Music radio show last night. It was one of the tracks being reviewed as part of Lamacq's Round Table feature, where musicians and celebrities listen to new releases and give their two-cents on ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/something-for-the-weekend-white-lies/ Since when did today become a music quiz day? When we found absolutely nothing of interest to rant about, that's when. Over at our friends site, The Quietus, they have made, erm, they made... Well, quite frankly, the most difficult game since Expert Level on Guitar Hero 2. If you're interested ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/mime-that-tune/ If you like Venn Diagrams, you will like this. Some clever man called Andrew Viner worked out that everyone likes music, everyone likes Venn Diagrams, hence his just-released book, Venn That Tune. Venn diagrams, or set diagrams, show all hypothetically possible logical relations between a finite collection of sets. Apply that theory to ... http://www.musictowers.co.uk/2008/11/venn-that-tune/