Dear Poppyseed!

Today , July the 26th is the due date to the release of my friend's Alice Grist's 3rd and new book "Dear Poppyseed, A Soulful Momma's Pregnancy journal " .

No more High Heeled Guide, she's now talking about the journey that was her pregnancy and don't be fool, even when you're like me a "non-mama" (and if like me you think you might never become a mama), you still can buy it. 
I had the book in advance cos I pre-ordered it as soon as you could pre-order it but sadly because of work and more I haven't finished it yet but I WILL do a review of it, things i haven't done for her first 2 books :  The high heeled Guide To Enlightenment , The High Heeled Guide To Spiritual Living. Why? Cos I think I need to give a reason to the non-mama to buy and read this book.

You can find the book and all the links to interviews and articles or blogs wrote by Alice on the Facebook's page of the book and of course you can buy the book in all the good english bookstore ( WaterStones, WHSmith, ...) and on Amazon , and this book is also available for all the E-readers ;) ! 

And if one of your friends is going to be a momma soon, I think you should buy her this book as a lovely pregnancy present!

Side projects of Belle Histoire

Some members of Belle Histoire have now a "side project". To be honest, im a little bit late to announce you that but I had some problems so the blogs were on hold...


Let's begin by Jane and her project called DECKER.

Decker is the solo project of Jane. She started this side project in March of this year, just after showing us that she could work without "her" boys, she also appeared in the US The Voice but hasn't been taken in any of the team. (Another proof, for me, that those shows can be so wrong because none of Usher, Adam Levine, Shakira or Blake Shelton could have seen her talent!!!).  Im not the only who think that because you can find Jane in This Article about the 10 most-robbed contestants of The Voice..

Here's Jane's performance: 

On the Decker's side, you can download on Itunes the 1st EP called Clean Hands ,  you'll get 6 indie, pop/rock , acoustic songs. There is still a folk sound hide inside each songs. But most of all, the voice of Jane is more mature than it was at the very beginning of Belle Histoire.  
Clean Hands Ep is wonderful for a chill out moment, take a sit in a confortable sofa, take a cold tea, take a good book and press play, you'll spend a lovely time with Jane's voice in the background. 

Clean Hands 

1_ Clean Hands 

2_ Swing

3_ Better

4_ Old House

5_ Favorite Little Dream

6_ Tearing At The Seams

You can find Decker on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and of course on her Official Website .

Here is the video for the 1st single out of the EP Swing:

From the 20th to the 30th of June Decker will be on Tour in the States. 

The other member of Belle Histoire who started a solo project is the guitarist and keyboard player, Austin Livingood.

Austin also started his solo project in March, using a lot of suspens with words and pictures, on the facebook page or on instagram! Austin knows how to create the curiosity of his friends and fans. 



For the moment, you can download only 1 song, 1 single from Austin but honestly, since I did, Im already excited to hear more songs! I can't tell you that the future is going to be good for Austin Livingood. 
This song is called Nashville and is a very dynamic folk/rock song. Full of strong guitar, good riffs and an omnipresent drummer. 
You can stop your foot or shoulder to move in rhythm. 
When I used to hear his voice in the backing vocals of Belle Histoire, i couldn't imagine that Austin has such a strong voice. 


Please Austin, give us more soon!!! 

You can find Austin Livingood on his Official Facebook Page , Twitter , Soundcloud , Instagram , Youtube and Official Website

Bibelots -Devil's Highway- Official Video.

You can, now, found on Youtube, the official video for Bibelots song Devil's highway, a song, I think, I know by heart since the 1st time I heard it many many manyyyyyy months ago (or should I say years ago? ) . This song will be part of a new EP that will be release on the 03/06/2013! 

You can also see an acoustic version: 

SuperEvolver new EP

Since this morning you can happily buy the new EP by SuperEvolver on iTunes. 

On this new EP you can find 5 songs:

1- Nymph Pink Angel

2-Ivy

3-Drop D2

4-Cartoon Killer

5-For The Love Of God

If you already saw SuperEvolver live, you know most of the songs. The 1st one of this EP is my favorite,  it has been from the very beginning, I heard it with different mixes and everytime I fall in love again and again with this song! 
Ivy is a beautiful song inspired by Mab's granny whose name was Ivy and the artwork is a beautiful old picture of her.
In 2009, the band received an Exposure Music Award with Cartoon Killers as the best rock song and you'll get why after the 1st listen.

In this EP, you'll have a lot of  rock'n'roll song with a little pinch of Hip-Hop, some electro and a perfect voice. 
The only advice I can give you is to buy this EP and spread the love for them!

BELAKISS - WILDCHILD

As a present for their "come back" Belakiss are giving away their new single "Wildchild" for free! Wooowoooo

Simply give your email address THERE ! and you will received the song. 

Don't be afraid to share that link with all your friend and enjoy that brilliant new song! They are gonna be on tour soon and don't forget to catch them up when they are near your house! 

Picture by https://www.facebook.com/bethsheldrick

LNT new merch ! :)

The awesome Little night Terrors have added some new merchandise to their website! 

You can now find some stickers "Pure / Not Pure" for 3£, the "Pure / Cherryade "cd (limited edition) and the most excited for me (cos with it, it's easier to show your love for them to every single person you meet in the street) there is a new t-shirt with the "Pure" picture from the video. :)

You can find everything HERE .

Buy it, enjoy it and don't forget to share this to every single person you know!!!!

SoundCloud and Superevolver

The good news of February is that SuperEvolver is now on SoundCloud and it's HERE HERE HERE HERE !

You can now enjoy the songs I love and post them anywhere you want to promote the band!!! 

Little Night Terrors -PURE-

My favorite trio from Leicester has released a new video with an exclusive new song name Pure .

This new song is so like its title, so pure and new! 

This "poppy" song is full a new vibe from Little Night Terrors, pop but with still a little taste of rock'n'roll. 

Don't tell you me you don't wanna move your head in rhythm, or play a bit of Air-Drums AND sing the chorus with Andy!!! 

Have a listen and a little look to that new video and let me know what you think about! ;)

Oh and yes, Im quite jealous of her talent too!!!

Here is 2013

So I haven't been able to post for a long time because of several technical problems, so no review for the SFF2012 and no review for the Oxjam Festival 2012..... :(

Let's begin this 1st post of 2013, with the last news of several of the bands in 2012!!!

Life In Film

The band released a 1st EP Needles & Pins at the end of August 2012. You could find 5 songs in this EP 

-Needles & Pins

-Suitcase

-Carla

  -Until It's Over

-Lose Control

                 
you can buy it on Itunes , on their website , on Amazon MP3, and more

Then at the end of November, they released another EP called Cold Wire, including 2 songs 

-Cold Wire

-Changing Your Mind

You can buy this one on Itunes , on Their website , Amazon MP3 , and co... And you can also buy this one as a 7inch on their website.

Bibelots

The wonderful Bibelots released a new EP in November 2012, the Manta Ray 's EP include 3 songs and 2 remix. 

-Manta Ray

-Dead Funny

-First Babylon

-Manta Ray_Richard Norris Time and Space Machine Remix (instru)

Manta Ray_Richard Norris Time and Space Machine Remix (Vocal)

You can buy it on Itunes and on Amazon MP3 .

Little Night Terrors

The young trio from Leicester has released an EP in September called Young Lion as you read in the review I made here.

Kid Kasio - Telephone Line Videoclip-

Yesterday, It was the day of the release of the very new video of Kid Kasio. Gosh, this is amazing how much I love his music. 

Im a kid of the 80s and even if Im a rock chick, I still have feelings for the music I used to hear when I was a kid and Kid Kasio know how to make you feel good with his 80s music in the years 2000. 

Just have a look at the video and you'll be back in the 80s. Just the phone at the beginning of the video brings me back to my childhood, my parents had this telephone and I loved to dial the numbers when they had to phone someone! 

Telephone Line was the 1st song I've listened to after downloading his album and it's probably my fave... Well to be honest, I love 90% of the songs so.... :p

Don't you wish all the drummers had a drumkit as bright as this one in the video? 

 

Have fun, enjoy this video and have a little dance on the song. I will never understand people who can tell me that they can't dance on a song like this! 

Kid Kasio brought back the 80s in our world and I love it!!!

From My Hands- an EP by Raptusound-

Since this monday, you can buy online the new and very first EP of the band Raptusound . From My Hands is composed by 4 songs : Alibi (which is my favorite since I know them!), Wasted, Always Ready, Truth Not Fashion.

This EP begins with a big and good sound of synthesizer of Leigh on the song Alibi, then the voice of Christopher joins the music, like a complaint, like a man screaming his pain. You can imagine him in the studio hands on the headphone and eyes closed. The synthesizer comes back between each verses like a lively chorus asking you to dance and feel happy. This sound is really my favorite but I always think that it's too short!!!
Alibi is followed by Wasted which is so much calmer, the voice is also quite different, using differents microphones and singing more slowly give a new perspective to the voice, Christopher is one of this singer who can use his voice in all sort of range and you can feel it in this song. You can feel the emotion thanks to the harmony of all the instrument for the last minute of the song. I honestly imagine a very dark videoclip for this song...
Always Ready is the kind of indie song you can find in a lot of EP. Attention, Im saying it's a bad song, just that it's THE indie song of the EP and I think that despite the good harmony in the song and the voice, this song sounds a little bit too much like a lot of indie rock songs but it's one song over 4. But the lyrics are quite pretty. :)
The last song, Truth Not Fashion is the dancing song of the EP, beginning with a good guitar riff that gives you the rythm of the song, les lyrics are quite interesting and you just wanna sing them like a big karaoke and move your body at the same time. I like the synthesizer takes his place in the chorus following by the guitar and the bass while the drums is bigger and better. 
I really like the harmony of all the instruments in all the songs of this EP and you can feel that the guys put everything they have to autoproduce it all by themselves. This EP must and will be followed by a lot of others. It's a real good beginning for this young band. From My Hands is the positive things with what the band will finish the year 2012.
You can buy it on amazon , Itunes , spotify, eMusic and Rhapsody or you can simply order the cd to the band by using This email adress

FC-20

I heard about FC-20 around February of this year when they were playing the same night as MovE in Leicester. Then my Leicesterian's friends told me about them again and told me about their kind of sound and said I should have a listen, etc... And to be honest, I absolutely not a fan of the band where there is a singer and a rapper!!! So I, a little bit, ignore their advice even if in that band, there was now a guy I "know"! Yeah I know, if I write about the band now is that because, well let's be honest, I was wrong!!!! 

I finally saw the band, LIVE, at the end of April when I went back to Leicester (again and again) to see Modern Faces's gig. FC-20 was one of the support band with The Vanishing Point. And yup, I was blown away!!!

This band found the perfect combination between rap and singing! I was with a friend and her husband and when we talked after the gig, they told me that they were usually like me with the "rap and singing's bands" but they also totally fell in love with FC-20 so they confirmed me in my opinion: FC-20 have something special!

FC-20 is a band from the famous Camden in the North of London. Formed in 2009, they completed the formation this year and came back in action at the same time, they're now gigging the most they can in London and the Leicester area. They're gonna be playing every last saturday of the month at their own party with differents unsigned bands (some of those bands are in my blog ;) ) and they're trying to export their music to play gigs outside UK.

The band is:

Simon Webb at the Vocals (singing)
Arnold Priddie at the Vocals (Rap)
George Dean at the bass
Scottie Stewart at the Drums
Asa Brown at the keyboard
Jean-Paul Reilly at the Guitar

I would describe their music as alternative electro indie rock! I really think this is a band who have everything to show you live and I swear you won't be disappointed.

FC-20 is what we called in french "un groupe en devenir"

You can find them on the Facebook fan page , their twitter, their official soundcloud . 

Marner Brown

Marner Brown is a band I discovered last year because of the featuring they made with KAV, I mean THIS song =>

   

I thought I would never been able to see them for real, I mean live, sweaty, jumping, playing, singing, screaming ; followed by their funny and hyper manager but I did, I finally did this summer and they were absolutely GREAT and sooo nice!

Marner Brown is a band from Richmond and now leaves in Twickenham. They formed in 2007 and is composed by:

Fiachra Kerrigan at the Lead Vocals and Guitar

John Wildgoose at the Keyboard and Backing Vocals

Chris O'Leary at the Lead Guitar and Backing Volcals

Jacob Hollebon at the Bass Guitar

Cozi Kerrigan at the drums and Backing Vocals

Those guys are so cool that they already support Babyshambles and Ocean Color Scene. And They became models and performed for Lee Cooper and Quicksilver. Even Ron Wood has been impressed by them and Paul Weller let them use his personnal studio and now they're gonna use the studio of The Charlatans!

This guys are playing a pure indie rock, full of energy and good old guitares. They write and play with a real passion for music and you can feel it by listening to their song and you can see it when they're on a stage.

If you see their name on a flyer somewhere, run to the gig, you won't be disappointed! 

You can find them on their official Facebook Page , official Twitter , official myspace and of course, their Official Website. 

You can also buy their song "Dirty Weekend" HERE. 

Kav - King of The World (The Undefeated Champion)

Im sorry, Im a little bit late to post this "news"but when the pc is dead, the only solution you have is .... wait!!!

So, Just to show you that the video for the 2nd single taken from Kav's forthcoming album has been released in August. The single, King of The World (The Undefeated Champion), will be released this month (September) . 
The video has been shot and directed by Martin J Pickering and is starring 2 Pro Figthers Lee Coville and Jarek Maryszczak.

You'll find the usual characteristic rock and the amazing voice of Kav.

Young Lion by Little Night Terrors

In few days, Little Night Terrors will released their new single "Young Lion". Another of their great work. Once again, it's a single totally write and recorded by themselves and a video is going with the single. This video has been made by their friend Keown Photography aka Young Lion with a mix of images of the gig they made, earlier in the year, at the Leicester O2 Academy. 

You can find 3 songs in this new EP. The song "Young Lion", the new exclusive song "These Darlings" and an instrumental version of "Young Lion".

Young Lion has always been one of my favorite song from the band, can't really explain why but this pop added with vitamins makes it one of the best song they could ever done at the moment. They put some dynamites in this music and the voice is just the high point of the song. 
I think that Andrew's voice is one of the biggest force of the band to make you love the songs.

These Darlings is a mellow song, a song that makes you love your neighbour and want to hug him/her.And honestly, don't tell me that you don't wanna clap your hands in rythm while listening to it! Im sure they could have made a single of this song. 
Im usually not a big fan of instrumental songs but I must admit that this is perfect for a karaoke or if you want to learn how to play the song with your guitare.

There is no word(s) to describe how much I love this guys and how much I want them to be bigger and bigger...

Don't forget that they're gonna be on tour again! ;)

Allo Darlin'

And another band I discovered thanks to the wonderful Shell Zenner and her radios shows.

Few weeks ago, she played a song by this band called Allo Dalin' and I literally fell in love with their sound and the voice of the singer.

So I searched for them on Facebook to have more information and listened to their other songs on their Bandcamp page.

This band is not 100% English!

Allo Darlin' is :
Elizabeth Morris who writes the songs, sings, and plays the ukelele
Paul Rains who plays guitars, lapsteel and  sings
Bill Botting who plays bass and sings
Mikey Collins who plays the drums and sings

Elizabeth and Bill are from Australia and the 2 others, Paul and Mikey, are from Kent. They formed the band in January 2009. They already released an album in June 2010 and the 2nd one "Europe" has been released in May 2012. 
They use to be quite often on tour and have already played UK, Europe and America. 

They're playing a good and fun Pop/folk where the voice of Elizabeth is drifting slowly on the music.

They're again on Tour and will, this time, play in Australia before coming back to play in Europe. And I will be lucky to see them in Paris on 23rd November. :)

You can find them on their Official website , Official Facebook page , Twitter page,  BandCamp page .  

Raptusound

Here is another band from Leicester!! I heard of them last year during the Oxjam festival in Leicester (where I was of course). I couldn't see their whole set but I saw 2 or 3 songs. I quite liked what I heard but there was sooo many good bands on that day that I couldn't meet everybody!!!

Then a friend of mine asked me to promote a gig where they were playing so I had another listen to this band and suddenly remembered what I heard live and since I wanted to introduce them here but as you could notice, I was too busy out of the internet world and was unable to promote my new loves!!!!

Raptusound is a brand new band, they formed after last summer so they're going to celebrate their First year as a band and what a first year it was!!!! 

You can find: 

Christopher Brown on the Vocal and Guitar

Leigh Dunning at Synths and Keyboard
Jack Liquorish at the bass 

Tristan Owen at the drums

They're playing and electro-rock music. If you were fan of Muse when they begun or even Radiohead then you might adore their music. Their sound is loud but melodic at the same time, once you heard a song, you wanna hear the others. Of course, Christopher's voice is what makes you feel like flying with the birds while you're just listening to some music. You can NOT move your head on the rythm of Raptusound's music. 

If Top of The Pops was still active (here in France) I would love to see them on that stage surrending by red, pink and orange lights. 

Raptusound is singing some poetry.

They're quite often on stage since they begun, they will be playing twice during the Strawberry Fields Festival. One electic set and one accoustic and I think that everybody should see the 2 sets.

For the moment, my favorite song is Alibi which you can hear on the following video. But I don't know all of their songs yet! ;)

 

You can find the band on their Official Website , Official Facebook page , Twitter page , Reverbnation page ,Listen to their music on their  SoundCloud page and watch some good videos on their Youtube page .

Leigh, Jack, Christopher, Tristan

They're gonna be on tour after the summer, in England en even for some dates in Europe so open your eyes and ears!

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