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 .