Model Aeroplanes skywards success

With their heartfelt lyrics, tropical summer time feeling and growing success, for Model Aeroplanes the sky’s the limit. 

 

 

 Model Aeroplanes, Dundee's honest, loveable indie four piece, graced King Tuts on Tuesday night as part of their Scottish tour.

All Time Low's Future Hearts

Just under ten years ago All Time Low, the Baltimore break out band, were signed with Hopeless Records, a contract that changed their lives.

Now on their sixth album, which debuted at number one in the UK, is it any surprise their relentlessly touring in most US cities, UK arenas and festivals like Reading and Leeds ? 

The Golden Debut Album

 Welsh indie-rock quartet Catfish and the Bottlemen are going from strength to strength. After two sold out UK tours and a debut album in the UK's top 10.

However, in the last six months this band have become one of the biggest upcoming bands in the world, touring with the Kooks in Australia, going on a tour in the US with over 20 shows, appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman and now they've levelled up again.

Their debut album 'The Balcony' has gone gold.

Catfish and the Bottlemen : Live At the Barrowlands

The Barrowland's isn't a normal venue. Catfish and the Bottlemen aren't a normal band. So a not normal venue plus a not normal band creates one incredible concert.

With a starry painted ceiling and springy , wooden dance floor filled with hundreds of half drunk Glaswegians nearly rioting to the the band's entrance music, it was clear from the start this would be a good night .

'Chasing Yesterday'

With a title like 'Chasing Yesterday', Noel Gallagher’s new album could send Oasis obsessors into a state of exultation, in the hope that Gallagher's album could bring back Oasis in all its glory.

However this album is solid proof that Gallagher can stand alone and still create incredible rock music, with the past in the past and the future looking very bright. Its an incredible sounding album with wispy remnants of an iconic British rock and roll sound from the 1990's brought back in into the light through Gallagher’s triumphant second album.

T in the Park 2015 Line Up

T in the Park line up is always incredible this year there's no exception.

T In The Park 2015 Line Up Announcement

In less than fifteen minuets @Tinthepark will announce this years line up, one of my favourite festivals of the summer in its new home this year at Strathallan Castle for the first time. 

In the last few years the festivals saw the Killers, Mumford and Sons, Stereophonics, Two Door Cinema Club, the Lumineers, Alt-J, the 1975, Tom Odell and Imagine Dragons take to the stages.

Mumford and Sons are headling Reading and Leeds in August but who will be playing alongside the Liberteens in July at T ? 
 
I'm hoping for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds because the albums out in early March, the Wombats and maybe Kasabian because of their new releases and hopefully it'll include Catfish and the Bottlemen.

Find Us On Twitter

I enjoy writing, unlike a lot of people, and decided the best way to get this blog found is using social media, so Shybutlovesmusic on twitter was born.

I'm not saying it will be good by any means of the imagination. It'll probably consist of following bands, finding new music and generally getting this blog a wider audience but still now there's a twitter account for this blog too.

It would be amazing to get followers and have people actually commenting on posts etc, just to have a never ending conversation about bands and music pretty much.

All Time Low and You Me At Six Live at the Hydro, Glasgow Review

To all those who question the existence of post concert depression I ask you one question.

Have you ever seen your heroes live, in the flesh, in front of you ?

If you have, see that feeling where you come to realise you might never see them again. Where your happy, elated, but at the same time hit with a sudden sadness ? This is the symptoms of post concert depression.

After last night, where All Time Low and You Me At Six played an incredible gig at the Hydro in Glasgow, I'm still in recovery mode.

Kodaline Second Album Release

In summer 2013 Irish indie-rock quartet Kodaline emerged into the mainstream with their album 'In a Perfect World', which went straight to number one in Ireland, number two in Scotland and number three in the UK official charts.

At the end of last year, in early December the band announced that their new album 'Coming Up For Air' would be released early 2015.

Real Friends Documentary

So yesterday Real Friends uploaded the below video on Youtube and their website with no comment at all, leaving fans to guess what it'll be.

Maybe it'll be a one off or could be the first instalment in a documentary series ? Any ways it's one of the main things I'm looking forward to this month.

Forget Valentines day, Real Friends are much better. 

 

The band are touring so much this year, first with All Time Low in their Europe tour, then with the Maine in April/May in the US.

Busy busy year for this band but they deserve all that comes to them because their amazing. Their full albums filled with heartfelt lyrics and incredible vocals. Adore this band so much.

Real Friends Official Site

Catfish and the Bottlemen in the Live Lounge

One thing Catfish and the Bottlemen can't be called is lazy when it comes to performing. On Tuesday Van was on Radio 2 with Jo Whiley and now again the boys are on the radio, this time dominating Radio Ones airwaves in the Live Lounge.

Van's solo acoustic set on Tuesday night was good but today they sounded perfect, even though it was live and a cover they still pulled it off.

 Then after a full live lounge they leave for the US to start off their 30 date US tour. Before coming home again to kick off their UK in Leeds on the 23rd of March. So far this year they've already been the support act of the Kooks in their Australian tour. They never seem to be anywhere for long without doing a show but maybe that’s why they've got an ever expanding fan base and what is going to make them huge again in the festivals this year. Maybe everyone should take the Catfish approach to life and always be busy doing something.

Van's solo acoustic set

Catfish and the Bottlemen Live Lounge

Catfish and the Bottlemen Radio 2 with Jo Whiley

Earlier on Van chatted with Jo Whiley, being himself and talking about everything from school, friends, early band life and their first radio play by Steve Lamacq even playing an acoustic version of Kathleen which sounded incredible as ever.

Radio 2 : Van and Jo Whiley

Catfish and the Bottlemen are everywhere

Last year was incredible for Catfish and the Bottlemen. They played loads of festivals worldwide, sold out their full UK tour before their debut album 'The Balcony' was even released.

Cavalier Youth : 1 Year 1 Day Old

This time You Me At Six released 'Cavalier Youth', their fourth album, which gave them their first number one album. Its one of my favourite albums of last year which saw a change in the bands music style but all the same its an incredible album even a year after its release.

Genuinely if you don't have it just go listen online and listen and you never know you might just buy it.

 

My albums of the year 2014

2014 has been a huge year in the music industry and just before the year ends I decided my albums of 2014 had to be written somewhere .

Their not the most perfect albums , or not the shortest named.  A lot of them are début albums, but I prefer all of them to bands who are maybe on their fourth studio album turning out the same music year on year .

The Music World : 2014

This year has been incredible for new music, emerging new artists and unbelievable debut albums.

The year saw George Ezra's incredible debut album 'Wanted On Voyage', along with Royal Blood's sensational self titled debut and Sam Smiths number one debut 'In the Lonely Hour'. Ed Sheeran's second album 'X'(multiply) which became number one 12 countries.

San Cisco 'Run' offical video

San Cisco, my favourite aussie-indie four piece have released the offical video for their single 'Run'. 

 

Hopefully this might lead to a new album, moving on from their 2012 self titled debut album. 

Zane Lowe's 100 Hottest Records In The World 2014

This year so far, although now nearly over, has turned out some of the best new music compared to the last few years.

Artists like Sam Smith, Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Vamps, 5 Seconds of Summer, James Bay, Indiana, Lonely The Brave, Jess Glynn, Josh Record, Jamie T, George Ezra, Ella Eyre, Coasts and Royal Blood, along with so many more, have exploded from their background residency of last year into this years spotlight.

 
 

Catfish and the Bottlemen Live at the Classic Grand, Glasgow

Opened in 1915 the Classic Grand was one of Glasgow city's newest cinemas. Its closure as a cinema in 1992 saw a new start for the building as an intimate space for incredible live music.

Last night, the Classic Grand bared witness to one of the worlds best live bands of the moment, Catfish and the Bottlemen.