Apparently my, uh, stunt double is also frustrated and angry at the MPAA.
Author: Shaun
I finally got my grubby paws on The Parlotones‘ new album – A World Next Door To Yours – after hearing pieces of it at a friend about a month ago and then of course attending the album launch at Tings n Times.
I must admit I was pretty worried when I started listening to it that it would turn out to be a horrible disappointment. When you consider the smashing success that was “Radiocontrolledrobot” you expect that the artists could only go downhill from that high.
Not wanting to make an immediate judgement I put the disk in for a second spin. Bang! I was hooked. It is astonishing how much the songs grow and develop as you listen to them. The album draws you in and takes you on a whirlwind ride through the emotionally charged landscape that is the kingdom of the Parlotones. Pure brilliance starts to shine through as you tiptoe cautiously and then barge frantically through the 14 track album. It’s early days to choose a favourite, but having seen it live and hearing it on the disk “Solar System” is definitely one that shines out.
As of this writing its R110 on Kalahari.net. Its a steal.
Link to buy album.
Tags: parlotones, album, worldnextdoortoyours, buy, price, cheap, music, SouthAfricanRockMusic
Considering the fact that Big Concerts imho know little to nothing about South African rock bands, here’s a couple of my suggestions for the South African support acts.
Love Jones in Joburg – they did Cape Town last year, but we love them up here.
FotoNaDans – coming off an album launch it’ll be great to watch their act mature.
The Hellphones – It’s high time for them to go with the big exposure.
New Porn – If they can open for the Stones, they can open for anyone.
And of course, Big Concerts, we expect you to pay these artists well. Very well.
Tags: mycokefest, rock, concert, music, bigconcerts, korn
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Korn, Muse at MyCokeFest 2008
Coke Fest is back. No, not the white powder up nose kind, the big red sugar water company kind.
Here’s the link to the details.
A seriously nice line up this time – Big Concerts are starting to figure this whole “big concert” thing out…
Korn
Muse
Chris Cornell
Kaiser Chiefs
Good Charlotte
The R600 burn in the back pocket for a golden circle is a bit nasty, but assuming none of the above bands bail, it is well worth it…
Tags: cokefest, mycokefest, korn, muse, chriscornell, kaiserchiefs, goodcharlotte, music, rock, concert, bigconcerts
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Brotherly chat.
Sent at 12:41 PM on Tuesday
Ryan: omg insane
downloading at 1.2KB/sec \o/Shaun: holee cow!
peeps iz in my firewallz stealin mah intarwebz tooRyan: so its not an iburst thing?
Shaun: no its an iburst thing too
they throttle per tcp stream, especially during the dayRyan: its balls
Shaun: they don’t have enough bandwidth to support what they have sold
they have over 200 towers and a huge amount of corporate users
they’re supposed to be an isp to individuals, not corporates…
but adsl is so damn kakRyan: =/
Shaun: weekends and evenings my iburst fucks off
but during the day, fahgeddaboudit
try multiple tcp streams – best way to bump up the bandwidth a bit
cos they throttle each stream
Sent at 1:21 PM on Tuesday
Fuck you very much Telkom.