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Post by blade on Jun 12, 2009 23:00:17 GMT
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Post by settingsun on Jun 22, 2009 21:32:14 GMT
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Post by settingsun on Jul 3, 2009 0:07:29 GMT
Dates & Times are out for Oxegen: Hot Press New Bands Stage - 16:00 HOWLING BELLS
There's no Sat day tickets left, just the €200 3 day available, lots of great music though. This will be the first time seeing them live, cannot wait!!
Also going over to Pukkelpop in August : )
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Post by blade on Jul 11, 2009 23:18:20 GMT
Here are a couple of half-decent reviews from Oxegen today: From: www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/acrosstheline/2009/07/oxegen_2009_howling_bells.htmlText: Oxegen 09 - Howling Bells Post categories: ATL, Oxegen 2009 Reviews ATL | 16:48 PM, Saturday, 11 July 2009 Hot Press Stage, Saturday 11th July, 4.00pm Describe in a Tweet: Could this be the anthems for next year? What happened: The Hot Press New Bands stage is a huge cavern, with sound ricocheting all around its many peaks. This is a situation that does not benefit Sydney's Howling Bells in any way. Their recent album, 'Radio Wars', succeeded because of the band's masterful use of tone and texture, rather than on the strength of its songs. In this environment, all the stately grandeur and layered sound is completely stripped, occasionally sounding like a tuneless mess. However, there is more to Howling Bells than just atmosphere, and when the band really tear into their material, it's a completely different story. Jagged shards of melody fire out, whilst rhythms rumble on, driving everything forward. The 'Radio Wars' material comes alive, like a shift from black and white to technicolor. Frontwoman Juanita Stein provides an arresting visual focal point, delivering what can only be described as a 'sexual' performance. Swaying and sashaying seductively against her fellow bandmates, she is completely captivating. And as much as she demands our attention, the music becomes more and more anthemic, to the point where one could easily imagine this on the main stage. Final song, 'Radio Wars', the title track of the album, is completely spellbinding. Military rhythms mesh with a doomy, dramatic atmosphere, the band flailing about like marionettes. As the last note hangs in the air, the band fall prone, their strings cut. Hopefully they'll be repaired in time for next year. This is a high: The all out drum assault at the very end with Juanita pounding on a drum of her own. The sound was so intense, I thought my heart might explode out of my chest. This is a low: Some of the slower songs were so muddled that it became impossible to detect anything even vaguely approaching a tune. Oxegen rating: 7/10 From: www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/07/11/oxegen-gaslight-anthem-daniel-merriweather-howling-bells/Text: Say what you like about Gary Lightbody’s band and their music (and we’ve heard it all), the Snow Patrol singer always come up trumps with band tips. He tipped Howling Bells and we really liked the Sydney band’s muscular widescreen classic indie. A bit Bunnymen in some places and a bit gothy elsewhere. Great stage presence too. Memo to self: check out their “Radio Wars” album. |
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Post by blade on Jul 14, 2009 11:51:51 GMT
I don't suppose you could call either of these reviews, but they're worth a look nonetheless. From: limerickleader-onthebeat.blogspot.com/2009/07/oxegen-2009-review.html"Honourable mentions: Howling Bells - Sydney shoegaze rock, great frontwoman in Juanita Stein (great name too)." From: entertainment.ie/Music/feature/Review:-Oxegen-2009/1/310.htm"With the Gaslight Anthem also late leaving the stage, we just made it in time to catch the last few tracks for Howling Bells. Their round guitar rock didn't quite grab until the very end when punky frontwoman Juanita Stein took a pair of drumsticks vigorously to a some drums and gave it her all for the last few minutes." |
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Post by settingsun on Jul 15, 2009 19:08:09 GMT
I was at Oxegen, seen HB's for the first time and they were even better than what I had hoped for, they're brilliant live, one of the best acts I was at all weekend. Here's an interview with Juanita & Joel and 2fm Radio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICzHw1a6ZXM |
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Post by blade on Aug 22, 2009 9:43:20 GMT
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