Best thing ever...

For once the time zones of the world was on my side. I thought I'd have to wait another whole night, but I checked one last time before I went to bed last night...and there it was...

Sooooo...

One of the best bands in the world...

...releasing the best video of the year so far...

...for the best song of the year so far...

Math The Band - Four To Six

Awesome!

Soooo AWESOME.....YEAAAAAAAHHHH!

Have a nice weekend peeps.

sooo awesome

This picture will get me through the day...

haha...that tour will be insane...

The night Math The Band brought the awesome to Tunbridge Wells

Third Math The Band picture post in a row. Sorry, but I just haven't really done much else worth writing about recently. Last night, the Wheatus tour party headed to Tunbridge Wells in Kent and it was another packed house. I imagine 95% of the people there would have had no idea of what to expect from MTB, so watching people's reactions as the first song kicks in is rather amusing. The faces in the crowd show a mixture of 'what the fuck is this', 'ouch, this is loud', 'what is happening' and 'wow, AWESOME!'. Personally, I stick to to 'wow, AWESOME!!', although it is also rather loud.

This was the last show I''l be able to go to. I've done three in the last three weeks or so. It's been kind of nice escaping London just to go see a gig, something I haven't really done since my friend's band played in Kingston three years ago.

Anyway, some photos...Kevin is hitting some seriously impressive air in the first one.

Math The Band live at The Square, Harlow (28th September 2011)

Last night I went to Harlow to see Math The Band again. I just figure I have to take these opportunities to see them while they're in the UK. Who knows if and when they'll be able to come back.

I'm glad I went, as it was another great show. Kevin snapped string after string on his guitar and ended up playing the last song with just one left. Guitar strings are overrated anyway, right?

Math The Band (live at Boileroom in Guildford, 23rd September 2011)

I'd been wanting to see Math The Band for aaaaaaaaaaaaaages and last night I finally got the chance. In They're currently over here, supporting Wheatus on their humongous UK tour.

Was it worth the wait? Hell yeah! Sooooooo much energy and sooooooooo much fun! Definitely one the best shows of the year so far!

Video of the day (nordloef - Buddy Holly (Weezer cover)

I first came across Swedish chiptune artist nordloef a year and a half ago on the 'Weezer - The 8-bit album' compilation. It features 14 classic Weezer tracks, covered by 8-bit/chiptune artists, including Anamanaguchi and I Fight Dragons. The whole compilation is great, but Nordloef's version of Buddy Holly definitely stands out as one of the best tracks.



Weezer - The 8-bit album can be downloaded legally for free here.

nordloef on myspace

Videos of the day (Anamanaguchi x 3)

Yes, yes...that top-10 is still coming at some point. I've just been too busy.

In the meantime, I just can't stop listening to Anamanaguchi's Dawn Metropolis. It's an incredible album. And they have amazing videos for every track! They're all great, but here are a few favorites. NINJA!







Anamanaguchi's Official and totally awesome website

Video of the day (YMCK - Magical 8bit Tour)

I've been listening to alot chiptune stuff the last couple of days. Below is a track from Japanese 8-bit popsters YMCK. They are also the people behind the Magical 8-bit plug-in, which you can download for free from their website at http://www.ymck.net/ . It says it should be Grageband compatible, but I've been having problems with it recently, so be a bit wary. For me, it just causes Garageband to make an extremely loud popping noise before crashing and it's not exactly pleasant if you're wearing headphones. Should work better with other pieces of software though.



And an old classic from the grand Uber-lord ninja master of computer games music, Rob Hubbard.



Aww...those were the days.

Video of the day (Enfant Bastard - For The Maudlin)

Enfant Bastard is an Edinburgh-based 8-bit artist. Well, he used to play messy and completely awesome anti-folk under the same name (and previously as The Love Gestures) but these days it seems to be all 8-bit bleeps coming from Cameron.

In this video Withered Hand's For The Maudlin gets the 8-bit treatment. I thought it was the perfect way to start the weekend. Have a good one!



How incredibly awesome is that?

Enfant Bastard on bandcamp