Lilli Rose Eat Your Heart Out

They may not have showcased one of my personal favourite tunes from their new album, but with a support-set-sampler from Dirt and debut album Smart Casual, how could Kids In Glass Houses go wrong?

Starting us off with Matters At All and showering their supporters in a climax of Sunshine, took us all on a rollercoaster of infectious pop rock complete with anthemic singalongs that dare you not to join in. Tasty treats in the shape of Saturday and common-cold-catchy Give Me What I Want saw dance parties break out throughout Cardiff International Arena; clusters of manical arm throwers and shape shifters dotted themselves sporadically like a chicken pox rash. Less gross of course.

Set over. Kids In Glass Houses' depart. We wait. Then it happens. If It Wasn't For Hate kicks in and all the kids go wild. Lostprophets are home and mustering every joule of their energy to give us an epic show.

Throwing out every club banger from lovelorn Darkest Blue to kicking in Can't Catch Tomorrow with the intro from The Fratellis' Chelsea Dagger thrown in for good measure. Then there's nostaligic anthem Last Summer commanding you to move and gleefully scream with it's major chorus and unmistakable intro riff. Sadly there was no Fake Sound Of Progress nor was there any Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja battles but when Ian and the boys covered The Prodigy's Omen that things really went off. The arena went beserk. As beserk as Lostprophets were back in the day. And that, my friends, is beserk!

You know you are in Wales, you know you are home when deafening Canon Lan singalongs and chants of WALES WALES break out between a nigh on capacity family.

Taking inspiration from Guns N Roses, alongside other peers in the modern music industry, 'Prophets borrowed Sweet Child Of Mine's intro to lead them sweetly into another tale of belonging and home sweet home sensibility of Where We Belong. A 'club banger' if ever I heard one.

 

Extending the intro to Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) was a purely genius idea as the anticipation and tension built and built in the crowd for the climax of what has been a killer show.

Climatical. Epic. Lush.

Lostprophets are back.

BBPD.

May Day! May Day!

Euurrrgh! The weekend before payday is always rife with unequivocal shitness. Yup, sad times. Silver linings often keep themselves highly camoflaged but this is a silver lining shiny enough to whip a flock of magpies into a highly reflective frenzy.

Cardiff's first weekend of May holds more musical snacks than a Wimbledon picnic.

May 1st sees High Wycombe's Young Guns rock out a matinee show in Clwb Ifor Bach. Armed with brand spanking new material this nigh on sold out Cardiff date is set to be a pre-summer scorcher with new single Sons Of Apathy out now to buy.

If Welsh music is more your bag then I suggest you definitely get yourselves down to Cardiff International Arena on the evening of May 1st for a night of club bangers courtesy of Pontypridd's finest Lostprophets. With support from Kids In Glass Houses, both bands sporting some jazzy new material under their belts and Ian Watkin's unquenchable desire to beat the crap out of 30STM, you're not going to want to miss out on antics from Wales' favourite rock kids.

As if that isn't enough for you, indie beats from melodramatic Melbourne man-band The Temper Trap are playing to a sold out Cardiff Uni Great Hall. The Aussies will be awaiting your already thrice battered frontal lobes, ready to soothe away all the hurt with their electro indie cwtches on May 2nd.

What? You still want more? In one weekend that isn't a festival? Crumbs! Well lucky for you  Cardiff Student's Union is housing an eyeball shaking all dayer, thanks to Grab Promotions and P4 Music. The likes of Pulled Apart By Horses, The Guns and Cardiff newbies Straight Lines act as support for the mighty The Bronx and their marraccas-weilding alter egos Mariachi El Bronx. All on May 2nd.

Think of it as Festival Season warm-up.

Info and ticket deets are below and on the bands' Facebook/Myspace/Twitter/Official Websites and:
www.ticketweb.co.uk

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/
http://www.seetickets.com/
http://www.wegottickets.com/
http://www.aloud.com/
Cardiff University Box Office
Ticketline UK (Cardiff)
Spillers Records (Cardiff)
Derricks Records (Swansea)
Diverse Music (Newport)

BBPD.

Sweet Monday

Don't we all love Monday? Hell yes!

Let's get right to the short and sweet.

Kids In Glass Houses are the band on everyone's lips as they debuted their sophomore submission, Dirt.  From single Youngblood (Let It Out) to the anthemic Matters At All and Sunshine, no stone has been left unturned by the once Smart Casual Welshies. Really, if The Best Is Yet To Come then over the next few years we are in for one heck of a treat.

Reading and Leeds' line ups were announced today a mere 15minutes after the much coveted tickets went on sale. Think Arcade Fire, Biffy Clyro, Lostprophets, The Gaslight Anthem, Paramore, You Me At Six, Bombay Bicycle Club and, erm, Blink 182. Oh crumbs! It's really gonna be a great year...Full details at http://www.readingfestival.com/.

BBPD.

Fun Tuesday

It's Fun Tuesday. Here's some of the shizzle that's been keeping me warm and dry indoors today...From the retro new Futureheads' video to the weird and wonderful JLS inspired offering from Hot Chip, KIGH romcom rock n roll, shriekingly ace Strange News From Another Star and Lostprophet's take on cops and robbers.


Strange News From Another Star - Oh My God They've Given Me The Suburbs








Hope they gave your eyes and ears the same rainy day Tuesday cwtch as they gave me!

BBPD.

No Choice For Sophie...Or Us!

It's May 1st 2010. You're a South Welsh music lover and excited about the many gigs leading up to the festival season. Prepare for an England v Wales that will rock your socks.

It's May 1st 2010. Lostprophets play the CIA. Young Guns play Clwb Ifor Bach. But instead of a Sophie's Choice sitch, Young Guns will play a matinee so no one has to miss out on any fun! YES!

Straight from the Gun's mouth. Thanks Gus!

Young Guns tickets details at Young Guns Myspace blog.
Lostprophets ticket info at Ticket Master.

BBPD.

Free Shit for Followers!

Free stuff is great isn't it? BBPD has some free shizzle to send to you signed by your favourite rock Hercules: a My Passion flyer signed by all the band, a Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour 2010 ticket signed by Lostprophets' Stuart Richardson and Luke Wilson (who happened to be hanging out around the merch stands, which was nice) and a signed copy of Young Guns' EP Mirrors.

All you have to do is follow this blog and answer the following question:

Who headlined the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour 2010 and what was their encore song?

Answers below in the comments box. First to answer correctly will win.

BBPD.

It's Big and It's Back

That's right Kids. New Music Monday has come back around and I for one am all the more happier for it. Today is no exception.

Tafia legends Lost Prophets released their 4th album today. If you're a fan of Cancer Bats, old school-rock Prophets and, erm, Joy Division then this is an album you should get involved with. And maybe even make it breakfast in the morning. Next Stop Atro City reminisces Prophets' anthems of yesteryear by channelling that unmistakable Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja Vibe that got us stuck on Ian and the boys way back when. If If It Wasn't For Hate is anything to go Watkins has obviously been listening to a lot of Joy Division and translating their cool melancholy in this track. All in all a good rock record with a Liberation Transmission pop, Start Something grit and Fake Sound Of Progress' inexplicable rock 'n roll. The Betrayed. Nice one butt! (It's ok. I'm Welsh).

Motion City Soundtrack. An emo-rock band with less than enough coverage. Their latest record, My Dinosaur Life, is an absolute triumph and if it's possible, may even trump it's predecessor Even If It Kills Me. But here's the thing, if Even If It Kills Me was oh so epic, then how can MDL possibly top it I hear you say? Well, in short, it just does. Packed to the rafters with riffs. Angsty-pop-punk lyrics that I defy you not to sing along to. A dozen gems that will  have you shapeshifting in your kitchen and dominating the mosh pit. Standout tracks: Her Words Destroyed My Planet, The Weakends and A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help).

My two for today.
BBPD.