Coeur de Pirate

Please do yourself a favour and familiarise your ears with the simply adorable Béatrice Martin, the voice behind Coeur de Pirate.
The 19 year old, Quebec native's self titled album is available now.

Here's a small dose of happiness:

This Could Be Love ;)

For those of you unfamiliar with the visonary creature that is Allison Harvard, please do your peepers a favour and hit up America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 on You Tube. RIGHT NOW. On second thoughts, stay on my blog and wrap your retinas around the photo opposite.

Yes kids, she is a contestant on Tyra Banks' hit show, and I for one am a bit smitten.
With eyes as big as my expectations for her, the "creepy" Allison has already caused quite a stir on the internets.

I know the following is a bit gratuitous but I really don't care!

Things to do this week!

For fans of the delightful Alkaline Trio!

Check out Matt Skiba's side project 'Heavens' http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/220. Skiba has teamed up with fellow East Coast native Josiah Steinbrick to produce some beautifully composed, damned-esque tracks. Best put seatbelts on your ears, they're in for the ride of their lives.

For Fans Of:

Alkaline Trio

The Cure

The damned

Television

Alkaline Trio At Koko

I recently had the pleasure of seeing Chicago punk band, Alkaline Trio in London.

The venue was Koko in Camden, the ticket price was modest and the build up was electric.

Pop rock band The Audition, were supporting with a set of lyrically toe curling songs, and even cringier audience engagement. After what felt like days front man Danny Stevens, concluded their performance by verbally assaulting the audience and storming off stage because someone had apparently heckled. No it wasn't me.

Finally the lights were dimmed, illuminating a back drop of cover art from Trio's latest album 'Agony and Irony'. My heart sank slightly. You see, this album is a eclectic mix of all things generic with a disturbing radio rock vibe throughout. After signing to major label Sony, and even a stint on MTV's fake fest 'The Hills' it's no wonder Skiba, Grant and Andriano bore such a redundant record.

However, bands like Alkaline Trio don't come around often and trust me their entire back catalogue more than makes up for the adulterous 'Agony and Irony'. They opened with the first track from the album 'Calling All Skeletons', which in fairness is a crowd pleaser. But playing songs from their latest creation was short lived, as they launched into songs like 'Mr Chainsaw', 'Maybe I'll Catch Fire' and 'This Could Be Love', reminding the audience why they fell in love with the trio in the first place.

It seems Alkaline Trio have grown up, and out of their old style considerably. I suppose marriage and therapy can do that to artists. They still know how to put on a show, and a damn good one at that. Feeding the crowd with a mix of old and new songs, most likely intended for old and new fans.

The last two songs, a cover of 'The KKK Took My Baby Away' by The Ramones and Alkaline Trio's infamous melodic 'Radio' concluded their set, leaving me with a great big smile on my face, as I was reminded of how much I love this band.

Here's a snippet of their performance

My First Blog

Hello world!
This is my very first post on my lovely, shiny new blog.

Greedy For The Verse will cover all things arts and entertainment. I will post weekley on things such as, music
films, comedy and books. In Summary it's your online guide to fun times.
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