Weekly Update

Week Commencing: Monday 19th March 2012

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Other posters available featuring the other bands

If you follow me on twitter you will know of my excitement about some news that was being released today which was relating to a tour with Strangle Kojak, The Call Back Academy, Follow You Home, Beyond Recall and A Season of Secrets. Plus there will be a local band from that city playing at the show. I can tell you now that I AM going to this tour, I will be at the London date even if it means going alone but there is nothing in the world that will stop me going from going. They are all such awesome bands and it's crazy to think that they are going to be on tour together but it's true.

I am off to the Loud Noises tour this Saturday, which I am really looking forward to. I can't wait to meet all of the Show it Off guys either, as they are such a lovely bunch of guys. From what I have heard the tour has gone really well so far and seems to be getting better as time goes on.

I've got a lot in the pipeline to be released for you all but one thing is that I am planning on starting some TMF interviews soon, so what bands would you like to see be under the grilling? and what questions do you want them to be asked?

Don't forget we are on facebook www.facebook.com/themusicfuture2011 which is probably the best place to keep up with everything that is going on and is the place to notice a few secrets that I'm working on.

UK Chart

This weeks number three is Somebody that I used to Know by Gotye and in second place is She Doesn't Mind by Sean Paul and of course this weeks UK number 1 is Part of Me by Katy Perry.

Abbie xox

Weekly Update

Week Commencing: Monday 12th March 2012


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There are lots of bands set to release their music videos soon some of these are A Day Overdue, The Call Back Academy, FranKo, Taking Hayley, Run from Robots, I Divide and I am sure there are so many more but all of these should be coming very soon.

I can now finally tell you about Beyond Recall's new website, it looks amazing check it out at www.beyondrecallofficial.co.uk - I've had access to it all week so I've seen it develop for a bit and its so good the way its turned out. And you can download their song Mistakes for free on there and also have a listen to one of their other new songs. And if you are real smart you will notice some additional show dates in June but I shall leave that part up to your imagination.

Room 94 are releasing their video for You got it Wrong on Wednesday, that'll be one to look out for as that is the video with all the explosions and looks quite like a thrilling video.

Did anyone see Strangle Kojak's Omar on Love Machine on Sky 1 Living? I honestly haven't watched it yet but I have it recorded so I will be sitting down to that tonight. I've seen a few comments and it looks like good entertainment.

UK Chart

The chart seems to stay the same for too long lately, so in third is Elephant by Alexandera Burke, second is Starships by Nicki and then this weeks UK number 1 is once again Somebody that I used to Know by Gotye.

Abbie xox

Weekly Update

Week Commencing: Monday 5th March 2011

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This months Ourzone Magazine is out and it is featuring so many awesome bands All Time Low, Beyond Recall, Mayday Parade, Attack Attack, Anti Flag, Young Guns and so many others.
Talking of Beyond Recall they are joining the Don't be a HaTOUR tour this April but only at selected dates, you'll have to check in with them to find out which dates it is but you are in for a real treat with this tour because the line up is turning out to be just amazing. If you do go along then make sure you go and say hi to everyone you can because they are all such lovely people and will be happy to have a good chat with you. Beyond Recall are giving a free copy of their song "Mistakes" this Friday and I can tell you that it is one to have. It's a bit different from their usual stuff and is already in prime place on my iPod so don't miss out on that one because it is one to have.
The Reading and Leeds line up gets released tomorrow evening and I have to admit that I am rather looking forward to seeing it. I am still hoping that the rumoured line up is tree because it'll be one awesome festival if it is.

This might be boring for you but for me it's been a bit of an exciting week. I am going to be working at Lounge on the Farm this year which is a festival based in Canterbury. They have only released part of the line up so far and this is it. I am hoping to meet some famous faces, I am sure the chances of that are very slim but I can be hopeful. I will try to do a bit of a daily Lounge on the Farm diary from you if I take my phone with me so I can update you on it all but it might be when I get back because I don't think I trust myself not to lose my phone. But I'll let you know closer to the time. I am really excited for that and I have five nights of camping to endure for it. So if anyone has any festival tips for me then they'd be greatly appreciated because I have no idea what to take.


A second slightly exciting thing is that TMF is on Facebook, we didn't quite get the name that I wanted because of Facebook rules but we are there. I decided to go for being a person rather than being a page right now because I think it makes it so much easier to interact with people. So make sure you are posting the names/links/videos to all of your favourite bands and teach us about some of the artists that you love. This is the link so make sure you get over and add us: www.facebook.com/themusicfuture2011

UK Chart

This week third spot was taken by Nicki Minaj with Starships, second spot was by Emeli Sande and once again the UK number one is Somebody that I used to Know by Gotye.

Abbie xox

Weekly Update

Week Commencing: Monday 20th February 2012
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This week Taking Hayley got through to the next round of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam so make sure you check out their bedroom jam tomorrow at 5pm. And they are also on the stop drop rock tour this April so if you want to see them live then make sure you get down to that. I know I'll be checking out the London show. The other tour I'm going to be seeing is the Loud Noises tour from Room 94 so don't forget to go down and check that out if you get a chance. Especially as they released their new lyric video this week for their latest song "You Got It Wrong", it's a really great song and can now be bought from iTunes. So make sure you go and grab that if you haven't already got it. I can tell you that it's already featured in my top played songs.
The other tour this side of Easter (well there are loads actually) is the Just Me Again tour, it looks like it should be really good although I currently don't have any plans to go, so if you do go let me know how it went.

I can tell you that there is a lot to be expected from A Day Overdue this year, I've heard a couple of their plans and I can assure you that they are going to be big so make sure you keep an eye out for them.

Beyond Recall are going to be supporting Attack Attack at their Bristol show, from what I can gather the Beyond Recall guys are extremely happy about this. It's going to be such a good experience for them and they'll get to play to share their music to a whole new group of people.
The Natives have released a sneaky peek at some of their new material. It's a really good song called "Big Plan" so I can't wait to hear a bit more from them in the near future.
Out of interest are there any bands that anybody would like to see come together for a tour? What would be your dream touring bands?

UK Chart
This weeks number three is DJ Fresh with Hot Right Now, number two is Emeli Sande with Next to Me and this weeks UK number one is Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye.

Abbie xox

Weekly Update

Week Commencing: Monday 30th January 2012
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My Snowman

Happy February 2012 to start things of and I just say can you believe how much snow we have had. I got snowed in at my friends on Saturday night because of the snow which make things a bit more eventful as we had been out to see The Seamonkeys at a local pub. They were really great and it was so much fun being able to see them for an entire set without having to disappear part way through.

This is a call out to any Hill Valley High or/and Show it Off fans because I some how have ended up trying to make a fan video for both bands but I'm struggling to find the fans. I literally need videos of gigs, photos of them, photos of you and them, messages (written or videoed), memories with them pretty much anything that relates to that band. So if you want to be involved then get in touch because I am in great need of everyone's help.

If you've already bought your tickets for Room 94 then make sure you check their facebook page because there seem to be a lot of changes to dates and venues going on.

Beyond Recall are through to the Red Bull Bedroom Jam and have filmed their bedroom jam on Wednesday so look forward to that being aired on Monday at 5pm on the red bull bedroom jam website and also look into the next band going through tomorrow as 12 noon.
UK Chart

This weeks UK number three is Somebody I Used to Know by Gotye, number two is Alone Again by Alyssa Reid and this weeks UK number one is Titanium by David Guetta.

Abbie xox

Weekly Update

Week Commencing: Monday 23rd January 2011

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This week feels like it has been really busy and I don't seem to have any idea of what has happened in the music world. I've been paying a lot of attention on the red bull bedroom jam competition, with a special focus on getting Beyond Recall through this week and then Show it Off through next week. Fingers crossed this'll happen, both bands have been working their socks off to get through. It'd be great to see both of them through to the next round.
I honestly have gone completely blank about what has been going on this week, everything seems to have all merged together.
Talking of beyond recall, they are releasing their newest music video tonight so that'll be one to have a look at and I'm sure it'll be very creative. Room 94 have been filming their next music video this week, it is looking very creative at the moment. This is Beyond Recall's new video, I haven't even watched it yet because I wanted to share it with all of your first of all. So I'm afraid that I can't tell you what's going on in it because I currently have no idea.

I've finally got one of Fred Clark's CDs thanks to my lovely friend Rosie over at the budget beauty book. And I've finally got round to sorting out my ticket for Room 94's March tour so that is very exciting, let me know if you are going to that.

UK Chart

This weeks chart is in third Jessie J with Domino, second is Titanium by David Guetta and this weeks UK number one seems to have flown to the top and it is Twilight by Cover Drive.

Abbie xox

Vote for Beyond Recall

Yesterday I mentioned voting for Show it Off but today I will mention it for Beyond Recall - the guys in this band really are very lovely and the band is so close from the top spot. They've spent the entire weekend moving around the buzz chart.

http://www.redbullbedroomjam.com/band/beyond-recall/

This is their link so make sure you rate and vote for them, because like I keep saying - you can vote for as many bands as you like. It doesn't effect the charts the amount of bands you vote for at all.

This is their video for their song The Choices.

Happy voting
Abbie xox

Beyond Recall

Beyond Recall are a hardcore pop-punk band from Bristol. The four boys that make up the group have been together since November 2010. They currently have their first EP out which if you are un-decided on them it is worth having a listen to. The boys music is currently attempting to stretch further than Bristol and as the boys are only young they have plenty of time to achieve this.

You can:
- facebook them - www.facebook.com/beyondrecalluk
- tweet them - www.twitter.com/beyondrecall
- watch them at www.youtube.com/BeyondRecallTV

Now I have got to see these guys perform at Room 94's Christmas Show, they are a bit of a mixture band and I did get a little bit of an unexpected surprise from them. Possibly to be compared to marmite of either loving them or hating them. But either way they put on a great show and seeing as they were the first band to perform that night they got the crowd going and started the show successfully. This is their song The Choice.

Abbie xox

Room 94 Christmas Show

Room 94 performing

Me and Sam from Twenty Twenty

So I have finally got to see Room 94 and they were amazing. And in true fan girl style I screamed a lot. I would say I was quite calm especially when the band members were just casually walking past me but I think my lovely friends that came with me would disagree. It was probably the way when we were queueing up outside and Sean (from Room 94) came outside to talk to some people and everyone was just acting really casually and I was standing there going "HE'S IN THE BAND, HE'S IN THE BAND". I was much better behaved later on and I didn't even get to meet Room 94, to be fair I probably could have done but I decided that it would have been a bit far. My other major fan girl moment (I've decided to confess to them all now) is when Sam Halliday walked into the room with me still standing there going "Is that the guy from Twenty Twenty, it totally is.....is it?" and then when some girls ran up to him I knew it was him. I couldn't miss a moment like that so I had to go and get a picture with him, it was worth loosing my "cool" edge. He is honestly one of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting for about 20 seconds, he just generally seemed like such a nice guy.

The one bit of a downer to the evening was that I felt incredibly old, me and my three friends seemed like the oldest people that were there besides from parents, security and the bands themselves. So we were standing among what seemed like 12-15 year olds for a long period of time, which wasn't at all what I was expecting. At least it meant that there weren't too many tall heads to try to look over to see the bands.
Beyond Recall (individual post to follow - its not ready yet) were a really good support act that was until the screamo part came, I preferred them before they introduced that. It ruined it for me, this is just a personal thing but it depends what you are into. But before that part I was slowly falling in love with them.

Stakeout (individual post also to follow this one is pretty much done it just needs perfectifying) were amazing, they are all so cutesy and most of them are older than me but they really don't look it. The lead singer from this band managed to cut his finger in the first song but he managed to triumph on and kept playing with blood spilling out of his finger. It was not at all a pretty site.

Then of course Room 94 came on and just rocked it. They were so good, there was only one song that I couldn't sing along to which was their first time ever played live song. It was really good so I'm guessing that'll be on their next album so I look forward to seeing that come out. I was a bit bummed that they didn't perform for that long, I was ready for a few more songs, perhaps a couple of Christmas songs and a bit of stage banter but that didn't actually happen. But then I guess you can always have too much of a good thing. This first video is them starting their set which is The End:

This video is their new song which I'm afraid the name of it has escaped me:

Basically I am so glad that I went, for a free Christmas show it was amazing and I had a really great time. The whole atmosphere was great by just the way that bands don't need the heavy security or barriers that a big named festival would need. We even managed to fit in a trip to the pub before the journey home began which is clearly the way it should be. I would recommend to any of you to go check out these bands because they were all great. It was a great start to the Christmas mood - I think it was all the Christmas jumpers that did it.
If you were there drop me a comment, it'd be great to hear from you.
Abbie xox

All the videos are ones that I recorded myself from my phone which I admit aren't that great. The image is good but the sound is rubbish - I need to mix my old and new phone together and then it'd be perfect. The reason some are done by youtube is because it is ten times faster than blogger video upload which I soon found out. Also all photos in this post are personally my own.