Hudson Taylor

Type – Live Review
Artist – Hudson Taylor 
Location – O2 Academy (Jake Bugg)
Date – 08/02/2013

By the time I arrived at the venue, which was a mere 15 minutes before Hudson Taylor stepped onto the stage, the venue was already packed and that is what I call a sign of what was sure to be a fantastic night ahead.

Hudson Taylor is a little Irish band with fantastic spirit and a huge stage presence. Playing through popular songs from both Battles EP and Cinematic Lifestyle EP such as ‘Drop in the Ocean’, ‘Chasing Rubies’, ‘Cinematic Lifestyle’ and ‘Drop of Smoke’ among others. From the get go the boys had the entire captivated in their performance from their brilliant musicianship to their absolutely outstanding vocal abilities.

Band such as Hudson Taylor that are as original as these guys are hard to come by these day with everyone wanting to be in a band. However Hudson Taylor have taken everything that inspires them and created something completely different and unique that sets them apart from others in the industry.

With the internet being what it is today Hudson Taylor have been doing things right by gaining a strong online following using various platforms to promote their music. I don’t mean to sound really cliché but it’s safe to say for these guys the only way is up and I predict a long and amazing musical career ahead of them.

If you have not heard Hudson Taylor before I strongly recommend you check them out, they’re on just about all socail media platforms and you can get both of their EP’s on iTunes. Also be sure to go see them next time they are playing in a town near you. Much love, Life is Music TV.

-       @GillianLIMTV

Gin Wigmore

Type – Live Review
Artist – Gin Wigmore
Location – O2 Academy (supporting Train)
Date – 15/02/2013

  

From the minute we arrived at the venue our night was off to an interesting start. We were taken into the venue by Gin’s manager, which is normal for us, however we were taken straight to the security at the pit and after a kind word from the manager the security guards granted us pit access for Gin’s set without a photo pass and this made for the beginning of a very exciting night.

We weren't in the venue for too long before Gin made her way on to the stage and she kicked off the night with her song the upbeat song ‘Black Sheep’ from her new album ‘Gravel & Wine’. The rest of her set was full of energy and upbeat and exciting melodies and Gin played through songs from her new album that included ‘Dirty Love’, ‘Kill Of  The Night’, ‘Man Like That’ and ‘Sweet Hell’ the set also included ‘One Last Look’ and ‘Oh My’ from her debut album ‘Holy Smoke’. From the start to the end of her set Gin was full of energy and she did not stop dancing the entire time she was on stage. Gin put the entire crowd in a fantastic mood and her stage presence and energy got everyone in the room pumped in preparation for Train to make their way to the stage.

Later on in the night Gin returned to the stage to perform ‘Bruises’ with Train, she took over the vocals in the song which were originally performed by country singer Ashley Monroe. The duet between Train’s leading man Pat Monahan and Gin Wigmore was performed beautifully and yes, there was more dancing from Gin during this song. Gin spent so much of the night dancing that it prompted Pat to make the comment “I don’t think she’s stopped dancing since she was like seven or something” as Gin made her way off the stage after the duet.

Gin Wigmore is a very talented musician and song writer with amazing vocal abilities, sounding a bit like Duffy but a whole lot better. This was the first time we have seen Gin performing live and we loved her stage presence and how much energy she had throughout the whole night. If you haven’t seen Gin live before we would like to say - Get a ticket to the next show she is playing near you it’s a night you wont forget.

Twitter – @Gin_Wigmore

Facebook – www.facebook.com/ginwigmore

Review by - @GillianLIMTV

Misty Miller

Type- Single Review

Title- Girlfriend

By- Misty Miller

South London based singer-songwriter Misty Miller has been writing her own songs since she was eight years old. Misty draws her inspitation from great artists such as Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Velvet Underground and Patti Smith. At the age of 15 Misty recorded and released her first album, which went on to sell 60,00 copies and allowed her to work with other fantastic artists.

Now Misty is signed to Sony label Relentless, she will be continuing her success with her new single ‘Girlfriend’. Due to Mistys musical inspirations there is no surprise that this new single is full of 70’s rock guitar melodies and drum beats. The song relativly simple however saying that the simplicty of this song seems to be what makes it work. The tone of Misty’s vocals is what gives the song it’s edge and makes unique compaired to a lot of bands and singers that are out at the moment.

Misty Miller is one of those artist that through the fantastic combination of her vocal ablilities and musical style will always stand apart from the crowd. We can see Misty having an amazing musical career ahead of her. So we would just like to say keep up the amazing work and keep the fantastic songs coming and we look forward to the release of Misty’s EP.

If you havent heard of Misty’s music before be sure to check her out on facebook, much love Life is Music TV.

http://m.soundcloud.com/misty-miller/girlfriend-1

           

Twitter - @GillianLIMTV

 @lifeismusictv

Ask: Campbell's Wild

We managed to catch up with Scottish Indie band 'Campbell's Wild' here's what we asked -

How did the band get together?

FRASER: I Started the band with my mate Webster about 4 years ago   because we had been jamming together and thought it would be a good idea. We’d already written a couple of songs, so I asked my little brother Keir to drum for us at a few rehearsals...
KEIR: I was only asked to play until the guys found a new drummer. Technically I’ve never been in the band, they were just too lazy to get someone else!
HAIGY: Fraser thought he'd written the best song in the world and it would make us super rich.  He was wrong, we don’t even play it anymore.
STEVEN: The band had formed before I joined. I was asked a week before the band were due to play their first show! I’d played with Fraser before in an old band and knew Keir and Haigy quite well so, I slotted in pretty easily.

How did you come up with the band name?

FRASER: I had seen the name of this guy Campbell Wild in the paper and thought he had a pimp name so I stole it!

HAIGY: A guy Fraser went to primary school with ran away from home when he was 11 and started living on the streets, he moved to a rubbish dump due to the increased levels of available food.  He was a bit like Stig of the Dump and his name is Campbell.  So literally, Campbell is Wild!

KEIR: I genuinely don’t even know anymore, every time we answer this question there's an elaborate story. I think Fraser’s is closest to the truth this time. 

What made you want to start a band?

FRASER: I had been in bands before and I missed it so wanted to start again, this time playing guitar instead of bass.

STEVEN: Music has always been a major part of my life and having been in previous bands it was something I loved being involved in!

KEIR: Drums is pretty much all I do, it was a great way to play somewhere other than my room and pissing off my neighbors!

HAIGY: All my favourite bands went on indefinite hiatus around the same time so I wanted to be able to listen to something!

Individual musical inspirations

FRASER: The Housemartins, Beautiful South, Barenaked Ladies all bands with singers with similar styles to me really.

KEIR: I’m more punk rock. Drumwise its from Travis Barker to Atom Willard. Musically, my taste in music is so varied it's hard to give an overview! one minute it's Screamo, the next it's Johnny Cash and then brutal pop songs. I think all of that influences me.
HAIGY: Early Biffy Clyro, Explosions in the Sky...

Can you describe your sound in 3 words?

HAIGY: Really Really Good.

FRASER: Pop Indie Rock

KEIR: Dark Indie Pop

STEVEN: Alternative Post-pop

Who is the girliest member of the band?

FRASER: Keir by a f*#!ing mile he has more haircare products than any girl I know.

STEVEN: Keir
HAIGY: Keir

KEIR: Harsh...but fair.

Describe each other in 1 word (one good thing, one bad thing)

FRASER:

Keir - dedicated, moody

Haigy - laidback, indifferent

Stevie - talented, talented

HAIGY:

Me - #UnbelievablyBeautifulAndTalentedAndFunny, Lazy
Stevie - Musical, Unpunctual
Keir - How do you say 'Actually looks like he should be in a band' in one word?, Noisy
Fraser - Man skills, Incontinent

Keir:

Calum - Funny, ridiculously-Lazy
Stevie - Talented, anti-pop
Fraser - Gifted, Lazy

STEVEN:

Fraser - performer / lazy

Calum - co-writer / perfectionist 

Keir - encouraging / diva

Tell us a bit about your most recent release:

KEIR: It was the Superman Pill’s E.P.
HAIGY: A Lot of it needs re-recorded.
KEIR: Yeah, we were writing things and changing bits literally as we recorded it. With our songs normally they’re played for months and they evolve. Most of those songs, have evolved drastically from the recorded versions! So proud of the single ‘Superman Pills’ Itself though. First time I’ve ever been in a vocal booth!
STEVEN: ‘Superman Pills’ was the first recording I did with the band and was a song I have been playing around with for a while so was good to have a proper studio recording of it, very catchy and I am proud of it!

Favourite song to play live? 

FRASER: ‘Spinning circles’, I only play one chord so can concentrate on looking cool
KEIR: Same, the drums are crazy, different timings, my arms fly all around the kit. plus it usually gets the best response I feel.
HAIGY: ‘Forever unfinished’ - its how we close the set
STEVEN: That or ‘Halfway Home’ is mine.

Do you have any new material we should look out for?

FRASER: We’re doing an acoustic set for ‘The Student Sessions’ on december 6th. It’s being filmed for release online and the recording will be on East-coast FM shortly after that.

KEIR: Their advice for us was to look pretty and not swear, the two things our band isn’t great at..

Any crazy fan experiences?

FRASER: Playing to what was effectively a kids party when supporting Amy Can Flyy in Glasgow was quite surreal. They were really into it though.

KEIR: on the first night of ‘The Superman Pills’ tour back in February, a girl came up to me and Fraser outside the venue with a group of her friends after we’d played. She was really nice and told us she loved our set and really liked the band. We kind of panicked as it was the first time we’d been confronted with people looking at us and no music to hide behind. So in the panicked moment we ended up coming across quite mean. We felt really bad though, gave her some free stuff and apologized. We’re cool now! Sorry again!!

If people haven't heard of you before, why should they check you out?

FRASER: We are newm different and interesting, we have catchy tunes that stick in your head.

HAIGY: Because we all like such different music all of our songs sound different depending on who played big roles in the writing of them, so hopefully there should be something in them for everybody.

STEVEN: Because we are different from other bands sound-wise, we write and play music we love and we are all about performing and having fun :)

The Band Perry

Type – Live Review

Artist – The Band Perry

Location – O2 ABC, Glasgow

Date –17-11-2012

We had the pleasure of interviewing The Band Perry at the O2 ABC in Glasgow not long before they hit the stage for their very first performance in front of a Scottish crowd, and I think it’s safe to say that they were really looking forward to it.

After our interview with the sibling trio we stayed for the show, and what an absolutely amazing night we had. The Band Perry had sold out the O2 ABC and the venue was completely packed. Selling out the O2 ABC on your first show is brilliant but as Lauren says in the interview “I think you need a bigger venue next time”. I totally agree with this, The Band Perry are clearly loved and they may have underestimated how popular they actually are in Scotland. 

As there were only two bands playing by the time The Band Perry’s support act John and Jacob got onto the stage the room was already full and they played through their set keeping the crowd on their toes. These are two enthusiastic young guys with great voices and musicianship. They got the crowd’s energy up and at the end of their set they left us all wanting just a little more.

There wasn’t much time between John and Jacob leaving the stage and The Band Perry coming on, which is always a good thing because you don’t want to leave the crowd on their own too long. After listening to a few songs while listening while the crew got the stage ready the music went off and the lights went down, this is the moment we knew our worlds were about to be blown away.

The Band Perry opened with ‘Sugar Sugar’ which is not on their album nor has it been officially released, however if you are like us and are big fans of them then you will have done your youtube research and found out that despite the fact that its not on the album or released you will know that the song is a fan favourite and they play it on a regular basis. This was the perfect opening song as it’s a very high energy song that really gets the crowd going and the lyrics are catchy and easy to learn.

The band powered through an amazing nearly 20 song set list playing favourite songs such as ‘Hip To My Heat’, ‘Miss You Being Gone’, ‘All Your Life’, ‘Double Heart’ and ‘Postcard From Paris’. They also played a mash up of Tom Petty’s ‘Free Falin’ with their song ‘Independence’. The Band Perry’s set also included covers of ‘Amazing Grace’, a mash up of ‘American Pie/Jack and Diane/Me & Bobby Mcgee’ and my personal favourite cover that they do ‘Fat Bottom Girls’ this was a fun song to watch them play live with Neil taking the lead and Kimberly telling the crowd “You best be shakin’ what your mama gave you”.

They played 2 new songs one of which was their new song ‘Better Dig Two’ which although it’s not out in the UK yet, the crowd have been listening to the song and were singing along with every word which was a fantastic thing to hear, I wonder how the band must have felt hearing it?.

Finishing their set with ‘If I Die Young’ a crowd favourite which Kimberly even let the crowd take the lead for a few lines while the entire band stood back and looked out at the extremely loud Scottish crowd in amazement as they sang their song back to them. The trio then left the stage as the rest of their band stayed and played a short instrumental version of ‘Queen Maybelline’ before they also left the stage. However after a few short minutes of composure The Band Perry bounced back onto the stage to play an amazing 3 song encore which included ‘We Are Young’ (fun cover) and ‘Night Gone Wasted/With A Little Help From My Friends’ (beatles cover) before ending their fist Scottish concert with ‘You Lie’ and they really went out with a bang.

After the show The Band Perry left their dressing room and made their way over to their merch table to sign autographs for the massive line of fans that stayed in the venue to meet them.

I really love to see when bands really show their fans appreciation because its one thing to say that you love your fans but its another thing to actually take the time to stand and talk to the fans that can’t make it to a meet and greet, when bands do little things like this it really makes the fans feel loved.

If you haven’t listened to The Band Perry go check them out they are an amazing country band that will steal your heart after listening to one song (it happened to me). If have listened to them before and haven’t seen them live I would suggest you get yourself a ticket to their next concert in a town near you, they put on a great show and they really get the crowd involved talking to them.

The Band Perry really are a fantastic band and their chemistry that comes from them being siblings is truly amazing and they have more to give us and I can see them going down in history.

Make sure you all hurry back to the UK, we miss you already.

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@GillianLIMTV

Tyler Hilton

Tyler Hilton Live Review 

October 31st at King Tut’s Glasgow

After setting himself free from the clutch of his former record label, Tyler Hilton has since started his very own label ‘Hooptie Tune Records’, in which he released his much anticipated third studio album ‘Forget The Storm’ in March earlier this year. We were lucky enough to catch him live at his Halloween show at King Tut’s in Glasgow.

With the dress code of the night being ‘vampire’ the queue was full of blood thirsty girls (and the occasional guy here and there). I actually didn’t have a clue about the dress code and turned up dressed like a zombie football player... smooth Lauren. With the queue stretching out the door of the venue and even further down the street and round the corner, it was clear this was going to be a great gig.

With everyone all squeezed in Tyler’s support act Dion Roy took the stage, and he got a great response. The crowd were screaming for him which I’m sure he was surprised about having not been to Glasgow before. He was wearing a Crispy Crème hat and Tyler’s glasses which had everyone giggling. He performed songs from his most recent release ‘Into The Day’ and he also played one of my personal favourites ‘Daughter’ which he explained to the crowd he had written for his little girl. He had the crowd in awe, and I’m sure he won some hearts. I know if he comes back to Glasgow everyone in that room will be the first ones to buy their tickets. As his set came to an end and he went for some fan photos, the crowd were more than ready for Tyler to get on stage.

As the lights went down, there was a deadly silence and then ‘AAAAAAAAAAH’ is all I can describe it as. Everyone in the room was going crazy as the lights went up to reveal Tyler Hilton, his guitar in one hand and a box of chocolates in the other. He started picking out people in the crowd who were dressed up and threw them a couple chocolates, I managed to get a couple too. I mean it’s hard not to notice someone dressed as a zombie at a vampire themed night.. He kicked off the night with songs from ‘Forget The Storm’ and he had everyone bobbing their heads and singing along. I don’t think it had sunk in for some people that they were actually watching Chris Keller from One Tree Hill performing in front of them and not on their TV. He performed flawlessly. As he performed ‘When it comes’ there was not a person who wasn’t singing along. It was definitely a crowd favourite. He played a fantastic set and I’m sure everyone at the gig that night will agree he’s going to need a bigger venue next time around!

Check out Tyler Hilton and Dion Roy if you haven't already, you won't be disappointed, these are two great guys and great musicians. Stay Awesome, Lauren x

Lower Than Atlantis

Lower Than Atlantis Live Review

Friday 5th Oct at Glasgow Garage

We had the pleasure of interviewing Dec Hart, bassist for Lower Than Atlantis at The Garage in Glasgow. We also hung out to catch the show afterwards. With Gnarwolves along with our friends Don Broco and The Dangerous Summer supporting, this was definitely a great line up, a must go to Glasgow gig. 

As we entered the main hall before any of the acts had even set foot on the stage, it was already packed. This, straightaway told me that these guys definitely have an awesome fan base. I managed to speak to a few people who told me they were there just to see Don Broco -the same people at the end of the night who were buying Lower Than Atlantis merch and telling me how they have a new favourite band!

As the first support act Gnarwolves took the stage the crowd were already chanting LTA, but they were going to have to wait a little longer. Gnarwolves kicked off their set with what I can only describe as noise. The crowd didn’t seem to pleased with what they had to offer, and a short set later, Don Broco were on the stage completely killing it! With their well known walk and entertaining dance moves they had the crowd going crazy for them and even joining in. They performed a set consisting mostly of songs from their newest album ‘Priorities’ and even managed to perform an oldie ‘Thug Workout’ which just made fans go absolutely mental. The crowd were completely theirs and the energy in the room just kept getting bigger and bigger. They then asked the crowd to create a mosh pit/wall and I’m  not kidding, this was probably one of the biggest I’ve ever seen. It was fantastic!

Next to take the stage were The Dangerous Summer from the US. They tried to keep the energy at a high, although it was a little difficult for them as their set consisted of slower songs. The crowd responded great to the band, although I think it might have just been frontman AJ’s American accent they liked! Their set was great and they played a mix of songs from ‘War Paint’ and ‘Reach for the Sun’ and they also played my favourite song ‘Where I want to be’. They kept the crowd happy and the room was now buzzing with excitement for Lower Than Atlantis to take the stage.

With the crowd chanting LTA, the band walked on stage to a roar of applause and screaming. They started the set with ‘Love Someone Else’ from their newest album ‘Changing Tune’ and the crowd are going crazy for it. They perform a bunch of songs from albums ‘Far Q’, ‘World Record and ‘Changing Tune’ and it pleases the crowd. The crowd were hanging on their every lyric throughout the entire set. ‘Beech Like The Tree’ seemed to be a crowd favourite. The band continued to blast through their set and perform every song perfectly. Despite frontman Mike Duce being ill the band still manage to smash it and play possibly one of their best gigs to date. As the band finish their set, they leave the stage with the crowd still chanting their name. As the famous Glasgow ‘Here we fu#*ing  go’ is being screamed at the empty stage. Lower Than Atlantis return to perform ‘Another Sad Song’ and ‘Deadliest Catch’. The crowd sing along with them and it was definitely the best part of the night. The band were flawless.

If you haven't heard of any of the bands we've talked about in this review, then you should check them out. You won't be disappointed. 

Watch our interview with bassist Dec Hart here.