Review: 'The Knife Show' By Eating Pebble.

November Review:

The Knife Show - Eating Pebble

What can I say about Eating Pebble's new album 'The Knife Show'? Well to be honest, plenty. After displaying their sounds on 2008's 'Sammi! Oh, Sammi!' EP the boys are back with a full album and let's just say that it is damn good! Full of catchy lyrics and even better guitar hooks Eating Pebble have discovered a sound that suits their style and let's the listener engage and emerge themselves in the stories as if they were their own. Be it from the driving bass lines on 'All Her Soldiers Gone To France' to the meloncholy lyrics on 'Close Your Eyes, Shout!', the boys have something to scream about.

When I asked Mattias (the guy with the cool hair who plays lead guitar) how The Knife Show came about, he simply replied, "I believe it just happened as a necessary result of trying to write the best songs in the world. I'm not being big headed, I just think that if you don't try to do that, you shouldn't be in a rock'n'roll band". Honest words from a guy who makes honest music. Honest to God rockin' Indie music.

So personally I am captivated by The Knife Show. It's been far too long since a band has delivered on their word and released a straight up rock record straight from the heart, and if these boys continue making the sounds that they do then there is no limit to what they can achieve.

"The Knife Show" - Released 13th November 2009

Check out the new video for 'Wrestling The Radio'.




Check out Eating Pebble at the following links:

Eating Pebble Official Website
Eating Pebble MySpace Page
Eating Pebble On Last.fm

Video Of The Week.

Australia electronica is very good.

It would be very good if you watched the vid and danced.

It would be good if you danced.

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #6***

Good Movember to you all! Yes I say MO-vember as it has now become. Men all across the world will be growing dainty moustaches to raise awareness about male depression and prostate cancer. It's a great cause and lots of fun. I may even post a few pics with next month's mixtape of my Mo-progress! If you'd like to know more about Movember then check out Movember Canada.

Now down to the real reason we are all here. The 6th MonthlyIndieMixtape!!

It's a great list of tracks this month and one to definitely keep the ears happy. So check it out and let me know what you think!

Tracklisting:

Aufgang - Channel 7
Bad Lieutenant - Poisonous Intent
Band Of Skulls - Death By Diamonds And Pearls
Black Cab - Church In Berlin
Bridezilla - Western Front
Carrie - Tricara
The Cinematics - She Talks To The Trees
Colourmusic - Yes!
Dallas Frasca - Thank You For Making Me Who I Am
Dear Mutant - Desert Sun
Destry - It Goes On
Dragonette - Fixin To Thrill
Drummer - Summer Control
Electric Six - Body Shot
Firefly - Never By Your Side
Goonies Never Say Die - This One Took Forever
Gran Ronde - Secret Rooms
Headlights - You And Eye
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now
Hot! Donna - Boogie Girl
Hurricanez - Next Time
I Am The Ocean - City By The Lake
Joss Stone - Free Me
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Kenickie - Millionaire Sweeper
Landon Pigg - Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop
Left Lane Cruiser - Black Lung
Lissy Trullie - Self-Taught Learner
Little Comets - Adultery
Maps - I Dream Of Crystal
Matthew Good - The Boy Who Could Explode
Middle Distance Runner - The Sun And Earth
Monstertux- Blow
Old Canes - Little Bird Courage
Paige Armstrong - Lights Burn Out
Priestess - The Firebird
The Rocketboys - We Are A Lighthouse
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Buster Voodoo
Said The Whale - B.C. Orienteering
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - I Pretend She's You
Sergeant -Counting Down The Days
Sherlock's Daughter -Sons And Daughters
The Slits - Had A Day
Spiral Stairs - Wharf Hand Blues
Stefy - Hey School Boy
The Swimmers - Give Me The Sun
Tegan & Sara - The Cure
Tenfold Loadstar - Hey Now
Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang
Train - Brick By Brick
Truant - Violence In A Cage
Turn Me On Dead Man - Killer Sound Waves From Space
Two Hours Traffic - Territory
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Vedera - If You Go
Wallpaper - It's My Birthday
Weezer - I'm Your Daddy
White Denim - Say What You Want
Wolfmother - Violence Of The Sun
The xx - Crystalised


I received an email from the DMCA informing me of a copyright infringement with this months blog so I'm very sorry to all the bands who like the promotion but because I don't now what band or what song was infringing, I have to remove the whole lot! It's really not fair on all the small independent bands who are looking for a kick start but hey, you don't mess with the big boys so it would seem.

So if any of you cool, sassy, independent artists out there who wouldn't mind being featured on a MonthlyIndieMixtape, would like to contact me with a song or two then I would love to help you all out! Spread the word, MonthlyIndieMixtapes is here to help!

Once again, I'm very sorry to all you great bands but the man has spoken. We'll just keep on keeping on without them!

Also a quick heads up to check out a new blog that I have befriended. CMB: Calgary Music Scene are doing some great things for the local music scene so I must throw out a huge shout to them! Check them out here!

CMB: Calgary Music Scene

That's all for now kids!

Play it cool or don't play it at all!

The Doc.

Video Of The Week.

Hmmm, I like this one.

This is Elizabeth & The Catapult and the song is Taller Children.

To tell the truth it is an amazing video to accompany an amazing song.


Elizabeth & The Catapult :: TALLER CHILDREN

elizabeth & the catapult | MySpace Video

Video Of The Week.

This is the exciting new video from the Editors.

Don't you wish it was possible to just run forever at high speed? What a thrill it would be.

Enjoy kids!

***MonthlyIndieMixtape #5***

Ahhh, it's that time of month again you damn rapscallions!

It's been a great month for new tunes and I've had such a great time listening to all of them. I have found some amazing bands that I can now call my favourites and I am more than pleased to be sharing them all with you!

So let's get into it before the end of October is upon us.


Tracklisting:

Air - Do The Joy
Art Vs. Science - Parlez Vous Francais?
Athlete - Black Swan Song
The Avett Brothers - Head Full Of Doubt, Road Full Of Promise
Baby Woodrose - Emily
Black Bonzo - Guillotine Drama
Built To Spill - Good Ol' Boredom
Caffeine Sunday - Plane
Chambers - Bone Dance
Cold Cave - The Laurels Of Erotomania
Dexter Jones' Circus Orchestra - Lock The Cage
Eating Pebble - Close Your Eyes. Shout!
Editors - Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool
Electric Mary - One In A Million
Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Stop Drop Rock And Roll
Emily Jane White - Frozen Heart
Flashy Python - Skin And Bones
The Gasoline Brothers - Watch The Fireman
Girls - Laura
Go To Berlin - Call Of Duty
Howie Beck - La La La
Human Highway - The Sound
I Heart Hiroshima - Count Me In
Ian Brown - Stellify
Idle Hands - The Sleazer
Islands - Devout
Julie Peel - Living In A Movie
The Junction - Pick Your Battles
Karen O And The Kids - Building All Is Love
Karpatenhund - Wald
Kate Earl - Melody
Kid Sam - Close Your Eyes And It All Goes Black
Kings Of Convenience - Renegade
The Laughing Windows - Salak Pazar
Le Loup - Grow
Lost Valentinos - In The City Of Gold
Miranda Lambert - Time To Get A Gun
Moke - Switch
Monsters Of Folk - Man Named Truth
The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2
Music Go Music - Thousand Crazy Nights
New Found Land - Leave It Behind
Newton Faulkner - Badman
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Falling Over
Paramore - The Only Exception
Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
Port O'Brien - Next Season
Randall Of Nazareth - Climbing Trees
The Raveonettes - Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)
Relient K - I Don't Need A Soul
Rose Melberg - Bear In A Cave
Scott Orr - Danger
Seawolf - White Water, White Bloom
Still Life Still - Flowers And A Wreath
Superfamily - The Songs Of The Weak Will Die
Sweet Trip - To The Moon
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Cool Yourself
Thom Yorke - Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
We Are Tokyo - Colour Blind
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Dark Days


It's good. You will like it or you will DIE! Of natural causes.

Sphinx Linx:

MonthlyIndieMixtape #5

Video Of The Week.

Always a sucker for a song with a story.

Check out Blitzen Trapper sing a little ditty about the Black River Killer.