Review: Stagecoach: Jonah Lomu/Tony Hawk
Fuzzed up rawness with a rock edge and the odd post-mod wink, as the mood mixing Surrey troupe, Stagecoach, seeks to use ‘Jonah Lomu’, to increase the momentum in their campaign to get more radio time. An intoxicated vocal swagger, fuzzed up guitars and the odd stabbing percussion drill filters in profile to the grizzly chorus, whilst the rock provocation gushes out of the vocals of Luke Barham. His boast in a recent interview that their sound is like: “smack in the face followed by a warm bear hug”. Doesn’t quite ring true, an elbow in the shoulders followed by a pat on the arse, is a more apt description of this particular effort.
‘Tony Hawk’, builds from a spindling Americana base and takes on a lobbing touch that bases its impact on the beleaguered narrative of Barham, stroked along by some mildly cheesy woo-hoo backing. A more hanging slant gives this sub-three minute offering feeling, but the lyrics don’t grab you enough to justify this approach. Stagecoach are just beginning their journey to try and breathe some freshness into UK rock. It’s a little too early to dismiss this as a trip down a dead end, as there’s potential here.
News: Tony Hawk: Ride tracklist
We can unveil the track list for the highly anticipated Tony Hawk: RIDE video game, which has just hit North American retail shelves on this week. The game, which has a long standing tradition of groundbreaking soundtracks, features more than 50 eclectic tracks. Ranging from popular anthems from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT and Green Day to new rising artists Band of Skulls and The Temper Trap. It sounds like fun to skate around to TV On The Radio.
Following is the full track list for Tony Hawk: RIDE:
* Adam Tensta – “My Cool”
* Band of Skulls – “Patterns”
* Beatsteaks – “Run Run”
* Beck – “Gamma Ray”
* Bill Withers – “Lovely Day”
* The Black Keys – “I Got Mine”
* The Bronx – “Minutes in Night”
* Chevelle – “Jars”
* Children Collide – “Social Currency”
* Coconut Records – “West Coast”
* The Commodores – “Machine Gun”
* Darker My Love – “Two Ways Out”
* Dead End Road – “Sin City”
* Disbelievers – “Bad Storm”
* The Duke Spirit – “Into The Fold”
* The Faint – “The Geeks Were Right”
* The Fold – “Neverender”
* Gray Matter – “Fill A Void”
* Green Day – “Murder City”
* Half Astro – “Cellular”
* Helen Earth Band – “Shake N Cut”
* Kenny Rogers & First Edition – “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)”
* Kram – “Blitzkreig Bop”
* KRS-One w/ Buckshot – “Robot “
* Living With Lions – “She’s A Hack”
* The Meters – “Cissy Strut“
* MGMT – “Electric Feel”
* Modey Lemon – “Become A Monk”
* Modest Mouse – “Satellite Skin”
* Morning After Girls – “Death Processions”
* Murs feat. will.i.am – “Lookin’ Fly”
* Nico Vega – “Burn Burn”
* Nitzer Ebb – “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”
* NOFX – “Just the Flu”
* Norma Jean – “Robots 3 Humans 0”
* Patchwork – “Ping Pong”
* The Pinkertones – “Electrobumbao”
* Queens of Stone Age – “The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret”
* The Raconteurs – “Consoler of the Lonely”
* The Replacements –“Takin’ A Ride”
* Revolution Mother – “Night Ride”
* Rose Hill Drive – “Showdown”
* Russian Circles – “Death Rides A Horse”
* Santigold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
* Shiny Toy Guns – “Ricochet”
* Spinnerette – “All Babes Are Wolves”
* The Stooges – “I Got A Right”
* Superchunk – “Punch Me Harder”
* The Temper Trap – “Hearts”
* This Drama – “She Had A Knife”
* TSOL – “Dance With Me”
* Turbotito – “Losing Their Head”
* TV On The Radio – “Dancing Choose”
* We Are Scientists – “After Hours”
* Willowz – “Ulcer Soul”
* Wolfmother – “Joker & The Thief”
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Zero“