Mad About Rock

Check out the latest issue of Stencil Magazine featuring my interviews with Gallows & While She Sleeps, as well as my reviews of Billy Talent, While She Sleeps and main cover band, Circa Survive! Also check out all the other great reviews, interviews and more all for free! http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue15ofstencilmagazine Be sure to check out the new issue which is live on 25th November! Cheers! Carina

Check out this Protest song presented by The Big Smuz and KC Sound about the imprisonment of three members of the Russian Punk band Pussy Riot. Proceeds from the ad support for the video of the song will be donated to the Pussy Riot Legal Defence Fund! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k25XeCoTfEA&feature=youtube_gdata_player http://www.freepussyriot.org https://www.facebook.com/mikesmuz https://www.facebook.com/KieganChristieSound Carina

Experimentalist Rock band from Minsk, Belarus latest single, "Our Own Gale" opens with spacey synth sounds, and throughout has a great mix of relaxing ambience and electricity through their energy and electronic effects, creating a strong and powerful single!..like that of a storm slowly and beautifully building up strength! You will find it hard not to get swept away by their interesting and infectious sound! Vocalist, Alexei (Lex) Falco has an unusual and expressive range that compliments their out of this world sound perfectly! I predict big things for Weesp! Check them out and visit their website! http://www.weespband.com/ Carina

This is the debut release from the quartet who only formed back in November 2011, as they haven't been together too long you might think can their sound 'cut' it?!... Opening track "Laying Here Waiting For The Lights To Take Me" has lots of interesting riffs and melodies, which make for a different and inventive sound. The effective dual vocals and varied combination of powerful clean and aggressive vocals are a definite highlight! "I Get My Strength By Fighting For The Right Reasons" has strong stand out riffs and rhythms that are coherent and fast, that dance around with the elegance of two samurai warriors dueling! Great vocals again; there's alot going on without deducting from the overall sound. This song certainly has many 'strengths' and 'for the right reasons' to quote them! "All I Know Is The Extent Of Everything I Don't Know" opens aggressively, in what is the heaviest offering so far. Again as see...

Check out the latest issue of Stencil Magazine out now here:  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue14 Featuring my interview with front man of Billy Talent, Random Hand & all my reviews, including Download Festival 2012, and CD reviews of Serj Tankian, Chad Gilbert, The Word Alive, Reel Big Fish, JOIA & The Afterparty! As well as all the other awesome interviews and reviews in there!

I interviewed frontman of Billy Talent, Ben Kowalewicz for Stencil Magazine, check it out along with my reviews of Download Festival 2012, Serj Tankian's new album, "Harakiri", Reel Big Fish's new album, "Candy Coated Fury", The Word Alive - "Life Cycles", Chad Gilberts solo project, What's Eating Gilbert - "Cheap Shots", Joia - "Match Light" and finally The Afterparty - "Restless"! New issue is out 22nd of July! Also check out the other brilliant band reviews and interviews featured!  http://issuu.com/stencilmag Carina

 Check out the latest issue of the awesome Stencil Magazine featuring Lostprophets interview with guitarist Mike Lewis who I done the phone interview with, as well as my reviews of Architects new album, "Daybreaker", Summerlin - "You Can't Burn Out If You're Not On Fire" and The King Blues last ever album, "Long Live The Struggle"! Also be sure to check out all the other great interviews and reviews in there! Here is the link: http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue13 Carina