Check out the awesome, if a little scary, new video for Dog Is Dead’s single ‘Two Devils’:Lead vocalist Rob Milton describes the single as ‘a tale of guilt and insanity stemming from a twisted relationship in which a girl falls sick. It’s a little dark.‘
‘Two Devils’ is out on 5th March through Atlantic Records and it was produced by David Kosten (who worked with them on prior releases as well as with Bat for Lashes and Everything Everything), Rob from the band commented, ‘Two Devils’ is a tale of guilt and insanity stemming from a twisted relationship in which a girl falls sick. It’s a little dark.‘ dogisdead.co.uk facebook.com/dogisdead
TNA’s Abyss took part in a conference recently and spoke about his time in TNA, their Ra Ka King project in India, the Abyss character and the development of the character over the past 10 years.
Running The Ropes’ Phil Allely was one of the journalists offered the opportunity to participate in the call, below are some of the highlights.
The highest and lowest moments in Impact Wrestling’s 10 year history: “The finest moment I think, would be the debut of Spike TV. It was a huge tactful event that really shaped the company, a network like Spike TV, I think was the beginning of growth period for TNA as a company.
As far as low period’s go, maybe being unsuccessful in our first move to Monday night’s, we had high aspirations and I truly believe it wasn’t from a lack of effort on anybody’s part, from top to bottom in TNA, but it’s something we’ve learned from, we learnt a lot of lessons from it and I think we’re better off as a company from the directions we’ve ended up taking.” His own personal highlight of the past 10 years: “I’ve had so many of them and I’ve been very privileged and honoured to have so many moments there, I’d definitely have to say winning the TNA World Title back in 2007 I’d have to say was the most memorable, it was my first major world title and it was an extremely emotional and proud moment for me.”
Talents he worked with in India for Ra Ka King that he’d like to see in TNA: “All of them, it was a privilege to work with Chavo Guerrero over in India, and others, Chris Masters, Harry Smith and probably a few other that just don’t come to mind right now and the chance to work with them because I haven’t had the opportunity because they haven’t been with TNA so it was a great experience and I truly enjoyed working with all of them, you know Chavo Guerrero is very smart and I love listening to him just put stuff together, just the overall vibe and overall chemistry that I had with all of them was really incredible.
How he’s prepares differently than for usual matches for his trademark Monster’s Ball gimmick ones: “It’s more mentally that you change, you have to get into a mindset that you’re gonna go out there and try to hurt somebody and they’re gonna try and hurt you just as much, and throw in the fact that it’s Monster’s Ball with the weapons, you have to prepare yourself that it’s not going to be a regular match.
By the way, a normal, regular match is very taxing on your body as it is, but when it comes to Monster’s Ball it quadruples, so you have to prepare yourself mentally for it to be a fight and to be a war.”
You can catch Abyss and the rest of the TNA roster on Impact Wrestling each week (Challenge TV) and via impactwrestling.com
By Phil Allely
London-based Acoustic Soul singer/songwriter Midé, who in the same vein as the likes of Michael Kiwanuka and Maverick Sabre before him, is set to burst into our consciousness as one Brit Soul man to watch out for. Get his brand new ‘City Lights’ EP as FREE download:
Written, arranged and performed by Midé, “City Lights” is a heartwarming and striking ode to the ways of his city, London while “Any Which Way” and “When I Get” which complete the City Lights EP are both beautiful and ageless acoustic songs. facebook.com/midesmusic twitter.com/midesmusic midesmusic.com
Get a taste of Lana Del Rey’s first album with her former band Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena. Lana said: “I’m re-releasing it, maybe in late summer.”: Lana del Rey ‘Born To Die’ is out now.
Here’s a super heavy hitting new drumstep track from Red Mob, the side project of Midnight Conspiracy’s Mikul Wing and Spencer Lemi Vice.
Heavy hitting bass mixed with filthy lyrics in this Dance A$$ remix, sure to get the dance floor moving and the ladies shaking it.
When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream. Her name may have been pluralized but Lights Poxleitner was a one-woman show who played and programmed her own instruments and sang her own lyrics. She plays Belfast’s Speakeasy Sunday 12 February 2012:
A new album is due on March 5: “It’s a huge step,” she readily admits.
“For a year after my first record, I was confused and searching. I was writing all over the place and not finding anything that was essentially different. But after tour last year I was turned onto dubstep.”
Dubstep led Lights away from the “perfection” of her past work. “Everything was tuned and timed just right. The new stuff is raw and gritty but still pop with a focus on the melodies. It’s the marriage of those two that make it really different and unlike anything I’ve ever done before.”
This dirtier direction came from collaborating with Holy Fuck, a fellow Juno-winning, electronic-influenced Canadian act who she met when both played the dance stage at last year’s Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK.
Impressed by their “grime and grit,” she decided to see what might happen when she infused her pop sensibilities with their experimental tendencies.
“I went over to Brian [Borcherdt’s] house with Graham [Walsh] and we just started jamming until something started to form, as opposed to the last record which was more structured and less live feeling. We wired old synths and toy synths through all these pedals and machines from their junk table,” she laughs. “They’re straight-up mad scientists.”
Her other main collaborator was Shad, who she knew through a mutual friend. “He’s so humble and so intelligent,” she says, “and I knew he’d kill it.” Indeed, Shad drops his typically articulate knowledge on the crunchy, soiled “Everybody Breaks a Glass” and “Flux and Flow,” which Lights describes as “the perfect marriage of this sweet melody and the hardest beat ever. It’s about how that applies to life because you have to be soft and you have to be strong.”
“A lot of those songs came from a sad but hopeful place. I was alone and pondering a lot. I’m a lot more aware of the person I am now and each of these songs is about an experience I’ve gone through,” she says. “This record came from a very happy place.”
Then why is it called Siberia? “It’s based on something that was said to me, that we could be happy even in a place like Siberia. It was such an inspiring thing to say, because Siberia is cold and a little daunting and represents unfamiliar territory.”
That last bit is particularly sticky for Lights, who left her safe pop haven for these unexplored sonics, though the metaphor carries even further because despite being an infamous land of ice and exile, Siberia is epically beautiful and so is Siberia. Red Roof Presents….
LIGHTS: Sunday 12 February 2012: BELFAST/Speakeasy
Tickets: £10 + booking fee +14′s Show
Available NOW from Ticketmaster.ie and Queens Student Union. facebook.com/lights
A new Children’s Day Nursery set to open in June 2012 will create up to 20 new jobs in the field of child care.
The purpose built facility in the heart of Belfast will provide day care for over 50 children aged 0-5 years old, provide a private drop off/pick up area, have highly qualified staff, feature three bespoke rooms and offer nutritionally balanced meals.
Located on Glengall Street, Puddleducks Day Nursery will be easily accessed from main motorway links, public transport systems and ideally situated for busy mums and dads commuting to the city centre.
For more information and to enroll your child contact Puddleducks on 028 9024 1917 or visit puddleducksnursery.org
Photos by David Scott Photography davyscott.co.uk by Phil Allely
Foster The People are set to release their brand new single ‘Don’t Stop’ on Monday 5th March. The band have been nominated for a Brit Award in the Best International Newcomer category.The video for ‘Don’t Stop’ features Academy Award nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe (who starred in the film ‘Precious’) whilst the band worked with the UK MVA ‘Video of the Year’ awarded duo Daniels to film a 3D video for the Nintendo Video™ service on the Nintendo 3DS™ system. Foster The People UK dates:
Wednesday 25th April – Manchester Academy
Friday 27th April – London Brixton Academy (SOLD OUT)
Saturday 28th April – London Brixton Academy
Tickets for the shows are on sale now from gigsandtours.com or by calling 0844 811 0051, priced at £14 (Manchester) and £15 (London).
Bleed Electric’s ‘Let The Invasion Begin’ takes you on a musical journey like no other, bending all musical genre boundaries. Bleed Electric is the brainchild of Welsh based Music Producer and Media Specialist Chris Maguire aka Mug5.
Artwork, design and visuals are a highly important aspect of Bleed Electric as a whole package, and Chris ‘MUG5’ Maguire utilizes his numerous multimedia skills, creating the artwork designs himself, adding that extra personal touch to the essence of the record. Whilst Bleed Electric experiment with different musical ideologies, the artwork coincides with their artistic approach to music and “Let The Invasion Begins” message. Here’s what Chris has to say:
‘Let the Invasion Begin’ is our first EP where I feel we are truly making a statement to overthrow the music industry and really make an impact. We have always referred to our music as “future fresh” and “Let The Invasion Begin” is the truest testament to that term that we have released to date.”
“The skeleton on the cover is the King of a skeletal army, sitting in his throne on whatever planet in the Cosmos they reside, in front of his army as they get ready to go to war against human kind on earth” Bleed Electric’s “Let The Invasion Begin EP”is released February 29th 2012 twitter.com/bleedelectric bleedelectric.com
Check out the awesome, if a little scary, new video for Dog Is Dead’s single ‘Two Devils’:Lead vocalist Rob Milton describes the single as ‘a tale of guilt and insanity stemming from a twisted relationship in which a girl falls sick. It’s a little dark.‘
TNA’s Abyss took part in a conference recently and spoke about his time in TNA, their Ra Ka King project in India, the Abyss character and the development of the character over the past 10 years. 
His own personal highlight of the past 10 years: “I’ve had so many of them and I’ve been very privileged and honoured to have so many moments there, I’d definitely have to say winning the TNA World Title back in 2007 I’d have to say was the most memorable, it was my first major world title and it was an extremely emotional and proud moment for me.”
London-based Acoustic Soul singer/songwriter Midé, who in the same vein as the likes of Michael Kiwanuka and Maverick Sabre before him, is set to burst into our consciousness as one Brit Soul man to watch out for. Get his brand new ‘City Lights’ EP as FREE download:
Get a taste of Lana Del Rey’s first album with her former band Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena. Lana said: “I’m re-releasing it, maybe in late summer.”:
Here’s a super heavy hitting new drumstep track from Red Mob, the side project of Midnight Conspiracy’s Mikul Wing and Spencer Lemi Vice. 
Kris Barman of InnerPartySystem fame brings you this killer mash up of Skrillex and Big Sean a sure crowd pleaser.
When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream. Her name may have been pluralized but Lights Poxleitner was a one-woman show who played and programmed her own instruments and sang her own lyrics. She plays Belfast’s Speakeasy Sunday 12 February 2012:
A new Children’s Day Nursery set to open in June 2012 will create up to 20 new jobs in the field of child care. 
Foster The People are set to release their brand new single ‘Don’t Stop’ on Monday 5th March. The band have been nominated for a Brit Award in the Best International Newcomer category.The video for ‘Don’t Stop’ features Academy Award nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe (who starred in the film ‘Precious’) whilst the band worked with the UK MVA ‘Video of the Year’ awarded duo Daniels to film a 3D video for the Nintendo Video™ service on the Nintendo 3DS™ system.
Bleed Electric’s ‘Let The Invasion Begin’ takes you on a musical journey like no other, bending all musical genre boundaries. Bleed Electric is the brainchild of Welsh based Music Producer and Media Specialist Chris Maguire aka Mug5.
Whilst Bleed Electric experiment with different musical ideologies, the artwork coincides with their artistic approach to music and “Let The Invasion Begins” message. Here’s what Chris has to say:
