Suffy's Feature Artist Of The Month

Suffy

OK since I don’t like how the music section has been dead lately I have decided that I’m going to do Sufjan’s Feature Artist of the Month.

It’s simple I’ll pick a band or artist I like tell you there style of music and what songs you should download, where they come from, what cd’s they have out, what awards they have won stuff like that.

If you want me to do a band you like send me a pm, tell me what genre they are and what song I should download. (NOTE: I will not review any rap. I’ll review death metal and hardcore even though I don’t personally like that but no rap sorry or pop nothing like Ashley Simpson or Britney spears)

I will start this August first (dope will post my first one as I’m away on that date).

ok awesome dance dance (no i will not review fall out boy lol)

Heartbreak Hotel

maybe i should copy and do the generes that u wont do. how bout that?

Suffy

yea sure ill do most genres its just i hate rap and i hate pop and i refuse to do those to

Suffy

The city of Sheffield, England has produced famous bands or singers before and the trend continues to this day with the latest addition to their wall of fame. The Arctic Monkeys! The Arctic Monkeys are a four-man group consisting of lead singer and guitarist Alex Turner, Drummer and backup vocals Matt Helders, Lead guitarist and backup vocals Jamie Cook and temporary bassist Nick O’Malley. The band started up when one Christmas Alex and Jamie both received guitars as presents. They taught themselves to play and then brought in Matt and Andy Nicholson (the original bassist who recently quit). Unlike most bands that receive success through playing hundreds of gigs in hope of getting heard by a producer, the Arctic Monkeys took their own route to stardom. They would give away free cd’s of their music at their shows, but since they couldn’t afford thousands of blank cd’s fans quickly started to rip the cd’s which then lead to them sharing the files with other friends who would then send the ripped files to other friends and so on and so on. The band gained massive popularity in northern England and this lead to them releasing their first EP in May of 2005. after the success of their first EP “Five Minutes with the Arctic Monkeys� record companies came a knocking at their door, the band was hesitant at first to sign with any major record label using the logic “we made it this far without them…why should we let them in now?. They would eventually sign onto Domino Records in June of 2005, the lure of money was too much for them to stay away but while signing with Domino they kept their Indie roots by not signing to a real “major label�.

While the sound of the Arctic Monkeys is not one set style is it a hybrid of a few different styles, many would consider them indie/new punk. Personally I consider them an indie, up-tempo rock band. Their lyrics are very unique different from anything you’ve heard before, their bass lines are fantastic, you can feel the drummers passion with the drumlins, Alex Turner has a fantastic voice and Jamie does a great job at keeping the song together with his guitar.

Little would Arctic Monkeys know that the end of 2005 and the year 2006 would be such a huge success for them. Along with selling over 35 000 copies of their first full cd they also appeared on NBC’s hit show Saturday Night Live.

No one knows for sure where the Arctic Monkeys will go now except them but one can be sure that they have already revolutionized the way bands can become a success and will certainly continue to revolutionize the indie music industry.

heres two songs of theirs if you want to hear

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TESFB7TR
perhaps vampires is a bit strong but…

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IP1HEEY0
when the sun goes down

Bon

Heartbreak Hotel

greaet i think u nailed it! because i thought they were indie/new punk.


so i guess u got the full review great job

Nicky Talent

well suffy this review is excellent. AM is one of my favorite bands and those are my two favorite songs by them...nice work

Omega

Bah i dont know half the bands that you people liston to but i truse Suffys judgment lol

Luke-E

great review but the Arctic Monkeys are not as good as everyone thinks, they are a good indie band, they are on par with bands like coldplay and oasis.
but great review suf.

http://www.sportzworld.net/

BigDaveBatista

You could also check out my where to start section with Alice In Chains that people ignore to, which I'd like

Love the Arctic Monkeys, good stuff Suf.