Say It Wrong And I Will Slap You

It has come to my attention that some people do not know the correct names of bands and/or the correct names of the musicians. This is probably one of my biggest pet peeves and if I hear someone say a band the wrong name I literally have to restrain myself from slapping them. With that in mind, I have made it my mission to explain to you good people the correct names of a band and its members so you don't have to get slapped.

First off, there is Panic! At The Disco. The most common mistake people make is leaving out the '!' in the title. Why is this a big deal? Because people are panicking! At the disco. The real reason behind the '!' though, is that when they first started the band, Panic! At The Disco put the exclamation point in the title once as a joke and fans kept on using it until it stuck. So remember kids, keep that exclamation point in.

Still on the subject of Panic! At The Disco, let's talk about their lead singer, Brendon Urie. Let's repeat his name a couple of times: Brendon Urie, Brendon Urie, Brendon Urie. Got it memorized? Good, because another common mistake people make is calling Brendon either Brandon or Braden and it is annoying and that is not his real name. Remember: it's Brendon Urie.

Concerning Twenty One Pilots, most people for some reason think it's written with the number '21' but it is in fact, spelled out so it reads "Twenty One Pilots" and not "21 Pilots." People also abbreviate it to "21p" when it is simply "top." Don't ask me why Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph decided to make their title that way, all I know is that it's supposed to be said correctly.

Now we have Fall Out Boy, glorious Fall Out Boy. I can't tell you how many times I've seen some imbecile spells it "Fallout Boy", "Fall Out Boys," and the worst, "Fallout Boys." It drives me crazy, and people know it. My best friend finds joy in torturing me with misspellings and it pains me to have to read such abominations. Here is conversation we had recently:

 

My friend torturing me
(via my phone)

It is "My Chemical Romance" not "My Chemical Romans." It's "Blink 182" not "Blink 182 Times," it is not "Black Veil Birds" it is "Black Veil Brides." Please, people of this earth, if you have a shred of decency you will write these names correctly and spare me and my fellow music nerds the pain of seeing it the wrong way, and spare yourself the pain of getting slapped by me.

On that note, hope you all have a fantastic day! :)

Music Review Of The Amazing Broods

I have recently discovered this band called Broods, and I can honestly say that they are  by far one of my favorite bands, at least currently. But the sad part is, this very talented band isn't very well known, so I have made it my job to help you discover and enjoy this band as much as I do.


A BRIEF HISTORY

Broods is a band from New Zealand, made of of the two siblings Georgia Nott on the vocals, and Caleb Nott, who basically does everything else (talk about talent).

Caleb and Georgia Nott
(Photo Cred)

They formed in early 2013 after they had both dropped out of college to focus on their music career, and later in October released their single Bridges online. It became New Zealand's no.8 single in January 2014.

Broods then released their song Never Gonna Change shortly before they debuted their EP, Broods, one January 30 2014. They then released their debut album, Evergreen, August 22 2014, and it hit the New Zealand Album Chart at no.1. 

WHY I LOVE THEM

I love this band because of their lyrics. They are so deep and well thought out and and I can relate to a few of them on a personal level. I love how the words sound together, like there is no better way to describe what Broods are trying to say. 

Now, you can't just have amazing lyrics and crappy music. I love the beats and their genre of music, which I can only describe as indie-electronica-trip hop-pop. I love hearing the electronic stuff mixed with indie pop, something just makes it so cool to hear. 

And her voice! Georgia Nott has an incredible voice. Its deep and sends this brooding (pun intended) feeling to the person listening. Her voice is unique, at least I think it is. You don't hear many artists anymore with the same voice as her, its just so interesting.

One last reason why I love them is because they are so passionate about their music. I mean, they even quit college to focus on their music career! And if you watch them live, my personal favorite is Never Gonna Change Live, you can tell that this means so much to them and that they love what they are doing. 

(Another minor detail is that they don't use autotune which I think is awesome and makes me love them even more because lots of bands use autotune now and thats kinda sad so its cool that they don't).

MUSIC

ALBUM: Broods EP

Broods Album Cover
(Photo Cred)

SONGS:

- Never Gonna Change

- Pretty Thing

- Bridges

- Sleep Baby Sleep (one of my favorites :D )

- Taking You There

- Coattails

ALBUM: Evergreen 

Broods Evergreen Album Cover
(Photo Cred)

SONGS: 

- Mother & Father

- Everytime

- Killing You

- Bridges

- L.A.F

- Never Gonna Change

- Sober

- Medicine

- Evergreen

- Four Walls

- Superstar

Thanks for reading! Please check Broods out on iTunes and Youtube, bye! :)

Twenty One Pilots Blast

Recently I have had the pleasure of seeing the amazing band Twenty One Pilots live, and I can honestly say it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They were so interactive with the crowd and they were so amazing live.
But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself, let me start from the beginning.

OPENING BANDS
The band to open are called Finish Ticket. They were really good and interactive with the crowd, bringing a good vibe and great music. My personal favorite song that they played was off their EP called When Night Becomes Day.

Finish Ticket
(Photo Cred)

The second band to open was Echosmith, you may recognize their hit song Cool Kids. They were really good as well. They were amazing live, and interacted with the crowd a lot as well. They closed with Cool Kids and it was amazing having everyone sing along to that amazing song. In the middle of the song, the lead singer Sydney Picks began talking to the crowd, telling us that we don't have to fit into labels to be a cool kid.

Echosmith
(Photo Cred)

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

Twenty One Pilots
(Photo Cred)

Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for: Twenty One Pilots. They were amazing. Josh Dun played the drums like none other, and no one can make playing a ukulele while "rapping" seem cool like Tyler Joseph.
The opening song was Heavydirtysoul, and they couldn't have opened with a better one. While Josh played the drums and Tyler the tambourine, the audience sang their hearts out to the chorus.
After a few songs of pure awesomeness, Tyler began talking to us, like really talking to us. It wasn't just the normal rehearsed stuff that they say at every concert, no, this was just for us.  He began talking to us about how the Saltair, where the concert was, was the most interesting venue he had ever been to, seeing how its right next to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. He then said that he doesn't really like to talk in between songs as he thinks that it ruins the vibe, but that he just couldn't stop because we were so amazing and felt that he needed to just interact with us.
After that, they began playing , and during one of the songs (forgive me I can't remember it was a long show) Josh got down off the drums and came over to stand on the piano with Tyler, and did a freaking backflip off it! What!? It was by far one of the best things that happened that night.
During The Run And Go, Tyler told us to go to the person next to us, whether they be a friend, cousin, brother, complete stranger, and get work out who would be getting on the other persons shoulders when he said "get up." It was amazing to see half the audience on each others shoulders.
More songs, more awesomeness, and then they invited this kid named Jacob to do the handshake from the Stressed Out music video with Josh and they totally killed it. (Jacob you lucky little child.)
Now, the time has come for the concert to come to an end (sadly.) So what song do they choose to end with? Trees. It was amazing, awesome, brilliant, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Words can not describe it. And the best part? Josh and Tyler both played the drums, while the mosh pit held them up!

Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph being held up by the audience while playing the closing song
(Photo Cred)

I highly doubt that any other band can do something as awesome as this, because it was freaking amazing.
Then it was over, even though no one wanted it to end. It is a concert that I will never forget because it was a blast.

Thanks, Twenty One Pilots, you're the best :)