C&TB - Kathleen Acoustic YTV

13/01/15 YouTube Video

Van McCann is hitting it solo with this track. Stripping down Catfish & The Bottlemen to just the bare bones with Vann singing Kathleen with help just from an acoustic guitar. And that proves to be all he needs. This version doesn't lose any of its impact by being performed acoustic, it actually gives the song a new element that I enjoy and you can hear the vocals in a different, less harsh light. Good job Oui FM for sorting this out. Enjoy!

Van & Lamacq Discuss The Balcony YTV

23/09/14 YouTube Video

This is an interview that Steve Lamacq and Van from Catfish And The Bottlemen did to go alongside their new album release The Balcony. Steve talks Van through the songs of the album and questions him about meanings and possible stories relating to the tracks. Steve has a way of making the interviewee feel comfortable and really open up which makes for great viewing. The whole interview is a really enjoyable listen and Van seems a very straight talking and cool young man. Enjoy!

YouTube Video Of The Week! 25/02/14

Yes you guessed it, this week is a double hitter.

This first track is by an artist that I previously haven't heard from but after a quick Google search found out he is the lead singer of The Walkmen. As for the track in hand, it is a bouncy little number that would get you dancing if your feeling the slightest bit cheery or at the very least get you singing along by the end of the song. Its just a nice piece of folk/poppy music that will make you smile, nothing too crazy and boy does he say Alexandra a lot.

 

My next track is from Catfish and the Bottlemen. I love this track as much as I have their past releases but I like this one also because of the plain randomness of the video. It is just a seemingly thrown together mash up of clips of Ewan McGregor from movies and TV appearances. I particularly like the bit when he is wildly dancing with Craig Ferguson. Check it out!!

YouTube Video Of The Week! 08/10/13

This weeks track is from a band called Catfish and the Bottlemen. I found out about this artist through the NME Radar feature. I have listened to all 4 videos they have posted on their YouTube account and this video is the most entertaining, featuring a love story about a sperm that is trying to get to the egg. No spoilers but it does end in a lightsaber fight against a rival sperm. As for the music, it is the kind of music I love. I could literally listen to this kind of music for days on end and never get bored. Catchy, good guitar playing and decent lyrics and I imagine they would be great live.

Catfish The TV show!

I have powered through most of the first season of Catfish the TV show on MTV since seeing the movie and loving it. It really wasn't what I expected. I was thinking it was gonna be like a drama show along the same kind of style as Dexter just without all the murder, but yea a fictional, gritty and dark show like that would be really good but it turned out to be a reality show with the kind of format that has been used on plenty of different shows in the past. Even though it wasn't what I expected, I do enjoy the show and would recommend it to anybody.. 

And thanks to the playlist MTV play alongside the show, I'm currently liking The Barr Brothers (below) after being played Beggar In The Morning on one of the episodes. More channels should showcase what songs are being played during a show. It could help bands to be discovered easier.

Katy Perry & Catfish

Over the past couple of days I have watched the Katy Perry movie Part Of Me and the movie Catfish.

Part Of Me I found semi-interesting. It really showed how much time she is on tour and performing. She really puts her all into her shows and making sure her fans have a good time, but it really is at a detriment to her health and mental well being, you have to have those breaks. The movie logged her touring schedule over the California Dreams tour and it also includes the relationship and breakup between her and Russell Brand. The amount of information you find out about her life present day isn't really a great deal but I was interested to learn about her rise to stardom and in particular her time as a Christian rock musician, also her time struggling to be herself when everyone wanted her to be someone else. I definitely think its one for the fans and I wouldn't waste that time again personally but if the information next time was more personal I would probably enjoy it more.

Catfish was recommended to me by my step mom. Going into it I didn't really know what the movie was about but I was soon lead to believe it was about a young artists rise to fame but boy did that opinion change. After the main person got more involved with the said young girl and her family across Facebook and by phone he got into a relationship with her older sister called Megan. After some time passed the main guy and a couple of his friends decide to visit Megan and her family in person. I won't spoil it for you or anything but if you like really good, interesting modern documentary type things you should watch it. There is also a television show with the same name that I am gonna start watching, hopefully it is as good as the movie.

Currently I am watching The 1975 perform at Lowlands Live festival via YouTube live streaming service. You gotta love YouTube always pushing into new ground.