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It was one hell of a cold night and the slippery slope of a queue did nothing to enhance the experience. Upon entering The Leadmill – Sheffield’s large, not-so-grotty indie venue - I endured two somewhat dull and uninspired sets from supports Connan Mockasin and Micachu, both lacking the warmth and energy needed to melt the icicles hanging from our noses.  Could Castle Donington lads Late of the Pier turn the evening around? ....

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‘Space and the Woods’ whipped up the crowd like a freshly made 99 with its etching electro synths and hammering guitar grinds, while ‘Broken’ brought it down a notch with Samuel Dust’s quivering vocals and some food-for-thought about mind processes.  Firm favourite ‘Focker’ was simply indescribable – just pure zombie crazy. ....

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Interspersed interludes of shorter tracks ‘Random Firl’ and ‘VW’ – both taken from the band’s debut, Fantasy Black Channel - complemented LOTP’s organised mess of a show, breaking up the heavyweights that could cause serious injury if not deployed carefully.  ....

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This four-piece showcase more spirit than any other group I’ve seen. They are wholly and heartedly in this venue, with this crowd, in their music. It’s intense, electric and oh so satisfying.  The wooden-plank-banging and screeching scats on ‘The Bears Are Coming’ drove the crowd in a new direction, fuelling beer-throwing and fisticuffs and dragging Dust into the crowd for a spot of light - or not so light - surfing. ....

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There was nothing late about these boys: they came, they saw, they ripped the stage and audience to shreds.

ADAM MALLABY

On this Friday 13th February, we unleash the thirteenth edition of the almighty MTV TWO Gonzo Podcast - and could there be a more fitting subject than Slipknot?

Zane explodes the myths and unravels the truths behind the masks as the mid-western 9 piece continue to release singles off fourth album ‘All Hope Is Gone’.  Corey and the Clown alternate between philosophical soul-baring and puerile nonsense in this revealing interview which definitely makes you see the band in a different light...  Catch all three parts over the next few weeks.


DOWNLOAD IT NOW FROM www.mtv.co.uk/gonzo

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Rescue Rooms, ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Nottingham

22/10/08

The Rescue Rooms is a little gem, hidden away from the prying public. In its sultry and sexy canopied layout , the cheery bounce of Nouvelle Vague's 'Just Can't Get Enough' set the mood for a nicely eclectic crowd of older gentlemen and a smattering of student types (oh, and a plastic parrot).

"Nottingham! What you got for me?" Ida Maria and her gorgeous band enter the poky stage. She's distinctive, dressed in red, blue and orange and sporting her trademark bobbed hair.  'Queen of the World', as we are informed, is "all about drinking" and her husky, rasping vocals curl around the guitar strums and banging beats as she spins in circles on stage.

Ida Maria – arms outstretched – commands the stage. "Please can you turn up my guitar? I'd really like to hear more of it," she screams. And this goes on throughout 'Stella', a song full of passion and zeal during which she places her hands to her chest so we know she means it.

'Keep Me Warm" "is the only love song (she) has" and, although there are many microphone difficulties, it manages to show a subtler side to this lady whilst retaining that quiet determination she shows in her eyes.

With her broken-doll legs and the complimentary red and blue lights flashing, Ida Maria ends the show with an encore of 'Better When You're Naked.' "That's what I like to see," she cries against the crowd's manic whoops. And I would definitely like to see that again.

Adam Mallaby

ON THE TELLY BOX:

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Tonight, 7pm (rpt. Mon – Thu at 9pm)

This week Zipper chats with SIR PAUL FLIPPIN MCCARTNEY!!!! about his Fireman project, The View drop by to play an acoustic version of their new single and there's a sneak peek of when Fred met Fall Out Boy.  We take a look at what Franz Ferdinand have been up to for, like, the billion years since they last released anything.  Oh, and we take a look at the blistering new Justice DVD.  One for fans of dirty French dance music and groupies and guns and stuff.  Sacre bleu!

VINTAGE GUNS'N'ROSES

Tonight, 8pm

Settle down with a can of Dr Pepper (sadly not free to ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />UK citizens. Racist?) for some classic G'n'R from back when they were any good.

Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November

I PREFER THE EARLY STUFF WEEKEND

We all know that older is better – see the fact that old Oasis is better than new Oasis if you want proof.  So we're packing the weekend with stone-cold classics from some of our favourite artists, including Muse, Weezer, Green Day, Metallica, Beasties and ooooh, oodles more so you can party like it's Nineteen Ninety Something or Other.

THE CURE: MTV LIVE

Saturday 29 November, 11pm

Exclusive highlights from The Cure's October gig in Rome for MTV Italy.

HEADBANGER'S BALL

Tuesday 2 December (is it December already!?!?), midnight

Best.  Metal.  Show.  Ever.  Nuff said really…

VINTAGE: TOP 10 X-RATED VIDEOS

Thursday 4 December, 11pm

A bit of late night titillation if you will, some good old-fashioned rude videos we aren't allowed to play in the daytime. Boobies guaranteed!

oN THE INTERWEB:

THE TOP 20 OF 2008: YOUR CHOICE!

With every music mag and website in the land gearing up to opine on the best bits of 2008 over the coming weeks, we thought we should let you have your say on the best tracks of the year.  Will it be MGMT's "Time To Pretend" or "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter? Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" or Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire"?? Tricky I know… get voting now at

www.mtv.co.uk/mtvtwo

WATCH EXCLUSIVE GONZO ON TOUR FOOTAGE!

Live tracks from Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Glasvegas, Foals, Mystery Jets, The Automatic, Late of the Pier, Esser and Iglu & Hartly as captured on October's awesome Gonzo Tour

www.mtv.co.uk/gonzo

ZANE LOWE'S GONZO PODCAST: KINGS OF LEON PART 1

A bite-sized chunk of Zipper's recent chat with possibly the hottest band in the world right now for you to download.

www.mtv.co.uk/downloads

MTV PRESENTS: BADDIES

They've been lording it up in the upper echelons of the MTV TWO MySpace Chart for the last few weeks, now's your chance to check out Baddies live in a special gig for MTV at The Grand Hotel in Leigh-on-Sea.

Support comes from Tom Allalone and the '78s and Hoodlums.  Tickets are £6 plus booking fee from the below website:

https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/saleproducts.aspx?productid=E2B4A217-DCEF-4829-BAEF-C2EAE4E17902

IN THE NEWS:

FRANZ FERDINAND COMEBACK GIGS ANNOUNCED

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/463051-franz-ferdinand-comeback-gigs

FREE PRODIGY DOWNLOAD

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/463787-the-prodigy-free-download

TEAM TWO  xx 

oN THE TELLY BoX:

GONZO WITH ZANE LOWE

Tonight, 7pm (rpt. Mon – Thu at 9pm)

Razorlight are back.  And yeah, you might be sniggering about the pearls J-Bo wore in the new video, but some people are just fashion forward.  Give it 6 months and even Agyness Dean will resemble Pat Butcher at Christmas.  Aaaanyway, both Razorlightees Andy and Johnny were really nice blokes.  No, honestly… and they nattered about the new album a-plenty as well as having a pop at the cheese challenge of course.   We also take a sideways look at the EMAs with a little help from the quite frankly hilarious Frederick Blood Royale.  That's the only way we could look at it to be honest.  Sideways, with the sound down, and one eye shut.  With a bag on our heads.  We sneak around backstage and roll in the good bits including live performances from The Wombats and The Killers.

MTV LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK

Tonight, 8pm (rpt Saturday, 5pm and Sunday 11pm)

Kim Taylor-Bennett mosied up to the 2008 'Capital of Cultcha' to bring you the highlights of the UK's largest indoor winter music festival (fact!) including chats and live stuff from Vampire Weekend, The Mystery Jets, Noah & The Whale, Presets, Ladyhawke, Black Kids, and Dizzee Rascal.

GONZO ON TOUR 08

Tonight from 9pm and Saturday from 1pm

Rewind! Another chance to enjoy the succulent fruits of Team Two's recent jaunt around the UK's furthest flung outposts of indierock with some of the finest bands in the country, namely Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Glasvegas, Foals, Mystery Jets, The Automatic, Late Of The Pier, Friendly Fires,  Esser, Magistrates, Iglu and Hartly, Noah and the Whale and, of course the eminent Mr Zane Lowe. We've got breath-taking live performances.  We've got insightful interviews.  We've got funny stuff.  What more could you possibly want?

TONIGHT:

21:00   KAISER CHIEFS: GONZO TOUR LIVE (rpt Saturday, 13:00)

21:30   BLOC PARTY: GONZO TOUR LIVE (rpt Saturday, 13:30)

22:00   GONZO ON TOUR 2008 PART 1 (rpt Saturday, 14:00)

23:00  GONZO ON TOUR 2008 PART 2 (rpt Saturday, 15:00)

KINGS OF LEON: GONZO SPECIAL

Saturday 22 November, 6pm (rpt. Monday at noon)

With the doors of Studio G firmly barred against the rabid, screaming fans (and that's just the MTV TWO boys!), Zane settled down for a chinwag with possibly the hottest band in the world right now: Kings of Leon.  They talk about bad YouTube renditions of their songs, having their record leaked by a guy called Pedro in Mexico, meeting strippers in Madame Jojo's and being told to act sexy in their videos.  It's a frank, funny and revealing interview with Caleb and Nathan – the dudes that guys wanna be and girls wanna be with.

HEAVY: THE STORY OF METAL

Sunday 23 November, 1pm

Metallise your Sunday afternoon with this four-part rockumentary tracing the evolution of the music from its dark beginnings in our very own Birmingham to the worldwide uber-force of today.

VINTAGE: TOP 10 BRITPOP

Monday 24 November, 11pm

VINTAGE: BEASTIE BOYS

Wednesday 26 November, 22:30

Smashing old records from Britpop and Brooklyn's finest respectively.

oN THE INTERWEB:

WATCH EXCLUSIVE GONZO ON TOUR FOOTAGE!

Live tracks from Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Glasvegas, Foals, Mystery Jets, The Automatic, Late of the Pier, Esser and Iglu & Hartly as captured on October's awesome Gonzo Tour

www.mtv.co.uk/gonzo

WATCH EVEN MORE GONZO ON TOUR FOOTAGE & GET A LOVELY PODCAST!!

Not content with the above? Watch Bloc Party's a-MAY-zing performance of Mercury plus Magistrates and Friendly Fires and download a super-duper "Best of Gonzo on Tour 08" FREE podcast from the MTV TWO MySpace

www.myspace.com/mtvtwo

THE TOP 20 OF 2008: YOUR CHOICE!

With every music mag and website in the land gearing up to opine on the best bits of 2008 over the coming weeks, we thought we should let you have your say on the best tracks of the year.  Will it be MGMT's "Time To Pretend" or "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter? Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" or Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire"?? Tricky I know… get voting now at

www.mtv.co.uk/mtvtwo

GIG REVIEWS: THE PADDINGTONS

Sarah Moyes on the Hull boys' disappointing return to the live stage

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtv2/home/460983-the-paddingtons-live-review

IN THE NEWS:

GUNS'N'ROSES LEAK ALBUM

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/461557-guns-n-roses-leak-album

LATE OF THE PIER ANNOUNCE TOUR

http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/461027-late-of-the-pier-announce-tour

TEAM TWO  xx 

TEAM TWO  XX