Karhide

LaFaro http://www.myspace.com/lafaro – This band really shouldnt need any introduction but to those who haven’t heard of them they’re one of the best bands in Northern Ireland at the moment and with the album due to drop on Smalltown america records early in 2010 this is a show you do not want to miss!

Coming from Belfast Lafaro have been described as: “old school post hardcore sounds with just drums, guitars and big chunky distorted bass and Jonny Black mangling his vocals like he’s got a mouth full of drill bits, believe me, it’s a good thing. They sound like Big Black in some garage rock hybrid blended with the explosive sounds of Girls Against Boys, Jesus Lizard, Mclusky and the likes of the Cows and other am rep artists.”

Their song ‘Tupenny Nudger’ was awarded the prestigious title of ‘Best Northern Irish song of the past 5 years’ in a poll conducted by Alternative Ulster magazine, the results of which were published in October 2008, beating the likes of Snow Patrol and Ash.

but who needs reviews, come along and see for yourself what the buzz is all about!

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KARHIDE http://www.myspace.com/karhide

Tipped by Rocksound as one of 2010’s bands to watch out for, Karhide has written some sumptuous masterpieces heavily influenced by his time spent living in Maine, USA and the album Acadia is due to drop early in 2010

DEAD SOULS – http://www.myspace.com/deadsouls

AMATEUR ASSASSINS http://www.myspace.com/amateurassassins

I’m all packed and ready to head to Oxford to record From Light To Sound this weekend and I get to try out my new NT5 matched pair of mics.  One of the tracks will be going on the new Field Records comp along with a Karhide track that’s not been decided on yet.  More news soon!

http://www.myspace.com/fromlighttosound

I’ve just found the Atlantis/Karhide split 7″ on Spotify and if you have an account you can go listen by clicking here

With all the recording I have coming up I’ve just bought a Rode NT5 Matched Pair of mics to use for drum overheads.  They’ll get there first outing in a couple of weeks when I start the recording of Alright the Captain.

Rode NT5 Matched Pair

I’m going to start work on writting the next songs now that ‘Acadia’ is fininshed and I feel the electronic side pulling me back.  I’ve had a crazy thought and that is to start using hardware again.  So to get me back in to the swing I’ve just bought this off ebay:

Emu Esi 32

It’s going to by a while to get my head round but I’m also going to get out the Yamaha DX-21 and the Alesis SR-16.

More news soon!

This month Rock Sound have included Karhide in the ones to watch and included a track on the cover CD!

I’m just getting to grips with Soundcloud and I think I’m going to use it for tracks on this site and facebook.

Dirigo by karhide

Provider by karhide

I took this on a walk into Southampton on Sunday.

Well it took me a while to decide what to get and after trying a number of amps out I decided on the Fender Deville 2 x 12 and it sounds ace and it’s not as heavy as a reverb which is cool with me.

The pedals on show are Boss TU-2 -> BBE Sonic Maximizer -> Boss HM2 -> Vexter Fuzz Faxtory -> Vexter Box of Rock -> Boss DD6 -> Ibanez AD9 -> Adrenalinn (Hooked up to Tech21 Midi Mouse for program changes).