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Enter Shikari

No Sleep Tonight (Single)

2009

Tracklist:

1) No Sleep Tonight (Album Version)

2) No Sleep Tonight (Mistabishi Remix)

3) No Sleep Tonight (LightsGoBlue Remix)

4) No Sleep Tonight (The Qemists Remix)

5) No Sleep Tonight (Rout Remix)

It is said all the time about bands but this band really does polarize audiences, I know a lot of people that hate ES with a passion but well, fuck it, me and all the teenage scene kids will have a great time anyway. A much better album that ‘Take To The Skies’ and they even throw in a bit of politics with Common Dreads. Although not exactly contenders for the next presenters of Newsnight, it is the most political album that has been in the charts for a long, long time and that is always a good thing.

Best song is ‘The Jester’ which goes through about 3 different genres in 4 minutes and it is impossible to not want to dance when it all kicks off.

The full album can be found on Spotify here

Today I think I had the sweariest bus driver in London. I think there were about 14 ‘fuck’s’ and 5 ‘wankers’ I was the only one on the bus too so at first I thought he was talking to me then he yelled “Sorry ’bout this sweetheart, there’s a load of twats out there tonight.” Fair Enough.

Found some great interviews:

1:00 ???????

1:05 – 1:07 I LOVE YOUR FACE

And it was two frogs as well. It was like a wife and a husband and they were going home and he trod on one of them and the other one was really gutted.

2:31 say what now? TEASE  TEASE Are you boys describing each other cos…………

No offense – he’s quite boring but he gets a plus for drinking Strongbow

AHA I THINK I’M SLIGHTLY IN LOVE WITH THESE TWO!

Check out the Last Shadow Puppets destroying a fence.. 

Rou you shoulda kept your hair like that..you look kinda hot

I wanna hear them covering Akon

I gotta hand it to them they were good enough to do interviews after what happened – in fact they played with their set where as other acts cough*50cent*cough ran off stage. Look at Ryan! he looks like a little hippy who’s wandered into the wrong band.

*pets him and sends him off to MGMT*

Enter Shikari (stylized as ΣΠΤΣR SHΦΚΔRΦ) are an English Post-Hardcore band, formed in 2003 in St.Albans, Hertfordshire. The band is named after the boat of one of the band member’s relatives, and a character in a play Rou wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari. Their debut album, Take To The Skies was released on March 19, 2007 and reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart. Their second album, titled Common Dreads, was released on June 15, 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 16.

Enter Shikari, 02 Academy Sheffield

Enter Shikari (Common Dreads Tour)

Venue: 02 Academy

Location: Sheffield

Date: Oct 15 2009

Label: Ambush Reality

Rating: 4.6/5

St Albans based Enter Shikari are receiving some of their best publicity since the beginning of their careers began back in 2003. The release of Common Dreads and its generally positive critical response has put the four-piece in a great situation, and as a result hundreds of people were queued outside the academy in anticipation for a band renouned to be one of Britain’s most energetic on-stage.

Support from dubstep outfit True Tiger and hardcore group The Devil Wears Prada clearly offered two very contrasting styles of music. At the time, placing such different bands on-stage seemed somewhat bizarre, however, in after-thought it is clear to recognise that Enter Shikari booked two groups that form the extreme genres of their own hybrid – an electronic/hardcore crossover. By appealing to two bands so dissimilar, it was unsurprising that both received mixed reactions. True Tiger played some of the UK’s biggest dubstep tracks of this year, however, the energy displayed on-stage by a man seemingly hired to do no more than dance and shout down a microphone failed to be reflected with the crowd. Dubstep might not be a fast-tempo music genre, but True Tiger didn’t receive half the recognition they would’ve in a club. The Devil Wears Prada displayed an extremely heavy hardcore set, packed with heavy riffs, throat churning screams and some good old synchronised head-banging. The peripheries of the room seemed to be somewhat amused by the on-stage synchronisation, however, towards the front of the stalls were plenty of dedicated fans causing chaos and tumult in preparation for Enter Shikari.

The set opened with, somewhat predictably, the Common Dreads self titled opening track. ‘Common Dreads’ was played out loud as the St Albans group prepared to get the crowd moving with the new album fan favourite, ‘Solidarity’. The opening two songs sent the atmosphere straight up, “and now the floodgates will open” was seemingly lead vocalist Rou’s code phrase to tell the crowd to go crazy, the crowd and band alike kicking into action. Playing a high proportion of tracks off the new album and the singles from debut album Take to the Skies offered a good variety of style, for a (it must be said) rather animalistic crowd. Dubstep interlude tracks, Havoc A and Havoc B offered a refreshing break from testosterone fuelled carnage, giving people a moment to remember their own sanity before smashing into each other again with the likes of debut album heavy tracks ‘Labyrinth’ and ‘Mothership’.

The encore consisted of recent hit single ‘Juggernauts’, which went down well with the crowd, maintaining high energy levels right until the conclusion. Enter Shikari are a great band in the studio, and a good band on-stage; if an energy packed, intense crowd atmosphere appeals to gig-goers then wherever Enter Shikari are next is the place to be.

~ Article by James Murray

The Prodigy will play the Milton Keynes Bowl on July 24 next year. With support from Pendulum and Enter Shikari.

The following video is a special one. I came across the Making Of and they made this video on a budget, but it still looks good.
The song was released on the EP WE CAN BREATHE IN SPACE, THEY JUST DON’T WANT US TO ESCAPE.

I like their style, because it’s different.
Take a look at both videos, they are definitely worth it.

YouTube for mobile

Youtube for mobile (Making Of)

The following video is a special one. I came across the Making Of and they made this video on a budget, but it still looks good.
The song was released on the EP WE CAN BREATHE IN SPACE, THEY JUST DON’T WANT US TO ESCAPE.

I like their style, because it’s different.
Take a look at both videos, they are definitely worth it.

YouTube for mobile

Youtube for mobile (Making Of)

Well into their giant UK tour in support of new album Common Dreads, dance rockers Enter Shikari return to Newcastle for the first time in almost 2-years. With their new record making waves throughout the hustle and bustle of the public, and some particularly zany tunes included for tonight, this one’s sure to be a winner. More so that it’s sold out just today.

In a bizarre opening sequence for any band noticed within the rock world, masked duo True Tiger treat the crowd to a dosage of dubstep, trance, dance, anything to ultimately shake the booty. While it’s not exactly ground-breaking stuff, with one half on a set of turntables in a V for Vendetta mask, and the other barking his share of mastering the ceremony from the front of the stage, it’s still rather interesting and enjoyable to watch.

The odd mosh occurs in a frequency, and people obviously dig the “tunes”. It’s slightly embarrassing watching Shikari frontman Rou prancing up and down in an obvious disguise, no more to the fact that his unmistakeable yells are coming from beneath the balaclava he’s donning, but it works up a sweat for the crowd, and surprisingly the majority are left with their fair share of satisfaction.

The Devil Wears Prada take to the stage in a fit of noise, rage, and ultimately unfufilling scene-moshcore. It’s all breakdowns, growls, breakdowns, breakdowns, and… well, breakdowns, and it gets very repetitive; much so that it makes True Tiger’s efforts sound different and original in comparison. A large chunk of the skinny-jeans-and-belts-lower-than-their-knees-with-a-farmer-shirt-and-baseball-cap crowd lap up the metalcore mob like Christmas has come early however, with moshpits erupting from every corner of the floor in a daze of sweat.

Sound wise, what the band lack in originality, they make up for in pushing power and brute energy tonight; songs sounding heavier than a ten-ton brick. It’s a pity more so, that vocalist Mike Hranica sounds virtually unheard tonight, his microphone reducing him to nothing more than a muffled growl. Half an hour of what sounds like the same song over and over again eventually dies out, for all but a few, this might be a good thing.

Tonight finds Enter Shikari on absolutely sublime form. Entering to an absolute rapture donned in matching green polo’s, the quartet kick things off such as their new record Common Dreads; the intro following straight into a blistering Solidarity sends the audience absolutely mental. They garnish a massive orchestra-like feedback for the end chords before bursting into Step Up. The massive lighting rigs adorning the stage tonight burn the retinas; it adds to the energy-ridden cluster that builds up from the set.

Frontman Rou Reynolds is picture perfect with his vocals tonight, something seemingly hard to do considering the amount of shouting for the new tracks. Though Common Dreads takes up the lions share of the set list tonight, old album Take To The Skies is represented by the likes of the synth-laden Mothership, the crunching Labyrinth, and the… well, “SHIT!” infested Enter Shikari. It’s amazing just how much dance the crowd have in them tonight, nobody stops up for a break, everybody sweats, and nobody gets hurt, it’s one of those nights where everyone has a great time.

New single No Sleep Tonight pummels the senses with it’s monstrous mid-song breakdown, while The Jester performed live is something that just has to be seen to be believed – it’s jazzy, old-record sounding snazz erupting into a frenzied drum & bass monster that devours it’s target. It’s a downside that bassist Chris Batten loses his earpiece in the crowd halfway through the set, eating up valuble play time, (and gauging a promise that drummer Rob Rolfe will produce his testicles if said earpiece is found) but once the train is back on the tracks, it’s largely unnoticeable that his instrument may just be a little out of time.

The band re-appear for an encore of old favourite Sorry You’re Not A Winner, which unfortunately gets absolutely mangled in the process. Rory Clewlow taking his guitar with him to start the song from the bar eats up more song time, and matters only get worse once his guitar fails to perform. A quick change-a-round and the ever-surfing axeman bursts into the track, but after multiple delays, it’s clear it’s just not going to be perfect, clocking in at around ten minutes to play parts of possibly their most famous track. This is remedied by a spectacular closer of new favourite Juggernauts, which utterly destroys and robs its audience of whatever energy they had left.

Enter Shikari sure do know how to make people move, and if they keep performing at the standard shown tonight, there’s nothing that’s going to stop this four-man machine from rolling over the rules, and quite possibly the mainstream in the process. Spectacular.

- George Cannings.

Check out our photos of Enter Shikari’s recent trip to Newcastle, with support from The Devil Wears Prada and True Tiger, via the link below! For our interview with Enter Shikari, click HERE.

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Enter Shikari – Zzzonked

как же я могу проходить мимо новых клипов Enter Shikari… после такого офигительного альбома )
одним словом Enter Shikari – Zzzonked… по-моему видос офигенен
кто хочет скачать себе на винт… ссылка внизу

скачать тыц-тыц – ifolder

оригинальный пост на http://circle-music.livejournal.com

Весь английский футбол на http://premier-league.com.ua

Enter Shikari play a truly crazy show @ the Liverpool Academy. Photos inside!

Miles into their maiden trek around the UK in support of the massive new record Common Dreads, St. Albans’ Enter Shikari take a stop in Newcastle, and George is lucky enough to grab the boys for an interview. They chat about the new album, what Sonic game surprisingly shy frontman Rou Reynolds owned in his youth, and if Rob Rolfe did indeed take a shit in Wal-Mart…

George: Can you say your names and what you do in the band?
Rou: I’m Rou, I sing and play electronics.
Rory: I’m Rory, and I play guitar.
Chris: Chris, I play bass.
Rob: Rob, I’m the drummer.

George: You’re quite a way through your tour, how’s it been so far?
Rou: Really good, it’s been very easygoing, very fun! The last tour we did before this was in America, and it couldn’t of been more of a contrast really. It was kinda like a horrible slog in a tiny little van, horrible drives, and this is just like, a lot more chilled out, more fun.
Rob: Lot of partying!
Rou: [laughs] Yeah, a very party-rich tour.

George: How have people been warming to The Devil Wears Prada and True Tiger?
Rob: Differently, really. Some places, True Tiger will go down a storm, the crowd will absolutely love it, other places haven’t been so kind, and they’ve had a few sort of, nasty chance, only from like a select handful of the audience, but it’s mostly been good for True Tiger, and The Devil Wears Prada have already got a pretty good fanbase over here, so they’ve been down really well.
Rou: I mean the only time True Tiger really had any problems was when they first of all started off playing quite a long set, they were playing like 50-minutes, so we’ve changed that and they’re playing about 30-minutes now, and everyone seems to be enjoying that a lot more, it’s testing the patience of everyone.

George: What’s Enter Shikari been up to this summer?
Rory: Festivals, we had two American tours, we released an album…
Rou: Lots of partying, lots of good times.
Chris: We’re heading off across Europe with The Prodigy in November, which is gonna be ace!

George: Rob, you didn’t go to America last time, and apparently you took a shit in Wal-Mart, did you?
Rob: [laughs] No I didn’t, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a Wal-Mart, every time these guys go to the states without me, they think up a new story each night, so…
[The band laugh]
Rob: Just to keep people guessing!

George: You recently released Common Dreads, are you pleased with the acclaim it’s recieved?
Rou: Yeah… [pauses] …Pretty unreal really.

George: What’s the album about? People say it’s political, it’s a message…
Rou: Not primarily, I mean the tunes were written about stuff that’s going round in my head at the time, so yeah there’s a lot of meaningful lyrics on there, more than the first album, and it’s a lot more just sort of “arty” and ambiguous, but yeah.
Rory: As a band though, we didn’t wanna go sort of too deep into preachy and inverted comma’s, we don’t wanna become one of “those bands” we still want it to be about the fun, and the music and everything, but if you’ve got a voice that people are gonna listen to, then you may as well say something worth saying.

George: It seems a lot more experimental than Take To The Skies, what influenced it?
Rou: I think because we had a lot more time in the studio, some of them were written at least six months before we went to the studio, some of them are years old. Sorry, You’re Not A Winner must be about seven years old now or something ridiculous. Whereas this time it was fresh, and we went in and had time to experiment with a load of different instruments and try out a new sense of stuff, it was just more of an output of the environment, we hadn’t been listening to anything different, we’ve still got quite eclectic music tastes. [laughs]

George: Do you feel like you’ve matured as a band since the last release? The music sounds a lot more well put together and stuff…
Rob: Well, I think to be honest, we were probably more mature as a band than the music we put down on our first album, when we were recording our first album, because our songs had been written for so long. We were obviously constantly moving and changing, and a lot of the stuff on there was like three years old, so to gain three years from that, we’ve not only grown physically, but also mentally as people and musicians, and yeah, I think we’ve definitely grown.

George: Is it the work you’re most proud of to date?
Chris: Definitely.
Rory: Common Dreads, definitely. I think it’s the most, I think we’re all more proud of it than anything else that we’ve ever done, really.

George: For those who don’t know, what is a common dread?
Rou: Something that, it was supposed to be written very subconsciously, on a global scale, things that everyone unites against, things that affect everyone.
George: Like global warming?
Rou: [laughs] Yeah!

George: What are your individual dreads?
Rob: Spiders. [laughs]
Chris: Going down the phobia line, I guess I’ve got a bit of a phobia on crabs.
[Everyone laughs]
Chris: I dunno, I just hate them.
Rory: He only seems to sleep with girls that have got them most times. [laughs]
Chris: Yeah, both kinds. [laughs]
Rory: I’ve got a phobia of… [pauses] …Nah, it’s just…
[Everyone laughs again as Rory puts his face in his hands]
Rory: …Mashed potatoes. It’s probably the weirdest phobia I’ve got, I just can’t stand the stuff.
[Everyone looks at Rou for an answer...]
Rou: [pauses] …I don’t really know! [laughs]

George: What’s with the intro to The Jester? It’s absolutely mental!
Rou: Yeah! [laughs] We always wanted to re-create authentic jazz sounding, old y’know, record or something, and we spent ages with effects trying to make it sound like a crackly record, yeah, Andy did the recording with like, an old honky-tonk piano in the corner which we used, and we had the flute, and the trumpet, and we just sorta went mad, really. [laughs]
Chris: It’s just one of those examples of what can happen when you kinda get locked away for too long, with too much at your disposal to play with! [laughs]

George: Do all the spoken word bits have any meaning, or are they just random ramblings?
Rou: [laughs] Erm, they do, I mean Zzzonked obviously, is gonna sound very random, very weird, and yeah, to a certain extent it is, most of the spoken words are a concious decision because when you listen to someone scream or shout, or whatever, it doesn’t exactly make out what they’re saying, but spoken word, it’s pretty hard not to understand. [laughs] The words that I’m saying, people tend to listen a bit more. So yeah, I suppose they have that sorta texture.

George: Hectic - Do you play Sega Mega Drive, Bowling X and Sonic all day?
Rou: I have done, yeah!
[Everyone laughs]
George: Which one, out of curiosity?
Rou: I only ever had the first one, actually!

George: What’s each of your favourite songs to play live from the new album?
Chris: I’d probably say for me, Step Up has always been a really fun one to play and I still have a really good time.
Rob: I’d say Hectic for me, ’cause it’s got a big energy to it, it’s not difficult to play, so I can just be like go all out and get into it a lot, and it’s good fun.
Rory: I’ll go for Zzzonked then, always good fun!

George: Do you prefer to play newer songs or older songs live?
Rob: Newer. Definitely. Fresher, more fun.
Rou: I was always the one trying to drop the old songs in, in our arguments before we play, but when we haven’t played any songs for a while, you always feel like you get that energy boost, we keep it on a sort of cycle. [laughs]

George: Apparently, you’re influenced by both sides of hardcore; the punky side and the happy side.
[everyone laughs]
George: …What side do you feel more inclined to, if any?
Rob: Us as a band?
George: Yeah, do you feel more like a kind of hardcore in the punky sense, or in the more techno-ey kinda sense, or slap bang in the middle?
Rory: Yeah, pretty hardcore.
Rob: Well which one? [laughs]
Rory: The punky one, because when you think about it, The Jester’s the only song that’s got a bit of happy hardcore to it.
Rou: They’re both big influences, but we grew up on the punky side of it really, so…

George: Did you ever start out playing without electronics?
Rob: Yeah, we actually started out playing Beatles covers. [laughs]

George: What changed your mind?
Rob: Nothing changed our minds, it’s just something that progressed as we grew as a band, it’s not like one day we said, “Right, we’re gonna start doing dance tunes”.
Rory: Just before I joined, Roughton used to play guitar as a three-piece, and they bought a little chaos pad to add in some little added effects, and I came in to play guitar so he could do that.

George: Rout and Sgt. Rolfy played a DJ set at Slam Dunk festival, will the DJ sets be making more appearances in the future?
Rob: Yeah, we’ve done quite a few this tour, actually, like all the after parties that we’ve done, we’re always looking for other stuff to play, not just our own, and DJ sets wherever we can, so it won’t be the last you’ve heard of us!

George: Rou, I noticed on your Twitter a while back, you tweeted people on how to pronounce your name…
[The band laughs]
George: …Here’s the chance for you, is it “Roo” or “Rou” (Pronounced like thou or cow)?
Rou: It’s Rou. [laughs] Yeah, there’s a certain point about a year ago where I just stopped correcting people because it was happening so much, and it kind of really escalated after that, so it was driving me crazy with people. [laughs]

George: What’s next in store for Enter Shikari?
Rob: Prodigy tour!
Chris: We’ve just announced, kind of a homecoming gig, it’s on December 19th, Christmas party, which will be our last gig of the year, which is in Hatfield.
Rou: We’re recording two new songs at the end of this tour, hopefully they’ll be released sorta January/February time, and we’ve got another tour going as well. Can’t remember where, are we doing Newcastle?
Chris: Which one sorry?
Rou: In February…
George: Middlesbrough?
Rou: Middlesbrough, yeah! You’re better than us. [laughs]

George: Change the record, who should we be listening to?
Rou: Mong Hang.
Chris: Maximum The Hormone. They’re both kinda crazy Japanese bands.
Rory: We could list off a load of bands people know, but…
Rob: There’s no point in that, because everybody knows them!
Rory: Yeah, yeah, but…
Rob: It’s all about checking out new bands, init?
Rory: Yeah, exactly.
Chris: The Quemists are quite good. With a Q…
Rou: I can’t actually think…
Chris: The King Blues!
George: Ahh! I didn’t get that, when Kerrang! reviewed your album, it said for fans of The King Blues, and You Me At Six. I didn’t get that at all!
[The band laughs]
Rou: It’s nuts, [laughs] it’s quite out there.
George: Probably because you can’t compare anyone, really.
Rou: Yeah! [laughs]

George: Is there anything you’d like to add?
[the band pause]
Rob: Come to the Christmas party!
Rou: Yeah. [laughs]
Rory: It’s gonna be fun!

- George Cannings.

Enter Shikari play Hatfield University, Herts. for their December 19th Christmas Party, and dates in February. Go to www.entershikari.co.uk or www.myspace.com/entershikari for more details.

Day 26 – More About Yesterday: Today was another spent almost entirely on editing last night’s gig pictures, so today’s pic is one of Enter Shikari doing their thing.  Also, remember how you’re keeping your fingers crossed for me?  Well, hopefully there will be news about that very soon

Saturday 19th December
Hatfield – Herts Uni Forum

Tickets are on sale now!

www.crowdsurge.com/entershikari

Újabb három friss ropogós videó így a hét kellős közepén: Az Azfeszten is nagy sikert aratott Enter Shikari már a harmadik klipet készítette el a ‘Common Dreads’ lemezről, a dal pedig ezúttal a ‘Zzzonked‘. Az október végén új lemezzel jelentkező Atreyu is postolta friss művét: ‘Storm To Pass’. Mindkét videót megnézhetitek lejjebb, erre a linkre kattintva pedig az Alexisonfire ‘Born And Raised‘ klipjéhez lyukadhattok ki.

Day 25 – Beatdowns in Birmingham: Hell yeah!  This is Mike Hranica, vocalist with The Devil Wears Prada, and I interviewed him before his band supported Enter Shikari at the Birmingham Academy tonight, a show I was covering for The Daily Dust.  TDWP are an awesome live band, with beatdowns galore – if you don’t know what a beatdown is, just know that they’re phenomenal!  If you have any interest in heavy rock/metal, find some live footage of TDWP to watch, you’ll love it!  Mike was also a great guy to interview – he was genuine (a lot like Matthew from Madina Lake) and was not afraid to take the time to ponder my sometimes tough questions (how long would it take you to tell me the best song ever??), and he even said afterwards that it was one of his favourite interviews he’d done recently

Ott voltam rendkívül jól éreztem magam azt leszámítva hogy a helyszín szívemtől teljesen távol áll… jól ismertem a vonat állomást amelyet az előtt pár hónappal egy szombati napon könnyes szemmel hagytam ott, az út most annyi különbséggel hogy a borzasztó hőség miatt teljesen száraz volt… és semmit se borított hó vagy a fák zöldje ugyan azon a megszokott úton vezetett…na mind1.

Majd leírom melyik koncerten voltam ott egyelőre legyen elég a tény…hogy ott voltam…