Marc Rolan from The Bards has started a new band called AutoPlane and The Hearts Bizarre... we would love a brief review about our band, if possible.

we are a alt.rock band that sound like T.Rex/Led Zep/ white stripes

we are currently roaming Europe, playing small venues.

Marc started this band to get away from the chaos that The Bards created. "I want to start fresh and get away from the big studio gigs. Playing stadium after stadium and recording three albums back to back really took its toll on me...so Autoplane is a way to get away and play fun music..." - Marc Rolan

Stephanie Fierce – Love Feels Like Grenades

Although Miss Fierce has certainly written some interesting songs in the past, this one is a huge step in what I think is the right direction for her. It’s more adult and really shows a different side to her. Who said pop artists couldn’t write good music?

However, this song feels more like Mike Tyson than a Grenade. It hits you with a bang and leaves you with a sore nose. A very sore nose, admittedly. But it doesn’t blow up in front of you. It doesn’t leave you sprayed across a wall in pieces, which in a way is a shame.

The song feels almost like it’s trying to blow up, it’s trying to leave you in pieces with your grey matter covering the nearest wall, but it never really does it. Instead it feels like you’re behind a concrete wall hiding from it. Despite this though, I do like the new direction that Stephanie’s taking. I like the adult lyrics, but I want more. I want more adult lyrics, I want bigger drum beats. I want this song but it’s got to be bigger. It’s like almost like a veggie burger. It looks like meat, it feels like meat, but it’s not meat.

Still, this song’s lyrics are solid, Girlspice are fantastic on it as usual, and it really does set up the stage for her to turn this new side of her into something great. It will be a huge hit on the radio and will most likely be number one, but I’ll never be fully satisfied by it until I get a track where she really goes for it. It’s almost like she’s been restrained by the pop world, like some sort of skeletal claw dragging her back down into more of the old stuff. But then she’s tickling it with a feather to get rid of it.

Stamp on it, Steph! Hit it with a sledgehammer until it’s broken into a million pieces. Then, we’ll have something that really is worth listening to. This doesn’t fall at the last hurdle, because it never really gets over the first.


Overall
70%


It’s like a veggie burger. It looks like meat, it feels like meat, it’s not meat.

Best Of The Month

Well, it's that time of the month again. No, I'm not on my period it is the BEST OF THE MONTH! It's where we have the Best of Albums, Singles and Acts. So here it is, the Best Of The Month


Best Album: Broken Down On Memory Lane - Panic!
A fantastic album, displaying Panic!'s more adult side, and proving that they are one of the biggest bands around at the moment, and that they can face adversity and come through it with a brilliant piece of work. - 88%

Best Single: Alpha Kenny Body - Dynamite
A cheeky song title for a cheeky group. The groups more adult new look definitely suits them and is a vastly different to what we expected from them. It got them into a bit of trouble but it was definitely worth it. Top single! - 84%

Johnny: Fair enough, and I am thankful that someone got what the song was about, it was just a rocking song, not meant to be extravagant, though I still have to scowl at people who make fun of our name. Its what we are...but eh....anyway, good review thanks again.

To Smash Reviews,
It has been brought to my attention from many of my friends that read these reviews and fans of Stephanie Fierce that the reviewer from this mag that reviewed Stephanie Fierce's song should be fired. I myself then finally noticed this when I read a recent review of a song Stephanie Fierce was featured on. It feels as if the reviewer is a Stephanie Fierce hater rather than an actual music professional. His judgment is not suppose to be based on what he wanted on the song but on if the mission that Stephanie Fierce wanted for the song was a success. Its her song not his. If he ever reviews any of her stuff again I would like him to know some background information about her music before he does any more reviews about her songs or the songs that she is featured on. Her "older Stuff" is not really her. According to Stephanie Fierce, She had to rush her debut album and most of the songs weren't written by her. To be specific only two songs were written by her on her debut album. What she is giving in her second album is raw and truly 100% her. She made sure that all the songs contained personal experiences or situations she has delt with after she got famous. That's why the album is called "Diary Of A Pop sinner". 90% of the songs from her new album were written by her including "Love Feels Like Grenades". All I want is this guy who does the reviews to be straightened out otherwise I would never read a review from this magazine ever again.
From, Smash Reviews Reader

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OOC: In my opinion, this is a DECENT roleplaying thread which are getting harder to come by - Aj, just let me know if you wish and any further posts fighting will be removed.

Mind - Cascade of Blood

Meet Mind, a hardcore/metal band out to make a name for themselves. Now when you think Hardcore, you think Failed Youth. But this is definitely metallyer than Failed Youth. Possibly not lyrically, as Failed Youth came out with some pretty twisted tormented shit, but musically you certainly get a far more metal air about them.

And so here is there new single – Cascade of Blood. Beautifully titled and indeed quite appropriately. The lyrics are generally about some Roman dude or something, but the band kind of lack the musical experience to experiment to such a level, but good on them for doing something like it. Not that the lyrics are bad, there certainly not Girlspice, just it almost seems they went for something that was slightly out of their league. The song’s subject is almost something Bikki would do, and obviously comparing one of the most lyrically gifted musical talents to a band who’ve barely had the time of day from indeed any publicity is slightly unfair. But if you’re going to cut it in this industry, you have to be realistic about your targets and think about developing advanced story ideas later on, once you’ve got the ground sturdy, which they seem to not. Their vocabulary isn’t really complex enough to really push the idea home, but once again, it was a valiant effort from the band.

Now, the slightly almost bad points out of the way, lets talk about the good. Which, thankfully, is pretty much everything else.

The song does a brilliant job of taking you from industrial to almost proggy solo, which is brilliant and the best part of the song. The song at no point feels like its split in two, and the breakdown in between the two merges them together brilliantly in a moment that makes you feel like the solar system is being sucked in around you. Yeah, it’s pretty epic. On top of this, the solo is a fantastic display of guitar skill which the band has bags of and they possibly should have shown this off a bit more. Yeah, I want more solo.

There are no real flaws in it musically, aside from being a incy bit too cliché at parts and slightly, I hate to use the term, but slightly recycled at bits. Not exactly groundbreaking this then, but certainly a decent first outing for the band.


Overall
77%

"crap our 1st single and it go 84 thanks for the review"

ben-

ooc: thats ok its still good well its better then good i loved it

You can be assured of that. Jason gave it a listen. He said it "was moddafucking awesome"