New Moon Review!

On Friday, November 20 the wait for the extremely highly anticipated second instalment in the Twilight Saga, New Moon, finally hit theatres. Then that day passed. Then several hours went by. Then I saw it.
That being said, I'm not exactly what you would call a Twilight fan. I'll admit the story is good but anything that takes everything cool about vampires and makes it sparkle isn't really my cup of tea.
Now for all the Twi-Hards, (who have more than likely already seen this movie at least once) New Moon will be a huge breath of fresh air. Everything that was horrible about Twilight is almost completely fixed. Except, of course, the unfixable: Kristen Stewart still plays Bella. But even she did a little better.
Bella and Edwards relationship is still almost nonexistant. They still have no onscreen chemistry and I never felt for a second like what Edward is willing to put himself through for her is really worth it.
But Kristen and Taylor Lautner had great chemistry. Their scenes were totally believable.
The visuals were great. The wolves looked fantastic. Watching the trailer I thought they just looked like normal wolves but after seeing the movie we see that they're much cooler than that.
Acting wise, everyone was pretty great. Taylor Lautner was great and for the short time he was in it, Robert Pattinson was also really good. Again really the only drawback to this movie was Kristen Stewarts acting and the relatinship between Bella and Edward.
Overall this movie was far far far better than Twilight, everything was improved upon. The visuals and the script were good. And its always great in a movie like this to hear the crowd get into it, I love that.
Oh and I've always been  on "Team Edward" (not that its a huge deal to me) and this movie has confirmed that.
Let me know what you thought of New Moon?

-Josh CV

Quick Post: Dead By Sunrise Setlist

Haven't posted anything in a little while so here's a quick setlist for Dead By Sunrise

Fire
Crawl Back In
My Suffering
Let Down
Morning After
Walking in Circles
Condemned
End of the World
Too Late
Inside of Me

Kinda long considering the only have one album but opening band setlists are boring so they'll all be about this long

-Josh CV

Me In 8-Bits!

Hey so I'm on my new laptop and I saw it had an 8-bit filter so I had this idea that I think it pretty cool. It's me in 8-Bits, so I'll tell you 8 "bits" about myself that you might not know.

1- When I'm barefoot, I walk on my tip toes. I don't know why I do it and I don't even notice when I do it, it just happens haha. And Tyler makes fun of my for it.

2- I like every genre of music pretty much except reggae and punk. So suggest things to me if they aren't either of those two genres haha.

3- I don't eat fast food at all or drink soda. Tyler made me eat fast food on my birthday and since I haven't had it in so long it didn't sit well so thats how I know for sure I'll never eat it again.

4- I'm colorblind. Mostly to red and green but I sometimes can't see other colors too. And every time I tell people this they ask me what color things are and I hate that haha.

5- I can bend my fingers back reeeaaaally far. Next time you see me, ask me to show you. It's weird haha.

6- My favorite food is cilantro! I love everything about it, it makes everything better.

7- I love to read. My favorite book is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It's so sad and amazing haha and I like a lot of other books too.

8- And a lot of people already know this but it's worth mentioning- I love everything that is music. I play guitar and bass and sing and I'm in a band called Ashes to Snow.

Alright so that's 8 bits of me. Let me know if you thought this was a cool idea cuz I thought it was haha.

-Josh CV

Dead By Sunrise: Out of Ashes Review!

Dead by Sunrise is the very highly anticipated side project from Linkin Park front man, Chester Bennington. The project was announced about five years ago but was put off because of the new Linkin Park album. We had already been given a taste of what was to come with the new project with “Morning After” which was featured on the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack and an acoustic version of “Let Down” and those songs kept us all VERY interested. “Morning After” does not appear on the album but a full version of “Let Down” does and is expected to be the next single.
The album, Out of Ashes, starts with the song, “Fire.” This song is incredible. Its anthemy feel will have fans singing along to the chorus in their rooms or while driving. It’s just that kind of song that you can’t help but sing when you hear it.
Next is the band’s lead single, “Crawl Back In.” This song kicks off the harder side of the band with its heavy guitars and vocals. For the first part of the album, the songs go back and forth between soft and hard, which is interesting because it isn’t something that is usually done but it still flows great. “Inside of Me” is another hard rock track. There is a recurring theme on the album of Bennington feeling that something is wrong with him which is most likely influenced by his alcohol addiction that he was in rehab for before the recording of the album.
“Let Down” is a slower song that we can guess might be about Bennington’s divorce. But “Let Down” is followed up by “Give Me Your Name,” another slow track that serves as a glimmer of light on the album. It is a happy song about meeting his new wife, who he is happily married to today. “Condemned” is somewhat of a low point on the album. It’s an awesome song but it is pretty different from the rest of the songs here.
The album ends with “In the Darkness.” This song is an absolutely amazing way to end the album with its acoustic guitars. You get a feeling that, even through all the madness, there is hope for the future “(In the darkness)/All that you want from me is all I have to give/(In the darkness)/Coming so easily, learning how to live.”
Lyrically, this is some of Bennington’s most amazing work. Bennington’s voice is complimented beautifully by his band made up of members of Julient-k. Use of heavy guitar and synths give it a kind of 80’s sound. The album is incredible and was very well worth the wait. If you’re a fan of Linkin Park you will definitely want this album.

PS: A friend of mine went to the Epicenter show that Linkin Park did a few months ago. Dead By Sunrise played a 3 song set in the middle of the LP performance and he said people LEFT. If you’re there for Linkin Park why the hell would you leave for DBS especially when LP was going on again when they were done? Some people…

-Josh CV