The Bravery

It's all about the hype when somebody's talking about newcomers "The Bravery" from NYC. Recently BBC voted them as "Most Promising Act Of 2005", the Rolling Stone crowned them with the title "Artist To Watch In 2005" and according to Spin Magazine they are "The Next Big Thing". In last year's survey, Keane were followed by Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight and Joss Stone in the top five - all of whom were virtually unknown outside the music industry at that point.

Now what's really behind this band, that has only had two singles and one album so far? After playing in some NYC night clubs with little success, they recognized that they would never be successful with that kind of music in the US. So they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and tried their luck in the UK - immediately they got a job as heat-up-band of "The Libertines". Suddenly every record company wanted to sign them for their label. Their first single "Unconditioned" was released then back in November 2004. You could characterize them as another //The-Band//, but with a fine sweet distinction to the others - they are playing 80' new wave sounds like "The Cure" or "New Order". Before I talk about other topics - here's the BBC list of the most promising bands for 2005:

1. The Bravery
2. Bloc Party
3. Kano
4. The Game
5. Kaiser Chiefs (they'll be playing before U2 on July 2nd)
6. KT Tunstall
7. The Dead 60s
8. The Dears
9. Tom Vek
10. The Magic Numbers

Yesterday I watched the game between Bayern and Chelsea - thanks god the Germans dropped out of the competition. Now I'm looking forward to seeing the match between Juventus and Liverpool tonight on Premiere Sports - I'm really glad that I got a day off tomorrow so I'll enjoy it with beer and chips. Have you seen those events occurring at the other match yesterday between Inter and AC Milan? Unbelievable. You should ban those stupid idiots for one year or even longer. This has not been the very first affair surrounding Italian clubs - thinking back to the toss throw at Roma last autumn. Fascistic parols at Lazio Roma, battling //fans// at Milan - somebody has to stop this chaos - maybe president Berlusconi (the owner of AC Milan)? Haha.

Somehow my brain's damaged, had to get up quite early (7am) today again, because of my appointment at the oral surgeon. He took out the sutures and then his assistant presented me the bill - 360€ for some x-ray picture and the removal of two wisdom teeth - will pass it on to the health insurance company. Afterwards I enjoyed breakfast (a strange feeling) at a café, before travelling back to Salzburg by train - without any engine damages or delays. Right now I'm mentally preparing for today's outfoor football training - will surely be great fun :-)