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Bibelots - Pieces

Bibelots have got a new single on offer called Pieces that seems tailor made for the summer festival circuit. The track opens with an electro loop before the guitars slice in with a certain degree of heaviness and Britrock abandon.
I always enjoy it when bibelots show their heavier side and Pieces manages to maintain a driving and […]

Bibelots : No Other Way Out

I’ve recently had the pleasure of listening to Bibelots latest EP No Other Way Out. Some of you may remember that I reviewed their EP, Devil’s Highway at the beginning of the year and predicted great things for this band of Bluesy-Electro-Groove rockers from East London.
One of the things I’ve always liked about Bibelots is […]

The Talented Antonio Pontarelli

Antonio Pontarelli is, without a doubt, a name you’re going to be hearing again. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been listening to five of his tracks recently and can happily predict the birth of a shining new light in the Rock/Metal/Alternative/Progressive genres.
Antonio cites musical influences ranging from Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, to System […]

Age : The review

Age are an unsigned U.K. five piece band from Evesham, in the Midlands. I’ve been listening to four tracks, two from their current five track EP Useless Souvenirs which is available on iTunes and two from their forthcoming EP due out summer 2010.
They are, without a doubt, an extremely tight Hard/Alternative rock centered group who play together […]

Neil Athey of Bibelots talks to Christopher Mundy of New Beats Media

Following the Bibelots’ EP– Devils Highway review, plus their success in the King of the Mountain competition NBM decided to get in touch with the band and find out what they stand for and what the future holds for this up and coming band.
NBM: Neil thank you for speaking with us today
Neil Athey: Thank you for having […]

Bibelots - Devil's Highway

The Bibelots formed in 2008 and hail from East London. Their musical style can be described as guitar driven — but they fuse elements of blues rock, indie, 90’s era psychedelic rock and techno to achieve a sound that manages to highlight some of their musical influences while still maintaining their own individual voice and style.
Their technical […]

It Might Get Loud

There can be few people who have not at least heard of Davis Guggenheim’s influential documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”. The Establishment often points to this work as an anthem and suggests that mankind is solely responsible for global warming and as such the common man/woman must submit to an unprecedented array of new taxes placed on every facet of life, and […]

Author Bio - Christopher Mundy

Well I suppose it all began when my dad took me to see Peter Frampton live for my 10th birthday way back in 1978. I got hooked on live music in a big way. Highlights of the hundreds of shows I’ve seen since would include: Rush, Van Halen (pre Sammy Hagar!), AC/DC, Metalica, Jethro Tull, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction (2x), 10,000 Maniacs, Lenny Cravitz, Pink Floyd (5X), Eric Clapton, The Moody Blues, Yes, The Grateful Dead (5x), Miles Davis, John Mclaughlin (4x), Bo Diddley, The Meters (more times than I can count really), Santana (2x), The Band, Crosby Stills & Nash, Pat Metheney, The Wall live in Berlin, Led Zeppelin, King Krimson, The Cure, Blind Melon, Mudhoney, Fishbone, Steely Dan, Culture, Burning Spear, Ziggy Marley — and really too many more to list.

 I attended high school in Dayton, Ohio and was thus able to see any live gig that passed through there, or nearby Cincinnati, or Columbus - which in the eighties meant anything I wanted really. I then attended Tulane University in New Orleans where I was surrounded by some of the best blues and jazz music opportunities of my life. You really have to live there to appreciate just how fundamental music is to life in New Orleans and just what the funk it was the Meters and Neville Brothers have given the world.

 I currently reside in the U.K. and just completed a masters degree in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies at The Centre For Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, Wales. I play guitar, collect music obsessively and have two amazing daughters.

The rest of my life is as yet unwritten.….  

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