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Foals – My Number
Ed Sheeran – You Need Me I Don’t Need You
Olly Murs – Troublemaker
Ellie Goulding – Explosions
Professor Green – I Need You Tonight (feat. Ed Drewett)
Jake Bugg – Seen It All
Rita Ora & DJ Fresh – Hot Right Now
The Script – Hall of Fame (feat. Will. I. Am.)
McFly – All About You
Conor Maynard – Animal
James Arthur – Impossible
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Bingo Players – Get Up
Dappy – Rockstar (feat. Brian May)
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
Darwin Deez – You Can’t Be My Girl

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Playlist A:
50 Cent – My Life (feat. Eminem and Adam Levine)
Adele – Skyfall
Avicii Vs Nicky Romero – I Could Be The One
Baauer – Harlem Shake
Bingo Players – Get Up (feat. Far East Movement)
Bruno Mars – When I was Your Man
Discosure – White Noise (feat. Aluna George)
Dizzee Rascal – Bassline Junkie
Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did…
Far East Movement – Change Your Life (feat. Flo Rida & Sydney Samson)
Gabrielle Aplin – Please Don’t Say You Love
Jake Bugg – Seen It All
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)
Mumford and Sons – Whispers In The Dark
Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang
Olly Murs – Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)
Pink – Just Give Me A Reason
Sway – Still Sway & Kane (feat. Kano & Trigger Da Author)
The Revival Hour – Hold Back
Wiley – Reload (feat. Chip)
Will. I. Am. & Britney Spears – Scream & Shout

Playlist B:
Alt-J – Dissolve Me
Billy Bragg – No One Knows Nothing Anymore
Buckcherry – Gluttony
Darwin Deez – You Cant Be My Girl
Django Django – Wor
Droideka – Get Hyper
Everything Everything – Duet
Foals – My Number
Gabriel Bruce – Cars Not Leaving
Heaven’s Basement – Nothing Left To Lose
Jake Bugg – Two Fingers
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times (live – Celebration Day)
Oriathi – Frozen
Pure Love – Beach Of Diamonds
Rival Sons – Until The Sun Comes
Royal Republic – Everybody Wants To Be An Astronaut
Slash – Anastasia

Playlist C:
Blood Red Shoes – Heartsink
C2C – The Beat
Centre Excuse – Control
Christopher Owens – Here We Go Again
Diamond Rugs – Hightail
Dumb – Dive
Kapital KO – Story So Far
Linden – If I had Wings
Luminites – Bring It
Mindless Behaviour – Keep Her On The Low
Not A Saint – Vato Gonzalez Vs Lethal Bizzle and Donaeo
Pulled Apart By Horses – Get Off My Ghost Train
The Family Rain – Carnival
The Leaisure Society – Fight For Everyone
Tremonti – Wish You Well
Zebedy – This Is My City
Zeerox – Sour Candy

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Varsity 2013

Update 11:41 : 4-0 to Aber come on Bangor!!!!

Update 12:05 : 1-1 Womens Lacrosse

Update 12:25 : 10-0 Rugby League to Aber so far

Update 12:33 : Score updates galore! Rugby league, 10-0 Aber. W rugby union 10-0 Aber. M hockey 2′s 3-1 Bangor. W Lacrosse 3-1 Aber!

Update 12:39 : John Williams Man of the Match

Update 12:51 : Womens Lacrosse 4-4 currently in the second half, its all kicking off with it all sat equal at 5-5!!!!

Update 13:05 : Aber winning 64-47 at HT in the swimming. 5-5 to Bangor in W Lacrosse. 3-1 to Bangor in Ultimate Frisbee.

Update 13:16 : 5-1 to Bangor in Ultimate Frisbee

Update 13:23 : Final Score womens lacrosse 6-6!!! edit : we have extra time, both teams want an outcome!!

Update 13:29 : Swimming score Ended 129 – 98.

Update 13:38 : Police helicopter decides to land in the middle of Varsity

Update 13:45 : Final score women’s rugby league: 20-7 to Aber #Varsity2013 Aber win the women’s lacrosse

Update 13:52 : 10-3 to Bangor Ultimate Frisby, search the twittersphere for #Varsity2013

Update 14:10 : Bangor win the Womens Hockey with a pull back point of 1-0

Update 14:18 : Still 0-0 at the women’s football after a goal by Aber was controversially disallowed

Update 14:54 : Score Updates: Ultimate Frisbee 13-8 to Bangor, Men’s Rugby Union 5-0 to Aber and Women’s Football 1-0 to Aber.

Update 15:26 : Women’s Hockey 1st’s 5-2 up!

Update 16:03 : Interview with Whiskey from Lacrosse Interview with Whiskey from Lacrosse

Update 16:22 : 14-11 overall to Aber with games still to play

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Playlist A:
50 Cent – My Life (feat. Eminem and Adam Levine)
Adele – Skyfall
Bingo Players – Get Up (feat. Far East Movement)
Calvin Harris – Drinking From The Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah)
Discosure – White Noise (feat. Aluna George)
Dizzee Rascal – Bassline Junkie
Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did…
Far East Movement – Change Your Life (feat. Flo Rida & Sydney Samson)
Jake Bugg – Lightning Bolt
JLS – Give Me Life
Lucy May – Paper Heart
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)
Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang
Olly Murs – Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)
Sway – Still Sway & Kane (feat. Kano & Trigger Da Author)
The Pigeon Detectives – Animal
We The Kings – Friday Is Forever
Wiley – Reload (feat. Chip)
Will. I. Am. & Britney Spears – Scream & Shout

Playlist B:
Alt-J – Dissolve Me
Billy Bragg – No One Knows Nothing Anymore
Buckcherry – Gluttony
Django Django – Wor
Droideka – Get Hyper
Everything Everything – Cough Cough
Foals – My Number
Gabriel Bruce – Cars Not Leaving
Heaven’s Basement – Nothing Left To Lose
Jake Bugg – Two Fingers
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times (live – Celebration Day)
Pure Love – Beach Of Diamonds
Rival Sons – Until The Sun Comes
Royal Republic – Everybody Wants To Be An Astronaut
Slash – Anastasia

Playlist C:
Blood Red Shoes – Heartsink
C2C – The Beat
Christopher Owens – Here We Go Again
Diamond Rugs – Hightail
Jim Lockey and the Solumn Sun – Englands Dead
Kapital KO – Story So Far
Lawson – Learn To Love Again
Linden – If I had Wings
Luminites – Bring It
Mindless Behaviour – Keep Her On The Low
Night Engine – Lies
Not A Saint – Vato Gonzalez Vs Lethal Bizzle and Donaeo
Pulled Apart By Horses – Get Off My Ghost Train
The Family Rain – Carnival
The Leaisure Society – Fight For Everyone
The Sea – Charlie Hugall
Tremonti – Wish You Well
Zebedy – This Is My City

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Playlist A:
50 Cent – My Life (feat. Eminem and Adam Levine)
Adele – Skyfall
Bingo Players – Get Up (feat. Far East Movement)
Calvin Harris – Drinking From The Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah)
Chase & Status – Big Man
Dizzee Rascal – Bassline Junkie
Far East Movement – Change Your Life (feat. Flo Rida & Sydney Samson)
Jake Bugg – Lightning Bolt
Labrinth – Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sande)
Lucy May – Paper Heart
Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang
Olly Murs – Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)
Sway – Still Sway & Kane (feat. Kano & Trigger Da Author)
The Pigeon Detectives – Animal
The Vaccines – Teenage Icon
We The Kings – Friday Is Forever
Wiley – Reload (feat. Chip)
Will. I. Am. & Britney Spears – Scream & Shout

Playlist B:
Alt-J – Dissolve Me
Buckcherry – Gluttony
Django Django – Wor
Droideka – Get Hyper
Everything Everything – Cough Cough
Foals – My Number
Gabriel Bruce – Cars Not Leaving
Heaven’s Basement – Nothing Left To Lose
Jake Bugg – Two Fingers
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times (live – Celebration Day)
Pitbull – Don’t Stop The Party (feast. TJR)
Pure Love – Beach Of Diamonds
Rival Sons – Until The Sun Comes
Royal Republic – Everybody Wants To Be An Astronaut
Skrillex – Bangarang
Slash – Anastasia

Playlist C:
Blood Red Shoes – Heartsink
Christopher Owens – Here We Go Again
Drowners – Long Hair
Jerad Finck – Runaway
Jim Lockey and the Solumn Sun – Englands Dead
Kristina Train – Lose You Tonight
Lawson – Learn To Love Again
Luminites – Bring It
Night Engine – Lies
Not A Saint – Vato Gonzalez Vs Lethal Bizzle and Donaeo
Passenger – Let Her Go
Post War Years – All Eyes
Pulled Apart By Horses – Get Off My Ghost Train
The Sea – Charlie Hugall
Tremonti – Wish You Well

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4 brave Storm FM members are now embarking on a series of dance classes with BU Dance, Head of News Caryl Burke and Illtud Jones, are preparing themselves for a session of ballroom, whilst Secretary Robyn Jones is dancing to Bollywood style music.

None of us are dancers and to learn our routines in two weeks should make for quite an interesting journey.

Rehearsal One

It was quite nerving first walking into a dance class, there were 4 of us in my little group, and no one of us seemed to know what we had signed up for – or I certainly had no idea – I was just asked to do it for charity and thought “why not”.

Our superb teacher Hannah taught us the initial steps, which I must say filled me with confidence once I’d mastered them – my dancing there looked much better than on a Monday in Academi that’s for sure.

My initial arrogance upon learning the first few steps was rapidly shot down though, as more steps came by terrible dancing skill and lack of co-ordination were soon pretty evident.

However our teachers soon stepped in to correct me, and I was certainly glad that they had patience. We however soldiered on, adding more and more steps to our once simple routine. Of course we had to take some time up to do the Gangnam Style dance as well – it’d be rude not to.

One thing that I definitely learnt from my first dance class is how tiring it can be – oh and not to forget my water!

Rehearsal two

My second class seemed a lot less daunting than the first – I even had time to pop into Storm and be cocky. We decided that our dance was lacking something so added some more, new and complex moves, which I must say we mastered…… it’s looking promising now but with the big show just a week away, and reading week hampering rehearsal time it’ll be interesting.

On a positive note having learnt the steps – yeah we all took two hours – we can now practise outside of classes – time to cha cha cha around the house then!

The run-up to the night

In the weeks before the big dance we’ve had a few Storm get-togethers, whether they’ve been socials, open-mic nights or meetings, it’s not been a rare sight to see everyone rehearsing their dances – mainly to laugh at Robyn and her “extra classes”. I think Bar Uno are now well accustomed to seeing Caryl and Tuds doing the quick step, even with their little jumpy segment; which I think Tud may enjoy too much. We also found out that we can’t bribe the judges – blast.

On the Thursday before the dance show we even had Robyn show us some of her much anticipated Bollywood moves – watch out for the signs her housemates have promised will be making an appearance.

It’s currently Saturday morning, the morning of the night, I think it’s been a full circle now, from heart wrenching nerves, to slight arrogance and back again.

The show itself went well, we all turned up early to get in some last minute practise, and probably to see what the other dances were like as well – we were all dying to see the “competition”. The actual event got a big turn out which made some people nervous. Or in the case of our Secretary Robyn, it made her hit the bottle – that powerade kept her going though!

I was quite lucky since Latin was the first style up, and we had the benefit of shock tactics – no one was expecting Gangnam style, and the audience reaction to the music certainly made us seem more confident on stage. Our reaction was well and we were followed by the wonderful Bollywood dancers.

The dances were all very good, everyone had clearly practised well but at the same time was aware that the event was meant to be a light hearted and fun affair. Caryl and Tuds were even part of an improv street fight in their ballroom routine.

The eventual winner of the competition was BEDS, who picked up £50 for their society. A worthy winner considering two of the guys from their society took part in the ballet routine – if we thought we had the shock tactic they went even further. 3 guys, 3 tutus, and a One direction song.

The dance show was a great success, and a good laugh, but the most important thing was that it was all done for a good cause. Raising over £200 for Children in Need was great, the generosity of everyone involved was excellent.

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Final message, the show this Saturday will be between 4-5pm, not the usual 5-6pm scheduled. Put it in your diaries, 4-5pm, not 5-6pm.

Thank you.
John!

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Tonight was the penultimate GroundBreakers for the year and as such was the last of the typical album reviews. For this occasion Adam brought with him, Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare (2010).

Adam started by telling of how important the album was to the band and thier fans after the passing of Jimmy (The Rev) Sullivan, the bands drummer during the production Nightmare. This continued to be a theme throughtout the album with many songs working as referwence to the feelings of family and friends, death and moving on.

Whilst not all of the tracks are related to the death as some were completed before hand, the album is now considered as a tribute to his memory and it sales in the first few weeks of release show just how closely knit the fans and band community really are, as well as showing just how much they were all effected.

Musically, the album shows us a turn back to the earlier styles of Avenged Sevenfold though with a somewhat darker feel. Whilst it isn’t expressely anything special due to return to thier old sound, the feeling and darkness in the music and lyrics can really stir some feelings.

The album it self was a difficult one to judge. The music and songs were well written and composed but were nothing outstanding or really different from older offerings of the band. The reason it recieved the final rating was based on the symbol that it has turned into for the band, thier fans and the rock world as a whole. As has been mentioned the album has now become a symbol of the Rev and his importance to ther other band members and fans, and the album itself has become a tribute to his memory. this shows the amount of love and respect of the fans and as such, the album deserves the rating merely for that.

So the albums final rating was:

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – Seal Approved.

Biscuit

Track Listing Below:

1. Nightmare
2. Welcome to the Family
3. Danger Line
4. Buried Alive
5. Natural Born Killer
6. So Far Away
7. God Hates Us
8. Victim
9. Tonight the World Dies
10. Fiction
11. Save Me

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As we near the end of the year, the second from last guest Alex downing brought on the slightly older album of Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (2000).

This shgow was easily the hardest that I have ever taken part in. As many listeners maybe aware Linkin Park are one of my favourite bands and have been since this album was first released so trying to stay impartial and unbiased was difficult though I did just about manage it.

Alex presenetd the album as the origins and influence for many rap/nu-metal mix bands of the noughties. The album itself was something special as it marked a new mix that hadn’t really been attemepted in such way in the past and so was very much a grey area. The result however was unquestionably something special, reciving 10′s of platinum ratings within its first five years and boosting Linkin Park to the internationally acclaimed band that they are today.

In conclusion, whilst there are some tracks on the album that are less appealing to my tastes and it is by no means a perfect offering, it does as a rule cater to many tastes. This was evident by the input from listeners throughout the show who said there could be no two ways about the shows outcome. Even when removing any personal bia, the sales figures and listener input alone lead the outcome of the show and the highest rated album in Ground Breakers history to date!

So the albums final rating was:

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – Seal Approved.

Biscuit

Track Listing Below:

1. Papercut
2. One Step Closer
3. With You
4. Points of Authority
5. Crawling
6. Runaway
7. By Myself
8. In the End
9. A Place for My Head
10. Forgotten
11. Cure for the Itch
12. Pushing Me Away

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