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Aberdeen Student Radio Sticker Competition!

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ASR challenges you! Can you get our logo somewhere original? Somewhere quirky?
We put it to you, Aberdeen, to get an ASR sticker in the best place possible. We have a couple hundred stickers that we want to see anywhere and everywhere. We will love to see our stickers put in the weirdest, quirkiest places around Aberdeen!

Thanks to Tesco Direct, we are offering a brand new iPod nano as first prize for the person who gets an ASR sticker in the best location. So, not only are you showing your love and support for your student radio station, but you are also getting the chance to win an awesome prize! The best location will be decided by the committee of ASR.

But don’t worry if you didn’t quite manage to get the top prize, we are offering a runner up prize! This is a voucher for a dinner for two at The Beautiful Mountain restaurant, Belmont Street.

The details!
To enter this competition you can either come into the station (which is in Butchart) to purchase a sticker from us directly, or you will spot us around the university campus. You will also see our smiley faces at various stalls in the hub and in Alfie’s Café over the next couple of weeks. Stickers cost £1 each, you can buy as many as you like. Just think: £1 for an iPod nano. Why wouldn’t you!

Once you’ve stuck our logo in the best place possible, take a picture of it and send it to facebook@aberdeenstudentradio.org!

The announcement of the winner and the prize-giving will be on the 16th of November at Club SNAFU where ASR are taking over with electro boutique. So make sure you’re there!

Check out the facebook page here!

 

Have fun!

Disclaimer: Aberdeen Student Radio and its affiliates bear no responsibility for the actions of those who take part in this competition. By entering this competition, the participants acknowledge that their actions do not represent Aberdeen Student Radio or its affiliates. Any action undertaken by participants is independent of Aberdeen Student Radio and its affiliates.

Josh Lee

Feist – Metals

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Metals is the new album from Feist and is out now. In fact fire over to Feist’s website (click here) and you can stream it for absolutely free!

Fans of Feist will know that Feist is in fact Canadian singer songwriter Leslie Feist. She’s been writing and releasing music since 1999, when she released her debut album Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down). That was followed up with Let It Die in 2004 and The Reminder in 2007.

If you think the name is familiar then it’s probably due to her massive hit song ‘1234’ from her album The Reminder, which featured in an iPod Nano advert, and later was sung by Feist on her appearance on Sesame Street. And for a while, it seemed like this would what she was remembered for in the musical scene. It’s been five years since The Reminder, and reportedly there was an 18 month period during that time where Feist never even touched her guitar.

But all that is in the past with the release of Metals, which will now surely free the albatross of ‘1234’ from around her neck. It’s a beautifully crafted album full of painstakingly written songs and packed full of melody and atmosphere. But that’s not to say that it’s all soft sounds and laid back vibes. Indeed the album opener ‘The Bad In Each Other’ starts out with a cacophony of driving drums, guitar and saxophone, with her distinct voice covering the music like a blanket. Indeed other tunes such as ‘A Commotion’ and ‘How Come You Never Go There’ show that she has chops and noise when she wants to bring it. However her more melodic side is always bubbling close to the surface, and tracks like ‘Cicadas And Gulls’ and ‘Get It Wrong Get It Right’ are evidence of this, with some soft strings and piano sounds softly adding to the ambience throughout.

Metals is a fantastic release from a musician back at the top of her game, and offers much to the listener who is not familiar with Feist’s work but also has plenty for old fans. Whatever camp you fall into, this is one album well worth repeated listens. Go give it a spin.

Stuart Manson