terça-feira, dezembro 30, 2008
quarta-feira, dezembro 24, 2008
Feliz Natal (sem discussão - comam e calem-se)
terça-feira, dezembro 23, 2008
Bom Tempo para the Weatherman
Depois da grande surpresa que foi "Cruisin´ Alaska", em 2006, The Weatherman vai regressar com um novo disco, "Jamboree Park at the Milky Way", em 2009.
The Weatherman é Alexandre Monteiro e já tem um novo vídeo para "Chloe´s Hair", o belíssimo single de apresentação do novo disco que, ao contrário do que parece,não é um tema de amor. A realização do vídeo é de André Tentúgal que já tinha trabalhado com The Weatherman e com outras bandas nacionais como, por exemplo, os X-Wife.
The Weatherman - "Chloe´s Hair"
The Weatherman - "If You Only Have One wish" (de "Cruisin´ Alaska")
Realização: André Tentúgal
segunda-feira, dezembro 22, 2008
Só me Saem Duquesas
A Duquesa (Kimberly Morrisson) e o Duque (Jesse Lortz) são de Seattle e o seu disco de estreia, "She´s The Dutchess, He´s The Duke", foi lançado no início do último Verão.
Não são moços iniciados nestas andanças. Já tinham dado que berrar, tanto separadamente como juntos, em outras bandas da cidade que ficou colada aos Nirvana e que não perderá esse imagem da banda das camisas de flanela dos velhos pescadores da Nazaré (ainda existem?)
mp3: The Dutchess & The Duke - "Reservoir Park"
MySpace: The Dutchess & the Duke
The Dutchess & the Duke - "Mary" (este vídeo tem mais ketchup que um hamburguer mas menos sangue que uma tourada)
Realização: Carlos Lopez
Presente Envenenado dos Bon Iver
quinta-feira, dezembro 18, 2008
Natal Cancelado -> Prenda Long Blondes <-
Bowmans na Suiça - Enganei-me
Send your friends and come yourself! See you there. Switzerland is beautiful this time of year.
Cheers! Greetings from Lisbon.
xoxoxo
Claire
quarta-feira, dezembro 17, 2008
Manas Bowman HOJE no MAXIME
As norte-americanas, Claire e Sarah Bowman acabam, hoje, no Maxime, a sua pequena digressão em Portugal. Depois regressam a Brooklyn.
MySpace: The Bowmans
The Bowmans - "Make It Last"
Prenda dos Yeah Yeah Yeahs
terça-feira, dezembro 16, 2008
Florence Ex Machina
Espero que os dias de cão para ela tenham acabado porque, pelo que dá a ouvir no MySpace, bem merece.
A Florence Welch é de Brooklyn...Incrível. Vocês caem sempre, nesta do "é de Brooklyn", nem uns patos.
Vá, vão lá descobrir quem ela é para contarem aos amigos que têm todos os discos dela, apesar o seu disco de estreia só sair em 2009.
MeuEspaço: Florence and the Machine
Florence and the Machine - "Dog Days Are Over"
Realização: Tom Beard
Florence and The Machine - "Kiss With A Fist"
Realização: Price James
Oje À Fiagos Doces da Áustria
Por isso, do que entendo do MySpace destes Senhores, sei que os Fiago são o Markus (dj e produtor) e o Max (compositor), mas não confundir com o Max, o cão-plágio. O disco de estreia foi baptizado com o nome de "Sun,Tits & a Hammer", e fico na dúvida se eles gostam de praia, mamas (seios não existem, como diria o Prof. Júlio Machado Vaz) e s&m radical. Bem, chega de conversa da treta, e fiquem lá com o vídeo de "myTV" do Fiago, que não é Luís.
Fiago - "myTV"
segunda-feira, dezembro 15, 2008
Music Alliance Pact
ARGENTINA – Zonaindie Banda de Turistas – Todo Mío El Otoño Mágico Corazón Radiofónico is the first album by Banda de Turistas and it turned out to be one of the biggest surprises of the year. With Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys) in charge of the mixing, this song reprises the beat sound of ancient Argentine rock bands like Los Gatos.
BRAZIL – Meio Desligado Macaco Bong – Bananas For You All Macaco Bong is an instrumental trio from Cuiabá, considered one of the best live acts in the country. They sound like an original mix of post-rock, alternative metal and free jazz. Their guitarist doesn’t use any pedals or effects, playing his Fender online with overdrive from the amps he uses. The band is part of Espaço Cubo, a collective that works with culture and its social aspects, starting a revolution from the underground.
CANADA – I(Heart)Music Black Hat Brigade – Swords Their hiccupped vocals and apocalyptic-sounding music makes bringing up Wolf Parade almost inevitable, but Black Hat Brigade make a pretty convincing argument with their self-titled EP – and particularly with Swords – that they don’t necessarily come off any the worse in the comparison.
CHILE – Super 45 Fredi Michel – Enganamí (Comeme Remix II) One of the weirdest and most original bands from Santiago, Fredi Michel are a mix between cumbia, dub and avant pop (via Broadcast). Even though they’ve been playing for years they have only recorded a few songs and some of their friends have made some remixes, such as the one featured here. Fredi Michel have announced they will finally release their debut album next year.
DENMARK – Pastries, Peppers And Canals… Oliver North Boy Choir – Tonight Oliver North Boy Choir are the kind of band that Denmark does spectacularly well. Signed to Danish uber-indie label Crunchy Frog, Camilla Florentz, Mikkel Max Hansen and Ivan Petersen release pieces of ethereal beauty via download only. Oh, and they don’t play live either.
ENGLAND – The Daily Growl Jay Jay Pistolet – Golden Age You may not call it a ‘scene’, but there’s only one degree of separation between many of London’s young bands and artists. Jay Jay Pistolet, friend of Mumford & Sons, Derek Meins and no doubt plenty others, is no exception. Not that this is important. Let JJP, who often comes across as a young English version of M Ward, be judged for himself.
GERMANY – Blogpartei Mio Myo – Switch Switch is the latest single of the Nuremberg-based quad Mio Myo. It can be seen as a description of their sound – a bit ghosty and spheric, a diversity of electronic and analog instruments, and a voice reminiscent of Thom Yorke. Their songs always deserve a second hearing.
ICELAND – I Love Icelandic Music Vicky – Alien Vicky, previously called Vicky Pollard (named after the Little Britain character), is one of the coolest new Icelandic rock bands. The band started in November 2006 when they accidentally got together and started jamming in their hometown Hafnarfjörður. They produce a sort of poppy metal or heavy pop. In 2008, these four girls and male drummer recorded their debut album Pull Hard, which was released on the Töfrahellirinn label in October.
IRELAND – Nialler9 Sunken Foal – On Platinum Rays The brilliantly titled Sunken Foal (think about it…) is also known as Dunk Murphy of Ambulance. After an appearance on BBC Radio 1’s Mary Ann Hobbs, his debut Fallen Arches has just been released on Planet Mu. The album is a textural, ambient, electronic-acoustic and, most of all, beguiling release of leftfield sounds.
ITALY – Polaroid Scarlets – Every Waterloo Young, talented and stylish, Scarlets play nervous and tight songs heavily influenced by new wave. They’ve just released an EP on Angle Records full of love for The Smiths, The Jam and the sharpest Brit sound. They’re definitely a name to keep an eye on in the coming months.
NEW ZEALAND – Counting The Beat Bearcat – Red Panda Blues Bearcat are one of a bunch of new New Zealand bands dabbling in folk influenced indie-pop. Apparently Bearcat is a literal translation of the Latin word for panda, and as well as naming themselves after the endangered mammal, the band have chosen to make pandas the subject of many of their songs too. Bearcat avoid the danger of this resulting in one-line-joke novelty songs by writing catchy and memorable tunes that have every chance of survival.
NORWAY – Eardrums The Little Hands Of Asphalt – The Future The Little Hands Of Asphalt is the solo project of Sjur Lyseid, the singer in the Norwegian indie-pop band Monzano. As TLHOA, he makes warm, sensitive folk-inspired songs, often performed with an acoustic guitar as the main instrument. Sjur Lyseid is a great storyteller and his lyrics are always worth listening to. The song we have for you is a Music Alliance Pact exclusive, taken from his forthcoming debut album Leap Years which will be released in March 2009.
PERU – SoTB Pelo Madueño – Es Hora After his successful debut album, Ciudad Naufragio, Pelo Madueño returned this year with No Te Salves, an intimate album full of emotions. Based in Spain, Pelo shines as a songwriter and gives us a real insight into the independent scene.
PORTUGAL – Posso Ouvir Um Disco? Nuno Rancho – Not For Sale Unready Demo is Nuno Rancho’s first solo work and you can download the other tracks on the EP for free via a link on his MySpace. In 2002, he started playing music in a band called Wheelchair and two years later he formed Kyoto. Today, besides Kyoto, Nuno Rancho still finds time to play and write for TiMaria, an electro-pop trio which has a completely different sound from his other work.
SCOTLAND – The Pop Cop Dotjr – More Than You Know The Pop Cop only ‘discovered’ Dotjr last week and we were so bowled over there was no choice but to fast-track him into this month’s Music Alliance Pact. Dotjr (pronounced dot-jay-are) is the solo project of James Reeves, a 21-year-old native of the Isle of Lewis, and his joyous, soaring music has the kind of ambitious pop sound that radio DJs fall over themselves to play. More Than You Know is epic, swooning and Christmassy. Pretty much perfect then.
SINGAPORE – I’m Waking Up To… Leeson – Some Girls Leeson are a five-piece indie-pop band from Singapore who play a revelling cocktail of poppy, dancey tunes that will have your feet tapping and singing along to their infectious melodies.
SOUTH KOREA – Indieful ROK The Black Skirts – Dog The Black Skirts is the name used by Castel Prayon and his live band when climbing the digital music charts of Korea. In November the band’s first album, 201, was released. The first song up for promotion was Like Me and people soon heeded the title’s request. For somebody who usually isn’t too keen on being poppy, Castel Prayon sure knew what he was doing when making those songs, and Dog is an excellent example of that.
SPAIN – El Blog De La Nadadora Elurretan – Momo Alper Bat Da Richar and Mikel are from Euskadi and sing in Euskera, their own language. Their songs are inspired by The Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach, Jonathan Richman, Mikel Laboa and C86. You can download their last album, Momo Eta Beste Izaki Batzu, from their website (http://www.elurretan.com). Elurretan love music and want to share their songs with everyone who likes them. Is it possible? I think so.
SWEDEN – Swedesplease Francis – Bad To The Bone Francis take the strange blues of The Tallest Man On Earth and add a cabaret atmosphere. Debut single Bad To The Bone sounds like a transgender version of Stevie Ray Vaughn if he/she worked in a travelling eastern European circus and was channelling Tom Waits.
Para fazerem o download das 21 canções num só ficheiro: http://www.zshare.net/download/52722654820bd62c/
S U B - P A R A B É N S
A Sub-Filmes não se fica pelos vídeos musicais. Programas como "Pop-Up", exibido na RTP2 em 2004, "Mistura Tv", exibido na SIC em 2007, ou "Fuzz", na Sic Radical, foam realizados pela Sub-Filmes.
Austin - Rollercoaster (2001)
Mesa - Luz Vaga (2004)
GOMO - Feeling Alive (2004)
EZ-Special - "My Explanation" (2005)
Pedro Abrunhosa - "Fantasmas" (2007)
E last but not least, gosto deste anúncio, dos muitos que a Sub-Filmes fez:
UNIÃO ZOOFILA - Funeral (Anúncio TV - 2006)
sexta-feira, dezembro 12, 2008
Shut The Fuck Up Boy
quinta-feira, dezembro 11, 2008
Raio de Febre
O Pássaro e a Abelha Dão Prenda
Inara George e Greg Kurstin, conhecidos por Bird and the Bee, adiantaram-se uns dias com as prendas e já têm um tema para download, absolutmante grátis, no seu sítio. Chama-se "12 days of Christmas". (ver links abaixo)
Eles têm um novo single, "Love Letter to Japan", que serve de entrada para o novo disco, "Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future", que será lançado a 13 de Janeiro.
Um dos meus temas favoritos deles é "Polite Dance Song" que tem este vídeo:
Realização por: Eric Wareheim
Sítio da banda (onde podem fazer o download): Bird and the Bee
Myspace: Bird and the Bee
Clara e Sara hoje
The Bowmans - "On The Road" (ao vivo no Joe´s Pub, cidade de Nova Iorque)
quarta-feira, dezembro 10, 2008
É Natal
Histórias da Annika
Hello Saferide - "X Telling Me About The Loss Of Something Dear, At Age 16"
Realização: Sandra Löv
(Vídeo e info via Hello Saferide )
7 euros - hoje em Braga
The Bowmans - "Car and Flight Plans"
terça-feira, dezembro 09, 2008
E o EP de 2008 teria PAIXÃO
Sem Medo
Vídeo realizado por NEZ (The Streets)
Letra de "The Fear "
I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I don’t care about clever I don’t care about funny
I want loads of clothes and f***loads of diamonds
I heard people die while they are trying to find them
I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless
‘Cuz everyone knows that’s how you get famous
I’ll look at the sun and I’ll look in the mirror
I’m on the right track yeah I’m on to a winner
(Refrão)
I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore
I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore
When do you think it will all become clear?
‘Cuz I’m being taken over by The Fear
Life’s about film stars and less about mothers
It’s all about fast cars outclassing each other
But it doesn’t matter cause I’m packing plastic
and that’s what makes my life so f***ing fantastic
And I am a weapon of massive consumption
and its not my fault it’s how I’m programmed to function
I’ll look at the sun and I’ll look in the mirror
I’m on the right track yeah we're on to a winner
REFRÃO
Bridge
Forget about guns and forget ammunition
Cause I’m killing them all on my own little mission
Now I’m not a saint but I’m not a sinner
Now everything's cool as long as I’m getting thinner
REFRÃO
(vídeo via http://ifmv.blogspot.com/)
sexta-feira, dezembro 05, 2008
Off-Stream
BOWMANS / MYSPACE
The Bowmans - "Make It Last"
The Bowmans - "On The Road"
Gala na Moita
Gala Drop "Crystals" by Alexandre Estrela from Filho Único on Vimeo.
quinta-feira, dezembro 04, 2008
Desmaiados Esquecidos pela Liberdade
The Faint - "The Geeks Were Right"
Ao vivo são assim:
quarta-feira, dezembro 03, 2008
Because the Night
Assinalando o dia 1 de Dezembro, Dia Mundial do SIDA, a 4AD anunciou o lançamento, para 16 de Fevereiro, de um disco duplo com 32 temas exclusivos, produzido por Aaron e Bryce Dessner (National) e com John Carlin (fundador da Red Hot Organization) como produtor executivo.
Todos os proveitos da venda do cd reverterão a favor da Red Hot Organization, organização sem fins lucrativos com o objectivo de divulgar, chamar a atenção para o problem do SIDA e apoiar projectos ligados à sua prevenção e de ajuda a doentes do SIDA.
A Red Hot foi responsável por diversas edições anteriores tendo já a língua portuguesa sido contemplada, há dez anos, na ocasião da Expo 98, com a edição de "Onda Sonora", onde participaram os Madredeus, Delfins com Tó Ricciardi, Paulo Bragança com Carlos Maria Trindade, Filipe Mukenga e Underground Sound of Lisbon, Bonga, Filipa Pais, António Chainho, etc.
No disco, que será lançado em Fevereiro, as participações serão estas (ordenadas aflabeticamente):
Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner (National)
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner (National)
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (com Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie)
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo
Fonte: 4AD
terça-feira, dezembro 02, 2008
The Last of the Famous Playboys Adopts?
Data de saída: 16 de Fevereiro de 2009.
Primeiro single: "I´m Throwing My Arms Around Paris" (9 de Fevereiro de 2009)
Temas:
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
3. Black Cloud
4. I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
5. All You Need Is Me
6. When I Last Spoke To Carol
7. That’s How People Grow Up
8. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
9. It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore
10. You Were Good In Your Time
11. Sorry Doesn’t Help
12. I’m OK By Myself
(Info e foto da Polydor UK via Morrissey Solo.)
Que Fato Horrível
Vão lá saber mais e tragam-me uma castanha bem assada.
The Uglysuit - "Chicago"