O que me fascina nos Depeche Mode é, ao fim de todos estes anos, continuarem a criar discos com temas de sobra como..."Oh Well". Apenas esta composição seria o grande single da carreira, de uma vida, de alguns projectos electrónicos que hoje têm sucesso com composições menores.
Para os que têm curiosidade sobre o que vem dentro da edição especial do novo disco, digo-vos que só pelos temas extra nos cds, vale muito a pena, tendo, por exemplo, como termo de comparação o preço da edição especial (cd + dvd), que custa 23 euros. O preço da edição especial varia entre os 60 euros, na Worten e na Media Markt, e os 75 euros, na FNAC. Atenção, no entanto, porque em alguns locais as caixas estão expostas ao público e estão envoltas em cintas de segurança, que danificam as caixas. Algumas das caixas também estão danificadas nos cantos (por prováveis quedas ou "acidentes" no transporte). Se não as encontrarem expostas, perguntem por elas porque em alguns estabelecimentos não estão em exibição.
Depeche Mode - "Oh Well"
quinta-feira, abril 30, 2009
Joe Henry Volta
Depois de ter falhado a sua primeira visita a Portugal, há um ano, no Festival para Gente Sentada, por motivos de saúde, Joe Henry volta. Infelizmente, regressa apenas à Península Ibérica pois actua em Madrid e em Barcelona (no Primavera Sound). Em Madrid vai estar a 27 de Maio.
Talvez um dos nossos promotores o queira trazer a Portugal, aproveitando o espectáculo em Madrid.
Joe Henry - "God Only Knows" (ao vivo em Amesterdão, 2008)
Talvez um dos nossos promotores o queira trazer a Portugal, aproveitando o espectáculo em Madrid.
Joe Henry - "God Only Knows" (ao vivo em Amesterdão, 2008)
Tempo de Pausa
M. Ward tem um novo single, "Rave On", do seu recente disco "Hold Time", e nele tem a companhia da sua parceira nos She & Him, Zooey Deschanel. O vídeo é um fantástico trabalho de animação com a direcção de Mike Please.
M. Ward - "Rave On" (de "Hold Time")
(Vídeo via Merge Records)
M. Ward - "Rave On" (de "Hold Time")
(Vídeo via Merge Records)
os X X
Penso que os xx vão ser uma das grandes novidades de 2009. Vejam o vídeo deles, colocado aqui ontem.
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Simple Minds Não Dormem
Os Simple Minds, que lançam um disco de originais desde ""Home", de 2005, vão editar, no final de Maio, um novo disco. Este chama-se "Graffiti Soul" e a publicação denominada como "deluxe" terá dois cds, segundo o segundo de versões de nove temas de compositores que vão de Neil Youg aos Magazine (ver alinhamento abaixo).
Disco 1 (versão normal e "deluxe")
1. Moscow Underground
2. Rockets
3. Stars
4. Light Travels
5. Kiss and Fly
6. Graffiti Soul
7. Blood Type O
8. This Is It
9. Shadows & Light
Disco 2 apenas na "Deluxe Eition"
1. Rocking In The Free World (Neil Young)
2. Floorboards (Magazine)
3. Christine (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
4. Get A Grip (Stranglers)
5. Let The Day Begin (The Call)
6. Peace Love & Understanding (Nick Lowe)
7. Teardrops (Massive Attack)
8. Whiskey In The Jar (Thin Lizzy)
9. Sloop John B (Beach Boys)
E como na rádio só conhecem um ou dois temas dos Simple Minds, aproveito para recordar um tema que não passa no ar.
Simple Minds - "Big Sleep" (1982)
Disco 1 (versão normal e "deluxe")
1. Moscow Underground
2. Rockets
3. Stars
4. Light Travels
5. Kiss and Fly
6. Graffiti Soul
7. Blood Type O
8. This Is It
9. Shadows & Light
Disco 2 apenas na "Deluxe Eition"
1. Rocking In The Free World (Neil Young)
2. Floorboards (Magazine)
3. Christine (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
4. Get A Grip (Stranglers)
5. Let The Day Begin (The Call)
6. Peace Love & Understanding (Nick Lowe)
7. Teardrops (Massive Attack)
8. Whiskey In The Jar (Thin Lizzy)
9. Sloop John B (Beach Boys)
E como na rádio só conhecem um ou dois temas dos Simple Minds, aproveito para recordar um tema que não passa no ar.
Simple Minds - "Big Sleep" (1982)
Qual A Única Banda Que Sobreviverá à Pandemia?
terça-feira, abril 28, 2009
Assassinos de Borboletas
Eles, Butterfly Assassins, são um (fabuloso) quinteto de Chicago mas, como estudantes, estão espalhados por, pelo menos, três universidades. "Sylvia" é o seu disco de estreia. Podem ouvir outros temas no MySpace.
Butterfly Assassins - "Sylvia II"
Butterfly Assassins - "Sylvia II"
Cristalizado XX
A julgar pelo single de estreia dos britânicos xx (Oliver, Romy, Baria e Jamie),"Crystalised", talvez seja boa ideia ficarmos de ouvidos abertos. Podem ouvir outros temas no MySpace.
O vídeo foi realizado por Alex Flick e Masato Riesser.
The xx - "Crystalised"
O vídeo foi realizado por Alex Flick e Masato Riesser.
The xx - "Crystalised"
True Colors :: Horror
O dia começou com a ideia de colocar aqui o novo vídeo de um dos mais recentes hypes britânicos, os Horrors. E assim será, mas sem perder tempo, que horror, porque tenho duas novas bandas bem mais interessantes.
The Horrors - Who Can Say (do próximo disco "Primary Colors")
vídeo via ifmv
The Horrors - Who Can Say (do próximo disco "Primary Colors")
vídeo via ifmv
segunda-feira, abril 27, 2009
Qual o Modelo do Futuro para a Indústria ?
De Frank Zappa (sim, a sua opinião ainda hoje é actual) a Dick Dale, passando por Radiohead, algumas opiniões sobre o futuro e o que está errado com a indústria da música. (via http://twitter.com/curtsmith Sim, o Senhor dos Tears For Fears)
David Byrne - Alinhamento de 24 de Abril
Em barcelona, no Palau de Musica Catalana, o alinhamento acompanhado por vídeos pode ser visto aqui. Se não se quiserem deslocar até lá, está aqui:
Strange Overtones
I Zimbra
One Fine Day
Houses in Motion
Help Me Somebody
My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)
Heaven
Home
Crosseyed and Painless
Life is long
The River
Life During Wartime
I Feel My Stuff
The Great Curve
Encore:
My Big Nurse
Once in a lifetime
Encore 2:
Burning Down the House
Encore 3:
Everything That Happens
Sinopse no Youtube do espectáculo em Barcelona:
Strange Overtones
I Zimbra
One Fine Day
Houses in Motion
Help Me Somebody
My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)
Heaven
Home
Crosseyed and Painless
Life is long
The River
Life During Wartime
I Feel My Stuff
The Great Curve
Encore:
My Big Nurse
Once in a lifetime
Encore 2:
Burning Down the House
Encore 3:
Everything That Happens
Sinopse no Youtube do espectáculo em Barcelona:
Anos Depois da Guerra no Spa
Os Post War Years são um quarteto, da Grã-Bretanha, de Leamington Spa (que é uma localidade e não um Spa), que depois de alguns singles e muitos concertos, lançam, em Maio, finalmente, um disco de estreia, "The Greats and the Happenings" (ver o alinhamento a baixo).
Post War Years - "Whole World On Its Head" (do novo disco)
The Post War Years - "The Greats and the Happenings"
1. The Red Room
2. Death March
3. Whole World On Its Head
4. Den
5. White Lies
6. Red And Blue
7. Soul Owl
8. Ghost Door
9. False Starts
10. Latin Holiday
11. Tubular
12. Thats All
Post War Years - "Whole World On Its Head" (do novo disco)
The Post War Years - "The Greats and the Happenings"
1. The Red Room
2. Death March
3. Whole World On Its Head
4. Den
5. White Lies
6. Red And Blue
7. Soul Owl
8. Ghost Door
9. False Starts
10. Latin Holiday
11. Tubular
12. Thats All
sexta-feira, abril 24, 2009
As Dores de Ser Puro de Coração
Esperava um vídeo para o mais recente single, "Young Adult Friction", mas como não há, aqui vai o de "Everything With you", dos nova-iorquinos The Pains of Being Pure At Heart [ Alex Naidus (baixo), Kip Berman (voz /guitarra), Kurt Feldman (bateria), and Peggy Wang-East (voz / teclas)], formados em 2007 e com um primeiro longa duração apenas lançado em Fevereiro deste ano. Antecederam-se um cd-r, um EP, e vários singles repartidos com outras bandas. Na sua actual digressão, o mais perto que vão chegar a Portugal é ao Primavera Sounds, a 29 de Maio, em Barcelona.
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - "Everything with You"
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - "Everything with You"
Prince & James
Há um novo vídeo de Prince para a sua versão de "Crimson & Clover" (original de 1969 de Tommy James & The Shondells, um dos singles do disco com o mesmo nome), para nos relembrarmos que o rock ´n´soul de Prince está bem e recomenda-se.
Prince - "Crimson & Clover"
Prince - "Crimson & Clover"
Não Pise A Minha Caixa Craniana
Já andava no YouTube mas agora é oficial, diz o sítio de Morrissey. "Something Is Squeezing My Skull", de um espectáculo na BBC, é agora um novo vídeo oficial de Morrissey.
Morrissey -Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Morrissey -Something Is Squeezing My Skull
quinta-feira, abril 23, 2009
McLaren Animado
Só hoje ouvi falar em Moray McLaren, graças ao ifmv, o qual já referi aqui diversas vezes e que é um blogue que funciona como um indicador diário de vídeos novos, usado por alguns blogues musicais (mesmo que alguns não o confessem).
Moray McLaren, segundo o seu sítio no MySpace, é um cantor/compositor escocês que nasceu e cresceu em Edimburgo.
Quando as suas canções chegaram às mãos do produtor Jonathan Shakhovskoy (U2, Patrick Wolf), ele sugeriu a McLaren que fizessem um disco juntos. Esse disco sairá no Verão. Há disponível um EP, no ITunes, que dá pelo nome de "Unknown".
Na verdade, apaixonei-me pelo vídeo para "We Got Time", tema de McLaren. Uma obra prima de animação sem computadores, algo em vias de extinção. Com sorte, encontrei um dos génios, o realizador e animador David Wilson, que fez esta obra prima a explicar a feitura do vídeo. Dizer que a explicação é muito interessante, é pouco (vídeo abaixo).
Moray McLaren - "We Got Time"
Como foi feito o vídeo de "We Got Time", de Moray McLaren, pelo realizador, David Wilson:
Moray McLaren, segundo o seu sítio no MySpace, é um cantor/compositor escocês que nasceu e cresceu em Edimburgo.
Quando as suas canções chegaram às mãos do produtor Jonathan Shakhovskoy (U2, Patrick Wolf), ele sugeriu a McLaren que fizessem um disco juntos. Esse disco sairá no Verão. Há disponível um EP, no ITunes, que dá pelo nome de "Unknown".
Na verdade, apaixonei-me pelo vídeo para "We Got Time", tema de McLaren. Uma obra prima de animação sem computadores, algo em vias de extinção. Com sorte, encontrei um dos génios, o realizador e animador David Wilson, que fez esta obra prima a explicar a feitura do vídeo. Dizer que a explicação é muito interessante, é pouco (vídeo abaixo).
Moray McLaren - "We Got Time"
Como foi feito o vídeo de "We Got Time", de Moray McLaren, pelo realizador, David Wilson:
quarta-feira, abril 22, 2009
Silversun Pickups
Os Silversun Pickups são de Los Angeles, Califórnia, e parece-me que vão ser do agrado de fãs bandas como os Nirvana e Smashing Pumpkins. Eles têm, pelo menos, três EPs e um LP, editados desde 2005. O novo disco (LP), "Swoon", sucede três anos depois do último longa-duração.
MySpace: Silversun Pickups
MySpace: Silversun Pickups
from here to ETERNALity
O novo disco dos Sonic Youth, sai a 6 de Junho, e chama-se "The Eternal". A banda e a sua nova editora, a Matador, depois de mais de dez anos na Geffen Records, disponibilizou, gratuitamente, "Sacred trickster" online. A capa é uma pintura de John Fahey (e não estou certo se o grande guitarrista que faleceu em 2001 também era pintor ou se trata-se de outra pessoa).
A lista de temas, no novo disco, é:
1. Sacred trickster
2. Anti-Orgasm
3. Leaky lifeboat (for Gregory Corso)
4. Antenna
5. What we know
6. Calming the snake
7. Poison arrow
8. Malibu gas station
9. Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn
10. No way
11. Walkin blue
12. Massage the History
P.S. O título do post foi inspirado no nome do disco a solo de Lee Ranaldo, "From Here to Infinity".
terça-feira, abril 21, 2009
Paixão de Cova
Vi, há dias, este vídeo online mas foi-me impossível "embedar" aqui. Agora, finalmente, o single de lançamento do novo disco dos Passion Pit. O tal gravado com as crianças de um liceu.
Se alguém quiser recordar "Sleepyhead", faça favor.
Passion Pit - The Reeling
Se alguém quiser recordar "Sleepyhead", faça favor.
Passion Pit - The Reeling
segunda-feira, abril 20, 2009
BSS Rebentam Coachella
Quando falo em BSS não me estou a referir aos Broken Social Scene mas aos Buraka Som Sistema. O espectácuo dos BSS, no primeiro dia do festival "was perhaps the most energized reaction of the three-day desert music fest's first day". Quem o diz é o jornalista da Associated Press, Ryan Pearson, e não um amigo da banda.
Antes de Coachella, passaram pela KCRW paraparticiparem no Morning Becomes Eclectic. Podem ver e ouvir aqui.
Depois dos Madredeus, da cena portuguesa pop/rock, eles já devem ser a banda portuguesa que mais sucesso teve no estrangeiro.
Os beefs adoram o kuduro electrónico.
BSS no Coachella 2009
Antes de Coachella, passaram pela KCRW paraparticiparem no Morning Becomes Eclectic. Podem ver e ouvir aqui.
Depois dos Madredeus, da cena portuguesa pop/rock, eles já devem ser a banda portuguesa que mais sucesso teve no estrangeiro.
Os beefs adoram o kuduro electrónico.
BSS no Coachella 2009
Saudades
Confesso. Tenho saudades da Carolilna e dos Flosstradamus. Vou-me repetir. Mais sobre eles, no post original.
Hábitos de Coelho
Fred Armisen (do Saturday Night Live) é mais conhecido pela comédia do que pelo seu amor pelo pop/rock. Armisen teve uma banda punk mas continua a interessar-se pelo o que há de novo na música "alternativa". Recentemente, participou no novo vídeo, "Rabbit Habits", lançado a 8 de Abril, dos Man Man (post anterior sobre esta banda). Os outros actores são Martin Starr e Charlyne Yi. Armisen é o actor que aparece logo na cena inicial com Charlyne Yi.
realização: Lex Halaby
realização: Lex Halaby
sexta-feira, abril 17, 2009
Browsing Records Day
Amanhã é o Dia das Lojas de Discos (Record Store Day) e, em Portugal, só há quatro lojas de discos. Em, Lisboa, três: a Louie Louie, a Trem Azul e a Flur. Uma, no Porto: CdGo.
A Canção da Polémica
A nação, esta semana, confrontou-se com uma situação dramática por causa da rebeldia de uma canção pop de um grupo de jovens. Aqui está o vídeo:
Corsage a Braço
Esta noite, não sei se com ou sem trapézio, os Corsage, a penúltima banda portuguesa a entrar na lista mensal da Music Alliance Pact, vai estar na Fábrica de Braço de Prata, pelas 23horas.
Dried up, river blues
Dried up, river blues
quinta-feira, abril 16, 2009
Las Chicas
Ao contrário do que se podia pensar, se há chica que hoje vale a pena nos tirar de casa, não é aquela do S. Jorge que mistura flamenco e hip-hop (só falta mesmo cortar rabos e orelhas), mas las chicas suecas que estarão no Santiago Alquimista, culpadas de colocar as hormonas de muitos jovens (eles e elas) a salivar. Sim, refiro-me às Those Dancing Days que depois desta noite no Santiago Alquimista, rumarão para Braga, onde actuarão no sábado.
Olha para elas pelas ruas do Bairro Alto (não parece?):
Olha para elas pelas ruas do Bairro Alto (não parece?):
quarta-feira, abril 15, 2009
Music Alliance Pact: Abril 2009
Ai está, mais uma edição do Music Alliance Pact, com os Clits a representarem Portugal. Este mês há mais uma nação a juntar-se ao grupo. Somos já 25 (seguindo a ordem alfabética em inglês: América (E.U.A.), Argentina, Austrália, Brasil, Canadá, Chile, Dinamarca, Inglaterra, Finlândia, França, Alemanha, Islândia, Irlanda, Itália, México, Nova Zelândia, Noruega, Perú, Portugal, Roménia, Escócia, Coreia do Sul, Espanha e Suécia).
Alguns meses fiz a tradução mas como isso implicava um grande atraso na colocação do post, tenho optado por publicar em inglês, seguindo o exemplo de outros colegas no MAP.
Espero que gostem.
AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating
4 Thing One – Mop Yards
New Jersey's Thing One have been on my radar since last year when I first heard a few tracks from their debut album You'll Be Fine. Mop Yards brings traces of The Smiths and ELO into the new millennium with strange electronic warbles and dancey synth patches. Singer Joey Palestina creates a veritable summer anthem with the repeated line, "The heat is non-stop, hide the women in cop cars". Whatever that means, Joey, I feel ya.
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
4 Chau Fan – Boletos De Tren
Chau Fan is a boy-girl indie folk (or anti-folk?) duo from Buenos Aires, starring Micaela Quinteros and Marcelo Lares. They both sing and play acoustic guitar, and in this particular song Micaela does a charming harmonica solo. Boletos De Tren will be part of Zonaindie's new compilation which features five songs from artists who have never had the chance to record in a professional studio (we invited them to the studio and helped them record). So consider this a MAP exclusive premiere.
AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
4 Lisa Mitchell – Coin Laundry
So, yeah, this could easily be an iPod Nano commercial, but catchy accessibility is hardly a terrible quality for a song to have. Who really expected a former Australian Idol finalist to produce anything of worth? This is a lovely song and I hope it gets overplayed.
BRAZIL:Meio Desligado
4 Hurtmold – Música Política Para Maradona Cantar
There is no other band like Hurtmold. You have to listen and feel it. It's more than music, it's an experience.
CANADA:I(Heart)Music
4 Dinosaur Bones – NYE
Dinosaur Bones are currently attracting all sorts of interest on the back of their debut EP, and this song makes it easy to see why. They blend together The National's world-weariness and a very English-sounding pop sensibility, with the end result something that's entirely their own.
CHILE: Super 45
4 The Same Sky – We Sleep Under The Same Sky
The Same Sky is the music project of Joseph Simon, a 15-year-old Chilean who was born in Canada. It is precisely this biographic fact that can define his music – warm guitar sounds of slow rhythm alongside a smooth voice heavily influenced by bands such as Beirut, Arcade Fire and The National. The recent release of his first album (Two Hearts / Apart Under The Same Sky) supports this feeling of songs as a perfect soundtrack for winter days spent at home, enjoying the natural melancholy.
DENMARK: All Scandinavian
4 Ruhan Daisy – We Know You
There's quite a bit of post-rock going on in Scandinavia these days, one brilliant act being this Danish quintet. It's grandiose, funky with bits of (acid) jazz thrown into the mix and sports an equilibristic sense of detail. Ruhan Daisy's crowning achievement, however, is their catchy pop sensibility driving the complex compositions out of nerd-country into the mainstream. At least that's how it should be.
ENGLAND: The Daily Growl
4 Alessi's Ark – The Horse
Alessi's Ark is west London teenage sensation Alessi Laurent-Marke and here is the single version of The Horse from the Mike Mogis-produced new album, out next month.
FINLAND: Glue
4 Palma – Ride Around
After a couple of years in the making, Helsinki band Palma recently released their debut album Be Bold And Mighty Forces Will Come To Your Aid. Palma refers to an old soda drink in Finland and the band, indeed, produce some refreshing indie-pop songs, rooted in the classic sounds of the 70s, and with a danceable groove. It's retro and modern. For fans of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and Supergrass.
FRANCE: SoundNation
4 Sundogs – So Close
Sundogs are a French band who live in London but play in both England and France. The group is made up of two guys - bassist Jeff ("le petit blond") and Pierre on guitar. The other musicians are French or English guests, depending on where they are playing.
GERMANY: Blogpartei
4 Lali Puna – Nin-Com-Pop
Lali Puna is another band from the great Weilheim circle led by Valerie Trebeljahr. Established in 1998, I consider them to have a higher creative potential than recently featured The Notwist, where her boyfriend and Lali Puna fellow Markus Acher is playing. Nin-Com-Pop is a song from their second album Scary World Theory. A new record will be released later this year.
ICELAND: I Love Icelandic Music
4 Lay Low – Last Time Around
Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir is a 26-year-old half-Sri Lankan, half-Icelandic singer, born in London. She sings under the name Lay Low and her music is a combination of blues, folk and country. This year, Lovísa has already supported Emiliana Torrini on tour and signed a record deal with Nettwerk. Last Time Around is on her third solo album, Farewell Good Night's Sleep.
IRELAND: Nialler9
4 202s – Ease My Mind
There was a general air of being caught unaware in the Irish media and bloggers when this duo's debut landed on their desks. Without any gigs and already signed to French label Le Son Du Maquis, their charming Primal Scream and Broadcast-indebted indie-pop has skipped a few hurdles without skipping on the tunes.
ITALY: Polaroid
4 Gazebo Penguins – Wallabees
A punk band that quotes Alfred Korzybski? Yes, please. The Name Is Not The Named is the title of Gazebo Penguins' new album and it's full of powerful hardcore in the style of At The Drive-In, with a nod to Motorpsycho. Sharp guitars, heavy rhythms, driving choruses and smart attitude.
MEXICO: Club Fonograma
4 Mexican Institute Of Sound – Reventon
Mexican Institute of Sound is a solo project by the multi-talented Camilo Lara. He just released his third album Soy Sauce, another celebration of Mexico's traditional music fused with funky tunes, electronica and the genre that's getting ready to shake the world again, cumbia. MIS is an explosive adventurous musical ride of our rich culture. They are preparing to perform at this year's Coachella festival and with songs like Reventon, it is sure to get the fiesta up in wild spirit.
NEW ZEALAND: Counting The Beat
4 Three Legged Horse – Red
Red is the opening track on Down, the debut album of Three Legged Horse, a trio from Waiheke Island, around 20km offshore from Auckland. The band bring together the grungy dark introspection of lyricist/vocalist Bede Taylor, the smooth powerful vocals of Gina Higham and the musicality of Aaron Carpenter into a combination much greater than the sum of its parts. Red is a good intro to an extraordinary album that melds acoustic country blues with dirty guitar and vocal grit and growls.
NORWAY: Eardrums
4 Dylan Mondegreen – Animal (Hiawata! cover)
For this month's MAP I will present not one Norwegian act, but two. The performing artist here is Dylan Mondegreen, one of my absolute favourites in Norway. He is currently working on his second album, which should be released later this year. The song he sings is written by another favourite of mine, an indie-pop band from Oslo called Hiawata!. Mondegreen's cover of their song Animal was a b-side on Valley Boys, the first single from their second album, These Boys And This Band Is All I Know, due out soon on SellOut! Music.
PERU: SoTB
4 Autobus – Volver
Autobus formed in Lima in 2006 and released their debut album last year. Although they have a clear rock essence, they have electronic influences and a pop touch which sets them apart from their peers, so much so that many people are surprised by where they come from. They have made a good impression abroad, achieving their aim of drawing attention to the local scene.
PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
4 The Clits – Lay Low
If there was a such a genre as electro-psychic-punk-rock-pop, The Clits would be the kings. It all started in 2006 when Carlos (guitars, keyboards and backing vocals) invited Ana Leorne (vocals) to form an electro-punk project, influenced by the riot grrrl movement and some of their favourite artists such as Joy Division, Bauhaus, Nina Hagen and Suspicious (another Portuguese electro-punk project). Their first record, The World Is A Mess But My Hair Is Perfect EP, was released in December 2007.
ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
4 Persona – Momentary Lack Of Passion
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's movie Persona, this band belongs to the new generation of Romanian musicians that bloomed after the anti-communist revolution of December 1989. The group's members have been involved in the music scene since then, playing in several acts before forming Persona. Their music is, indeed, one of British influence but cannot be strictly labelled – the musical background and influences of each of the members, refined by experience and artistic maturity, blend together in the Persona genre.
SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
4 There Will Be Fireworks – Foreign Thoughts
Bands of the calibre of There Will Be Fireworks are far too rare, but that's not a bad thing because you'll end up appreciating them all the more. Although TWBF seem like the perfect new students in Scotland's renowned post-rock school, their take on the genre is far more moving and lyrically impassioned than anything that has gone before them. Foreign Thoughts, taken from the Glaswegians' forthcoming eponymous debut album, has the beautiful intensity of a Band Of Horses classic and will stay with you long after its three-and-a-half minutes are up.
SINGAPORE: I'm Waking Up To...
4 Astreal – Snowflake
Some may say that when you're in love, the stars align. For Astreal, love is more of a cosmic collision course between stars and planetary bodies. In the unassumingly titled Snowflake, there lies so much destructive potential in a love so intense that, yes, even "the stars, they burn for you". Taken from their second album Fragments Of The Same Dead Star, the song combines the melodic infatuations of shoegaze with the aural impudence of noise-rock for a blistering and haunting love song that almost borders on maniacal obsession. Is this love? That's for you to decide.
SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
4 Toxicbiasfleurivy – Parallel Assembly
GDM duo Toxicbiasfleurivy might not be the obvious choice for MAP but their latest album, Particles, provided an interesting exception from my usual listening when it was released late March. Electronic, experimental and pretty much the opposite of easy listening, the listener is advised to enjoy astral emotions while digesting this music inspired by quantum physics.
SPAIN: El Blog De La Nadadora
4 Anntona – Nunca Es Tarde
Apart from his membership in the band Los Punsetes, Manu has a solo project called Anntona, in which he makes the best pop songs imaginable. He has just released his second album, En La Cama Con Anntona ("In Bed With Anntona") which contains 10 fizzy and addictive pop pearls such as opening track Nunca Es Tarde.
SWEDEN: Swedesplease
4 The Late Call – Linnea
The Late Call is really just one guy (and friends) from Stockholm named Johannes Maye. His debut album, Leaving Notes, chronicles the long distance relationship he had with his girlfriend. The record and this song has an organic feel on account of the mostly acoustic instrumentation. Linnea is a perfect example of the gorgeous pop you can expect from The Late Call.
Para fazer o download dos 25 temas, num ficheiro, clicar aqui.
4 Thing One – Mop Yards
New Jersey's Thing One have been on my radar since last year when I first heard a few tracks from their debut album You'll Be Fine. Mop Yards brings traces of The Smiths and ELO into the new millennium with strange electronic warbles and dancey synth patches. Singer Joey Palestina creates a veritable summer anthem with the repeated line, "The heat is non-stop, hide the women in cop cars". Whatever that means, Joey, I feel ya.
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
4 Chau Fan – Boletos De Tren
Chau Fan is a boy-girl indie folk (or anti-folk?) duo from Buenos Aires, starring Micaela Quinteros and Marcelo Lares. They both sing and play acoustic guitar, and in this particular song Micaela does a charming harmonica solo. Boletos De Tren will be part of Zonaindie's new compilation which features five songs from artists who have never had the chance to record in a professional studio (we invited them to the studio and helped them record). So consider this a MAP exclusive premiere.
AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
4 Lisa Mitchell – Coin Laundry
So, yeah, this could easily be an iPod Nano commercial, but catchy accessibility is hardly a terrible quality for a song to have. Who really expected a former Australian Idol finalist to produce anything of worth? This is a lovely song and I hope it gets overplayed.
BRAZIL:Meio Desligado
4 Hurtmold – Música Política Para Maradona Cantar
There is no other band like Hurtmold. You have to listen and feel it. It's more than music, it's an experience.
CANADA:I(Heart)Music
4 Dinosaur Bones – NYE
Dinosaur Bones are currently attracting all sorts of interest on the back of their debut EP, and this song makes it easy to see why. They blend together The National's world-weariness and a very English-sounding pop sensibility, with the end result something that's entirely their own.
CHILE: Super 45
4 The Same Sky – We Sleep Under The Same Sky
The Same Sky is the music project of Joseph Simon, a 15-year-old Chilean who was born in Canada. It is precisely this biographic fact that can define his music – warm guitar sounds of slow rhythm alongside a smooth voice heavily influenced by bands such as Beirut, Arcade Fire and The National. The recent release of his first album (Two Hearts / Apart Under The Same Sky) supports this feeling of songs as a perfect soundtrack for winter days spent at home, enjoying the natural melancholy.
DENMARK: All Scandinavian
4 Ruhan Daisy – We Know You
There's quite a bit of post-rock going on in Scandinavia these days, one brilliant act being this Danish quintet. It's grandiose, funky with bits of (acid) jazz thrown into the mix and sports an equilibristic sense of detail. Ruhan Daisy's crowning achievement, however, is their catchy pop sensibility driving the complex compositions out of nerd-country into the mainstream. At least that's how it should be.
ENGLAND: The Daily Growl
4 Alessi's Ark – The Horse
Alessi's Ark is west London teenage sensation Alessi Laurent-Marke and here is the single version of The Horse from the Mike Mogis-produced new album, out next month.
FINLAND: Glue
4 Palma – Ride Around
After a couple of years in the making, Helsinki band Palma recently released their debut album Be Bold And Mighty Forces Will Come To Your Aid. Palma refers to an old soda drink in Finland and the band, indeed, produce some refreshing indie-pop songs, rooted in the classic sounds of the 70s, and with a danceable groove. It's retro and modern. For fans of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and Supergrass.
FRANCE: SoundNation
4 Sundogs – So Close
Sundogs are a French band who live in London but play in both England and France. The group is made up of two guys - bassist Jeff ("le petit blond") and Pierre on guitar. The other musicians are French or English guests, depending on where they are playing.
GERMANY: Blogpartei
4 Lali Puna – Nin-Com-Pop
Lali Puna is another band from the great Weilheim circle led by Valerie Trebeljahr. Established in 1998, I consider them to have a higher creative potential than recently featured The Notwist, where her boyfriend and Lali Puna fellow Markus Acher is playing. Nin-Com-Pop is a song from their second album Scary World Theory. A new record will be released later this year.
ICELAND: I Love Icelandic Music
4 Lay Low – Last Time Around
Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir is a 26-year-old half-Sri Lankan, half-Icelandic singer, born in London. She sings under the name Lay Low and her music is a combination of blues, folk and country. This year, Lovísa has already supported Emiliana Torrini on tour and signed a record deal with Nettwerk. Last Time Around is on her third solo album, Farewell Good Night's Sleep.
IRELAND: Nialler9
4 202s – Ease My Mind
There was a general air of being caught unaware in the Irish media and bloggers when this duo's debut landed on their desks. Without any gigs and already signed to French label Le Son Du Maquis, their charming Primal Scream and Broadcast-indebted indie-pop has skipped a few hurdles without skipping on the tunes.
ITALY: Polaroid
4 Gazebo Penguins – Wallabees
A punk band that quotes Alfred Korzybski? Yes, please. The Name Is Not The Named is the title of Gazebo Penguins' new album and it's full of powerful hardcore in the style of At The Drive-In, with a nod to Motorpsycho. Sharp guitars, heavy rhythms, driving choruses and smart attitude.
MEXICO: Club Fonograma
4 Mexican Institute Of Sound – Reventon
Mexican Institute of Sound is a solo project by the multi-talented Camilo Lara. He just released his third album Soy Sauce, another celebration of Mexico's traditional music fused with funky tunes, electronica and the genre that's getting ready to shake the world again, cumbia. MIS is an explosive adventurous musical ride of our rich culture. They are preparing to perform at this year's Coachella festival and with songs like Reventon, it is sure to get the fiesta up in wild spirit.
NEW ZEALAND: Counting The Beat
4 Three Legged Horse – Red
Red is the opening track on Down, the debut album of Three Legged Horse, a trio from Waiheke Island, around 20km offshore from Auckland. The band bring together the grungy dark introspection of lyricist/vocalist Bede Taylor, the smooth powerful vocals of Gina Higham and the musicality of Aaron Carpenter into a combination much greater than the sum of its parts. Red is a good intro to an extraordinary album that melds acoustic country blues with dirty guitar and vocal grit and growls.
NORWAY: Eardrums
4 Dylan Mondegreen – Animal (Hiawata! cover)
For this month's MAP I will present not one Norwegian act, but two. The performing artist here is Dylan Mondegreen, one of my absolute favourites in Norway. He is currently working on his second album, which should be released later this year. The song he sings is written by another favourite of mine, an indie-pop band from Oslo called Hiawata!. Mondegreen's cover of their song Animal was a b-side on Valley Boys, the first single from their second album, These Boys And This Band Is All I Know, due out soon on SellOut! Music.
PERU: SoTB
4 Autobus – Volver
Autobus formed in Lima in 2006 and released their debut album last year. Although they have a clear rock essence, they have electronic influences and a pop touch which sets them apart from their peers, so much so that many people are surprised by where they come from. They have made a good impression abroad, achieving their aim of drawing attention to the local scene.
PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
4 The Clits – Lay Low
If there was a such a genre as electro-psychic-punk-rock-pop, The Clits would be the kings. It all started in 2006 when Carlos (guitars, keyboards and backing vocals) invited Ana Leorne (vocals) to form an electro-punk project, influenced by the riot grrrl movement and some of their favourite artists such as Joy Division, Bauhaus, Nina Hagen and Suspicious (another Portuguese electro-punk project). Their first record, The World Is A Mess But My Hair Is Perfect EP, was released in December 2007.
ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
4 Persona – Momentary Lack Of Passion
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's movie Persona, this band belongs to the new generation of Romanian musicians that bloomed after the anti-communist revolution of December 1989. The group's members have been involved in the music scene since then, playing in several acts before forming Persona. Their music is, indeed, one of British influence but cannot be strictly labelled – the musical background and influences of each of the members, refined by experience and artistic maturity, blend together in the Persona genre.
SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
4 There Will Be Fireworks – Foreign Thoughts
Bands of the calibre of There Will Be Fireworks are far too rare, but that's not a bad thing because you'll end up appreciating them all the more. Although TWBF seem like the perfect new students in Scotland's renowned post-rock school, their take on the genre is far more moving and lyrically impassioned than anything that has gone before them. Foreign Thoughts, taken from the Glaswegians' forthcoming eponymous debut album, has the beautiful intensity of a Band Of Horses classic and will stay with you long after its three-and-a-half minutes are up.
SINGAPORE: I'm Waking Up To...
4 Astreal – Snowflake
Some may say that when you're in love, the stars align. For Astreal, love is more of a cosmic collision course between stars and planetary bodies. In the unassumingly titled Snowflake, there lies so much destructive potential in a love so intense that, yes, even "the stars, they burn for you". Taken from their second album Fragments Of The Same Dead Star, the song combines the melodic infatuations of shoegaze with the aural impudence of noise-rock for a blistering and haunting love song that almost borders on maniacal obsession. Is this love? That's for you to decide.
SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
4 Toxicbiasfleurivy – Parallel Assembly
GDM duo Toxicbiasfleurivy might not be the obvious choice for MAP but their latest album, Particles, provided an interesting exception from my usual listening when it was released late March. Electronic, experimental and pretty much the opposite of easy listening, the listener is advised to enjoy astral emotions while digesting this music inspired by quantum physics.
SPAIN: El Blog De La Nadadora
4 Anntona – Nunca Es Tarde
Apart from his membership in the band Los Punsetes, Manu has a solo project called Anntona, in which he makes the best pop songs imaginable. He has just released his second album, En La Cama Con Anntona ("In Bed With Anntona") which contains 10 fizzy and addictive pop pearls such as opening track Nunca Es Tarde.
SWEDEN: Swedesplease
4 The Late Call – Linnea
The Late Call is really just one guy (and friends) from Stockholm named Johannes Maye. His debut album, Leaving Notes, chronicles the long distance relationship he had with his girlfriend. The record and this song has an organic feel on account of the mostly acoustic instrumentation. Linnea is a perfect example of the gorgeous pop you can expect from The Late Call.
Para fazer o download dos 25 temas, num ficheiro, clicar aqui.
terça-feira, abril 14, 2009
"The Water" ou Feist em 15 minutos
Kevin Drew (dos Broken Social Scene), namorado de Feist, realizou este pequeno filme/vídeo para o tema "the Water", tendo como convidados o actor canadiano David Fox, o irlandês Cillian Murphy, e a participação de Feist.
Infelizmente, a versão longa foi retirada. Esta é uma versão cortada que apanha apenas a parte do filme em que a música é interpretada.
Infelizmente, a versão longa foi retirada. Esta é uma versão cortada que apanha apenas a parte do filme em que a música é interpretada.
Fim da Páscoa = NOBUNNY
Nobunny, em 2006, no "Chic-a-go-go" (programa na tv por cabo, em Chicago, Canal 19)
Nobunny - "Chuck Berry Holiday"
Nobunny "the Boneyard"
MySpace: Nobunny
Nobunny - "Chuck Berry Holiday"
Nobunny "the Boneyard"
MySpace: Nobunny
segunda-feira, abril 13, 2009
Are We not Men? We Are. Don´t Shoot
É sempre bom ter notícias daqueles velhinhos mais jovens que adolescentes que se denominam por Devo. Novo disco em breve, quando as folhas começarem a cair.
Devo - "Don´t Shoot (I´m A Man)"
(Vídeo via Planeta Pop)
Devo - "Don´t Shoot (I´m A Man)"
(Vídeo via Planeta Pop)
Viva a Suécia
Na semana que as Those Dancing Days nos visitam, mais um sueco para a nossa lista de compras. O projecto chama-se The Late Call mas é, na realidade, só Johannes Mayer, de Estocolmo. O seu disco de estreia chama-se "Leaving Notes" e sai este mês, se não saiu já.
O primeiro vídeo é para "Cards on the Table", um tema sobre as dificuldades e consequente rompimento de uma relação amorosa à distância.
Obrigado ao blog Swedesplease, parceiro deste blog na Music Alliance Pact, pela referência.
The Late Call - "Cards On The Table"
MySpace: The Late Call
O primeiro vídeo é para "Cards on the Table", um tema sobre as dificuldades e consequente rompimento de uma relação amorosa à distância.
Obrigado ao blog Swedesplease, parceiro deste blog na Music Alliance Pact, pela referência.
The Late Call - "Cards On The Table"
MySpace: The Late Call
Guerra Fria - Já Vi Tudo
Os Cold War Kids, banda que não tem amigos em Portugal, e, como tal, não é divulgada, apesar de ter um primeiro disco, "Robbers & Cowards", aclamadíssimo por toda a imprensa internacional, e um segundo disco, "Loyalty to Loyalty", que, por exemplo, a Rolling Stone deu três estrelas e meia, em cinco, têm um novo vídeo para "I´ve Seen Enough", retirado de "Loyalty to Loyalty".
Golden Blog Rádio
Um dos prémios deste blog ter sido eleito pelos leitores do Cotonete o "Golden Blog" é a criação de uma rádio, que estará no ar durante um mês, com cinquenta temas. Assim o fiz, com base nos temas disponíveis na base de dados do Cotonete e que podem ouvir, durante um mês, carregando na ligação em que agradeço a vossa votação (aqui do lado esquerdo). Para os analistas de escolhas, não perdam o vosso tempo porque não as fiz com base em nenhum algoritmo ou em critérios como os 100 melhores discos da Rolling Stone, Spin, Q, Uncut ou nas escolhas semanais da Dona Maria Antónia.
No meu browser, a janela abre a 100% para a rádio o que, infelizmente, cobre os controladores do "player". Se isso vos acontecer, aconselho que a reduzam para 75% e poderão assim andar para trás, para a frente, parar, escutar e olhar.
No meu browser, a janela abre a 100% para a rádio o que, infelizmente, cobre os controladores do "player". Se isso vos acontecer, aconselho que a reduzam para 75% e poderão assim andar para trás, para a frente, parar, escutar e olhar.
terça-feira, abril 07, 2009
Jenny, Jan e as Agulhas
Sai hoje, apenas no ITunes, o "Colors EP" dos Project Jenny, Project Jan que não é nem do Jen nem da Jan mas do duo de Brooklyn, Jeremy Haines (voz) e Sammy Rubin (teclados) que deram, literalmente, o ar da sua graça, pela primeira vez, em 2005, com o download gratuito dos seus primeiros temas. O novo, "Colors EP", sai no formato de carbono (físico) no próximo dia 14. Eles não só têm andado em digressão com Fujiya & Miyagi mas também têm a sua colaboração no novo Ep, como se pode ouvir no primeiro single, "Pins & Needles", com um vídeo realizado por Emily Wilder. (foto por Judith Levitt)
Project Jenny, Project Jan no MySpace
Give It To Me, Baby? Can You Give it?
Os talentosos Maccabees, de quem gosto (mas que não gostava há três anos) , numa versão ao vivo, em estúdio, de "Can You Give it":
Maccabees- "Can You Give It"
Maccabees- "Can You Give It"
Bom Ser Rei
Os noruegueses I Was A King, que em 2007 receberam 8/10 do NME pelo seu disco estreia, "Losing Something Good For Something Better", têm uma ajuda, no seu segundo disco, de título homónimo, de Danielson (Daniel Smith) e de Sufjan Stevens. Aqui ficam dois temas ao vivo, em vídeo, o primeiro é "Dejá vù" e, o segundo, "Norman Bleik", no programa televisivo norueguês "Store Studio"
I Was A King no MySpace
I Was A King no MySpace
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