New York collective Phenomenal Handclap Band return with their sophomore album, and it's a curious beast. You know when they travel to the future in the Bill and Ted films, and it's basically the 1980s except it's the future? That's pretty much what this album is. Except with the 1970s. And no Keanu Reeves, which is a shame. It's all disco grooves, funk guitar, layer cake production and vocal arrangements that sound like a computer has been fed a load of ABBA, Blondie and Scissor Sisters and programmed to compose something. Read more..
Ogni tanto anche da Amici escono cose buone. Di Simonetta Spiri abbiamo già parlato (e pure lei è oggi fra gli artisti che si stanno esibendo live a Roma per provare ad entrare all'Ariston, adesso parliamo di Ornella Pellegrino. Lanciata dalla terza edizione di " Amici ", è maturata musicalmente ed ora si appresta a sbarcare in Europa. Il nome d'arte che si è data è Eighty e così si è presentata alle selezioni online di Sanremosocial, con questo deliziosissimo pezzo dal titolo "Fragole e neve". Il [...]
Ed eccoli qua. Ecco la lista dei sessanta che giovedì 12 si esibiranno, uno dopo l'altro domani si esibiranno davanti alla commissione artistica di Sanremosocial per guadagnarsi i sei posti per l'Ariston (due sono andati ai vincitori di Area Sanremo, ovvero Bidiel e Io ho sempre voglia). Qualche nome che ci si attendeva c'è dentro: Erica Mou, Alessandro Casillo, Davide Mogavero, Benedetta Giovagnini, Simonetta Spiri, con uno dei pezzi migliori fra quelli in concorso, Maridà prodotta da Dino Vitola. Ma anche grosse sorprese. La prima. Sandra Piacentini, 25 anni in arte Missa . [...]
Wo bleiben Bon Iver , PJ Harvey und Feist? Ohne M83, Metronomy ist das doch keine richtige Liste! Hey, Du hast Veronica Falls und Dum Dum Girls vergessen - und für so eine Schrottliste machst du dir diese Mühe? Mag alles sein, mag alles stimmen. Interessiert mich nicht. Denn hier ist sie: die Liste 2011, in der einfach alles fehlt und in der nicht das drin ist, was ihr hören wolltet. Schönes Neues Jahr 2012! 00. Summer Camp / Better off without you [...]
1. John Maus – We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves In juni probeerde ik al iedereen te overtuigen van John Maus ' kwaliteiten. Hij staat ook in mijn jaarlijst bij de beste hits en liveoptredens, dus een hoge notering kon gewoon niet uitblijven. Maar nummer één is erg hoog voor een plaat die de meesten onder het kopje "eighties cheesy new wave synth music" zullen opbergen. Eigenlijk is het zo verrassend niet; Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti eindigde vorig jaar op de hoogste positie en nu de voormalige toetsenist van diezelfde [...]
Si sono concluse nei giorni scorsi le audizioni di Area Sanremo, il laboratorio che negli ultimi anni ha sfornato parecchi talenti, che ha assegnato due posti per la sezione Giovani di Sanremo 2012. Successo per due gruppi: Bidiel , di Brando Madonia, figlio del cantautore Luca l'anno scorso in gara con "L'alieno" e i monopolitani Io ho sempre voglia . Fra i bocciati, non senza polemiche (qualcuno ha detto apertamente che si stiano favorendo le major promuovendo giovani che "non daranno fastidio) l'ex Amici Erika Mineo e l'ex X Factor Lavinia Desideri [...]
Just a few weeks after celebrating his 80th birthday, legendary blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin succumbed to heart failure at a hospital in Wayne, New Jersey earlier today according to the Houston Press [via CoS ]. Sumlin, who was cited as an influence by a generation-spanning list of notable guitarists ranging from Warren Haynes to Keith Richards to Eric Clapton, was the primary guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's band from the mid '50s until Wolf's death in 1976. When Rolling Stone recently announced their 100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time list , Sumlin was listed at 65. [...]
This week's playlist sees us travelling all the way back to the first chart of the 1980s - or, if you're being finicky, the final chart of the 1970s; it's for the week ending 5th January 1980 anyway, so would actually have first appeared on 29th December 1979. Hang on, I'll start again... This week's playlist sees us travelling all the way back to the final chart of the 1970s. And what a week it was! But don't just take my word for it - cop a load of these. [...]
Para los que no se acuerdan, por ahí de 1981 circulaba un anuncio en televisión de la marca de cigarros Baronet, (desde ahí podemos constatar que existen los mirreyes y los malos actores). Grandes escenas de un triste cumpleañero que está en espera de sus amigos que al parecer lo iban a dejar plantado hasta que ¡oh sorpresa! aparecen con un gran pastel, no se entiende si están en casa de sus amigos o un restaurant, si la señora que aparece consolando al pobre cumpleañero es una mesera o qué relación tiene con el galán del anuncio pero definitivamente este [...]
Riot's classic third album now available as in a reasonably priced vinyl format.
Is it really 25 years to the month that the following two copies of the Socialist Standard - with a copy of the 1978 pamphlet, Questions of the Day, thrown in as well for good measure - landed on the doormat? What was I thinking buying that particular issue of the NME?
Aaron Parsons , sin duda un artista que está dando de que hablar. Es director de arte, diseñador web y artista del internet. Su peculiar estilo nos transporta a los ochentas, a esos colores sólidos y chillantes como el rojo, amarillo y azul eléctrico, usa copias fotostáticas a blanco y negro combinadas con tipografía helvética "cromada", les gustan las imágenes en muy baja resolución y pixeleadas, y sin embargo gusta mucho, tanto que ahora colaboró para la nueva campaña de Alexander McQueen Otoño-Invierno 2011 fotografiada por David Sims , también para el video de M.I.A., los Tings [...]
Weed — Eighty As I'm sure you've already heard from a number of reputable sources , the new double-header from Vancouver's Weed (Will Anderson) kicks an immense amount of ass. We've featured this project about 3 or 4 times in this space, and that's no accident; Anderson's ability to cook up raw, immaculately fuzzy pop knows no bounds. Like DC Hope 's "Quilt" before it, "Eighty" aims for the jugular with mammoth guitars and a crunchy, locomotive melody that'll [...]
Israeli musician Avi Belleli is a very respectful figure in the local scene. Aside form leading his band Tractor's Revenge, for more then twenty successful years, he also writes scores for films, TV series (like In Treatment), and dance. He's a very interesting musician, that can produce clever songs next to patchworks of sounds and [...]
It's always a pleasure to chance upon one of the old Indie Top 20 compilations on one's travels - and that's exactly what happened to yours truly the other day when I got Volume 6 on CD for a quid in a charity shop. I already had this one on vinyl and if I'm honest it's not my favourite in the series - there are eight or nine songs on here that I could happily live out my days without ever hearing again - but it does house a handful of gems, three of which I've selected below. [...]
It's always a pleasure to chance upon one of the old Indie Top 20 compilations on one's travels - and that's exactly what happened to yours truly the other day when I got Volume 6 on CD for a quid in a charity shop. I already had this one on vinyl and if I'm honest it's not my favourite in the series - there are eight or nine songs on here that I could happily live out my days without ever hearing again - but it does house a handful of gems, three of which I've selected below. [...]
Het is algemeen bekend dat het geluid van kalm stromend water een rustgevende werking op de menselijke geest heeft. Dat heeft waarschijnlijk te maken met onze oerinstincten, die ons vertellen dat we niet zonder water kunnen. Horen we water, dan voelen we ons veilig en vertrouwd en kunnen we ons innerlijk als vanzelf overgeven aan een meditatieve staat van ontspanning. Of iedereen dat ook heeft bij new age muziek valt te betwijfelen, hoewel het genre vaak hand in hand gaat met waterige (natuur)geluiden. Een mooi voorbeeld is de recentelijk verschenen lp Science Of The Sea van Jürgen Müller. [...]
Supafuh - Eightie Eight Supafuh - Lovin' Her French Producer SupaFuh brings those jazzy vibes back with "Dr. Jazz Returns" nice and mellow....perfect to take you through the weekend. It's a name your price release...so make sure you support the artistm with anything you feel like. BUY (name your price) "Dr. Jazz Returns" ON BANDCAMP Previous Posts On SupaFuh Supafuh: Twitter • Facebook [...]
Laten we in deze recensie de woorden "chillwave" en "zomer" eens achterwege laten. Die heb ik al te vaak gebruikt om de muziek van Washed Out te beschrijven. Ze zijn bovendien nogal voor de hand liggend, en misschien zelfs oneerbiedig tegenover het eerste echte debuutalbum van Ernest Greene. Het genoemde genre is namelijk allang ondergesneeuwd door ongetalenteerde wannabees en de muziek beperkt zich heus niet alleen tot zonnige perioden, getuige het kletsnatte lagedrukgebied dat afgelopen week over Nederland trok. Washed Out - Amor Fati Washed Out werkt met een simpele [...]
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