Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear t... Continue reading "Staff Trax: The Apples in Stereo, Arcade Fire, Paul Brill, Built to Spill, Twin Sister and The Futureheads." >

Living in the U.S. does so remove one from the UK hype bubble, perpetrated chiefly by the NME mob. Often this is a good thing, given that mag's insatiable proclivity for building up the next big British debut, only to then rip the rising stars to shreds on their sophomore release. It does also shadow some of the build up to releases of established Brit acts, though, which is precisely why news of The Futureheads ' new effort [...]
The spastic rock of the Futureheads becomes the subject of a concentrated look at a certain kind of love, taking the name of the band quite literally in it's vision of the pitfall of idealist notions of marriage... VIDEO: "Skip to the End" directed by Martin De Thurah "happy ending, or a broken heart?" There are in fact very few pop music songs or videos on the subject [...]
I'm weak on posting, so here are some Futureheads videos you should see. "A to B" : "Meantime" : "Decent days and nights" : "Area" : [...]
This signature's weekly feature is back after one week absence to give room for the grand AI5 finale post. Lyrics Of The Week I recently bumped into this song through I Am Fuel, You Are Friend, and it's just an amazing collaboration. The lyrics are so inspiring and poetic, make you see the good in the bad and remind you to smile like you mean it sometimes. Read it up. [...]
:: ÃLBUM e baboseiras :: A long long time ago... I can still remember... How the music use to make me smile... Pois estou de volta... depois de uma semana conturbada tÃpica de final de semestre, I'm back... A copa do mundo só me atrapalha... na real acho que só "nos" atrapalha... Além de parar o paÃs, pára as atividades da faculdade também... aà o tonto aqui tem que virar do avesso para entregar os trabalhos em dias e não mais semanas... mas isso não tem nada a [...]