Mañana salgo de vacaciones, voy a estar casi tres semanas fuera, con la única preocupación en la cabeza de disfrutar al máximo de mi familia, aún así, el blog se irá actualizando como de costumbre, ya que he dejado varios posts preparados para que se vayan publicando automáticamente. Además, la próxima semana, el blog cumple dos años, por lo que me ha parecido oportuno hacer un post especial como la ocasión merece, y que mejor forma de hacerlo que hablando del genial grupo canadiense The New Pornographers, sobre los que ya reseñé brevemente hace un tiempo. El caso es que [...]
2007 was a good year for Canadian pop collective The New Pornographers . The release of their album Challengers earned plenty of indie ink, which prompted a successful North American tour. Recently, the band released a video for the album's title track (below). Reminds me of a mashup between The Little Mermaid , Pleasantville , and Schindler's List . Quite a mix...
'Challengers' - The New Pornographers Na sequência da série do Sérgio sobre os supergrupos e continuando no indie canadiano, não é de todo fora dizer que se há país onde as bandas literalmente se 'trocam' todas é no Canadá. Os dois grandes exemplos são os Broken Social Scene, que agrupam em sintonia membros dos Metric e dos Stars, só para citar os mais reconhecíveis, e os The New Pornographers, compostos por toda uma miríade de representantes de bandas mais ou menos locais, dos The Evaporators aos Swan Lake, a artistas a solo, como a 'importada' [...]
This year was chock full of good music (not matter what the naysayers might groan). read more
at the soho apple store. 8pm sharp. get there early. real early. neko will be there too.
Band: Sambassadeur Album: Migration Release Date: October 23, 2007 Website: Sambassadeur Label: Labrador Free Downloads: Subtle Changes Editor Rating: 7.7 Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. (more...)
Movie: Open City | Mobang bidoshi | 무방비도시 Release Date: Dec. 2007 - Jan. 2008 Country: South Korea Director: Sang-ki Lee Starring: Myeong-min Kim , Ye-Jin Son Runtime: Editor Rating: Not Yet Rated Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. (more...)
Parallels has released a new (beta build 5540) of their Parallels Desktop for Mac program. Most notable new features would be better compatibility with Leopard, improved Direct X & OpenGL peformance, and improvements to Coherence mode. Also you can now resize the window via Window Mode on the fly (no need to go into Windows Control Panel). You can download the beta here . Screenshots are provided below. (more...)
In the past couple years we've seen many Stephen Merritt side projects come down the line but now there is a new strong>Magnetic Fields album, titled "Distortion", coming out January 2008. (more...)
While websites like YouTube and the just privately launched Hula.com bring lower resolution video content to the internet, other companies are already moving towards the next step for Internet video : "HDTV". (more...)
Sweden's own The Pirate Bay is in the process of reviving OiNK, potentially as "BOiNK" (boink.cd). The rumors flying around the web are stating that the OiNK revival should be live come November 1st. (more...)
Skype and the UK based 3 mobile operator have partnered to bring out the new "3 Skypephone". The 3G cellphone allows users to make free Skype to Skype Mobile Calls & Instant Messages from their mobile phone to other Skype users. The cellphones can be ordered here and cost a reasonably 49 pounds ($100 USD). (more...)
Unless you've been sleeping this entire weekend you've probably already heard about this. Apple is now limiting iPhone purchases to two per person and insisting (i.e. forcing) you to use a credit card in order to purchase the phone. The reason they are doing this is to cut down on phone "piracy". Now, my first question is how the hell can you "pirate" a phone? It's not illegal to unlock a phone, it's not illegal to sell a phone and it's not illegal to put what you want on your phone. Piracy to me means [...]
Free Downloads: "Myriad Harbour" "My Rights Versus Yours" 10/30/2007 @ Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, Georgia 10/31/2007 @ HOB - New Orleans, Louisiana 11/01/2007 @ Warehouse Live - Houston, Texas 11/02/2007 @ House of Blues - Dallas, Texas (more...)
Free Downloads: Wet & Rusting 10/30/2007 @ Billiken Club - St. Louis, Missouri 10/31/2007 @ Exit/In (with Illinois) - Nashville, Tennessee 11/01/2007 @ The Orange Peel (with Illinois) - Asheville, North Carolina 11/02/2007 @ Club Downunder (with Illinois) - Tallahassee, Florida (more...)
The few times I've had the chance to spin Challengers I've been left with a strange feeling of being underwhelmed. A while back I had this idea that "The New Pornographers are becoming indie rock's version of adult contemporary" and I can't say that my view has been swayed since. I don't expect the group to act like different than they have in the past in terms of releasing new material, I'm not asking them to rawk out all the time or anything, but my favorite New Pornographers material is full of [...]
DOWNLOAD: The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour (MP3) Dan ( CRED ) But Neko is to the New Pornographers ' array of harmonizing vocalists what a good concertmaster is to an orchestral string section, or a good lead trumpet player is to a big band -- she is the point, the focus of the sound; she sets the time and the phrasing and the rest of it by being so strong up top that everyone else can't help but fall into place. And she [...]
Bloc Party - Flux Chromeo - Bonafide Lovin' UNKLE - Hold My Hand Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop Prefuse 73 - [...]