antirock

Estuvo bien la entrevista del Disco Grande con el Vitoria. Los dos se lo pasaron bomba contando batallitas en plan el abuelo cebolleta; sí, como el anuncio aquel de los coches en el que unos abuelitos tertuliaban en plan: "las mujeres de hoy ya no son como las de antes...", sólo que aquí se decía "el rock sinfónico de hoy ya no es como el de antes..."

Lo mejor fue el descubrimiento de uno de los discos ocultos que se pincharon: el de Gallagher & Lyle y una canción titulada "I Wanna Stay With You", puro AOR pop, mezcla de McCartney y la ELO, y que contenía una melodía perfecta y muy azucarada (¡incluso para un baboso como yo!)

El libro se presenta este martes 13 (Vitoria no parece muy supersticioso) en la casa del libro de Valencia con el Guillot de maestro de ceremonias.

Por cierto, hablando de abuelillos, el Cervera desembarca en Valencia el día 16 de este mes en el Tornillo para hacer de DJ. Lástima que lo anuncien como Rafa Cervera DJ y no como DJ Ni pincho ni corto, su otrora nombre artístico.

Ahora sólo falta que On Air Club contrate al Albi y ya podremos decir eso de "ya estamos todos" 

Erik Satie - Vexations (LTMCD 2389)

Isabelle Antena - L'Alphabet Du Plaisir: Best Of 1982-2005 (LTMCD 2452)

Northside - Chicken Rhythms + Extras (LTMCD 2386)

Isabelle Antena - On A Warm Summer Night (LTMCD 2448)

Devine & Statton - The Prince Of Wales (LTMCD 2433)

Devine & Statton - Cardiffians (LTMCD 2435)

Later in 2005/06 expect new CD releases from Wim Mertens (The Belly of an Architect ost), Isabelle Antena (On A Warm Summer Night/Tous Mes Caprices; new Antena album), Lowlife (Permanent Sleep + Rain, Diminuendo + Singles, Eternity Road (compilation)), Erik Satie (Socrate), Alison Statton and Spike (Tidal Blues/Weekend in Wales, The Shady Tree), Richard Jobson (The Ballad of Etiquette), Trembling Blue Stars (Her Handwriting, Lips That Taste of Tears), Francisco Casavola (Futur Lieder); Dislocation Dance (Music Music Music/Slip That Disc!, Midnight Shift) and lots more besides.

"Me and Alison had mutual friends. I liked her voice for what anybody would like about it - the absolute purity that I felt was the perfect vehicle for The Song. It was like a clean sheet, something you could project anything on to and it would fit. Maybe I also felt that if she sang these very personal songs, there would be an abstract quality to her voice that would create a disengaged relating of the tale, in the same way an actor would perform a spoken word CD."

Devine & Statton fue un duo compuesto por el líder de Ludus y la ex vocalista de Young Marble Giants y Weekend.

Sus dos lps acaba de ser reeditados por LTM con temas extras: "The Princess of Wales" (con "Under The Weather (Paco Trinidad Remix) In The Rain (version) e "Instrumental"), que contiene además una nueva portada realizada por el diseñador Benoit Hennebert (apuntalo en tu lista de diseñadores de los 80 junto con Peter Saville y Vaughan Oliver) y un maravilloso texto escrito por el mítico Everett True (The Legend!)

"Cardiffians" (("I met people in Japan who had visited Cardiff because of Cardiffians", remarks Devine) por su parte contiene cinco extras (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (12" Version), Advertisement, Hideaway (Donini/Mertens Remix), Take Me Or Leave Me y Giving In To Sin) y otro nuevo texto de Everett True.

en el post de LTM se hacía referencia a este diseñador que fundamentalmente ha trabajado para Les Disques du Crepuscule. En esta página http://home.wxs.nl/~frankbri/creimage.html podrás encontrar algunos de sus trabajos y de ahí extraigo estas dos definitorias citas.

"When you love music, you want everything related to it, closely or not, to be beautiful too."
Benoît Hennebert, December 1984.

"Peter Saville certainly defined the post-punk look which reflected the modern world that
Factory Records were forcing us to confront. I appreciate Saville but, to be honest, if I was
influenced by anyone it was Benoît Hennebert of Les Disques Du Crépuscule. Eccentric,
charming and very much a genius."
Mike Alway (éL Records/Cherry Red), May 2004.

La foto que ilustra este post es su visión de Tintin

¡versiones karaoke de canciones de los acid house kings! ¡t´s lovely! dice Johan...

 Everyone sings along with acid house kings CD/EP-LAB089

release date: February 8 , 2006

1. Magnus Carlson “Will you love me in the morning?”
2. Les Très Bien Ensemble “Ce coeur est de pierre”
3. Lasse Lindh “Jag skyller allt på dig”
4. Montt Mardié “Do what you wanna do”
5. Don Lennon “Tonight is forever”

Otras grabaciones futuras de Labrador:

Irene »baby I love your way« CDsingle-LAB090 release date: January 11 , 2006

1. Baby I love your way
2. To be with you

 más info y dos mp3s gratis en  http://www.juanitafamily.net/

Old fashioned country and western music. Sad and sweet original songs by vocalist/ lead guitarist Lana rebel

 Juanita Family was formed by Lana Rebel (from the noise-rock band Last of the Juanitas) as an outlet for the all the country songs she kept writing on the side. Her sad, sweet vocals and simple guitar lines encouraged the makeup of a separate band. No better choices for backup than some of her oldest friends, including Johnny from Last of the Juanitas (on drums), and Ben Wildenhaus of Federation X (on lap slide and piano). Dylan Reilly (bass) and James Curley (mandolin) are friends all the way back from Arizona. The combo is a great mix of friends, who lives to play, and the live shows are always a good time.
    In a completely DIY fashion, Lana and Dylan worked hard and saved money to put out the self-titled CD released in September of 2004. After touring and playing in rock venues, roadhouses, parties, crawfish boils, festivals, rodeos, radio stations, and street corners across the country, they are proud to report having nearly sold out of the 1000 pressing in the first year, with little help from national distributors.
    The CD has received positive response from radio stations across the globe, including BBC Radio 1, which has invited the Juanita Family to record a Peel session in 2006. Regionally, it continues to get airplay, and was chosen as best Northwest Country by KBCS Seattle’s Christine Linde

¡y se hace amigo de él!!! No se puede creer que McGowan sea un devorador de libros... Eso si, al Dickon se le olvida decir que en la foto -entra la pila de libros derramados por la cama- también hay un Mojo...

las fotos son impagables (ver http://dickonedwards.co.uk/diary/)

 Deliciously, he (Shane McGown) was allocated Room 101 at the excellent ghost-ridden Hotel Continental in the Medina. Note that his bedfellow is not a person, but a pile of books. I get annoyed when some people compare Mr MacG to Ozzy Osbourne or the late George Best, as if all legendary over-indulgers are alike. I doubt those other two notably dissipated names are as literary-inclined as Mr MacG, whose collected lyrics were published by Faber & Faber. His travel bag included works by Joyce, Plato, Burroughs, Kerouac, Dorothy Parker, and the entire James Ellroy LA Confidential trilogy. There is decadence, and then there is Decadence.

Al parecer él single sólo se puede descargar de un sitio de pago y no tiene edición física, sólo digital

la portada (y demás información: http://www.futurepilotaka.com/

Sushil también anuncia nuevo lp para comienzos del 2006 con colaboradores ilustres (como siempre):  The Go-Betweens/Sonic Youth/Fire Engines/el novelista Alasdair Gray/ Can vocalist Damo Suzuki/folk artist Karine Polwart and early music ensemble Concerto Caledonia

The Creeping Bent Organisation can confirm that it will release the new FUTURE PILOT AKA single, "Eyes of Love", on 12th Dec. The single, which features Stuart and Sarah from Belle & Sebastian on vocals, is picking up considerable national radio support.

"Eyes of Love"/"Changes" will be released as a download-only single through Warp Record's digital wing bleep.com on the glorious 12th, a date which resonates with Creeping Bent as it is exactly 11 years since its inaugural flight at Glasgow's Tramway Theatre, "A Leap Into The Void BENT 001".

The FUTURE PILOT AKA technicolour pop performance on
BBC Scotland's Music Show can be viewed by going to...
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/musicshow/

FUTURE PILOT AKA albums recorded for the sublime Geographic label, "Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea" and "Salute Your Soul", are available from Domino Mart.

More Future Pilot AKA and Creeping Bent release information from

www.bleep.com
www.myspace.com/creepingbent

www.creepingbent.org

ya no saben que inventarse...

Lo ofrece Nike para llevar el iPod nano mientras haces deporte.

Está fabricado en tejido Nike Pro Compression, muy ligero, y material Dri-FIT, que lo hace lavable.

Está disponible en dos combinaciones de colores: gris/naranja y negro/gris, a un precio de 40 dólares y en dos tamaños.

El iSnug está tambien especialmente diseñado para el iPod nano de Apple y por 20 dolares es tuyo, eso sí, parece de menor calidad que el de Nike.

La funda está fabricada en piel mientras que la correa es de neopreno.

Revola a través de Cherry Red edita esta recopilación

 Hello Hello: The Best Of

Claudine Longet, the very model of the breathy, sexy French waif as the US and world audience perceived her - film star, TV star, singer/notsinger, a fey presence in a beautiful forest, where The A&M SOUND enveloped her in an embrace of Bossa Nova and reverb while Nick De Caro and Tommy Lipuma, masters of The A&M Soun, took us all on a journey where being a singer or not a singer didn't matter as long as the languid erotic vibe was there. A journey where A.C. Jobim came and wrote and played, where there was a PARTY, and Henry Mancini wrote, as he had done for Audrey Hepburn, the perfect song/notsong, for the ethereal beauty Claudine to sing/notsing as Peter Sellers desperately searched for the bathroom and Blake Edwards collapsed laughing. A magical person in a magical world, in a magical time, "Sleep Safe And Warm" never had a more definitive reading, as Claudine brought her own take on 'vaga' to the non-latino world, and if you know what that all means you'll RUSH out and buy this...

Hello Hello / White Horses / Meditation / Am I Blue? / The Look Of Love / Lazy Summer Night / Manha De Carnaval / Small Talk / A Man And A Woman / Both Sides Now / Dindi (Jin-Jee) / Walk In The Park / I Love How You Love Me / Sleep Safe / Creators Of Rain / How Insensitive / Hurry On Down / Everybody's Talkin' / Man In A Raincoat / Love Is Blue / I Think It's Gonna Rain Today / Think Of Rain / It's Hard To Say Goodbye / Snow / I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You

Otras cosas que reedita Cherry Red: Martin Denny Hypnotique - Junes Brides Every Conversation - Nino Rota LSD Roma (peliculas de Fellini) - Denny Doherty  Waiting for a Song (Mamas & The Papas, "The Psychedelic Frank Sinatra" lo llaman) - John Barry & Elizabeth Taylor "Elizabeth Taylor in London" - Nick Garrie-Hamilton "The Nightmare Of JB Stanislas" (precioso folk rock) - Nancy Priddy  "You’ve Come That Way Before" - y tres lps de Bridget St John.

Carlos informa:

Various --  Snow  3 -- The Get Easy Christmas Collection Vol 3 .  Universal (Germany), 1960s/1970s

One of the grooviest Christmas albums we've ever stocked -- a package that's full of unusual Holiday gems, yet which never trades obscurity for the festive spirit of the season! Like the first 2 volumes in the series, this one really digs deep -- moving past familiar favorites into a range of long-lost tunes from the vaults of a variety of labels -- some by bigger names, others by artists as obscure as the tunes! But throughout this pursuit of the unusual, the album never sacrifices the warmth and good spirit that makes Holiday music so great -- and if anything, these tunes seem to light our Christmas stars even brighter because they're fresh and unusual, and restore our faith in the music of late December! And just in case you feel you're getting a bit off track on the set, the compilers have thrown in a few more familiar numbers to hold you in line -- making for a well-rounded 24 track package that includes:

1. Andy Williams · It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
2. Ella Fitzgerald · Sleigh Ride
3. Wayne Newton · Here Comes Santa Claus
4. Bobby Sherman · Goin’ Home (Sing A Song Of Christmas Cheer)
5. Gladys Knight & The Pips · The Christmas Song
6. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles · I Believe In Christmas Eve
7. The Beginning Of The End · Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas
8. Dean Martin · I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
9. Peggy Lee · Ring Those Jingle Bells
10. Vince Guaraldi Trio · Christmas Time Is Here
11. The Staple Singers · Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas?
12. The Stridells · I Remember Christmas
13. The Rotary Connection · Peace At Least
14. Rhys O’Brien · Christmas Morning
15. The Singers Unlimited · Snowfall
16. The Temptations · Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
17. The Free Design · Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas)
18. The Beach Boys · Frosty The Snowman
19. Bing Crosby · A Christmas Toast
20. The Candy Store · White Christmas
21. James Brown · Soulful Christmas
22. The Flirtations · Christmas Time Is Here Again
23. Luiz Henrique · Song Of Santa Claus (Papai Noel)
24. Nilsson · Snow

Carlos, si vas a Barcelona estas navidades me lo traes, ¿ok?

 PORTADA: The Smiths

NME

1 Bloc Party - “Silent Alarm”
2 Arcade Fire - “Funeral”
3 Franz Ferdinand - “You Could Have It So Much Better”
4 Antony & The Johnsons - “I Am a Bird Now”
5 Kaiser Chiefs - “Employment”
6 The White Stripes - “Get Behind Me Satan”
7 Sufjan Stevens - “Illinoise”
8 Kanye West - “Late Registration”
9 Babyshambles - “Down In Albion”
10 Gorillaz - “Demon Days”
11 The Cribs - “The New Fellas”
12 Devendra Banhart - “Cripple Crow”
13 The Rakes - “Capture/Release”
14 Dungen - “Ta Det Lungt”
15 Maximo Park - “A Certain Trigger”
16 British Sea Power - “Open Season”
17 The Magic Numbers - “The Magic Numbers”
18 Art Brut - “Bang, Bang Rock’n’Roll”
19 Coldplay - “X&Y”
20 Editors - “The Back Room”
21 LCD Soundsystem - “LCD Soundsystem”
22 Raveonettes - “Pretty In Black”
23 Hard-Fi - “Stars of CCTV”
24 Oasis - “Don’t Believe The Truth”
25 MIA - “Arular”
26 Super Furry Animals - “Love Kraft”
27 Kate Bush - “Aerial”
28 Absentee - “Donkey Stock”
29 Madonna - “Confessions on A Dance Floor”
30 Doves - “Some Cities”
31 Bright Eyes - “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning”
32 Queens Of The Stone Age - “Lullabies To Paralyze”
33 We Are Scientists - “With Love and Squalor”
34 Rufus Wainwright - “Want Two”
35 Elbow - “Leaders Of The Free World”
36 The Bravery - “The Bravery”
37 Circulus - “Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope”
38 Autolux - “Future Perfect”
39 Vitalic - “OK Cowboy”
40 The Brakes - “The Brakes”
41 Nine Black Alps - “Everything Is”
42 Sigur Ros - “Takk”
43 The Engineers - “The Engineers”
44 Field Music - “Field Music”
45 Shout Out Louds - “Howl Howl Gaff Gaff”
46 The Duke Spirit - “Cuts Across The Land”
47 Sleater-Kinney - “The Woods”
48 Ladytron - “The Witching Hour”
49 Dead Meadow - “Feathers”
50 Test Icicles - “For Screening Purposes Only”

MOJO

1- Antony and the johnsons: "i am a bird now"
2- Arcade fire: "funeral"
3- Kate bush: "aerial"
4- Bruce Springsteen: "devils and dust"
5- My morning jacket: "Z"
6- Ry Cooder: "chavez ravine"
7- The magic numbers: s/t
8- Malcolm Middleton: "Into the woods"
9- Amadou and Mariam: "Dimanche a Bamako2
10- Richard Hawley: "Coles corner"
11- Franz Ferdinand: "You could..."
12- Sleater Kinney: "the woods"
13- Bright eyes: "I’m wide awake..."
14- The white stripes: "Get behind me"
15- The Go betweens: "Oceans apart"
16- Black mountain: "s/t"
17- U2: "How to dismantle..."
18- Gorillaz: "Demon days"
19- Robert Plant and the strange sensation: "mighty rearranger"

20- Four tet: "everything ecstatic"
21- Teenage fanclub: "Man-made"
22- Konono no1: "Congotronics"
23- Circulus: "the lick on a tip..."
24- Sufjan Stevens: "Illinoise"
25- Oasis: "don’t..."
26- Rufus Wainwright: "Want two"
27- Sigur ros: "Takk"
28- Devendra Banhart: "Cripple crow"
29- MIA: "Arular"
30- Ali Farka toure and Toumani Diabate: "in the heart of the moon"
31- Neil Young: "Prairie wind"
32- Paul Weller: "as is now"
33- Vashti Bunyan: "Lookaftering"
34- Bloc Party: "silent alarm"
35- Goldfrapp: "supernature"
36- The Reverend Al Green: "everything’s OK"
37- Coldplay: "X&Y"
38- Nada Surf: "the weight is a gift"
39- The Mars Volta: "Frances the mute"
40- Supergrass: "Road to Rouen"
41- Steve Wonder: "a time to love"
42- Phantom Buffalo: "Shishimumu"
43- John Legend: "Get lifted"
44- Joy zipper: "the heartlight set"
45- Smog: "A river ain’t..."
46- Roots manuva: "awfully deep"
47- Death from above 1979: "you are a woman I’m a machine"
48- Six organs of admittance: "school of flower"
49- Nickel Creek: "why should the fire die?"
50- Kaiser Chiefs: "Employment"

UNCUT

1. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. Sufjen Stevens – Illinoise
3. Bob Dylan – No Direction Home
4. Black Mountain – Black Mountain
5. The National - Alligator
6. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
7. Lcd Sounsystem – Lcd Soundsystem
8. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Saten
9. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
10. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
11. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine
12. Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
13. Devendra Banheart – Cripple Crow
14. Kenye West – Late Registration
15. Ryan Adame & The Cardinals – Cold Roses
16. Annie – Anniemal
17. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
18. Dungen – Ta Det Lugnt
19. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Worn Copy
20. Elbow – Leaders Of The Free World
21. Lightening Bolt – Hypermagin Mountain
22. Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
23. Richard Thompson – Front Parlour Ballads
24. Animal Collective – Feels
25. Gorillaz – Demon Days
26. My Morning Jacket – Z
27. Bruce Springsteen – Devils And Dust
28. Brendon Benson – The Alternative To Love
29. Josh Rouse – Nashville
30. Big Star – In Space
31. The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
32. John Cale – Black Acetate:
33. Espers – Espers
34. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
35. Vitalic – Ok Cowboy
36. The Pernice Brothers – Dicover A Lovelier You
37. Beck – Guero
38. Hal – Hal
39. The Go Betweens – Oceans Apart
40. Vic Chestnut – Ghetto Bells
41. Robert Plant – Mighty Rearranger
42. Richard Fontaine – The Fitzgerald
43. Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
44. Kraftwerk – Minimum Maximum
45. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
46. Paul Weller – As Is Now
47. Cocorosie – Noah’s Ark
48. Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
49. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
50. M.I.A. Arular

Reissues Of The Year

1. Orange Juice – The Glasgow School
2. The Stooges – Fun House
3. The Band – A Musical History
4. Bill Fay – Bill Fay
5. Various – Hearing Is Believing: The Jack Nitzsche Story
6. Can – Future Days
7. Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
8. Johnny Cash – The Legend
9. Screaming Trees – Oceans Of Confusion
10. Scritti Politti – Early
11. Sonic Youth – Goo
12. Ray Charles – Pure Genius
13. The Fall – The Complete Peel Sessions
14. Judee Sill – Dreams Come True
15. Free – Chronicles
16. The 101’ers – Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Revisited)
17. Comus – Song To Comus: The Complete Collection
18. The Associates – The Affectionate Punch: 25th Anniversary Remaster
19. The Cure – Pornography: Deluxe Edition
20. Simply Saucer – Cyborgs Revisited

al parecer los supervivientes -ahora en New Order- se van a atrver a grabar nuevas canciones bajo el nombre de Joy Division para el film que dirige el hasta ahora fotógrafo Anton Corbijn... 

This year marked the 25th anniversary of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis hanging himself, and his former bandmates in New Order have been paying tribute to him by including a few Joy Division songs in their sets this year.

Now the iconic U.K. group are going one step further and are working on new material for a Curtis biopic. Director and noted rock photographer Anton Corbijn is the mastermind behind Control, a film based on a book by Curtis' widow, Deborah. The film has been planned for several years, but it wasn't until recently that the late singer's family approved a proposal. Casting for the movie is set to start in the spring.

"We were asked to do the soundtrack to the film, which I thought was a fucking great idea, for Joy Division to do the music for a Joy Division film because we've never really done a soundtrack before," bassist Peter Hook told NME.com. "The soundtrack could include new stuff.

"Basically Anton wants to use certain songs by Joy Division so that each song becomes a video. Like the way the 'Atmosphere' video was filmed, he wants to write videos that appear in the film.

"Every time we get accolades for Joy Division, it makes [Ian's suicide] sadder, especially with the film. Working on the film has made the whole thing seem more poignant."

New Order played a set almost entirely comprised of Joy Division songs in October as a tribute to John Peel, the legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ who died last year. There could be more of those shows in the future, too.

"We have actually talked about doing Joy Division sets and gigs, but we haven't actually found our footing yet," said Hook. "If we deem it to be enjoyable, then we'll do it."

Circula por la red (en blogs y en programas de intercambio) una hermosa sesión que St Etienne hicieron en directo en el estudio en el programa de Mark Radcliffe en la BBC Radio 2.

Yo he podido capturar una de las 3 canciones que interpretaron: una versión acústica de "Good Thing" (una guitarra, la voz de Sarah y los coros de Debsey -Dolly Mixture, Birdie y miembro no oficial de St Etienne-). Preciosa.

 Saint Etienne appeared live in the studio on Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio 2 show and performed three songs; a samba stylee version of their current single 'Good Thing', the previous single from 'Tales From Turnpike House', 'Side Streets' and a current B-side and Womack & Womack cover 'Missing Persons Bureau'

Noticias sacadas de su web oficial:

- Se retrasa la edición de su cd del club de fans oficial. Todos los años editan un cd con rarezas o inéditos por navidad. Este año se titulará "Nice Price" y lo enviarán a partir de Enero por problemas técnicos ("the test pressings of Nice Price came back with a beautiful hole in the middle of Who Do You Think You are...")

- La edición americana de "Tales From Turnpike House" incorpora una canción nueva, "Dream Lover", no disponible en el resto del mundo. La canción vale la pena: onda folkie pop pero con sofisticación, como el resto del lp, vamos, y con Sarah cantando con susurros y arropada con bonitos coros y arreglos de flauta y guitarra bossa. También se ha editado el single en vinilo de "Good Thing". En la cara B otro tema nuevo inédito: "I´m Falling". El juego de voces entre -sospecho- Debsey y Sarah, una maravilla. Misterioso y con letra decadente. El cd-ep también contiene una joya: una versión del "Missing Persons Bureau" de Womack & Womack que está realmente -para bien- irreconocible. Quizá lo mejor del lote.

- Hablando de folk, Bob Stanley prepara nueva una recopilación UK folkie-hippie, que es lo que le gusta junto con los grupos de chicas de los 60. "if you liked Gather In The Mushrooms you will also cherish Early Morning Hush, out in the New Year on Sanctuary", dice.

Han creado un buscador especifico de música donde podemos realizar búsquedas sobre grupos, títulos de discos y canciones, incluidas las letras y además nos remitirán a tiendas online donde podremos comprar

http://www.google.com/musicsearch

la canción más bonita que he escuchado en los últimos tiempos

Pertenece a un artista francés que mezclaba sus influencias natales (Dutronc, Brel) con anglosajonas (Beatles, Byrds, Dylan, Drake, Cohen). Trabajó con Francis Lai y su misteriosa biografía ha hecho aumentar su leyenda, ya que incluso se cambió el nombre artístico de Garrie a Hamilton.

Rev-Ola reedita su primer album y aquí transcribo la hoja promocional.  POR CIERTO, PINCHANDO EN LAS LINEAS AZULES DE AQUI ABAJO, SE PUEDE ESCUCHAR LA CANCIÓN EN REAL PLAYER (no se que he hecho, pero es así)

¡Vaya título el del single!

Domino is honoured to be releasing an album by the legendary group The Television Personalities, their first in 11 years. Daniel Treacy is one of the most distinctive and brilliant voices in British pop, unheard by far too many for far too long.

Ask anyone, anyone with even just a slightest interest in pop music and they will all have a different take on The Television Personalities… Someone will mention that they were Kurt Cobain’s favourite band. Someone else will go on about how they were the inspiration behind Creation Records and Alan McGee’s biggest heroes. And a third person will call them the Original Babyshambles, from across the room someone will ask if they really did support Pink Floyd on the back of their 'I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives' single. And didn’t they have the cheek to call an album They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles?

‘My Dark Places’ is released by Domino on the 27th February and is preceded by the single ‘All The Young Children On Smack, All The Young Children On Crack’ released on the 6th February on 7”

Esa es la fecha en que The Wedding Present aparecerán en los conciertos de Radio 3 en TVE 2

Por cierto, se acaba de editar un lp que recopila sus peel sessions

.info

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or water fall could stop me
And then came the rush of the flood
The stars at night turned you to dust

CD - with "Meat & Potatoes" and "I Took A Long Hard Look"

7" - with "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House"

DVD - "Funny Little Frog (Video)" and "Lazy Line Painter Jane (Live at The Botanics)"

1. Way To Blue - Nick Drake
2. Out Of Time - Blur
3. Run Run Run - Phoenix
4. California Soul - Marlena Shaw
5. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
6. Old Man s Back Again - Scott Walker
7. Mongoloid - Devo
8. Tattoo - The Who
9. My Autumns Done Come - Lee Hazlewood
10. It s Different For Girls - Joe Jackson
11. My Women, My Guitars - Cody ChesnuTT

12. Song For You - Dusty Springfield
13. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
14. Ritournelle - Sebastien Tellier
15. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons
16. P.L.A. - Robert Wyatt
17. Cousin Jane - The Troggs
18. Ravel-Pavane - Cleveland Orchestra
19. Pour Une Infante Defunte
20. Perfect Day - Lou Reed
21. Maggot Brain (exclusive track) - Air
22. (spoken word) - David Shrigley

Scottish indie pop sensations Belle & Sebastian make their first foray into the four-color world in a very different approach to the comics anthology in Image Comics' PUT THE BOOK BACK ON THE SHELF: A BELLE & SEBASTIAN ANTHOLOGY GN.

Now, the band's colorful lyrics and gorgeous, full-bodied melodies have provided Image Comics with the inspiration for a new kind of comics anthology. With the full-color, 144-page PUT THE BOOK BACK ON THE SHELF, a stellar collection of independent comic creators and cartoonists put their own spins on a cross section of Belle and Sebastian's songs, crafting stories inspired by the band's music, drawn from the band's entire catalog.


PUT THE BOOK BACK ON THE SHELF: A BELLE & SEBASTIAN ANTHOLOGY GN is tentatively scheduled for a February 22nd release

The autors: Anthology  
B.Clay Moore, Jacob Magraw, Catia Chen, Janet Harvey, Laurenn McCubbin, Bruno D'Angelo, Charles Brownstein, Dave Crosland, Jen De Guzman, Brian Belew

"Daydream Believer" de The Monkees es la canción perfecta. Es directa y claramente feliz. Hay canciones mucho mejores y no escogería esta como mi canción favorita pero creo que sirve como perfecto ejemplo de pura y extraordinaria música pop. Me gustan las canciones con grandes coros, esas canciones en las que cuando entra el coro sientes que sólo quieres cantar y saltar y es el momento más maravilloso y  expansivo de tu vida"

Declaraciones de Carl Newman (The New Pornographers, AC Newman y ex Zumpano) a Go Magazine 

Oh I could hide ’neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings
The six o’clock alarm would never ring
But it rings and I rise
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes
My shaving razors cold and it stings

Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen

You once thought of me
As a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend
But how much baby do we really need

Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen

SLEEPYDUST EP (MATINEE)

the second single from mysterious matinee musicmakers the snowdrops, an occasional collaboration of indie legends keith girdler (blueboy, beaumont, arabesque, lovejoy), dick preece (lovejoy, beaumont) and pam berry (the pines, shapiros, black tambourine, glo worm). the new ep features five tracks including a pet shop boys-inspired title track with brilliant lead vocals from keith plus backing from pam. other tracks include a beautiful atmospheric number called 'too cold to snow', 'the wonderful the boy with the hummingbird eyes' featuring dick on lead vocals and a guest appearance from keris howard (harper lee, brighter), a short one called 'teddy dragons' and a remix of 'sleepydust' with more pam (always a good thing) and some other nice touches. limited to 1000 copies in custom minijacket sleeve

La revista que lleva Matt Haynes (ex Sarah Records, ex Shinkansen Records) publica ya su número 7. Crónicas y fotos sobre Londres hechas por y para los londinenses sobre la City. 

I love this city. But not the policemen with machine-guns casually slung across chests, sauntering down Victoria Street. I remember, on my first trip abroad, the shock of spotting pistol-packing gendarmes – I’d never seen a gun before. Since then, I’ve had my LA Metro ticket scanned at gunpoint and my passport stamped on the train from Budapest by Slovakian border-guards toting rifles Mr Mainwaring would deem antique, but those were all weird, foreign, uncivilised places.
[Introduction to Smoke#7 – Matt Haynes

Foto: Matt Haynes

http://www.shink.dircon.co.uk/smoke.htm

Revelador título el del nuevo lp de Beaumont. Definitivamente este nuevo disco no es "This is Beaumont". Al igual que "Tiara" los ex Blueboy apuestan por el sonido y las formas antes que por las emociones. De todas maneras, "quien tuvo retuvo", y alguna canción salvable si hay...

 Stewart: “Hemos cambiado ligeramente del esquema tradicional del pop "verso, estribillo, verso, estribillo, fin". En 'Above' usamos una corriente de acordes que se rompen a la mitad para dar un aire más misterioso. También decidí usar efectos de guitarra electrica para favorecer el aire natural del sonido de guitarra clásica y acústica

Cath: “La música pop se ha vuelto no sé si más inteligente, pero al menos más experimental y arriesgada

En fin, una pena.

Estaba ayer zappeando cuando me encontré en Punt 2 un programa de corte modelno tipo "Silenci" (Canal 33- Televisión Catalana). El programa tenía el desafortunado nombre de "Asfalt" y el contenido era muy muy similar (por no decir calcado,incluso en el tipo de reportaje). Vi una entrevista a Nacho Vegas realizada dentro de la Estación del Norte; un reportaje sobre la exposición de carteles que hacen en el MUVIM; viajeros -estudiantes universitarios- de un tren de cercanías contando los libros que estaban leyendo, chicas con look de revistas de tendencias tipo aB supuestamente asaltadas en el calle que explicaban lo fashion que era el modelito que llevaban y -lo mejor de todo- una entrevista a David Gedge de The Wedding Present realizada en la cafetería del hotel que hay al lado de la Pantera Rosa.

David básicamente contó lo que ya ha contado en todas las entrevistas que le han venido realizando en los últimos meses: que ahora vive en USA, que se ha separado de su pareja tras 15 años, las razones del cambio de Cinerama a The Wedding Present etc etc. Lo más curioso es que en la corta entrevista citó hasta tres veces a John Peel, sin duda alguna la persona que más le ha influenciado. La mayoría de las veces los músicos hablan de los artistas que más le han marcado, pero la influencia de un dj radiofónico puede incluso sobrepasar dicho ámbito... "Mis mayores influencias vienen de cuando escuchaba la radio cuando era adolescente. Siempre he sido un gran fan de la radio" sentenció Gedge.

Asfalt al parecer se emite de Martes a Viernes en Punt 2 a las 22 horas y aunque uno siente cierta animadversión hacia este tipo de programas que presenta la cultura juvenil de manera tan frívola y superficial, esto es todo lo que se puede pedir a la TV, que visto lo visto, no es poco.

En la foto, los dos mendas que presentan el progama...

"City fallen leaves" is the next chapter in Feck's world. An exploration of what happens in your 30s when you still love all the things you did in your early 20s"

La cita está incluida en la hoja de prensa del nuevo lp de Comet Gain. Ya se sabe: The Go-Betweens, Godard, Irma Thomas, dance parties, Dexy's midnight runners, falling in love, mod y... cumplir los treinta: Es decir, el tiempo de  "burn-outs, the end of relationships, of boredom, of hope, of dreams lost and born again".

Y es que el disco está lleno de evocaciones: En "Draw a smile upon a egg" repite hasta la extenuación la frase "I will try to be happy"; en "Your Robert", Robert Forster de The Go Betweens se convierte en el icono a seguir y en el protagonista de sus recuerdos.

Pero es en "The Ballad of a mix tape" donde bate sus propios registros evocadores. "Mixtapes are memories for unseen histories", llega a afirmar.Y es que "algo se está perdiendo en el underground". Nada volverá a ser ya lo mismo una vez cumplidos los 30... él que encontró el sonido del undergound y que se sintió orgulloso de pertenecer al undergound...

We found the sound in the underground/ We felt so proud to be underground/ But something is missing..."

En su página web http://deanandbritta.com/ te puedes descargar gratis "Old Toy Trains", un cover de una vieja melodía de Roger Miller, que popularizó Glen Campbell.

Esto es lo que dice allmusic del ya fallecido Roger Miller: "Roger Miller is best known for his humorous novelty songs, which overshadow his considerable songwriting talents as well as his hardcore honky tonk roots. After writing hits for a number of artists in the '50s, Miller racked up a number of hits during the '60s which became not only country classics, but popular classics as well"

Minimum Maximum DVD edición especial Box Set:

En la web ya anuncian el nuevo número que incluirá las listas del año 2005 (se rumorea por los foros que los lps de año son MIA y Morente...) en la portada: Nacho Vegas ¿artista o personaje?... respecto a los contenidos... Lo más divertido será la sección Truco o trato, este mes con ¡Juan Vitoria!

El cd de regalo lleva una selección de canciones del 2005, que al contrario que sus listas, suele estar bien y este año también está pasable: Go betweens, Weddoes, Rouse, Bunnymen, Sufjan y los nombres inevitables (arcade fire, devendra, ferdinand etc).

El lp del mes es el de Kate Bush (se lo diré a Javier)

Como siempre, lo más buscado será no lo mejor del año, sino lo PEOR del 2005...

es el jefe de Marina Records y diseñador de portadas. Sus trabajos se pueden consultar en http://www.stefankassel.com/

genial la foto que abre la web

la que ilustra este post es una portada de Tha Bathers, grupo de un ex Friends Again 

como siempre, un 10 en diseño

Geneva Model L rojo

Hecho de madera, tiene un sonido excelente con todo tipo de música

Pantalla de LEDs, lector de cds, control remoto y sintonizador de radio FM 

600 dólares

Gracias a Raquelin me he agenciado una copia del próximo disco de Elvis Costello, "My Flame Burns Blue", que no es sino  "a live album with the legendary Metropole Orkest, a 52-piece jazz orchestra from The Netherlands, as recorded in concert at The Hague", y que llevaba ya un par de años publicado en Japón. El disco se edita en Europa el 28 de Febrero y Costello -salvo en un par de momentos- aburre un poco...

The album alternates between imaginatively reinvented Costello favorites like "Almost Blue," "Clubland" and "Watching the Detectives" (arranged "in the style of a 1950s television theme"), Costello compositions seeing release for the first time on a Costello album and unexpected collaborations. "

For the opening track, "Hora Decubitus," Costello was invited by Charles Mingus’s widow, Sue, to contribute lyrics to the jazzman’s compositions. This song was completed in the immediate aftermath of September 11. For the title track, Costello also wrote lyrics for Billy Strayhorn’s final composition, "Blood Count."

Other highlights seeing release on a Costello album for the first time include "Speak Darkly, My Angel," "Can You Be True?" and "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue," which was written for and recorded by west coast bluesman Charles Brown as "I Wonder How She Knows."