For the 2nd single from Out Of The Woods, 'Raise The Roof', Tracey has also recorded two new solo tracks. An act of homage to the great Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields, they are covers of two of his characteristically cinematic and lyrical songs - 'Smoke and Mirrors', and 'The book of Love'.
Preciosas versiones las dos.
Una pena, pero le entiendo cuando dice que “I want to listen to music and not feel the need to explain it. I want to hear records and not have stories to tell other than those which stay inside and say simply that the records make me smile or cry. I don’t want to have to explain myself. Most of all I don’t want anyone to care what I think.” Cuando escribes mucho sobre música, acabas hasta el gorro. HASTA SIEMPRE, AMIGO
Pd: Preciosa la foto de despedida
Texto de despedida: Stains on a DecadeTen years is a long time. It is a lot of words and a lot of memories. But everything has to end sometime, and for a whole number of reasons, it feels like one of those moments now. Because sometimes you just have to ask yourself if you keep doing something out of genuine love, or simply out of habit. There are many kinds of freedom, but at the moment the freedom that I yearn for most is the freedom from expectation. I want to listen to music and not feel the need to explain it. I want to hear records and not have stories to tell other than those which stay inside and say simply that the records make me smile or cry. I don’t want to have to explain myself. Most of all I don’t want anyone to care what I think. Thanks to everyone who has contributed words to the site in the past decade and to everyone who read them.You can continue to follow John Carney’s ‘Shivers Inside’ series at www.shiversinside.com and you can access his 50000 Reasons series at www.50000reasons.com
Strawberry Fair is one Jenny Franzén and she knows how to produce a good tune. This is Phil Spector influenced pop music and it's very well done. Strawberry Fair have released a couple of CDR's but the last one was in 2003. She has some new tunes to download via My Space and some older ones on the bands site. Sadly the wonderfully named Where Is Alex Taylor Now (after The Shop Assistants and Motorcycle Boy singer) is missing but you can listen to it here as well as reading the story behind it. (De INDIE-MP3.CO.UK)
“It´s Wednesday”, aunque hoy sea martes. ¡Qué gran canción!.
Mix For The Occupation CD
Long Lost Cousin | May 2007
A primera escucha no parece muy allá. Habrá que escucharlo más.
The cover art for our new LP Fill Up The Room is now ready to be revealed! The new album will be in stores on vinyl and CD via K Records. Though it will be a little while before the record is in stores (October 23, 2007) here's a sneak preview of the cover art!
Hablando del Rock de lux, este mes se comentan los discos de Lucky Soul y TBS. Del primero, Javier Pantoja dice que “el album confirma lo apuntado en los singles: el sexteto de Greenwich tiene claro, meridiano (¡qué bueno!, ¿verdad?), que quiere hacer pop-soul al estilo de los 60, pero lo que le sale no va más allá de ser un pastiche, agradable pero plano; traje y corbata si, pero el estilo se queda en ejercicio de éste.” Guillermo Z. Del Aguila por su parte, asegura que “November Starlings” de TBS recuerda lo bonito que es el indie pop con las guitarras repiqueantes y cristalinas de la costa oeste (creo que voy a llorar) para concluir que “aunque el resto baje de nivel (–también destaca 3 cortes más-) no pierde el preciosismo del que TBS han hecho seña e identidad.”
The Wedding Present will be playing a series of concert dates in October 2007 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the release of their debut album, George Best. For the British leg of the tour the band will revisit each of the towns played on the original George Best tour of 1987. Furthermore, the album will be played in its entirety as part of the set each night. Please visit the tour page for details of all the concerts that have been confirmed so far.
Precisamente en el Rock de Lux de este mes hay un anuncio sobre una cosa llamada “Rock de Lux Music Weekend”. Da varias fechas en varias ciudades y en Valencia se cita los días 19 y 20 de Octubre. Entre los grupos de un cartel todavía por completar, este The Wedding Present performing “George Best”
Release Date: Pre-Release (Expected on 02/07/2007)
Domino do the decent thing and put every known young marble giants studio recording together on this remastered triple cd set. 'colossal youth and collected works' features the rough trade released 'colossal youth' album from 1980, as well as the 'testcard ep', the 'field day' single, the 'salad days' early recordings collection, and young marble giants's cut from the 'is the war over' compilation plus five peel session tracks. 'colossal youth', is a collection of sparse, evocative tunes emphasizing alison statton's floating vocals and minimal guitar / organ / bass / drum machine arrangements. comparable to little else from its time or since, this is rock music at its most austere. 27 years later and it still sounds as fresh as the day it was released. the most essential reissue this year.
Por cierto, 27 años después y Alison Statton sigue con el mismo peinado... (ver foto en la portada de la web: http://www.appelstein.com/ymg/
This Year's Model is the solo project that never came to be. It started when I -Niklas Gustaffson (The Higher Elevations)- was offered a solo deal with legendary independent label Marsh Marigold. I quickly recorded and released an EP late 2005. But at the time of recording my solo plans had been shelved and replaced by a full band. I have surrounded myself with the best of people I know: long time friend and musical partner Henric Strömberg (Tomas Denver Jonsson and The September Surprise), the best and most talented girl in the world Ylva Lindberg (Friday Bridge), and the man that used to be in the Morons, the highly accomplished Mattias Svensson.
Now, This Year's Model present you with our first album, The Clock Strikes Ten. A quite crime novel-esque, don't you think. So we invited three of our sources of inspiration to write something in that vein to the booklet; Dickon Edwards, Vic Godard and Jessica Griffin. Amazingly, they all agreed. So, the booklet to this album (beautifully packaged in a digipak sleeve with a 20-page booklet by clever design agency Une Esthétique Nouvelle) is really a terrific cultural artefact in its own right.
But musically then, is it any good? Well, This Year's Model are smugly pleased with this record, anyway. Bid from Scarlet's Well is on it—reciting, singing and playing wonderful guitars on O, Heaven Help My Foolish Heart. And Louise from Don't be a Stranger, sharing writing credits and playing lead guitar on Picture This Ended. The fifteen tracks span from jangly guitars to sweet pianos; via one or two slightly weird harpsichords. We think it's splendid. Hope you will like it too.
El falsete le sale que ni pintado. Pero es obvio que las canciones de Juvelen son muchos mejores que las que hace ahora Prince. Graba para Hybris. ¿mi sello favorito del momento?
Friday Bridge is Ylva Lindberg from Stockholm, Sweden. Friday Bridge creates pretty sounds for having tea and biscuits to on a Sunday evening. She makes them using flutes, tambourines, bells, synthesizers and bird tweets. Sometimes Friday Bridge wishes she was Claudine Longet or maybe Sylvie Vartan. Sometimes she wishes for rain.
LIE084 The Lady Julie (Best Kept Secret, 2004)
VOL006 It Girl (Volupté, split singel w/ Le Sport, 2005)
BED025 Friday Bridge 2 (Bedroom, 2005)
"Intricacy" full-length album on But is it Art?, spring 2007
People seem to like Love and Nostalgia, the new Friday Bridge track... thank you for your support! Alistair Fitchett calls it fabulous, pure pop on Tangents, Coast is Clear calls it a wonderful song — POP mit einem großen P, Swedesplease says it's a cause for celebration and Sonic Magazine says it surpasses our every expectation. Download Love & Nostalgia here:
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Extract from James, Henry, Jr. ‘Alfred de Musset’ The Galaxy, vol. 23, issue 6 (June 1877): “It was proposed to him to accept a place as attaché to the French embassy at Madrid, a comfortable salary being affixed to the post. But Musset found no inspiration in the prospect. He had written about Spain in his earlier years—he had sung in the most charming fashion about Juanas and Pepitas, about señoras in mantillas stealing down palace staircases that look ‘blue’ in the starlight. But the desire to see the picturesqueness that he had fancied proved itself to have none of the force of a motive.”
Sorpresa: vuelven Club 8. Los blogs indies se hacen eco inmeditamente de la noticia. De hecho, ES la noticia del día (indiemp3.co.uk/skatterbrain): Club 8 have announced that they have just finished the first single from the our upcoming 6th album (out September). It's called "Whatever You Want" and will be out on June 13. You can download it for free on My Space now. They have a new album due out in September. It's called The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming,
We have no news of recordings or touring. Just fabulous new T-shirts! Esto es lo que pone en la portada de la web de Belle & Sebastián. Viendo el store (http://www.belleandsebastian.com/store.php ) verdaderamente hay que reconocer que el merchandaising está muy conseguido. Hay de todo, hasta frisbees y puzzles.
De tangents.com
I just had a really sad email from Richard, posted below. Dunno about you, but I am off to play 'Popkiss' because as I once wrote in a book, it sounds exactly as it ought. Pop never got more perfect than that, and that's the way I think I'd like to remember Keith.
Dear Friends
It is with immense sadness that I write to inform you that my dearest friend Keith Girdler died on May 15th 2007. Keith passed away peacefully after a recent deterioration in his condition - he was diagnosed with cancer in July 2004. Keith was a truly special person and I know that many people will hold very fond memories of their time spent in his company. Keith is survived by his partner, his siblings and their families. We are all devastated at the tragic loss of Keith and we will miss him enormously. Keith was known to many as the singer in Blueboy - a brilliant band who are still seen as influential many years since they last released a record. He was a gifted songwriter and he had a beautiful voice. I considered Keith to be not only my best friend but an amazingly talented person. It was a huge privilege to know him. Despite continuing to release records with his other groups Arabesque, Beaumont, Lovejoy and The Snowdrops, Keith's focus shifted away from music in recent years. He enjoyed a successful career, first by training as a qualified social worker and then developing a skilled role as Volunteer Services Manager for Age Concern Eastbourne. He was passionate about his work and the need to stand up for some of the most vulnerable elderly people in our society. Keith was exteremly brave and he continued in his work for as long as possible during his illness. I know that Keith was very highly regarded by his colleagues and the people for whom he provided care and support in his work. He was a selfless and gentle person who genuinely affected everyone he knew with his warmth, kindness, humility and humour. Keith wanted to be remembered, to use his own words, with 'happiness and smiles' - which for those of us fortunate enough to have known him, will come all too easily despite our grief. Words cannot really come close to describing the feelings we have about Keith. However, I know that many people will want to express their sorrow at this news and their sympathy to his family and friends. If you would like to send a message of condolence, or share your memories of Keith, please send an email to: snowboundipc@yahoo.co.uk Messages and tributes to Keith will be published online in the near future, when a suitable web location has been established. Richard Preece
May 2007
Más info en: http://www.myspace.com/blueboysarahrecs
Decía Andrew de Lucky Soul en el post anterior que "Dusty with Love" de Dusty Springfield “always gets overshadowed by Dusty in Memphis but there's still some outstanding singing on there.” Y verdaderamente es un discazo y me gusta más que el laureado por la crítica "Dusty In Memphis" (siempre sale en la listas de los mejores discos del rock). Gracias Andrew.
Elefant ya ha colgado en su web los clips de “Lips Are Unhappy” y “Add your Light to Mine Baby”, por lo que ya te los puedes descargar. Y aquí hay un pequeño extracto de una entrevista al grupo en londonist.com
Who are your influences?
Most Motown (pre Boys2Men), Dusty Springfield/ Walker Brothers, Otis/Stax, Sandie Shaw, anything that Phil Spector did (apart from shooting), Big Bad Burt Bacarach, Gram Parsons, The Kinks, The Smiths and The Stones, Madonna (pre embarrassing mum period) and The Flaming Lips.
Recommend one album to our readers you don't think they will have discovered:
Verdaderamente es un gran lp. Lástima lo del batería.
The Ladybug Transistor are releasing their 5th full length studio, titled “Can’t Wait Another Day” on June 5th via Merge Records. “The album features spirited contributions from members of Aislers Set, Architecture in Helsinki, The Clientele, Jens Lekman, Kevin Barker (Currituck Co., Vetiver), Heather McIntosh (Circulatory System, Instruments) Roy Nathanson (Lounge Lizards/Jazz Passengers) and others. The first fruits of these sessions were heard on 2006’s Here Comes The Rain EP. Sad to say that San Fadyl, long time drummer for the Ladybug Transistor, passed away on April 25th, 2007. His death was caused by a long time battle with asthma. More information about San from the Ladybug Transistor can be read here.
Not since the postal service have we heard an album that joins together electro and pop so perfectly. it's a summer album and we don't say that lightly. mathieu gendreau (electronics) and pieter van dessel (vocals / electronics) are plastic operator. respectively hailing from montreal and antwerp, the pair met at london's westminster university in 2001 where they were both studying audio production. bonding over a shared love of two decades of fine electronic pop music (influences include jean-michel jarre, akufen, the pet shop boys, vangelis, boards of canada, the postal service...) the pair began to make this
Excelente y ambicioso disco. ¡Y con un maravilloso artwork! (ver fotos en: http://monttmardie.blogspot.com/2007/04/pancakes-and-brand-new-double-album.html Swedepop overachiever Montt Mardié returns yet again with not one, but TWO new albums! And the second one is all duets with some of Sweden's biggest indiepop stars! His new record, the 2 cd set Clocks/Pretender (Hybris) is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year. Clocks one contains 10 songs recorded with a string quartet and big band backing up Montt mardié in full crooner/motown style while disc two is full of duets with his favorite Swedish artists! Andreas Mattsson, Bobby Baby, The Legnds, Le Sport, Jens Lekman, Deportees, Christian Zellinger, Vapnet, Mr. Suitcase and Hello saferide
I Am a Wallet es el mejor disco de materialismo pop de la historia, aunque no sirva para nada.” (El crítico José Manuel Caturla en el Rock de Lux) (Cherry Red ha reeditado este lp con cuatro temas extras y con un texto de Bob Stanley)