He estado escuchando al recopilación C06 y la verdad no me ha dicho mucho. Lo único que me ha llamado la atención es un tema de la banda noruega The April Skies titulado rise and rise again. Pero no pondría mi mano en el fuego por ellos después de escuchar los demás mp3s de su web. Tampoco se podía esperar mucho más de un grupo cuyo nombre proviene de una canción de The Jesus and Mary Chain.
New Future Pilot AKA album released on 5th February 2007
'Secrets From the Clockhouse' will be available on Creeping Bent Records on February 5th 2007.The album will be available as a download via Bleep, Rough Trade and various sites. The long player features collaborations and contributions from members of The Go-Betweens (Robert Forster and the late great Grant McLennan) , Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon) , Belle & Sebastian (Stuart Murdoch/Sarah Martin), The Fire Engines (Davy Henderson), Can (Damo Suzuki) , The Minutemen/Stooges (Mike Watt) & Unkle Bob as well as featuring Scottish illustrator/novelist Alasdair Gray, early music group Concerto Caledonia, and folk singer Karine Polwart. Liner notes are written by musician and composer Gavin Bryars.
Incluye las dos canciones del gran single "Eyes of love" y "Changes"
Black Dog Publishing -una editorial a tener en cuenta: http://www.bdpworld.com/ - ha editado ya un par de referencias sobre dos sellos dentro de su colección the labels unlimited series: Warp y Rough Trade. DJ Yanopuedomas ya tiene su copia del segundo. Un libro que promete (ya sólo en la portada se ven singles de The Smiths, Young Marble Giants y Subway Sect). Sergio, ya me lo pasarás.
This book is a welcome distillation of the rough trade story from the labels perspective, written by prolific music writer, rob young, (editor-at-large of the wire magazine). geoff travis set up the record label rough trade as a communistic, diy alternative to the mainstream in the mid 70s, and it became one of the most influential companies in britain's music history. the label has cut countless ground breaking records by artists including the smiths, the raincoats, scritti politti, the pop group, the go-betweens, aztec camera, robert wyatt, the fall, arthur russell, ivor cutler, linton kwesi johnson, galaxie 500 and mazzy star. following on from warp, the first in the labels unlimited series, this book looks back at the history of rough trade records, tracing the changes that have occurred over the past three decades across the board; examining both the production aspect of the company and the distribution and record shops that operate as separate businesses with worldwide reputations. filled with archive images, profiles and interviews, rough trade tells the story of a label that altered the landscape of the music industry, and traces the development of independent music in britain over the past 30 years.
Vuelve Shelflife Records con tres fichajes nuevos, de los que sólo destaco los suecos DAYS
http://myspace.com/shelfliferecords
http://www.myspace.com/daysswe
Esto es lo que escribió de ellos el blog de rainfelldown:
This is the best one yet, I promise you! Janglepop is back. This is probably the Best Swedish Band Ever, at least just as good as Happydeadmen. They're called Days, and I won't tell you any more about them, there's no need. Some of us have had a feeling that guitars were on their way back, and with Days the future of Swedish POP! has been secured for, well, as long as Days are around. Go to Stockholm and see them in November. The only comparison I can think of is St. Christopher, and how's that for a comparison? There are more heavenly sounds on MySpace. Discover Days, get to know them, be their friends, and give them an affectionate hug every night before you go to sleep. Don't be scared to get happy.
Ya no habrá edición en papel
Con sólo registrarte, te puedes bajar en pdf la revista cada mes y además hay secciones, noticias y -por supuesto- blogs. Uno de ellos de Darío Vico
¡Y el sonido es bueno!
ver: http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2006/09/popguns.html
an official live recording (on cassette) which was given away to fans at one of the bands gigs.
The Popguns - Official Live Tape (62mb) Download here.
Es domingo por la mañana... Y aquí estoy entrando en la página de Tangents y encontrándome con que puedo descargarme ¡gratis! un fanzine dedicado a Postcard que realizó en los 80 una chica americana llamada Barbara.
Y leo el correspondiente artículo que explica todo esto y creo que me voy a desmayar de la emoción:
A Postcard Records fanzine Part 2 of John Carney's Shivers inside series
Le nouvel album de Keren Ann paraîtra en France et dans toute l'Europe le 23 avril 2007 chez Capitol, et aux USA le 8 mai chez Metro Blue/Blue Note. Ce cinquième disque est le successeur de “Nolita”. Le premier single extrait de “Keren Ann” est “Lay Your Head Down”. “Liberty”, “The Harder Ships Of The World”, “Between The Flatland And The Caspian Sea” et “Where No Endings End” comptent parmi les neuf nouvelles compositions originales de cet album produit par Keren Ann, mixé par Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Alanis Morissette), et masterisé par Bob Ludwig.
“Keren Ann” a permis à l'artiste d'explorer de nouvelles dimensions sonores : “Dans ce disque, tout ce qui touche au mixage et au remplissage de l'espace avec des éléments variés, a été vraiment plaisant. Il y a également eu davantage de post-production, comme cette chorale enregistrée en Islande que j'ai ensuite emmenée chez moi pour voir quel parti je pouvais en tirer.”
Sí, es uno de los 2 miembros de Arab Strap.
Y sus letras siguen siendo super depresivas:
We’re all going to die, what if there’s nothing? We’ll all have to face this alone. There’s a when not an if inside everybody, mortal thoughts like this can make you feel so alone. You’re gonna die, you’re gonna die, you’re gonna die alone, all alone…”
Pero la canción "We´re All Going To Die" está muy bien. Todo un hit. Es curioso como una letra así puede tener unas melodías tan optimistas. Casi casi suena como Talulah Gosh, sobre todo por la voz femenina...
Esta vez Gail O´Hara nos habla del London Film Festival, del Saint Etienne Xmas Party, del nuevo vídeo clip de The Gothic Archies, una mini entrevista a The Clientele (donde dicen: "everything we've ever released is a tribute to the monkees") de la Joe Meek Night que prepara Bob Stanley, de recetas de pastelitos vegetarianos y del fantástico cd de The Pines.
Precisamente esto es lo que más escucho últimamente. NÚMERO 1 en mi universo. Las canciones son preciosas y Pam Berry canta como nunca. Un 10, aunque la lástima sea que hasta 15 canciones de la discografía de The Pines hayan quedado fuera, incluidas maravillas como "Leavin´in your mind" (de Matinee Summer Splash) o "Ungrammatical". Naturalmente yo ya me hecho mi propia expanded/deluxe version de "It´s been a while" para arreglar esta inconclusa recopilación. Matinee debería haberse estirado y haber hecho un doble CD
Verdaderamente el Mark Smith es una risa.
En el nuevo lp de The Fall se atreve a hacer una versión de Merle Haggard -"White LIne Fever"- y sale victorioso.
Por cierto, no conocía la versión original y es un gran tema
Sanctuary has confirmed the tracklisting for the UK release of Reformation Post TLC, due out on Slogan (a Sanctuary subsidiary) on 12 February 2007. There will be CD and vinyl editions.
Reformation Post T.L.C. is described by a spokesperson for the label as 12 songs of "fuzzy wuzzy psyche-garage tunes." With an album cover shot by famed photographer Bob Gruen -- who has also photographed music icons like the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, among others -- it looks like the Fall are set for a triumphant return following their last release, 2005's Fall Heads Roll.
El nuevo Mojo lo pone muy bien: http://www.visi.com/fall/gigography/image/07feb_mojo/index.html
Sólo 22 euros con gastos incluidos
LABRADOR 100
»a complete history of popular music«
CD-LAB0100
We celebrate our 100th release and 10 years as a label with an exclusive 4 CD Box with one song from each release ever. 100 songs + thick booklet with Labrador history and interview, comments on each track, the bands list their Labrador favourites and more.
Order now and get it February 14!
200 SEK { €22 }
Here's the press release for the NEW band release coming in 2007.
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 07, 2006 -- KOCH Records announces the release of "Meet The Smithereens!," the new album by New Jersey's The Smithereens in January 2007. Paying homage to The Beatles' groundbreaking album, "Meet The Beatles!," the Smithereens have rerecorded the album in its entirety, and the result is a fun and nostalgic trip through 12 classic songs done Smithereens style. The CD also features liner notes by legendary promoter Sid Bernstein, musician (and some would say musicologist) Lenny Kaye, Beatles historians Bruce Spizer, Dennis Mitchell and Andy Babiuk, author of the fantastic book, "Beatles Gear."
Having released 7 albums -- and reaching Gold and Platinum status along the way -- during their career, the Smithereens spawned several Top 40 radio hits, including, "A Girl Like You," "Too Much Passion," "Blood and Roses" and more.
The Smithereens return with an affectionate tribute to one of their favorite bands, The Beatles. "Meet The Beatles!" influenced not only their musical style, but arguably influenced the style of every rock band since the album's initial release in January of 1964.
"Meet The Beatles!" was the Fab Four's second album, but their first official U.S. release. But unlike its British counterpart "With The Beatles!," which was comprised mostly of cover songs, "Meet the Beatles!" featured songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and proved to be mind-shattering to music fans in an age in which artists rarely wrote their own material.
Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken says, "'Meet the Beatles!' was a call to arms to an army of musically-inclined kids across the nation. There was no turning back after hearing this LP and seeing the Beatles on the 'Ed Sullivan Show.' We were instantly hipped to the fact that there can never be anything cooler than playing in a rock n roll band."
The tracklisting:
1. I Want to Hold Your Hand 7. Don't Bother Me
2. I Saw Her Standing There 8. Little Child
3. This Boy 9. 'Till There Was You
4. It Won't Be Long 10. Hold Me Tight
5. All I've Got To Do 11. I Wanna Be Your Man
6. All My Lovin' 12. Not A Second Time
Sally Shapiro is a slice of irresistible italo-disco-synthpop. Produced by Johan Agebjörn, there’s a bit of naivety in the vocals that could be compared to some late 80s Freestyle hits. “I’ll Be By Your Side” is just so… sweet. It’ll have you hugging yourself. Even though they’re doing different things, Sally Shapiro reminds me slightly of Annie. Like they both successfully bottled the same mix of carefreeness and coolness.
¡Y hace una versión del "Anorak Christmas" de Nixon!
Disco Romance turns the Smiths' happy-music-with-sad-lyrics formulation on its head-- and then you dance to it.
Sally Shapiro es una chica sueca que canta disco ochentero, azucarado y plástico. Es como esa música que oyes de vacaciones en el mediterráneo griego, saliendo de un bar adolescente oliendo a trago dulce. Village Voice dice que es la Belle and Sebastian del techno y Pitchfork ha incluido varios tracks en sus Infinite Mixtapes.
¡Qué bien suena el cd 2 de la reedición de Calenture de The Triffids!
Las versiones del cd 2 parecen grabadas en el local del ensayo. Son demos anteriores a la majestuosa y gran producción de Gil Norton, pero demuestran que las canciones se sustentan aún sin pulirlas. Como un diamante en bruto
Superb 20-track collection of singles, compilation appearances, and unreleased tracks from London pop duo The Pines—a collaboration of legendary American songstress Pam Berry and amiable English gent Joe Brooker featuring strong songwriting, intricate guitars, and exquisite harmonies. Joe is a prolific songwriter and one-half of English pop duo The Foxgloves, while Pam’s distinguished resume includes association with notable indie bands of the last decade including Belmondo, Black Tambourine, Bright Coloured Lights, The Castaway Stones, Glo Worm, The Seashell Sea, The Shapiros, The Snowdrops, and Veronica Lake, plus guest spots on recordings by The Clientele, Jasmine Minks, The Lucksmiths, The Relict, and The Saturday People. Beginning in 2000, The Pines released a series of limited edition singles for esteemed record labels Annika (Spain), Becalmed (UK), Foxyboy (USA), Gifted (Australia), Long Lost Cousin (UK), and Matinée (USA) and contributed compilation tracks to collections by Chickfactor (USA), Papercuts (UK), and Red Square (USA). In addition to highlights from these releases, ‘It’s Been A While’ includes three songs from an extremely rare self-released Christmas CD and unreleased covers of songs by Young Marble Giants and The Cat’s Miaow.
Tracklisting: 1. Milk Bar 2. A Hundred Doors 3. Forget-Me-Nots 4. Chalet 5. A Rainy Day 6. MGM 7. Please Don't Get Married (Without Asking Me) 8. Static 9. Fields In Spain 10. Marie Claire 11. Baby, You'll Do 12. Aurora 13. Some Slow Afternoon 14. Brand-New-Life 15. Familiar 16. Seven Clubs 17. Miracles 18. High Street 19. I See Stars 20. Kisses & Fog
Con Autour de Lucie en una pausa que podría ser definitiva según Les Inrocks, Valérie Leulliot ha anunciado la edición en Enero de "Caldeira", su primer disco en solitario y para el que ha contado con la participación de Stephan Kramer, Sébastien Lafargue y de Christophe Miossec...
El primer single se titula "Mon Homme Blessé"
And here's my top 10, coming from the cutting-edge perspective of a Midwestern 40-year-old ex-hipster:
1) Slumber Party: Musik
2) Belle & Sebastian: The Life Pursuit *
3) The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely
4) The Long Blondes: Someone To Drive You Home
5) Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of...Your Ass
6) Broadcast: The Future Crayon
7) Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out Of This Country
8) Love Is All: Nine Times That Same Song
9) Mission of Burma: The Obliterati
10) The Loud Family: What If It Works? *
* granted, hardly their best efforts, but I did like and listen to them a lot
My top 5 reissues: Delta 5, This Heat, CD86, Josef K and Ut. Predictable.
Debut Album Available
FEBRUARY 6th"
Miami, Florida
Francoise Hardy, The Smiths, John Barry, Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach
The Postmarks deliver smooth, sophisticated pop. their soft vocals linger with you the way good solid music should. Their songs and recordings have been carefully crafted as a "heartbreak factory": “A suburban bedroom symphony suffused with post-teenage heartbreak and painstaking pointillism." (The New Times Broward/Palm Beach.) With nods to French pop and Brian Wilson's orchestral arrangements, The Postmarks believe they can rekindle the love affair people once had for beautiful music and well-crafted songs about the trials and tribulations of life.
The Postmarks cite Brian Wilson as a major musical influence (who doesn’t?), and the upbeat melodies do justice to the statement. Though it may seem to be a bit parallel, The Smiths are one of the band’s most vocal lyrical influences. (Obscure Sounds Blog)
Su nuevo single dicen que es una versión de "Zerox", de la etapa punk (1979) de Adam and the Ants, anterior a su fichaje por CBS, pero la verdad es que no se parecen en nada... Mucho mejor canción la de The Client