Tim Gane & Sean O´Hagan - BSO de "La Vie d´artiste"

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Tim Gane & Sean O'Hagan evoke graceful, cinematic sounds on this outstanding film score. The second disc of this set features music that didn't get used in the movie.

Gane and O'Hagan (respectively of Stereolab and High Llamas fame) put their heads together to pen the music for a French comedy 'La Vie d'Artiste'. This is the first time they've worked together as a double act since their one-record band, Turn On, released a self-titled album in 1996.

When originally approached by the director, Marc Fitoussi (a huge fan of both the High Llamas and Stereolab), he wanted them to deliver something that captured what he loved about both bands and reached the heights of classic film composers like Ennio Morricone, François de Roubaix and Piero Picconi. A big challenge and one that took a lot of time to achieve, but they rose it and delivered both an apt and outstanding original score.

The film itself follows the life of three separate artists -- lives which inadvertently affect one another: a singer wishes to break free from her days of waitressing, a teacher strives to be a writer (finally driven to stealing the work of a pupil) and a would-be Broadway actress feels frustrated in her cartoon voiceover day job. The soundtrack, a humble touch of everything we ever loved about Stereolab, gracefully reflects the cast as they each strive to create their own destinies.

Dos novedades de Matinee

Dos novedades más de Matinee: De una parte, The Hermit Crabs con su lp de debut llamado “Saw You Dancing”, cuyo mejor tema es “Feel Good Factor”, que ya estaba incluido en su ep de debut... Y también un Ep nuevo de Maths and Physics, “Baby I´m Yours” 

“I'm from a sort of punk, D.I.Y. scene, so it's great to feel that now I'm in an indie band that that's going on as well. I'm all for small bands, small labels, try to bring down the big companies." (The Hermit Crabs a aversion.com)

 

The Rumble Strips: ¿Los nuevos Dexy´s?

Sean o no los nuevos Dexy´s, esta canción –“Girls & boys in love”-  es uno de los mejores singles del año. Apenas si llega a los dos minutos y es una delicia. Acaban de publicar su primer lp que recoge todos sus singles anteriores. Meet the next generation of young soul rebels!

Biolay 7-11-07 Valencia (Greenspace)

The Pearlfishers - Up with the Larks

 “A sun-kissed trip to the most baroque and extravagant sounds of the Sixties” (UNCUT)

They are back back back with Up With The Larks (MA 69), their sixth album for Marina Records. Joyous title track, “Up With The Larks” kickstarts the day, “shattered and blue in splinters and sparks”, rich with trademark Pearlfishers lush vocal harmonies, multi-layered guitar texture, the wild jangle of a battered upright piano and exquisite melodic twists and turns. Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake co-produced four of the album’s cuts, starting with “The Bluebells” – not a tribute to once famous Scottish popsters but a beautiful, string-laden rumination on the turning of seasons. One act that does indeed receive a full-blooded name-check are Womack And Womack in a song titled, aptly enough, “Womack And Womack” which recalls Scott’s early days running with the hawks of the major music industry (“…left the school and joined a band, like other lads across the land, gladly kissed the corporate hand…”). Morning breaks again in “Ring The Bells For A Day”, complete with the glittering Big Star chime of massed Fender Stratocaster, an exultation to “cast the night away” and a line written in tribute to one of Scott’s enduring heroes, Brian Wilson: “Wherever you lie down, wherever you wake up, the world follows”.The Pearlfishers 2006 Japanese tour with BMX Bandits is thrillingly recounted in “The Umbrellas Of Shibuya”, a song which takes its reference point from Michel Legrand’s classic movie opera “The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg” but locates itself in a Tokyo rainstorm – with neon puddles, painted in Morricone banjos, Sakamoto synth blooms, Nilsson mouth music and, most tellingly, Scott’s truly unique sense of melody and structure. Another highlight is the Randy Newman-esque “With You On My Mind” which sounds like a lost Tin Pan Alley classic arranged by Van Dyke Parks. “London’s In Love” could be the theme song to an as-yet-to-be-made romantic comedy blockbuster starring the new Cary Grant, set in the “blue black air” of Britain’s capital, full of promise and heartbreak.The Pearlfishers, firmly rooted in the classic tradition of three minute cinematics as pioneered by Webb, McCartney and, recently Rufus Wainwright, reach a great finale with the album’s closing songs: “Blue Riders On The Range”, a sparkling widescreen epic (sounding like Marvin & Diana doing “RAM”) and the gorgeous, pastoral “I Just See The Rainbow” which ends the album on an optimistic note. “And call me cock-eyed if you will, but I don’t see that dark hill, I just see the rainbow…”.

The only way is UP!Check out http://www.marinarecords.com/ma69.htm for further details and soundfiles. The album gets a worldwide release on September 28, 2007. CD and download.The Umbrellas Of Shibuya (MA 70) is also available as a 7” on white wax. It features the exclusive track “Clumsy” and is way limited – better be quick, folks!More details: http://www.marinarecords.com/ma70.htm.

Produced and arranged by David Scott. Tracks 2, 3, 9 & 10 produced by David Scott and Norman Blake
Track 7 produced by David Scott and Jim Gash

Art Direction & Design by Stefan Kassel / www.stefankassel.com

Words and music by David Scott / Marina SongsRelease date: September 28, 2007 (MA 69)  

"This is Tomorrow" - Paul Kelly & St Etienne

Saint Etienne siguen con sus películas, ayudando a Paul Kelly (ex East Village y manager del grupo). “This is Tomorrow” es la nueva y es un documental sobre el transcurso del tiempo en el Southbank. Como ya se vio en sus anteriores documentales, el romanticismo y la obsesión por Londres, predominan ante todo. Han colgado en esta página de youtube varias escenas de la misma. Naturalmente la música es de ellos: http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=loversunitefilms 

The film features interviews with people who have made major contributions to the building and its architecture, including designer Robin Day, original architects Trevor Dannatt and Jim Cadbury-Brown, Southbank Centre's current artistic director Jude Kelly, artist Jeremy Deller and author Alain De Botton as well as builders, manufacturers, local residents and Southbank Centre staff. Plus Brief City (UK 1952. Dir Jacques Brunius & Maurice Harvey. 19min): How the Festival of Britain transformed the South Bank into a post-war wonderland.

Control

Verdaderamente impresiona el avance de “Control”, el debut cinematográfico del excelente fotógrafo Anton Corbijn y que versa en torno a la vida de Ian Curtis y Joy División. Está rodada en blanco y negro (faltaría más, si estamos hablando de Joy División y de Corbijn) y el guión está basado en el libro de Deborah Curtis. Las críticas en Cannes han sido muy buenas y el film se estrena a principios de Octubre en Uk y USA. Toda la info (y espectaculares fotos sobre la misma, en  http://www.joydiv.org/these.htm)

 

The soundtrack:

Drive-in Saturday - David Bowie
2hb - Roxy Music
The Jean Genie - David Bowie
Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
Problems (live) - Sex Pistols
No Love Lost - Joy Division
Evidently Chicken Town - John Cooper Clarke (hardly a "song" as such of course)
Leaders Of Men - "Joy Moviesion" (i.e. Sam Riley et al)
Boredom - The Buzzcocks
Digital - "Joy Moviesion"
Transmission - "Joy Moviesion"
Insight - "Joy Moviesion"
She's Lost Control - "Joy Moviesion"
Candidate - "Joy Moviesion"
What Goes On - Velvet Underground
Disorder - "Joy Moviesion"
Atmosphere - Joy Division
Shadowplay - The Killers

... Joy Moviesion are Sam Riley and Co

menudo cachondeo con las deluxe editions

Yo no se cuantas veces han editado el “My Aim is True” en cd “con temas extras”. En octubre está prevista la penúltima, porque seguro que no es la última... El clip elegido es ¡la primera aparición de Elvis en TV: Una versión acústica de "Alison"

Disco 1

1.: Welcome To The Working Week

2.: Miracle Man

3.: No Dancing

4.: Blame It On Cain

5.: Alison

6.: Sneaky Feelings

7.: Angels Wanna Hear My Red Shoes

8.: Less Than Zero

9.: Mystery Dance

10.: Pay It Back

11.: I'm Not Angry

12.: Waiting For The End Of The World

13.: Watching The Detectives

14.: No Action (early version)

15.: Living In Paradise (early version)

16.: Radio Sweetheart

17.: Stranger In The House

18.: Welcome To The Working Week (demo)

19.: Blue Minute (demo)

20.: Miracle Man (demo)

21.: Waiting For The End Of The World (demo)

22.: Call On Me (demo)

23.: Angels Wanna Hear My Red Shoes (demo)

24.: I Don't Want To Go Home (demo)

25.: I Hear A Melody (demo version)

Disco 2

1.: Introduction (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977) - Robinson, Dave

2.: Welcome To The Working Week (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

3.: Blame It On Cain (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

4.: No Dancing (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

5.: Waiting For The End Of The World (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

6.: Night Rally (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

7.: Hoover Factory (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

8.: No Action (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

9.: I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

10.: Miracle Man (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

11.: Beat (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

12.: Less Than Zero (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

13.: Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

14.: Lipstick Vogue (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

15.: Watching The Detectives (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

16.: Lip Service (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

17.: Mystery Dance (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

18.: Alison (live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

19.: Pay It Back (soundcheck live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

20.: Radio Sweetheart (soundcheck live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

21.: Sneaky Feelings (soundcheck live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

22.: Crawling To The USA (soundcheck live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

23.: Alison (soundcheck live at the Nashville Rooms 1977)

 

The Smiths: Libro de fotos, ¿Box set? y recuerdo de su mejor clip (¡decenas de morriseys en bici!)

There is one page about the Smiths in the october edition of Mojo.

 

"WHAT GOES ON !-(page 14.)
THEY CAN SMILE ABOUT IT NOW.

Photo book captures The Smiths in their first flush. Plus, is the band's long awaited box set finally ready?

However long a major band lasts, there is something ineffably alluring about their first photographs. Paul Slattery was on hand for The Smiths'infancy and his new book:The Smiths:The Early Years, presents edited but copious highlights.It covers 1983 and 1984, years when Slattery photographed the group on eight separate occasions. There are handsome live shots in abundance from Glastonbury, Paris and London-Morrissey's quiff, you notice,has yet to come to full glory at the May 1983 show at the University of London-and numerous posed group shots, including this cheery image of Morrissey and Johnny Marr at the Manchester Central station, also from May 1983.An extended sequence of The Smiths backstage at The University of East Anglia in February 1984, meanwhile, shows uncommon scenes of the band pre and post-gig.

Also stirring up the band's meteoric but brief lifetime are indications that a 4-CD box set of rarities and remastered albums may at least be appearing. Rumoured since 2001, and reputedly held up by in-band disagreement, the box set has now been approved by Morrissey and Marr.

"There isn't really that much unreleased music", Marr told Mojo, "but there's good versions of songs, of golden oldies, stripped down original takes before lots of overdubs went on-just the three of us putting down the take and the vocal and that's it.Those things sound really, really good. And there's a lot of great live stuff' cos we were a phenomenal live band".

A source from Warner said that, contrary to popular belief, the label is keen to see the remastered albums available again and that plans also include releasing 2-CD editions of The Smiths' albums and all of their singles on vinyl, in 7- and 12-inch formats."

The Smiths: The Early Years by Paul Slattery is published by Omnibus at £19.95.

The Lucksmiths - Spring a leak

Weighing in at a handsome 45 songs, Spring a Leak is a comprehensive overview of The Lucksmiths' non-album recordings of the past decade, gathering 7" tracks, b-sides, compilation songs, live gems, unreleased rarities, remixes, and cover versions. It all comes wrapped up superbly in a deluxe double-CD digipak, with artwork by Melbourne illustrator Trudy White.

DISC 1

1) Falling Off of My Feet Again (compilation track, Siddeleys cover)
2) Point Being (b-side)
3) The Invention of Ordinary Everyday Things (7" version)
4) Synchronised Sinking (previously unreleased radio session)
5) Postcard (previously unreleased, Simpletons cover)
6) The Year of Driving Languorously (compilation track, radio session)
7) Even Stevens (previously unreleased radio session)
8) There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (compilation track, Smiths cover)
9) Macintyre (7" version)
10) The Winter Proper (b-side)
11) Anyone's Guess (compilation track)
12) $30 (compilation track)
13) Get Well Now (7" b-side)
14) A Hiccup in Your Happiness (previously unreleased radio session)
15) Deep Sea Diving Suit (b-side, Magnetic Fields cover)
16) Punchlines (live on television)
17) Snug (previously unreleased alternative version)
18) I Prefer the Twentieth Century (Hydroplane remix, compilation track)
19) To Absent Votes (b-side, compilation track)
20) Make a Wish (previously unreleased Cat's Miaow cover)
21) Smokers in Love (live, previously unreleased)
22) Are You Having a Good Time?!?! (7" b-side)

DISC 2

1) From Macaulay Station (b-side)
2) I Started a Joke (b-side, Bee Gees cover)
3) Once Again (compilation track)
4) How to Tie a Tie (Pipas remix, compilation track)
5) Rushes of Pure Spring (previously unreleased, Ladybug Transistor cover)
6) Rue Something (b-side)
7) Off With His Cardigan! (previously unreleased radio session)
8) Camera-Shy (live, previously unreleased)
9) Requiem For the Punters Club (b-side)
10) Yunta Hair (compilation track)
11) Dignified and Old (compilation track, Modern Lovers cover)
12) Caravanna (7" version)
13) The Thought That Counts (compilation track)
14) Up (7" version)
15) Boat (Bedridden cover, compilation track)
16) Broken Bones (compilation track, radio session)
17) Danielle Steel (live, compilation track)
18) Dolly (previously unreleased, Sugargliders cover)
19) Shine on Me (7" version)
20) Transpontine (Andrew Kaffer remix)
21) The Tichborne Claimant (live, compilation track)
22) I've Got It and It's Not Worth Having (compilation track, Boyracer cover)
23) Your Favourite Shirt (previously unreleased demo)

¡un hit en el nuevo disco de Kevin Ayers!

AYERS, KEVIN
the unfairground

Release Date: 10/09/2007

the pioneer of the british psychedelic scene returns with his first studio album in 15 years accompanied by the artists he inspred like teenage fanclub, ladybug transistor, candie payne and euros childs. also featured is long time musician and close friend hugh hopper from his soft machine days. ayers ambles through these gently beguiling songs like an old rogue who has fallen into the company of some indulgent new friends. robert wyatt guests as the wyattron, a heavily treated harmony on 'cold shoulder' that recalls eno's metamorphosis into the enotron on wyatt's own records. phil manzanera, another of wyatt's crew, adds some faintly threatening freak-out in the background of 'brainstorm'. best of all, the elusive bridget st john duets on 'baby come home', a romantic gambol with the rich brass band trim that's a hallmark of this whole, immensely pleasant record.

 

THE GO! TEAM -

Siguiendo las indicaciones de Sergio y su fascinación por el directo que hicieron en el FIB, he escuchado el nuevo lp de este grupo inglés y la verdad no me ha dicho mucho excepto el single, que es todo un trallazo pop:

"This is the second single from the forthcoming second album ’proof of youth’. ’doing it right’ is a mammoth pop single that starts and steals from ’dancing in the street’ - the 1964 song first recorded by martha and the vandellas. then it heads into cheerleader chants, joyous hooks and 70s style brass. at every turn there is something new and exciting. this perfect pop nugget could have easily been a song written for sesame street. the cd single comes backed by exclusive b-side ’milk crisis.

’"Doing It Right" - 3:23 Written by: The Go! Team / Weldon McDougal / Guy Hemric, Jerry Styner. Contains Elements of Cindy Gibson’s "I’ll Always Love You" , and Hemric and Styner’s "International Girl

Marc Almond - Happy heart

There's a certain sound always follows me around
When you're close to me you will hear it
It's the sound that lovers hear when they discover
There could be no other for their love

Music by Hans Last and Words by Jackie Rae

Andy Williams (peak Billboard position # 22 in 1969)

Tema también interpretado por Petula Clark, Nick Decaro y Anita Kerr

Marc Almond la interpreta de manera maravillosa en su nuevo lp, “Stardom road” (que también cuenta con colaboraciones de lujo, entre ellas la de Sarah Cracknell, con la que canta el "I Close My Eyes and Coun to Ten" de Dusty)

Popcasting 54

Me he bajado el popcasting 54 de Jaime Souvenir y es un programa que realmente le salió redondo. Para empezar ha cambiado la sintonía que sigue siendo de The Beach Boys pero esta vez una versión del “Walk on By” (contenida en Friends/20/20 ) de Bacharach & David que no conocía y que es realmente bonita.

 

El tracklisting es el siguiente: jerry butler · moon river  ::  katy mofatt · fools fall in love  ::  lee hazlewood & anne margret · dark end of the street  ::  jane birkin & françoise hardy · comment lui dire adieu  ::  etienne daho & dani · comme un boomerang  ::  april march · mon ange gardien  ::  dean & britta · I deserve it  ::  robert forster · echo beach  ::  sonny and cher · leave me be  ::  lambchop · backstreet girl  ::  morrissey · moon river.

 

La versión del “Moon River” de Jerry Butler es impresionante, al igual que la de Katy Moffatt del “Fools Fall in Love” (Lieber & Stoller). Pero da igual destacar cosas; el programa de principio a fin es una maravilla. Así que a bajárselo: http://www.geocities.com/popcastingpop/

 

The School nuevo grupo Elefant

The School: ¡se acabó el verano!

Te vas a alegrar de que se acabe el verano: Elefant Records te lleva de nuevo a la escuela. Si te gustan otros grupos del sello como CAMERA OBSCURA o los más recientes LUCKY SOUL, seguro que te encantará este novísimo grupo británico del que dentro de muy poco estará hablando todo el mundo, THE SCHOOL. Un grupo adorable que combina un encantador espíritu indie con los trucos de producción aprendidos de la escucha compulsiva de discos de Phil Spector y Brian Wilson, liderado por Liz de THE LOVES. Sus miembros son todos de Cardiff (Gales), excepto Rob, el batería, que también toca con THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO. Con sólo cuatro conciertos en su haber ya han fichado por Elefant, y este mes de septiembre entran a grabar su primer single, "All I wanna do", bajo la producción de Ian Catt (SAINT ETIENNE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, NOSOTRÄSH). Un single de vinilo en edición limitada que será la antesala a su debut en larga duración, repleto de gemas de sunshine pop que harán que la escuela te recuerde lo mejor del verano.


AUDIO / MP3 [Demo]:
http://www.elefant.com/articulo/6137/the-school-nuevo-grupo-elefant

+ INFO:
http://www.myspace.com/theschoolband

El marketing del boca a boca

Número 1 en el “Northern Soul top 500” de Kev Roberts; “the rarest of the rare northern soul single”; “The northern soul most expensive record”... Así se hacen las leyendas. ¿Cómo no sentir curiosidad en buscar y escuchar la canción ????

Frank Wilson is an african american former songwriter and record producer for Motown. He joined the company in 1965. Wilson also tried his hand at being a recording artist himself, recording the single “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" for release on the Motown subsidiary label 'Soul.' Supposedly 250 demo 45s were pressed, but by that time Frank Wilson decided he would rather focus on producing and had the demos trashed. Somehow at least two known copies survived, one of which fetched £15,000 (aprox. $28,000.00). Because of the scarcity of the original single and the high quality of the music (it was one of the most popular records in the Northern soul movement), it has been championed as one of the rarest and most valuable records in history.

Para ver quienes son los dos propietarios actuales de dichos singles, ver: http://www.thisoldsoul.com/fw.html

Pd: La canción está disponible en cualquier recopilación de best of the northern soul que se precie, así como en varias de la Tamla Motown.

 

El club de antifans de Primal Scream, Wire y "Outdoor Miner"

“Primal Scream son el McDonald´s de la música. El rock como marca. Siempre suenan como el productor que contratan. Yo podría hacer un disco suyo sin necesidad de que ellos pasasen por el estudio. SON EL PEOR GRUPO DEL MUNDO. ME MOLESTA SU EXISTENCIA. A veces me provocan impulsos violentos. Es horrible encontrarles cada día en la radio, TV o revistas. Mis amigos me dicen que no es buena idea insultarles porque tocan en todos los festivales. Me da igual porque ya les he aguantado bastante. Son una especie de Spam. En Inglaterra no puedes escapar de ellos.” (Colin Newman (Wire, Githead) a Víctor Lenore en el Rock de Lux 254)

 Pd: Parece que el señor Newman me ha quitado la presidencia del club de anti fans de Primal Scream. Una pena. Tendré que conformarme con la vicepresidencia. El de la foto es Mr. Newman, claro. ¡No iba a poner una foto del Gillespie! ¡qué este blog se llama ANTIROCK! Claro que Wire no son lo mío, exceptuando el “Outdoor Miner” (Memorable estribillo el de “He lies on his side, is he trying to hide? In fact it's the earth, which he's known since birth”). Por cierto la letra según la web stereosociety.com, tiene un curioso origen: “The music was written by Colin after Graham had given him lyrics about the intense domestic problem facing the serpentine miner, an insect which lives in a leaf and eats its chlorophyll.  Graham's lyrics are anxious about the possibility of the roof falling in.” 

Tarantino utiliza el Chickhabit de April March en su última película

Laisse Tomber Les Filles" is a French song composed by Serge Gainsbourg and performed by France Gall in 1964. April March recorded two covers of the song in 1995: one with the original French lyrics, and another, "Chick Habit," with English lyrics written by March.The song is used for the end texts in the movie Death Proff by Quentin Tarantino

Hatcham Social enamorados de Postcard

Curiosamente la cara B de su nuevo single ("Penelope") me gusta más que la A, que es la que podéis ver en el vídeo, aunque igual es porque la cara A es más Josef K y la B más Aztec Camera... El grupo parece un revival de los 80: Editan cassettes, hablan de Postcard, Pastels, Mary Chain y tocan habitualmente en un club llamado Living Room 2...

 "...Hatcham Social are the next lovely provisional state of the Postcard era..." - Tim Burgess

"...think Josef K meets Aztec Camera and you are half way there..." - Alan Mcgee

"...terrific..." - NME

Rilo Kiley: Los Nuevos Fleetwood Mac

No hay más que escuchar “Breakin Up” y sobre todo “Dreamworld” de su nuevo lp “Under The Blacklight”. Y la producción... Y Jenny Lewis haciendo de Stevie Nicks... Los 70 en el 2007