mouxlaloulouda: Ιανουαρίου 2010

"Whispers of the heart"

Ο Jeremy Jay μετά τα απολαυστικά 'A place where we could go' και "Slow dance' επιστρέφει φέτος με δύο δισκογραφικές κυκλοφορίες για να ικανοποιήσει όλους όσους λατρέψαμε κάποιες από τις απλές, υπέροχα παλιομοδίτικες μελωδίες του και τις ρομαντικά ανθισμένες αφηγήσεις του. Για να περιορίσει την ανυπομονησία μας μοιράζεται μέσα από τη σελίδα του στο myspace όχι ένα, όχι δύο, αλλά... δέκα νέα τραγούδια! Τόσο το 'Splash' όσο και το 'Dream diary' αναμένεται να εγκατασταθούν για ημέρες στο στερεοφωνικό μας.

Jeremy Jay - Splash (from "Splash")

Jeremy Jay - It happened before our time (from "Splash")

'Beat the devil's tattoo'

"We called our engineer in the middle of the night and worked all night 'til the sun came up. The next day we delivered the record to our label and it went straight to the mastering lab. It was a mad dash, hearts pounding down to the last second."

O Robert Levon Been των Black Rebel Motorcycle Club περιγράφει την περιπέτεια της ηχογράφησης του 'Beat the devil's tattoo' (ακουστικές κιθάρες, ηλεκτρισμός, blues και gospel στοιχεία και ατμόσφαιρα που παραπέμπει στο 'Howl'), προκειμένου να καταφέρουν να το συμπεριλάβουν στoν ομώνυμo νέo δίσκο τους (αναμένεται στις 8 Μαρτίου).

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Conscience killer

"I had nothing to spend, but time on you"

"'Love more' is natural, bare, and real-rich with deep sounds and shapes and drenched in sweet harmonium."

Weathervane music

Sharon Van Etten - Love more

Shaking Through: Sharon Van Etten from Weathervane Music .

"All things but you are silent"

"'Arrivals': A sumptuous, immersive piece, populated with lonely clicks, earthly organs and stirring synthetic strings. infrequently a voice appears; disembodied, quietly squalling, it is not quite of our world – much like worriedaboutsatan, in fact."

Lauren Strain, Plan B magazine

Οι worriedaboutsatan προσφέρουν μέσα από το blog τους ένα εκστατικά γοητευτικό live set, το οποίο ξεχειλίζει από έμπνευση, ηλεκτρονικούς πειραματισμούς, ρυθμούς, beats και bleeps, samples φωνητικών και ambient ήχους. Καλή ακρόαση!

A live set

I am a crooked man
Pissing about
You're in my thoughts
Evil dogs

worriedaboutsatan - Heart monitor

"In a matter of time, it would slip from my mind"

Στο υπέροχο 'Teen dream' οι Beach house εμβαθύνουν σε ήχους και διάθεση, διατηρώντας τη ρομαντική τους φύση. Δέκα θελκτικές pop συνθέσεις που περιστρέφονται γύρω από τη μαγευτική φωνή της Victoria Legrand (είναι αδύνατον να μην την ερωτευτείς), η οποία κλιμακώνει τα συναισθήματα του ακροατή χάρη στις εναλλαγές της σε ένταση, ύψος και χροιά. Ενορχηστρώσεις εμποτισμένες με επαναλαμβανόμενες μελωδικές γραμμές οργάνου, πιάνου και synths, κρουστών και drum machine και απλών γοητευτικών κιθάρων από τον Alex Scally που εμπνέουν οικειότητα και εντείνουν την ανάγκη για ονειροπόληση. Στίχοι που ανασύρουν μνήμες από αγάπες που αργόσβησαν με το πέρασμα του χρόνου, όπως ο ήλιος που αχνοφαίνεται να δύει πίσω από την κουρτίνα και ακτινοβολούν νοσταλγία σαν τις φωτογραφίες σε σέπια τόνους. Ένας πολύτιμος δισκογραφικός θησαύρος.

Beach house - Walk in the park

Beach house - Used to be

"Things I've seen will chase me to the grave"

Η εκφραστική φωνή του Guy Garvey κυματίζει ανάμεσα σε ηλεκτρονικά beats, ερμηνεύοντας με ένα θαυμάσιο τρόπο στίχους στους οποίους αντανακλώνται έντονα συναισθήματα. Η μελαγχολική ατμόσφαιρα που διαπνέει καθ' όλη τη διάρκειά του το "Flat of the blade", ενισχύεται με τη εμφάνιση των πνευστών, σκορπώντας συγκίνηση σε κάθε ακρόασή του. Όχι απλώς εξαιρετικό, αλλά και άκρως εθιστικό.
Μαζί με τα "Paradise circus" και "Saturday come slow" και αντίστοιχα τη συμμετοχή σε αυτά των Hope Sandoval και Damon Albarn συνιστούν ό,τι πιο εντυπωσιακό έχει να επιδείξει η δισκογραφική επιστροφή των Massive attack με το 'Heligoland'.

Massive attack - Flat of the blade

Elbow - Teardrop (from 'Not a job')

Mogwai are 'Burning'

Ο εκρηκτικά κιθαριστικός θόρυβος, οι γοητευτικές μελωδίες και οι χαρισματικές πτυχές τριών ζωντανών εμφανίσεων των σπουδαίων Mogwai αποκρυσταλλώθηκαν με χειρουργική ακρίβεια από τους Vincent Moon και Nathanaël Le Scouarnec σε εικόνες ασύγκριτης ομορφιάς, με στόχο να τρυπώσουν στη μνήμη μας. Η ταινία με τίτλο 'Burning' προβλήθηκε τον περασμένο Νοέμβριο στα πλαίσια του φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ της Κοπενχάγης, ενώ αρχές καλοκαιριού αναμένεται η κυκλοφορία της σε dvd με τη συνοδεία live cd ('Special moves'). Όπως είναι αυτονόητο περιμένουμε με ανυπομονησία την στιγμή που θα μας παρασύρουν για ακόμα μία φορά σε ένα ανεπανάληπτο μουσικό παραμύθι. Η καρδιά μας είναι έτοιμη να υποταχθεί ολοκληρωτικά στους μαγικούς ήχους της εξαίσιας δισκογραφίας τους. Παράλληλα, σύμφωνα με τον Stuart Braithwaite έχουν ξεκινήσει να γράφουν νέα κομμάτια (διαβάστε τη συνέντευξή του στο ΝΜΕ).

Awakening

"I feel perfection in my chaos"

Οι αξιαγάπητοι Franz Ferdinand περιέγραφαν τον ομώνυμο δίσκο τους ως “music to make girls dance”, το 'You could have it so much better' ως “music for girls to cry to” και το 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand' ως “music of the night: for the dancefloor, flirtation, for your desolate heart-stop, for losing it and loving it, for the chemical surge in your bloodstream… for that lonely hour rocking yourself, waiting for dawn and it all to be even again". To "The eyes of Mars" είναι ένα ρυθμικά ανατρεπτικό, κιθαριστικό τρίλεπτο που συνέθεσαν με σκοπό να συνοδεύσει το διαδικτυακό διαφημιστικό του νέου αρώματος του γαλλικού οίκου μόδας Dior. Κεντρικό πρόσωπο είναι η βραβευμένη με Oscar ηθοποιός (για την τανία "Ζωή σαν τριαντάφυλλο") Marion Cotillard, η οποία δεν περιορίστηκε μόνο στο να επιδείξει τις ερμηνευτικές ικανότητές της, αλλά συνεργάστηκε επιτυχήμενα με το συγκρότημα επιβεβαιώνοντας με τη φωνή της τις προοπτiκές της ακόμα και για μουσική σταδιοδρομία.

"...and you close your eyes and slow yourself and let the worry leave you..."

Η έκδηλη δημιουργικότητα και η επινοητικότητα των λατρεμένων Spoon είναι ανέφικτο να ξεθωριάσει. Στο 'Transference' συνεχίζουν τις διακριτικές επανεφευρέσεις του ήχου τους με την προσθήκη νέων τεχνικών (όπως τα ελαφρώς παραμορφωμένα φωνητικά στο ρεφραίν του 'Who makes your money') και τη διεύρυνση του μουσικού τους ύφους χρησιμοποιώντας διαφορετικά όλα όσα έχουμε γνωρίσει και λατρέψει στα αριστουργηματικά 'Ga ga ga ga ga', 'Gimme fiction', 'Kill the moonlight', 'Girls can tell' και 'A series of sneaks'. Η παραγωγή, την οποία αυτή τη φορά ανέλαβε το ίδιο το συγκρότημα δίνει έμφαση στη λεπτομέρεια αποκαλύπτοντας το ανατρεπτικό πνεύμα και τις πλούσιες ιδέες του. Λιτές, μινιμαλιστικές, αφαιρετικές ενορχηστρώσεις, απογυμνωμένες από οτιδήποτε περιττό που προσδίδουν αμεσότητα στις συνθέσεις τους, ακαταμάχητες μελωδίες, ευφάνταστα εμπνευσμένα drum beats από τον Jim Eno, έντονα αισθητή παρουσία του πιάνου και του μπάσου, περιστασιακές κιθαριστικές εκρήξεις, κοφτοί ρυθμοί και επαναλαμβανόμενα groove με αξιοθαύμαστα αποτελέσματα. Φυσικά, στο επίκεντρο παραμένει ο επιδέξιος τρόπος που τραγουδάει και σκαρώνει αινιγματικούς στίχους ο Britt Daniel, επιστεγάζοντας την απελπισία, την απομόνωση, την αισιοδοξία, την αβεβαιότητα που γεννάν οι προσδοκίες για αγάπη και το ρομαντισμό που τον διακατέχει. Απαραίτητο!

Πρόσθετες πληροφορίες:

H ηχογράφηση του "Trouble comes running" που επιλέχθηκε να συμπεριληφθεί στο δίσκο είναι από πρόβα.
Όσοι ενδιαφέρονται να αποκτήσουν το 'Transference' να προτιμήσουν την έκδοση του βινυλίου στην οποία δε διακόπτεται απρόσμενα (όπως στο cd) το "The mystery zone" (η πραγματική του διάρκεια είναι 5:50).

"There is love in you"

Four Tet - Circling

"When I started working on the new music, it was rhythmically different than what I had done in the past. It's such a normal thing for a dance producer to make music and try it out in the club, but that was relatively new to me... I was trying to make something that was an album experience. I think I'm still stuck in that traditional mindset. I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey. I think the most important thing for me is putting out records that document ideas. I want to be able to look back on all this in the years to come and see how I explored those ideas."

Ολόκληρη η συνέντευξη του Kieran Hebden εδώ.

Music Alliance Pact - January 2010

Ακόμα μία μηνιαία συλλογή με τραγούδια που αντιπροσωπεύουν πλήθος ηχητικών αποχρώσεων από τη μουσική σκηνή 34 διαφορετικών χωρών (σε σχέση με την προηγούμενη φορά προστέθηκε η Ισπανία), διανθισμένη όπως πάντα με σύντομες πληροφορίες και εύστοχα σχόλια. Καλή ακρόαση!

Σημείωση: Οι επιλογές που ξεχώρισα έχουν πράσινο χρώμα, χωρίς αυτό να σημαίνει ότι οι υπόλοιπες δεν παρουσιάζουν ενδιαφέρον.

GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda
Exposed By Observers - In My Skin
Exposed By Observers aim to rape the listeners' ears, yet are less faithfully wed to punk and more interested in dance-derived rhythms, deploying more tightly coiled riffs and distinctive beats than most screamo bands. Secondhand Youth EP, which was given away for free on their website, sounds like everything they'd ever heard, spewed out and rewired for a different type of moshpit etiquette, a brand new teenage riot. They frantically blend cheap samples, beatbox rhythms, clicks, bleeps, fringes, beeps and guitars with manic electro buzz and raw, squawking vocals. Unsurprisingly, there's also a noticeable undercurrent of emo here too, but actually feels charged and compelling in the momentary tantrums of In My Skin. Listen loud!

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Catalina Vin - Caleidoscope
Catalina Vin is an Argentine-American singer and songwriter who started learning music at the age of seven. Genuine is her first album, in which her roots are reflected through eight indie-pop songs sung in both English and Spanish, with soft string and piano arrangements. Caleidoscope is one of our favourite tracks.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Seekae - Void
Ever since FBi Radio started broadcasting regularly some five years ago, Sydney's independent music scene has flourished from the much-needed lifeblood and community support that the station provides. A lot of young musicians now have an alternative to Triple J to supplement their listening habits and this has encouraged the more experimental writers to pursue their own distinct sounds, knowing they will be played and heard. Seekae is the clear breakout band out of Sydney's resurging experimental electronic music. With their abstract vocals and dreamy atmosphere they have earned their place as leaders of the city's 2010 sound.

BRAZIL: Meio Desligado
Curumin - Vem Menina
Curumin is one of the biggest names of the contemporary independent music scene in Brazil. A drummer and singer, besides his solo work, he plays with artists such as Otto, Cιu and Guizado. Vem Menina is a samba from his debut album, Achados e Perdidos, released in 2003. His latest album, Japan Pop Show, was released last year and shows his talent to compose funk, samba, rock and electronic songs.

CANADA: I(Heart)Music
Leif Vollebekk - Quebec
Some people hear Patrick Watson in Leif Vollebekk's vocals. Others have compared his music to that of Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy. I'm not sure about the comparisons, but I know this: Vollebekk is an incredibly gifted performer and artist, and when his debut album, Inland, gets re-released in a few weeks on hot new Toronto label Nevado Records, all of Canada is going to find out just how talented he is.

CHILE: Super 45
De Janeiros - Montreal
Milton Mahan and Pablo Munoz are De Janeiros, one of the most interesting projects in the Chilean experimental scene. In the trend of bands such as Health or Fuck Buttons - that kind of plastic and colorful noise - their sound goes beyond by adding a more playful and "tropical" feeling to it. Chilean net-label Michita Rex have made their sophomore album Plateado available to downloaded for free here.

CHINA: Wooozy
PK14 - Cuo Guo Le
PK14 is the best post-punk band in China. Formed in 1997, they have released five albums. Currently, they are preparing a new album to be release this year and they will attend SXSW in March.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian
Cours Lapin - Cache Cache
Cours Lapin is what happens when four movie score composers (Louise Alenius, Asger Baden, Peder and Jonas Struck) get together to do pop. Their name is French (translated as "bunny run"), their lyrics are in French (of course) and the French chanson is at the root of their mellow, melancholic pop that makes me think of black and white movies (and yes, they're French).

ENGLAND: The Daily Growl
Thomas Western - Your Front Door
Last month I picked an Italian musician based in England for MAP - this time it's the turn of an Englishman currently living in Scotland. Thomas Western's bluesy/folky approach to songwriting is reminiscent of Elliott Smith or Bob Dylan, while his exquisite vocal range is pitched halfway between Tim and Jeff Buckley. Western moved from Derbyshire to Edinburgh last year to complete his university studies and Your Front Door is his masterpiece.

ESTONIA: Popop
UNCANDY - Lovecool
UNCANDY (and yes, it's important to write it in capital letters) is multi-talented Maria Juur from Tallinn. Her home recordings have already created quite a buzz in the Estonian indie scene and rumour has it we won't have to wait long for a debut album. She also records under the name Maria Minerva. Lovecool is featured on new Estonian indie compilation album, Kohalik Ja Kohatu 3.

FINLAND: Glue
Vishnudata - Silver Falls feat. Suho Superstar (radio edit)
Established in 2003, Vishnudata is a project by electronic dance music guru Ville Lankinen which explores the artist's techno and house influences. Silver Falls is the closing track of his self-titled sophomore album and progressively it introduces the listener into a shiny ethereal atmosphere and psychedelic soundscape. This radio edit version, which features Suho Superstar on vocals, is included in a recently released EP along with three more remixes.

FRANCE: ZikNation
Ibrahim Maalouf - Souma Hia
Born in Lebanon, Ibrahim Maalouf grew up in Paris and began studying the trumped at the age of seven. Ten years later he met Maurice Andre, who advised him to give up his mathematics studies to dedicate himself to music. Maalouf also had the opportunity to record a song with French singer Matthieu Chedid and this collaboration can be found in the very good Diachronism album. The track Souma Hia carries a great deal of energy.

GERMANY: Blogpartei
Get Well Soon - 5 Steps / 7 Swords
Get Well Soon is the solo project of Konstantin Gropper, a classically trained singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Berlin. His soulful and sophisticated songs take the same path as the likes of Sufjan Stevens or Zach Condon. 5 Steps / 7 Swords is the first single release from second album Vexations.

ICELAND: I Love Icelandic Music
Bloodgroup - My Arms
Bloodgroup was formed in 2006 by Halez, Lilja, Raggi and Janus during some boring winter days on the east coast of Iceland and they make catchy electronic dance-pop. Debut album Sticky Situation was released on the band's own label, Sild Ehf, and got excellent reviews. Its follow-up, Dry Land, was released on the Record Records label last month. My Arms is their latest single.

INDIA: Indiecision
Seven Degrees - Shadows In The Dark
Seven Degrees is a boy-girl punk duo from New Delhi. This irreverent twosome produce angular, infectious punk that's largely bare-boned yet crashy enough to cause a decent racket. Shadows In The Dark is part of a free compilation album called Stupid Stupid Stupid available on Indiecision. The song is a spiralling, old-school punk tribute that leaves you with the distinct feeling of wanting to get up and not be lazy anymore.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
Seringai - Mengadili Persepsi (Bermain Tuhan)
Seringai are one of the finest Indonesian metal bands, often described as a blend of Motorhead and Black Sabbath. Their brilliant lyrics are a social critique of religious extremism, policies, domestic violence and sometimes just about stupid people.

IRELAND: Nialler9
I Am The Cosmos - Remembering You
Remembering You is a beautiful slice of broody 80s-inspired electronica buttressed on creaking synth stabs and high-pitched melodies. Its creator, Ross Turner, is known for his work behind the drum kit with various Irish bands but stepping out on his own here as I Am The Cosmos, he shows us what he can do in sole producer mode.

ITALY: Polaroid
Port-Royal - The Photoshopped Prince
There was a blizzard here last week and I found myself listening again to this third album by Port-Royal. It was the perfect soundtrack. Shoegaze, IDM, electro and ambient influences blend together to build an epic soundscape. The Genoa-based quartet used to be on the renowned Resonant label and have worked with Ulrich Schnauss and made remixes for Ladytron and Felix Da Housecat. Now they're back with a throbbing, intense, unpredictable, brimful of life new record.

JAPAN: JPOP Lover
Green Blossoms - Hana Akari
Green Blossoms are folky duo Aiko Koga and Anthony Guerra. Aiko sings and plays ukulele, Anthony plays the other instruments. They released their second album, Whiskey Leaves, on US-based Digitalis Recordings last summer. Hana Akari is beautiful, softly-intoned songwriting and its ghostly incantations will stick in the back of your mind.

MEXICO: Red Bull PanameriKa
The Hong Kong Blood Opera - Cansei De Ser Gangsta
The Mexican alternative scene recently witnessed the rise of a synthetic yet raw punk generation raiding the underground. A frenetic quintet from desertic Hermosillo stood out - The Hong Kong Blood Opera. A bloody opera? More like straight hardcore screaming evil and rough beats. The HKBO got sweaty teenagers shaking their guts and also blew the critics away when they won a nationwide competition sponsored by a monopolic corporation a few years ago. Instead of vanishing like every band from those schemes usually does, they reappeared with a remarkable album titled Not For The Faint Of Heart. The record breaks the rock-band-contest clichι and at the same time mocks the whole mediatic circus and abusive music industry models with killer singles like Cansei De Ser Gangsta.

NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam Event Guide
The Wooden Constructions - No No (Hip Hop)
Happy New Year from the Netherlands crew. We'll kickstart 2010 with one of the most talked-about Amsterdam acts, The Wooden Constructions. Their tribal disco with punk-infused lyrics (which harness the confidence of Mark E. Smith) sit alongside their own blend of twangy guitars and driving rhythms. Their unique musical stylings and great live shows have got the city rather excited about what 2010 might offer for this band and the Amsterdam scene itself. Watch this space.

NEW ZEALAND: Counting The Beat
The Mint Chicks - Crush
For three decades, Chris Knox has made some of New Zealand's most exciting music - from the punk of The Enemy, Toy Love, virtually inventing the country's indie music scene with four-track recordings of his band Tall Dwarfs and writing one of the nation's most popular songs. Knox suffered a debilitating stroke last year and to aid his recovery many who have been influenced by him have contributed to an album of covers called Stroke. The roll call includes Jay Reatard, Stephen Merrit, Will Oldham, Lou Barlow and more. Crush, from The Tall Dwarfs' 1984 EP Slug Bucket Hairy Breath Monster, is performed by The Mint Chicks, one of New Zealand's most exciting bands.

NORWAY: Eardrums
Sacred Harp - Next Time Too
Sacred Harp are a trio from Oslo who recently released their beautiful self-titled debut EP on the small Norwegian label The Perfect Hoax. Their music is quite difficult to describe because it's so in the middle of everything. It's dark, but there's also a lot of light and colour in there. It's experimental, but it's also full of pop structures and lovely melodies. It's sacral and calm, other times almost brutal. It's music you just have to listen to. The members are from Norway, Finland and Holland, so they really fit the spirit of the Music Alliance Pact.

PERU: SoTB
La Mente - La Problema
In its wonderful fusion of tropical rhythms, reggae and psychedelic electronic models, La Mente has uncovered an inexhaustible source of energy and dynamism which beckons you onto the dancefloor. La Problema is a feast of total madness and one of the strongest songs from La Mente's new album, Para Los Muertos Y Los Vivientes.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Malcontent - Aggressive
Malcontent are a quartet from Oporto led by Sιrgio Costa. When you listen to them you know their influences (The Jesus And Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails) and they don't deny them. They started playing in 2007 and released several promo singles. Finally, they have their first full LP out, called Love The Gun, which the band self-released.

ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
Aievea - Joy Of Life
Vlaicu Golcea and Electric Brother are two incredibly talented multi-instrument players. They combine conventional music with electronic beats and the creative rhythms of Tavi Scurtu, the drummer who juggles with sound. To an already great recipe, we add Marta Hristea's incredible voice for the perfect nu-jazz experience. After a six-year pause, they've just released their second album, Cinema, which can be fully downloaded here.

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Galleries - Underground Overground
Galleries have only been in existence for a matter of months, yet the quality of the songs on their MySpace page can't help but mark them out as a band whose reach is sure to extend much wider than the blogosphere. The Glasgow group is made up of three students and, interestingly, BBC political reporter Andrew Black on drums. The lush sounds of Underground Overground beautifully hints at their The National and Jimmy Eat World influences and is taken from Galleries' forthcoming debut EP. It's a MAP exclusive download so feel privileged that you're getting to own it first.

SINGAPORE: I'm Waking Up To...
Sherene's Closet - Stereo Loud
Have we got a classic for you this month! Though now defunct, Sherene's Closet is still very much celebrated in the Singaporean music scene. You might say it all started with this demo recorded during the now legendary Green Room Sessions, and I hear it's a bit rarer than the LP version. This should be considered one of the best local songs ever recorded, owing to Gerald Stahlman's stellar vocal delivery and the raw energy of the rest of the band.

SOUTH AFRICA: Musical Mover & Shaker!
Ashtray Electric - Lia
"A quaint mixture consisting of three parts suburb and two parts platteland" make up the phenomenon that is Ashtray Electric. They combine delicate beats, heartfelt lyrics and catchy melodies that lead to a rather fresh, unconventional sound, albeit one that gets your feet tapping. Lia has been compared to Editors and Interpol but Ashtray Electric bring a fresh new sound that has them at the forefront of the indie scene, and rightly so.

SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Apollo 18 - Warm
Last year Apollo 18 established themselves as one of the very best rock acts of Korea. Starting with a marvellous post-rock-oriented EP, an amazing album followed in which they experimented with hardcore, shoegaze and psychedelic elements. An international version of the first EP has just been released and before the end of the month it'll be followed by instrumental rock pieces of a more playful kind. Re-recorded to magically sound even better than before, Warm is a stunningly beautiful post-rock piece of epic proportions best played as loud as possible.

SPAIN: Oscuro Magazine
2 Minuts d'Odi - Cuidad De Dios
2 Minuts d'Odi ("2 Minutes Of Hate") are part of the "Brave Coast Punk-Rockers" movement which extends throughout the Costa Brava. Cuidad De Dios ("City Of God") is a song against religion which speaks of the Palestinian problem and the bad influences that hatred and violence can have on a kid growing thirst for revenge.

SWEDEN: Swedesplease
Jenny Björkqvist - To Heal Your Wounds
To Heal Your Wounds by Jenny Björkqvist is a song that successfully straddles the worlds of indie and folk - it would be as comfortable hanging out with Nick Drake or Jose Gonzalez as it would be spending time with Dylan or Guthrie. Friend and fellow neo-folkie Tim Schmidt contributes vocals on this track.

UNITED STATES: I Guess I'm Floating
Vikesh Kapoor - Mack The Knife
Vikesh Kapoor is an up-and-coming acoustic artist, currently based near Boston, who writes ballads which draw their strength from storytelling-type lyricism. After making appearances in Billboard and The Boston Globe, Kapoor is releasing his Newspress Scare 7" featuring this great rendition of the Kurt Weill-composed Mack The Knife.

VENEZUELA: Barquisimento
El Pacto - Hyperdance En La Curva De San Pablo
El Pacto are music legends in the city of Barquisimeto. Since 1992, they have been devoted to merging rock, pop, jazz, ska and folk music in a sound so original and vanguardist, they have even influenced famous national bands like Amigos Invisibles. Their shows ususally include circus-like performances with actors and acrobats. Hyperdance En La Curva De San Pablo is taken from the album of the same name.

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"Will it be just like they're dreaming?"

23 bloggers (Το σπίτι με τα παράξενα, Indieanapolis, Underworld shakedown, Make noise!, Uptight, Mr. Grieves, Winter academy, John Streckfous, Sovereign, Goresonic, Edenbeast, Zeugolator, Mouxlaloulouda, psychedelic sounds for my soul, One will burn music, Indiefuck, hazopoulis, Pluto music mag, ΔΓιαμάντΓια, Elafini, VKP, ody, There's just too much music out there) που συντονίζονται στο ρυθμό των νέων κυκλοφοριών, παρακολουθούν συναυλίες, αγοράζουν δίσκους και δείχνουν ενθουσιασμό και πάθος για οτιδήποτε ακούνε επιβεβαίωσαν τη λατρεία τους για τη μουσική και ανέδειξαν τις κορυφαίες προτιμήσεις τους για το 2009. Προηγήθηκαν αμέτρητες ακροάσεις, εκτενείς συζητήσεις, σχολιασμοί, διαφωνίες και έντονες αντιδράσεις, μαυρισμένα μάτια και (σχεδόν) ομόφωνα (μέσα από 434 διαφορετικές επιλογές) κατέληξαν στα παρακάτω:

01. Animal collective - Merriweather post pavilion (590 πόντοι)
02. The Pains of being pure at heart - The Pains of being pure at heart (544 πόντοι)
03. A place to bury strangers - Exploding head (508 πόντοι)
04. Grizzly bear - Veckatimest (491 πόντοι)
05. The Flaming lips - Embryonic (453 πόντοι)
06. The Horrors - Primary colours (443 πόντοι)
07. Wild beasts - Two dancers (403 πόντοι)
08. Sonic Youth - The eternal (402 πόντοι)
09. The Antlers - Hospice (366 πόντοι)
10. Soulsavers - Broken (333 πόντοι)
11. Yeah yeah yeahs - It's blitz! (322 πόντοι)
12. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (320 πόντοι)
13. Fuck buttons - Tarot sport (314 πόντοι)
14. Bat for lashes - Two suns (311 πόντοι)
15. The XX - XX (297 πόντοι)
16. Soap&Skin - Lovetune for vacuum (294 πόντοι)
17. Crippled black phoenix - The Ressurectionists / Night raider (268 πόντοι)
18. Atlas sound - Logos (256 πόντοι)
19. Arctic monkeys - Humbug (242 πόντοι)
20. Sunset rubdown - Dragonslayer (225 πόντοι)
21. St. Vincent - Actor (223 πόντοι)
22. The Twilight sad - Forget the night ahead (221 πόντοι)
23. Editors - In this light and on this evening (204 πόντοι)
24. Fanfarlo - Reservoir (202 πόντοι)
25. The Black heart procession - Six (200 πόντοι)

26. Florence + the Machine - Lungs (195 πόντοι)
27. Girls - Album (195 πόντοι)
28. ISIS - Wavering radiant (183 πόντοι)
29. The Prodigy - Invaders must die (182 πόντοι)
30. The Big pink - A brief history of love (175 πόντοι)
31. Doves - Kingdom of rust (162 πόντοι)
32. Piano magic - Ovations (154 πόντοι)
33. Them crooked vultures - Them crooked vultures (154 πόντοι)
34. Camera obscura - My maudlin career (153 πόντοι)
35. Archive - Controlling crowds (149 πόντοι)
- Cold cave - Love comes close (149 πόντοι)
37. DM Stith - Heavy ghost (147 πόντοι)
38. The Veils - Sun gangs (145 πόντοι)
39. Mastodon - Crack the skye (140 πόντοι)
40. Metric - Fantasies (138 πόντοι)
41. Dirty projectors - Bitte orca (136 πόντοι)
42. French teen idol - El siete es la luz (135 πόντοι)
- Danger mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark night of the soul (135 πόντοι)
- Antony and The Johnsons - The crying light (135 πόντοι)
45. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (134 πόντοι)
46. Yo La Tengo - Popular songs (134 πόντοι)
47. Pissed jeans - King of jeans (131 πόντοι)
48. Sólstafir - Köld (129 πόντοι)
49. We were promised jetpacks - These four walls (127 πόντοι)
50. Jeremy Jay - Slow dance (126 πόντοι)

Bubbling under
51. Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is... skyscraper (123 πόντοι)
52. The Boy - Please make me dance (123 πόντοι)
53. Other lives - Other lives (121 πόντοι)
54. Patrick Wolf - The bachelor (119 πόντοι)
55. Converge - Axe to fall (117 πόντοι)