Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side: 5月 2008

2008年5月31日星期六

Video grabs

◎MGMT - Electric Feel

◎Paul Weller - Have You Made Up Your Mind

◎Morrissey - All You Need Is Me

2008年5月27日星期二

June 23!Sigur Rós is going to release the new album. The album title is Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust(English: "With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly" according the wiki). You can download the song "Gobbledigook" on their website.

tracklist:

1. Gobbledigook
2. Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
3. Góðan daginn
4. Við spilum endalaust
5. Festival
6. Með suð í eyrum
7. Ára bátur
8. Illgresi
9. Fljótavík
10. Straumnes
11. All Alright

They will start the worldwide tour in summer, check their website to see if you're lucky enough to see them live!

The Kooks - Shine On

2008年5月26日星期一

Ratatat & Death Cab

◎ Video of the new Ratatat - "Mirando"

◎ Death Cab again, possess our heart but this time on Jimmy Kimmel Live

2008年5月24日星期六

This Week's Tunes

Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords
MP3:Think About It
(推薦)

The Old Believers
Eight Golden Greats
MP3: No More

Oxford Collapse
Remember The Night Parties
MP3: Please Visit Your National Parks

Jukebox The Ghost
Let Live and Let Ghosts
MP3: Under My Skin
(推薦)

Blackstrap
Steal My Horses And Run
MP3: Winning Speech
(推薦)

Blood Red Shoes
Box of Secrets
MP3: You Bring Me Down

The Dresden Dolls
No, Virginia
MP3: Night Reconnaissance
(推薦)

Orchestra Baobab
Made in Dakar
MP3: Nijaay

The Parson RedHeads
Owl & Timber
MP3: Got It All
(推薦)

Walter Meego
Voyager
MP3: Girls
(推薦)

Sunfold(Annuals)
Toy Tugboats
MP3: Sara The American Winter
(推薦)

Shiller

Ratatat will be back this July with their new album LP3, you can sense a little bit of what the album would be like from the song Shiller from the newly release 7".

MP3: Ratatat-Shiller

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Weezer-Pork and Beans

The official video of the new Weezer song!Full of Youtube celebs ,very funny.

2008年5月22日星期四

News & Vidoes grabs

◎ Death Cab for Cutie takes over billboard No.1
◎ This is how much Coldplay loves Apple
◎ New Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down "Swimming Pools"
◎ New Alanis Morissette "Underneath "
◎ Raconteurs goes acoustic for Jools Holland
◎ Scarlett Johansson live on AOL
◎ American Idol 7 finalist David Cook and Archuleta's new Guitar Hero ad.

2008年5月20日星期二

Violet Hill (Dancing Politicians)

2008年5月19日星期一

It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage.

Indy's back! After 19 years,the forth Indiana Jones movie is finally going to release this week--Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Here are some positive(and some a bit negative) reviews after the screening in Cannes:
LA Times:'' It was either going to be a worse- or better-than-average Indiana Jones film. It turns out it's one of the better ones and everyone involved can breathe a sigh of relief."
The Times:"Spielberg’s most remarkable achievement is to retain most of the old-fashioned virtues of the original franchise....Harrison Ford, amazingly enough, performs most of his utterly barmy stunts; the actor is in damn good shape for a 65-year-old professor. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is, quite simply, exquisite nonsense. Welcome back Indy. Lord knows we’ve missed you."
Time Magazine:"Crystal Skull delivers smart, robust, familiar entertainment....Crystal Skull is intended, and works effectively, as instant nostalgia."
Entertainment Weekly:"There's joy and a middle-aged playfulness to the best of Steven Spielberg's unlikely sequel."

Daily Telegraph:" There’s a reason the previous Indy film 1989 was called The Last Crusade. Now it’s really time to entomb this elderly series once and for all."
People: "The stunts are still impressive, the jokes funny and the actors all fit comfortably into their roles and appear to be having a jolly enough time. "
Chicago Tribune:"This time, same old, same old. Would that sequel No. 3 were as stylish as that fedora."

I'm excited just hearing the trademark theme!

MP3:
John Williams-Raiders March

2008年5月18日星期日

This Week's Tunes

'When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.' ---Dylan Thomas

The Cure
downlaod link:The Only One

Superdrag
downlaod link:Filthy & Afraid

The Faint
Danse Macabre
downlaod link: Posed To Death

The Cotton Jones Basket Ride
The Archery EP
downlaod link: Midnight Monday and a Telescope
(推薦)

Sloan
Parallel Play
downlaod link: Cheap Champagne

Longwave
downlaod link: Sirens In The Deep Sea
(推薦)

Kuryakin
downlaod link: Still Here
(推薦)

Pomegranates
Everything Is Alive
download link: Thunder Meadow

Saxon Shore
The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore
download link: The Revolution Will Be Streaming
(推薦)

Dignan
The Guest
download link: They're Outnumbered

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
Miles of Styles
download link: Tokyo Dancer
(推薦)

The New Frontiers
Mending
download link: Black Lungs

Laura Gibson
If You Come to Greet Me
download link: Nightwatch

Kathleen Edwards
Asking For Flowers
download link: The Cheapest Key
(推薦)

School Of Language
Sea From Shore
download link: Extended Holiday

The State Of Samuel
Here Come The Floods
download link: The Residents Of Gloom
(推薦)

Slow Down Tallahassee
The Beautiful Light
download link: The Beautiful Light

cheers

2008年5月17日星期六

¿Cómo Te Llama?

¿Cómo Te Llama? is the second album of Albert Hammond, Jr.(FYI,The Strokes' guitarist). The release date is set to be early July, iTunes will have an early release in June!

download link:
Albert Hammond, Jr.-Bargain of the Century

2008年5月16日星期五

Coldplay - Violet Hill

Oooh..what...wooo....okay....!
Very Coldplay.

2008年5月15日星期四

You gotta spend some time ,love

Death Cab for Cutie證明了在主流唱片公司還是可以忠於自我. 三年前Plans的Soul Meets Body與I Will Follow You Into The Dark跨越了主流與獨立音樂的界線;一位青少女因為看了The OC而愛上主角的愛團Death Cab for Cutie;不斷有人問起Plans當中的某首歌;當你說出Death Cab for Cutie這名稱所獲得的回應不再是疑惑的皺眉,而是熱絡的贊同. 這之後Death Cab for Cutie會怎麼做?歌迷們都是既期待又怕受傷害,不過在新專輯Narrow Stairs的I Will Possess Your Heart這首歌出現後,我的確放下了心中的擔憂與疑慮. 8分36秒的單曲=不會有電台的撥歌或是音樂頻道疲勞轟炸的放送. 同樣的貝斯線條與鼓的節奏不斷重複,鋼琴不時的挑動心弦,聽者在享受這樣舒適平衡的重疊之餘也暗想著:vocal何時會出現? 終於在歌曲進行到四分多鐘,Ben Gibbard釋放了已經虎視眈眈許久的窺視者,用輕柔又理所當然的口吻(暗地的)說服著對方"How I wish you could see the potential,the potential of you and me... You gotta spend some time with me.And I know that you'll find love.I will possess your heart."這種stalker的行為看來有些變態,但人類都有的淺意識占有慾卻也可以像這首歌,單純又美麗. Narrow Stairs聽來是個較為明亮的專輯,沒有Plans那樣乾淨又整齊的錄音,Narrow Stairs可以感覺到一個樂團的能量在小細節或是小空隙中膨脹,最後充滿了整張專輯的是溫厚且牽動人心的旋律(當然還是保留了Death Cab式詩意的歌詞). 三年等待和沉澱的Narrow Stairs, 它絕對可以陪伴我再等待幾年後的下一張Death Cab.

MP3:
Death Cab for Cutie-Cath...
Death Cab For Cutie-I Will Possess Your Heart
Death Cab For Cutie-Your New Twin Sized Bed

2008年5月14日星期三

News grabs

◎ Creating new fashion style:The teaser of Coldplay's video 'Violet Hill.'
◎ Death Cab for Cutie possess our hearts on Late Night with David Letterman.

◎ New Flight of the Conchords - Ladies of the World
◎ New Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - More News From Nowhere
◎ Woooo...brutal!The Kills - Last Day of Magic
◎ No Fatboy Slim anymore?

2008年5月11日星期日

Madonna - Hung Up (Live at Radio One's Big Weekend)

An amazing performance!
Madonna dancing with a guitar!!
Madonna - Hung Up (Live at Radio One's Big Weekend)

Hippy's Son

Dirty Pretty Things將在六月30發行新專輯Romance at Short Notice, 他們也效法許多樂團,在網站上提供了新歌的免費下載.只要加入mailing list就可以得到Hippy's Son這首歌的下載點! 第一首單曲Tired Of England會在發行專輯發行前一個禮拜發,再來一次台灣吧DPT!

MP3:
Dirty Pretty Things-Hippy's Son

cheers