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check out the Radiohead exclusive performance "Bangers & Mash"
(and Thom's crazy hairdo..)

Long Tall Sally

被稱為"第一首真正的rock n' roll",Long Tall Sally的確是為搖滾樂墊下了許多基礎. 不過這首歌並不是Beatles而是Little Richard在1956年寫的(順帶一提,Little Richard是將節奏藍調轉為搖滾的重要人物!).Long Tall Sally的靈感來源只是某個人將幾句歌詞提供給Little Richard希望他能寫首歌,Little Richard起初可是不太願意,但這些歌詞中的一句''ducked back in the alley"他可是非常喜歡,於是Little Richard漸漸把這首歌越唱越快,一開頭的編曲方式和blue beat的標準shuffle,再搭上Little Richard具有渲染與侵略性的高音,Long Tall Sally 在當時聽來真是驚為天人!


緊接著Long Tall Sally的成功,許多翻唱版本也紛紛出籠(Elvis,Tornados,Kinks..).不過最有名的一個翻唱版本是Beatles 1964年在英國發行的同名EP,Beatles的版本最為知名除了更為狂野的節奏和Paul McCartney整整又高了Little Richard一度的高音之外,還有就是Little Richard本人的傳承了!其實早在Beatles成名前與漢堡(Hamburg)時期就當過Little Richard的暖場團,也因而與Little Richard結識.從Paul早期唱歌的方式就可以聽到一些Little Richard的經驗傳承(那些超高的"oooh"和"wooo"),同時這首歌也讓那些批評Beatles只會唱可愛小情歌的人閉嘴,Long Tall Sally又再次成為締造歷史的關鍵.

This Week's Tunes

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Electronic Projects for Musicians
Apples In Stereo-Shine (In Your Mind)
(推薦)

download link:
Swimming
French Kicks-Abandon

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Guns Babes Lemonade
Muscles-Hey Muscles I Love You

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10 Pieces, 10 Bruises
Jonna Lee-I Wrote This Song
(推薦)


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Whirring 7"
Arms-Whirring

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Red
Guillemots-Get Over It

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Barrel of Batteries EP
The War On Drugs-Arms Like Boulders


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Radars To The Sky-Long Walk Home


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Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles-Vanished

cheers!

Kanye West - Homecoming Ft. Chris Martin

been waiting for this video since the album's release!

so darn good to see Chris Martin again!

Animal Dylan's Soul

Cute!Hilarious!Amazing!
It's a must-see clip!

She & Him

每天有兩個時段是我最喜歡的.
不知道你有沒有注意過,在清晨時分即將破曉前,儘管天空已經有一絲淡抹的微光,街上的路燈與店家的招牌仍是亮著的;同樣的,在耀眼的陽光已經西落,還未進入黑暗夜晚前的那幾十分鐘,街道被車子與招牌的亮光點綴著,天空的顏色是不暗不亮的灰藍色,這樣的transition period在我心目中是最美麗的風景. 今天的天空就是這樣,再配上She & Him的專輯Volume One不斷的重複撥放著,好久沒有覺得台北是那麼的美了.Volume One讓一切都變得很美麗,對象可以是咖啡廳裡慵懶的人群;鄉村熱鬧的市集;夏威夷度假的樂趣;60年代高中畢業舞會的扭扭舞.......Zooey Deschanel的聲音有Dusty Springfield的溫厚力道和Jenny Lewis般的俏皮,有時候還會被M. Ward沉穩的合音給吸引.其中翻唱Beatles的"I Should Have Known Better"是個富有新意的版本,不過也沒有更改過多而失去了歌的原味.Volume One是張任何時候都適合聆聽的專輯,對於六零年代流行樂和folk有興趣的人絕對會愛上Volume One.


download link:
She & Him-Take It Back (推薦)
She & Him-This Is Not A Test

cheers

MGMT

久仰MGMT的大名,直到最近才有機會聽到他們的專輯Oracular Spectacular,原先我還以為他們只會是個美國版的Klaxons,但卻越聽越發現MGMT的音樂還有好多種可能,雖然Pitchfork將他們與Muse和Mew做比較,我倒是覺得將MGMT獨立的來聽,可以聽到更多以前沒想過的音樂組合!

MGMT live@David Letterman - "Time to Pretend"



download link:
MGMT-Time To Pretend

This Week's Tunes

It's been a busy busy week,and it will surely get busier!
download link:
Death Cab's new song from the new album(BBC6 live acoustic)
Death Cab For Cutie-Cath...(Live)


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The Heavy-Coleen


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Be Your Own Pet-The Kelly Affair

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Unwed Sailor-Little Wars

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The Subways-Girls & Boys


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The B-52s-Hot Corner


download link:
Ivy-Thinking About You



download link(From Thriller 25):
Michael Jackson-The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)


Have a nice spring break everyone!
另外也祝福我的朋友薇薇在日本求學順利.
cheers!

Lightspeed Champion - Tell Me What It's Worth

Pretty. Odd is Really Odd

沒有了團名中的驚嘆號,也捨棄了第一張專輯落落長的歌名,Panic At The Disco的新專輯Pretty. Odd聽起來真的是really odd. 有Nine In The Afternoon這種可以帶動氣氛的歌之外也有一些小品,還在尋找第一張專輯力道的我聽來略顯無趣;除了之前我提過整張專輯有許多Beatles的影子,也多了不少新的嘗試,對於喜歡第一張專輯的人來說或很不習慣吧! (這次的巡迴會不會也請個馬戲團來演個Love?)不知道是否是想和所謂的emo劃清界線,這幾個賭城出身的年輕人在Pretty. Odd 中下了不少賭注,這些冒險是否有好的結果還有待他們的死忠歌迷和新的歌迷們來定義.


download link:
Panic at the Disco-Nine In The Afternoon
Panic at the Disco-That Green Gentleman

cheers!

The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

White Stripes好像前不久才結束巡迴, Jack White同時也已經和The Raconteurs的夥伴開始製作新專輯了,這種停不下來的天才真是太恐怖了!更恐怖的是,(為了防止leak)Consolers of the Lonely發行的消息上禮拜才曝光,專輯今天(3/25)發行,這年頭大家都喜歡搞個震撼彈.自從第一張專輯的old school vibe廣受歡迎,Raconteurs也不再被純粹視為"Jack White的side project",這次Consolers of the Lonely一開始的title track更是猛烈的把聽者拉回到80年代的Hard Rock時期,不過背景卻是60年代的Blue;Jack White是個很會製造氣氛的說故事者,The Raconteurs獨特又好辨認的聲音當然部分也要歸功於Jack White時而尖銳弔詭,時而嘲諷的嗓音(當然也不能忘了Brendan Brenson啦). 這是張喜歡hard rock或是blue rock的人不能錯過的專輯.

download link:
Raconteurs-Salute Your Solution


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cheers!

This Week's Tunes

Studio
Yearbook 1
Download link: No Comply







Little Beirut
High Dive
Download link: Sniper's Lament
(推薦)






Animal Collective
Water Curses
Download link: Water Curses








The Dodos
Visitor
Download link: Red And Purple







Zookeeper
Becoming All Things
Download link: Snow in Berlin
(推薦)





Fleet Foxes
Some of Mount Fairweather
Download link: White Winter Hymnal
(推薦)







Adam Green
Sixes & Sevens
Download link: Broadcast Beach







These New Puritans
Beat Pyramid
Download link: Elvis






PLAYRADIOPLAY!
Texas
Download link: I'm A Pirate, You're A Princess







Soundpool
Dichotomies & Dreamland
Download link: The Divides Of March
(推薦)





She and Him
Volume One
Download link: Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
(推薦)






Tokyo Police Club
Elephant Shell
Download link: Juno







We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery
Download link: After Hours
(推薦)






Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple
Download link: Surprise





cheers!

I Will Possess Your Heart

I Will Possess Your Heart
The first single from Death Cab's 6th album!

Download Link:
Death Cab For Cutie-I Will Possess Your Heart (Album Version)

(原先上傳的空間因為下載流量太大而被關了,I'm trying to work out some other accounts!如果無法直接貼音檔造成大家的不便請多見諒,並且感謝大家默默的熱情下載...)

The Kooks - Konk

團紅了,當然一切都不一樣了.
說說我最初認識的Kooks吧:害羞,隨性,用著迷人的pop旋律征服了數萬人. 第二張專輯沒有人不期待,也更怕受傷害,我想如今我是有一點受傷了.
Konk並不是張壞專輯,只是非常喜愛Kooks隨性風格的我對於Konk的精緻有些不習慣,第一次聽完我竟然有些失落--The Kooks好像被埋在眾多近掘起的英國團中了. 不過也幸好每天我有許多的通車時間可以讓我再多熟悉Konk ,許多首歌當中捨棄了Kooks的trademark acoustic節奏, 而是使用了許多的distortion與一些我不知道該怎麼稱呼的聲音,這樣新的嘗試是一種細聽才會得到的驚喜. The Kooks依然擁有強烈的pop節奏, Luke緊張又急促的嗓音雖成熟許多也還不失催人發狂的魅力. Konk不如第一張專輯catchy,但還是有不少適合夏天音樂季的合唱曲. 已經二十幾歲的他們,再回去寫像是十六歲時寫出的Naive這樣的歌也是挺怪的吧!

download link:
The Kooks-Gap (推薦)
The Kooks-Stormy Weather


The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be
(在紐約取景是想方便打入美國市場!?)



cheers!

This Week's Tunes

Frightened Rabbit
The Midnight Organ Fight
download link: Head Rolls Off







Throw Me The Statue
Moonbeams
download link: About To Walk






The Terrordactyls
The Terrordactyls
download link: Devices(ft. Kimya Dawson)
(推薦)





The Charlatans
You Cross My Path
download link: This Is The End






The Cribs
download link: I'm A Realist (Postal Service Remix Edit)








The Social Services
download link: The Baltic Sea
(推薦)





Midnight Movies
Nights EP
download link: Should Have Known





Nick Jaina
Wool
download link: Maryanne







Tokyo Police Club
Elephant Shell
download link: In A Cave
(推薦)






The Pharmacy
Choose Yr Own Adventure
download link: Warm And Untorn
(推薦)





The Plastic Constellations
We Appreciate You
download link: Stay That Way






Defiance, Ohio
The Fear, the Fear, the Fear
download link: The Condition
(推薦)






The Ruby Suns
Sea Lion
download link: Tane Mahuta







Sarandon
Kill Twee Pop!
download link: Mike's Dollar




cheers!