Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side

2008年4月16日星期三

So it's not a secert?

去年底我有一篇講到The Foxboro Hot Tubs這個團和Green Day那種不可置信的超高相似度,而上禮拜(4/10)Green Day也終於證實了The Foxboro Hot Tubs就是他們!然後要將這張之前放在網站上供人下載的EP--再加上b side--發為專輯.

在The Foxboro Hot Tubs的網站也已經可以付費下載新的b-side曲目!

2008年4月12日星期六

This Week's Tunes

Frightened Rabbit
download link: Modern Leper

The Sister Lovers
(The Sister Lovers EP)
download link: Sleepwalker

Calvin Badness
(Go To Your Room)
download link: Cross Your Fingers
(推薦)

Brendan James
(The Day Is Brave)
download link: Green
(推薦)

Mason Jennings
(In The Ever)
download link: Fighter Girl

El Perro Del Mar
(From The Valley To The Stars)
download link :Somebody's baby
(推薦)

Vicious Vicious
(Blood And Clover)
download link: Shake That Ass On The Dance Floor

The Box Social
(Get Going)
download link: Big T

The Indelicates
download link: Julia, we don't live in the 60s

Tilly and the Wall
download link: Cacophony
(推薦)

Tillmanns
(A Careless Lifestyle)
download link: Background

Flight of the Conchords
(Flight of the Conchords)
download link: Ladies of the World
(推薦)

2008年4月9日星期三

Bob Dylan Wins Honorary Pulitzer Prize

Bob Dylan received an honorary Pulitzer Prize , cited for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." I believe that Dylan deserves any awards in this world; he's a genius in every aspects!

news articles:
[billboard]
[MSNBC]
[NME]

2008年4月7日星期一

pitchfork.tv!

Yes, pitchfork.tv is now on!
check out the Radiohead exclusive performance "Bangers & Mash"
(and Thom's crazy hairdo..)

2008年4月6日星期日

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.

2008年4月5日星期六

This Week's Tunes

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

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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)

download link:
Whirring 7"
Arms-Whirring

download link:
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!

2008年4月4日星期五

Kanye West - Homecoming Ft. Chris Martin

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

so darn good to see Chris Martin again!

2008年4月2日星期三

Animal Dylan's Soul

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

2008年4月1日星期二

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

2008年3月30日星期日

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

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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!

2008年3月29日星期六

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!

2008年3月24日星期一

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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