In Rainbows bonus tracks

In Rainbows bonus tracks:

1."MK 1"
2."Down Is the New Up"
3."Go Slowly"
4."MK 2"
5."Last Flowers"
6."Up on the Ladder"
7."Bangers and Mash"
8."4 Minute Warning"

其中Down Is the New Up與Bangers and Mash比原先的live版本聽來更加震撼.尤其是Bangers and Mash,開頭讓我有點意外,兩分鐘之後變得更特別,和現場版一樣野性十足,頭都不禁跟著搖晃了起來!


MP3:
Radiohead-Down Is the New Up
Radiohead-Bangers and Mash

Q & MOJO's Best of 2007

又到了年終,Best of 2007紛紛出籠.僅供參考但也很有趣,我也因為某些未接觸的專輯而開始慌了...

[Q Best of 2007]
Albums:
1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
3. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
8. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
9. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
10. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
11. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
12. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
13. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
14. Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance
15. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
16. Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers
17. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
18. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
19. Bjork - Volta
20. The Rumble Strips - Girls and Weather
21. Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
22. The Coral - Roots & Echoes
23. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
24. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
25. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
26. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
27. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
28. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
29. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
30. The National - Boxer
31. Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
32. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
33. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
34. M.I.A. - Kala
35. Hard-Fi - Once upon a Time in the West
36. Common - Finding Forever
37. Robyn - Robyn
38. Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High
39. Joni Mitchell - Shine
40. Field Music - Tones of Town
41. Keren Ann - Keren Ann
42. The Enemy - We'll Live and Die in These Towns
43. Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise
44. Bogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
45. Lucinda Williams - West
46. Sigur Ros - Hvarf-Heim
47. Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
48. Justice - ?
49. Jamie T - Panic Prevention
50. Stereophonics - Pull the Pin


[MOJO Best of 2007]
Albums:
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
4. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
9. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
10. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
11. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
12. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
13. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
14. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
15. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
16. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
17. Field Music - Tones of Town
18. Grinderman - Grinderman
19. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
20. Nick Lowe - At My Age
21. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
22. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
23. Efterklang - Parades
24. Bjork - Volta
25. Joni Mitchell - Shine
26. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men
27. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
28. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
29. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
30. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
31. Gruff Rhys - Candylion
32. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
33. Seasick Steve - Dog House Music
34. Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough
35. Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
36. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
37. Edgar Jones and The Joneses - Gettin' a Little Help
38. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
39. Battles - Mirrored
40. Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch
41. Amiina - Kurr
42. Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
43. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
44. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
45. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
46. Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground
47. Edwyn Collins - Home Again
48. Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
49. Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods
50. Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers

Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (thumbs down version)

Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (thumbs down version)
original from the band's webcast,
don't know if this will be the final version of the video!?

Belaire

Belaire--indie electronica pop band from Texas,
they make music beautiful and colorful.
you can hear so many influences in them but yet they're still unique in a very cute way.
Their album Exploding, Impacting released this July.

MP3(both highly recommended!):
Belaire-Exploding, Impacting
Belaire-Waiting Patiently


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巴布狄倫的七段航程

我應該不是電影院中最年輕的觀眾;我很高興能有那麼多與我年紀相彷的人想要來看一部關於那個完全不屬於我們時代的偉大歌手的電影,我很慶幸我不是這個世代的少數.
電影一開頭我就被六個Dylan的畫面給震懾住了,接著就是那聲改變(善)了一切的機車催油聲,不知怎麼著我的腦筋轉的飛快,心跳卻好像停止了.原本我的心中預想,電影的進行應該會多少照著Dylan成長的順序,沒想到卻完全不是這麼回事(讓我有點擔心起被我說服來看片,對Dylan不太熟的朋友).雖然不斷的跳躍於不同時期的Jude/Arthur/Jack/Billy/Woody/Robbie,我還是很快的就可以喚出腦中所儲存的Dylan不同時期的故事;有時候我甚至會忘記自己正在看電影而沉醉於那一首首熟悉的歌曲還有每個在我腦中已經搬演過數次的畫面.

”I accept chaos. I don't know whether it accepts me.”

我所想像的童年Dylan也許不如小Woody那麼世故早熟,也比Arthur更加頹靡,又比隱居的西部大盜Billy還要再低調......

” You just want me to say what you want me to say.”

當然不免俗的我也要讚嘆Cate Blanchett臻至完美的演出,Jude所屬的時期是Dylan因為轉變曲風而被許多樂迷躂伐的時期,也牽扯到了他與Edie Sedgwick一段成為眾人話題的短暫情史.Cate Blanchett不只是外貌神似,對外界所施加在他身上的憤怒與媒體無情的壓迫下所有的反應不但深刻而且哀痛.,這樣時常話不留情,不可一世且看破一切的態度,不管背後有的是迷惘還是疲倦,Cate Blanchett最後一幕那個自信又神秘的笑容就是他的回答.一直在對抗權力的Dylan,在民謠成為權力中心的時候離開;你我都明白,權力導致腐敗 這齣戲碼不斷上演,但是只有少數如Dylan這樣的人知道什麼時候該停止,而在他沒有停止的時候,他的人生也能夠幫他暫停.

Journalist: "What is your real message?"
Dylan:"My real message? Keep a good head and always carry a lightbulb."



Dylan自私的訕笑,自滿的嘲弄,自溺的豪放,自省的黯然是多麼的迷人;我們有的不只是Another Side of Bob Dylan,而是每一個Bob Dylan.導演Todd Haynes用了前衛又少見的方式呈現了"Dylan is everyone"的概念,好像有點複雜但其實也不用多想;Jude/Arthur/Jack/Billy/Woody/Robbie都是我們所認識的Bob Dylan,可能還有更多不一樣的Bob Dylan待我隨著年齡增長而認識之.

” I'm not angry.”


MP3:
Bob Dylan-Positively 4th Street


cheers

The White Stripes - Conquest

New White Stripes video!
very cute and funny


MP3:
The White Stripes - Conquest

Georgie James

From Washington, D.C.
A 5 pieces indie pop/rock band,
debut album Places released this past September,
really worth a listen!

MP3:
Georgie James-Places
Georgie James-Need Your Needs
Georgie James-More Lights

A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation

利物浦的三人樂團The Wombats在Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts結識;你可以將他們的音樂類型歸為pop punk,但是越聽越會發現他們不只是這樣而已.從"Kill The Director"這首讓我認識他們的衝勁十足單曲(據說這首歌和The Holiday這部電影有關),到最近有點至敬意味的可愛歌曲"Let's Dance to Joy Division",The Wombats不只是爽快的的唱出了心情,也將這些情緒帶進了聽著的腦中迴旋.
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation專輯中有許多出色的歌,不過最讓我impressed卻是一首有點抒情的哀傷小品"Here Comes The Anxiety".這首歌所講的焦慮可不是一些社會或責任的焦慮感,而是對於愛情(可能這樣會比較容易被接受!?)“I’d say that this is darkest song I ever wrote,”歌詞的第一句就這麼的說了,我們也準備好心情要來聽這個好像會很慘的故事.“I hope that no one ever leaves/ ’cause I don’t wanna be alone with me/ not with the things that rush up and down this infant spine.Here comes the love anxiety/ Can’t let it grab a hold of me/ Not after last time.”對那個女孩的悲忿語氣中帶著害怕孤獨的焦慮感,怎麼都無法抹去現在已經害怕去愛的孤寂.

MP3:
The Wombats-Kill The Director
The Wombats-Let's Dance to Joy Division
The Wombats-Here Comes The Anxiety (推薦)

Keane covers Queen

Keane上個月底發行的單曲The Night Sky收了一首還不錯的cover, Queen和David Bowie的"Under Pressure".這首被翻唱過無數次的歌,Keane的版本不能說非常出色,但也還很值得一聽!

MP3:
Keane-Under Pressure(Queen Cover)

Joshua Tree deluxe remastered

U2的經典專輯Joshua Tree發行二十年後的2007,推出了Joshua Tree的deluxe remastered版本.內容除了一張是remastered CD之外還有一張則收錄了b-sides和demos,再加上一張DVD.不過這其中最受注目的卻是一首花了二十年才正式錄製的歌"Wave Of Sorrow".
在U2的facebook頁面上有了一段Bono談及這首歌的片段.

tracklist:

Disc: 1
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With Or Without You
4. Bullet The Blue Sky
5. Running To Stand Still
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In God's Country
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. One Tree Hill
10. Exit
11. Mothers Of The Disappeared

Disc: 2
1. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
2. Walk To The Water
3. Spanish Eyes
4. Deep In The Heart
5. Silver And Gold
6. Sweetest Thing
7. Race Against Time
8. Where The Streets Have No Name (Single Edit)
9. Silver And Gold (Sun City)
10. Beautiful Ghost/Introduction To Songs Of Experience
11. Wave Of Sorrow (Birdland)
12. Desert Of Our Love
13. Rise Up
14. Drunk Chicken/America

Disc: 3
1. I Will Follow [DVD]
2. Trip Through Your Wires [DVD]
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [DVD]
4. MLK [DVD]
5. The Unforgettable Fire [DVD]
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday [DVD]
7. Exit [DVD]
8. In God's Country [DVD]
9. Electric Co. [DVD]
10. Bad [DVD]
11. October [DVD]
12. New Year's Day [DVD]
13. Pride [DVD]

11/20發行!非常值得珍藏!

Radiohead Testcast

Radioheah's live Webcast
Bjork's Unravel cover



and this one is also a cover
Radiohead - Ceremony (New Order cover)



MP3: Radiohead - Unravel (Bjork cover)

hey!

Sorry for not updating for days (because of my mid-term), I'll surely post something during weekend!
So i thought, between this kind-of-huge gap i might share some of the tunes that accompanying me through my study.

MP3:
Grizzly Bear - Knife
Of Montreal - Suffer For Fashion
The Silver Seas - The Country Life
The Postal Service - Sleeping In
Club 8 - Heaven
Françoiz Breut - La certitude


cheers

Arctic Monkeys-Teddy Picker

小猴子再度做了大家意料之外的事!
原本以為Teddy Picker應該會和之前的mv一樣,沒有什麼他們的鏡頭.沒想到這次竟然就用了一個挺正式的studio video!!


so the fan girls are very pleased:)

Hvarf/Heim

Sigur Rós的double-CD,Hvarf收錄之前未發行的歌與b-side;Heim則是一些已發行的錄音室acoustic版.
Single 'Hljómalind'簡單又美麗,最後的具有穿透力的吉他咆哮聲讓我更加的期待Heima !

MP3: Sigur Rós-Hljómalind

The Killers W/Lou Reed

From the new b sides album of the Killers "Sawdust"

The Killers W/Lou Reed, "Tranquilize"