PIRIKA :: MY MUSIC

Let's try again?

2009-09-22T16:03:00.003+01:00

After a long absence, here we are here again.
Let's see how things go this time, on our part is all put together so that everything runs smoothly.

The Incomplete List

2009-03-09T16:29:00.004Z

Well, we are back again.
The return is not yet definitive, but what we publish here is something that has occupied us for a while. Because we are a little busy to rearrange all the songs we have in our database, and are still some, this is taking us longer than expected.
Here is a list of songs, based mainly in the 80's, but with some of 60's, 70's and 90's.
We know that are missing some essential songs, so we count on you to help us complete this list, tell us which songs that should be on it.

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
Ac Dc - Back in Black
Ac Dc - Highway To Hell
Ac Dc - Thunderstuck
Ac Dc - Who Made Who
Ac Dc - You Shook Me All Night Long
Adamski - Killer
Aerosmith - Rag Doll
A-Ha - Take On Me
Alice Cooper - Poison
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Audioslave - Like a Stone
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye

Beck - Devils Haircut
Beck - The New Pollution
Big Audio Dinamite - E=mc2
Big Country - Look away
Big Soul - Hippy Hippy Shake
Billy Bragg - Sexuality
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Billy Idol - Eyes Without Face
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blasted Mechanism - The Atom Bride Theme
Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Call Me
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Blondie - Maria
Blondie - Nothing Is Real But The Girl
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Blur - Song 2
Blur - There's No Other Way
Body Count - Body Count's In The House
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
Cake - Daria
Cake - I Will Survive
Cake - The Distance
Calla - It Dawned On Me
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
Cindy Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
D.A.D. - Sleeping My Day Way
Dada - Dim
Dada - Dizz Knee Land
Dada - Surround
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater (12in)
David Bowie - China Girl
David Bowie - Heroes [Single Version]
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street
David Byrne - Girls On My Mind
Deep Purple - Smoke on The Water
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Deus - Sister Dew
Deus - Suds & Soda
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
Dexy's Midnight Runners - The Celtic Soul Brothers
Dick Dale and his Del Tones - Misirlou
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Eagles - Hotel California
Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
Emf - You're Unbelievable
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Fire Inc. - Nowhere Fast
Fischer-Z - So Long
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Gene Loves Jezebel - Break the chain
Gene Loves Jezebel - The motion of love
Happy Mondays - Bob's Yer Uncle
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
Happy Mondays - Step On
Héroes Del Silencio - Entre dos Tierras
Him - Join Me in Death
Him - Wicked Game
Hole - Malibu
House of Pain - Jump Around
Iggy Pop - Candy
Iggy Pop - China Girl
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
INXS - Baby Don't Cry
INXS - Beautiful Girl
INXS - Devil Inside
INXS - Disappear
INXS - Mystify
INXS - Need You Tonight
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
INXS - New Sensation
INXS - Suicide Blonde
J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
Janis Joplin - Bye Bye Baby
Janis Joplin - Cry Baby [#]
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Acoustic Version)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock And Roll
John Cougar - Hurts So Good
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Joy Division - Decades
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights
Kiss - I Was Made For Loving You
Korn - Freak on a Leash
Korn - Got the Life
K's Choice - Mr. Freeze
K's Choice - Not an Addict
Kula Shaker - Hey Dude
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
Live - Lightning Crashes
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Loyde Cole - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken
Loyde Cole - Jennifer She Said
Loyde Cole - My Bag
Loyde Cole - Perfect Skin
Loyde Cole - Rattlesnakes
Machiavel - Fly
Madness - One Step Beyond
Madness - Our House
Marilyn Manson - Disposable Teens
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
Massive Attack - Teardrops
Men at Work - Down Under
Men at Work - Overkill
Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me
Morphine - Honey White
Morphine - Shame
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey - Suedehead
Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get
Nena - 99 Red Balloons (Single Version)
New Order - Blue Monday
New Order - Crystal
New Order - Every Time i See You Falling
New Order - Temptation
Nick Cave - Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Nick Cave - The Passenger
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Nirvana - Lithium
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay
Outfield - Your Love
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Pearl Jam - Betterman
Pearl Jam - Black
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Pearl Jam - Nothingman
Pearl Jam - Rearview Mirror
Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Peter Murphy - Cuts you up
Peter Murphy - Hit Song
Peter Murphy - Strange Kind of Love
Peter Murphy - The Scarlet Thing in You
Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pig Bag
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Pixies - Hey
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Pixies - Mr. Grives
Pixies - Tame
Pixies - U-Mass
Pixies - Where Is My Mind
Portishead - Cowboys
Portishead - Roads
Primal Scream - Jailbird
Primal Scream - Loaded
Primal Scream - Rocks
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning
Primitive Reason - Hipócrita
Primitive Reason - Seven Fingered Friend
Primitives - Crash
Public Image Ltd. - Rise
Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not A Love Song
Pulp - Babies
Pulp - Common People
Pulp - Disco 2000
Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Queens Of The Stone Age - You Know What You Did
Radiohead - Creep
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - Karma Police
Radiohead & Unkle - El Presidente
Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the Head
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Rage AgainstThe Machine - Bombtrack
Rammstein - Amerika
Rammstein - Bang Bang
Rammstein - Du Hast
Rammstein - Herzeleid
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Give It Away Now
Rem - It's The End Of The World
Rem - Man On The Moon
Rem - Shiny Happy People
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Rolling Stones - Angie
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Run DMC - Walk This Way
Simple Minds - Belfast Child
Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities In Dust
Siouxsie And The Banshies - Israel
Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Maxi)
Starship - We Built This City
Stiltskin - Inside
Stone Temple Pilotes - Creep
Stone Temple Pilotes - Interstate Love Song
Stone Temple Pilotes - Plush
Stone Temple Pilotes - Sour Girl
Suede - Animal Nitrate
Suede - Beautiful Ones
Suede - Trash
Supergrass - Alright
Supertramp - School
Supertramp - The Logical Song
System Of A Down - Chop Suey
System Of A Down - Highway Song
System Of A Down - Psycho
T Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Talking Heads - And She Was
Talking Heads - Our House In The Middle of the Street
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
The B-52's - Love Shack
The B-52's - Planet Claire
The B-52's - Rock Lobster
The Beatles - Help!
The Beatles - Love Me Do
The Bloodhound Gang - Fire Whater Burn
The Bluebells - Young At Heart
The Bolshoi - Sunday Morning
The Breeders - Cannonball
The Breeders - Drivin' On 9
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Charlatans - Love Is the Key
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
The Clash - (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
The Clash - I Fought the Law
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - Magnificent Seven
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Clash - Tommy Gun
The Clash - Train in Vain
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
The Cult - Born To Be Wild
The Cult - Fire Woman
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Cure - Close to Me
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
The Cure - High
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Cure - Pictures of you
The Cure - Play For Today [Live in Paris]
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
The Dead 60s - Riot Radio
The Divinyls - I Touch Myself
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
The Doors - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
The Doors - Break on Through (To the Other Side)
The Doors - Light My Fire
The Doors - Peace Frog
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
The Farm - All Together Now
The Go-Betweens - Love Goes On!
The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
The Hooters - Karla With a K
The House Of Love - Shine On
The Housemartins - Build
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
The Housemartins - You've Got a Friend
The Knack - My Sharona
The La's - There She Goes
The Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson
The Ligthning Seedes - Change
The Ligthning Seedes - Luky You
The Ligthning Seedes - Pure
The Ligthning Seedes - Ready Or Not
The Ligthning Seedes - Sense
The Ligthning Seedes - The Life Of Riley
The Lords of The New Church - Russian Roulette
The Mission UK - Butterfly on a Wheel
The Mission UK - Like a Child Again
The Mission UK - Severina
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
The Moody Blues - Knights In White Satin
The Pogues - Honky Tonk Women
The Pogues - Sayonara
The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders & Ub 40 - I Got You Babe
The Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles
The Prodigy - Breathe
The Prodigy - Firestarter
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
The Psychedelic Furs - Preaty In Pink
The Ramones - Rock N' Roll High School
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K.
The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
The Sisters Of Mercy - More
The Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Sound - Hothouse
The Sound - Total Recall
The Sound - Winning
The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection (Original LP Version)
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses - Waterfall
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Stooges - No Fun
The Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Nigth
The Stranglers - Always the Sun
The Stranglers - Nice 'N' Sleazy
The Stranglers - Peaches
The Stranglers - Walk On By
The Teardops Explode - Sleeping Gas
The The - Dogs Of Lust
The The - Slow Emotion Replay
The The - The Beat[en] Generation
The The - This Is The Day
The The - Uncertain Smile
The Waterboys - And A Bang On The Ear
The Waterboys - Don't Bang The Drum
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys - Glastonbury Song
The Waterboys - Spirit
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
The Waterboys - Trumpets
The Who - My Generation
Tindersticks - Can We Start Again
Tindersticks - City Sickness
Tindersticks - Her
Toni Basil - Mickey
Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care
U2 - Bad
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2 - Mysterious Ways
U2 - New Year's Day
U2 - Numb
U2 - One
U2 - Party Girl
U2 - Pride
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 - Where The Streets Have no Name
U2 - Whit Or Without You
Underworld - Born Slippy
Urge Overkill - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
Violent Femmes - Please Do Not Go
Violent Femmes - Prove My Love
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Wheatus - Dirt Bag
Xtc - Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
Xtc - Making Plans For Nigel
Young Gods - Kissing The Sun
Zen - 11Am
Zen - Not Gone Give Up
Zen - U.N.L.O.

Update 2009

2009-01-15T18:16:00.002Z

Sorry for this prolonged absence, for reasons of majeure force, we were unable to update Pirika:: My Music. We will post as soon as we can.
Thank you for your understanding.

What is your musical style?

2008-12-15T10:38:00.001Z

This are the results of the last quest.

What is your musical style?

Alternative 7 (58%)
Rock 5 (41%)
Pop 4 (33%)
Other !!! 3 (25%)
Reggae 3 (25%)
Punk 2 (16%)
Electronic 1 (8%)
Experimental 1 (8%)
Folk 1 (8%)
Blues 0 (0%)
Country 0 (0%)
Dance 0 (0%)
Heavy Metal 0 (0%)
Jazz 0 (0%)
Techno 0 (0%)

The Killers - Day and Age 2008

2008-11-25T10:11:00.001Z

"The Killers is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2002, the group consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (percussion, drums)."
"The band began writing the tracks for Day & Age while on the road during the Sam's Town tour. Work on the album was conducted on an international basis, with demos made in Las Vegas sent to producer Stuart Price in London over the Internet, who then called back to discuss the recordings. Flowers stated that the concept for the album is a "continuation" of Sam's Town."
(in wikipedia) + info

"...but on its 2008 sequel, Day & Age, the Killers shrink the canvas and brighten their palette, opting for a big sound over big themes. Since the Killers are at their core poseurs and not prophets, style over substance is the right move and Day & Age has style for miles and miles, exceeding even their debut, Hot Fuss, in its stainless steel gleam. If anything, Hot Fuss was a little too monochromatic in its obsession with '80s synth rock, a criticism that can hardly be leveled at Day & Age, a record that stitches together sounds with an almost blissfully idiotic abandon. Anchored in dance-rock though they may be, the Killers no longer sound like mere disciples of New Order and Duran Duran..."
(in allmusic.com - Stephen Thomas Erlewine) + info

1 - Losing Touch
2 - Human (mp3)
3 - Spaceman (mp3)
4 - Joy Ride
5 - A Dustland Fairytale
6 - This Is Your Life
7 - I Can't Stay
8 - Neon Tiger
9 - The World We Live In
10 - Goodnight, Travel Well

CD bonus track (UK and Australia)
11 - A Crippling Blow

iTunes bonus tracks (US and Canada)
11 - Forget About What I Said
12 - Tidal Wave
13 - Human (remix) (pre-order only)

iTunes bonus tracks (UK, Japan and Australia)
11 - A Crippling Blow
12 - Forget About What I Said (pre-order only)

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This is a repost, mp3 links have been removed

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Burningpilot - Cold Caller 2008

2008-11-24T14:21:00.004Z

Burningpilot came from London, and their are, Dan Barrow (drums), Sion Penny (bass), Michael James (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jon Sheehan (keyboards), John J Cooper (guitar).

"Following a triptych of sizzling singles, Burningpilot return with a full album, their “we’ve arrived” debut.
Signed to Transgressive Records (Jeremy Warmsley, The Young Knives, Ladyfuzz), everything is set for their ascent to super stardom. Wait though, what of the music? Burningpilot favour a metallic, Eighties rush of sound, throwing out echoes of The Fall, The Stranglers and general post punk desolation amid fizzing synths. The band do a sterling job of setting out their stall, showcasing all that’s good about Burningpilot on these ten tracks that justify the rush for their previous sold out singles."
(in burningpilot.com) + info

"They're late arrivals at the nu-indie-disco party but they're welcome to stay and help sustain the momentum."
"These newcomers are burning bright on the dancefloor with this Talking Heads-meets-Franz indie disco blaster."
(in guardian.co.uk - Paul Lester) + info

1 - Accelerate (mp3)
2 - Case History
3 - Automatic Text Generator
4 - Entertainment Correspondent
5 - French Frank (mp3)
6 - Cold Caller
7 - Starter Pack
8 - White Clipping
9 - Moving Models (mp3)
10 - International Poster Campaign

You Stay Cool

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X-Wife - Are you ready for the blackout? 2008

2008-11-21T12:38:00.008Z

"X-Wife is a rock band from Portugal. Current members are, João Vieira (vocals/guitar), Fernando Sousa (bass), Rui Maia (Synthesizers/ drums/drum machine)".
"After long conversations about music, João Vieira and Fernando Sousa (at the time in a band called Stealing Orchestra), decide to start jamming together. After meeting Rui Maia in a bar, X-Wife was complete (the official date of birth of X-Wife is March 2002). Starting from a set of demos that Vieira recorded in a minidisc while in London, the band initiates their rehearsals. In one of those rehearsals a record label (Nortesul) manager shows up (by indication of a mutual friend) and two months after a record deal is presented to the trio".
Are you ready for the blackout? is the third album of the band.
(in - Wikipedia) + info

1 - On The Radio (mp3)
2 - Summertime Death (mp3)
3 - Headlights
4 - Black Tears
5 - Heart Of The World
6 - Good Times
7 - Turn The Music On
8 - Fantasma
9 - Behind Doors
10 - Fireworks (mp3)
11 - Heaven Knows
12 - Nothing Else To Prove

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The Grates - Teeth Lost, Hearts Won 2008

2008-11-19T16:33:00.004Z

"The Grates are a three-piece band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Patience Hodgson (vocals), John Patterson (guitar) and Alana Skyring (drums). They have been lauded for their catchy songs and enthusiastic and energetic live shows. Their sound has been compared to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Be Your Own Pet."
(in Wikipedia) + info

"As a band they've taken the adult step of grabbing a co-production credit alongside Peter Katis, who has also produced for Interpol and Mates of State, adding flourishes like keyboards, accordion, guest vocalists, and a barking-dog break in the kooky When You're Scared of Dogs."
(in Allmusic - Jody Macgregor) + info

1 - Burn Bridges (mp3)
2 - Carve Your Name (mp3)
3 - The Fun in Every Start
4 - Two Kinds of Right
5 - Aw Yeah
6 - Milk Eyes
7 - The Sum of Every Part
8 - Storms and Fevers
9 - Earthquake
10 - Not Today
11 - When You're Scared of Dogs
12 - Let It Die
13 - The Biggest and Longest Adventure Ever

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Time to change

2008-11-19T14:51:00.001Z

Well, my friends, Pirika :: My Music is about to complete the first anniversary and while reaching the symbolic mark of 20,000 visitors, here it is time to change a little the course of this blog.

This decision is based on the questionnaire made on the blog itself (although very little competitive) but also on the basis of email received, held conversations with other bloggers, and especially with the lack of time that the writers of this blog have had at this time.
This way, the posts will go to suffer some changes to its structure. Instead of writing a bit about the band or artist to make a critical to the subject matter, we will put one or two links to other sites, these sites approved and with the same view, with the same ideology of Pirika :: My Music.
We will continue to publish only what we feel is essential but we will "take advantage" of something said by others (with due credits mentioned).

So, we can continue to make known, artists and music in general in a way more quickly and not making the mistake of writing the same as many.

These measures will come into force starting this moment and will continue until some unexpected arises and necessary new amendment.

Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild 2008

2008-11-13T17:23:00.003Z

Swedish singer-songwriter, Frida Hyvönen, grew up in a small place in the north of Sweden, Robertsfors. She was born in 1977 and since 2004 is beginning to be known in musical terms. In 2005 released the first album called, Until Death Comes, a album with some renown.
In 2007 came the second , Frida Hyvönen Gives You : Music from the Dance Performance PUDEL. This is the first of what is intended as a series entitled, Frida Hyvönen Gives You. This one was originally produced for a performance of the dance choreographer Dorte Olsen.
Silence Is Wild is the third, and if the previous albums were good, the latest appears to be much better.
You may already have heard the other sounds, because she recorded a cover of REM, Everybody Hurts, in autumn 2007

1 - Dirty Dancing (mp3)
2 - Enemy Within (mp3)
3 - Highway 2 U (mp3)
4 - London! (mp3)
5 - My Cousin
6 - Science
7 - Scandinavian Blonde
8 - December
9 - Birds
10 - Pony
11 - Sic Transit Gloria
12 - Oh Shanghai
13 - Why Do You Love Me So Much

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Nwz Playlist 11 (Repost)

2008-10-24T15:10:00.003+01:00

Beck - Gamma Ray (mp3)
Death Cab for Cutie - Talking Bird (mp3)
Deehunter - Never Stops (mp3)
Duchess Says - Ccut Up (mp3)
Haley Bonar - Something Great (mp3)
Jukebox The Ghost - Good Day (Andrew Maury Remix) (mp3)
Middle Class Rut - All Walks Of Life (mp3)
Mogwai - Sun Smells Too Loud (mp3)
The Bowery Riots - Should I Look The Other Way (mp3)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Drain The Blood (mp3)
Wendy Darling - Sick End Game (mp3)
Zen - Not Gonna Give Up (mp3)
Zen - U.N.L.O. (mp3)

Some 2008 Ep's (Repost)

2008-10-24T12:31:00.018+01:00

Here are some new Eps of some well-known bands.

The Raveonettes - Sometimes They Drop By (Ep) 2008

01 - Way Out There
02 - Blood Red Leis (mp3)
03 - Sometimes They Drop By
04 - Vintage Future

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The Decemberists - Always The Bridesmaid A Singles Series (Ep) 2008

01 - Valerie Plame
02 - Days Of Elaine
03 - O New England (mp3)
04 - Im Sticking With You
05 - Record Year
06 - Raincoat Song

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The Happy Hollows - Imaginary (Ep) 2008

01 - Lieutenant
02 - Labyrinth (mp3)
03 - Tambourine
04 - Big Bad Wolf
05 - Colors

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Antony & The Johnsons - Another World (Ep) 2008

01 - Another World (mp3)
02 - Crackagen
03 - Shake That Devil
04 - Sing For Me
05 - Hope Mountain

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Stars - Sad Robots (Ep) 2008

01 - Maintenance Hall, 4am
02 - A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife
03 - Undertow
04 - Going, Going, Gone [Live] (mp3)
05 - 14 Forever
06 - Sad Robot

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The Shaky Hands - Lunglight 2008 (Repost)

2008-10-24T12:22:00.003+01:00

Formedin 2003 by Nicholas Delffs and Colin Anderson, The Shaky Hands are a rock group from Portland, Oregon.
The band began to gain fans all over the place, its vibrant performances, the unmistakable voice of Nick Delffs and the awards earned over 4 years, as the Willamette Week's annual Best New Band, led the band to sign contract with Holocene Music.
The Shaky Hands’ self-titled debut, released in 2007 was no surprise to the people who already know this band because the album approximates the irresistibly frenetic Shaky Hands live experience.
Now they have a new album, Lunglight, promoted by Holocene Music and Kill Rock Stars. Two months after they sign with Kill Rock Stars, Colin Anderson left the group but Nathan Delffs took Anderson's place on the drums. Listen to Lunglight and have a nice surprise.

01 A New Parade
02 Loosen Up
03 Air Better Come
04 We Are Young (mp3)
05 Neighbors
06 World's Gone Mad (mp3)
07 No Say
08 You're the Light
09 Show Me Your Life
10 Settle On11Love of All
12 Wake the Breathing Light
13 Oh No

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Survey Results 1

2008-10-15T17:10:00.005+01:00

From today we will release another label (Survey Results ).
It will not be more than an archive of all questionnaires made to the readers of Pirika:: My Music, starting today. I hope you enjoy it.

Here are some of the bands that will perform in Portugal this Autumn.
Which of these do you choose?

Aimee Mann 4 (13%)
Blood Red Shoes 5 (16%)
Cansei de Ser Sexy 10 (33%)
Cut Copy 8 (26%)
dEUS 10 (33%)
Gogol Bordello 6 (20%)
Gotan Project 6 (20%)
Infadels 2 (6%)
Lemonheads 4 (13%)
Mary Onettes 3 (10%)
Mercury Rev 5 (16%)
Nouvelle Vague 8 (26%)
Peter Murphy 3 (10%)
Roisin Murphy 5 (16%)
Sigur Rós 15 (50%)
Thievery Corporation 10 (33%)

Notification

2008-09-26T10:58:00.004+01:00

To all of you who noticed the disappearance of certain posts, here's the explanation for what happened.

Pirika :: My Music has been notified.

"Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog infringes upon the copyrights of others."

The posts in question are:

Nwz playlist-11
TV On The Radio - Dear Science 2008
TV On The Radio - Dear Science 2008 (re-post) - This was posted again, because the first had simply disappeared, I thought I had done something wrong, that was deleted by mistake, now we know why.

For all concerned, there is a notice at the bottom right of this blog where there are contacts in order to expose all your doubts and questions.

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Through this blog, we're trying to share good music with others. Please support the artists by purchasing their work. Feel free to contact us if you think we'd be interested in your music.
Also if you own the copyright to one of these songs and would like a song removed, please let us know.

Note:

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Pirika01

Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes 2008

2008-09-22T14:42:00.002+01:00

From Montreal, Canada, the indie-Rockers, Land Of Talk. They will realese, early October, his second album, Some Are Lakes. The band consists of singer and guitarist Elizabeth Powell, bassist Chris McCarron and drummer Eric Thibodeau.

1 - Yuppy Flu
2 - Death By Fire
3 - The Man Who Breaks Things (Dark Shuffle)
4 - Some Are Lakes (mp3)
5 - Give Me Back My Heart Attack
6 - It’s Okay (mp3)
7 - Young Bridge
8 - Corner Phone (mp3)
9 - Got A Call
10 - Troubled

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Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 2008

2008-09-12T15:00:00.005+01:00

It's not a recent launch, because it was launched in April, but deserves positive note, so here are the details of the latest work of Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid, that is already the fourth album of this band from Manchester, and the first produced and mixed by the Elbow.
Recently they received the Mercury prize with The Seldom Seen Kid, despite strong competition from Radiohead, Burial, Robert Plant or The Last Shadow Puppets.
Mercury Prize take place in London since 1992. Normally, soon after announcing the nominees for the trophy, the bands show an increase in sales of its disks. The nominees are chosen by a small number of people involved in the music industry in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In recent years, artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Antony & the Johnsons, Pulp, Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, Talvin Singh or Portishead took the prize for home.

When receiving the award, Guy Garvey, singer of the group, referred to the fact as "the best thing that has happened in" and dedicated the prize to Brian Glancy, a friend of the band who died recently and that motivated the title of the album that "celebrates his life," revealed. According to the musician "any person who has made music in Manchester know who he was." At the ceremony, Guy Garvey said that "The trophy will be presented to Mandy Glancy, the mother of Brian."

in "dn.sapo.pt"

1 - Starlings
2 - The Bones of You
3 - Mirrorball
4 - Grounds for Divorce (mp3)
5 - An Audience with the Pope
6 - Weather to Fly (mp3)
7 - The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
8 - The Fix
9 - Some Riot
10 - One Day Like This (mp3)
11 - Friend of Ours
12 - We're Away" (UK bonus track)

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We´re Back

2008-08-29T15:53:00.001+01:00

After deserved holiday, we are back to continue with our work. Welcome to the second part of - Pirika :: My Music.

Estamos de volta

2008-08-29T15:50:00.002+01:00

Depois de umas merecidas férias, estamos de volta para continuarmos com o nosso trabalho. Sejam bem vindos à segunda parte de - Pirika :: My Music.

Fechado para férias

2008-08-05T18:53:00.001+01:00

Desculpem a falta de posts mas encontramo-nos de férias neste momento.
Assim que possível, nós voltaremos ao normal funcionamento.
Obrigado pela vossa compreensão.

Closed for holiday

2008-08-05T18:47:00.001+01:00

Sorry for the lack of posts but we are on holiday at the moment.
As soon as possible, we return to normal operation.
Thank you for your understanding.

Kim Novak - Luck and Accident 2007

2008-07-22T14:58:00.005+01:00

Kim Novak is a four-piece band from Normandy, France.
Inspired by bands such as The Cure, Tindersticks and Joy Division, Kim Novak can easily be compared with other bands like, Editors or Interpol…
Luck and Accident is the first album and was recorded in december 2006 and released on May 2007 by Talitres Records.
They take their name from the famous American actress of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.

“As French imports go, Luck & Accident may not be quite up there with Thierry Henry or Brigitte Bardot, but it still makes a one-way Eurostar ticket seem cheap at twice the price.”
(Dom Gourlay - drownedinsound.com)

1 - Better Run
2 - Swallow
3 - Turn a Rabbit
4 - Lost At Play (mp3)
5 - In The Mirror
6 - If (mp3)
7 - Female Friends (mp3)
8 - Around Your Neck
9 - Some Photographs
10 - Crash
11 - On My Back

Myspace

Andy Yorke - Simple 2008

2008-07-18T11:57:00.004+01:00

Andy Yorke is the younger brother of Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, and Simple is his first solo album.
Is not easy being the brother of the Radiohead singer, there is always the tendency to compare the two. But at the time of Unbelievable Truth was the same thing and people were able to give credit to Andy performance, and with Simple will be the same.

"The forthcoming album is the solo debut that almost never was. In the 1990s I was lead singer and co-songwriter of Oxford-based band Unbelievable Truth, which released the album Almost Here on Virgin Records in 1998, and second album Sorrythankyou on Shifty Disco in 2000. When I quit the band in 2000, I swore never to get involved in music again… But after five years following a totally different career path, I found myself with a collection of songs that I had begun writing despite myself. The songs began as music written for my own benefit, but for the first time I was solely responsible for the entire writing process from start to finish, and that was liberating. Things that once seemed complicated now became simple. A lot of the songs on the album are about this happening to me in all kinds of ways."
(Andy Yorke) (+ info)

1 - Simple
2 - Found The Road
3 - Twist Of The Knife
4 - Rise And Fall (mp3)
5 - Diamant (mp3)
6 - One In A Million
7 - Always By Your Side
8 - Let It Be True
9 - Mathilda (mp3)
10 - Lay Down
11 - Surrender
12 - Ode To A Friend

Myspace
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Tribute to Summer & Reggae by Pirika01

2008-07-17T16:19:00.003+01:00

It is hot in Portugal, and the days on the beach and the nights on the terrace without doing anything, just listening to a good sound, are arriving. And what is the music we hear more often in the summer?
Reggae!!
Well, here is a small tribute playlist to summer and Reggae bands.

(Tribute to Summer & Reggae) by Pirika01

1 - Barrington Levy - Here I Come (mp3)
2 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love-People Get Ready (mp3)
3 - Cornell Campbell - Ten To One (mp3)
4 - Dave Barker - Set Me Free (mp3)
5 - Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (mp3)
6 - Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (mp3)
7 - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (mp3)
8 - Keith & Tex - Stop That Train (mp3)
9 - Matumbi - Brother Louie (mp3)
10 - Max Romeo - Wet Dream (mp3)
11 - Pat Kelly - Somebody's Baby (mp3)
12 - Sophia George - Girlie Girlie (mp3)
13 - The Abyssinians - Declaration of Rights (mp3)
14 - Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop (mp3)
15 - Twin Roots - Know Love (mp3)

More info about Reggae (Wiki)

Random Covers

2008-07-16T18:27:00.002+01:00

Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good (Original)
Arctic Monkeys - You Know I'm No Good (Cover)

Feist - 1234 (Original)
Bikini - 1234 (Cover)

Arcade Fire - Ocean Of Noise (Original)
Calexico - Ocean Of Noise (Cover)

Interpol - Obstacle 1 (Original)
Charlotte Martin - Obstacle 1 (Cover)

Elton John - Rocket Man (Original)
David Fonseca - Rocket Man (Cover)

The Ting Tings - Thats Not My Name (Original)
Dizzee Rascal - Thats Not My Name (Cover)

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Original)
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Cover)

Bloc Party - The Prayer (Original)
KT Tunstall - The Prayer (Cover)

The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (Original)
Lily Allen - Don't Get Me Wrong (Cover)

The Carpenters - Superstar (Original)
Sonic Youth - Superstar (Cover)

Coldplay - Violet Hill (Original)
The Kooks - Violet Hill (Cover)

Rihanna - S.O.S (Original)
The Last Shadow Puppets - S.O.S (Cover)

The Flaming Lips - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (Original)
The Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (Cover)

The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Original)
The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven (Cover)

Remix Playlist 01

2008-07-11T18:10:00.002+01:00

Architecture in Helsinki - Like It Or Not (El Guincho Remix) (mp3)
Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea (Blamma Bl... Remix) (mp3)
Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin (Yuksek Remix) (mp3)
Division Kent - Offshore (The Phantom's Revenge Remix)(mp3)
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (Black Dominoes Remix) (mp3)
Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) (mp3)
Little Dragon - 1 Recommendation (Todla T Remix) (mp3)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix) (mp3)
Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia (Cut Copy Remix) (mp3)
Sam Sparro - Black & Gold (Phones Hard As Diamonds Remix) (mp3)
Sunny Day Sets Fire - I Dream Along (Triobelisk Remix) (mp3)
The Faint - The Conductor (Thin White Duke Remix) (mp3)
The Gossip - Listen Up (The Black Ghosts Remix) (mp3)
The Love Motel - Cosmic Love (Grum Remix) (mp3)
The Presets - Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix) (mp3)
These Electric Lives - We Should Be Believing (Sta Remix) (mp3)
Thunderheist - Jerk It (Jokers Of The Scene Remix) (mp3)

The Dø - A Mouthful 2008

2008-07-11T14:22:00.005+01:00

"The Dø is a French rock duo formed by musician and soundtrack composer Dan Levy and French/Finnish singer Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti. They met while recording the music for the film Empire of the Wolves, and they then continued to collaborate for the films, The Passenger and Camping sauvage."

"A Mouthful is the result of this union, the album was released on 14 January 2008. The Dø is known to incorporate a great range of instruments in their songs, as well as being a duet completing each other member, Merilahti bringing the melody, and Levy the symphonic or jazzy structure. Most of the lyrics are written in English, the rest being in Finnish. It is not known yet if the band will release songs in the French language."
(wikipedia.com)

1 - Playground Hustle
2 - At Last !
3 - On My Shoulders (mp3)
4 - Song for Lovers
5 - The Bridge is Broken
6 - Stay (Just a Little Bit More) (mp3)
7 - Unissasi Laulelet
8 - Tammie (mp3)
9 - Queen Dot Kong
10 - Coda
11 - Searching Gold
12 - When Was I Last Home?
13 - Travel Light
14 - Aha
15 - In My Box

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XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island 2008

2008-07-09T12:15:00.003+01:00

Welcome To Goon Island, the debut album from XX Teens (former Xerox Teens), released July 28th by Mute Records.
XX Teens are, Anthony Silvester (guitar), Rich Cash (vocals), William Morrow (guitar), Macks Faulkron (drums) & Jorgen Raa (bass).

“With 'Welcome To Goon Island', XX Teens look set to bring a bit of depth & technicolour joy into the sometime hegemonic drabness of the current musical landscape”
(recordstore.co.uk)

1 - The Way We Were (mp3)
2 - B-54
3 - Round
4 - Ba (Ba-Ba-Ba)
5 - Onkawara
6 - (Reprise)
7 - Only You
8 - My Favourite Hate (mp3)
9 - Darlin (mp3)
10 - Sun Comes Up
11 - For Brian Haw

Myspace
Website

Bloc Party - Mercury (Single)

2008-07-08T14:50:00.006+01:00

(Bloc Party gave a world exclusive first play of their new single 'Mercury' to the Zane Lowe Radio 1 show in the UK.
Speaking live on the show about the new song and the on-going recording session for the band's third album Kele said "we're in the middle of it. we're still writing and working on it so it's quite hard to have an overview really, we are making the record i always wanted us to make so we just can't wait for it to be done").
(Blocparty.com)

The single will be released on the 11th of August.

Heavy weight 12”

Side A Mercury (12” Version)
Side B Mercury (12” Intrumental)

CD Maxi

1. Mercury (mp3)(Alt)
2. Mercury (Hervé is in disarray Remix)
3. Mercury (CSS Remix)
4. Mercury (Flosstrodamus Remix)

Heavyweight 7”

Side A Mercury
Side B Idea For A Story

Myspace
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The Walkmen - You & Me 2008

2008-07-07T11:24:00.004+01:00

Almost two years later, The Walkmen have their forth album. You & Me is the result of those years, Chris Zane e John Agnello are the producers of this work released by Gigantic Music.

"You and Me offers a distinctive twist to the "Walkmen” sound of their first three records. Each song shows focus, and an up-beat enthusiasm apparent in all lyrics, music, and performances. It is a long record, clocking in at just under an hour, and it presents a wide range of ideas. The pacing is very important, as the band felt it was essential to set the right tone, and show each song in its proper light."
(thespacelab.tv)

1 - Dónde Está la Playa (mp3)
2 - Flamingos (for Colbert)
3 - On the Water (mp3)
4 - In the New Year (mp3)
5 - Seven Years of Holidays (for Stretch)
6 - Postcards From Tiny Islands
7 - Red Moon
8 - Canadian Girl
9 - Four Provinces
10 - Long Time Ahead of Us
11 - The Blue Route
12 - New Country
13 - I Lost You (mp3)
14 - If Only It Were True

Myspace
Website

Do you know them?

2008-06-30T15:58:00.006+01:00

Artist: Air France
Origin: Sweden
Genre: Pop
Years Active: ?? – Present day
Website: Myspace

Still in the beginning but with a great atitude.

Album: No Way Down (Ep)
Label: Sincerely Yours
Release Date: May 26, 2008
Mp3: No Way Down

Artist: Zen
Origin: Porto, Portugal
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: 1996 – Present day
Website: Myspace

Old band but not to forget, great sound.

Album: The Privilege of Making The Wrong Choice
Label: Revolver Records
Release Date: 1998
Mp3: 11:00 AM

Artist: The Lurios
Origin: Carlton, England
Genre: Pop / Rock
Years Active: 2006 – Present day
Website: Myspace

Sound like a mixture of Arctic Monkeys & Pigeon Detectives.

Album: A Way Out From The Boredom
Label: Fabtone Records
Release Date: Apr 2, 2008
Mp3: Oh Brother

Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs 2008

2008-06-27T16:45:00.003+01:00

Hey Rosetta! A six-piece Canadian indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland.
They gained the reputation of being one of the best live acts to watch, the band create a massive, layered sound by incorporating piano, violin and cello into the traditional four-piece garage rock sound.
The band members include Tim Baker (vocals, guitar, piano), Josh Ward (bass), Adam Hogan (lead guitar), and Phil Maloney (drums). The band also contains a string section normally consisting of Heather Kao (violin), and Tiffany Pollock (cello).
The band has earned several awards between 2006 and 2007. In September 2007, the band's track "Lions for Scottie", from Plan Your Escape, was featured as iTunes' single of the week.
Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood) is the second album released by Sonic Entertainment Group, the first single is "There's an Arc".

1 - New Goodbye
2 - I've Been Asleep For A Long, Long Time
3 - There's An Arc (mp3)
4 - Handshake The Gangster
5 - Open Arms
6 - Black Heart
7 - Red Heart
8 - We Made A Pact
9 - Tired Eyes
10 - Holy Shit
11 - A Thousand Suns
12 - Psalm

Myspace
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Cansei de Ser Sexy - Donkey 2008

2008-06-27T15:33:00.002+01:00

Donkey is the second album of Cansei de Ser Sexy, mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent and released by Sub Pop / Warner Bros.
They have some news, a new drummer, Jon Harper, formerly of The Cooper Temple Clause, and the sound, Lovefoxxx said that the first album wasn’t really an album, was more a mixture of music’s they put together, Donkey is more "solid".
Lovefoxx also said that this album has a love song dedicated to her boyfriend, Simon Taylor of Klaxons.

1 - Jåger Yoga
2 - Rat is Dead (Rage) (mp3)
3 - Reggae All Night
4 - Give Up
5 - Left Behind (mp3)
6 - Beautiful Song
7 - How I Became Paranoid
8 - Move
9 - I Fly
10 - Believe Achieve
11 - Air Painter

Myspace
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The Kiss-Off - Brace (Ep) 2008

2008-06-26T11:43:00.003+01:00

The next big thing?
The Kiss-Off was formed in 2006 by guitarist Adam De Rosa, bassist Nathan Lithgow and keyboardist/ button pusher Oliver Edsforth.
This line-up was later joined by drummer Michael Resnick and singer Sam Tyndall. After a year of exploration and changes in palate The Kiss-Off has settled on sound deeply influenced by Eno-era Bowie, Echo & The Bunnymen and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but continues to expand their sonic reach and ambition.
Tyndall's stark lyrics are counter balanced by a resonant, often dramatic delivery, which glides on top of BladeRunner synthesizer and Fripp-esque guitar.
The Kiss-Off is releasing their debut six song EP "Brace".
Learn more about The Kiss-Off, here.

Amplify (mp3)
Knots (mp3)
Laying Dead (mp3)
More News (mp3)
Mother Murderer
Somethings Wrong (mp3)

Myspace

Sonic Youth - Hits Are For Squares 2008

2008-06-25T11:48:00.004+01:00

Hits Are For Squares is the latest release from Sonic Youth.
This exclusive compilation album features Sonic Youth songs chosen by friends of the band from the worlds of music, film and literature.
Each contributor also offers a personal testimonial for their own selection from a unique and influential body of work spanning from 1981 to present.
Amongst the selectors are Beck, Dave Eggers, Chloe Sevigny, Eddie Vedder, and Gus Van Sant.
The compilation also includes an exclusive track from Sonic Youth, 'Slow Revolution' recorded with producer John Agnello.
The album will be sold exclusively at select Starbucks stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia and DC. Also available online.
(Myspace / Sonic Youth)

“In a way, Sonic Youth has a branded name, people know the name, but not necessarily our music, which might be a little too outsider for some. And when they do hear a little something, it doesn't tell the whole story. I thought it would be interesting to have a CD available in a store like Starbucks where the casual consumer can sort of have access to [our music] more readily.”
(Thurston Moore)

1 - Bull in the Heather, selected by Catherine Keener
2 - Sugar Kane, selected by Beck
3 - 100%, selected by Mike D
4 - Kool Thing, selected by Radiohead
5 - Disappearer, selected by Portia de Rossi
6 - Superstar, selected by Diablo Cody (mp3)
7 - Stones, selected by Allison Anders
8 - Tuff Gnarl, selected by Dave Eggers and Mike Watt
9 - Teenage Riot, selected Eddie Vedder (mp3)
10 - Shadow of a Doubt, selected by Michelle Williams
11 - Rain on Tin, selected by Flea
12 - Tom Violence, selected by Gus Van Sant
13 - Mary-Christ, selected by David Cross
14 - World Looks Red, selected by Chloë Sevigny
15 - Expressway to Yr Skull, selected by the Flaming Lips
16 - Slow Revolution, new song

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Sound Team - Movie Monster 2006

2008-06-23T11:31:00.003+01:00

Lembram-se de Sound Team?
Para quem não conhece, Sound Team em 2006 era considera uma banda com grande futuro, recebiam boas criticas quase de todos os “entendidos”.

“Sound Team may just be the Next Big Thing, with their complex rock & roll and unpretentious musical styles. If they get half the attention they deserve, then Movie Monster will get them to indie stardom.”
(E.A Solinas - subculturemagazine.com)

No entanto algumas coisas não nasceram para ficarem juntas, e Sound Team foi uma delas. Cinco meses depois de lançarem o primeiro álbum, Movie Moster, a banda acaba.

“I tried my best to keep it together for years, but I guess a lot of things happen that can erode the structural integrity of something that's fragile to begin with”
(Matt Oliver)

Aqui ficam os detalhes do álbum que muito prometeu.

1 - Get Out
2 - Born To Please
3 - No More Birthdays
4 - "Movie Monster" (mp3)
5 - Tv Torso
6 - Back In Town (mp3)
7 - Your Eyes Are Liars
8 - Afterglow Years (mp3)
9 - Shattered Glass
10 - You've Never Lived A Day
11 - Handful Of Billions

Myspace
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Nwz Playlist 10

2008-06-19T11:09:00.001+01:00

Bikini - I Remember Being Young (mp3)
Camp Radio - Cons At The New Moon (mp3)
Cannonball Jane - The Secret Handshake (mp3)
Coldplay - Life In Technicolor (mp3)
Coldplay - Strawberry Swing (mp3)
Computer Vs. Banjo - Give Up The Ghost (mp3)
Dream Bitches - Me And The Major (mp3)
Dream Bitches - Mother’s Day (mp3)
Flannel - Morning, About Mill and Mugs (mp3)
Fleet Foxes - He Doesn’t Know Why (mp3)
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (mp3)
Happy Anarchy - Is That Right (mp3)
Joan as Police Woman - To Be Loved (mp3)
Mgmt - Electric Feel (Justice Remix) (mp3)
Miss Derringer - Black Tears (mp3)
Negativland - Richard Nixon Died Today (mp3)
Radiohead - The Rip (Portishead Cover) (mp3)
Silver Jews - Candy Jail (mp3)
Silver Jews - Strange Victory, Strange Defeat (mp3)
Sound Team - Movie Monster (mp3)
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless (mp3)
Team Genius - Handclaps in E Major (mp3)
Teddy Thompson - In My Arms (mp3)
The Blood Lines - Modern Science (mp3)
The Delta Fiasco - Death Letters (mp3)
The Notwist - Good Lies (mp3)
The Saturday Knights -Dog Park (mp3)
The Weeks - Buttons (mp3)
Tilly and the Wall - Cacophony (mp3)
Tilly and the Wall - Pot Kettle Black (mp3)
Tuff Wheelz - The Ride (mp3)
Windmill - Tokyo Moon (mp3)
Wolf Parade - Call it a Ritual (mp3)
Wolf Parade - Language City (mp3)

The Music - Strenght In Numbers 2008

2008-06-12T11:40:00.002+01:00

Depois de Welcome To The North chega Strength In Numbers, o terceiro álbum dos ingleses The Music.
Pelos vistos algo diferente do anteriores, mas mesmo assim um álbum a ter em atenção.

“All in all, the collection is a little more electronic and a little less purely rock-based than 'Welcome To The North', but that good old formula of decent material, well played, continues to serve the band well.”
(Ros James - musicmagazine.co.uk)

1 - Strength In Numbers (mp3)
2 - The Spike
3 - Drugs
4 - Idle (mp3)
5 - The Left Side
6 - Fire
7 - Get Through It
8 - Vision
9 - The Last One (mp3)
10 - No Weapon Sharper Than Will
11 - Cold Blooded
12 - Inconceivable Odds

Myspace
Website

The Fairline Parkway - A Memory of Open Spaces 2008

2008-06-06T12:36:00.007+01:00

O início das bandas é muito parecido, a de The Fairline Parkway não foge à regra.
Dois amigos conhecem-se durante a escola e formam uma banda, eles conseguem lançar um Lp com o mesmo nome da banda mas sem grande sucesso, entretanto seguem vidas separadas até ao momento em que se juntam e acrescentam alguns elementos à formação da banda.
Zachary Okun e Raj Gadhia são os elementos que formaram este The Fairline Parkway, Ben Licciardi, Krista Sharp e Elmer Sharp os restantes elementos do grupo.
Foi através do SXSW que começaram a atrair atenções, no final de Maio de 2008 lançaram o segundo álbum, A Memory of Open Spaces pela Kora Records.
Com uma sonoridade que parece uma mistura entre Badly Drawn Boy e dEUS, pois conseguem uma perfeita suavidade e harmonia entre os instrumentos e voz, no entanto não deixam de ter o seu estilo próprio.

1 - Westward Bound (mp3)
2 - Charting Coastlines
3 - Homesteaders
4 - Storms and Gales
5 - A Given Day
6 - Robbed Blind (mp3)
7 - The Great Plain
8 - Nowhere to Be
9 - Eaves (mp3)
10 - Movie Stars
11 - Jackson

Myspace

Nwz Playlist 09

2008-06-05T11:03:00.002+01:00

For review this week we have ...

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (mp3)
Dapunksportif - I Can't Move (mp3)
Earlimart - Song For (mp3)
Ed Harcourt - Revolution In The Heart (mp3)
Elika - The Whip (mp3)
Fingertips - Picture Of My Own (mp3)
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (mp3)
Foxboro Hot Tubs - Mother Mary (mp3)
Ida Maria - Keep Me Warm (mp3)
Jaguar Love - Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (mp3)
Ladytron - Black Cat (mp3)
Loto - Cuckoo Plan (mp3)
Mates Of State - My Only Offer (mp3)
Micro Audio Waves - Down By Flow (mp3)
Shearwater - Rook (mp3)
Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook (mp3)
Sigur Rós - Hoppipolla (mp3)
Sizo - First (mp3)
The Departure - Whose Side Are You On (mp3)
The Fratellis - Lupe Brown (mp3)
The Muslims - Nightlife (mp3)
The Stills - Being Here (mp3)
The Virgins - Rich Girls (mp3)
U-Clic - Robot'n'roll (mp3)
Wire - One Of Us (mp3)
Wray Gunn - Rusty Ways (mp3)
X-Wife - Panic (mp3)

Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop Drop and Roll 2008

2008-06-03T21:02:00.003+01:00

Foxboro Hot Tubs, o projecto paralelo dos Green Day, revelado desde Dezembro do ano passado mas que, só agora no final de Maio é que lançaram este Stop Drop and Roll pela Warner Music.
Com influências que passam desde, Iggy Pop, Buddy Holly, The Smiths, The Kinks e muitos outros, este será um álbum a ter em atenção.

1 - Stop Drop and Roll (mp3)
2 - Mother Mary (mp3)
3 - Ruby Room (mp3)
4 - Red Tide (mp3)
5 - Broadway
6 - She's a Saint Not a Celebrity
7 - Sally
8 - Alligator
9 - The Pedestrian
10 - 27th Ave - Shuffle
11 - Dark Side of Night
12 - Pieces of Truth

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The Departure last Invention ???

2008-05-30T14:13:00.007+01:00

The Departure, mais uma banda extinta???
Depois do primeiro álbum, Dirty Words de 2005, editado pela Parlophone, os Departure preparavam-se para lançar Inventions em 2008, mas assim não aconteceu.
Segundo o anúncio feito no myspace, anunciaram a ruptura com a editora a 30 de Janeiro deste ano, contudo eles prometem voltar brevemente mas com outro nome.
No entanto, como tudo se encontra na web, Inventions também já está disponível e pelo que ouvi seria (ou será) uma boa surpresa.
Resta esperar e ver com que nome irão surgir e se este Inventions é lançado por outra editora.

1 - We Will Be The Only Ones
2 - 7 Years (mp3)
3 - Love Forever (mp3)
4 - Young And Clever
5 - Pieces
6 - Chemicals
7 - Not Alone
8 - Lights Go Out
9 - Falling
10 - Whose Side Are You On (mp3)

Myspace
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The National - The Virginia Ep 2008

2008-05-30T10:57:00.005+01:00

The National, banda vinda de Brooklyn, com quatro álbuns já editados, lançou recentemente o The Virginia Ep editado por Beggars Banquet.
Normalmente um Ep não é mais que uma demo de 6 ou 7 músicas ainda sem os “arranjos” finais, mas este conta com 12 músicas, 3 delas ao vivo, sendo Mansion on the Hill um original de Bruce Springsteen.
Eles que recentemente encheram a Aula Magna em Lisboa e segundo os que assistiram, foi um bom espectáculo.

“…concerto ontem dos The National na aula magna foi perfeito, magnífico, emocionante (e muito emocional), memorável...”

1 - You've Done it Again, Virginia (mp3)
2 - Santa Clara
3 - Blank Slate (mp3)
4 - Tall Slate
5 - Without Permission
6 - Forever After Days (mp3)
7 - Rest of Days
8 - Slow Show
9 - Lucky You
10 - Mansion on the Hill (Live)
11 - Fake Empire (Live)
12 - About Today (Live

Myspace
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Still Unknown, But Not For Long

2008-05-23T17:11:00.007+01:00

Artist: Elika
Origin: Brooklyn, Us
Genre: Indie
Years Active: ?? – Present day
Website: www.elikamusic.com

Without reaching the state of melancholy, is the most accurate definition of this album, much due to the mixture of dream/pop with indie/electronica, this album stands out

Album: Trying Got Us Nowhere
Label: Fiercely Indie Records
Release Date: Fev 18, 2008
Mp3: The Whip

Artist: Sean Riley & The Slowriders
Origin: Coimbra, Portugal
Genre: Folk/Rock
Years Active: 2006 – Present day
Website: Myspace

Here is a good Folk/Rock album with influences as Bob Dylan and Velvet Underground.

Album: Farewell
Label: Lux Records
Release Date: Oct 15, 2007
Mp3: Twenty Six Years

Artist: The Muslims
Origin: San Diego, Us
Genre: Punk/Rock
Years Active: 2005 – Present day
Website: Myspace

With the style of punk/rock, these boys stand out with attractive and full of energy songs, something like The Strokes.

Album: The Muslims
Label: 1928 Recordings
Release Date: Apr ??, 2008
Mp3: Nightlife

Os Haxixins - Os Haxixins 2007

2008-05-16T16:02:00.004+01:00

O pedido de Renatufa é realizado.

"Vindos da Zona LOST, apelido dado para a Zona Leste da cidade de São Paulo, e também de onde vieram as bandas mais “garageiras” da cena, Os Haxixins talvez sejam a mais obscura de todas.
Influenciados pelo rock 60's, garage punk e psicadélica, os amigos Sir Uly (bateria) e Fábio (Guitarra) resolveram montar um repertório “Só com o pedal Fuzz e a coragem”, segundo o próprio Sir Uly, depois de terem feito parte da extinta banda The Merry Pranksters. O nome Os Haxixins surgiu depois do convite feito para o baixista Daniel e organista Alôpra, inspirados no livro “Clube dos Haxixins”, que relata as experiências de um grupo de fumadores de haxixe fundado em 1845, que reunia artistas como, Charles Baudelaire, Téophile Gautier e Eugene Delacroix. As reuniões, realizadas no Hotel Pimodan, serviam para promover o uso de haxixe, levando seus membros a se deliciarem nas mais fantásticas alucinações e pesadelos, coisas com as quais os actuais Haxixins se identificam. Além do visual retro, eles só tocam com equipamentos antigos, e fazem questão de carregar seus "Gianini Tremendões e Phelpas" por onde vão.
Outro diferencial das apresentações ao vivo é o "light show", projectores de luzes psicadélicas sobre os músicos. Na estrada desde meados de 2003, os caras já tocaram em lugares tão ímpares quanto o Bar do Bal, no extremo sul da Zona Sul, e o Bar do Aranha no Coração da Vila Formosa, mas também em bares do circuito de música independente.
Depois de quase desistirem de gravar um disco devido a tentativas frustradas de gravar como as bandas dos anos 60 (ou pelo menos se aproximarem do estilo das gravações, sujas e pequenas), em 2007 eles foram apadrinhados pelo Berlin Estúdio e produzidos por um dos donos, Jonas Serodio (The Sellouts, The Drugs, Butcher's Orchestra e The Blackneedles), conseguiram chegar no resultado tão esperado através do uso de gravador de rolo, amplificadores “valvulados” e instrumentos de época. Recentemente assinaram pela editora portuguesa, groovierecords, um contracto para lançar um disco em vinil, os Haxixins apresentam aqui algumas das suas composições próprias banhadas em acido “lisérgico”. Com letras em português, guitarras fuzz, baixos hipnóticos e órgãos derretidos, os Haxixins proporcionam uma viagem visual ou musical, com ou sem sua droga predileta."

(groovierecords)

1a. - Onde Meditar (mp3)
1b. - Viagem Às Cavernas (mp3)
2a. - Dirt Old Man
2b. - Preciso Te Deixar
3a. - Depois Eu Volto
3b. - In The Deep End
4a. - Surgia Por Sobre A Relva
4b. - Algumas Milhas Daqui
5a. - E Se As Pedras Cairem
5b. - Atrás De Espaçonaves
6a. - Davi E Seus Lírios
6b. - Voltei Demente
7a. - Em Algum Lugar Da Mente
7b. - Ácido Fincado

Myspace

European Tour...

Remix Playlist 00

2008-05-15T12:27:00.002+01:00

Björk - Earth Intruders (XXXchange Remix) (mp3)
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Midnight Juggernauts remix) (mp3)
Foals - Electric Bloom (PHTPS Dusk Remix) (mp3)
Justice - D.V.N.O. (LA Riots Remix) (mp3)
Klanguage - This Is Me (Yuksek Remix) (mp3)
Late of the Pier - Space in the Woods (Switch Remix) (mp3)
Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds of Static (Junior Boys Remix) (mp3)
My Brightest Diamond - Golden Star (Alias Remix) (mp3)
Mystery Jets - Hideaway (Switch Remix) (mp3)
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What... (Soulwax Remix) (mp3)
Rondo Brothers - Until We All Fall Down (CGPC Remix) (mp3)
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (XXXChange Remix) (mp3)
Santogold - My Superman (Mmmathias Remix) (mp3)
Simian Mobile Disco - I Got This Down (Night Facilities Remix) (mp3)
The Diggs - Everyone's Starting Over (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix) (mp3)
The Go! Team - Flash Formation (Kevin Shields Remix) (mp3)
The Heavycoats - You Don't Feel Desire (Remix) (mp3)
The Scanners - Lowlife (LA Riots Remix) (mp3)
Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate (Tom Campesinos Remix) (mp3)
Valeze - High and Dry (Remix) (mp3)
Van She - Strangers (Hubert Remix) (mp3)

This Is Ivy League - This Is Ivy League 2008

2008-05-15T10:06:00.004+01:00

Nascidos na Florida, os amigos Ryland Blackinton e Alex Suarez sempre estiveram ligados à música, no entanto seguiram vidas diferentes até se encontrarem sete anos mais tarde em Brooklyn, New York.
Neste reencontro voltaram à música em conjunto. Começando por fazer parte dos Cobra Starship, mas sem deixarem de lado o projecto que hoje é conhecido como This Is Ivy League.
Em Abril, lançaram o primeiro álbum com o mesmo nome da banda pela Twentyseven Records e logo receberam boas criticas ao trabalho realizado. Catalogados como uma banda indie/pop/foolk, o som de This Is Ivy League faz lembrar Simon and Garfunkel ou até mesmo Camera Obscura.

"This Is Ivy League offers crisp, pervasively hooky indie rock with a folky sense of melancholy. Dreamy is a word used too often to describe all kinds of music, but TIIL actually does whisk you instantly to a place of postadolescent romantic longing."
(Time Out New York)

1 - The Richest Kids (mp3)
2 - Love Is Impossible
3 - London Bridges (mp3)
4 – Viola
5 – Celebration (mp3)
6 - An Introduction
7 - A Summer Chill
8 - Modern World
9 - Til The Day
10 - Visions of Tokyo (mp3)
11 - Don't Waste Your Love On Me

Myspace
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Clubbing Maio - Casa da Música

2008-05-14T09:56:00.011+01:00

Young Marble Giants e Vampire Weekend e Lightspeed Champion e These New Puritans e AutoKratz e Brodinski e mais

30 maio de 2008 na Casa da Música / Porto

Young Marble Giants – Brand New Life (mp3)
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (mp3)
Lightspeed Champion - Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk (mp3)
These New Puritans - Colours (mp3)
AutoKratz - Reaktor (mp3)
Brodinski - Bad Runner (mp3)

Na Sala Suggia, tocam os Young Marble Giants e os Lightspeed Champion, ao passo que na Sala 2 irão actuar os Vampire Weekend e os These New Puritans.

Também o bar irá acolher actuações de GP Jesper, Autokratz e Brodinski; na Sala Roxa, Álvaro Costa apresenta o programa «16.06.67 e 06.12.69 - de Monterey a Altamont».

De acordo com a Casa da Música, os bilhetes custam entre 15€ (acesso à Sala 2 ou à Sala Suggia) e 25€ (entrada nas duas salas). Para os bares, Espaço Cibermúsica e Sala Roxa, o bilhete custa 5€.

Ficam os horários, conforme confirmadas pela Casa da Música.

SUGGIA
Lightspeed Champion (23h00 – 23h45)
Young Marble Giants (00h00 – 01h15)

SALA 2
Vampire Weekend (01h15 – 02h20)
These New Puritans (02h40 – 03h50)

BAR
PG Jesper (DIN) (23h00 – 01h00)
Autokratz (01h15 – 02h10)
Brodinski (02h10 – 04h00)

CYBERMÚSICA (00h00 – 02h00)
Carl Michael Von Hausswolf (SE)
Paulo Raposo

SALA ROXA (23h00 – 00h00)
Álvaro Costa apresenta: 16.06.67 - 06.12.69, de Monterey a Altamont

FOYERS (23.00 – 4.00)
Pfadfinderei VJ/Video

No Age - Nouns 2008

2008-05-12T10:39:00.003+01:00

Randy Randall e Dean Allen Spunt vêem de Los Angeles e formam os No Age.
Depois de Weirdo Rippers editado pela Fat Cat Records em 2007, surge Nouns o segundo álbum, desta vez editado pela Sub Pop. Aqui fica a critica de Kevin O’Donnell da Rolling Stone, que a meu ver descreve muito bem este segundo álbum do duo de LA.

“L.A. may be the center of plastic glamour, but this noise—punk duo prove the city still has a dangerous side. Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer—singer Dean Spunt got their start playing at the shit—hole all—ages venue the Smell, and their second album celebrates those gutter—rock origins. On cuts like "Eraser," which take cues from Bleach—era Nirvana, Randall whips out gnarly riffs while Spunt bashes on his drums, singing about living paycheck to paycheck and trying to escape his lot in life. "Teen creeps, I've seen you on my street," he drawls on "Teen Creeps." "I won't end up like them at all." His words never overshadow the music's primal power — from the three—minute wash of guitar drone ("Keechie") to the cynical take on California's surf—rock heritage ("Here Should Be My Home") — but they're always raw. On "Brain Burner," he sings about addiction: "I couldn't make it cold, so that's what I become/Do it every day for school and see the damage done." It's a heartbreaking portrait of drug abuse — and a tribute to the L.A. punk godfathers who succumbed to it.”

(Kevin O'Donnell - rollingstone.com)

1 - Miner (mp3) (Alt)
2 - Eraser (mp3)
3 - Teen Creeps (mp3) (Alt)
4 - Things I Did When I Was Dead
5 - Cappo
6 - Keechie
7 - Sleeper Hold (mp3)
8 - Errand Boy (mp3)
9 - Here Should Be My Home (mp3)
10 - Impossible Bouquet
11 - Ripped Knees (mp3)
12 - Brain Burner

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Nwz Playlist 07

2008-05-07T13:55:00.002+01:00

Biography Of Ferns - John The Barber (mp3)
Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall (mp3)
Coldplay - Violet Hill (mp3)
Firewater - Borneo (mp3)
From Bubblegum To Sky - Even The Sunbeams (mp3)
From Bubblegum To Sky - Operation Big Beat (mp3)
Lousy Robot - It’s Getting To Me (mp3)
Lousy Robot - Welcome All To My Weird Awakening(mp3)
Mr. Gnome - Night of the Crickets (mp3)
Mr. Gnome - Pirates (mp3)
Mr. Gnome - Rabbit (mp3)
Nik Freitas - All the Way Down (mp3)
Nik Freitas - Sun Down (mp3)
Passenger - Do What You Like (mp3)
Pedaljets - Agnes Mind (mp3)
Republic Tigers - Buildings and Mountains (mp3)
Saxon Shore - Marked With The Knowledge (mp3)
Scott Kelly - The Ladder in my Blood (mp3)
Shy Child - Astronaut (mp3)
Sinkane - Autobahn (mp3)
South - Better Things (mp3)
Street Dogs - Two Angry Kids(mp3)
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless (mp3)
The Awkward Stage - Anime Eyes (mp3)
The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time (mp3)
The Impossible Shapes - Hey!(mp3)
The Morning Benders - Crosseyed (mp3)
The Radio Dept - Freddie And The Trojan Horse (mp3)
The Rescues - Break Me Out (mp3)

French Kicks - Swimming 2008

2008-05-06T12:27:00.003+01:00

Três rapazes, Jamie Krents, Nick Stumpf e Matthew Stinchcomb, conhecem-se no Oberlin College em Ohio, quando os estudos acabam, mudam-se para Brooklyn e encontarm Josh Wise, nessa altura formam-se os French Kicks.
Banda com um estilo Indie Rock começa a sua história em 1999 quando lançam o Ep (The French Kicks) editado por My Pal God.
Em 2001 lançam mais um Ep (Young Lawyer), desta vez editado pela Startime International. Depois de andarem numa tour com os The Vue e os The Walkmen em 2002, gravam o primeiro álbum com o nome One Time Bells.
Em 2003 Jamie Krents deixa a banda e dá lugar a Lawrence Stumpf, o irmão mais novo de Nick. Em 2004 surge The Trial of the Century, o segundo álbum, entretanto Nick deixa de tocar bateria nos concertos para se dedicar apenas a cantar.
Depois de vários bateristas emprestados, Aaron Thurston fica como elemento da banda. Em 2005 é a vez de Matthew Stinchcomb sair e em 2006 o terceiro álbum da banda Two Thousand, é editado.
Agora é a vez do o quarto álbum, Swimming, editado pela Vagrant que, segundo Josh Wise é dos quatro o que mais se aproxima ao que eles procuram produzir.

“On this record, we hoped to capture the joy of friends playing together in a relaxed way. We used a lot of first and second takes and tried to preserve a sense of immediacy and discovery that comes from putting things down before you really have a chance to think too hard. It’s bolder, and at the same time more intimate, than anything we’ve done,”

1 - Abandon
2 - Over The World
3 - Carried Away (mp3)
4 - New Man
5 - Said So What (mp3)
6 - Atlanta (mp3)
7 - Love In The Ruins
8 - With The Fishes
9 - The Way You Arrive
10 - All Our Weekends
11 - Sex Tourists
12 - This Could Go Wrong

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Some Portuguese Bands

2008-05-02T15:23:00.018+01:00

Band: Blasted Mechanism
Origin: Lisbon, Portugal
Genre: Electro Rock
Years Active: 1995 – Present day
Discography: Balayhashi (1998), Plasma (1999), Mix 00 (2000), Namaste (2003), Avatara (2005), Sound in Light (2007), Light in Sound (2007

Blasted Mechanism is a experimental electro-rock band known for its highly theatrical live shows which involve elaborated alien-themed costumes as a backdrop to their truly original music style.

Album: Mix 00 (2000)
Label: Toolatemen
Mp3: Karkov - Karkov (Nadabrovitchka Mix)
Website: http://www.blastedmechanism.com

Band: Sizo
Origin: Porto, Portugal
Genre: Alternative Rock
Years Active: 2004 – Present day
Discography: Nice To Miss You (2007)

"Sizo lives and breathes as an autonomous entity that delivers its music as an anti-inertia manifesto that seeks to wake up the dazed and the stoned."

Album: Nice To Miss You(2007)
Label: Unknown
Mp3: Sizo - First (Alt)
Website: http://www.deathtosizo.com

Band: Dapunksportif
Origin: Peniche, Portugal
Genre: Rock
Years Active: 2004 – Present day
Discography: Ready!Set!Go! (2006), Electro Tube Riot (2008)

"We get this old shool 70's vibe with an 80's hard rock/metal feel, rapped in a timeless song format."

Album: Ready!Set!Go!
Label: Rastilho
Mp3: Dapunksportif - I Can´t Move
Website: http://www.dapunksportif.com

Band: U-Clic
Origin: Tomar, Portugal
Genre: Electro/Rock
Years Active: 2003 – Present day
Discography: Console Pupils (2007), Reset Future (2008)

"Established in Thomar (home of the templairs in Portugal), the project started on 2003, founded by Luís Salgado (guitar, synthesizers, vocoder, programmings) and Filipe Confraria (vocals, programmings), who were looking for a new formula to unite the organic, analogic and digitals sounds in music."

Album: Console Pupils (2007)
Label: Norte/Sul
Mp3: U-Clic - Robot'n'roll (Alt)
Website: http://www.u-clic.com

Band: Wray Gunn
Origin: Coimbra, Portugal
Genre: Rock
Years Active: 1999 – Present day
Discography: Soul Jam (2001), Eclesiastes (2004), Shangri-la (2007)

"Their music is a mix of soul, gospel, blues as long as many other black music types... Paulo Furtado (main guitar and voice) says that their sound is something like Elvis singing in space shuttle."

Album: Shangri-la (2007)
Label: Iplay
Mp3: Wray Gunn - Rusty Ways (Alt)
Website: http://www.wraygunn.com

Recent Releases 2

2008-04-30T16:35:00.015+01:00

Artist: The Ruby Suns
Album: Sea Lion
Mp3: Tane Mahuta
Label: Sub Pop
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: Ladyhawk
Album: Shots
Mp3: I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
Label: Jagjaguwar
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: The Dodos
Album: The Visiter
Mp3: Fools
Label: Frenchkiss
Release Date: Mar 18, 2008

Artist: DeVotchKa
Album: A Mad & Faithful Telling
Mp3: Along The Way
Label: Anti
Release Date: Mar 18, 2008

Artist: Tall Firs
Album: Too Old To Die Young
Mp3: Hairdo
Label: Ecstatic Peace
Release Date: Mar 18, 2008

Artist: Switches
Album: Lay Down The Law
Mp3: Drama Queen
Label: Interscope
Release Date: Mar 18, 2008

Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Album: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Mp3: Dig Lazurus Dig
Label: Mute
Release Date: Apr 8, 2008

Artist: Supergrass
Album: Diamond Hoo Ha
Mp3: Bad Bood
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: Apr 15, 2008

Artist: Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Album: You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Mp3: Dawn Of The Dead
Label: Almost Gold
Release Date: Apr 15, 2008

Artist: Billy Bragg
Album: Mr. Love & Justice
Mp3: Mr. Love & Justice
Label: Anti
Release Date: Apr 22, 2008

Artist: Elbow
Album: The Seldom Seen Kid
Mp3: Grounds For Divorce
Label: Fiction/Geffen
Release Date: Apr 22, 2008

Nwz Playlist 06

2008-04-28T12:37:00.004+01:00

In this week we have...

Among Wolves - Baltimore (mp3)
Animal Collective - Did You See The Words? (mp3)
Atlas Sound - River Card (mp3)
Atmosphere - YMG (mp3)
Bird Names - Masters Of Enjoyment (mp3)
Blasted Mechanism - Karkov (Nadabrovitchka Mix) (mp3)
Blasted Mechanism - The Atom Bride Theme (mp3)
Blonde Redhead - 23 (mp3)
Bound Stems - My Kingdom For A Trundle Bed (mp3)
Burial - Ghost Hardware (mp3)
Celebration - Evergreen (mp3)
Celebration - Lost Souls (mp3)
Coldplay - Violet Hill (mp3)
CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen To Death From Above (mp3)
CSS - Rat Is Dead (mp3)
Dallas Orbiter - Brow Of Zeus (mp3)
Dan Deacon - Wham City (mp3)
Daughters Of The Sun - Follow Smoke (mp3)
Dead Meadow - What Needs To Be (mp3)
DeVotchKa - How It Ends (mp3)
Dizzee Rascal - Where Da Gs? (mp3)
First Communion Afterparty - Twenty Five (mp3)
Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow (mp3)
Gospel Gossip - Lucky Lemmings (mp3)
Grayskul - Dope (mp3)
Head of Femur - Jetway Junior (mp3)
High Places - Universe (mp3)
Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen (mp3)
Jennifer Gentle - The Ferryman (mp3)
Kidz In The Hall - The Black Out (mp3)
Liars - Army Of Me (mp3)
Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (mp3)
M83 - Graveyard Girl (mp3)
Man Man - Hurly Burly (mp3)
Mogwai - Mr. Beast (mp3)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (mp3)
My Morning Jacket - Gideon (mp3)
Neil Hamburger - At Least I Was Paid (mp3)
Parts and Labor - Fractured Skies (mp3)
Pink Mountaintops - Rock N' Roll Fantasy (mp3)
Rhymefest - Breakadawn (mp3)
Sarah Johnson - Laughing Class (mp3)
Stars of the Lid - Apreludes In C Sharp Major (mp3)
Sunset Rubdown - Wicked/Winged Things (mp3)
Sybris - Breathe Like You're Dancing (mp3)
The Cool Kids - Oscar (mp3)
The Death Set - Selective Memories (mp3)
The Warlocks - Dreamless Days (mp3)
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - With Brass Songs, They'll Descend (mp3)
Toki Wright - Kyendi Kyendi (mp3)
Vampire Hands - Statuette (mp3)
Weezer - Pork And Beans (mp3)
Wolf Parade - Call It a Ritual (mp3)
Wye Oak - Orchard Fair (mp3)
Wye Oak - Warning (mp3)
Yo La Tengo - Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind (mp3)
Zelienople - Family Beast (mp3)

The Courteeners - St Jude 2008

2008-04-22T09:42:00.002+01:00

"The Courteeners are an English band formed in Manchester, in 2006 by Liam Fray (guitar/vocals), Michael Campbell (drums/backing vocals), Daniel Conan Moores (Guitar), and Mark Cuppello (bass).
All four band members hail from the Middleton area of Greater Manchester, and have known each other since they were ten years old."

"...Their debut album, St Jude, was recorded at Olympic Studios, and produced by Stephen Street of Smiths, Blur, Babyshambles, The Zutons and Kaiser Chiefs acclaim.
The album is due to be released on 7th April 2008, although it was originally expected to have been March 3rd.
In the NME, frontman Liam Fray was quoted as saying that "Aftershow, Not Nineteen Forever, Fallowfield Hillbilly, Bide Your Time, Please Don't, Acrylic and What Took You So Long" would all make the album.
Although it had been stated that "Acrylic" would not be included on St Jude, it appears at track 21 following 8 silent tracks, possibly intended as a 'hidden track'."

(in Wikipedia)

1 - Aftershow (mp3)
2 - Cavorting (mp3)
3 - Bide Your Time
4 - What Took You So Long?
5 - Please Don't
6 - If It Wasn't for Me
7 - No You Didn't, No You Don't
8 - How Come
9 - Kings of the New Road
10 - Not Nineteen Forever (mp3)
11 - Fallowfield Hillbilly
12 - Yesterday, Today & Probably Tomorrow

1 - Cavorting (Original Recording)
2 - No You Didn't, No You Don't (Original Recording)
3 - Acrylic (Original Recording) (mp3)
4 - Kimberley (Original Recording)
5 - An Ex Is An Ex For A Reason (Original Recording)
6 - Bide Your Time (Acoustic)
7 - Acrylic (Acoustic)
8 - What Took You So Long? (Acoustic)
9 - Not Nineteen Forever (Acoustic)

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Nwz Playlist 05

2008-04-21T12:06:00.004+01:00

And this week...

Cut Copy - Lights and Music (mp3)
Foals - Olympic Airways (mp3)
House Of Fools - My Life Before Today (mp3)
Imperial China - There Is No Translation (mp3)
John Ralston - Fragile (mp3)
Land Of Talk - Speak To Me Bones (mp3)
Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost (mp3)
Magic Wands - Black Magic (mp3)
Oliver Future - Signing Off (mp3)
Ours - Ran Away To Tell The World (mp3)
Pidgeon - California Is For Fuckers (mp3)
Pinstripe - Closest Thing To Heaven (mp3)
Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine (mp3)
Radio Radio - Marathon (mp3)
Say Hi - Nortwestern Girls (mp3)
Scissors For Lefty - Nickels And Dimes (mp3)
Search & Rescue - Fireflies (mp3)
Sol Seppy - Come Running (mp3)
Sounds Under Radio - Potrait Of A Summer Thief (mp3)
Sugar - Hoover Dam (mp3)
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (mp3)
The Courteeners - Cavorting (mp3)
The Rascals - Lying Under The Second Seal (mp3)
The Hourely Radio - Crime Doe Pay (mp3)
The Octopus Project - Truck (mp3)
The Pidgeon Detectives - I'm Not Sorry (mp3)
The Pillows - Ladybird Girl (mp3)
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Still Get Around (mp3)
The Teenagers - Love No (mp3)
The Von Bondies - Pale Bride (mp3)
The Virgins - Rich Girls (mp3)
The Whigs - Right Hand My Heart (mp3)
The Wombats - Little Miss Pipedream (mp3)
These New Puritans - Elvis (mp3)
Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (mp3)
Why - The Hollows (mp3)

Nwz Playlist 04

2008-04-18T21:20:00.004+01:00

Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual (mp3)
Unwed Sailor - Little Wars (mp3)
The Black Angels - Doves (mp3)
No Age - Eraser (mp3)
My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy (mp3)
Annuals - Sore (mp3)
The Dears - Lost In The Plot (mp3)
I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares (mp3)
The Courteeners - What Took You So Long (mp3)
The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be (mp3)
Editors - Spiders (mp3)
Blood Red Shoes - Hope You Are Holding Up (mp3)
The Cure - High (mp3)
Thousand Yards Stare - Wideshire Two (mp3)
Robots In Disguise - Animals (mp3)
Camphor - Confidences Shattered (mp3)
Cloud Cult - Chain Reaction (mp3)
The Coast - Nueva York (mp3)
Collections of Colonies of Bees - Flocks III (mp3)
Colour revolt - Naked and Red (mp3)
The Cops - It's Epedemic (mp3)
The Cynics - What She Said (mp3)
The Details - The Height of Land (mp3)
The Dimes - Delilah (mp3)
Die Die Die - Sideways, Here We Come (mp3)
Dreamend - Are You Waking (mp3)
Driving by Night - Fears of Men (mp3)
Duchess Says - Black Flag (mp3)
The Duke Spirit - Lassoo (mp3)

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of Understatement 2008

2008-04-18T15:28:00.004+01:00

A banda do momento.
Alex Turner dos Arctic Monkeys e Miles Kane dos The Rascals são os, The Last Shadow Puppets, um projecto iniciado na Primavera de 2005, quando os The Little Fames (antiga banda de Miles) eram a banda suporte nos concertos dos Arctic Monkeys.
Em 2007 é que tudo começou a ganhar forma, pois começaram a escrever as músicas em conjunto para algo que hoje é conhecido como, The Age of Understatement, o álbum desta nova banda lançado pela Domino Records.

1 - The Age of the Understatement 3:09 (mp3)
2 - Standing Next to Me 2:20
3 - Calm Like You 2:28 (mp3)
4 - Separate and Ever Deadly 2:40
5 - The Chamber 2:39
6 - Only the Truth 2:46
7 - My Mistakes Were Made for You 3:06 (mp3)
8 - Black Plant 4:01
9 - I Don't Like You Any More 3:07
10 - In My Room 2:31
11 - Meeting Place 3:57
12 - The Time Has Come Again 2:22

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James - Hey Ma 2008

2008-04-14T13:43:00.004+01:00

“James a banda inglesa da cidade de Manchester, formada em 1981. A banda teve os seus maiores êxitos durante a década de 1990, êxitos que marcaram gerações como, Sit Down, Laid, Say Something, Born Of Frustration, Sometimes entre outras.”

In (Wikipedia)

Em 2001 o seu vocalista Tim Booth decidiu parar e a banda ficou inactiva. Em 2007 a banda regressou ao activo com uma nova digressão e novo álbum de compilações, Fresh as a Daisy - The Singles.
Neste momento lançaram o décimo álbum, Hey Ma através da Mercury Records.

1 - Bubbles
2 - Hey Ma
3 - Waterfall
4 - Oh My Heart
5 - Boom Boom
6 - Semaphore
7 - Upside (mp3)
8 - Whiteboy
9 - 72
10 - Monsters and Heroes and Men
11 - I Wanna Go Home

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Blasted Mechanism - Karkov

2008-04-12T18:00:00.004+01:00

A notícia não é nova mas é verdadeira, depois de Balayhashi (1998), Plasma (1999), Mix 00 (2000), Namaste (2003), Avatara (2005) e Sound in Light / Light in Sound (2007), Karkov, o mítico vocalista dos Blasted Mechanism, deixa a banda.
A 6 de Fevereiro de 2008 a banda anunciou através de uma newsletter, que Karkov "já não tem energia para dar ao projecto".
Para o lugar do Karkov entrou Pedro Lousada, que pertenceu aos zedisaneonlight, com o nome Guitshu.
A banda informa também, que já trabalha com o novo vocalista no próximo álbum, previsto para o início de 2009.

Aqui ficam, talvez as musicas de mais sucesso dos Blasted

Blasted Mechanism - Karkov (Nadabrovitchka Mix)(mp3)
Blasted Mechanism - The Atom Bride Theme (mp3)

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dEUS - Vantage Point 2008

2008-04-08T14:53:00.003+01:00

Depois de Worst Case Scenario, In a Bar, Under the Sea, The Ideal Crash, Pocket Revolution, vem aí Vantage Point.
O quinto álbum de originais dos já muito conhecidos dEUS, oriundos de Antuérpia, Bélgica. O novo trabalho da banda a ser distribuído dia 18 Abril pela V2/Cooperative Music.
A actual formação da banda, Tom Barman (voz e guitarra), Klaas Janzoons (teclas e violino), Stéphane Misseghers (bateria), Alan Gevaert (baixo) e Mauro Pawlowski (guitarra e voz).
Para já não está previsto nenhum concerto nas terras Lusas, mas como é considerada por muitos, uma banda de culto no nosso país, provavelmente alguém se lembra de os trazer cá para apresentar o seu novo trabalho.

1 - When She Comes Down (5.05)
2 - Oh Your God (3.51)
3 - Eternal Woman (4.22)
4 - Favourite Game (4.11)
5 - Slow (6.08)
6 - The Architect (3.56) (mp3)
7 - Is a Robot (4.57)
8 - Smokers Reflect (4.26)
9 - The Vanishing of Maria Schneider (4.43)
10 - Popular Culture (4.56)

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Blood Red Shoes - Its Getting Boring By The Sea

2008-04-02T18:11:00.003+01:00

Aqui fica um excelente videoclip deste duo Inglês.

Mais informação...

Recent Releases

2008-03-27T12:12:00.022Z

Artist: Mars Volta
Album: The Bedlam in Goliath
Mp3: Goliath
Label: Umvd Labels
Release Date: Jan 29, 2008

Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Album: It Is Time For A Love Revolution
Mp3: Love Revolution
Label: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: Feb 5, 2008

Artist: Hot Chip
Album: Made In the Dark
Mp3: Bendable Poseable
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: Feb 5, 2008

Artist: Goldfrapp
Album: A&E
Mp3: A&E
Label: Mute U.S.
Release Date: Feb 12, 2008

Artist: British Sea Power
Album: Do You Like Rock Music?
Mp3: Waving Flags
Label: ROUGH TRADE
Release Date: Feb 12, 2008

Artist: The Trews
Album: No Time For Later
Mp3: Hold Me in Your Arms
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Release Date: Feb 19, 2008

Artist: Beach House
Album: Devotion
Mp3: Gila
Label: Carpark Records
Release Date: Feb 26, 2008

Artist: Black Crowes
Album: Warpaint
Mp3: Oh Josephine
Label: Silver Arrow
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: Dawn Landes
Album: Fireproof
Mp3: Bodyguard
Label: Cooking Vinyl Records
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: These United States
Album: A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gates of Eden
Mp3: First Sight
Label: United Interests
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: Flogging Molly
Album: Float
Mp3: Requiem for a Dying Song
Label: Side One Dummy
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: Bauhaus
Album: Go Away White
Mp3: Adrenalin
Label: Bauhaus Music
Release Date: Mar 4, 2008

Artist: Van Morrison
Album: Keep It Simple
Mp3: That's Entrainment"
Label: Lost Highway
Release Date: Mar 11, 2008

Artist: Hush Sound
Album: Goodbye Blues
Mp3: Molasses
Label: Atlantic
Release Date: Mar 18, 2008

Artist: Counting Crows
Album: Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
Mp3: 1492
Label: Geffen
Release Date: Mar 25, 2008

Foals - Antidotes 2008

2008-03-25T11:15:00.013Z

De Oxford, Inglaterra, vêm os Foals, banda composta por cinco elementos, Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Edwin Congreave e Walter Gervers.
Andrew Mears, vocalista dos Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies, agora Youthmovies, foi um dos membros fundadores da banda mas acabou por deixar o projecto depois de lançado o primeiro single, Try This On Your Piano / Look At my Furrows Of Worry editado pela Try Harder Records (para se dedicar por completo ao álbum dos Youthmovies Good Nature que estava a ser editado na altura).
Através da Transgressive Records os Foals lançam o seu primeiro álbum com o título Antidotes. Álbum que chegou a ser produzido por Dave Sitek dos, TV on the Radio, mas acabou por não o ser, devido a divergências sobre a sonoridade final do álbum.
Comparados com, The Pop Group, Pigbag, Fire Engines e os Klaxons, estes rapazes começaram a dar nas vistas com os singles, Hummer, Mathletics, que curiosamente não estão incluídos neste álbum.

1 - The French Open 3:45 (mp3)
2 - Cassius 3:49
3 - Red Socks Pugie 5:08 (mp3)
4 - Olympic Airways 4:18
5 - Electric Bloom 4:54
6 - Balloons 3:01 (mp3)
7 - Heavy Water 4:32
8 - Two Steps, Twice 4:39
9 - Big Big Love (Fig.2) 5:47
10 - Like Swimming 1:58
11 - Tron 4:53

MATHLETICS
Released 20/08/2007
1. Mathletics (mp3)
2. Big Big Love (Fig #1)

HUMMER
Released 23/04/2007
1. Hummer (mp3)
2. Astronauts And All

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Greatest Cover Songs

2008-03-20T19:42:00.004Z

Joy Division - Shadowplay (Original)
The Killers - Shadowplay (Cover)

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (Original)
Placebo - Bigmouth Strikes Again (Cover)

Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For (Original)
Franz Ferdinand - What You Waiting For (Cover)

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Original)
Editors - Feel Good Inc (Cover)

The Strokes - Take It or Leave It (Original)
Arctic Monkeys - Take It or Leave It (Cover)

Sonic Youth - Diamond Sea (Original)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Diamond Sea (Cover)

White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Original)
Flaming Lips - Seven Nation Army (Cover)

Oasis - Wonderwall (Original)
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (Cover)

The - Smiths - This Charming Man (Original)
Death Cab For Cutie - This Charming Man (Cover)

Massive Atack - Teardrop (Original)
Elbow - Teardrop (Cover)

The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Original)
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Standing In The Way Of Control (Cover)

Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Original)
Joshua English - I Wanna Be Adored (Cover)

Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink (Original)
The National - Pretty In Pink (Cover)

Deftones - - Be Quiet and Drive (Original)
Radiohead - Be Quiet and Drive (Cover)

Rem - Man On The Moon (Original)
Shout Out Louds - Man On The Moon (Cover)

Pixies - Velouria (Original)
Weezer - Velouria (Cover)

Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running(Original)
Foo Fighters - Keep The Car Running(Cover)

The Strokes - Last Nite (Original)
Detroit Cobras - Last Nite (Cover)

The Ting Tings

2008-03-19T14:16:00.004Z

"The Ting Tings are an English indie/electronic band, consisting of two members: Jules De Martino (drums, vocals) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drum). They formed in 2006 when based at Islington Mill, Salford; a building that is home to artists and emerging creative ventures dealing in everything from fine art to theatre and film".

(in Wikipedia)

The Ting Tings -Great DJ

Great Dj (mp3)
Great Dj (Calvin Harris Remix) (mp3)
That's Not My Name (mp3)

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Nwz Playlist 03

2008-03-18T13:38:00.004Z

This week we have...

Blackmail - False Medication (mp3)
Bo Pepper - Blink And You'll Miss It! (mp3)
Chikinki - Like It Or Leave It (mp3)
Chin Up Chin Up - This Harness Can't Ride Anything (mp3)
Cut City - Like Ashes, Like Millions (mp3)
Dirty on Purpose - No Radio (mp3)
Flogging Molly - Requiem For A Dying Song (mp3)
Husky Rescue - Nightless Night (mp3)
Logh - Saturday Nightmares (mp3)
Look See Proof - Casualty (mp3)
My Teenage Stride - To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge (mp3)
New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (mp3)
Sarandon - The Linguist (mp3)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Keep On Looking
The Comas - Now Im A Spider (mp3)
The Indelicates - Julia We Don't Live In The 60s (mp3)
The Octopus Project - I Saw The Bright Shinies (mp3)
The Redwalls - Summer Romance (mp3)
The Von Bondies - Pale Bride (mp3)
The Voom Blooms - Nine Ships (mp3)
The Whip - Trash (mp3)

More of 2007...

2008-03-17T12:35:00.004Z

Amy Winehouse - Rehab (mp3)
Animal Collective - For Reverend Green (mp3)
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running (mp3)
Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent (mp3)
Band Of Horses - Is There a Ghost (mp3)
Battles - Atlas (mp3)
Beck - Timebomb (mp3)
Björk - Earth Intruders (mp3)
Blasted Mechanism - All the Way
Bloc Party - The Prayer
Bonde do Rolê - Solta O Frango
Cajun Dance Party - Amylase
Editors - Smoking Outside the Hospital Doors
Electrelane - To the East (mp3)
Feist - My Moon My Man (mp3)
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Interpol - Heinrich Maneuver
Iron & Wine - Boy with a Coin (mp3)
José González - Down the Line
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Korn - Starting Over
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (mp3)
Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee (mp3)
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Mintzkov - One Equals A Lot
Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse (mp3)
Office - Oh My (mp3)
Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica (mp3)
Paramore - That's What You Get (mp3)
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (mp3)
PJ Harvey - When Under Ether (mp3)
Queens of the Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick (mp3)
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (mp3)
Rilo Kiley - The Moneymaker (mp3)
Serj Tankian - Empty Walls (mp3)
She Wants Revenge - All Those Moments
Spoon - Idiot Driver(mp3)
The Besnard Lakes - Disaster (mp3)
The Field - A Paw In My Face (mp3)
The Films - Black Shoes (mp3)
The Good, the Bad and the Queen - 80s Life (mp3)
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom (mp3)
The Killers - Shadowplay (Joy Division Cover)
The National - Fake Empire (mp3)
The Pigeon Detectives - I'm Not Sorry (mp3)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula (mp3)
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
The Wombats - Kill The Director (mp3)
Unkle - Keys to the Kingdom
White Rabbits - The Plot (mp3)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy

Mintzkov - 360º (Degrees) 2007

2008-03-14T21:27:00.009Z

360 Degrees, é o segundo álbum desta banda Belga editado em 2007 pela Haldern Pop Recordings. Ou talvez seja o primeiro, já que M for Means and L for Love de 2003, editado por Franchorchamps, foi lançado com o nome Mintzkov Luna.
A banda é composta por cinco elementos, Philip Bosschaerts (guitar + vocals), Lies Lorquet (bas + vocals), Minchul Van Steenkiste (drums), Daan Scheltjens (guitar) e Pascal Oorts (synths).
Mesmo com o álbum M for Means and L for Love a receber boas críticas e muitos prémios, eles decidiram acrescentar algo mais a sua música. Tal como diz o manager da banda.

“With 360° Mintzkov is searching for the basis. The making of second album forced the band to think about their position and reconsider that position. Making good songs is one thing but making them brilliant that make a difference is a whole other thing. On 360° Mintzkov has succeeded in the latter. Making a circle: that about sums up Mintzkov’s working process for 360°”.

E ainda bem que o fizeram, pois este álbum está muito bom, exemplo disso são as faixas One Equals A Lot ou Return & Smile. Para mim eles são muito parecidos com dEUS, mas há quem ache que são algo como Girls against Boys meets Pixies. Decidam por vocês.

1 - Life Arter Fire 4:48
2 - One Equals A Lot 3:25
3 - Return And Smile 4:02
4 - 360 Degrees 2:20
5 - Ruby Red 4:35
6 - Miles Ahead 4:48
7 - Lets Talk Things Over 3:11
8 - The State Were In 3:23
9 - Title You 3:36
10 - Sugar Rush 5:19
11 - Hitman 9:39

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Prince of Wales is jamming...

2008-03-14T10:54:00.005Z

Durante a sua visita oficial as Caraíbas, Príncipe Carlos passou pela 56 Hope Road, Jamaica, que, para quem não sabe é a antiga casa Bob Marley, hoje convertida em museu pela viúva Rita, e pelos seus filhos Robert e Rohan.
Aqui fica o registo do príncipe, que tenta entrar no ambiente Rastafari, numa sessão de tambores.
Será que também fumou uns???!!!!

The Bell - Make Some Quiet 2008

2008-03-12T15:09:00.006Z

The Bell, uma banda vinda da Suécia, composta por três elementos, Nicklas Nilsson (instrumentos), Jan Petterson (instrumentos), Mathias Stromberg (voz).
Depois de terem composto e gravado mais de 35 canções em menos de um ano, lançaram em finais de 2007 na Suécia e agora em Fevereiro de 2008 nos Estados Unidos, o seu primeiro álbum, Make Some Quiet, através da editora Badman Recording Co.
Ainda pouco conhecida, mas já comparada a outra banda Sueca, The Mary Onettes, que chegou a ser catalogada como, the new 80’s, isto tudo por terem uma sonoridade muito parecida ao que de bom se fazia nessa época. Neste caso, os próprios se intitulam assim, tal como aparece em um press release da editora.

“The Bell harkens back to a time when you were first discovering bands that acted like the ideal sound track to your post-teenage life. We think of Echo & the Bunnymen, House Of Love, The Cure … on our trip down good memory lane. The songwriting is very strong – leaving one recalling the choruses days after hearing them just once. They accomplish the entire circle of what to look for in a band – memorable songs, strong vocals and easy going folks. Refreshing.”

Influencias e comparações há muitas, pois também dizem por ai que fazem lembrar os Interpol, o melhor mesmo é ouvir porque vale a pena.

1 - I Am History (mp3)
2 - On And On (mp3)
3 - Leave Me
4 - Do You Know How To Feel ? (mp3)
5 - I Need Nothing
6 - Target Group
7 - Gone For Days
8 - Celebrate The Good Times
9 - Nothing Is Logical
10 - On The Street
11 - Never Had To Pay Before (mp3)
12 - Steal It Back
13 - Let Love Be My Only Guide

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Sperm For Tickets

2008-03-12T14:29:00.003Z

Notícia adiantada no Blitz, “Europeus que contribuam para as reservas de esperma irlandesas assistem gratuitamente a festivais.”
Ora cá está uma boa ideia que deve ter bons resultados. Ajudar e ser ajudado. Para mais informação, Blitz ou Spermfortickets.com.

Nwz Playlist 02 - pt2

2008-03-11T14:24:00.006Z

Also on this week playlist...

Breumm - Ingen Verdens Ting
Dawn Landes - Bodyguard
Depressive Art - On Solid Ground
Dimbodius - Hands Let Go
Maritime - For Science Fiction
Mattias Tell - Botox Dollface
Minipop - Like I Do
Raveonettes - Dead Sound
The Bell - I Am History
The Bell - On And On
The Rapture - House Of jealous Lovers
The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love
The Sunshine Underground - Borders
The Wombats - Kill The Director
These Are Powers - Chipping Ice
VHS or Beta - She Says
Young Lovers - The People

One Of The Best Video 2007

2008-03-11T14:17:00.003Z

Battles - Atlas

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Nwz Playlist 02

2008-03-10T13:47:00.005Z

Music for this week...

Cat Power – The Greatest (mp3)
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Earl Greyhound - S.O.S.
French Kicks - Abandon
Frightened Rabbit – Modern Leper
Hot Rocket - Do Do Do (mp3)
Portishead - The Rip
Robots In Disguise - Turn It Up (mp3)
Sizo - Big Three
The Breeders - Bang On (mp3)
The Dodos – Fools
The Futurheads – Let´s Dance (Cover)
The Shackeltons - Your Movement
These New Puritans - Elvis
Throw Me The Statue - About To Walk (mp3)
Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
U-Clic - Robot'n'roll
Wolf Parade - You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control

Fim De Semana

2008-03-07T14:42:00.004Z

Para quem não sabe onde ir no sábado, aqui fica uma sugestão.
¼ d’águas bar, um espaço engraçado com bom ambiente, desde os funcionários aos clientes. Boa musica, habitualmente a cargo do dj José Carlos, e bons cocktails. Para quem estiver interessado, um local onde é permitido fumar. Fica situado na Rua Dois Amigos nº 241, Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos.
Este sábado, em particular, vai lá estar o dj frog. Certamente vai ser uma noite de muita animação e boa disposição, como foram as outras noites que ele actuou.
Para quem não conhece o dj Frog, aqui fica uma pequena lista de músicas que provavelmente ele irá passar.

British Sea Power - Waving Flags
Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Interpol - Slow Hands
Man Man - Top Drawer
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Spoon - Idiot Driver
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night

The Cure Live

2008-03-07T11:01:00.002Z

Este fim-de-semana, temos The Cure no Pavilhão Atlântico.
Esta banda Inglesa tão conhecida, formada em 1976, com doze álbuns de originais e mais de trinta singles editados além de várias colectâneas e apresentações ao vivo e a alguns meses de editarem o 13º.
Têm quase tantos álbuns como ex-membros, são eles Michael Dempsey, Matthieu Hartley, Andy Anderson, Phil Thornalley, Lol Tolhurst, Boris Williams, Roger O'Donnell, Perry Bamonte.
Actualmente integram a banda, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, e são estes que vão, de certeza dar um bom espectáculo no sábado.

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Wash Your Brain

2008-03-06T14:08:00.010Z

O mês passado falamos do Batô, concretamente da última quinta-feira de cada mês. Ora bem, agora vamos falar da primeira quinta-feira.
Hoje é a noite de, Wash Your Brain. O que é? Como o nome indica, é uma noite de novos sons, novas tendências, remix’s, lados b, enfim a noite que nos lava o cérebro dos sons habituais.
Esta noite foi criada pelos actuais djs do Batô, Jorge Vieira e Renato Afonso, pois sentiam a necessidade de mostrar que, existe mais no Batô do que os velhos clássicos e bandas consagradas. Como os clientes habituais são adversos a grandes mudanças, houve necessidade de criar um dia especifico para este novo projecto. Assim ninguém vai ao engano.

We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery 2008

2008-03-05T13:34:00.003Z

Para quem não conhece, We Are Scientists são uma banda Indie Rock de Claremont, California.
Iniciaram a sua carreira em 2000, depois de se conhecerem no tempo de escola. Após algumas actuações ao vivo, conseguiram lançar 2 EPs e 2LPs, Safety, Fun and Learning, Bitchin!, In Action, e The Wolf's Hour. Mas só com With Love and Squalor editado pela Emi/Virgin Records é que começaram a ser verdadeiramente conhecidos, graças a Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt e It's a Hit. Com este Brain Thrust Mastery, é que vamos tirar as dúvidas em relação a estes rapazes, que para já são só dois, pois o baterista Michael Tapper deixou a banda depois de gravado este álbum.

Aqui ficam os detalhes deste novo projecto, e fica também o link do single de apresentação.

1 - Ghouls
2 - Let's See It
3 - After Hours (mp3)
4 - Lethal Enforcer
5 - Impatience
6 - Tonight
7 - Spoken For
8 - Altered Beast
9 - Chick Lit
10 - Dinosaurs
11 - That's What Counts

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Upcoming Releases

2008-03-04T15:18:00.004Z

Uma pequena lista dos albuns que estão aí a chegar...

Março

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Bauhaus - Go Away White
Young Knives - Superabundance
Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969
Van Morrison - Keep It Simple
Why? - Alopecia
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
The Kills - Midnight Boom
The B-52s - Funplex
Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

Abril

Moby - Last Night
R.E.M. - Accelerate
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
The Breeders - Mountain Battles
Clinic - Do It
The Long Blondes - Couples
Man Man - Man Man
Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off
Portishead - Third
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
dEUS - Vantage Point
Billy Bragg - Mr. Love & Justice
Blind Melon - For My Friends

The Shackeltons

2008-03-04T13:57:00.003Z

"The Shackeltons provide a stout combination of clean, straight-lined production and cacophonous bursts of sound on their self-titled debut. Their blasts of angst, which are equal parts danceable bliss and seering noise, are held together by the jittery, literate lyrical musings of frontman Mark Redding."

(in Roling Stone Magazine)

The Breaks

Your Movement

Myspace
Website

The Charlatans - You Cross My Path 2008

2008-03-03T13:59:00.001Z

You Cross My Path é o décimo álbum de originais dos, bem conhecidos, The Charlatans.
Hoje, 3 de Março a data de lançamento promocional na internet, com download gratuito, (isso mesmo, não são só os Radiohead que fazem estas coisas) no site da rádio Xfm, (o link está no menu do lado direito, em Music Related)
A partir do dia 19 de Maio estará à venda em todos os lugares habituais.

1 - Oh! Vanity
2 - Bad Days
3 - Mis-takes
4 - The Misbegotten
5 - A Day For Letting Go
6 - You Cross My Path
7 - Missing Beats (Of A Generation)
8 - My Name Is Despair
9 - Bird Reprise
10 - This Is The End

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell 2008

2008-03-03T13:50:00.002Z

Depois dos, bem sucedidos (EPs) A Lesson in Crime e Smith EP, eis que chega Elephant Shell, o aguardado CD (LP) dos Tokyo Police Club, lançado pela nova editora Saddle Creek.
Para quem não conhece, os TPC são originários de Newmarket, Canadá. A banda é composta por quatro elementos, Dave Monks (voz e baixo), Josh Hook (guitarra), Graham Wright (teclado) e Greg Alsop (bateria).
Como quase todas as bandas, eles começaram por tocar em pequenos espaços. Depressa deram nas vistas e foram convidados a participar no Pop Montreal Festival. Rápido assinaram com a editora de Toronto, Paper Bag Records e apareceram em inumeros festivais de renome como Coachella, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury e muitos outros. Neste momento estão cotados como uma das maiores promessas Canadianas na cena musical.

De muitas curiosidades em redor da banda, aqui fica uma pequena explicação de Graham Wright, sobre a origem do nome, Tokyo Police Club.

“A study was conducted to find out if a band's name can correlate to their success. And so a computer formula took all the results of the study – what words showed up most frequently showed up in successful bands' names – and generated the ultimate fame-ensuring name: Tokyo Police Club. The second choice was Madonna Jackson Pac.”

1 - Centennial
2 - In a Cave (mp3)
3 - Graves (mp3)
4 - Juno (mp3)
5 - Tessellate (mp3)
6 - Sixties Remake
7 - The Harrowing Adventures Of...
8 - Nursery Academy
9 - Your English Is Good (mp3)
10 - Listen to the Math (mp3)
11 - The Baskervilles

Bairro Alto: Noites Loucas Anos 80

2008-03-03T13:10:00.001Z

Aproveitando a onda dos oldies, aqui fica uma excelente compilação que relembra os grandes nomes dos anos 80, lançada com o nome de Bairro Alto: Noites Loucas Anos 80, uma homenagem ao bairro mais carismático de Lisboa.
Como é praticamente impossível incluir todas as músicas de uma década num só cd, esta colectânea já vai no seu 3 volume mas não deve acabar por aqui.

1 The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary - 4:20
2 The Cure - Just Like Heaven - 3:32
3 Talk Talk - Talk Talk - 2:59
4 The Sisters Of Mercy - Walk Away - 3:24
5 David Bowie - China Girl - 4:16
6 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 5:24
7 Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar - 4:52
8 New Order - Blue Monday - 6:23
9 Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye - 3:32
10 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - 6:15
11 The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven - 3:27
12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love - 5:32
13 Talking Heads - Slippery People - 4:14
14 Tears For Fears - Mad World - 3:31
15 Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle - 3:59
16 Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song - 4:11

Editora: Som Livre

Remember Batô

2008-02-26T18:01:00.007Z

Como todos sabem, ou pelo menos os que conhecem, hoje é a ultima quinta do mês, é a noite de Remember Batô ou como alguns lhe chamam, a noite do baú.
Neste momento a noite mais famosa desta casa tão especial que já conta com 36 anos, uma referência na noite do porto, que nos habituou desde sempre a uma consistência no estilo musical, (independentemente, de qual o Dj que por lá tenha passado) ao ponto de classificarmos a música como, música Batô e não um Pop/Rock ou Alternativa.
Esta noite foi criada pelo Dj Jorge Vieira, já lá vão uns anitos, a noite ideal para ouvir algumas das nossas músicas preferidas, aquelas que já só ouvimos no nosso mp3 por serem tão antigas. Ideal também para encontrar algumas pessoas que já não nos lembrávamos, aquelas da escola, da faculdade ou até mesmo do próprio Batô.
Enfim, a ultima quinta-feira de cada mês que já estamos habituados.
Lógico será dizer que o Batô não é só Remember, experimentem um fim-de-semana.
Para quem não conhece, o melhor mesmo é passar por lá.

Aqui fica uma pequena playlist, de algumas das músicas que provavelmente o Dj Jorge vieira irá passar.

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
B52's - Love Shack
Billy Bragg – Sexuality
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
Gene Loves Jezebel - The motion of love
Happy Mondays - Step On
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Kiling Joke - Love Like Blood
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Madness - One Step Beyond
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Peter Murphy - Cuts you up
Primal Scream – Rocks
Public Image Limited – Rise
Pulp - Common People
Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
The Clash - London Calling
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Doors - Break on Through (To the Other Side)
The Knack - My Sharona
The La's - There She Goes
The Lords of The New Church - Russian Roulette
The Mission UK - Like a Child Again [Remix]
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
The Pogues - Honky Tonk Women
The Psychedelic Furs - Preaty In Pink
The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Sound - Total Recall
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
The The - This Is The Day
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

80th Annual Academy Awards

2008-02-25T13:37:00.004Z

Como sabem, já se conhecem os resultados de mais uma noite de Oscars, já lá vão 80.
Actores e Actrizes à parte, apenas falamos de musica.
Pois aqui fica a lista de nomeados para melhor Banda Sonora.

Atonement (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
Ratatouille (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

e o grande vencedor ...

Atonement

1 Briony - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
2 Robbie's Note - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
3 Two Figures By a Fountain - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
4 Cee, You and Tea - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
5 With My Own Eyes - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
6 Farewell - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
7 Love Letters - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
8 Half Killed, The - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
9 Rescue Me - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
10 Elegy For Dunkirk - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
11 Come Back - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
12 Denouncement - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
13 Cottage On the Beach, The - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
14 Atonement - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
15 Debussy: Clair De Lune - Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Easy Listening

2008-02-25T12:35:00.006Z

What We're Listening To This Week...

John Vanderslice - White Dove
Miss Li - Let Her Go
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Rem - Supernatural Superserious
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Skeleton
Rebekah Higgs - Parables
Arthur & Yu - There Are Too Many Birds

Editors - Live

2008-02-21T15:04:00.005Z

"...Originários de Birmingham, cidade que deu ao mundo nomes como Black Sabbath ou Duran Duran, os Editors estrearam-se com o single “Bullets” – editado em Janeiro de 2005, esgotou em apenas um dia!
O fenómeno em torno da banda, levou a que editassem em Julho do mesmo ano o álbum de estreia “The Back Room”. Composto por singles portentosos, como “Munich” e “Blood”, o disco foi alvo de forte aclamação por parte da crítica especializada, tendo ainda atingido o segundo lugar do top de vendas em Inglaterra.
O hype criado na Europa abriu-lhes a porta dos Estados Unidos e garantiu-lhes entrada directa nos mais importantes festivais americanos, Coachella e Lollapalooza.
O novo disco “An End Has a Start”, editado em 2007, teve no single de apresentação “Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors” um excelente prenúncio.
Se por um lado os Editors mantinham todas as características que lhes tinha granjeado sucesso e admiração, por outro, não se deixavam ficar amarrados ao som do primeiro disco e demonstravam ambição de fazer ainda melhor.
Para Abril de 2008 estão marcados dois concertos em Portugal, onde a banda vai poder provar que é ainda melhor ao vivo do que a excelência que consegue alcançar em disco.
Dia 2 de Abril no Campo Pequeno e dia 3 de Abril no Coliseu do Porto – Editors, o fim como um princípio!"

(in Tiketline)

3 de Abr de 2008 - Porto (Coliseu)

Inicio : 21h00
Primeira parte por Mobius Band

Preços : PLATEIA EM PÉ 25,00 €
TRIBUNA 1 IMPAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 1 PAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 2 IMPAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 2 PAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 3 IMPAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 3 PAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 4 IMPAR 28,00 €
TRIBUNA 4 PAR 28,00 €

Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secretes 2008

2008-02-21T13:35:00.004Z

"Blood Red Shoes are a two-piece, rock band from Brighton, England. Consisting of Steven Ansell, originally from Sussex, and Laura-Mary Carter, originally from London, they formed in 2005 after their previous bands (Cat On Form and Lady Muck respectively) had broken up and they decided to have a jam. They have performed over 300 live shows and released six singles since they began in late 2004. They were signed to V2 in April 2007 with whom they released the singles It's Getting Boring By The Sea (June 11, 2007) and I Wish I Was Someone Better (October 29, 2007).
However following the sale of V2 to Universal, the band's debut album Box of Secrets is scheduled for release on Mercury Records in April 2008. It was leaked to private torrent trackers in November 2007, months before its retail release date. In an interview in Berlin, Laura-Mary expressed that the band's name was taken from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire musical, in which Ginger Rogers had turned a pair of white dancing shoes red with blood because she had been practicing dancing so much in them.
Laura Mary's cousin Colin was a famous childrens actor in his native Ireland."

(in Wikipedia)

Album tracks
1 Doesn't Matter Much
2 You Bring Me Down
3 Try Harder
4 Say Something Say Anything
5 I Wish I Was Someone Better
6 Take The Weight
7 ADHD
8 This Is Not For You
9 It's Getting Boring By The Sea
10 Forgive Nothing
11 Hope You Are Holding Up

Nwz Playlist 01

2008-02-21T13:20:00.010Z

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Over and Over Again
The Mary Onettes - Lost
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
The National - Fake Empire
Pela - Lost to the Lonesome
The Whip - Frustration
French Kicks - Keep It Amazed
British Sea Power - Waving Flags (mp3)
Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry
The Maccabees - First Love (mp3)
Kings Of Leon - Charmer
Pull Tiger Tail - Let's Lightning
Rem & Patti Smith - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Letters & Colours - Bigger Than Life
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize
Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee

Info Portugal

2008-02-19T13:19:00.004Z

The best info of Portuguese Concerts

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 2008

2008-02-13T13:20:00.012Z

"Vampire Weekend came to public attention via a variety of blogs, first on the African music audioblog Benn loxo du taccu and then six months later on Stereogum, leading many to cite them as another example of the blog band phenomenon. The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western Classical Music. They describe their genre of music as Upper West Side Soweto, performing such songs as Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, which references Congolese soukous music. This song was #67 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The band made a television appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on February 1, 2008.

The members of the band met while attending Columbia University."

Ezra Koenig (guitar, vocals)
Rostam Batmanglij (keyboard)
Chris Tomson (drums)
Chris Baio (bass guitar)

(in Wikipedia)

Album tracks
1 Mansard Roof - 2:07
2 Oxford Comma 3:15
3 A-Punk - 2:17
4 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - 3:33
5 M79 - 4:14
6 Campus - 2:55
7 Bryn - 2:12
8 One (Blake's Got A New Face) - 3:11
9 I Stand Corrected - 2:38
10 Walcott - 3:39
11 The Kids Don't Stand A Chance 4:03

Nwz Playlist 00

2008-01-28T15:10:00.004Z

Some Of The Great 2007

Cannonball Jane - Take It To Fantastic
Cathy Davey - Moving
Dappled Cities Fly - Within Hours
Gian Drag - This Isn't It
Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights
Ida Maria - Oh My God
Mintzkove - Life Arter Fire
MuteMath - Chaos
Mystery Jets - Diamonds In The Dark
Office - Oh My
Oliver Future - What Heart
Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula
The Blakes - Dont Bother Me
The Cloud Room - Hey Now Now
The Films - Black Shoes
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
The Rumble Strips - Alarm Clock
Unkle & Gavin Clark - Keys To The Kingdom
White Rabbits - While We Go Dancing

Hot Rocket

2008-01-15T13:11:00.002Z

"Five-piece from South-West London, Hot Rocket are fresh from recording their debut EP. Once described as "Charlie Chaplin meets the Strokes", Hot Rocket are ultimately sparkling indie pop with an undeniable dark edge."

(in Bandman)

Members:
Nick - Sings
Mole - Guitar
Ben - Keyboard
Kev - Bass
Tim - Drums

Do Do Do

Myspace
Website

The Killers - Sawdust 2007

2007-12-13T12:50:00.004Z

1 Tranquilize - 3:45
2 Shadowplay - 4:07
3 All the Pretty Faces - 4:45
4 Leave the Bourbon On the Shelf - 3:38
5 Sweet Talk - 4:18
6 Under the Gun - 2:33
7 Where the White Boys Dance - 3:26
8 Show You How - 2:46
9 Move Away - 3:49
10 Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll - 4:16
11 Who Let You Go? - 3:42
12 The Ballad of Michael Valentine - 3:50
13 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - 3:05
14 Daddy's Eyes - 4:16
15 Sam's Town (Abbey Road Version)- 3:45
16 Romeo and Juliet - 5:27
17 Mr. Brightside

Girls Rock!!!

2007-12-11T12:50:00.001Z

Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea
The Noisettes - Don't Give Up
Operator Please - Leave It Alone
Lions At Your Door - L.A.Y.D.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control

2007-12-01T18:09:00.003Z