Music Soup

The Sigur Ras are undoubtedly the most famous Icelandic band in the world. Their career record is among the most acclaimed of the last ten years and many rightly label “Agatis Byrjun” (1999) and “()”( 2002) as true masterpieces. After “()” the band, even without impress as before, continues to sfornare good records.

In particular the last and impronunciabile “me Suo I Eyrum via Spilum Endalaust” marks a decisive shift, abandoning some of the ethereal and dreamy.

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The Little Joy is the band that Fabrizio Moretti has put up with Rodrigo Amarante Bink Shapiro and when it is paused by The Strokes. Moretti and Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian and member of the group indie-rock Los Hermanos, were known to a Portuguese festival and decided to work together after it has collaborated with Devendra Banhart. Bink Shapiro, however, from what I understand, is the new flame of the drummer.

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The Blogotheque is a very welcome French blog on the web. Especially for a special feature that distinguishes it in view of the blogosphere: the concerts a emporter.

For those who, like me, the French do not chew anything for the concerts a emporter are nothing more than live that artists give to the cameras on the blog streets of Paris. It is a particular size where you can also see rock bands in new acoustic sessions in the street.

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From a po ‘time had lost track of this Swedish band, which at the beginning of the century had found a certain reputation with the excellent album “Survival Sickness” (2000) and “A New Morning, Changing Weather” (2001). The leader and voice of the group is Dennis Lyxzén that, before forming the (International) Noise Conspiracy, has fundamental military Refused who, along with At The Drive-In, appeared to be new points of the movement punk / hardcore world.

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The Marta Sui tubes are certainly one of the most interesting of the Italian landscape. Assets already have two albums: “There are people who must Sleeping” (2005) and the big “Flesh and Dei” (2003), which contained “Old Defects”, one of the most beautiful Italian songs in recent years for you wrote.

The new album, “Sushi & Coca,” confirms the originality of the sound of the band, a kaleidoscope made of electro-acoustic atmosphere, lashing violent, tradition and changing melodies.

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He has a title, finally, the new album Franz Ferdinand which is now vocifera by a piece: it is called “Tonight” because - in the words of Alex Kapranos - ‘It is like when you’re in your room and you’re looking for the office before out for an evening [...] is music for the night on the dancefloor, so Tonight we felt the title right. ” A turning point for the dance Franz then, turning confirmed by the person who could listen to 6 new songs presented by the band during a small concert at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg last week.

The songs “Bite Hard,” “Turn It On,” “Katherine, Kiss Me,” “Ulysses” and “What She Came For” - all played with abundant doses of synthesizers - were described by the British press as much Dancy. Besides the title is also the official date of publication, January 26 2009.

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Arriva suddenly the news of the dissolution of Dirty Pretty Things, band born from the ashes of The Libertines who has achieved a good success with the debut album “Waterloo to Anywhere” in 2006 but was unable to repeat with the next “Romance at Short Notice “, released without clamor, three months ago.

The official reasons stated by the fund frontman Carl Barat is that “it is time to try new things” also indicating that “something new” does not mean the Libertines calm down the hopes of fans of the old band of Carl (and Pete Doherty) who , With the debut album “Up the Bracket” has influenced a whole generation of indie rock band British.

To remember the Dirty Pretty Things, we propose the video of their biggest success: “Bang Bang You’re Dead.”

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The video Reckoner of Radiohead is a new example of how the group of Oxford, apart from exceptional musicians is nothing new that are attentive observers of the art world of animation and visual. But to tell you I’m not myself, these are the words of Thom: is one of my favorite video things that has ever happened Reckoner for it is, the result of somebody entering a competition to make an animation to one of the tunes on IN Rainbows.

on aniboom. you can scroll down dead air space and find all about it .. The video as Thom said the contest is part of aniboom.com and is directed by Clement Picon and you can see after the link.

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Released only for download (the CD comes out Oct. 27) and past quite unnoticed, “Intimacy” by Bloc Party is one of those discs that leaves perplexed. Not because it is ugly, indeed, is a great disc. But the sudden turn dance leaves at least bewildered. The comparison with the two previous work then it is difficult, as wanting to compare the blue period Picasso with the pink. Which was better? Unable to respond. Yet they are always, the Bloc Party, and feel no betrayal.

There is only the desire to experiment, not to be locked in a genre that after only 6 years is likely to be finished. Purists of the rock maybe storch the nose, but we must pay tribute to a group that still young, challenge any logic market is reinvented and forces us to come to terms with their entire discography.

In London, the nu-rave goes to great and feels because the band Kele Okereke wrapped an album that dancefloor perhaps spaccherà the middle Europe. It is understood from the first notes of “Ares” with the battery stolen devastating to the brothers and chemicals that might help the rebirth of big beat. “Mercury” we know well by now, while in “Halo” find the most Bloc Party rock with a punk sfuriata which, for the sake of oxymoron, Okereke sings delicate words of love.

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The Cold War Kids are a group of Fullerton, California, that with a solo album assets and a handful of ep have become perhaps the greatest exponents of the new American indie-rock capable of evolving to stay but at the same time very attached to the solid guitar roots. Robbers & Cowards, their first album released in 2006 for V2 Records, was also acclaimed by the excellent feedback and subsequently became especially on the web.

And thanks to a couple of excellent individuals: Hung Me Up To Dry and We Used To Vacation. Tuesday, 23 always come out on V2 in Europe, the new album of the Californian quartet titled “Loyalty to Loyalty.” To accompany the disc is a single Something Is Not Right With Me and the video directed by Sophie Muller and after that you can see the link.

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