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Calexico - Carried To Dust
11 Oct 2008, 14:49 by Sachiel1616
Calexico - Carried To Dust
Sono preponderanti le influenze tex-mex, marchio di fabbrica della creatura di Burns e Convertino, si riafferma anche il cantato in spagnolo, anche se le polverose terre di frontiera sembrano essere colpite da un sole meno cocente e da atmosfere più pigre. Si amalgamano anche episodi che richiamano l’alt-country nudo e crudo quando tornano le melodie regolari e sinuose stile Whiskeytown. Un’alternanza che insinua qualche dubbio sulla volontà o meno di affrontare la musica in una direzione precisa, forse troppo in bilico tra il voler osare qualcosa di diverso e il timore di esserne inghiottiti. Li chiamano dischi di transizione questi, probabilmente più per comodità che per altro.
Leggi la recensione completa di Carried To Dust su Indie For Bunnies -
my favourite music 2008 - thus far
11 Oct 2008, 13:43 by ArtVandelay1
01. Richard Skelton - Marking Time
02. The Photographic - Pictures Of A Changing World
03. Haruka Nakamura - Grace
04. Glissando - With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards The Burning Sea
05. Invincible - Shapeshifters
06. Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow
07. Jasper TX - This Quiet Season
08. Russian Circles - Station
09. Tape - Luminarium
10. A Broken Consort - Crow Autumn
11. Jasper TX - Black Sleep
12. The Kills - Midnight Boom
13. Lawrence English - Kiri no Oto
14. Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping
15. Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
16. Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker - Fantasma Parastasie
17. Beach House - Devotion
18. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion To Rejoin
19. Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
20. Calexico - Carried To Dust
21. The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition Of Phrases
22. Grey Daturas - Return To Disruption
23. Alva Noto - Unitxt
24. Area C - Sea Of Rains
25. Pluxus - Solid State
26. akiko kiyama - 7 Years
27. Valet - Naked Acid
28. Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight -
Best September's Songs
6 Oct 2008, 14:42 by mannaz83

1. Oasis -
The Turning
2. Slipknot -
Snuff
3. Ryan Adams - My Love For You Is Real
4. Damien Jurado - Gillian Was a Horse
5. Kings Of Leons -
Manhattan
6. Travis -
Before you were young
7. Calexico -
Slowness
8. Bob Dylan-
If You See Her, Say Hello
9. It's a Musical - The Music Makes Me Sick
10. Earlimart -
Before It Gets Better
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INIWATA Awards 2007 : Top 20 Songs
2 Oct 2008, 17:59 by vynce
Please visit my blog to see what are the best songs of 2007...
http://ihniwyata.blogspot.com/
1 - Arcade Fire -
Ocean of Noise (Calexico)
2 - MGMT -
Kids
3 - Babyshambles -
Delivery
4 - Modest Mouse -
Dashboard
5 - Au Revoir Simone -
A Violent Yet Flammable World
6 - The National - Fake Empire
7 - Feist -
One Two Three Four
8 - The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
9 - The Cribs - Men's Needs
10 - Bloc Party - Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
11 - Radiohead -
Reckoner
12 - Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
13 - Arcade Fire -
Intervention
14 - MGMT -
Time to Pretend
15 - The Coral -
Put The Sun Back
16 - Bloc Party -
Flux
17 - Okkervil River - A Girl in Port
18 - The Shins - Phantom Limb
19 - The Wombats - Moving To New York
20 - Voxtrot - Real Life Version -
Dandelion Radio - October 2008 shows
2 Oct 2008, 17:39 by DandelionRadio
Voting has opened for the Festive50
This month there are 23 hours, spread across 10 shows.
Andrew Morrison:
Andy's October show for Dandelion Radio features a live session from Alex Canasta, with four tracks recorded at their Copenhagen album launch party in August, along with a competition to win a copy of their debut album. As usual, there are two Tasty Tips from Teresa, and a Funky Five Minutes from Scott. The two hours of new and unsigned music include tunes from Lonely Ghosts, The Joy Formidable, Burial, and Decoration. Andy also marks the fourth anniversary of John Peel's death by playing one of John's favourite twelve-inch mixes. Listen in to find out what it is!
Jeff Grainger:
October's two hour Show follows the usual vague path previous shows have trodden; long, short, old, new and above all, getting hopelessly lost in the process. Accompanying our Album of the Month; F-A-R by Solanums and a brace of Northern Soul stompers. We'll witness a spectacular shoehorned plug for this Months Dandelion Radio Night at The Castle, Union St Oldham (News/Events page) Which means of course you'll hear songs from each of the acts on the bill, in this case it's The Container Drivers, Hug Party, The Hang Project and ste mccabe.
New tracks by the likes of Onedia, Thomas Tantrum, Sterling, The Joy Formidable, Richie Phoe and others make for splendid travelling companions with this months older contingent, (Hüsker Dü, & The Cimarons) With another damn fine D&B slab from our friend Shookz, warm ambient tones from pjusk plus a knock treat for all you Broadcast fans to boot. I reckon this months offering definitely leans towards 'the not too bad at all actually'.
Mark Cunliffe:
For this month it's a show that'll amaze you more than Bobby Ball in a good comedy show and stagger you more than Jockey Wilson at last orders.
There's Nirvana being re-worked by Ladyscraper. Pifco spooning up up some indie from Leeds.
Goonda's blowing your mind and Fuda Guy's doing us a cocktail of grime and rock n roll. Damian Marley is going on a mission, Eshamanjaro is well off it and Reso's remixing his brass eye.
RsD lands us in so much dub that it'll feel like bass quicksand. The Federals have me returning to my favourite subject of the moment, the Trabant. Lady Ali's giving it to us straight in a dancehall stylee. The Criterion Band nod off and Iziah DC has given me something so fresh it will never require Listerine mouth wash......and if that's not enough I've even got you a Purple Turkey.....
Mark Whitby:
In his October show, Mark puts to bed the old "never work with children and animals" adage by opening up his studio to a couple of lively pups. But if you can tear your attention away from that and listen to the tunes, there's the shortest Dandelion session ever (and perhaps the shortest ever session?) from Art Raghfunkle, who crams a fair bit of innovation into the minute or so he's on air for, so be careful not to go out to put the kettle on at the wrong time.
In fact, you might want to leave the kettle where it is and engage in the kind of iron-stomach marathon normally only reserved for screenings of Ben-Hur, as Mark brings to your ears new tracks from LazY Habits, Loman, Passion Pit, Eat Skull and much, much more. Like a Wall of Death rider Mark skirts daringly around the contrasting perimeters of the worlds of Hungarian funk with Kati Kovacs and Parisian elegance with ElodieO, snatching a quick energy drink in Mozambique with Neco Novellas, before returning, gasping like a spent fish, to the industrially derelict north of England from whence he came, marvelling at the acoustic charms of Sinking Ships and finishing the whole thing off with the cinematic urban electronica of Ian Wilde.
And finally, to bed, to dream happy dreams of merry sheep.
Neil Jenkins:
October sees Neil return to the virtual airwaves after a three month absence. No specials this month as Neil plays 'catch-up' to make up for lost time.
Amongst the two-hour mix of material, you will find two back-to-back tracks from show favourites Ladies!Disaster! from Munich and there's a taster of the This Is The Kit LP that Neil will feature in his November show. Other points of note include a demo track from much-asked-for artist Lettie, plus an announcement of the availablility of her new LP, and (finally) a track from Tina Mali after many failed attempts by Neil to get his hands on her CD.
Pete Jackson:
October brings the first ever session to Pete's show, and its a right corker from Lovecraft - five tracks, including the least-likely choice of cover version imaginable.
On top of that there are two different acts that feature Stuart Braithwaite, great psychedlia from Wooden Shjips and Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve, remixed classics from Skream and Barrington Levy, and a potential contender for the new Swedish National Anthem from The Social Services.
Rachael Neiman:
In October's 'Rachael Neiman Experience' our mammoth Ladyfest Manchester build up of the last few months reaches its crescendo with a 2-hour Ladyfest special ahead of the festival itself which is taking place from 7-9th November. We play tracks from a number of the bands on the bill including The Slits, Manda Rin (well it's a Bis track really!), Zombina & The Skeletones, Shrag, The Duloks, Hotpants Romance, Town Bike, Kids Love Lies, Miss The Occupier, Sophie's Pigeons, Vile Vile Creatures, Candy Panic Attack, The Bobby McGee's, Penny Broadhurst and Hug Party. Elsewhere we have gorgeous indie pop from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, foxes and The Kabeedies, glorious art pop from The Corey Orbison, Chapter 24 and The Container Drivers,electropop from Enfant Terrible and Dinky Loop and classic riot grrrl from STeLLa PaCe.
Rocker:
As usual this month, Rocker manages to squeeze the maximum sounds into a three-hour show.
We pay tribute to the recently deceased Richard Wright, as well as to John Peel himself, hard to believe it is now four years since we lost him.
There's a plethora of new, recent, and forthcoming LP releases, including a featured LP by Canada's Vancougar, and tracks from those by Stereolab; The Pains of Being Pure at Heart; Flannel; Emily Jane White; Vessels; Wreckless Eric And Amy Rigby; Minisnap; Coming Soon; The Brazen; Wire; Calexico; and Bakers at Dawn. And since we don't have any material yet from the forthcoming Emmy the Great LP, we play one of her demos.
There's a couple of remixes of a track from the new Mercury Rev LP, including an absolute stormer by James Holden, and also a couple of remixes of Eric Prydz' house hit "Pjanoo" - both of which radically revise the rather cheesy original in quite startlingly different ways. There's also a stunning new techno track from Petar Dundov. The Manhattan Love Suicides take on Bruce Springsteen, Lightspeed Champion revamps Amy Winehouse, and there's a new dub of one of Easy Star All-Stars' classic Radiohead covers.
This month's Peel's Big 45 is a Jagger / Richards composition released on Decca in 1964, by one the finest bands ever to come out of Rugby, UK.
As well as little known acts, here's this month's little known fact: A Titillomaniac is someone who scratches compulsively.
Simon Hickinbotham:
On this months show we'll hear among other things Una nina malvada from Chile, pHoaming Edison from New York, F600 from Spain, This Town Needs Guns from Oxford, The Witch Hats from Melbourne, Captain Hotknives from "Bratfut", Fe Fi Fo Fums from Seattle and monsters from mars from , er, California.
In addition to all this, as a contribution to any future "dandelennium" for 1927 we have a track from Louis Armstrong, plus from the mid 1990s a mastered-from-cassette gem from the Zimbabwe Cha Cha Cha Kings.
Yank Sizzler:
The October episode of the Yank Sizzler Show on Dandelion Radio is a damn riot as I can't contain my excitement over new releases from Calexico, Giant Sand, The Whispertown 2000 & Dutchess and the Duke.
Plus we dive deep into the small vinyl only label phenom that is Mississippi Records and their archival tastes for African Highlife and Golden Era Gospel. We talk to mad men who talk back in their dreams and tune in the latest from the 8BitPeoples camp. And of course favorites from Stereolab, Pissed Jeans, Shallow, Bob Dylan, Boris & Ex Orkest will all make themselves known. That and more this month. -
PONTOS DE FUGA #9
30 Sep 2008, 23:03 by dioxido
PONTOS DE FUGA #9 SET 2008
01. TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose (2m:56s)
02. Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire (3m:26s)
03. Amanda Palmer - Runs In The Family (2m:44s)
04. Calexico - Writer's Minor Holiday (3m:09s)
05. Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine (3m:52s)
06. Stereolab - Daisy Click Clack (3m:29s)
07. Late of the Pier - Mad Dogs And Englishmen (3m:00s)
08. Beck - Gamma Ray (2m:57s)
09. Cansei de Ser Sexy - Left Behind (3m:31s)
10. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (3m:38s)
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Liebste Bands/Interpreten A-Z
29 Sep 2008, 09:47 by electrolutz
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Konzerte 2006
23 Sep 2008, 10:10 by Horst_Schlemmer
07.01. Architect, SYNNACK, Amnistia, Klangstabil, Haujobb (Planet Myer Day IV), Leipzig Moritzbastei
28.01. Heinz Strunk, Leipzig Schaubühne Lindenfels
06.02. John Cale, Leipzig Werk II
07.02. Maximilian Hecker, Leipzig Moritzbastei
11.02. Kirlian Camera (mit Siderartica und Seelenthron), Meißen Hafenstraße
18.02. Covenant (mit Client und Rotersand), Leipzig Anker
15.03. Element of Crime (mit Home of the Lame), Leipzig Haus Auensee
19.03. Fehlfarben, Leipzig Schaubühne Lindenfels
08.04. Division Kent, Zeraphine, Funker Vogt, And One (Orkus Festival Club Tour), Leipzig Werk II
13.04. Of the Wand and the Moon (mit Seelenthron), Leipzig BPM Club
15.04. Der Blutharsch (mit Bain Wolfkind und Deutsch Nepal), Gotha Landgasthof Schwabhausen
30.04. Fire + Ice (mit Quellenthal und Sonne Hagal), Halle Tanzbar Palette
06.05. Spillsbury, Leipzig Moritzbastei
09.05. Die Sterne, Leipzig Conne Island
28.05. Current 93 (mit Baby Dee und Pantaleimon), Berlin Volksbühne
02.06. Rose Rovine E Amanti, Sagittarius, Trial (Wave Gotik Treffen Tag 1), Leipzig
03.06. Necro Facility, Vigilante, Spiritual Front, Das Scheit, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, One Two (Wave Gotik Treffen Tag 2), Leipzig
04.06. Orplid, Propergol, Nový Svêt (Wave Gotik Treffen Tag 3), Leipzig
05.06. Eminence of Darkness, The House of Usher, Of the Wand and the Moon, Kirlian Camera (Wave Gotik Treffen Tag 4), Leipzig
15.07. Depeche Mode (mit Scarling. und Goldfrapp), Leipzig Festwiese
10.08. Chants of Maldoror, Bauhaus (Summer Darkness Tag 1), Utrecht (Holland)
11.08. Ataraxia, Gor, Clan of Xymox, VNV Nation (Summer Darkness Tag 2), Utrecht (Holland)
12.08. Courtesan, Volksweerbaarheid, The Wounded, Of the Wand and the Moon, Welle:Erdball, Combichrist (Summer Darkness Tag 3), Utrecht (Holland)
13.08. Transworld, XMH, Dead Cell, Saeculum, Front Line Assembly (Summer Darkness Tag 4), Utrecht (Holland)
24.08. Calexico, Leipzig Parkbühne
02.10. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub (mit Vishnu), Dresden Starclub
28.10. Nebelung, Ô Paradis, Hekate, Gae Bolg (Mithra's Garden Festival), Koblenz SuppKultur
05.12. L'Âme Immortelle (mit Punto Omega und XPQ-21), Leipzig Werk II
15.12. Die Happy, Leipzig Werk II
25.12. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub (mit Lament), Leipzig Moritzbastei
26.12. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub (mit Woyzeck), Leipzig Moritzbastei
31.12. Frank Machau, Spiritual Front und Sol Invictus (Apokalyptik Folk Silvester), Leipzig Hellraiser -
Album of the Week: Calexico
17 Sep 2008, 20:40 by jterich
Though I wasn't a huge fan of their last album, Calexico's latest is outtasite!
http://treblezine.com/reviews/2855-Calexico_Carried_to_Dust.html
Calexico -
Circle, triangle, square: End of the Road 2008
16 Sep 2008, 15:30 by kitefish
Fri 12 Sep – End of the Road Festival
What a super festival! I am glad that I picked this as my first proper weekend festival to go to, or else the horror of camping may have put me off trying again. Although perhaps now the bar will be set too high for future festivals?
After setting up camp right next to the fabled head on a stick, we set off to see our first few bands of the day. First off was Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, who sounded just lovely in the sunshine, and were kind enough to have a chat with Alex and I after their set. It's just a shame they were on so early- they deserved more than the twenty or so people who were actually around to see them! After a short walk we were back to see The Acorn who were really good- interesting rhythmns and textures from all the instruments- and A Hawk and a Hacksaw, whom I was not fond of before the festival, and am still not fond of now. I don't know, they're technically brilliant and should be something that I like, but I just don't. Perhaps because I was annoyed that Jeremy Barnes really seems to believe that he is Eastern European? You are not, Jeremy, so lose the pretend accent!
We unfortunately missed the start of Micah P. Hinson's set due to an emergency footwear/ clothing change back at the tent, but he was pretty entertaining through the rest of it (although not very child friendly...). I am sad that he did not play 'Diggin A Grave', but I did enjoy his death-metal style vocals on the last song, especially as they made the middle-aged woman stood in front of us visibly wince and huddle closer to her husband. Next came Dirty Three, one of my highlights of the weekend- the beauty of their recorded work really came to life in the live setting, and was nicely accompanied by Warren Ellis' ridiculous posing and leg kicks. The perfect music to listen to as the sun went down.
After American Music Club, who were solid although they did not blow me away, it was time for FUN. At the time, I thought I would be lucky to see someone top Dirty Three, but this was managed almost straight after by the fantastic Akron/Family. SO MUCH FUN! Admittedly I did get bored at one point at some extended jamming of theirs, and I did feel sorry for The Acorn for having to spend at least a solid half hour clapping and dancing in the background, but still. I love audience participation, and it doesn't get much better than chanting 'Circle, triangle, square, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah', with hand actions, over and over again. (Except for the whole audience screaming, but I'll get on to that later!) A fabulous end to the night. I'm kind of annoyed that I didn't stay up to see what was going on at the Local or the Bimble Inn- apparently David Thomas Broughton was amazing (we should have trusted the random drunk guy who told us to go see him when we were stood brushing our teeth). But by this point, I was pretty much dead on my feet, and now I'm going to see DTB next week, so no matter.
After a TERRIBLE night- it doesn't get much worse than lying awake, freezing cold, listening to the guy in the tent next to you snoring like a cannon- the day started nicely with Absentee, who I don't actually remember beyond a vague recollection that they were good, and Bowerbirds, who were really lovely. I liked the girl's accordeon, dress and hair, and the frontman had a really cute smile, and the violin-playing man was pretty. They were followed by Devon Sproule who was plain adorable, and was the envy of us all with her amazing sunhat. Noah and the Whale were surprisingly good- nice brass parts, an engaging front man and generally happy, smiley, sunshiney music.
Up next was The Young Republic, who had not impressed me with the few snippets I'd heard before I went, but who were in fact amazing! The frontman was incredibly dynamic (and had very shiny hair), all the musicians top-notch, and the songs just sounded fantastic. Definitely one to watch out for. However, they were followed by my- and many other people's, from what I have heard- favourite performance of the weekend- Bon Iver. Seriously, I nearly cried during their set, it was so, so beautiful. While I had been looking forward to seeing them, as I like the album a lot, I was not expecting anythign particularly special. How wrong I was. The vocal harmonies were perfect, Justin's voice was heavenly, just everything was heavenly. They were also extremely gracious, and I always enjoy an act more when they seem to be enjoying themselves. The mass sing-along to 'The Wolves', followed by our joint howl to the sky, was my favourite moment of the festival. Also it was nice to see Bowerbirds go up to join them- hopefully people who missed their main set saw them then, and will be inspired to check them out properly.
After dinner, it was over to the Big Top in preparation for my most anticipated act of the festival, Sun Kil Moon. We caught all of Kurt Wagner, who was nice to see despite being completely unfamiliar with both him and Lambchop. I enjoyed his little stage set-up with the clothes pegs, although I was concerned that he was going to set some of his songs on fire when he pegged the cigarette to the line. A short wait later, and it was time for SKM- who turned out to be pretty much my only disappointment of the festival. I think I'd psyched them up too much in my mind- I knew my personal fantasy of Mark Kozelek going, "OK everyone, I am going to play some Red House Painters now," was highly unlikely, but they could at least have played a more interesting set. Carry Me Ohio, at least. They were the only band I saw who did not seem pleased to be there, and while I did not think Mark K would be the cheeriest of folk, he barely paid the audience any mind at all. Smelly man. Oh well.
We had a little sit-down during the first half of Two Gallants, who were pretty good from what we heard, then it was over to the Local to see Shearwater. Well, to hear Shearwater- trying to see the low stage from anywhere other than right at the front was nigh-on impossible for one vertically-challened like myself. Still, they sounded fantastic, and were well worth staying awake for, despite how dead our legs were.
A better night's sleep saw me ready and refreshed for the final day, beginning with Sons of Noel and Adrian, who were surprisingly good, with a wide variety of instruments and interesting arrangements. The Wave Pictures were another surprise- I had thought that they would be pretty much by-the-numbers British guitar indie-schmindie- which I guess they were really, but they pulled it off with style, and were super-fun to bop along to. Kimya Dawson was as lovely as I had expected, and it was nice to be right up at the front so I could see her tattoos properly. As ever, I enjoyed the singing along and hand actions (apparently I am actually a five-year old child). Alex went and met her afterwards, but I stuck around at the front for Jason Molina, one of my favourite discoveries of the year. It was a shame we had to see him without the band- meaning no actual Magnolia Electric Co. songs, or at least not any that I recognised- but he was still lovely to see live, his vocals haunting, and dressed in a nice suit.
Woodpigeon were a little underwhelming, but I suppose by this time I was a bit music-ed out and was having another little sit-down, so it's probably my fault rather than theirs. Then it was over to the Big Top again to see Darren and Jack play Hefner- a band I got into from their being played at Offbeat in Sheffield (thanks Chris!). Despite not knowing them that well, they were still really fun to see live, and the crowd's enthusiasm really made their set. And it was the third time that we saw a less-popular band (The Wave Pictures) go up and play with a bigger band. I had another little rest during Jeffrey Lewis, who was still nice to listen to- I remember liking a silly poem-y thing he read out- and was then up and ready for The Mountain Goats, who did not disappoint. Even John Darnielle's guitar string breaking on the first strum did not ruin matters, as we were treated to a 5 minute drum solo, with a bit of bass, and an interesting rendition of Regina Spektor's 'Samson' (which had just played on the speakers before the band came on.) With guitar fixed, the band started proper, and played a really engaging, entertaining set, with brilliant sing-along moments. Just fantastic.
Mountain Goats finished, we made our way over to see the second half of Calexico's set. Alex and I were rather annoyed about this clash, as we would have liked to see both bands on full, but we were still able to see a good amount of the latter band- the more brass-y, Mexican-sounding numbers sounded fantastic, and were fun to dance to. After going back to tent to tidy up and put Alex to bed, I then ventured back out on my own to catch what was going on at the Local. I caught the last minute of a.P.A.t.T., who sounded really interesting so I'm annoyed that I didn't see the rest of them. Denis Jones was a great surprise- I'm a sucker for artists who use loop-pedals, and those who mix electronic and more organic sounds, so I was pleased I managed to catch him. Finally- and what a final act to see- were Wildbirds & Peacedrums, who were just incredible. What a voice! What drumming! What magnificent foot stomping/assorted percussion! What false lashes! Their recorded work really cannot do justice to how amazing they sound live, so if you ever get the chance to see them, do not miss out! I really could not have hoped for a better end for the festival.
It really was such a good weekend. My main regret this year is that I didn't spend more time at the smaller tents, seeing more unknown, esoteric acts - the problem with having such an amazing line-up is there was nearly always something I wanted to see elsewhere- so hopefully I can go next year, and see the little things then!