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Monday, May 21, 2007

New Zeitgeist artwork and Release Date

New Zeitgeist artwork has appeared on www.smashingpumpkins.com. The release date of 07-07-07 has been abandoned. The new release date is 07-10-07.

And here is possible track list for Zeitgeist:

Doomsday Clock
7 Shades of Black
Orchid
That's the Way
Tarantula
Starz
United States
Never Lost
Bring the Light
Come On (Let's Go)
For God and Country
Pomp and Circumstance

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Björk European Tour 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007

The Smashing Pumpkins 6th Album 'ZEITGEIST' 7.7.07

The Smashing Pumpkins 6th Album

'ZEITGEIST' 7.7.07

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible ... New album comes into the world!

March 5th in Europe and March 6th in North America was The Date. The date of release the new Arcade Fire album named Neon Bible! It is their second full length album after highly acclaimed debut Funeral from 2004. Not only for me was and still is a truly masterpiece.

But Neon Bible is here! So don't waste your time and listen this another piece of gem. It's in high rotation in my player in these days. Very addicted album as same as its predecessor ;-)

So wake up! ;)

Trac listing
1 | Black Mirror | 4:13
2 | Keep The Car Running | 3:29
3 | Neon Bible | 2:16
4 | Intervention | 4:19
5 | Black Wave/Bad Vibrations | 3:57
6 | Ocean Of Noise | 4:53
7 | The Well And The Lighthouse | 3:56
8 | (Antichrist Television Blues) | 5:10
9 | Windowsill | 4:16
10 | No Cars Go | 5:43
11 | My Body Is A Cage | 4:47

Free mp3 > Black Mirror

My neon review will coming soon... be patient.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Björk new album Volta in May!

Great news! Björk releases her sixth studio album Volta on May 7th!

The Press release reads thus:
"Musical innovator Björk releases her next studio album ‘Volta’ on May 7th 2007.

‘Volta’ is Björk's sixth studio album and follows the release of ‘Medúlla’ in 2004.

Featuring ten brand new and original tracks ‘Volta’ is entirely written and produced by Björk.

In the role of producer Björk has brought in various other musicians to work on her songs and ‘Volta’ features some of her most interesting collaborations so far with Antony Hegarty (Antony And The Johnsons) singing on two tracks, and Timbaland (Jay-Z, Missy Elliot etc) working with Björk on beats that she created for three further songs.

Other artists that feature on ‘Volta’ include electronic pioneer Mark Bell of LFO and two unique drummers – Chris Corsano (the improvisational drummer who has worked with Sonic Youth amongst others) and Brian Chippendale from Lightening Bolt.

Björk also brought in two acclaimed African artists for ‘Volta’ - Toumani Diabate, the Malian kora player and Konono No1 the experimental band from The Congo who won a BBC World Music Award in 2006. She has also put together her own 10 piece female brass section of Icelandic musicians who play on three further tracks. Meanwhile Chinese pipa expert Min Xiao-Fen plays on one song."
I'm really diligted and looking forward to the new album Volta. The great time is coming ;)

Friday, December 15, 2006

Múm - Peel Session - Out Now

Release date: UK, Europe, & Rest of World - 4 December 2006 | US, Canada - 23 January 2007

"December 4th sees the long-awaited release of múm’s only ever Peel session, recorded at Maida Vale Studios in 2002 for BBC Radio One’s infamous, revered, and fondly remembered John Peel show. The four tracks here (five if you include the amalgamation of the two songs on the opening track) are significantly different versions of songs that will be familiar to fans." from FatCat Newsletter.

Track List:
1 | Scratched Bicycle / Smell Memory
2 | Awake On A Train
3 | Now There Is That Fear Again
4 | The Ballad Of The Broken String

MySpace > http://www.myspace.com/mumtheband
If you like it support artist and buy at FatCat Records

Friday, November 24, 2006

Audrey EP

(Stereo Test Kit Records, 2005)
Original Czech version of the review is placed on www.post-rock.cz here.

Audrey is beautiful name for girl's post-rock band formed in small town on south Sweden in 2002. Members of the quartet are Anna, Victoria, Emilie a Rebecka. Unfortunately I don't know which girl sings but her amazing voice warms up your hearts. It is the one of advantages the band. She reminds you Björk from Sugercubes's era or maybe Ema Brabcová from Czech band Khoiba.

Opening song Box, and Fights has a dominant guitar theme at the beginning which meanders like a ribbon with honey cello at the other side during the whole track. An initial declamation is changing into a gently insisting singing. Guitarist Victoria Skoglund said about meaning of their lyrics:

"I like it when the lyrics can mean different things, that we give clues to our audience. Sometimes we can write quite incoherent things, but we are looking for a feeling in the music,"

Next Triumphal Arch starts with a muffled sound of piano as if from the next room through a half-open door. A guitar with smooth drums join in a little while. Suddenly the singing begins and you catch yourself that you are watching from window at a wind how is fondling with leaves in a tree-top and you're thinking about things from your mind oblivion. You're still listening mesmerized and don't want doing anything else because you are satisfied.

Suddenly you notice the song went over to next song fluently, only two-minutes length We Thought We Were Ghosts, But We Are Feathers. And it disappears as a featherlet in the wind for coming a new song Hymn, my most beautiful one and at the same time the most sad song in the EP. At an initiation the song reminds you Sigur Rós with shimmering guitar and murky keyboards. The lyrics start with "I can still taste you in corner of my mouth." and you get into the mood when thinking about past or present relationships.

Last the fifth track Helpless as well as its song-sisters is slow, full of melancholy and sorrow nevertheless emotions and certain defiance rise up from the music and the voice.

Audrey draws their songs with simplicity and minimalistic outline and gorgeous voices without supportive rolling guitar walls. However emotional impact on audience is extraordinary. They are not for daily listening but for right mood and state of mind. It's perfect for sleepy-rainy afternoon. They are one of the most shinning star on the post-rock sky this year for me! Highly recommend!

Track list
1 | Box, and Fights | 4:45
2 | Triumphal Arch | 5:07
3 | We Thought We Were Ghosts, But We Are Feathers | 2:44
4 | Hymn | 7:17
5 | Helpless | 6:11
Total time - 00:26:04

MySpace > http://www.myspace.com/audreyswe
Free mp3 > Box, and Fights

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

11/11 Sufjan Stevens at Paradiso, Amsterdam

Sufjan Stevens and his band the Magical Butterfly Brigade (incl. excellent five brass members) perfomed at the Paradiso last saturday nearly two-hour show. The music fairly floated on their beautiful wings to aud and I was truly happy to see them live at the moment. It was spectacular and awesome experience and travelling to Amsterdam was definetely worth.

Many thanks Sufjan!

PM: Thank you K and T! ... you know for what ;-)

Click on photos to enlarge.

Rubber Santas and Supermans were everywhere on the stage even on the piano :o)

Sufjan with eagle's wings

A snow projection during x-mas song "Majesty Snowbird"

Annie Clark aka St. Vincent charmed us with her beautiful voice

Only Sufjan and piano (bonus song "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.")

Sufjan and Buterflies without wings

All members of band played on piano during the concert

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Sufjan Stevens Tour

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Brad Mehldau Live in Prague - solo piano

What can I say about sunday's solo concert of Brad Mehldau in Dvorak Hall of Rudolfinum in Prague? I have no words ... or simply ... It was excellent, breathtaking and unforgettable experience with heart and soul and standing ovations at the end.

Thank you, Brad!

PS: you can read a little more about concert on Vysous's journal here.