发表:2005-12-2 11:24:52 评论(0) 阅读(940) 未分类
01. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 02. The Arcade Fire - Funeral 03. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better 04. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 05. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 06. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan 07. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise 08. Kanye West - Late Registration 09. Babyshambles - Down In Albion 10. Gorillaz - Demon Days 11. The Cribs - The New Fellas 12. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow 13. The Rakes - Capture/Release 14. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt 15. Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger 16. British Sea Power - Open Season 17. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers 18. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll 19. Coldplay - X&Y 20. Editors - The Back Room 21. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem 22. The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black 23. Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV 24. Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth 25. M.I.A. - Arular 26. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft 27. Kate Bush - Aerial 28. Absentee - Donkey Stock 29. Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor 30. Doves - Some Cities 31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 32. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze 33. We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor 34. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two 35. Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World 36. The Bravery - The Bravery 37. Circulus - The Lick On The Top Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent 38. Autolux - Future Perfect 39. Vitalic - OK Cowboy 40. Brakes - Give Blood 41. Nine Black Alps - Everything Is 42. Sigur Ros - Takk 43. Engineers - Engineers 44. Field Music - Field Music 45. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff 46. The Duke Spirit - Cut Across The Land 47. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods 48. Ladytron - Witching Hour 49. Dead Meadow - Feathers 50. Test Icicles - For Screening Purposes Only
发表:2005-12-1 16:02:20 评论(0) 阅读(1117) 转贴文章
著名独立唱片店The Rough Trade近日公布了他们的“Top 100 Albums for 2005”，全部都是根据他们店内唱片销售情况以及职员投票选出。
这100张听过的还真没几张，那么接下来的任务是不是要忙里偷闲的找些听听？真是个艰巨的任务。 1 brakes give bloodA truly great album and one that got more number 1 staff votes than any other in recent years - 28 minutes of sheer country / punk delight!
2 black mountain black mountain This also picked up a huge amount of staff votes and is probably the big surprise in the top ten - an album of remarkable variation.
3 stevens, sufjan illinoise 3 consecutive albums in our annual top 20 and amazingly still not a number one (Michigan was number 3 in 2004 and Seven Swans number 17 last year)...
4 m.i.a. arular There's so much going on here (ragga, hip-hop, bhangra, reggae, '80s electro, and even punk rock) that it ought not to work, but it does!
5 lcd soundsystem lcd soundsystem James Murphy's (one half of dfa) debut album is everything it promised to be...
6 antony and the johnsons i am a bird now Little needs to be said about the enigmatic mercury prize winner, except that we told you first!
7 king creosote kc rules ok He certainly does...Two albums in the top 50!
8 the boy least likely to the best party ever We first recommended this brilliant indie pop album in January...If they are not globally huge by the end of 2006 there is no justice!
9 swift, richard the novelist / walking without effort Amazingly high in the chart for an album that has only just come out..We guarantee you, you will hear more of him in 2006!
10 gonzalez, jose veneer Since providing the music to the Sony Bravia TV advert (multi-coloured super balls in San Francisco), this album is set to be enormous and deservedly so.
11 russell, tom hotwalker: charles bukowski and a ballad for gone america A tribute to some of the great literary and musical figures of Americana and a brilliant album - Nigel's number 1 (and mine for what it's worth).
12 the rakes capture / release Long awaited and well worth it! Quintessentially English.
13 two gallants the throes This year they were the hit at sxsw...Next year the world!
14 vek, tom we have sound Recorded entirely in his Dad's garage!...A genuine new talent...
15 banhart, devendra cripple crow Unquestionably the master of the experimental acoustic style he pioneered.
16 low the great destroyer Their eighth album would you believe? This is the one you want though...
17 arcade fire funeral Would prabably have been much higher if it wasn't for the fact that it made number 39 in last years chart on import! Essential.
18 wolf parade apologies to the queen mary Last year we told you about Arcade Fire...Well this is Montreal's next big thing!
19 boards of canada the campfire headphase Long awaited third album doesn't disappoint.
20 the fall fall heads roll Praise be to Mark E Smith. What would a Rough Trade Shop chart be without a Fall album in it?
21 hawley, richard coles corner 22 lightning bolt hypermagic mountain 23 kuvezin, albert and yat kha re-covers 24 cocorosie noah's ark 25 the magic numbers the magic numbers 26 gorillaz demon days 27 clap your hands say yeah clap your hands say yeah 28 the shortwave set the debt collection 29 spinto band nice and nicely done 30 edan beauty and the beat 31 broadcast tender buttons 32 bunyan, vashti lookaftering 33 king creosote rocket diy 34 the white stripes get behind me satan 35 cagedbaby will see you now 36 franz ferdinand you could have it so much better 37 eno, brian another day on earth 38 bloc party silent alarm 39 bright eyes i'm wide awake, its morning 40 lemon jelly 64 - 95 41 maximo park a certain trigger 42 sons and daughters the repulsion box 43 cary, caitlin and cockrell, thad begonias 44 babyshambles down in albion 45 coil ...and the ambulance died in his arms 46 my morning jacket z 47 british sea power open season 48 the national alligator 49 beck guero 50 clor clor 51 m ward transistor radio 52 iron and wine / calexico in the reins 53 kaiser chiefs employment 54 micah p hinson the baby and the satellite 55 psapp tiger, my friend 56 sebastian tellier politics 57 mercury rev the secret migration 58 tunstall, kt eye to the telescope 59 the go betweens oceans apart 60 rilo kiley more adventurous 61 torrini, emiliana fisherman's woman 62 the kills no wow 63 the clientele strange geometry 64 murphy, roisin ruby blue 65 the chemical brothers push the button 66 young, neil prairie wind 67 serena maneesh serena maneesh 68 wainwright, rufus want two 69 sigur ros takk... 70 barlow, lou emoh 71 sweeney, matt and bonnie prince billy superwolf 72 taylor, chip and rodriguez, carrie red dog tracks 73 gang of four return the gift 74 the broken family band welcome home, loser 75 tunng this is... 76 rose, jack kensington blues 77 the mountain goats the sunset tree 78 nadler, marissa the saga of mayflower may 79 espers the weed tree 80 lidell, jamie multiply 81 architecture in helsinki in case we die 82 part chimp i am come 83 sleater kinney the woods 84 silva, ana da the lighthouse 85 test-icicles for screening purposes only 86 soulwax nite versions 87 joyzipper the heartlight set 88 isolee we are monster 89 smog a river ain't too much to love 90 four tet everything ecstatic 91 son volt okemah and the melody of riot 92 magnolia electric co. what comes after the blues 93 dangerdoom the mouse and the mask 94 dury, baxter floor show 95 broken social scene feel good lost 96 dungen ta det lungt 97 konono no1 congotronics 98 jones, edgar 'jones' soothing music for stray cats 99 saint etienne tales from turnpike house 100 alva noto / ryuichi sakamoto insen
发表:2005-11-30 11:21:17 评论(0) 阅读(2348) 未分类
Acetate Zero - 《Crestfallen》
忘了从什么时候开始听Acetate Zero的，好象就在刚刚过去的哪个冬天，习惯坐在公车上有阳光的一边，塞上耳机独自享受。或许可能是自己运气好，在最近听完了Acetate Zero之前的一系列唱片后，Acetate Zero又带来了这张新专集《Crestfallen》。 目前可以得知的有关Acetate Zero 的信息不是很多,只知道这只五人编制的法国乐队组建于1996,乐队非常低调,甚至连乐队5位成员都分别用E、F、J、L、S来的掩饰了各自的本名。或许Acetate Zero本身就是小众音乐里的另类，从之前的情况看，Acetate Zero的作品历来都是限量发行，最少的有2002年发表的7寸唱片《Northland tragedy》，只发行了100张，最多的是他们2002年发行的再版专集《Softcore paradise》的CD版，也不过1000张而已。所以虽然目前没有任何明确的限量说法，但《Crestfallen》应该也逃不过限量的”厄运”,肯定依旧不会是主流市场的宠儿，而且对于独立乐迷来说，得到它似乎也并不是件容易的事。《Crestfallen》继续了Acetate Zero以往舒缓的ambient旋律和矜持的shoegaze情绪。开场曲“Frozen”在类似原始不过的鼓点上绽放出用吉他描绘的噪音之花，接着第二首“The sad beautiful quintessence”返回到迷人的寂静中，泛着微光的吉他响起，一个男声用英语和法语说着什么，同时一个温暖的女声也在慢慢吟唱。“the collide of your mouth”中，Acetate Zero展现了他们对shoegaze的探索，吉他轰响出壮丽的声墙。轻微的泛音点开了“december sounds like that”的序幕，在八音盒音色的旋律点缀下，婴儿的呓语实在是纯真的点睛之笔。或者如此赘述下去，实在有违Acetate Zero的音乐本意，因为Acetate Zero包容的东西宽泛到无法想象，每次听都会有不同的惊喜。与几张专辑相比， Acetate Zero并没有在音乐上有什么较大的改变和突破。或者千万别希望有什么改变,其实什么都没有发生,那正是美好所在.
发表:2005-11-25 17:07:59 评论(1) 阅读(1349) 未分类
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英国著名乐队The Cure近日宣布，已经开始为明年的新专辑做准备工作。乐队将在明年一月进棚制作继上一张同名专辑《the Cure》之后的全新专辑，the Cure乐队的主脑Robert Smith在乐队的官方主页上表示乐队的新专辑将在夏天发表，目前一切都在准备当中，而他本人目前正在为一张现场DVD工作，并且“写了一些电影配乐”。
同时这张唱片也是乐队在经历了去年人员之后即将发表的首批作品。
发表:2005-11-22 15:15:45 评论(1) 阅读(1143) 转贴文章
实话说，coldplay（酷玩乐队）从来没有让我这么激动过，甚至在自己疯狂迷恋英式音乐的时期，coldplay对我来说也只是一只没太多精彩作品的乐队。而从听到这张2005年coldplay新专集《X&Y》的先行单曲《speed of sound》开始，我突然对这个乐队的新专集变的期待起来，而这首单曲也被我疯狂的推荐给各位好友听。现在听到整张唱片，果然没有让我失望，即使所有的作品仍旧弥漫着coldplay的味道，但和先前两张的作品相比，要更硬朗一些。
Radiohead早已跳离英式苦海，Oasis新作让人无法恭维，Blur也一直未有新作面世，甚至连再晚一些的travis都无法再续以往强盛的创作力，不再有精彩的新作出现，更别提suede的蹩脚后继乐队the tears那张难听的新专集了，倒是以keane为首的一票英式小清新团体不断涌现出来抢占主流市场。于是此时此刻Coldplay交出这么一分精彩的答卷，就更显的尤为重要了。而仔细听来，不免发觉coldplay比以前更加成熟了，而在成熟背后，Coldplay是否会在下一张唱片继续保持旺盛的创作力和才华令人担忧。或者此刻引用一位朋友在博客上写的话最贴切不过：“如果一个艺人的才华会随时间泯灭，那也只能说明所谓才华不过是小聪明。激情却真的会随时光变淡，然而这一切所体现的也正是一个人最本质的东西。”而话说回来，我真的觉得《X&Y》是一张充满了激情与才华的唱片，值得一听。
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原载于《音乐周刊》
推荐曲目：Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
（在音乐-S类寻找试听)
发表:2005-11-18 15:33:00 评论(0) 阅读(1108) 推荐新碟
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GoodMorninGloria《goodmorningloria》
这是张充满小女生想法的唱片，但就唱片概念来说，前七首曲目代表着一周7天，而第八首又正是第一首曲目的remix版本，代表着一周又一周的循环。可爱的曲目名称，算不上精彩的少女唱腔，我始终觉得这张唱片的另两位成员和女主唱loria的想法并不吻合，吉他部分编配的水分太大，录音质量也非常另人失望。尽管早前参与了那张的《独立女皇》合集，与众多独立女声的名字一同出现，但loria的名字始终没有被大多数独立乐迷记住。这张《goodmorningloria》是loria的首张专辑，不声不响的扔出来，反响平平。不过我仍旧愿意把她算作近来值得一听得独立女声，想来也是被那纯真的小女生情怀打动了。
my little airport的首张专辑《在動物園散步才是正經事》
电音流行曲+清新女声，独立乐迷在2004年提及率最高的香港地区男女组合之一my little airport，乍听首张专辑名字就已够清闲：在动物园散步才是正经事。这是一张用音乐记录琐碎生活的日记，其中有8首包含人名的作品，都是对生活中人与事的零散感悟所至，展现了一幅全无世故的单纯世界。仍在学校读书的两位成员对未来并没有奢望什么，相反倒是安于现在这样，在自娱自乐的维港唱片下推出自己的唱片，少量的关注度，已经足够。对于my little airport来说，继续自己的正常生活和音乐创作才是正经事。
The Marshmallow Kisses《 i wonder why my favorite boy leaves me an EP 》
一男一女的香港独立乐队The Marshmallow Kisses最早在“米国音乐”杂志的随刊CD中崭露头角，随后因为两位成员的一些琐事而把唱片耽误了将近两年，去年终于发表了这张叫好又叫座的ep《i wonder why my favorite boy leaves me an EP》，据说刚刚上市的时候曾经在香港出现断货的情况。The Marshmallow Kisses偏爱的是以Bossanova为主的indiepop路线,也许是曾在日本留学的缘故，可爱的女主唱Edine（郭家嘉）在唱腔上类似日系花草团体，编曲上却更偏向欧洲的清新团体。The Marshmallow Kisses无疑是香港最动听的indiepop清新双人团体。