LA CLASSIFICA DEL GIORNO: THE PEOPLE'S LIST/TOP ALBUMS 1996-2011

Un modo simpatico di passare la domenica pomeriggio, su Pitchfork.
La mia (sudatissima) classifica:

1. IN RAINBOWS/RADIOHEAD
2. OK COMPUTER/RADIOHEAD
3. ()/SIGUR RÓS
4. KID A/RADIOHEAD
5. TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHT/INTERPOL
6. VARIATIONS ON A DREAM/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
7. AN END HAS A START/EDITORS
8. HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL
9. ÁGÆTIS BYRJUN/SIGUR RÓS
10. BLUR/BLUR
11. IS THIS DESIRE?/PJ HARVEY
12. ANTICS/INTERPOL
13. HAIL TO THE THIEF/RADIOHEAD
14. IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING/EDITORS
15. OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE/INTERPOL
16. ODELAY/BECK
17. TAKK/SIGUR RÓS
18. BLOODFLOWERS/THE CURE
19. NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI/R.E.M.
20. THE ERASER/THOM YORKE
21. MEZZANINE/MASSIVE ATTACK
22. 13/BLUR
23. FINALLY WE ARE NO ONE/MÚM
24. STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA/PJ HARVEY
25. YES, VIRGINIA/THE DRESDEN DOLLS
26. HOMOGENIC/BJÖRK
27. SEA CHANGE/BECK
28. HAPPY SONGS FOR HAPPY PEOPLE/MOGWAI
29. NEON BIBLE/ARCADE FIRE
30. NO, VIRGINIA.../THE DRESDEN DOLLS
31. YESTERDAY WAS DRAMATIC - TODAY IS OK/MÚM
32. IRM/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
33. LET ENGLAND SHAKE/PJ HARVEY
34. WITHOUT YOU I'N NOTHING/PLACEBO
35. THE SUBURBS/ARCADE FIRE
36. ABSOLUTION/MUSE
37. PSYENCE FICTION/UNKLE
38. AND THE GLASS HANDED KITES/MEW
39. YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME TO ME/ARCHIVE
40. EMPLOYMENT/KAISER CHIEFS
41. EMPIRE/KASABIAN
42. THE AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT/THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
43. THINK TANK/BLUR
44. WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVER SANK/MODEST MOUSE
45. ALL IS VIOLENT, ALL IS BRIGHT/GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
46. THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP/GRANDADDY
47. ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY/MUSE
48. ADORE/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
49. MR. BEAST/MOGWAI
50. ELEGIES TO LESSONS LEARNT/I LIKE TRAINS
51. ULTE/DEPECHE MODE
52. PARACHUTES/COLDPLAY
53. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL/DANGER MOUSE AND SPARKLEHORSE
54. DEMON DAYS/GORILLAZ
55. GET READY/NEW ORDERr
56. MEDS/PLACEBO
57. LUST LUST LUST/THE RAVEONETTES
58. THIS IS MY TRUTH TELL ME YOURS/MANIC STREET PREACHERS
59. THIRD/PORTISHEAD
60. PLANS/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
61. FORGET THE NIGHT AHEAD/THE TWILIGHT SAD
62. WALKING WITH THEE/CLINIC
63. BECOMING X/SNEAKER PIMPS
64. STRANGE MERCY/ST. VINCENT
65. WOUNDED RHYMES/LYKKE LI
66. A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD/COLDPLAY
67. SUN GANGS/THE VEILS
68. HURBAN HYMNS/THE VERVE
69. PORTISHEAD/PORTISHEAD
70. GORILLAZ/GORILLAZ
71. TIDAL/FIONA APPLE
72. LIVE IT OUT/METRIC
73. INTIMACY/BLOC PARTY
74. FANTASIES/METRIC
75. HATE/THE DELGADOS
76. MURDER BALLADS/NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
77. THE FRAGILE/NINE INCH NAILS
78. CONTROLLING CROWDS/ARCHIVE
79. TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND/FRANZ FERDINAND
80. VECKATIMEST/GRIZZLY BEAR
81. HALCYON DIGEST/DEERHUNTER
82. UP/R.E.M.
83. VANTAGE POINT/dEUS
84. VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN
85. VIOLET CRIES/ESBAN AND THE WITCH
86. HOMBRE LOBO: 12 SONGS OF DESIRE/EELS
87. HUMBUG/ARCTIC MONKEYS
88. AMONG MY SWAN/MAZZY STAR
89. BOXER/THE NATIONAL
90. TIGHTLY UNWOUND/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
91. ORION/LIMP
92. SCARY WORLD THEORY/LALI PUNA
93. THE INVISIBLE BAND/TRAVIS
94. RUNAWAY FOUND/THE VEILS
95. MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE/KLAXONS
96. RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN/TV ON THE RADIO
97. LADYHAWKE/LADYHAWKE
98. TOTAL LIFE FOREVER/FOALS
99. MIRRORED/BATTLES
100. WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SKY/WINTERSLEEP

PLAYLIST/APRILE

01. ALL THE ROWBOATS/REGINA SPEKTOR
(WHAT WE SAW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS)
02. MYTH/BEACH HOUSE
(BLOOM)
03. TRINITY/COMPUTER MAGIC
(ORION)
04. LEPÄÄN AALLOILLA/REGINA
(SOITA MULLE)
05. NIGHT COMES OUT/THE RAVEONETTES
(INTO THE NIGHT)
06. BLOOD FOR POPPIES/GARBAGE
(NOT YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE)
07. STRANGERS/LOTUS PLAZA
(SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE)
08. TALL SHADOWS/WORLD'S MOST
(TALL SHADOWS/HONEY EYED Single)
09. ASHES IN THE AIR/THE FLAMING LIPS FEAT. BON IVER
(THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS)
10. WEIGHTS & MEASURES/DRY THE RIVER
(SHALLOW BED)
11. ANOTHER STORY TO TELL/CRYSTAL VOYAGER
(DEMOS)
12. EVERYTHING IS BURNING/MESITA
(THE COYOTE)
13. THE MARVELOUS DREAM/DAMON ALBARN
(DR DEE)
14. TALLER/FLIGHTS
(ANYWHERE BUT WHERE I AM)
15. EKKI MÚKK/SIGUR RÓS
(VALTARI)

Bonus Tracks

ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTER/ARCADE FIRE
(THE HUNGER GAMES Soundtrack)
WATERLIGHT PARK (Demo)/CHAPEL CLUB
LOOKING FOR A SIGN/BECK
(JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME Soundtrack)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTER/ARCADE FIRE

In the hold of Isaac’s hand and led him to the lonesome hill
While his daughter hid and watched
She dare not breathe she was so still
Just as the angel cried for the slaughter
Abraham’s daughter raised her voice

Then the angel asked her what her name was
She said I have none
Then he asked how can this be?
My father never gave me one

And when he saw her raised for the slaughter
Abraham’s daughter raised her bold
How dare you child defy your father?
You better than young Isaac cold

ALBUM: THE HUNGER GAMES (Soundtrack) (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE SUBURBS/MR LITTLE JEANS

In the suburbs I
I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys we're leaving

You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd fight in
In a suburban world
Your part of town gets minor
So you're standing on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again

Kids wanna be so hard
But in my dreams we're still screaming
And running through the yard
When all of the walls that they built in the 70's finally fall
And all of the houses they build in the 70's finally fall
Meant nothing at all
It meant nothing

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling and into the night

So can you understand?
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young
I wanna hold her hand
And show her some beauty
Before this damage is done
But if it's too much to ask
If it's too much to ask
Then send me a son
Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting
It's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement
And into the grass
'Cause it's already past
It's already, already past

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again

(2011)

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PLAYLIST/AGOSTO

La playlist delle vacanze, quelle degli altri.

01. THE HELLCAT SPANGLED SHALALA/ARCTIC MONKEYS
(SUCK IT AND SEE)
02. AMOR FATI/WASHED OUT
(WITHIN AND WITHOUT)
03. MANIAC/CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
(HYSTERICAL)
04. HAWAIIAN AIR/FRIENDLY FIRES
(PALA)
05. CALLED OUT IN THE DARK/SNOW PATROL
(CALLED OUT IN THE DARK EP)
06. BRONX SNIPER/MISTER HEAVENLY
(OUT OF LOVE)
07. GIRLS ON MEDICATION/CAGED ANIMALS
(GIRLS ON MEDICATION 7")
08. DIVE IN/THE HORRORS
(SKYING)
09. DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN/KASABIAN
(VELOCIRAPTOR!)
10. RICH BLOOD/SPANISH PRISONERS
(GOLD FOOLS)
11. COSMOGONY/BJÖRK
(BIOPHILIA)
12. WHAT WIWANT/WATER BORDERS
(HARBORED MANTRAS)
13. ATTIC/NICK DIAMONDS
(I AM AN ATTIC)
14. RUNNING/COMPUTER MAGIC
(ELECTRONIC FENCES)
15. RUNNING BLIND/PHILIP SELWAY
(RUNNING BLIND EP)
16. THE SEA/EXITMUSIC
(FROM SILENCE EP)
17. VOMIT/GIRLS
(FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST)
18. MONTANA/YOUTH LAGOON
(THE YEAR OF HIBERNATION)
19. COMING DOWN/DUM DUM GIRLS
(ONLY IN DREAMS)
20. BEHIND THE SEAS/POSSIMISTE
(BEHIND THE SEAS Single)

Bonus Tracks

MONTEVIDEO/YOUAREHERE
(AS WHEN THE FALL LEAVES TREES)
THE DAILY MAIL (Live From The Basement)/RADIOHEAD
(THE KING OF LIMBS Live From The Basement)
READY TO START (DAMIAN TAYLOR & ARCADE FIRE REMIX)/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS Deluxe Version)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPRAWL II (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS)/ARCADE FIRE

They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
These days my life I feel it has no purpose
But late at night the feelings swim to the surface
Cause on the surface the city lights shine
They're calling at me, come and find your kind

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness someone please cut the lights

We rode our bikes to the nearest park
Sat under the swings, we kissed in the dark
We shield our eyes from the police lights
We run away but we don't know why
And like a mirror these city lights shine
They're screaming at us, we don't need your kind

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness someone please cut the lights

They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
Can we ever get away from the sprawl?
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness someone please cut the lights
I need the darkness someone please cut the lights

ALBUM: THE SUBURBS (2010)

PLAYLIST/GIUGNO

La playlist di giugno:

01. HOME IS FIRE/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
(CODES AND KEY)
02. PIRATESS/OKKERVIL RIVER
(I AM VERY FAR)
03. FIRST THEY FIRE/PULSEPROGRAMMING
(CHARADE IS GOLD)
04. ICE CREAM/BATTLES
(GLOSS DROP)
05. LOVE LIFE/JOAN OF ARC
(LIFE LIKE)
06. DON'T GIVE UP ON ME NOW/BEN HARPER
(GIVE TILL IT'S GONE)
07. ALL IN WHITE/THE VACCINES
(WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES?)
08. FORREST GUMP/DIGITALISM FEAT. JULIAN CASABLANCAS
(I LOVE YOU DUDE)
08. TAKE ME HOME/GERMANY GERMANY
(ADVENTURES)
10. WHITE ELEPHANT/LADYTRON
(GRAVITY THE SEDUCER)
11. A CHORE/TOM VEK
(LEISURE SEIZURE)
12. LITTLE SHOCKS/KAISER CHIEFS
(THE FUTURE IS MEDIEVAL)
13. I'LL BE MY MIRROR/8IN8
(NIGHTY NIGHT)
14. TAMER ANIMALS/OTHER LIVES
(TAMER ANIMALS)
15. PLAYTHING/WILD BEASTS
(SMOTHER)
16. STIL LIFE/THE HORRORS
(SKYING)

Bonus Tracks

SPEAKING IN TONGUES/ARCADE FIRE FEAT. DAVID BYRNE
(THE SUBURBS Deluxe Version)
JOSHUA (RADIO EDIT)/THE JAPANESE POPSTARS FEAT. TOM SMITH
(JOSHUA EP)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPEAKING IN TONGUES/ARCADE FIRE FEAT. DAVID BYRNE

Hypocrite, reader, my double my brother
Your daddy really took it out of you
But did he speak it in tongues?
But did he speak it in tongues?

Sneaking out the windows now
You've got the spirit now

Hypocrite reader, my double, my brother
Where did we lose our way?
It's like we're speaking in tongues
It's like we're speaking in tongues

Sneaking out the windows now
You've got the spirit now
You've got the spirit now
You've got the spirit now


Hypocrite reader, my double, my brother
Now I can't understand a word

Now you're speaking in tongues
Now you're speaking in tongues
Now you're speaking in tongues
Now you're speaking in tongues

Come out of your head
And into my world now
Come out of your head
And into my world, my world, my world now
(speaking in tongues)

ALBUM: THE SUBURBS (Deluxe Version) (2011)

VOTA IL MIGLIOR DISCO DEL 2010: I RISULTATI DEL SONDAGGIO

BLOODBUZZ OHIO/THE NATIONAL

I voti dei lettori (pochi, ma buoni) del blog hanno confermato High Violet dei National quale miglior album del 2010.
Ecco i risultati nel dettaglio:

01. HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL (40%)

02. TOTAL LIFE FOREVER/FOALS (20%)

03. INTERPOL/INTERPOL (10%)
MINES/MENOMENA (10%)
CONTRA/VAMPIRE WEEKEND (10%)
EXPO 86/WOLF PARADE (10%)

04. THE SUBURBS/ARCADE FIRE (0%)
PLASTIC BEACH/GORILLAZ (0%)
HELIGOLAND/MASSIVE ATTACK (0%)
THE PLACE WE RAN FROM/TIRED PONY (0%)

THE RYKJVK AWARDS 2010

IL DISCO DELL'ANNO: HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL


ANYONE'S GHOST (Castle Rock Session)

"Ho forse troppa influenza nella band, perché se qualcosa non mi piace non la canto. Questo significa che solo le canzoni che mi piacciono andranno poi sul disco. Non è giusto, ma le cose stanno così."
In questa dichiarazione di Matt Berninger, leader dei National, c'è la chiave di lettura per apprezzare al meglio le qualità di High Violet: elegante e compatto, ma allo stesso tempo sporco ed irregolare, da Terrible Love ad England, passando per Anyone's Ghost, Little Faith, Bloodbuzz Ohio e Conversation 16, il quinto lavoro della band newyorkese è un concentrato incredibile di melodie straordinarie, rese profonde ed avvolgenti dalla voce baritonale del cantante di Cincinnati. Un album eccezionale, uno dei migliori degli ultimi tempi.


LA CANZONE DELL'ANNO: LIGHTS/INTERPOL



Da quando gli Interpol l'hanno resa disponibile in download gratutuito sul loro sito ufficiale, nella scorsa primavera, anticipando il nuovo album e di fatto tornando sulle scene dopo tre anni di silenzio, difficilmente riesco ad alzarmi la mattina senza averla in testa, senza intonarne l'attacco. Un pezzo potente, oscuro, evocativo, dal crescendo grandioso. La canzone-simbolo di questo 2010.

LA PLAYLIST DEL 2010

01. LIGHTS/INTERPOL
02. ANYONE'S GHOST/THE NATIONAL
03. FOOL'S DAY/BLUR
04. GIVING UP THE GUN/WAMPIRE WEEKEND
05. READY TO START/ARCADE FIRE
06. THE SHORE/CHAPEL CLUB
07. BIGGER THAN US/WHITE LIES
08. ECHOES/KLAXONS
09. SUBMISSION/DELPHIC
10. IN THE DIRECTION OF THE MOON/WOLF PARADE
11. WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER/EELS
12. HELICOPTER/DEERHUNTER
13. PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK
14. SPANISH SAHARA/FOALS
15. ON MELANCHOLY HILL/GORILLAZ
16. NOTHING AT BEST/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
17. QUEEN BLACK ACID/MENOMENA
18. THE GOOD BOOK/TIRED PONY FEAT. TOM SMITH
19. OUR LADY OF LOURDES/PAUL SMITH
20. DOWN BY THE WATER/THE DECEMBERISTS
21. NIGHT & DAY/CHIEF
22. IT'S EASIER/JOHN GRANT
23. THE CURSE/JOSH RITTER

BONUS TRACKS

HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
THE GENTLE HUM OF ANXIETY/TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS

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IL VIDEO DELL'ANNO: WE USED TO WAIT/ARCADE FIRE (Chris Milk)



Non solo e non esattamente un videoclip. Il progetto The Wilderness Downtown, realizzato dal regista Chris Milk per il brano We Used To Wait, è infatti un vero e proprio strumento interattivo che permette di associare la musica della band canadese alle immagini satellitari dei luoghi della memoria dello spettatore: sia che si tratti della via di casa, che del posto che non si è mai visitato. Un po' come Google Maps, ma molto più melodico.


IL DEBUTTO DELL'ANNO: CHAPEL CLUB


FIVE TREES

Può bastare una manciata di ottime canzoni per essere eletti rivelazione dell'anno? Da queste parti, evidentemente si. I Chapel Club vengono da Londra, sono giovanissimi e pubblicheranno il loro primo album alla fine del prossimo mese di gennaio. La sfida ai White Lies nella corsa a nuovi-Editors, o nuovi nuovi-Interpol, e via dicendo fino ai Cure ed ai Joy Division, è già lanciata.


IL CONCERTO DELL'ANNO: THE NATIONAL (Milano/Alcatraz) 16/11/10; INTERPOL (Milano/PalaSharp) 17/11/2010


EVIL/INTERPOL

Una trasferta memorabile, e due eventi straordinari in 24 ore: perchè sceglierne uno? I concerti dell'anno sono quelli dei National e degli Interpol a Milano, lo scorso 16 e 17 novembre. Caldi, discreti, persino amichevoli i primi, con Matt Berninger che si fa tutta la platea sulla linea finale di Terrible Love; eleganti, precisi, praticamente perfetti Paul Banks e compagni.
Un'esperienza indimeticabile.


IL LIBRO DELL'ANNO: LE HO MAI RACCONTATO DEL VENTO DEL NORD (Gut Gegen Nordwind)/DANIEL GLATTAUER (Feltrinelli)



"Puntiglioso ai limiti del patologico, ma amabilmente attento e corretto".
Romanzo epistolare al tempo di internet, Le Ho Mai Raccontato Del Vento Del Nord è un libro intimo ma discreto, divertente e romantico. Daniel Glattauer, giornalista e scrittore austriaco, fa entrare Emmi e Leo l'una nella vita dell'altro, e li lascia sospesi, leggeri, eppure profondamente legati. In attesa di rincontrarsi nella Settima Onda.


IL FILM DELL'ANNO: IL MALEDETTO UNITED (The Damn United)/TOM HOOPER



Il film racconta in modo divertente ed appassionato l'inizio della carriera dell'allenatore Brian Clough, Mourinho ante litteram che sul finire degli anni '70 guidò il Nottingham Forest (club di una piccola città nel centro dell'Inghilterra, mica uno squadrone pieno zeppo di campioni strapagati) alla conquista di due Coppe dei Campioni consecutive. Storie d'altri tempi, quando il calcio era ancora una favola, e tutto era possibile. La pellicola è stata girata nel 2009, ma nelle sale italiane non è mai arrivata: solo nella primavera di quest'anno la Sony Pictures si è degnata di distribuirla, direttamente in dvd.


LA COLONNA SONORA DELL'ANNO: THE SOCIAL NETWORK/TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS


THE GENTLE HUM OF ANXIETY

Trent Reznor, si sa, è un'autorità in fatto di colonne sonore. Con la collaborazione di Atticus Ross, musicista e produttore britannico, costruisce per The Social Network, l'attesissimo lungometraggio di David Fincher su Mark Zuckerberg, l'ideatore di Facebook, un tappeto di suoni elettronici ora di grande ambientazione, ora estremamente potenti, che sottolineano con grande efficacia le scene del film.


IL DISCO ITALIANO DELL'ANNO: DEI CANI/NON VOGLIO CHE CLARA


LA MAREGGIATA DEL '66

Nel panorama piuttosto desolato della musica indipendente italiana, divisa tra cantanti troppo scanzonati e gruppi che si prendono maledettamente sul serio, la band piemontese Non Voglio Che Clara riesce miracolosamente a coniugare la passione per la canzone d'autore con arrangiamenti e suoni contemporanei. Qualche momento di compiacimento cantautorale non manca, ma brani come Il Tuo Carattere E Il Mio e La Mareggiata Del '66 sono ottimi esempi di come può suonare, e bene, il rock in lingua italica.


I VINCITORI DEL 2009:

DISCO: IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING/EDITORS
CANZONE: EAT RAW MEAT = BLOOD DROOL/EDITORS
VIDEO: WRONG/DEPECHE MODE (Patrick Daughters)
DEBUTTO: WHITE LIES
CONCERTO: EDITORS + THE MACCABEES + WINTERSLEEP (Roma/Teatro Tendastrisce) 03/12/09
LIBRO: LA MORTE DI BUNNY MUNRO (The Death Of Bunny Munro)/NICK CAVE (Feltrinelli)
FILM: BASTARDI SENZA GLORIA (Inglourious Basterds)/QUENTIN TARANTINO
COLONNA SONORA: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON/Artisti Vari
DISCO ITALIANO: SOGNANDO CONTROMANO/NEFFA

PLAYLIST/OTTOBRE

NIGHT & DAY/CHIEF

La prima playlist dell'autunno, con la felpa col cappuccio addosso.

01. HOME/GLASSER
(RING)
02. SUCCESS/INTERPOL
(INTERPOL)
03. WRITE ABOUT LOVE/BELLE & SEBASTIAN
(WRITE ABOUT LOVE)
04. ROCOCO/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS)
05. BUTTERCUPS/FRAN HEALY
(WRECKORDER)
06. RADIOACTIVE/KINGS OF LEON
(COME AROUND SUNDOWN)
07. HERE SOMETIMES/BLONDE REDHEAD
(PENNY SPARKLE)
08. THIS THING CALLED LIFE/RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND
(RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND)
09. AMONGST THE WAVES/PEARL JAM
(BACKSPACER)
10. DEAD AMERICAN WRITERS/TIRED PONY
(THE PLACE WE RAN FROM)
11. NIGHT & DAY/CHIEF
(NIGHT & DAY)
12. MICKEY MOUSE AND THE GOODBYE MAN/GRINDERMAN
(GRINDERMAN 2)
13. WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER/EELS
(TOMORROW MORNING)

BONUS TRACKS

SPANGLED/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
(TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE VOLUME 2: THE SOLSTICE BARE)
THE GENTLE HUM OF ANXIETY/TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS
(THE SOCIAL NETWORK: FIVE TRACK SAMPLER)

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PLAYLIST/SETTEMBRE

BORN AGAIN/RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND

L'estate sta per finire, con tutti i pro ed i contro della situazione: è partito il campionato, ma si riprende anche a lavorare, e fa più fresco la sera, ma è aumentato pure il traffico. In attesa di capire se esserne contenti o meno, ascoltiamo la playlist di settembre...

01. BORN AGAIN/RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND
(RPA & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND)
02. VENUSHIA/KLAXONS
(SURFING THE VOID)
03. LAREDO/BAND OF HORSES
(INFINITE ARMS)
04. I'M LEAVING YOU FOR SOLITUDE/MANIC STREET PREACHERS
[(IT'S NOT JUST WAR) JUST THE END OF LOVE Single]
05. THROUGH THE IRON GATE/WILD BEASTS
(WE STILL GOT THE TASTE DANCIN' ON OUR TONGUES EP)
06. I'M AWARE/CLINIC
(BUBBLEGUM)
07. BABY LOVES ME/EELS
(TOMORROW MORNING)
08. MEMORY SERVES/INTERPOL
(INTERPOL)
09. MODERN MAN/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS)
10. SET NO SUN/UNKLE
(LIVES OF THE ARTISTS II: FOLLOW ME DOWN)
11. YOU WERE A KINDNESS/THE NATIONAL
12. DOWN BY THE WATER/THE DRUMS
(THE DRUMS)

BONUS TRACKS

I WANNA BE ADORED/THE RAVEONETTES
(50 YEARS OF DR. MARTENS)
HIGH AND DRY/AMANDA PALMER
(AMANDA PALMER PERFORMS THE POPULAR HITS OF RADIOHEAD ON HER MAGICAL UKULELE)

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POST-IT: (INTER) ATTIVITÀ (RI) CREATIVE

Interpol ed Arcade Fire interattivi. La band di New York ha registrato uno showcase per la serie POV di Pichtfork, suonando 4 brani: Lights, Summer Well, Barricade e Take You On A Cruise. Per la cronaca, POV sta per point of view, ed infatti è possibile giocare a fare il regista scegliendo tra 6 angolazioni differenti.
Gli Arcade Fire, invece, hanno presentato The Wilderness Downtown, un innovativo esperimento video per il singolo We Used To Wait, diretto dal regista Chris Milk, che porta la musica della formazione canadese direttamente a casa vostra, provare per credere.

PLAYLIST/AGOSTO

AM/FM/!!!

Il nuovo singolo degli Interpol, il ritorno dei Grinderman di Nick Cave, i Tired Pony con Tom Smith degli Editors, la collaborazione tra Björk ed i Dirty Projectors, il debutto da solista di Phil Selway dei Radiohead... Il tempo di ascoltare, e l'estate sarà quasi finita.

01. TROUBLE IN MIND/ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL
(ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL)
02. ECHOES/KLAXSONS
(SURFING THE VOID)
03. AM/FM/!!!
(STRANGE WEATHER, ISN'T IT?)
04. BARRICADE/INTERPOL
(INTERPOL)
05. AT THE INDIE DISCO/THE DIVINE COMEDY
(BANG GOES THE KNIGHTHOOD)
06. HEATHEN CHILD/GRINDERMAN
(GRINDERMAN 2)
07. THE GOOD BOOK/TIRED PONY FEAT. TOM SMITH
(THE PLACE WE RAN FROM)
08. WE USED TO WAIT/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS)
09. NO EMBRACE/DIRTY PROJECTORS + BJÖRK
(MOUNT WITTENBERG ORCA)
10. TOMBOY/PANDA BEAR
(TOMBOY Single)
11. OUTER LIMITS/SLEEP ∞ OVER
(OUTER LIMITS Single)
12. CONVERSATION 16/THE NATIONAL
(HIGH VIOLET)
13. BY SOME MIRACLE/PHILIP SELWAY
(FAMILIAL)


BONUS TRACKS

SUMMERTIME/BECK
(SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Soundtrack)
IT'S WORKING (AIR REMIX)/MGMT
(IT'S WORKING)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE SUBURBS/ARCADE FIRE

In the suburbs I
I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys we're leaving

You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd fight in
In a suburban world
your part of town gets minor
So you're standing on the opposite shore
But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again

Kids wanna be so hard
But in my dreams we're still screaming
And running through the yard
When all of the walls that they built in the 70's finally fall
And all of the houses they build in the 70's finally fall
Meant nothing at all
Meant nothing at all
It meant nothing

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling and into the night

So can you understand?
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young
I wanna hold her hand
And show her some beauty
Before this damage is done
But if it's too much to ask
If it's too much to ask
Then send me a son
Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting
It's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement
And into the grass
'Cause it's already past
It's already, already past

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm moving past the feeling again
I'm moving past the feeling
I'm moving past the feeling

And in my dreams we're still screaming
We're still screaming
We're still screaming

ALBUM: THE SUBURBS (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: WE USED TO WAIT/ARCADE FIRE

I used to write
I used to write letters
I used to sign my name
I used to sleep at night
Before the flashing lights settled deep in my brain
But by the time we met
By the time we met the times had already changed

So I never wrote a letter
I never took my true heart
I never wrote it down
So when the lights cut out
I was left standing in the wilderness downtown

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

It seems strange
How we used to wait for letters to arrive
But what's stranger still
Is how something so small can keep you alive
We used to wait
We used to waste hours just walking around
We used to wait
All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown

We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait
Sometimes it never came
Sometimes it never came
Still moving through the pain

I'm gonna write a letter to my true love
I'm gonna sign my name
Like a patient on a table
I wanna walk again gonna move through the pain

Now our lives are changing fast
Now our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
Hope that something pure can last

We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait
Sometimes it never came
Sometimes it never came
Still moving through the pain
We used to wait
We used to wait
We used to wait

We used to wait for
We used to wait for
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again
We used to wait for
We used to wait for
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again
I used to wait for
I used to wait for
Hear my voice screaming sing the chorus again

ALBUM: THE SUBURBS (2010)

MESSAGGIO DI SERVIZIO

Ci scusiamo per l'interruzione, dovuta ad un piano di manutenzione programmata, fisica e cerebrale. Le selezioni riprenderanno il più presto possibile. Nel frattempo, una playlist con le migliori canzoni di questa prima metà del 2010.

01. LIGHTS/INTERPOL
02. NOTHING AT BEST/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
03. FOOL'S DAY/BLUR
04. PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL
05. ANYONE'S GHOST/THE NATIONAL
06. READY TO START/ARCADE FIRE
07. SUBMISSION/DELPHIC
08. ON MELANCHOLY HILL/GORILLAZ
09. WRITTEN IN REVERSE/SPOON
10. GIVING UP THE GUN/VAMPIRE WEEKEND
11. PETER PAN R.I.P./KULA SHAKER
12. HEAVEN AND EARTH/BLITZEN TRAPPER

BONUS TRACKS

BLACK SHEEP/METRIC
HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
AIN'T NO GRAVE/JOHNNY CASH

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PLAYLIST/LUGLIO

ANYONE'S GHOST/THE NATIONAL

La playlist di luglio, oggi con il 50% di bonus tracks in più...

01. THE SPACE IN BETWEEN/HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS
(HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS)
02. ANTLERS/APPARATJIK
(4 CAN KEEP A SECRET IF 3 OF THEM ARE DEAD)
03. ANYONE'S GHOST/THE NATIONAL
(HIGH VIOLET)
04. SUFFOCATION (MEMORY TAPES REMIX)/CRYSTAL CASTLES
05. USA BOYS/HEALTH
(::DISCO2)
06. MAPS AND COMPASSES/GOODNIGHT OWL
(GOODNIGHT OWL)
07. READY TO START/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS)
08. LOOKING UP/EELS
(TOMORROW MORNING)
09. SAY NO TO LOVE/THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
(SAY NO TO LOVE Single)
10. UNHOLY THOUGHTS/KELE
(THE BOXER)
11. POINT ME AT LOST ISLANDS/TIRED PONY FEAT. ZOEY DESCHANEL
(THE PLACE WE RAN FROM)
12. COQUET COQUETTE/OF MONTREAL
(FALSE PRIEST)
13. SDP/THE KISSAWAY TRAIL
(SLEEP MOUNTAIN)
14. SCRIBBLE/UNDERWORLD
(BARKING)


BONUS TRACKS

MYSTYFY/BECK'S RECORD CLUB
(KICK)
TONIGHT, TONIGHT/PASSION PIT
(LEVI'S PIONEER SESSIONS 2010 REVIVAL RECORDINGS)
ECLIPSE (ALL YOURS)/METRIC
(TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE Soundtrack)
HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
(TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE Soundtrack)
THOUSAND OF LOVERS/EDITORS
(EAT RAW MEAT = BLOOD DROOL Single)
SUMMER WELL (Live)/INTERPOL
INTERPOL

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: READY TO START/ARCADE FIRE

Businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
And I guess I'll just begin again
You say can we still be friends

If I was scared, I would
And if I was bored, you know I would
And if I was yours, but I'm not

All the kids have always known
That the emperor wears no clothes
But to bow down to them anyway
Is better than to be alone

If I was scared, I would
And if I was bored, you know I would
And if I was yours, but I'm not

Now you're knocking at my door
Saying please come out against the night
But I would rather be alone
Than pretend I feel alright
If the businessmen drink my blood
Like the kids in art school said they would
Then I guess I'll just begin again
You say can we still be friends

If I was scared, I would
And if I was pure, you know I would
And if I was yours, but I'm not

Now I'm ready to start
If I was scared, I would
And if I was pure, you know I would
And if I was yours, but I'm not

Now I'm Ready to Start
Now I'm Ready to Start
I would rather be wrong
Than live in the shadows of your song
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start
Now I'm ready to start
My mind is open wide
And now I'm ready to start
You know I'm sure you're open the door
And step out into the dark
Now I'm ready

ALBUM: THE SUBURBS (2010)

PLAYLIST/GIUGNO

NOTHING AT BEST/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF

La playlist che ci conduce all'estate, con i nuovi pezzi di Arcade Fire, God Is An Astronaut, Klaxons, Wintersleep, ed ancora Gorillaz, The National, The Pineapple Thief, i Vampire Weekend dala colonna sonora del terzo capitolo della saga di Twilight, ed una rarità dall'archivio di Robert Smith...

01. TERRIBLE LOVE/THE NATIONAL
(HIGH VIOLET)
02. NOTHING AT BEST/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
(SOMEONE HERE IS MISSING)
03. NEW INHERITORS/WINTERSLEEP
(NEW INHERITORS)
04. RIHNESTONE EYES/GORILLAZ
(PLASTIC BEACH)
05. BUTTERFLY HOUSE/THE CORAL
(BUTTERFLY HOUSE)
06. MONTH OF MAY/ARCADE FIRE
(THE SUBURBS/MONTH OF MAY 12 Single)
07. FACTORY/BAND OF HORSES
(INFINITE ARMS)
08. DEATH BY DIAMOND AND PEARLS/BAND OF SKULLS
(BABY DARLING DOLL FACE HONEY)
09. FLASHOVER/KLAXONS
(SURFING THE VOID)
10. AFTER GLOW/FOALS
(TOTAL LIFE FOREVER)
11. NO SUMMER/NO JOY
(NO JOY)
12. COME TO ME/65DAYSOFSTATIC FEAT. ROBERT SMITH
(WE ARE EXPLODING ANYWAY)
13. LOST KINGDOM/GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
(AGE OF THE FIFTH SUN)


BONUS TRACKS

JONATHAN LOW/VAMPIRE WEEKEND
(TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE Soundtrack)
DEAR BOY/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
(DEAR BOY EP)
DELIRIOUS NIGHT - ROUGH MIX (VOCAL)/THE CURE
(DISINTEGRATION Deluxe Edition)

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