THE RYKJVK AWARDS 2012

IL DISCO DELL'ANNO: NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW/THE TWILIGHT SAD

LA CLASSIFICA DEI DISCHI DELL'ANNO

01. NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW/THE TWILIGHT SAD
02. THE HAUNTED MAN/BAT FOR LASHES
03. THE SHALLOWS/I LIKE TRAINS
04. THEATRE IS EVIL/AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA
05. OSHIN/DIIV
06. AN AWESOME WAVE/ALT-J
07. WITH US UNTIL YOU'RE DEAND/ARCHIVE
08. BLOOM/BEACH HOUSE
09. THE COYOTE/MESITA
10. WIXIW/LIARS


LA CANZONE DELL'ANNO: LAURA/BAT FOR LASHES

LA PLAYLIST DEL 2012

01. WIPED OUT/ARCHIVE
02. DOUSED/DIIV
03. YOUR'RE EARLY/2.54
04. UNDER THE WESTWAY/BLUR
05. MY LOVE IS WINTER/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
06. BRAINS/LOWER DENS
07. MYTH/BEACH HOUSE
08. TESSELLATE/ALT-J
09. DEFAULT/ATOMS FOR PEACE
10. NO.1 AGAINST THE RUSH/LIARS
11. REAL TALK/BLOC PARTY
12. HEAVY IS AS HEAVY DOES/MENOMENA
13. LAURA/BAT FOR LASHES
14. YET AGAIN/GRIZZLY BEAR
15. ALL THE ROWBOATS/REGINA SPEKTOR
16. REYKJAVIK/I LIKE TRAINS
17. CHAINED/THE XX
18. SUNDAY/DEAF CLUB
19. NOT SLEEPING/THE TWILIGHT SAD
20. GROWN MAN CRY/AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA
21. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT/FIONA APPLE
22. EVERYTHING IS BURNING/MESITA

Bonus tracks

MYSTERY COLURS/ASTRONAUTS, ETC.
TO SLEEP: PERCHANCE TO DREAM/MICRO

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IL VIDEO DELL'ANNO: CHEERLEADER/ST. VINCENT


Diretto da Hiro Murai


LA COPERTINA DELL'ANNO: PARKLIVE/BLUR




IL DEBUTTO DELL'ANNO: DEAF CLUB




IL CONCERTO DELL'ANNO: RADIOHEAD (Ippodromo Delle Capannelle/Roma) 22/09/12




LA COLONNA SONORA DELL'ANNO: SKYFALL/ADELE

IL DISCO ITALIANO DELL'ANNO: WORLD'S BIGGEST SOMETHING/MICRO




I VINCITORI DEL 2011:

DISCO: LET ENGLAND SHAKE/PJ HARVEY
CANZONE: CODEX/RADIOHEAD
VIDEO: LOTUS FLOWER/RADIOHEAD (Garth Jennings)
COPERTINA: VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN (Aitor Throup)
DEBUTTO: ANNA CALVI
CONCERTO: PRIMAL SCREAM (Auditorium Parco della Musica/Roma) 22/07/11
COLONNA SONORA: SUBMARINE/ALEX TURNER
DISCO ITALIANO: WOW/VERDENA

PLAYLIST/NOVEMBRE

01. MY LOVE IS WINTER/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
(OCEANIA)
02. OVER MY SHOULDER/PAUL BANKS
(BANKS)
03. THE NEW LIFE/GIRLS NAMES
(THE NEW LIFE 12")
04. B3/PLACEBO
(B3 EP)
05. DEATHWALTZ/ESBEN AND THE WITCH
(WASH THE SINS NOT ONLY THE FACE)
06. OH YEAH/BAT FOR LASHES
(THE HAUNTED MAN)
07. OUR SONG/ULTRAÍSTA
(ULTRAÍSTA)
08. WINGS/HAERTS
(WINGS)
09. MISS YOU/CLINIC
(FREE REIGN)
10. GET ANGRY/DIGITS
(IN THE CITY OF THE DEAD)
11. DESTROYER (TRENT REZNOR, ALESSANDRO CORTINI & ATTICUS ROSS REMIX)/TELEPATHE
(DESTROYER)
12. SHEILA/MEMORY TAPES
(GRACE/CONFUSION)

Bonus Tracks

ANGEL OF LOVE (Demo)/DEPECHE MODE
RAIN, ROADS AND LIGHTS (YOUAREHERE REMIX)/NEED A NAME
(RAIN, ROADS AND LIGHTS)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: OH YEAH/BAT FOR LASHES

ALBUM: THE HAUNTED MAN (2012)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MARILYN/BAT FOR LASHES

See your face and then touch you black and white
You’re a silver screen, place your boundary
On a move in the dark, play the part
Put your star in me, place your boundary

Holding you, I’m touching a star
Turn it into Marilyn, leaving on your big car
Holding you, I’m touching a star
Stay the night, if you’re thinking of, thinking out what you’re good for

See your face at night in forever light
You’re a silver beam, place your boundary
On a move in the dark, play the part
Put your star in me, place your boundary

Holding you, I’m touching a star
Turn it into Marilyn, leaving on your big car
Holding you, I’m touching a star
Stay the night, if you’re thinking of, thinking out what you’re good for

Holding you, I’m touching a star
Turn it into Marilyn, leaving on your big car
Holding you, I’m touching a star
Stay the night, if you’re thinking of, thinking out what you’re good for
Holding you, I’m touching a star
Stay the night, if you’re thinking of, thinking out what you’re good for

ALBUM: THE HAUNTED MAN (2012)

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PLAYLIST/SETTEMBRE

Lasciamoci cadere tra le grazie di Poppea.

01. HEAVY IS AS HEAVY DOES/MENOMENA
(MOMS)
02. PLAGUE/CRYSTAL CASTLES
(PLAGUE Single)
03. DEPT. OF DISAPPEARANCE/JASON LYTLE
(DEPT. OF DISAPPEARANCE)
04. REAL TALK/BLOC PARTY
(FOUR)
05. YET AGAIN/GRIZZLY BEAR
(SHIELDS)
06. MEMORIES OF SWEAT/HOLOGRAMS
(HOLOGRAMS)
07. THE BASE/PAUL BANKS
(BANKS)
08. LAURA/BAT FOR LASHES
(THE HAUNTED MAN)
09. MYSTERY COLORS/ASTRONAUTS, ETC.
(SUPERMELODIC PULP)
10. CHAINED/THE XX
(COEXIST)
11. DIE LIFE/THE SOFT MOON
(ZEROS)
12. HOLLOW MOUNTAIN/EFTERKLANG
(PIRAMIDA)

Bonus Tracks

OUTLIERS/FOSSIL COLLECTIVE
(FREE FOSSIL COLLECTIVE EP)
THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW YOUR FACE/THE FLAMING LIPS AND AMANDA PALMER
(THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LAURA/BAT FOR LASHES

You say that they've all left you behind
Your heart broken, the poverty died
Drape your arms around me and softly say
Can we dance upon the tables again?

When your smile is so wide and your heels are so high
You can't cry
Get your glad rags on and let's sing along
To that lonely song

You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark
Laura you're more than a superstar
And in this horror show
I've got to tell you so
Laura you're more than a superstar

You say that you're stuck in a pale blue dream
And your tears feel hard on my bed sheets
Drape your arms around me and softly say
Can we dance upon the tables again?

When your smile is so wide and your heels are so high
You can't cry
Get your glad rags on and let's sing along
To that lonely song

You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark
Laura you're more than a superstar
You'll be famous for longer than them
Your name is tattooed on every boy's skin
Laura you're more than a superstar

You're the train that crashed my heart
You're the glitter in the dark
Laura you're more than a superstar
And in this old horror show
I've got to let you know
Laura you're more than a superstar
You're more than a superstar

ALBUM: THE HAUNTED MAN (2012)

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PLAYLIST/MARZO

MARCHING SONG/ESBEN AND THE WITCH

In attesa della primavera, la playlist di Marzo.

01. BEATING HEART/LA SERA
(LA SERA)
02. IS LOVE/WHITE LIES
(RITUAL)
03. EUPHORIA, TAKE MY HAND/GLASVEGAS
(EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\)
04. BE THE ONE/MOBY
(BE THE ONE EP)
05. UBERLIN/R.E.M.
(COLLAPSE INTO NOW)
06. WILL DO/TV ON THE RADIO
(NINE TYPES OF LIGHT)
07. TOMORROW HAS TO WAIT/PETER BJORN AND JOHN
(GIMME SOME)
08. FORGET THAT YOU'RE YOUNG/THE RAVEONETTES
(RAVEN IN THE GRAVE)
09. SILKY EYES/PURO INSTINCT
(HEADBANGERS IN ECSTASY)
10. UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS/THE STROKES
(ANGLES)
11. MERMAID/OKKERVIL RIVER
(MERMAID Single)
12. MARCHING SONG/ESBEN AND THE WITCH
(VIOLET CRIES)
13. CODEX/RADIOHEAD
(THE KING OF LIMBS)
14. OH DAE-SU/WE MADE GOD
(IT'S GETTING COLDER)
15. ALL AND EVERYONE/PJ HARVEY
(LET ENGLAND SHAKE)
16. BLIND/CHAPEL CLUB
(PALACE)
17. FRANCIS THOMPSON/EMPHEMETRY
(A LULLABY HUM FOR TIRED STREETS)

Bonus Track

STRANGELOVE/BAT FOR LASHES
(GUCCI GUILTY)

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MUSICA: PLAYLIST/APRILE

La playlist della primavera, speriamo...


VLAD THE IMPALER/KASABIAN

01. NO LINE ON THE HORIZON/U2
(NO LINE ON THE HORIZON)
02. DANIEL/BAT FOR LASHES
(TWO SUNS)
03. INVADERS MUST DIE/PRODIGY
(INVADERS MUST DIE)
04. VLAD THE IMPALER/KASABIAN
(WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM)
05. TRASHCAN/DELTA SPIRIT
(ODE TO SUNSHINE)
06. OH! VANITY/THE CHARLATANS
(YOU CROSS MY PATH)
07. BATTLE FOR THE SUN/PLACEBO
(BATTLE FOR THE SUN)
08. UNFINISHED BUSINESS/WHITE LIES
(TO LOSE MY LIFE)
09. BLACK HEARTED LOVE/PJ HARVEY
(A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY)
10. BLINDNESS/METRIC
(FANTASIES)
11. MANY SHADES OF BLACK/THE RACONTEURS FEATURING ADELE
(MANY SHADES OF BLACK/SINGLE)
12. KISS MY NAME/ANTHONY AND THE JOHNSONS
(THE CRYING LIGHT)

BONUS TRACKS

VENETIAN HAUTBOY/BEATRICE ANTOLINI
(IL PAESE È REALE)
RUNNING TO STAND STILL/ELBOW
(WAR CHILD PRESENTS HEROES)

MUSICA: PLAYLIST/MARZO

La playlist di Marzo


WRONG/DEPECHE MODE (Patrick Daughters)

01. TOMORROW/LADYTRON
(VELOCIFERO)
02. GLASS/BAT FOR LASHES
(TWO SUNS)
03. DOG DAYS ARE OVER/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
(TBA)
04. ZERO/YEAH YEAH YEAHS
(IT'S BLITZ!)
05. THINK OF ENGLAND/IAMX
(KINGDOM OF WELCOME ADDICTION)
06. MANHATTAN/KINGS OF LEON
(ONLY BY THE NIGHT)
07. HAPPY UP HERE/RÖYKSOPP
(JUNIOR)
08. WRONG/DEPECHE MODE
(SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE)
09. KILLED BY THE BOOM/THE VEILS
(SUN GANGS)
10. AIRSTREAM DRIVER/GOMEZ
(A NEW TIDE)
11. CEDARS OF LEBANON/U2
(NO LINE ON THE HORIZON)
12. REPLICA/BECK
(MODERN GUILT)

ASCOLTI: TWO SUNS/BAT FOR LASHES, NO LINE ON THE HORIZON/U2

GET ON YOUR BOOTS/U2

Bat For Lashes è Natasha Khan. Non un gruppo, quindi, ma una giovane musicista inglese, di origine pakistana. Dopo l'ottimo esordio con Fur & Gold del 2006 ed il tour a supporto dei Radiohead l'anno scorso, ecco il nuovo album, Two Suns. Sin dall'inizio, dalla splendida Glass, una gemma a partire dal titolo, si ha l'impressione di ascoltare una versione moderna di Kate Bush, magari incrociata con Björk, tanto per intenderci. E la formula funziona: dalle sofisticate sonorità eighties di Daniel e Two Planets alla delicatezza di Moon And Moon e Travelling Woman, passando per i cori Gospel di Peace Of Mind, Two Suns si rivela un album maturo e completo, che conferma appieno tutto il talento di Natasha.
Gli U2, invece, non hanno certo bisogno di conferme, ma semmai di ritrovare loro stessi, e sembra proprio questo il punto di fuga dal quale si proiettano le canzoni che compongono No Line On The Horizon: già dalla title-track, e dalla successiva Magnificient, appare infatti evidente il ritorno alle sonorità più classiche della band, dai tipici riff di di Edge (fin troppo fedeli a se stessi) alle melodie di Bono, che ritrova almeno in parte quella certa vocazione all'inno, al coro da arena. E non manca una piccola perla, la conclusiva Cedars Of Lebanon. Ne viene fuori un disco sincero, che magari susciterà un pizzico di nostalgia nei fan della prima ora, ma che appare decisamente migliore degli ultimi due lavori del quartetto irlandese. Sinceramente pensavo peggio...

TWO SUNS/BAT FOR LASHES
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON/U2

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GLASS/BAT FOR LASHES

ASCOLTA

ALBUM: TWO SUNS (2009)