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30/10/12
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NOTHING/EDITORS
The sun says nothing
By my demise
I fall to the floor
Sparked from your stare
Cascade into light
The start of a war
Monday morning
Hungover and eyes
Hide it all the way
We walk through a crowd of strangers
Two minutes from your door
You've lived there all your life
Every conversation within you
Starts a celebration in me
'Till I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
Out of it you handle it for everyone
Took a poison dart through my heart and then I'm gone
Out of it you handle it for everyone
Took a poison dart through my heart and then I'm gone
Every conversation within you
Starts a celebration in me
'Till I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
These floorboards are creaking
My body is old
The sun casts a shadow
A gust that cuts through your bones
Your body and soul
These floorboards are creaking
My body is old
The sun casts a shadow
A gust that cuts through your bones
Your body and soul
Every conversation within you
It starts a celebration in me
'Till I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
I've got nothing left
ALBUM: TBA (2013)
12/08/12
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
04/08/11
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DYNAMO/BINARY
I nuovi White Lies? O nuovi-nuovi Editors? O nuovi-nuovi-nuovi Interpol? O nuovi-nuovi-nuovi-nuovi Joy Division?
Show me what to be
Running away
From all you see
Have I met you before?
This time
Am I half a mile?
Am I out of fly?
So I go
Running away from
Tell me secrets
Tell me Lies
Make me hate you
Make me want to despise
You're a dynamo
Feelings are down
Feelings are guilt
Unable to shout
Or blood spill
Have I felt this before?
This time
Can I reading control?
Can I make this blind?
So I go
Running away from
Tell me secrets
Tell me lies
Make me hate you
Make me want to despise
You're a dynamo
Tell me secrets
Tell me lies
Make me hate you
Make me want to despise
You're a dynamo
Tell me secrets
Tell me lies
Make me hate you
Make me want to despise
You're a dynamo
(2011)
01/06/11
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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26/05/11
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: JOSHUA/THE JAPANESE POPSTARS FEAT. TOM SMITH
One more boy running into this world
One more voice got to be heard
All this noise, all this fight
Bury my hair, wait to expire
I need a sign, I need a spark
A human connection illuminate dark
I'll hit the streets
Open my eyes
The chance encounter open to prize
Our behavior moves as an ocean world
Our behavior turns like an ocean
I see motion, I see devotion
A face in the crowd steals my emotion
I'll be your dark, I'll be your pearl
You'll be the sun, and I'll be the world
If just for a moment we play with the notion
We was supposed to read on this pavement
All make your loss, my heart will not fade
Now I don't give a fuck if this world would end
Our behavior moves as an ocean world
Our behavior turns like an ocean
Turns like an ocean
Lot I feel souls on the streets and take her hand
Lot I feel souls on the streets and take her hand
ALBUM: JOSHUA (2011)
07/08/10
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BONES/EDITORS
How can you always be late for your arrival?
You know I'd forgive you every single time
Retreat, retreat
I've fallen at the low tide
Retreat, retreat
And meet me by the quayside
In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine
Your face in my hands is everything that I need
The system's put in place, put there to protect us
For you I'd throw a lifeline every time
Retreat, retreat
I've fallen at the low tide
Now retreat, retreat
And meet me by the quayside
In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine
Your face in my hands is everything that I need
Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love
Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love
Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Bones
I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off
I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off
ALBUM: AN END HAS A START (2007)
27/07/10
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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30/06/10
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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21/05/10
POST-IT: TIRED PONY
Un nuovo (super) gruppo, ed un album, intitolato The Place We Ran From, presentato come un film: il regista è Gary Lightbody degli Snow Patrol, tra i protagonisti Peter Buck dei R.E.M. e Richard Colburn dei Belle & Sebastian, con dei cameo di Tom Smith (Editors) e Zooey DeSchanel (She & Him). Mi sono iscritto alla mailing list, non si sa mai...
30/04/10
PLAYLIST/MAGGIO
THE CAVE/MUMFORD & SONS
Il ritorno degli Interpol, la reunion estemporanea dei Blur, e poi Editors, Gorillaz con Lou Reed, Pineapple Thief, The National, Thom Yorke... Una delle migliori playlist di sempre.
01. LIGHTS/INTERPOL
02. PETER PAN R.I.P./KULA SHAKER
(PILGRIM'S PROGRESS)
03. BLOODBUZZ OHIO/THE NATIONAL
(HIGH VIOLET)
04. FOOL'S DAY/BLUR
(FOOL'S DAY 7" Single For Record Store Day)
05. 3000 DAYS/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
(SOMEONE HERE IS MISSING)
06. ASTRAL PLANES/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
(TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE)
07. REDEMPTION DAY/JOHNNY CASH
(AMERICAN VI: AIN'T NO GRAVE)
08. THE CAVE/MUMFORD & SONS
(SIGH NO MORE)
09. SOME KIND OF NATURE/GORILLAZ FEAT. LOU REED
(PLASTIC BEACH)
10. DEBUTANTE/65DAYSOFSTATIC
(WE ARE EXPLODING ANYWAY)
11. LAST DAY/EDITORS
(LAST DAY 7" Single For Record Store Day)
12. EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS/LALI PUNA
(POUR INVENTIONS)
13. APOCOLIPS/TURIN BRAKES
(OUTBURSTS)
14. TUNGLIð/ÓLAFUR ARNALDS
(...AND THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE WEIGHT OF DARKNESS)
15. CELESTICA/CRYSTAL CASTLES
(CRYSTAL CASTLES)
16. ...AND THE WORLD LAUGH WITH YOU/FLYING LOTUS FEAT. THOM YORKE
(COSMOGRAMMA)
BONUS TRACK
A WALK DOWN THE STAIRCASE (Live)/THOM YORKE
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24/04/10
VIDEO: EAT RAW MEAT = BLOOD DROOL/EDITORS
Diretto da LENNOX BROTHERS
Meglio tardi che mai: il prossimo 24 maggio uscirà finalmente come singolo il pezzo migliore dell'ultimo album degli Editors (In This Light And On This Evening, pubblicato ormai oltre sei mesi fa), Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool, accompagnato da uno splendido quanto inquietante video di animazione realizzato dai Lennox Brothers. Dell'EP faranno parte anche una versione acustica e due remix del brano, oltre a due canzoni inedite.
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LAST DAY/EDITORS
She works a long night shift
And sees the birth of her days
In the hope of deliverance
It's on her knees and prays
This is her last day alive
It's one hell of a day to die
She takes a walk in the park
Opens the hole in her arm
She fell in love but fell too far
This is the ocean of dawn
This is her last day alive
It's one hell of a day to die
She works a long night shift
And sees the birth of her days
Well we all hope for deliverance
On your knees and pray
This is my last day alive
Well it's one hell of a day to die
In the final minute
Of the final hour
Look around
You will find
We've all been wrong
Keep it up life long
It's alive
It's alive
This is your last day alive
Well it's one hell of a day to die
ALBUM: LAST DAY (7" Single For Record Store Day) (2010)
07/01/10
PLAYLIST/GENNAIO
La prima playlist del 2010, con alcune novità importanti (Massive Attack, Portishead, Eels) e le cose migliori della fine dello scorso anno...
TWO WEEKS/GRIZZLY BEAR
01. CHASE THE TEAR/PORTISHEAD
02. PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL
(HELIGOLAND)
03. LE CHAT DU CAFÈ DES ARTISTES/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG FEAT. BECK
(IRM)
04. THE HIGH ROAD/BROKEN BELLS
(BROKEN BELLS)
05. DOUBT/DELPHIC
(ALCOLYTE)
06. YOU DON'T KNOW LOVE/EDITORS
(IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING)
07. HOOTING & HOWLING/WILD BEASTS
(TWO DANCERS)
08. MANSIONS OF LOZ FELIZ/EELS
(END TIMES)
09. LITTLE LION MAN/MUMFORD AND SONS
(SIGH NO MORE)
10. IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO?/BADLY DRAWN BOY
(IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO?)
11. TWO WEEKS/GRIZZLY BEAR
(VECKATIMEST)
12. COLOURING OF PIGEONS/THE KNIFE FEAT. MT. SIMS AND PLANNINGTOROCK
(TOMORROW, IN A YEAR)
BONUS TRACK
MONEY/THE FLAMING LIPS FEAT. HENRY ROLLINS
(THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON)
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26/12/09
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SMOKERS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL DOORS/EDITORS
Pull the blindfold down
So your eyes can't see
Now run as fast as you can
Through this field of trees
Say goodbye to everyone
You have ever known
You are not gonna see them ever again
I can't shake this feeling I've got
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars?
The saddest thing that I'd ever seen
Were smokers outside the hospital doors
Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?
How can we wear our smiles
With our mouths wide shut
'Cause you stopped us from singin'
I can't shake this feeling I've got
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars?
The saddest thing that I'd ever seen
Were smokers outside the hospital doors
Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?
Now someone turn us around
Can we start this again?
We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken parts
Left smashed off the floor
I can't believe you
If I can't hear you
I can't believe you
If I can't hear you
We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken parts
Smashed off the floor
We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken parts
Smashed off the floor
Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?
Now someone turn us around
Can we start this again?
ALBUM: AN END HAS A START (2007)
21/12/09
THE RYKJVK AWARDS 2009
IL DISCO DELL'ANNO: IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING/EDITORS
PAPILLON
In tanti non l'hanno capito, soprattutto quelli che si aspettavano una replica di An End Has A Start, un po' come successe ai Radiohead nel 2000 con Kid A (oggi considerato da molti il miglior disco del decennio...), al posto del quale parecchia gente avrebbe preferito una fotocopia di Ok Computer, ma In This Light And On This Evening è un lavoro decisamente importante, oscuro e monumentalmente anni ottanta a partire dalla copertina, illustrata in stile art decò, fino ad ogni singolo suono dei brani che lo compongono. La produzione di Flood c'è e si sente, il talento degli Editors pure, e Papillon è già il nuovo inno dei dancefloor alternativi.
Tra le cose migliori di quest'anno anche Dark Night Of The Soul, il progetto di Danger Mouse con Gli Sparklehorse e l'apporto creativo di David Lynch, ed il ritorno dei danesi Mew, con No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away.
Una menzione, infine, per i vincitori del sondaggio del blog: secondo i (pochi) lettori che hanno votato, l'album più bello del 2009 è Fantasies, dei canadesi Metric.
LA CANZONE DELL'ANNO: EAT RAW MEAT = BLOOD DROOL/EDITORS
Un ritornello straripante, di quelli che una volta ascoltati, non si dimenticano più. Dal vivo, poi, è assolutamente dirompente. Il brano che i Depeche Mode non hanno mai scritto. Ma gli Editors sì.
LA PLAYLIST DEL 2009
01. INTRODUCING PALACE PALYERS/MEW
02. NO LINE ON THE HORIZON/U2
03. EAT RAW MEAT = BLOOD DROOL/EDITORS
04. HELP, I'M ALIVE/METRIC
05. THESE ARE MY TWISTED WORDS/RADIOHEAD
06. CRYING LIGHTNING/ARCTIC MONKEYS
07. WRONG/DEPECHE MODE
08. BLACK HEARTED LOVE/PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH
09. ONLY IF YOU RUN/JULIAN PLENTI
10. LISZTOMANIA/PHOENIX
11. ULYSSES/FRANZ FERDINAND
12. REVENGE/DANGER MOUSE AND SPARKLEHORSE FEAT. THE FLAMING LIPS
13. THE LOOK YOU GIVE THAT GUY/EELS
14. THE RAKE'S SONG/THE DECEMBERISTS
15. THE WHALE SONG/MODEST MOUSE
16. MISTAKE/MOBY
17. DEAD LETTER & THE INFINITE YES/WINTERSLEEP
18. BROKEN LOVE SONG/PETER DOHERTY
19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS/WHITE LIES
20. VLAD THE IMPALER/KASABIAN
21. APPLY/GLASSER
22. BULLETS/ARCHIVE
BONUS TRACKS
MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
ALL FOR THE BEST/THOM YORKE
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IL VIDEO DELL'ANNO: WRONG/DEPECHE MODE (Patrick Daughters)
L'inquietante video di Patrick Daughters per il brano dei Depeche Mode, che mostra un uomo mascherato e legato al posto di guida di un'auto lanciata nel traffico in retromarcia, sembra quasi l'intro di una puntata di CSI: peccato che non ci sia stato alcun seguito, e soprattutto che nessuno ci abbia svelato il colpevole...
IL DEBUTTO DELL'ANNO: WHITE LIES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Come successe ad Interpol ed Editors, si sono beccati subito l'etichetta di nuovi Joy Division, ma al di là dei facili paragoni, i giovanissimi White Lies hanno debuttato con un disco di buone canzoni pop dalle atmosfere dark, accuratamente suonato, registrato e prodotto. Il che, al giorno d'oggi, non è affatto cosa da poco.
IL CONCERTO DELL'ANNO: EDITORS + THE MACCABEES + WINTERSLEEP (Roma/Teatro Tendastrisce) 03/12/09
SMOKERS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL DOORS
Quasi un'insolito quanto apprezzato piccolo festival invernale, quello che si è tenuto lo scorso 3 Dicembre al Teatro Tendastrisce di Roma: tre band di ottimo livello al prezzo (onesto, pergiunta) di una. Wintersleep, The Maccabees, ed infine gli Editors, che hanno portato sul palco il nuovo album In This Light And On This Evening con un'esibizione davvero emozionante, da cantare a squarciagola dal primo all'ultimo pezzo.
Molto bello anche il concerto dei Mogwai all'Auditorium, la scorsa estate.
IL LIBRO DELL'ANNO: LA MORTE DI BUNNY MUNRO (The Death Of Bunny Munro)/NICK CAVE (Feltrinelli)
La versione alcolizzata, lo-fi e meno chirurgica di Chuck Palahniuk: Nick Cave, alla sua seconda opera di narrativa, disegna un personaggio comune e straordinario allo stesso tempo. Bunny Munro è ognuno di noi, riflesso nello specchio, la mattina dopo una sbornia presa per dimenticare uno sbaglio.
IL FILM DELL'ANNO: BASTARDI SENZA GLORIA (Inglourious Basterds)/QUENTIN TARANTINO
La somma del cinema di Tarantino, un film sulla guerra senza neanche una vera scena di guerra, a pensarci bene, ma incredibilmente ricco di citazioni (particolarmente gustosa la battuta di Brad Pitt sui combattimenti negli scantinati...) sfumature linguistiche e dettagli feticisti, attraverso il quale il regista riscrive la storia, dando letteralmente alle fiamme il grande schermo.
LA COLONNA SONORA DELL'ANNO: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON/Artisti Vari
MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
Ok, il film sarà pure roba da ragazzini, ma la colonna sonora, curata curata dal musicista francese Alexandre Desplat, è da leccarsi i baffi, anche se sporchi di sangue: dai Death Cab For Cutie ai Grizzly Bear, da Thom Yorke agli Editors, dai Muse ai Killers, tutti presenti con brani inediti.
IL DISCO ITALIANO DELL'ANNO: SOGNANDO CONTROMANO/NEFFA
LONTANO DAL TUO SOLE
Forse non sarà un'opera indimenticabile, ma l'ultimo disco di Neffa è decisamente godibile, e ricco di melodie interessanti. Ascoltate dal vivo, poi, le canzoni di Sognando Contromano assumono ancora più carattere, scrollandosi di dosso quell'aria un po' troppo leccata che purtroppo molto spesso caratterizza le produzioni del pop made in Italy.
I VINCITORI DEL 2008:
DISCO: THE AGE OF THE UNDERSTATEMENT/THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
CANZONE: UNDERNEATH THE STARS/THE CURE
VIDEO: HOUSE OF CARDS/RADIOHEAD (James Frost)
DEBUTTO: GLASVEGAS
CONCERTO: SIGUR RÓS/(Roma/Auditorium)/12/07/08
LIBRO: NINNA NANNA PER PICCOLI CRIMINALI (Lullabies For Little Criminals)/HEATHER O'NEILL (Mondadori)
FILM: IL TRENO PER IL DARJEELING (The Darjeeling Limited)/WES ANDERSON
COLONNA SONORA: THERE WILL BE BLOOD/JOHNNY GREENWOOD
DISCO ITALIANO: AMEN/BAUSTELLE
11/12/09
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FRENCH DISKO/STEREOLAB
Though this world's essentially an absurd place to be living in
It doesn't call for bubble withdrawal
I've been told it's a fact of life
Men have to kill one another
Well I say there are still things worth fighting for
La Resistance
Though this world's essentially an absurd place to be living in
It doesn't call for bubble withdrawal
It said human existence is pointless
As acts of rebellious solidarity
Can bring sense in this world
La Resistance
La Resistance
ALBUM: REFRIED ECTOPLASM: SWITCHED ON, VOL. 2 (1995)
10/12/09
CONCERTI: EDITORS + THE MACCABEES + WINTERSLEEP/TEATRO TENDASTRISCE/ROMA
AN END HAS A START
La curiosità di ascoltare dal vivo i nuovi brani degli Editors era grande: qualcuno, di fronte alle sonorità anni ottanta, ha storto il naso, ma a giudicare dalla gente che ha gremito il Tendastrisce per l'occasione, devono essere una minoranza. Si parte, e non potrebbe essere altrimenti, con la title-track dell'ultimo album. Poi però, a seguire, An End Has A Start ed All Sparks, e da lì in avanti, la band attinge senza soluzione di continuità dall'intera discografia, a conferma del fatto che le suggestioni new wave di In This Light And On This Evening legano alla perfezione con i tratti più rock degli lavori precedenti: e così si va dall'esplosiva Bullets all'alienante The Big Exit, dalla stroboscopica Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors all'onirica Like Treasure, dall'emozionante When Anger Shows alla monumentale Bricks And Mortar senza che l'intensità cali anche solo per un istante. Il gioco di luci ed immagini sullo sfondo dona geometria alla musica, e la teatralità (meno statica che in passato) di Tom Smith ne fa sempre più l'erede mediatico, oltre che vocale e compositivo, di Dave Gahan. Ce n'è un po'per tutti, come si legge a chiare lettere durante l'esecuzione, splendida, di Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool: dai fan della prima ora, premiati con il b-side You Are Fading, a quelli che li hanno scoperti da poco, magari con Papillon, l'unica canzone, da anni a questa parte, in grado di togliere lo scettro di pezzo più suonato nei dancefloor alternativi a Love Will Tear Us Apart dei Joy Division, passando per quelli più distratti, che avranno gradito Munich, forse a tutt'oggi la hit più famosa del gruppo.
Due parole infine, per i supporter (di lusso): i candesi Wintersleep, decisamente interessanti e da approfondire, ed i Maccabees, simpatici, ma un po' ripetitivi.
CONCERTI: EDITORS + THE MACCABEES + WINTERSLEEP/TEATRO TENDASTRISCE/ROMA, 03 DICEMBRE 2009
01. IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING
02. AN END HAS A START
03. ALL SPARKS
04. YOU DON'T KNOW LOVE
05. BONES
06. BULLETS
07. THE BOXER
08. THE BIG EXIT
09. ESCAPE THE NEST
10. EAT RAW MEAT = BLOOD DROOL
11. SMOKERS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL DOORS
12. LIKE TREASURE
13. WHEN ANGER SHOWS
14. THE RACING RATS
15. YOU ARE FADING
16. BRICKS AND MORTAR
17. WALK THE FLEET ROAD
18. MUNICH
19. PAPILLON
20. FINGERS IN THE FACTORY
09/12/09
MUSICA: PLAYLIST/DICEMBRE
Di solito, in questo periodo, di novità interessanti ce ne sono poche: escono solo greatest hits e raccolte varie, destinate a finire sotto l'albero. Ecco comunque qualcosa di buono, per arrivare incolumi sino a Natale...
ISLANDS/XX
01. CONTENDER/THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
(THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART)
02. CATAPULT/ARCTIC MONKEYS
(CORNERSTONE Single)
03. AUDIENCE OF ONE/COLD WAR KIDS
(BEHAVE YOURSELF)
04. RUN CHICKEN RUN/THE FELICE BROTHERS
(YONDER IS THE CLOCK)
05. I FELT STUPID/THE DRUMS
(SUMMERTIME)
06. WRITTEN IN REVERSE/SPOON
(TRASFERENCE)
07. LIKE TREASURE/EDITORS
(IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING)
08. LITTLE BIRD/EELS
(END TIMES)
09. ISLANDS/THE XX
(XX)
10. BOY LILIKOI/JÓNSI
(GO)
11. WHAT WOULD I WANT? SKY/ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
(FALL BE KIND EP)
12. THAT ROOM/THE TWILIGHT SAD
(FORGET THE NIGHT AHEAD)
BONUS TRACKS
MAPS/ARCADE FIRE
SPECIAL/MEW
(LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM)
CHEMTRAILS/BECK
(MODERN GUILT ACOUSTIC)
DOWNLOAD
05/12/09
LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BULLETS/EDITORS
If something has to change then it always does
If something has to change then it always does
You don't need this disease, not right now
No, you don't need this disease, not right now
You don't need this disease you don't
If something has to give then it always will
If something has to give then it always will
You don't need this disease, not right now
No, you don't need this disease
Not right now
No, no, not right now
You don't need this disease you don't
Would you fall down
Would you fall down
You don't need this disease you don't
You don't need this disease you don't know
Won't fall down
You don't need this disease you don't
ALBUM: THE BACK ROOM (2005)
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