Ci scusiamo per la momentanea interruzione, le selezioni riprenderanno mercoledì 1° agosto. Nel frattempo, con generoso anticipo, la playlist del mese prossimo:
01. BLOOD/PATTERNS (BLOOD Single) 02. *DREAM-LOVER*/PURO INSTINCT 03. OCTOPUS/BLOC PARTY (FOUR) 04. UNDER THE WESTWAY/BLUR (UNDER THE WESTWAY Single) 05. APOCALYPSE DREAMS/TAME IMPALA (LONERISM) 06. TESSELLATE/ALT-J (AN AWESOME WAVE) 07. SLEEP PARALYSIS/GABRIEL BRUCE (SLEEP PARALYSIS Single) 08. HVERING Á Að SÆRA VINI SÍNA/MÚM (EARLY BIRDS) 09. WEREWOLF/FIONA APPLE (THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE SCREW, AND WHIPPING CORDS WILL SERVE YOU MORE THAN ROPES WILL EVER DO) 10. EASY UNDERCOVER/2:54 (2:54) 11. MOVING STILL/DEAF CLUB (MOVING STILL Single) 12. FOLLOW/DIIV (OSHIN) 13. ARTIFICIAL NOCTURNE/METRIC (SYNTHETICA) 14. ANGELS/THE XX (COEXIST) 15. ONE THING ABOUT WAVES/dEUS (FOLLOWING SEA) 16. NO GOOD/STARRED (NO GOOD B/W BASTARD 7" Single)
Bonus Tracks
LOVECRIMES/THE AFGHAN WHIGS PLANET EARTH (Live)/DURAN DURAN (A DIAMOND IN THE MIND)
01. HYPOCRITICAL KISS/JACK WHITE (BLUNDERBUSS) 02. HUSBANDS/SAVAGES (HUSBABNDS Single) 03. SPEED THE COLLAPSE/METRIC (SYNTHETICA) 04. CREEPING/2:54 (2:54) 05. CONTROL/GARBAGE (NOT YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE) 06. NIGHT SONG/FAMILY BAND (GRACE & LIES) 07. WHEN THE LILIES DIE/IO ECHO 08. MOUNTAIN/GOLD PANDA (MOUNTAIN/FINANCIAL DISTRICT 7") 09. EVIDENCE/THE SOFT MOON AND JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS 10. WILD/BEACH HOUSE (BLOOM) 11. VARÚð (RADIO EDIT)/SIGUR RÓS (VALTARI) 12. REYKJAVIK/I LIKE TRAINS (THE SHALLOWS)
Bonus Tracks
THE PAGE (DRUMLESS)/CHROMATICS (KILL FOR LOVE DRUMLESS) ALL BUTTONS IN/MODESELEKTOR FEAT. THOM YORKE (THIS Single)
All the way from where we came We built a mansion in a day Distant lightning, thunder claps Watched our neighbour's house collapse Looked the other way And when the storm was over head All the oceans boiled and rivers bled We auctioned off our memories In the absence of a breeze Scatter what remains Scatter what remains
Pushed away I'm pulled toward A come down of revolving doors Every warning we ignored Drifting in from distant shores The wind presents a change of course A second reckoning of sorts We were wasted waiting for A come down of revolving doors Fate don't fail me now
And when the days that followed past In another mansion built to last From our window we could see only possibilities Down the road and back But then the storm returned for more In a come down of revolving doors Auctioned off our memories in the absence of a breeze Scatter what remains Scatter what remains
Pushed away I'm pulled toward A come down of revolving doors Every warning we ignored Drifting in from distant shores The wind presents a change of course A second reckoning of sorts We were wasted waiting for A come down of revolving doors Fate don't fail me now Fate don't fail me now Fate don't fail me now Fate don't fail me now
01. MONOLITHS/LOTUS PLAZA (SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE) 02. TENDERLOIN/TILBURY (EXORCISE) 03. DON'T GO/PS I LOVE YOU (DEATH DREAMS) 04. DOUSED/DIIV (OSHIN) 05. NO.1 AGAINST THE RUSH/LIARS (WIXIW) 06. YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH/METRIC (SYNTHETICA) 07. LITTLE GIRL/SPIRITUALIZED (SWEET HEART, SWEET LIGHT) 08. SHOW ME EVERYTHING/TINDERSTICKS (THE SOMETHING RAIN) 09. CHEW/YUCK 10. LAZULI/BEACH HOUSE (BLOOM) 11. THE FRONT RANGE/MESITA (THE COYOTE) 12. OBEDEAR/PURITY RING (SHRINES) 13. TIFFANY LOU/DAUGHN GIBSON (ALL HELL) 14. SOLONG(GODISDEAD)/MONEY (SOLONG(GODISDEAD) Single) 15. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT/FIONA APPLE (THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE SCREW, AND WHIPPING CORDS WILL SERVE YOU MORE THAN ROPES WILL EVER DO) 16. IGOYH/KWES (MEANTIME)
Bonus Tracks
KROKODIL/ST. VINCENT (KROKODIL 7" Single) EARTH DIVISION/MOGWAI (OCCUPY THIS ALBUM)
Hangman we played rubber soul with a razor blade Behind the church, hiding place It was a long joke 'til the punch line came Can you read my mind? Read my mind Follow along to the end of the song
Hangman we played double dutch with a hand grenade Behind the church, hiding place Apathetic to the devil's face Wear the sheriff's badge put your toys away They let us go saying let us pray
Youth without youth Youth without youth Youth without youth Youth without youth
Hangman we played hide and seek on the fire escape Through the smoke we saw the flame It was a long wait til the firetruck came On the count of three Jump with me on the count of three 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, go
Youth without youth Youth without youth (Go, go, go, go) Go Youth without youth Youth without youth (Go, go, go, go)
Hangman we played blind man's bluff with the 9th Brigade Throw the brick through the windowpane Double dutch 'til they stop the game 'Til the cops show up hand cuff stunned Let us go but we lost one Hangman we played blind man's bluff 'Til they stopped the game Youth without youth Born without time Youth without youth Can you read my mind?
Youth without youth Youth without youth (My, my, my mind) My mind Youth without youth Youth without youth (My, my, my mind)
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
DOWNLOAD (link rimosso a causa di un reclamo da parte della DMCA)
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
No, non è uno scherzo, è la playlist di aprile, con i nuovi singoli di MGMT, Hole, Los Campesinos! e Sunshine Underground, oltre a Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Jónsi dei Sigur Rós, Smashing Pumpkins ed il brano inedito scritto dai Metric per la colonna sonora del film Scott Pilgrim vs The World.
01. A STICH IN TIME/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE) 02. SKINNY LITTLE BITCH/HOLE (NOBODY'S DAUGHTER) 03. COMING TO SAVE YOU/THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND (NOBODY'S COME TO SAVE YOU) 04. AYA/BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB (BEAT THE DEVIL'S TATTOO) 05. ON MELANCHOLY HILL/GORILLAZ (PLASTIC BEACH) 06. FLASH DELIRIUM/MGMT (CONGRATULATIONS) 07. BLACK SHEEP/METRIC (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Soundtrack) 08. DRUNK GIRLS/LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (THIS IS HAPPENING) 09. GIRL I LOVE YOU/MASSIVE ATTACK (HELIGOLAND) 10. ROMANCE IS BORING/LOS CAMPESINOS! (ROMANCE IS BORING) 11. HEAVEN AND EARTH/BLITZEN TRAPPER (DESTROYER OF THE VOID) 12. WE STILL GOT THE TASTE DANCIN' ON OUR TONGUES/WILD BEASTS (TWO DANCERS) 13. TORNADO/JÓNSI (GO) 14. SPANISH SAHARA/FOALS (SPANISH SAHARA Promo)
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.
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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Can't stand by myself Hate to sleep alone Surprises always help So I take somebody home To find out how I feel Feel like just a baby Portrait of a lady Poster of a girl
Satisfy myself Avoid beginners Who long to shut my mouth Till I take one of them home 'Cause I know how it feels Filling in the blanks Looking on the bright side When there is no bright side Coming in your pants For the off chance With a poster of a girl
Qualche link per implementare la vostra libreria di files musicali: dalla cover di Diamonds Are Forever di Shirley Bassey realizzata dagli Arctic Monkeys, inclusa in All The Rage, una compilation della Domino Records, ad 11th Dimension, primo assaggio di Phrazes For The Young, debutto da solista di Julian Casablancas degli Strokes. In mezzo, due remix eccellenti: i Friendly Fires rileggono Fences dei Phoenix, mentre i Metric si affidano ad Adam Freeland per una nuova versione di Sick Muse: per scaricarla bisogna fornire un indirizzo e-mail, ma il messaggio con il link per il download tarda ad arrivare, fossero tutti di parola come Thom Yorke...
Puntualissima, la playlist di Giugno, anche se fuori piove...
MASTER AND SERVANT/NOUVELLE VAGUE
01. FIRE/KASABIAN (WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM) 02. HEAVY CROSS/GOSSIP (MUSIC FOR MEN) 03. LEE MAJORS COME AGAIN/BEASTIE BOYS (CHECK YOUR HEAD COLLECTOR'S VINYL) 04. LAST CHOICE/LOVE IS ALL (LAST CHOICE EP) 05. INTRODUCING PALACE PLAYERS/MEW (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) 06. THE LOOK YOU GIVE THAT GUY/EELS (HOMBRE LOBO) 07. SATELLITE SKIN/MODEST MOUSE (SATELLITE SKIN 7" SINGLE) 08. CANDY/PAOLO NUTINI (SUNNY SIDE UP) 09. LIGHT TRAVELS/SIMPLE MINDS (GRAFFITI SOUL) 10. KINGS OF SPEED/ARCHIVE (CONTROLLING CROWDS) 11. TWILIGHT GALAXY/METRIC (FANTASIES) 12. COME BACK/DEPECHE MODE (SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE)
I tremble They're gonna eat me alive If I stumble They're gonna eat me alive
Can you hear my heart Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
Help, I'm alive My heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be solved Tough to be tender Come take my pulse The pace is on runaway train Help I'm alive, my heart keeps Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
If we're still alive My regrets are few If my life is mine What shouldn't I do? I get wherever I'm going I get whatever I need While my blood's still flowing And my heart's still beats Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
Help, I'm alive My heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be solved Tough to be tender Come take my pulse The pace is on runaway train Help I'm alive, my heart keeps Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
If we're still alive My regrets are few If my life is mine What shouldn't I do? I get wherever I'm going I get whatever I need While my blood's still flowing And my heart's still beats Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
I tremble They're gonna eat me alive If I stumble They're gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart Beating like a hammer
Watch out Cupid, stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life You better watch out Cupid, stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life
The one I better lead All the blondes of Fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways You said, 'look at me', I looked away And you wrote the song I wanna play I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Play the lead Play the lead
Watch out Cupid, money is a sick muse Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life She said: I'm with stupid. Money is a sick muse Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life
The one I better lead All the blondes of Fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways You said, 'look at me', I looked away And you wrote the song I wanna play I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Play the lead Play the lead
I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Play the lead Play the lead
I tremble They're gonna eat me alive If I stumble They're gonna eat me alive
Can you hear my heart Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
Help, I'm alive My heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be solved Tough to be tender Come take my pulse The pace is on runaway train Help I'm alive, my heart keeps Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
If we're still alive My regrets are few If my life is mine What shouldn't I do? I get wherever I'm going I get whatever I need While my blood's still flowing And my heart's still Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
Help, I'm alive My heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be solved Tough to be tender Come take my pulse The pace is on runaway train Help I'm alive, my heart keeps Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
If we're still alive My regrets are few If my life is mine What shouldn't I do? I get wherever I'm going I get whatever I need While my blood's still flowing And my heart's still Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer Beating like a hammer
La playlist di Novembre, direttamente dal mio iPod...
SEE THE LIGHT/THE HOURS FEATURING SIENNA MILLER
01. RING ROAD/UNDERWORLD (OBLIVION WITH BELLS) 02. CUT ME LOOSE/UNKLE (END TITLES... STORIES FROM FILM) 03. HELP, I'M ALIVE/METRIC 04. HUMAN/THE KILLERS DAY & AGE 05. LIFEBOATS/SNOW PATROL (A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS) 06. SEE THE LIGHT/THE HOURS (SEE THE LIGHT EP) 07. GLÚMUR/SPRENGJUHÖLLIN (SPRENGJUHÖLLIN) 08. WANTED FOR LIFE/DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO (EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY) 09. KNICKERBOCKER/FUJIYA & MIYAGI LIGHTBULBS 10. LOVER'S DAY/TV ON THE RADIO (DEAR SCIENCE) 11. BEFORE YOU WERE YOUNG/TRAVIS (ODE TO J.SMITH) 12. THE SCREAM/THE CURE (4:13 DREAM)
