LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER/ATOMS FOR PEACE

Don't worry baby
It goes right through me
I'm like the wind and my anger will disperse
Thin persecutors
Your twisted whispers
A horned reptile that is crawled upon the earth
I went for my usual walk
Just tell it like it is
Tell it like it was
Judge and jury and executioner
Judge and jury and executioner
Judge and jury

When darkness follows
And no tomorrows

It's all been decided
All spies deceptive
All bouncing voices down the echo chamber

I went for my usual walk
I went around the block
I just can't talk or reason with my executioner
Judge and jury and executioner
Judge and jury and executioner
Judge and jury

Been wasting trails
You talk in layers

I went for my usual walk
Don't worry, laugh about
Just can't talk or reason with my executioner
Judge and jury and executioner
Judge and jury and executioner
Judge and jury
Don't worry, baby
It goes right through me
I'm like the wind and my anger will disperse

ALBUM: AMOK (2013)

PLAYLIST/OTTOBRE

01. BLOODSHAKE/PEACE
(EP DELICIOUS)
02. PLUMAGE/MENOMENA
(MOMS)
03. WARM SEAS/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
(ALL THE WARS)
04. FINGERS NEVER BLEED/YEASAYER
(FRAGRANT WORLD)
05. BREAK IT SLOW/DEAF CLUB
(BREAK IT SLOW Single)
06.TAKE US ALIVE/OTHER LIVES
(MIND THE GAP EP)
07. PYRE/THE REVIVAL HOUR
(CLUSTERCHORD EP)
08. DEFAULT/ATOMS FOR PEACE
(DEFAULT Single)
09. I/EAUX
(I)
10. WIPED OUT/ARCHIVE
(WITH US UNTIL YOU'RE DEAD)
11. MISSING/THE XX
(COEXIST)
12. CRUEL TO BE KIND/THE LONG WIVES

Bonus Tracks

POINT YOUR PISTOLS TO THE SIGH/LIARS
(ADULT SWIM SINGLES PROGRAM)
KILLER/2:54

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LOTUS FLOWER/RADIOHEAD

I will slip myself into your pocket
Invisible, do what you want
Do what you want
I will sink and I will disappear
I will slip into the groove and cut me up and cut me up

There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I'll set you free
I'll set you free
There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
Tonight I'll set you free
I'll set you free

Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flower
Because all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what it is
Just to see what it is
I can't kick the habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart

We will sink and be quiet as mice
While the cat is away
Do what we want
Do what we want

There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
And now I set you free
I set you free

Because all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what it
Just to see what it is
Take the lotus flower into my room
Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flower
All I want is the moon upon a stick
Dance around a pit
The darkness is beneath
I can't kick the habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart

ALBUM: THE KING OF LIMBS: LIVE FROM THE BASEMENT (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DEFAULT/ATOMS FOR PEACE

ALBUM: DEFAULT (Single) (2012)

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PLAYLIST/GIUGNO

Scusate il ritardo.

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)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THIS/MODESELEKTOR FEAT. THOM YORKE

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ALBUM: MONKEYTOWN (2011)

PLAYLIST/FEBBRAIO

Febbraio: 20 pezzi, una playlist bisestile.

01. GONE ARE THE DAYS/TOWNS
(GONE ARE THE DAYS Single)
02. STAY OUT OF THE SUN/MR FOGG
(STAY OUT OF THE SUN)
03. BLACK WHITE & BLUE/LADYHAWKE
(ANXIETY)
04. GENESIS/GRIMES
(VISIONS)
05. LAY YOUR CARDS OUT/POLIÇA
(GIVE YOU THE GHOST)
06. WAIT FOR US/MIND SPIDERS
(MELTDOWN)
07. CHEERLEADER/ST. VINCENT
(STRANGE MERCY)
08. BRAIN OF HEAVEN//THE FLAMING LIPS WITH YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND
(THE FLAMING LIPS WITH YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND EP)
09. ANOTHER BED/THE TWILIGHT SAD
(NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW)
10. PRETENDER/BLACK MARBLE
(WEIGHT AGAINST THE DOOR)
11. DESERT ISLAND/MANSION ON THE MOON
(LIGHTYEARS)
12. BRAINS/LOWER DENS
(NOOTROPICS)
13. ON THROUGH THE DARK/MESITA
(THE COYOTE)
14. NIGHT IN THE OCEAN/YOUNG MAGIC
(MELT)
15. STUCK TOGETHER/THOM YORKE
16. ENDLESS NIGHTS/SAND CIRCLES
(MOTOR CITY)

Bonus Tracks

IN YOUR NATURE (DAVID LYNCH REMIX)/ZOLA JESUS
(IN YOUR NATURE Single)
THE LIGHT (DEMO)/EAUX
LEAVE ME ALONE/DESTROYER
(POWER CORRUPTION & LIES COVERED)
A LIGHT ABOVE DESCENDING/BRITISH SEA POWER
(BSP EP1)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I'VE SEEN IT ALL/BJÖRK FEAT. THOM YORKE

I've seen it all
I have seen the trees
I have seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend
And lives that were over before they were spent
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all there is no more to see

You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall
The man you will marry, the home you will share
To be honest, I really don't care

You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water
It's water, that's all
The Eiffel Tower
And the Empire State
My pulse was as high
On my very first date
Your grandson's hand
As he plays with your hair
To be honest, I really don't care

I've seen it all
I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark
I've seen what I choose and I've seen what I need
And that is enough
To want more would be greed
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all there is no more to see

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark the big and the small
Just keep in mind you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all there is no more to see

ALBUM: SELMASONGS (2000)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TWIST/THOM YORKE

Twist, twist, twist, twist, twist
Can, can, can, can, can

(2011)

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THE RYKJVK AWARDS 2011

IL DISCO DELL'ANNO: LET ENGLAND SHAKE/PJ HARVEY


ALL AND EVERYONE

L'ottavo album della musicista del Dorset è un disco che vive di contrasti: testi dolorosi incentrati principalmente sul tema della guerra dispiegati su melodie folk, aritmiche (The Glorious Land, la splendida All And Everyone), a volte quasi scanzonate (The Last Living Rose, The Words That Maketh Murder). Un atto d'accusa e d'amore allo stesso tempo verso la propria terra, e più in generale riguardo i tempi bui che viviamo, con tutta la classe e l'intenstità di Polly Jean Harvey.

I risultati del sondaggio:

1. LET ENGLAND SHAKE/PJ HARVEY (28%)
2. THE KING OF LIMBS/RADIOHEAD (23%)
VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN (23%)
4. FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST/GIRLS (9%)
SMOTHER/WILD BEASTS (9%)
WOUNDED RHYMES/LYKKE LI (9%)
7. I AM VERY FAR/OKKERVIL RIVER (1%)
VIOLET CRIES/ESBEN AND THE WITCH (1%)
9. BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!/ELBOW (0%)
HARBORED MANTRAS/WATER BORDERS (0%)
SKYING/THE HORRORS (0%)
THE FUTURE IS MEDIEVAL/KAISER CHIEFS (0%)


LA CANZONE DELL'ANNO: CODEX/RADIOHEAD



Basterebbe quell'attacco con la voce leggermente roca di Thom Yorke per innamorarsi di questo pezzo al primo ascolto, senza contare il giro di pianoforte, semplice ed eterno, ed il testo, una piccola elegia, magnetico e rassicurante.


LA PLAYLIST DEL 20011

01. HOME IS A FIRE/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
02. CRYSTALLINE/BJORK
03. JUMP INTO THE FOG/THE WOMBATS
04. UBERLIN/R.E.M.
05. I KNOW PLACES/LYKKE LI
06. ALL IN WHITE/THE VACCINES
07. COMING UP FOR AIR/KAISER CHIEFS
08. MYMA/GIRL
09. SUZANNE AND I/ANNA CALVI
10. DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN/KASABIAN
11. STILYAGI/PURO INSTINCT FEAT. ARIEL PINK
12. FOREST/SHORE//DEAF CLUB
13. SUMMON THE SOUND/S.C.U.M.
14. DIVE IN/THE HORRORS
15. PEACE & QUIET/WHITE LIES
16. PLAYTHING/WILD BEASTS
17. CODEX/RADIOHEAD
18. WOLF/TROPHY WIFE
19. ALL AND EVERYONE/PJ HARVEY
20. WARPATH/ESBEN AND THE WITCH
21. TAMER ANIMALS/OTHER LIVES
22. WHITE TELEPHONE/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
23. TAPE/YOUAREHERE
24. TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT/LOW ROAR
25. HANGING FROM A HIT/OKKERVIL RIVER

Bonus Tracks

RAZZI ARPIA INFERNO E FIAMME/VERDENA
EXILE VILIFY/THE NATIONAL
IODINE AND IRON/THE VEILS

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IL VIDEO DELL'ANNO: LOTUS FLOWER/RADIOHEAD



L'irresistibile danza scomposta di Thom Yorke nel video diretto da Garth Jennings è piaciuta così tanto che in rete sono addirittura spuntati dei tutorial per imparare i passi del balletto. Della serie come essere la più grande band del pianeta e riuscire comunque a prendersi poco sul serio.


LA COPERTINA DELL'ANNO: VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN (Aitor Throup)



Da un album che si chiama come un dinosauro ci si aspetta una copertina capeggiata da un enorme lucertolone preistorico, ed invece nel progetto grafico ideato dall'illustratore argentino (ma inglese d'adozione) Aitor Throup non c'è traccia di enormi animali estinti. Tuttavia il grido ancestrale che si percepisce dalle figure neanderthaliane ripetute agli angoli dell'immagine riesce perfettamente nell'intento di comunicare la forza primitiva del disco, nonchè la vena psichedelica della musica dei Kasbaian. Un capolavoro.


IL DEBUTTO DELL'ANNO: ANNA CALVI



La minuta artista anglo-italiana fatica a trovare scarpe della sua misura (pare porti addirittura il numero 34) ma non certo consensi, tanto che la stampa specializzata britannica l'ha subito eletta a nuova PJ Harvey, e non è un caso che Nick Cave, che Polly Jean la conosce bene, l'abbia scelta per aprire i concerti dei Grinderman.


IL CONCERTO DELL'ANNO: PRIMAL SCREAM (Auditorium Parco della Musica/Roma) 22/07/11



Già di per sé i Primal Scream che dopo vent'anni suonano dal vivo per intero Screamadelica, disco simbolo degli anni '90, sarebbe un evento. Se poi ci mettiamo che i fan sul finire dello show fanno invasione di campo (pacifica) costringendo alla resa gli uomini della security e regalando ai posteri una versione memorabile di Rocks, la data romana del tour della band scozzese diventa addirittura leggendaria.


LA COLONNA SONORA DELL'ANNO: SUBMARINE/ALEX TURNER



Uscita in punta di piedi, quasi come un prologo del quarto album degli Arctic Monkeys, Suck It And See (tanto che la ballata Piledriver Waltz ci è finita pari pari dentro), la colonna sonora della pellicola indipendente britannica Submarine rivela un Alex Turner più intimista e minimale, ma di certo non meno ispirato della versione leader della band.


IL DISCO ITALIANO DELL'ANNO: WOW/VERDENA





Dopo quasi quattro anni di silenzio, i Verdena tornano con un disco ambizioso, complesso, forse fin troppo lungo, ma di sicuro coraggioso ed intraprendente, impreziosito dal singolo di anticipazione Razzi Arpia Inferno e Fiamme, uno dei pezzi in italiano (seppur non comprensibilissimo) più belli degli ultimi tempi.


I VINCITORI DEL 2010:

DISCO: HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL
CANZONE: LIGHTS/INTERPOL
VIDEO: WE USED TO WAIT/ARCADE FIRE (Chris Milk)
DEBUTTO: CHAPEL CLUB
CONCERTO: THE NATIONAL (Milano/Alcatraz) 16/11/10; INTERPOL (Milano/PalaSharp) 17/11/2010
COLONNA SONORA: THE SOCIAL NETWORK/TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS
DISCO ITALIANO: DEI CANI/NON VOGLIO CHE CLARA

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FERAL/RADIOHEAD

You are not mine
And I am not yours
You are not mine
And it's ok
Please don't judge me

ALBUM: THE KING OF LIMBS (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SHIPWRECK/MODESELEKTOR FEAT. THOM YORKE

ALBUM: MONKEYTOWN (2011)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE DAILY MAIL/RADIOHEAD

A Glastonbury, a sorpresa.




The moonies are up on a mountain
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
Waiting on the rapture

Singing we're here
To keep your prices down
Feed you to the hounds
To the Daily Mail
Together, together

You made a pig's ear
You made a mistake
Paid off security
And got through the gate
You got away with it
But we lie in wait

Where's the truth?
What's the use?
In hanging round
Lost and found
And with your head in the sand
Fat chance, no plan
No regard for human life
You'll keep time
You've no right
You're fast to lose
You're willing to lose
To jump the queue
Go back again
President
For life
Lord of all
The flies in the sky
The beasts of the earth
The fish in the sea
Have lost command

(2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STAIRCASE/RADIOHEAD

A Walk Down The Staircase, un pezzo acustico che Thom Yorke suonava da solista lo scorso anno, è cresciuto, ed è diventato un brano dei Radiohead, intitolato semplicemente Staircase. Si tratta di un'anticipazione dello showcase From The Basement, in rete dal 1° luglio, durante il quale la band di Oxford suonerà per intero l'ultimo album, The King Of Limbs. Per l'occasione, è stato reclutato anche un sesto elemento, il batterista Clive Deamer , che ha suonato assieme a Phil Selway.




A walk down the staircase
A magnetic pull
Back to the other place
Where I cannot go
I’m sending a chopper
To steal you away

The pot is full
Let me take control
Let me take control
The pot is full
Of secrets to be told
Of secrets to be told

I have always
And always will

The pot is full
Let me take control
Let me take control
The pot is full
Of secrets to be told
Of secrets to be told

ALBUM: FROM THE BASEMENT (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE BUTCHER/RADIOHEAD

Beauty will destroy your mind
Spare the gory details
Give them gift wrapped for the man with everything

Though I lived a lonely life
I was confused
A butcher
I feel nothing

As it courses up my arms
In position of the worms
Up, up through my heart
Into my brain

I'm a big slab a basic combination
Cut out of chopped liver on the block
My hearts still pumping
My hearts still pumping

He's a warrior
A warrior
He's a little bitch coming at him

He's a warrior
A warrior
He's a little bitch coming at him
Coming at him

ALBUM: SUPERCOLLIDER/THE BUTCHER 12"
for RECORD STORE DAY (2011)

PLAYLIST/APRILE

GET OVER/PS I LOVE YOU

Niente pesci d'aprile, qui.

01. BRICK BY BRICK/ARCTIC MONKEYS
(LAST NIGHT ON EARTH)
02. ANTI-D/THE WOMBATS
(THE WOMBATS PROUDLY PRESENT... THIS MODERN GLITCH)
03. TRUST ME/THE STREETS
(COMPUTERS AND BLUES)
04. MACHU PICCHU/THE STROKES
(ANGLES)
05. LOST AT SEA/PURO INSTINCT
(HEADBANGERS IN ECSTASY)
06. WAKE AND BE FINE/OKKERVIL RIVER
(I AM VERY FAR)
07. GET OVER/PS I LOVE YOU
(MEET ME AT THE MUSTER STATION)
08. JESUS IS A ROCHDALE GIRL/ELBOW
(BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!)
09. STATE OF COLLIDING/BOAS
(GRAVE DREAMS)
10. SEPARATOR/RADIOHEAD
(THE KING OF LIMBS)
11. ALBATROSS/WILD BEASTS
(SMOTHER)
12. THE PAST, THE PRESENT & THE POSSIBLE/THAITI 80
(THE PAST, THE PRESENT & THE POSSIBLE)
13. BELONG/THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
(BELONG)
14. THE MAN WHO STOLE A LEOPARD/DURAN DURAN
(ALL YOU NEED IS NOW)
15. WAR IN HEAVEN/THE RAVEONETTES
(RAVEN IN THE GRAVE)
16. I FEEL WRONG ((HOMOSEXUALITY PT.1))/GLASVEGAS
(EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\)
17. EGO/BURIAL + FOUR TET + THOM YORKE
(EGO/MIRROR 12")

Bonus Tracks

GLASS IN THE PARK/ALEX TURNER
(SUBMARINE Soundtrack)
THINK YOU CAN WAIT/THE NATIONAL
(WIN WIN SOUNDTRACK)
ROADS/CHAPEL CLUB
(iTUNES LIVE SXSW)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: EGO/BURIAL + FOUR TET + THOM YORKE

ALBUM: EGO/MIRROR 12" (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MORNING MR MAGPIE/RADIOHEAD

La prima versione di Morning Mr Magpie del 2002, quando neanche gli stessi Radiohead pensavano che sarebbe finita su un disco intitolato The King Of Limbs.




You know you should
But you don’t
You know you should
But you don’t
You got some nerve coming here
You got some nerve coming here

Good morning Mr Magpie
How are we today?
Now you’ve stolen all the magic
Took my melody

ALBUM: THE KING OF LIMBS (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GIVE UP THE GHOST/RADIOHEAD

Don't haunt me
Don't haunt me

Gather up the lost and sold
In your arms
In your arms

Gather up the pitifull
In your arms
In your arms

What seems impossible
In your arms
In your arms

I think I have had my fill
In your arms
In your arms

I've been told to give up the ghost
In your arms
In your arms
In your arms
In your arms

ALBUM: THE KING OF LIMBS (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LOTUS FLOWER/RADIOHEAD

VIDEO DIRETTO DA GARTH JENNINGS

I will slip myself into your pocket
Invisible, do what you want
Do what you want
I will sink and I will disappear
I will slip into the groove and cut me up and cut me up

There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I'll set you free
I'll set you free
There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
Tonight I'll set you free
I'll set you free

Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flower
Because all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what it is
Just to see what it is
I can't kick the habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart

We will sink and be quiet as mice
While the cat is away
Do what we want
Do what we want

There's an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
And now I set you free
I set you free

Because all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what it
Just to see what it is
Take the lotus flower into my room
Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flower
All I want is the moon upon a stick
Dance around a pit
The darkness is beneath
I can't kick the habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart

ALBUM: THE KING OF LIMBS (2011)