SEGUIDORES

sábado, 30 de enero de 2010

Kashmir - Trespassers (2010)


Luego de recibir el honor de "disco de la década" en su natal Dinamarca por el inmaculado Zitilites del 2003 y habernos puesto la carne de gallina en 2005 con No Balance Palace (si, aquel disco con las apariciones de David Bowie y Lou Reed) los emotivos artrockers regresan con un trabajo en el cual suenan como lo que son: una gran banda establecida con nada que probar. Trespassers es un disco redondo, con la elegante melancolía que siempre adornó su sonido, talvez sin la rebeldía de sus antecesores sin embargo honesto y maduro que marca una nueva etapa en una banda que envejece con gracia y ratifica a Kasper Eistrup como uno de los compositores nórdicos más brillantes de su generación.

Trespassers

viernes, 29 de enero de 2010

Local Natives - Gorilla Manor 2009

Con canciones como "Shape Shifter" o la estupenda "Warning Sign" , es inevitable sentir una sensación de mucha esperanza sobre lo que esta nueva década que acaba de empezar nos va a traer.
Local Natives son un verdadero reloj musical cuyas piezas encajan perfectamente y funcionan con admirable precisión, ellos nos traen esta maravilla que sorprende lo digerible que es desde su primera escucha y como crece con el tiempo al descubrir que posee una increíble complejidad subyacente, con esto me refiero a varios elementos implícitos en su música, arreglos corales que muestran una atractiva inteligencia melódica, un gran balance entre una gentil y al mismo tiempo potente instrumentación, temas muy sólidos, una ejecución muy respetable reflejada en la excelencia de sus matices, tiempo y colores musicales muy armónicos en todo el recorrido del álbum... bla bla bla "algo de labia", "un poco de basura sacada de wikipedia que ustedes mismo p
odrían averiguar así que no la pongo y listo" fin del post...

tragándolo completito que esta bueno.

domingo, 24 de enero de 2010

Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise (2010)



Estamos ante un fascinante album de minimal con la ambición suficiente para convertirse en un grande no solo de su género este año. Black Noise hace referencia a una frecuencia inaudible por el ser humano, inherente de la música en el silencio y concepto intimamente ligado con la naturaleza y especialmente esa calma que perciben ciertos animales antes de algún fenómeno natural. Bajo este concepto el alemán Phanta Du Prince (o Hendrik Weber) intenta traducir esa dualidad creando paisajes sonoros en base al loopeo y desconstrucción de sonidos orgánicos grabados en los Alpes. El resultado es un soberbio tratado de electrónica actual donde fragua perfectamente el fino manejo los elementos sonoros y emocionales. La cereza del pastel es la participación de Panda Bear en el track "Stick to my side", aunque el todo del proyecto se ingenia para que no sea el único momento alto. Cuenta también con la participación de Tyler Pope, bajista de !!! y LCD Soundsystem en el primer single "Splendour". Altamente recomendado con audífonos.

El futuro es ahora

viernes, 22 de enero de 2010

The 69 most anticipated albums of 2010

Con el mero propósito de poder establecer una bitácora para todos nuestros amigos en el 2010, aquí compartimos una lista de la música mas anticipada de este año, la compartimos pues los brosters la consideramos como una muy buena apreciación de lo mejor que hasta ahora hemos escuchado y lo que mejor que está por venir.

YEASAYER - ODD BLOOD
FEBRUARY 9 (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
If all we had was the apparent shift from the natural mystic to the infectiously skyward weirdo pop promised by "Ambling Alp" (or its two great remixes) to go on, we'd already be excited about this one. But after previewing half of the new record at the Guggeheim, and based on foreword from all that have laid ears on this one, Odd Blood's the odds-on favorite to dominate early 2010 discourse.

Yeasayer - "Ambling Alp" (MP3)


VAMPIRE WEEKEND - CONTRA

JANUARY 12 (XL)
How do you followup on one of the most universally acclaimed debuts of the decade? If you're Vamipre Weekend, you release a free MP3 about a Mexican rice drink, and then a really fun video for a very different sounding song. According to their Progress Report, the Brooklyn and Mexico City-recorded Contra has tracks that are more guitar driven than Vampire Weekend, and others that feature no guitar at all. Ah, now the first two singles make sense. One thing we know, is that Kirsten is not one of their girlfriends, but a stock photo from the '70s. Good news, ladies.

Vampire Weekend - "Horchata" (MP3)

THE AVALANCHES
TBA (MODULAR)
Yes, it's really been nine years since Since I Left You turned sample-based dance music on its head. The hold up? A news post on the band's site occupying the top slot for ages has told it best: "Clearing Samples." Well there's no confirmed date, but our trusted sources say that the perennial most-requested-Progress Report outfit finally got those samples signed-off and are ready to follow up their classic debut, and that 2010 is the magic number. For now, here's a teazer for your brains.

The Avalanches - "Brains (TEAZER)" (MP3)


HOT CHIP - ONE LIFE STAN
FEBRUARY 9 (ASTRALWERKS)
After a year that saw them cover Joy Division, get covered by Lissy Trullie, and pursue various side projects, UK dance crew Hot Chip are set to return with a new LP, the Made In The Dark followup titled One Life Stand. The set features, according to Alexis Taylor, the "anthemic" song "I Feel Better," a "big, massive Euro club sounding track." For now, there's the the gothy then uplifting "Take It In."



THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - REALISM
JANUARY 26 (NONESUCH)
After a year that offered a particularly momentous Merritt milestone in the classic 69 Love Songs' 10th anniversary, Stephin Merritt and his Mag Fields will return with Realism, 13 tracks that stick to the three-minute pop format. That bathroom-door album art pairs well with their last LP cover: Then it was a blurred male latrine indicator for an album called Distortion; here it's a straight-lined girl for an album called Realism. Expect much less Jesus & Mary Chain haze this time around. In fact Stephin says he "thought of the two as a pair," this time "explor[ing] the various genres under the umbrella of folk." According to the album bio, "Merritt's work veers between longing and loneliness, desire and dismissal, romance and revenge, though the melancholic musings of his narrators are cut with sardonic humor. At the end of the disc, Merritt literally leaves his characters shipwrecked." And we're warned not to think of it as autobiographical. Sign us up.


BEACH HOUSE - TEEN DREAM
JANUARY 26 (SUB POP)
We've gone on at length about Beach House's gorgeous third album Teen Dream. You only need to listen to "Norway" and "Used To Be" to know we weren't lying when we said, "At first listen the songs feel like simple lullabies. There isn't a shiny facade, really. It's only after you take your time with it and let the songs sink in that you realize you'll likely never see the bottom." We look forward to listening to it all year.

Beach House - "Norway" (MP3)


SPOON - TRANSFERENCE
JANUARY 26 (MERGE)
The Got Nuffin' EP wasn't just a stopgap between what we'll assume to be typically terrific LPs -- its title track also features on the tracklist to Transference, the band's first full-length since 2007's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. We've heard a bunch of these new songs live, but since "Written In Reverse" is the album's lead single (in stores 12/1), that's a good place to start.

Spoon - "Written In Reverse" (Live 7/20/08) (MP3)

THE NATIONAL
TBA (4AD)
Matt Berninger kept it quieter on Boxer than he did on Alligator (i.e. no shout songs like "Mr. November"), but the band deepened their instrumentation, wrote some of their most subtly addictive songs, and had their biggest year to date (both in the National and in ambitious side projects like The Long Count). Curious what kind of mood they're in now? Matt tells us: "We started out trying to make a fun pop record. I had the word HAPPINESS taped to my wall. We veered off that course immediately. We've narrowed it down to about 15 songs now and it's going to be our best record (one song you can dance to) but it can't be described as happy." They've been recording for almost a year and as Aaron Dessner put it to us "[are] emerging from that black hole to start mixing in two weeks." Bryce adds, "There are a ton of songs and we have been working for a year, but as always with us it's the last couple months that change everything so it's too early to say what the overall direction [will be]."


LIARS - SISTERWORLD
MARCH 8 (MUTE)
Liars' Tom Biller-produced fifth album, the follow-up to 2007's Liars and the first recorded Stateside since the unfairly derided They Were Wrong, So We Drowned looks at "alternate spaces people create in order to maintain identity in a city like LA ... where outcasts and loners celebrate a skewered relationship to society." The results? A focused post-punk riot mixing paranoia, cynicism, humor, dirt, and love wrapped into songs with titles like "The Overachievers," "Scarecrows On A Killer Slant," "I Still Can See An Outside World," and "Goodnight Everything." It's sorta like Liars and Drum's Not Dead colliding over Route 47. You can hear samples of "Drip" and "Proud Evolution" set to cryptic footage at thesisterworld.com.


TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS - THE BRUTALIST BRICKS
MARCH 9 (MATADOR)
When Ted Leo stopped by for a Progress Report he suggested that the new album comes with a hardcore influence and gave us a listen to "Last Days." (We've also heard an acoustic take on "One Polaroid A Day"). We checked in with Leo last night who let us in on the above title, The Brutalist Bricks, and that "it's 13 songs, some of which we've been playing for a little while, and some of which are completely new. There's some overflow, too, so I'm sure we'll try and find something to do with extra tracks."

Ted Leo - "Last Days" (Ruff Mix) (MP3)


TORO Y MOI - CAUSERS OF THIS
FEBRUARY 23 (CARPARK)
Toro Y Moi, aka multi-instrumental Columbia, South Carolina bedroom recordist Chaz Bundick, aka the bedroom psychedelicist with the biggest R&B swing, started buzzing after Carpark signed him up to release two full-lengths in 2010 and then leaked two MP3s, "Blessa" and "109," one from each collection. We'll be getting Causers Of This first, which opens with the aforementioned "Blessa" and closes out with the title track. (You may already be familiar with another cut, "Talamak.)"

Toro Y Moi - "Blessa" (MP3)


CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG & BECK -- IRM

JANUARY 26 (BECAUSE)
Gainsbourg teemed up with Beck who, as she told Jessica in a Progress Report, "tried very different things" for her third studio album, whose name was inspired by the MRI machine (IRM in French) she experienced first hand after having a brain hemorrhage after a skiing accident. It's hard to get a complete feel for the collection after hearing the Kraut rock-lined title track and "Heaven Can Wait," a duet with Hansen, two very different tracks. Then again, looks like we'll just have to wait. As Gainsbourg told us, "[The songs are] all in different styles but one proper album."

Charlotte Gainsbourg (Feat. Beck) - "IRM" (MP3


FOUR TET - THERE IS LOVE IN YOU
JANUARY 26 (DOMINO)
Kieran Hebden's fifth album, his first proper full-length in over four years, sounds extremely promising after listens to the ghostly dance track "Love Cry" and the crystalline downcast "Plastic People." Looking forward to the closer "She Just Likes To Fight."


MGMT - CONGRATULATIONS

SPRING (SONY/COLUMBIA)
We know recent Flaming Lips, Kid Cudi, and Jay-Z collaborators Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden recorded their second album with ex-Spacemen 3 member Pete Kember, that it's being mixed by David Fridmann, and that it features vocals from charismatically disengaged Royal Trux vocalist Jennifer Herrema. Supposedly the guys working on something with Paul McCartney: We're unsure if the fruits of the latter will appear on Congratulations, but clearly, congratulations anyhow.


LOS CAMPESINOS! - ROMANCE IS BORING
JANUARY 26 (ARTS & CRAFTS)
The Cardiff septet's third album was recorded and mixed in Seattle, Connecticut, and Monmouthsire with John Goodmanson and features guest spots by Jamie Stewart, Parenthetical Girls' Zach Pennington, and Jherek Bischoff of Dead Science. It also features first single "These Are Listed Buildings," which suggests the group is still worthy of that exclamation mark.

Los Campesinos! - "The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future" (MP3)


LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
MARCH (DFA)
After scoring Greenberg James Murphy is finalizing LCD's third album, which drummer Pat Mahoney told goldcost.com.au is "different than Sound Of Silver and certainly different than the first one ... It still sounds very much like us, like James. It's maybe slower and it has kind of got some more rock stuff back in it. It also has a bunch of disco influences."


PANDA BEAR
TBA
We don't have a time frame or a title, but in an interview with Pedestrian.tv Noah Lennox talks about the "darker," "raw" new material that's "outside the sample zone" and "totally different" than MPP. Of course, we imagine this so-called "simple arrangement of drums, the guitar and singing" will sound anything but simple. Look for solo dates, too.


INTERPOL
EARLY 2010 (CAPITOL)
After a post-Our Love To Admire time that's seen Paul Banks masquerading as Julian Plenti amongst other Interpol side-projects, the well-heeled NYC post-punk crew is ready to release LP4, and promise that it'll trump their admittedly flat-feeling major label debut. Drummer Sam Fogarino told PASTE, "The new record falls back towards the first ... In trying to move forward, there was an unspoken realization that you can't let go of your sonic-defining tag." On that point, Sam added: "That big wash of reverb? It's back. I personally brought two reverb tanks to the studio that our engineer fell in love with."


MIDLAKE - THE COURAGE OF OTHERS
FEBRUARY 1 (BELLA UNION)
We've been excited for this one for awhile now. In fact, Midlake's forthcoming third LP was the subject of our inaugural Progress Report, wherein the band explained the delay: "We didn't know exactly what we wanted, but we know we didn't want to make the same album as last time. We could have made 10 albums with the amount of time we've spent, but that doesn't mean they'd be saying anything great." Instead they committed to 40-hour work weeks in order to move away from the last record's "Fleetwood Mac-y America" with a shift toward, at least in part, "British folk scene of late '60s stuff." You've waited three years for a listen. For now, there's a tracklist.


THE HOLD STEADY
TBA (VAGRANT)
The band's toured steadily and Craig Finn's been adapting Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City for the big screen, but we're going to Stay Positive for a new album in 2010. After all, they've debuted new tracks here/there and -- important for a band this dependable -- they've never made us wait so long for more of their loquacious barroom anthems.


OWEN PALLET - HEARTLAND
JANUARY 12 (DOMINO)
One man symphony Owen Pallett has moved to a new label for his forthcoming followup to the Polaris Prize winning gem He Poos Clouds. It's more than a one-man-band this time around: In his Progress Report, Pallett mentioned working with a 50-piece orchestra in Prague, and has since revealed assists from Nico Muhly, Gentleman Reg, and Arcade Fire drummer Jeremy Gara. According to Mr. Fantasy, "The songs themselves form a narrative concerning a farmer named Lewis and the fictional world of Spectrum. The songs are one-sided dialogues with Lewis, a young, ultra-violent farmer, speaking to his creator." Sounds biblical! And at least at one point, Lewis takes off his shirt. So, biblical and hott. Also check out Owen's "Keep The Dog Quiet" and cooking tips.

JOANNA NEWSOM
TBA (DRAG CITY)
The rumor mill has begun. Joanna's made a shift from the forests to the fashion set, complete with Armani modeling. So if you're looking for hints about the new record, you're probably reading the wrong magazines. Vogue caught up with Joanna at a fashion botique-opening afterparty in Tokyo, where she told the mag she was in town working on a new album. Why Japan? Probably because Ys recorder Jim O'Rourke pays rent there. And later she told W work on the record is done. Might wanna subscribe to Glamour's RSS for the MP3 premiere.


FRIGHTENED RABBIT - THE WINTER OF MIXED DRINKS
MARCH 9 (FATCAT)
Glaswegian warm-hearted rockers Frightened Rabbit are four-and-a-half minutes into the best album review of their careers with "Swim Until You Can't See Land," the expansively intimate teaser track (and video) from their forthcoming Midnight Organ Flight followup. The song was billed as a "perfect ... first indicator of the new album," which is a reason The Winter Of Mixed Drinks is making this list. Other reasons: that awesome album title, and this live session of more new tunes.

Frightened Rabbit - "Nothing Like You" (Live On BBC6) (MP3)


MASSIVE ATTACK - HELIGOLAND
FEBRUARY 9 (VIRGIN)
Grant Marshall laid it out in Massive Attack's Progress Report: "After 1000th Window, which was tied up with trying to be too clever, we just wanted to get back to sparse, lovely songs with simple production. We wanted to get back to the minimalist thing where you don't have to fill the song up with shit." That may mean sparser tunes, but definitely not a sparser cameo list: The band's first record in five years boasts guest vocals from Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Elbow's Guy Garvey, Martina Topley-Bird, Horace Andy, and Tunde Adibempe's "Pray For Rain," from the Splitting The Atom EP released as a tease to the forthcoming full-length.


SURFER BLOOD - ASTRO COAST
JANUARY 19 (KANINE)
Playing 12 times during CMJ is one way to stand out from the packed dancecard. Another is to make each of those shows net ferocious word-of-mouth praise, and that's where Surfer Blood found themselves at the end of this year's industry schmooze fest. In concert the band pulls back from the epically raucous end of things for something more visceral and punchy with their surf-Afro-power-pop, bar-room dropkick hooks in place of big-room reverberated clamor. The record promises to hit on both ends of the spectrum though, promising a good year for these young Floridians.

Surfer Blood - "Swim (To Reach The End)" (MP3)

THE STROKES
LATE 2010 (RCA)
We joked about Strokes IV last time, but since then they've confirmed as headliners for Isle Of Wight on 6/12, with more summer fest slots TBA. We think that means we can expect an album, all kidding aside.

ARCADE FIRE
MAY (MERGE?)
We've heard the Markus Dravs-produced collection's going to be out in May, with a lead single in early 2010.

CAT POWER
TBA (MATADOR)
It's still in the early stages, and has no title as of yet, but there will be a record. It sounds like it will be a "solo" (or "alone") record, with her on guitar and piano, as opposed to recording with the Memphis Rhythm Band. And, as she told The Courier-Mail, she's "frightened because some of them are sad again and I feel really nervous about that..."

FLEET FOXES
TBA (SUB POP)
Robin Pecknold told Pitchfork there will "definitely" be an album in 2010. He also mentioned the new songs are "less poppy" and "a little less upbeat" than on the last collection.

SLEIGH BELLS
EARLY 2010 (TBA)
As per a MySpace update, the Brooklyn BTW "plan on re-recording everything plus a bunch of new songs for an LP sometime later this year/early next year."

NO AGE
TBA (SUB POP)
Dean Spunt tells us, "No Age is putting out a record in 2010 ... just not sure when yet, we have been recording and writing this whole last year for it ... I am super super pumped so far."

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
LATE SPRING (MATADOR)
No details yet, but there is a scheduled Spring 2010 release planned.

SERENA-MANEESH
MARCH (4AD)
We've heard "Reprobate." We are excited.

SHE & HIM - VOLUME 2
MARCH 23 (MERGE)
As we reported, the sequel to Volume 1 will include 13 songs (11 originals, covers of Skeeter Davis and NRBQ, and one Tilly And The Wall guest spot).

OF MONTREAL - FALSE PRIEST (WORKING TITLE)
TBA (POLYVINYL)
We don't have too much info, but Kevin Barnes did recently write a song about DNA altering drugs.

THE WRENS - FUNERAL (WORKING TITLE)
FALL (TBA)
Charles Bissell tells us: "Working title at the moment is Funeral since it seems to fit and because we like to set the bar nice and high." He says, it will "probably pick up where the last one left off and might be a little more elegiac."

DUM DUM GIRLS - I WILL BE
MARCH 30 (SUB POP)
Dee Dee went into the studio with Richard Gottehrer (Voidoids, Blondie, the Go-Gos, the Raveonettes) for her 11-song Sub Pop debut.

WAVVES
TBA (FAT POSSUM)
No details, but we've confirmed that there will be another album next year.

THE MORNING BENDERS - BIG ECHO
TBA (TBA)
Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor takes a co-production credit alongside the Morning Benders' main man Chris Chu on a ten-song set that's already buzzing.

SHEARWATER - THE GOLDEN ARCHIPELAGO
FEBRUARY 23 (MATADOR)
As Matador put it, when releasing first single "Castaways": "The new [John Congleton-produced] record is the third panel of a triptych that includes 2006's enigmatic Palo Santo and 2008's acclaimed Rook, albums linked by themes of environmental and personal decay and humans' impact on nature."

CLIPD BEAKS - TO REALIZE
JANUARY 26 (LOVEPUMP)
The Oakland trio's expansive second full-length To Realize blows by 2007's Hoarse Lords, an album that excited us enough to slap them with a Band To Watch tag. Take a listen to the collection's "Blood," for example.

BAND OF HORSES - NIGHT RAINBOWS
TBA (TBA)
Sub Pop tells us 2010 for sure, but there's no specific time line as of yet.

THE THERMALS
SEPTEMBER 7 (KILL ROCK STARS)
Chris Walla is recording the Thermals fifth album this month. It's the first album the group's recorded as a full-band since since Fuckin' A (Hutch and Kathy recorded the last two as a duo). KRS says it'll be "dark, sparse, and melodic, with lyrical themes of love and lies."

ALOHA - HOME ACRES
MARCH 9 (POLYVINYL)
Polyvinyl notes "Lyrically, [the 11-song] Home Acres (named for a quaint old suburb of Rochester, NY) tries to sort through the wreckage of the Great Lakes region and a way of life."

FIELD MUSIC - MEASURE
FEBRUARY 16 (MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES)
The brothers Brewis have returned from their post-Tones Of Town hiatus with a 20-track double album Measure. Start sampling with "Measure."

THE WALKMEN
SPRING (FAT POSSUM)
The group recorded 13 songs with Chris Zane in August and are reportedly finalizing the production, overdubbing, etc., as we speak (er, blog).

DR. DOG - SHAME, SHAME
SPRING (ANTI-)
Guitarist/vocalist Scott McMicken told the Arizona Daily Star to expect something a bit more punk that better approximates their electric live shows.

FREE ENERGY - STUCK ON NOTHING
JANUARY 26 (ASTRALWERKS/DFA)
The good-time Philly rock 'n' roll crew's 10-song DFA debut includes their awesome signature anthem as well as the studio treatment of some other familiar tunes.

MENOMENA
TBA (BARSUK)
Barsuk confirm that, yes, Menomena is working on a new album. You can hear a live "Queen Black Acid" at P4K.TV, but that's all we have for now.

GORILLAZ - PLASTIC BEACH
BEFORE MARCH (EMI)
Lou Reed, Mos Def, Barry Gibb, and Bobby Womack are on board, and Damon says it's the "most pop record" he has ever made. This is allegedly the album cover, posted as a warped .jpg by EMI Australia's blog, then unwarped by fans.

MILES KUROSKY - THE DESERT OF SHALLOW EFFECTS
MARCH 9 (MAJORDOMO/SHOUT! FACTORY)
The former Beulah singer and songwriter is releasing his first solo album, "a meticulously crafted, ambitious gem, utilizing a cast of more than two dozen musicians (among them several ex-Beulah members) playing a vast array of instruments."

THESE NEW PURITANS - HIDDEN
MARCH 3 (DOMINO)
We've heard the 7-minute lead track "We Went War" and heard a tale that the UK crew's second album includes the sound of "a melon with cream crackers attached struck by a hammer, used to simulate the sound of a human head being smashed."

HARVEY MILK - HARVEY MILK (REISSUE)
JANUARY 26 (HYDRA HEAD)
The so-called "Bob Weston Sessions," aka Harvey Milk's hard-to-find should-have-been self-titled debut, is seeing a proper remastered release.

RJD2 - THE COLOSSUS
JANUARY 19 (ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS)
RJD2 jumps from XL to his own label for his official followup to 2007's The Third Hand. So far we've heard "Games You Can Win," his collaboration with Kenna.

JÓNSI - GO
MARCH 22 (XL)
As we learned upon hearing lead MP3 "Boy Lilikoi," the Sigur Rós frontman's Peter Katis-produced solo album "will be largely acoustic and feature string arrangements from contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly."

XIU XIU - DEAR GOD, I HATE MYSELF
FEBRUARY 23 (KILL ROCK STARS)
With the departure of Carelee McElroy (now of Cold Cave), Jamie Stewart's joined by new member Angela Seo (piano, synth, drum programming). Stewart and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier handled production. There is a song called "Chocolate Makes You Happy."

PETER GABRIEL - SCRATCH MY BACK
FEBRUARY 15 (VIRGIN)
As we reported, Gabriel's first album in seven years is a Bob Ezrin-produced orchestral covers collection featuring reinterpretations of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Elbow, the Kinks, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Neil Young.

QUASI - AMERICAN GOING
FEBRUARY 23 (KILL ROCK STARS)
In the press release for Quasi's first studio album since 2006's When The Going Gets Dark Carrie Brownstein notes: "There's a lot of guitar playing on this album." And, in other words "Quasi's new album ... is still ringing in my ears." It was recorded by Kendra Lynn at Jackpot Studios and mixed by Steve Fisk.

SCISSOR SISTERS
MARCH (TBA)
The glammy crew produced their forthcoming album with British biggie Stuart Price. Jake Shears says that the lead track is "a really epic song that makes you feel really good."

PIG DESTROYER
TBA (RELAPSE)
The grindcore heavies are tentatively set to record in the Spring for a Fall followup to 2007's Phantom Limb.

BORN RUFFIANS - SAY IT
EARLY 2010 (WARP)
The Canadian band follows up Red, Yellow & Blue with a "cleaner, more straightforward" approach inspired by "big hit songs." The LP's currently being mastered at Rusty Santos' studio in Brooklyn. Learn more in today's Progress Report!

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
TBA (VAGRANT)
Alejandra Deheza has suggested that the band's going in a different direction. So far, no idea what that might mean.

OUTKAST
TBA (TBA)
Andre 3000 and Big Boi are each releasing solo albums in 2010. Andre
told NME that "if both are well received" we can expect an OutKast record, too.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - THE BIG TO-DO
MARCH 16 (ATO)
Patterson Hood told the Irish music blog Swear I'm Not Paul that the band's eighth studio album is "very much a rock album. Very melodic and more rocking than anything since disc 2 of Southern Rock Opera."

PANTHA DU PRINCE - BLACK NOISE
FEBRUARY 9 (BEGGARS)
The third album from German elecro producer Hendrick Weber, aka Pantha Du Prince, includes guest spots from Panda Bear and !!!'s Tyler Pope. Don't believe us? Take a listen to "Stick To My Side," the one with Mr. Bear.

R.E.M.
TBA (WARNER)
As we've mentioned, the band is recording their forthcoming fifteenth record with Jacknife Lee. Michael Stipe gave a video studio tour to prove it.

JENS LEKMAN
TBA (TBA)
We've confirmed that Lekman is working on new recordings, but his manager notes: "There's not much to talk about at the moment as we're not sure when it will be finished."

JAMES MERCER & DANGERMOUSE
EARLY 2010 (COLUMBIA)
As we reported, the duo of Danger Mouse and the Shins frontman are going by the working name of Broken Bells. We await more info.

DAVID BYRNE AND FATBOY SLIM - HERE LIES LOVE

FEBRUARY 23 (TODOMUNDO/NONESUCH)
As previously reported, the 2CD song cycle about the life of Imedla Marcos includes cameos by Santigold, Florence Welch, Tori Amos, Natalie Merchant, Cyndi Lauper, Sharon Jones, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Steve Earle, and others.


Beach House - Silver Soul (Videopremiere)

Victoria Legrand es dueña de una obscura y bizarra sexualidad que simplemente la hace mas cautivante, aqui esta el video premiere del hipnótico tema "Silver Soul" que pertenece al espectacular álbum "Teen Dream"

Beach House "Silver Soul" from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

miércoles, 20 de enero de 2010

Martyn – Great Lengths (2009)

Great Lengths

En el poco tiempo y experiencia que tengo oyendo dubstep, me doy cuenta que me estaba formando una idea erronea respecto a éste género, pensé que todo sonaba a Burial(que por cierto me encanta), un sonido como entrando al cementerio, no en forma de llorona de velorio, sino mas… (como decían hace tiempos en las caricaturas) en forma de balde agua! En forma de balde agua??? que tales idiotas los que hacían el show? Los gemelos fantásticos podrían transformarse en un tiranosaurio o un terodáctilo o un jedi! pero eligen un balde de agua! No se olviden que los dos gemelos, se vestían de rosado, asi que eso puede aclarar en algo el porque de su elección. Volviendo al tema, antes de que se me circuiten los cables y vuelva por instantes a mi infancia, estaba yendo a decir que pensé que todo el dubstep era como Burial, oscuro, retorcido, áspero, influidos seriamente por un deseo de hacerte parir piñas, pero no, todo cambio con éste disco.

Con Martyn… el dubstep ahora para mi aunque sigue siendo un tanto oscuro, pero misteriosamente... con un toque rítmico, ciertos campanasos sampleados con buena energía, le dan un aire renovado al género, nuevos horizontes hacia donde exprimir su capacidad. No todo es sonidos ambientales decadentes y una voz gutural.

Bajate el disco carajo.

Tenkiu Mister Martin

viernes, 15 de enero de 2010

El Ten Eleven - These Promises are being Videotaped (2008)

TRIPLERECONTRAHIPERCHEPO... pues no hay verdadero calificativo para lo que este dúo de Los Angeles ha hecho... el impresionante trabajo de Kristian Dunn quien tocando , guitarra y bajo double neck, bajo, bajo fretless, pedales y efectos, construye una ola en constante crecimiento de samples de los mismos formando potentísimas e ingeniosas composiciones, es acompañado por una super sólida sección rítmica tocada en batería y pads electrónicos que constantemente mantienen su compás en 4/4 pero se las arreglan para potenciar la música a niveles estratosféricos, juntos son capaces de hacer mover la patita hasta a la persona mas arrítmica del planeta. Este es su excelente esfuerzo del 2008, realmente admirable.



Por allí se han dado el gustito de hacer un cover de Paranoid Android

jueves, 14 de enero de 2010

Phantogram - Eyelid Movies (2009)


No se si todas las personas que visitan nuestro blog padezcan del síndrome de "voracidad-por-musica-que-te-hace-sentir-como-si-fueras-parte-de-la-canción", pero yo sí y tengo una constante necesidad de buscar todo lo que la música en este sentido me pueda brindar y un género perfecto para esto es el trip hop y el dubstep(que llego a mis oidos en el 2009, tan tarde, que vergüenza).
Cada vez que oigo Massive Attack o Portishead quedo con ganas de más y busco permanentemente trip hop que satisfaga mis expectativas y se parezca más a lo que estos dos grupos de vanguardia quisieron dejar sentado para el género que es... mas trip que hop, pero muchas veces me encuentro con un trip hop pasado por salsa de confeti con bossa n' y me como mieeerrr....
Si es que hay alguien allá afuera(is there anybody out there???) al que le pasa lo mismo pues procuraré en este mes de enero y febrero dedicarle especial atención a tus necesidades en estos géneros, asi que comenzamos con este disco, no es tampoco un Mezzanine de Massive Attack pero tiene suficiente ingrediente del bueno.

Choir of Young Believers - This is for the White in your Eyes (2008)

Esperamos tener pronto el nuevo álbum de Kashmir, pero por que no nos quedamos solo un momento más en las gélidas tierras nórdicas para recibir una especial, pero muy especial sorpresa. Ahora les entregamos algo que, al menos para mi, es novedad.

Choir of Young Believers es el proyecto en solo de Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, un artista que ha estado rondando la escena indie Danesa ya desde algún tiempo atrás y que en este álbum ha demostrado un inmenso y absolutamente sorprendente Potencial.

Extremadamente íntimos arreglos de modesto folk (que nos recuerdan ese glorioso momento del 2008 con bandas como Fleet Foxes o Bon Iver) y gloriosas melodías pop copadas de un nórdico eco nostálgico, capaces de llevarnos a un viaje por principescos paisajes, estoicos prados en los que retumban coros infinitos, las nubes distantes se retuercen añorando algún día volver a ser contempladas y una armada de jóvenes hidalgos caballeros de armaduras brillantes, épico.

Su sonido se traduce a una legión de alrededor de 8 músicos, todos gran aporte para construir un sonido muy pulido e impecable que es el ambicioso vehículo por el cual grandiosas composiciones se hacen realidad.

This is for the White in your Eyes


martes, 12 de enero de 2010

Kashmir - Mouthful Of Wasps (Single 2010)



No sin antes agradecer a Subterranean Homesick Alien por darnos la info sobre la salida de "Trespassers" el nuevo album de nuestra querida banda danesa Kashmir para el 01 de febrero les dejo con el primer single "Mouthful of Wasps"
Bon apetit!

Blastoids - Kids Hands Smell Like Glitter (2009)


Animal Collective es una de las bandas que representan el absoluto poderío, en términos de aporte musical, que los gringos han establecido en la actualidad. Esta de más decir que allí una verdadera escena, no floreciente sino consolidada, se esta llevando a cabo y lo que ahora les traigo, no es nada menos que las reafirmación de ello, es mas, actualmente han firmado con la disquera Environmental Aesthetics de Baltimore (MD), ciudad natal de los propios Animal Collective, en una especie de intento de la ciudad de apoderarse de este peculiar sonido.


A que suenan Blastoids? pues no es nada difícil de adivinar, este sonido empieza a afianzarse como gentilicio de gringou del EAST; sin embargo, esta banda trae importantes aportes que ya los podrán escuchar, pues prefiero no arruinarles la ida al cine contándoles de que se trata la película, solamente puedo permitirme decirles que "si en verdad respetan lo que esta sucediendo con esta generación de músicos, este álbum es definitivamente un -must have-"

The Blastoids han tenido la gentileza de permitir la descarga de su álbum gratuitamente desde su myspace, así que "WEB CHERRIPPPFFF, LOS BLASTOIDS SE CAGAN EN TU OSTIA"

Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago [2010]


Aquella excelente impresión que nos dejó Rook, no es nada menos que reafirmada (o quizás debería decir refrescada) con este excelente trabajo. Este álbum cuya clara intención es crear una atmósfera y llevarte a ella, desde la misma portada, nos introduce a hermosos escenarios y remotos paisajes brillantemente modelados con apropiada cadencia, compás , armonía y letras. Estamos hablando de un álbum sólido de principio a fin, y bueno, hablamos de "Shearwater" así que no podríamos esperar menos, sin más, se los dejo para que puedan disfrutarlo e interpretarlo con su propio criterio, por lo pronto no me queda mas que recomendarlo ampliamente pues lo considero sobresaliente.

viernes, 8 de enero de 2010

Video: Animal Collective - Brothersport



Y si, todavia no nos cansamos de Animal Collective. Aquí el nuevisimo video para el gran cierre de MPP: Brothersport. Disfruten

jueves, 7 de enero de 2010

Massive Attack - Heligoland (2010)



miércoles, 6 de enero de 2010

Vampire Weekend - Contra live on Letterman

Si te quedaste con la curiosidad de como suena "Contra" y peor aun, no sabes como suena vampire weekend!! te deamos una pequeña muestra del verdadero derroche de energía que poseen en vivo.

Si no te lo bajaste, para lo que yo no veo otra explicación mas que simplemente eres tan vago que te dió preza hacer click. me da mucha pena... A ver donde lo encuentras!

Active Child - She was a Vision (single 2010)




Predicciones 2010 según el Tosteroráculo:

Viendo más alla de lo evidente (en término Thundercat) habrá gran "alaraca" este año por los lanzamientos de The Arcade Fire, Battles, Magnetic Fields, Spoon, JJ, MGMT, Interpol, LCD Soundsystem, Joanna Newson (crucemos los dedos) entre otros esperados.
Además volverá la tanga narizona, la agua de horchata se venderá como Nestea gracias a Vampire Weekend y los cuencanos fracasarán en su intento por franquiciar el agua de pítimas.
En su esfuerzo por estatizar todo lo que pueda Rafico Correa será socio obligado de Tosterbrosters y pasaremos publicidad subliminal en favor de la Revolución Cuidadana.
El movimiento Chill-wave, Glo-fi y garage pop seguirá tomando fuerza de manos de muchachos precoces estadounidenses en su mayoría Californianos que escondidos en sus estudios personales sacarán gemas maravillosas como será el caso de Pat Grossi (alias Active Child) cuando se anime a sacar el LP completo. Por lo pronto como exclusiva subí el single "She Was A Vision" + la excelente "When your love is safe".
De verdad no hay que ser Walter Mercado para saber que es un tipo que se merece atención, solo basta que se bajen y le den un gusto a esos audífonos.

En el 2010 Tosterbrosters.. ya es de todos

Apostle of Hustle - Eats Darkness (2009)

No estaba seguro si postear este disco o el anterior, los dos son muy buenos discos que en el 2009 no hubo el tiempo de postearlos, y posteo este por ser el más reciente de este artista salido de Canada(por cierto existe un caudal enorme de artistas nuevos y buenisimos de Canada, ojala exista la posibilidad de postearles a varios durante este año).
Esta banda me suena en ciertas como a unos Padawans de Radiohead en In Rainbows(sin muchos samples y por cierto oirán la nueva canción These are My Twister Words), pero con su propio toque, mucho mas pop, es un desenfreno aventado rapidamente en instrumentos elegantemente utilizados, guitarras rápidas e hipnoticas de primer nivel.
Su sonido es fresco pero muy trabajado, su vibra puede resultar a veces enloquecedora pero el ánimo y énfasis que reflejan en cada nota te hace desear mas su musica.

Una nueva promesa musical, tan nueva que incluso le dedican una cancion al Blackberry

martes, 5 de enero de 2010

Brkn Blls - Brkn Blls (2010)




Continuamos Procrastinando el tiempo en Tosterbrosters para ahora traerles un fresco proyecto, obviamente después de haberlo escuchado bien y asimilado, sabemos que eso nos diferencia del resto.

*_Broken_Bells_* es una colaboración entre "*_Danger_Mouse_*" (bajo su pericia tenemos producciones del nivel de Gnarls Barkley, Beck, Gorillaz) y "*_James_Mercer_*" (Cantante de la super banda Indie The Shins) cuyo sonido es tan predecible como el sabor de una Coca Cola fría antes de llevártela a la boca, si, melodías muy a lo Shins acompañadas por la inconfundible voz de Mercer, todo acompasado y nutrido por ritmos que definitivamente podemos decir son patentados por Danger Mouse, el resultado? un Hot Dog!!! si te gusta el pan y te gusta la salchicha, por que no comerlos juntos?

- Papi? a que sabe un Hot Dog?
- mmm... a pan con Salchicha hijo!
- Pero papi... por que no huele a eso?
- mmmmmm... Señor? al niño prepáreselo sin cebolla por favor.

Tiene pocas horas para bajarlo, se los dije!

Los 5 del 2009 según TOSTERBROSTERS

Y con ustedes nuestra indiscutible e intransigente selección de LOS MEJORES DISCOS DEL UNIVERSO QUE SALIERON ESTE AÑO en la cual los miembros de TOSTERBROSTERS® hemos llegado a un consenso de los albums que todos deberían escuchar para NO quedarse de década y NO morir vírgenes de oídos:

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion

NeWToN: No cabe duda alguna que detrás de todo esto no solamente existe creatividad, al mismo tiempo Animal Collective absorbe elementos de una cultura artística en pleno auge y utilizando su propia paleta y lienzo proyecta su resultado un paso mas allá de lo predecible.

Huascar: nueva psicodelia, atrás quedaron las guitarras, esta es la nueva onda para hacerte alucinar, a base de samples y efectos de vanguardia.

Borrego: "De esos escasos discos que literalmente rompen con el molde convencional de cómo hacer música y cuya influencia quedara tatuada en los subconscientes de toda una generación"

Forkiu: "Años de experimentación condensadas en un disco con eminente atractivo pop. Un nuevo eslabón para la cadena evolutiva de la música popular, y uno de los mejores de la década. Neopsicodelia barroca descendiente directa del Pet Sounds de los Beach Boys"



Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

NeWToN: Mi absoluto favorito, tan solo un paso al frente de Merriweather Post Pavilion, en Veckatimest esta el perfil de cuatro verdaderos artesanos musicales que al combinar su destreza, siempre con una clara visión compositiva, han logrado plasmar la excelencia en sus melodías.

Borrego: "Exquisito e imprescindible, labrado con tal perfección que asusta la idea de cómo será su próximo disco"

Forkiu: "Un disco de manufactura sumamente obsesiva, sonidos épicos y cálidos de una calidad atemporal"

Huascar: "como el jugo de coco, las coliflores cocinadas o las coles de bruselas.... (con el perdon de todos) no he llegado a encontrarle gusto a Grizzly Bear, ojala en el futuro lo oiga en el momento adecuado para poder entrarle a la onda"



Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca

NeWToN: El Creador sabe que intente escucharlo, jamás atentaría a decir que no me gusta, sin embargo; sin menospreciar su estética y consciente de una verdadera intencionalidad detrás de ella, creo que posee ciertos vacios melódicos (es decir, el disco carece de momentum mélodico) que contrastan con su elevado potencial rítmico lo que lo convierte en mi disco menos predilecto de los 5. mi calificación es 8/10

Huascar: del ritmo y la melodÌa hasta lo dificilmente escuchable, no es f·cil coger el gusto por esta banda, pero tienen mucho que ofrecer.

Borrego: "Juegos acrobáticos tanto vocales como en guitarras hacen de este impredecible LP una joya única y fascinante del mejor art-pop"

Forkiu: "Tambalenadose entre pop soleado y goloso, prog-rock de vértigo y folk preciosista los Dirty Projectors crearon un sonido vanguardista y único. A diferencia del Newton a mi este disco me cautivó desde el primer momentum que lo escuche"


Flaming Lips: Embryonic

NeWToN: Para todo existe un momento, solo aquel que encontró el tiempo y espacio correcto para asimilarlo sabe que se enfrenta ante una obra que desafía todos los paradígmas de la música actual. Definitivamente estoy de acuerdo en que uno tiene que involucrarse con embryonic para entenderlo, esto es lo opuesto a lo que usualmente pasa, te gusta algún aspecto de un álbum y luego te involucras con el.

Huascar: con una mentalidad clara siguen haciendo musica desde 1983! Experimentar, no encasillarse en una forma de hacer musica.

Borrego: "Del rincón oscuro de la mente de Wayne Coyne un disco pastoso y difícil de digerir, pero una vez adentro se dejan ver todos los colores del arco iris, una lenta pero muy gratificante experiencia"

Forkiu: "Tan bizarro e impredecible que termina enganchandote al balde. Los Flaming Lips vuelven a dar un giro inesperado y no solo logran adaptarse a los tiempos... se van pasando"


Fuck Buttons: Tarot Sport

NeWToN: Con una clara intención de poner su material un tanto más al alcance de las masas, continúan jodiendo esos botones con la convicción de jamás alejarse de sus raíces sónicas, Tarot sport ha dotado a la música de los fuck buttons de un carácter más tangible y al mismo tiempo mantiene esa característica soluble que tanto gusto en su inicio.

Huascar: innovación a todo precio, al mas alto precio, sacrificando todo tipo de comerciabilidad, llevan la electronica a espectros sonoros hirientes.

Borrego: "Interminables ruidos se que entretejen poco a poco componiendo una épica sinfonía astral, como si se tratase de un imponente homenaje al fin del mundo"

Forkiu: "Ruidismo hipnótico de proporciones épicas que encuentra su contrapunto en momentos casi bailables. Un disco endemoniado para escuchar con audifonos, te deja exhausto y pidiendo perdón, pero al día siguiente quieres repetir la experiencia (ósea ya loco)."