Minutos Musicales: Thurston Moore

Estimados,
hoy os ofrecemos a otro de esos artistas que debido a su creatividad se lanza a publicar temas nuevos en paralelo a grupos a los que pertenece y que tienen mucho más renombre que su carrera en solitario.

Este es el caso de Thurston Joseph Moore, lider del grupo Sonic Youth (cantante, compositor y guitarrista) que ha participado como solista colaborando con diversos grupos fuera de Sonic Youth e incluso se ha atrevido con la creación de un pequeño sello musical.

"In addition to his work with Sonic Youth, Moore has also released albums as a solo artist (one under the moniker David Adelmen), including 1995's Psychic Hearts. He and Gordon released a few songs as Mirror/Dash, a reference to their respective nicknames. ("Mirror" being an alliterative pun on "Moore," and "Dash" being a pun on Flash Gordon.)

Moore has collaborated with scores of musicians, including Lydia Lunch, DJ Spooky, William Hooker, Christian Marclay, Mike Watt, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Nels Cline, Cock E.S.P., Chris Corsano and My Cat is an Alien. Most of his solo/duo collaborations have been instrumental, and are generally improvised and/or noise based.

In the early 1990s, Moore formed the side band Dim Stars, featuring punk legend Richard Hell of the Voidoids. Moore performed solo on the side stage of the 1993 Lollapalooza tour.

In 1994, Moore teamed up with Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs, Don Fleming of Gumball, Mike Mills of R.E.M., and Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters, to form the Backbeat Band, which recorded the soundtrack album to the movie Backbeat. Additionally, Moore also contributed guitar work and backing vocals on "Crush With Eyeliner," which appeared on R.E.M.'s Monster LP.

Since 2004, Moore has recorded and performed with the all-star noise collective To Live and Shave in L.A., the lineup of which also features Andrew W.K.. He recorded with the band at Sonic Youth's former studio in Manhattan, and later performed with them at the George W. Bush "anti-inaugural" Noise Against Fascism concert in Washington, D.C., named in reference to S.Y.'s 1992 song "Youth Against Fascism." Moore curated the "Nightmare Before Christmas" weekend of the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival, in December 2006.

Moore directed the music video for Pavement's song "Here," from Slanted and Enchanted.

Moore is a member of director Jim Jarmusch's "secret club," The Sons Of Lee Marvin.

Moore also composed the score for the 2001 film Manic, which starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
On June 21, 2007, Moore revealed to Spin Magazine that he would be releasing a solo album titled Trees Outside The Academy. The album was recorded at J Mascis' studio in Amherst, Massachusetts. The album is made up of mostly acoustic material, it features Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski. The album also features collaborations between Mascis and Charalambides' Christina Carter, who performs a duet with Moore on the track, "Honest James." The album was released on September 18, 2007, on Moore's label Ecstatic Peace."

Grupo: Thurston Moore
Disco: Trees Outside The Academy
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.sonicyouth.com/

Canciones destacadas: Fri/Emd, Honest James, Never Light y Wonderful Witches

Minutos Musicales: The Lucksmiths

Estimados,
aquí os presento una banda con una amplia trayectoria: 10 albums y 5 EPs.

Quizá el ver sus influencias te permita abstraerte y referenciar correctamente el tipo de música que realizan: The Simpletons, Billy Bragg, The Housemartins, The Magnetic Fields, Belle & Sebastian, The Smiths, Aztec Camera, Lloyd Cole y Orange Juice.

El que escuche de nuevas sus canciones se encontrará con un repertorio basado en unas letras bien estudiadas y que hablan de temas muy comunes ( "Songs by the Lucksmiths are mostly about love and relationships, but also deal with other everyday issues such as notable friends or warm weather"). En global cada uno de sus discos son una combinación de muchas sensaciones diferentes: canciones lentas, rápidas, con voces combinadas de chico y chica, con mucha letra o bien casi toda instrumental....

En este último disco se publican 2 CDs con un total de 55 temas, algunos de los cuales son en vivo.
Un último comentario: su música no te dejará indiferente.

"The Lucksmiths are an independent pop band from Melbourne, Australia who formed in 1993 and have been associated with the genres of indie pop, anti-folk and retro-pop.

The members are Martin "Marty" Donald (guitar), Taliesyn "Tali" White (vocals, drums), and Mark Monnone (bass) and in 2004 they acquired Mid State Orange's guitarist Louis Richter on second guitar.

In the early 90's, they met Chris Crouch, who informally 'signed them' to his record label, Candle Records. Crouch consequently began releasing their records, and they began to play the Melbourne indie circuit, most notably the Punters Club and later expanded to other Australian venues such as Sydney's The Annandale Hotel or Brisbane's the Troubadour.

The Punters Club, however, clearly holds a special place in The Lucksmiths' history as seen in the song "Requiem to the Punters' Club", written after its conversion to the bar Bimbo Deluxe."

Grupo: The Lucksmiths
Disco: Spring a Leak
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.thelucksmiths.com.au/
Canciones destacadas: Yunta Hair, Smokers In Love, $30, From Macaulay Station, Falling Off Of My Feet Again, Synchronised Sinking, The Year Of Driving Languorously, There Is a Light That never Goes Out, Get Well Now, Deep Sea Diving Suit, Danielle Steele y Shine On Me

Minutos Musicales: The Icicles

Estimados,
aquí otro grupo que practican un pop sin contemplaciones, muy pegadizo y de fácil digestión.

Este disco es una banda sonora fantástica para esa sobremesa en casa después de haber comido con los amigos y te apetece estar de charla tomando un café. Canciones mono-rítmicas, que rescatan sonidos efervescentes y con unas voces que destacan ampliamente sobre la instrumentación.

Difícil se hace elegir algún tema porque el disco en conjunto forma un cuadro perfecto para escuchar de un tirón. Al igual que comentaba en el párrafo anterior, la voz es el factor clave de éxito de este grupo que ya tiene en su haber 2 albums. Comentan por ahí que este grupo les gustará a los fans de 'Heavenly'... y ciertamente no se quedan atrás en dicho comentario.

"While there are plenty of "aww...how cute" moments in the back-story of Grand Rapids, Michigan’s The Icicles, it would be a mistake to see them as mere DIY indie-poppers. It's true; The Icicles did sell handmade hats and mittens at craft shows to pay for the recording of their debut EP. Joleen, initially too shy to play with Gretchen in the early days, thought she’d be of use to the fledgling group as a seamstress. But, The Icicles needed a keyboardist, and Gretchen liked how Joleen sweetly played "Blackbird" on the guitar when they first met as students at Grand Valley State University. So, with Joleen in place, the band was born. The group eventually found their way to the stage via the local pop shows brought to Grand Rapids by their future label boss, Drive In/Microindie's Mike Babb, and have stood out (in matching outfits) from day one. They are, at once, a perfect combination of surface and substance.

The Icicles share with their contemporaries The Concretes and Camera Obscura (or with past favorites Heavenly, The Softies and Tiger Trap) the ability to create music that recalls the joyous pop sound of the great Sixties' girl groups, at the same time managing to breathe a certain maturity into this oft-visited genre. The tried and true themes of young love and youthful, naive exuberance are present, but tempered with realism and the wistfulness that comes through a grown-up knowledge of conflict and regret.

The Icicles recorded their debut EP Pure Sugar at Kingsize Studios in Chicago with Dave Trumfio (OK Go, Billy Bragg, Wilco) at the helm. Although Trumfio is now best known to his major label clients, the group tracked him down because of his work for the band Holiday. Six songs were recorded, mixed and mastered over the course of a frenetic weekend in October 2001, and the resulting EP was released in March 2002. Pure Sugar charted with college radio all over the country, and the Icicles toured extensively through the Midwest USA in support of the release.

2003 saw some personnel changes in The Icicles’ line-up. Emily, who, remarkably, had only picked up a bass guitar for the first time three weeks prior to joining, replaced original bassist Daniel. After a short period as an official “girl group,” drummer and founding member Korrie Sue left and Greg, veteran of a half-dozen local bands (and secret Icicles admirer), took over for what he thought would be a temporary gig. The new rhythm section provided such a solid backing for Gretchen and Joleen’s increasingly intricate harmonies and melodies though that a permanent invitation was quickly offered and accepted.

For their debut full length, The Icicles traded a cold Chicago warehouse for the warmth and comfort of Gary Olson's Marlborough Farms. The band had shared bills with Olson's Ladybug Transistor before, but it was his keen ear for layered vocal arrangements that drew them to his Brooklyn home studio in February 2004. Britt Myers, whose talents The Icicles already knew from his work with The Essex Green and Dressy Bessy did mixing and mastering duties.

Released in January 2005, A Hundred Patterns went on to draw praise from blogger boys (You Ain't No Picasso) and established media outlets (All Music Guide, Pop Matters) alike. The album also impressed the folks at Motorola, who eventually made The Icicles' "Sugar Sweet" the theme song of a worldwide ad campaign promoting their new KRZR phone in November 2006.

The Icicles embarked on a full US tour in support of A Hundred Patterns from February through April of 2005 and, after a brief resting period back home in Grand Rapids, got the ball rolling for the next release. Rebecca Rodriguez joined The Icicles in early 2006 in time for the group to make their next record. With her distinct playing style, she adds lead guitar lines reminiscent of The Cure and the classic Sarah Records' era, helping the Icicles achieve a fuller, more distinct sound than ever before.

After a couple of false starts with other producers, the Icicles finally put down the tracks for their new album in the fall of 2006, and also took time for a short East Coast tour. Local live sound recording legend, Al Mc Avoy recorded the group at his quaint studio. The group again turned to Britt Myers for his mixing prowess, and in January 2007, the band had another record ready for release. The resulting album Arrivals & Departures (due April. 9, 2007), in combination with the Motorola deal, finds the Icicles with a new worldwide audience and an optimistic outlook for the future.

The Icicles will be touring in support of Arrivals & Departures on the East Coast in April 2007. "

Grupo: The Icicles
Disco: Arrivals & Departures
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.theicicles.com/
Canciones destacadas: Regret, Crazy, La Ti Da y Gedge´s Song.

Minutos Musicales: The Fugitives

Estimados,
no hay nada mejor que un grupo sepa definirse a sí mismo, y esto es lo que han hecho en su página web.

Destaco únicamente una frase que se adjunta en su myspace en el apartado "Suena como". Aquí está su respuesta: "Patti Smith spends all night singing Dylan and regrets it in the morning. Literate folk and plenty of jumping."

“Accompanying themselves on various combinations of banjo, guitar, melodica and percussion, The Fugitives are capable of achieving dizzying, Arcade Fire-ish crescendos, replete with parallel melodies, complex harmonies and brimming torrents of emotion.” – Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg

“One of the best events we’ve ever had…right up there with Allen Ginsberg and Ken Kesey” – Executive Director, Dylan Thomas Festival (UK)

The Fugitives, a combination of multi-talented Vancouver artists Mark Berube, Barbara Adler, and Brendan McLeod, have been classified under many guises: slam folk, folk hop, spoken word cabaret. Yet a common throughline is always their remarkable storytelling abilities. That, and the fact that audiences all over the world have never seen anything like this blend of skilful musicianship and passionate performance poetry.

Since their formation three years ago, The Fugitives have been everywhere, touring Europe four times and Canada twice. In that time they have gone from performing in old bank vaults in London to university classes in Germany to recent main stage appearances on the Canadian folk festival circuit. In the past year alone, they have sold out headlining shows at festivals as diverse as the Vienna Literary Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival, and the Chutzpah Dance Festival. Their live shows, where they are accompanied by versatile instrumentalist Steven Charles, have been critically acclaimed for their passion and poignancy. As the CBC puts it, “whether you go for the poetry, the music, or both, this show is simply brilliant.”

There is no place The Fugitives haven’t played, and the maturity shows on their newest release, In Streetlight Communion. Distributed by Festival and featuring collaborations with members of The Be Good Tanyas, Po’ Girl, TOFU, and The Breakmen, the album carefully straddles musical and poetic worlds, delivering insightful lyrics and passionate harmonies over home hitting riffs. It is a new kind of music, one the Vancouver Province praises by saying, “fences are being broken down here.”

The Fugitives are not a political band, per say. They don’t offer up trite slogans or ubiquitous aphorisms or overtly rail against the government. What they do offer us, in a time when meaningless abounds, when billboards scream absurdities and our radio stammers out the same old cliches, is a change. They confront us with a land where lyrics and instruments co-exist on the same plain, where content and form are equally important to an aesthetic message. Music like this forces us to listen with both our head and our heart, and in times such as these, it is a cause for celebration.

"I can see why they're jumping off the tables for you!" Sheryl McKay, North by Northwest CBC.

"The Fugitives are one of the most innovative, exciting, and accomplished groups of musicians and poets I have ever seen…the best show in fifteen years of the festival" - Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield (UK)

"With superior instrumentation and creative lyrics, they are a band that demands your attention and leaves you begging for more" - Meredith Hambrock, Ubyssey, Vancouver

"Welcome to the land where lyrics and instruments are equals…you will absolutely love this band" - Satellite, Vancouver
"Poetry doesn't get much further from the library shelf than this" - Georgia Straight, Vancouver
"An experience certain to please both literary and musical audiences" - Vienna Literature Festival, Austria
"They are a show you absolutely cannot afford to miss!" - Drek Daa, Founder & Chair, Spoken Word Canada

"The Fugitives are a Sasquatch Marching band walking high wire across the Grand Canyon. At first glance, you expect it to all come crashing down, but upon closer inspection you notice they're flying, and scrutinizing even further, you realize you're floating too." - Randy Jacobs, Artistic Director, 2005 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word"

Grupo: The Fugitives
Disco: In Streetlight Communion
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.fugitives.ca/
Canciones destacadas: Shiny Plastic Bags y The Night She Stole The Moon

Minutos Musicales: Agenda Esencial

Lista de conciertos esenciales. También se ofrece la programación de las algunas salas emblemáticas de la cuidad de Madrid (Neu!Club, Fotomatón, Barbarella, Nasti, Low Club y Wurlizter Ballroom) así como un intenso repaso a los grupos que tocan en los festivales más importantes de España (Primavera Sound, FIB, Summercase, Sonar...). No te los pierdas:

Lista de conciertos esenciales. Todos los jueves enviaremos esta lista actualizada con las novedades que vayan surgiendo. Programación de las algunas salas emblemáticas de la ciudad de Madrid (Neu!Club, Fotomatón, Barbarella, Nasti, Low Club y Wurlizter Ballroom) así como un intenso repaso a los grupos que tocan en los festivales más importantes de España (Primavera Sound, Primavera Club, FIB, Summercase, Wintercase, Sonar, Contempopranea, Sonorama, Tanned Tin, Lemon Pop, Natural Music Festival, Indyspensable,...). No te los pierdas:

Noviembre

• 27 -> Athlete. Joy Eslava


• 27 -> Laura Gibson. La Pequeña Betty


• 28 -> Piroth + The Secret Society (fiesta Fikasound). Moby Dick


• 30 -> Arctic Monkeys + Reverend And The Makers. La Riviera


• 30 -> Mi Pequeña Radio. Moby Dick

Diciembre

• 1 -> Two Gallants. Sala El Sol


• 1 -> Air + Au Revoir Simone. La Riviera


• 2 -> The Chemical Brothers. Telefónica Arena Madrid


• 2 -> Castanets. Cafe La Palma


• Del 3 al 9 -> Primavera Club (Barcelona). Sala Apolo, la [2] y Forum. Grupos Confirmados: Ainara Legardon, Albaialeix, Bishop Allen, Bracken, Castanets, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, Earth, El Guincho, Fanfarlo, Her Only Pressence, Jet Lag, John Vanderslice, Joseph Arthur, Kode9, Lagartija Nick (Tocando "Inercia"), Le Jonathan Reilly, Liars, Nisei, No Age, Parts & Labor, Ruiz Pantaleon, Sanjosex, Schwarz, Stars Of The Lid, The Ettes, The New Pornographers, The Ponys, The Rigtht Ons, Thurston Moore y Von Südenfed


• 3 -> Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Sala Heineken


• 3 -> John Vanderslice + Will Johnson


• 4 -> The New Pornographers + Joseph Arthur. El Sol


• 4 -> Jonston. Moby Dick


• Del 6 al 8 -> Purple Weekend (León). Grupos Confirmados: Ian McLagan, Deluxe, The Times, Chest, The Thrills, Dean Parrish & The Teenagers, Fortune Tellers, The Gurus, Mod Time, Black Shampoo, Juan Rivas & Donatore Dj Groove, The Knack, The Creeps, Farrah, The Men, Adolfo Rodríguez, Phantom Keys y The Bongolian


• 7 -> Common. Joy Eslava


• 9 -> First Aid Kit. Cafe La Palma


• 11 -> Jonston. Auditorio Julio Cortázar


• 15 -> Roisin Murphy. La Riviera


• 18 -> Dyana Kurtz. Sala Clamores


• 20 -> Brett Anderson. Teatro de la Casa de Campo


• 22 -> Jonston. La Casa Encendida

Enero

• 9 -> DeVotchKa + Loney Joe. Sala El Sol


• 18 -> Minifestival de Música Independiente de Barcelona (Barcelona). Grupos confirmados: Olivia de Happyland, El Guisante Mágico, Dimensionel, Ruido Blanco e Internet 2

Febrero

• 16 -> Minifestival de Música Independiente de Barcelona (Barcelona). Grupos confirmados: Damien Jurado, Chirs and Carla, Chris Brokaw, Paula Frazer, Dot Allison, Abraham Boba, Estrategia Lo Capto! y Polandsonora


• 21 -> American Music Club. Sala Caracol


• 23 -> Teenage Funclub. Sala Heineken


• 29 -> The Mars Volta. La Riviera

Marzo

• 6 -> The Cure. Palacio de los Deportes

Bar Fotomatón (Fotomatón Bar)

• 29 Noviembre 2007 -> Dj Catodica


• 30 Noviembre 2007 -> Fiesta presentación disco homenaje a Surfin Bichos "Family album II" + Picolandia Djs + Sorpresas

Neu Club (Neu!Club)

• 1 Diciembre 2007 -> Dance Concerts Party - Kilroy + Los Inmediatos + Melenas Molonas + Quique Varela


• 4 Diciembre 2007 -> Unfinished Sympathy + Sterlin (Noche Unplugged)


• 14 Diciembre 2007 -> Prin La La + Russian Red


• 15 Diciembre 2007 -> Varios artistas fiesta presentacion Libro John Lydon-Rotten Acuarela - No irish, no blacks, no dogs. Grupos confirmados: Migala, Señor Chinarro, Pal, Grupo Salvaje, German Coppini, Tulsa, Ginferno, Matt Elliott, Javier Álvarez, Widow Makers y Refree


• 22 Diciembre 2007 -> Dan Deacon + Wild Honey

Minutos Musicales: Sunset Rubdown

Estimados,
este grupo me gusta mucho aunque creo necesario realizar al menos un par o tres de reproducciones antes de poder valorarlo como se merece.

3 CDs y un EP completan lo que hasta el momento es su carrera discográfica, que se destaca por prestar mucha atención al proceso creativo, a la evolución musical de cada una de las composiciones y a la compresión de ideas en la duración de los temas: mucho se quiere decir en poco tiempo... este grupo apunta muy muy alto.

El lider de este grupo es Spencer Krug, personaje claramente multidisciplinar si echamos una ojeada a su trayectoria paralela: Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes, Swan Lake.... Hoy os presento un album en mayúsculas, de esos que dejan una huella palpable porque la frescura y la euforia desatada se transmiten fielmente. Ritmos precisos, abiertos a una creatividad sin parangon, dando pie a altibajos en donde lo que prima es la idea esencial de lo que se quiere mostrar.

Ya no os doy más rollo... espero que lo disfruteis.

"Sunset Rubdown is an indie rock band from Montreal, Canada. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, Snake's Got a Leg, in July 2005. Eventually the group expanded to include Camilla Wynn Ingr of Pony Up!, Jordan Robson-Cramer of XY Lover and Magic Weapon, and Michael Doerksen. The new lineup released the Sunset Rubdown EP in January 2006, and later the sophomore LP, Shut Up I Am Dreaming, in May 2006. Their third album, Random Spirit Lover, was release on October 9, 2007 on the band's new label, Jagjaguwar."

Grupo: Sunset Rubdown
Disco: Random Spirit Lover
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.sunsetrubdown.net/
Canciones destacadas: The Mending Of the Gown, The Taming of the Hands That Came Back To Life, Magic Vs. Midas y Winged-Wicked Things

Minutos Musicales: Stars

Estimados,
hoy llega hasta vuestros oidos una banda canadiense formada por Torquil Campbell (vocalista) y Chis Seligman (teclados). Actualmente están ubicados en Montreal aunque sus pasos empezaron en Toronto, luego en New York y finalmente recalaron en Montreal.

Su música ha sido catalogada como "beautiful, eloquent indie pop". Su sonido ha evolucionado de un pop-electrónico como el ofrecido en su primer album (Nightsongs) a una instrumentación más rockera en sus dos últimos albums, la cual se refleja en la incorporación del cantante y guitarra Amy Millan y el bajo Evan Cranley así como de Pat McGee en el disco "Set Yourself On Fire" (una auténtica obra maestra y referencia absoluta para un dj que se precie).

"The band's breakthrough single was "Ageless Beauty", from their 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire. Millan, Cranley and Campbell are also members of the indie band Broken Social Scene, with whom they currently share a record label, Arts & Crafts. Campbell is also an actor and has appeared on the television shows Sex and the City and Law & Order. Millan released a solo album in 2006. Several of the band's songs, such as "The Vanishing", "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead", and "The Big Fight", have appeared on the Fox Network's The O.C. and CTV's Degrassi: The Next Generation. Their single "Ageless Beauty" was also featured in a promotional trailer for Vh1's So NoTORIous.

On their website, the band has noted that their name was chosen without prior knowledge of the short-lived project by Syd Barrett. They have cited a wide variety of musical likes and influences ranging from Berlioz to Outkast, citing among others Barrett, Paddy McAloon, New Order, The Smiths, Brian Wilson, Momus, and Broken Social Scene. They covered The Smiths' "This Charming Man" on 2001's Nightsongs and The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" in 2005. Other indie artists have been guest collaborators on many of their tracks, especially for an early period including the release of their first LP.

They recently surprised their fans by releasing their latest studio album (In Our Bedroom After the War), on July 10, 2007, a full two months ahead of its expected release date, onto iTunes. When Stars released In Our Bedroom After the War to online retailers weeks before the CD's actual release date to circumvent the album's inevitable leak, part of their reasoning touched on the increasingly blurry line between critics and listeners. The band believed indie-rock fans should be able to review and provide opinions of the band's albums similar in a way to the so-called critics, but soon realized that the outcome could be very far from their ideal expectation. Soon after the music site Pitchfork Media gave the new album a 7.4 out of 10, Torquil Campbell offered up a rant that not only tore into the music site and the reviewer but lamented the death of art and criticism, which as a result prompted much scoffing from some critics and bloggers, as well as approval from others. The band contributed a T-shirt design to the Yellow Bird Project. to raise money for Le Chainon, a women's shelter located in Montreal, Quebec."

Grupo: Stars
Disco: In Our Bedroom After The War
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.arts-crafts.ca/stars/
Canciones destacadas: Midnight Coward, Take Me To The Riot y The Night Starts Here

Minutos Musicales: Loney, Dear

Estimados,
que ganas tenía yo de presentaros a este grupo sueco (Loney, Dear)..... capitaneado por Emil Svanängen, aunque bien se podría decir que él es el grupo.

Ya tiene publicados 5 albums de auténtico infarto musical y esperemos que antes o después el colectivo fikasound (http://www.fikasound.com/) consiga traerselo de gira porque será uno de los conciertos imprescindibles del año sin lugar a dudas.

De sus canciones mucho se puede decir pero lo mejor es escucharlas y sentirse atrapado por su magnetismo, por su esencia, que mucho y nada tiene que ver con otros grupos ya que tan personal es su forma de manifestarse y cantar como lo son las claras y oportunas comparaciones que se le pueden hacer en el lento discurrir de los temas de su último disco.

Aquí os dejo una perla de disco del 2007.

"Emil Svanängen self-released his first album, The Year of River Fontana, in 2003. Recorded in the basement of his parents' home in Jönköping with a minidisk microphone and a home computer, released on home-made CD-Rs, and sold only through his website and at live performances, it became popular on word-of-mouth alone. The next two years saw Svanängen record and release three more albums.

When Loney, Dear play live, Svanängen is joined by Samuel Starck (keyboards), Malin Ståhlberg (tambourine, vocals), Ola Hultgren (drums), and David Lindvall (bass).

In 2006 Loney, Dear was signed by U.S. record label Sub Pop. Sub Pop released Loney, Dear's fourth album, Loney, Noir, on February 6, 2007.

Loney, Dear recently toured America, opening with Pigeon John for Of Montreal, and as of April 2007, are on a North American tour with fellow Sub Pop labelmates Low.

Loney, Dear is currently touring Europe, having just finished a tour supporting Chicago post-rockers The Sea and Cake. In Britain, he supported the London band Athlete on their UK tour and Maps at their Kings College London Student Union show."

Grupo: Loney, Dear
Disco: Loney Noir
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.loneydear.com/
Canciones destacadas: Saturday Waits, I Am Jhon, And i won't cause anything at all, Hard Days, Sinister In The State Of Hope y The Meter Marks Ok

Minutos Musicales: Agenda Esencial

Lista de conciertos esenciales. Todos los jueves enviaremos esta lista actualizada con las novedades que vayan surgiendo. Programación de las algunas salas emblemáticas de la ciudad de Madrid (Neu!Club, Fotomatón, Barbarella, Nasti, Low Club y Wurlizter Ballroom) así como un intenso repaso a los grupos que tocan en los festivales más importantes de España (Primavera Sound, Primavera Club, FIB, Summercase, Wintercase, Sonar, Contempopranea, Sonorama, Tanned Tin, Lemon Pop, Natural Music Festival, Indyspensable,...). No te los pierdas:

Noviembre

• 16 -> Super Furry Animals + Ratatat (Wintercase 2007). Joy Eslava


• 16 -> La Casa Azul. El Sol


• 17 -> La Casa Azul. El Sol


• 17 -> Editors + How I Become The Bomb (Wintercase 2007). Joy Eslava


• 17 -> Nofx


• 20 -> Devendra Banhart. Joy Eslava


• 21 -> Jose Gonzalez + Mike Wexler. Sala Heineken


• 22 -> Jay-Jay Johanson. Sala Caracol


• 22 -> Josh Rouse. Joy Eslava


• 22 -> Low Club On Stage. Grupos Confirmados: Dorian Dj, Homeboy, Facto de la Fe y las Flores Azules, Delorean, Pin&Pon Djs. Low Club


• 23 -> Explosions In The Sky + Spoon (Wintercase 2007). Joy Eslava


• 23 -> Vive la Fête. Sala Heineken


• 23 -> Cooper. El Sol


• 24 -> Deluxe


• 25 -> Bruce Springsteen. Palacio de los Deportes


• 27 -> Athlete. Joy Eslava


• 30 -> Arctic Monkeys + Reverend And The Makers. La Riviera


• 30 -> Mi Pequeña Radio. Moby Dick

Diciembre

• 1 -> Two Gallants. Sala El Sol


• 1 -> Air + Au Revoir Simone. La Riviera


• 2 -> The Chemical Brothers. Telefónica Arena Madrid


• 2 -> The Coral + Capture. Sala Heineken


• 2 -> Castanets. Cafe La Palma


• Del 3 al 9 -> Primavera Club (Barcelona). Sala Apolo, la [2] y Forum. Grupos Confirmados: Ainara Legardon, Albaialeix, Bishop Allen, Bracken, Castanets, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, Earth, El Guincho, Fanfarlo, Her Only Pressence, Jet Lag, John Vanderslice, Joseph Arthur, Kode9, Lagartija Nick (Tocando "Inercia"), Le Jonathan Reilly, Liars, Nisei, No Age, Parts & Labor, Ruiz Pantaleon, Sanjosex, Schwarz, Stars Of The Lid, The Ettes, The New Pornographers, The Ponys, The Rigtht Ons, Thurston Moore y Von Südenfed


• 3 -> Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Sala Heineken


• 3 -> John Vanderslice + Will Johnson


• 4 -> The New Pornographers + Joseph Arthur. El Sol


• Del 6 al 8 -> Purple Weekend (León). Grupos Confirmados: Ian McLagan, Deluxe, The Times, Chest, The Thrills, Dean Parrish & The Teenagers, Fortune Tellers, The Gurus, Mod Time, Black Shampoo, Juan Rivas & Donatore Dj Groove, The Knack, The Creeps, Farrah, The Men, Adolfo Rodríguez, Phantom Keys y The Bongolian


• 7 -> Common. Joy Eslava


• 9 -> First Aid Kit. Cafe La Palma


• 15 -> Roisin Murphy. La Riviera


• 18 -> Dyana Kurtz. Sala Clamores


• 20 -> Brett Anderson. Teatro de la Casa de Campo

Enero

• 9 -> DeVotchKa + Loney Joe. Sala El Sol

Febrero

• 21 -> American Music Club. Sala Caracol

Marzo

• 6 -> The Cure. Palacio de los Deportes

Bar Fotomatón (Fotomatón Bar)

• 16 Noviembre 2007 -> Dj Pinker


• 17 Noviembre 2007 -> Muere Buscemi + Dj Dolphin


• 22 Noviembre 2007 -> Santi Campos Dj


• 23 Noviembre 2007 -> Ok Rainbows - Dj Nerf


• 24 Noviembre 2007 -> Pumuky + La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte + Eme


• 29 Noviembre 2007 -> Dj Catodica


• 30 Noviembre 2007 -> Fiesta presentación disco homenaje a Surfin Bichos "Family album II" + Picolandia Djs + Sorpresas

Neu Club (Neu!Club)

• 1 Diciembre 2007 -> Dance Concerts Party - Kilroy + Los Inmediatos + Melenas Molonas + Quique Varela


• 4 Diciembre 2007 -> LKan + Spam (Aniversario Subterfuge)


• 15 Diciembre 2007 -> Johnny Rotten´s (Varios artistas fiesta presentacion Libro 'Rotten' Acuarela)


• 22 Diciembre 2007 -> Dean Beacon + Wild Honey

Minutos Musicales: Scout Niblett

Estimados,
Emma Louise Niblett también es conocida por el pseudonimo de "Scout Niblett".

Composiciones realmente inmesas, alejadas del ruido adicional e interpretadas con una magistral combinación de guitarra, batería y voz que muchas veces ella misma toca. Cuando se la escucha, múltiples nombres vienen a la mente: PJ Harvey, Shannon Wright, Lisa Germano, Joan As Police Woman, Cat Power.... y verdaderamente no desmerece a ninguna de ellas debido a su particular estilo y potencia emocial en las composiciones.

4 discos contando con el que hoy os presento (el primero publicado en 2001) avalan su carrera y es una pena que muchos no la hayamos descubierto antes. Si no la conocéis, seguro que os dejará gratamente impactados.... ahí es nada.

"She is known for her intimate live shows and her blond wig while performing.[1] She is currently living in the United States, where she has worked with the influential recording engineer Steve Albini.

Niblett grew up in Nottingham, England and chose her stage name in honour of Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, the protagonist in Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She studied music and performance art at college, and also expresses an interest in astrology—explaining the title of her 2005 LP Kidnapped by Neptune, she says, "Neptune is this planet that everyone has in their chart. But for me, where Neptune is right now and has been for the past two years has been affecting my chart in a huge way. Neptune is kind of the musicians’ planet, it rules music." She currently resides in Portland, OR.

Niblett has released three LPs, through the Secretly Canadian record company in North America and through Too Pure in the United Kingdom. Her first release was a split 7" single with Songs: Ohia in 2001. Shortly after this she released her first LP Sweet Heart Fever, recorded at Chem Nineteen Recordings in Hamilton, Scotland by producer Andy Miller with drummer Kristian Goddard. Her follow-up release was a one-sided 10" EP, I Conjure Series, recorded live, where Niblett plays all the instruments herself. For the next two albums—2003's I Am and 2005's Kidnapped by Neptune—Niblett enlisted the help of Steve Albini, as well as guitarist and bassist Chris Saligoe. She also features on Songs: Ohia's album Magnolia Electric Co. (2003).

Niblett cites among her influences a number of grunge period bands, including Mudhoney, Sonic Youth and Nirvana, and in particular the guitar of Kurt Cobain. In fact, she has covered the Nirvana song "Verse Chorus Verse" in concert. Her drumming technique, however, is inspired, she says, by a man who played at an open-mic night in Nottingham and would accompany himself on the drums while playing Beatles covers. This drumming technique has been a particularly distinctive feature of Niblett's records with Steve Albini, whose method is to place the drums centrally in the mix. A good example of Niblett's minimalist approach to songwriting is "Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death", included on I Am and as the B-side to "I'll Be a Prince". It consists solely of a drumbeat with a cheerfully delivered repeating lyric, "We're all gonna die!", eventually concluding, "We don't know when, We don't know how." Niblett names the song as a favourite. Also of note is her downbeat cover of Althea & Donna's 1978 reggae hit "Uptown Top Ranking", which Niblett released as a single after it became popular at live performances."

Grupo: Scout Niblett
Disco: This Fool Can Die Now
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.scoutniblett.com/
Canciones destacadas: Dinosaur Egg, Kiss, Baby Emma y Your Last Chariot

Minutos Musicales: Peter And The Wolf

Estimados,
con su líder Red Hunter al frente, Peter & the Wolf son una banda que hacen un folk minimalista y espectral, con canciones en las que sólo suena la voz de Red, a veces un coro (de sus amiguitos hippies, claro) y una guitarra acústica o un banjo. Además, Peter & the Wolf tienen una actitud tan extravagante que lo hace aún más atrayente. Sus conciertos (aunque parecen reuniones de amigos) se celebran en sitios tan dispares como cementerios, autobuses abandonados o islas a las que hay que llegar en bote para ver la actuación.

Grupo: Peter And The Golf
Disco: The Ivory Palms
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.whiskeyandapples.com/ y http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyandapples
Canciones destacadas: Where Summer Goes, Ghost Sandals, The Ivory Palms, Better Days y The Traveler and the County Boys

Minutos Musicales: Parts & Labor

Estimados,
hoy arriesgamos con algo un pelín más duro y por ende más difícil de digerir.

Desde Brooklyn, NY, viene Parts & Labor, una banda de noise punk acelerado. Este album se podría considerar como más maduro y centrado, sin dejar de ser bien loco y desafiante. Además, incluye instrumentos adicionales, como la sección de metales que se deja escuchar en el primer track, "Fractured skies". Aún asi, mantiene el característico sonido de teclados con efectos, baterías estruendosas y las voces compartidas entre el guitarrista y el bajista.

"Parts & Labor is an American experimental rock/noise rock band. The group was formed in 2002 by B.J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, NY and has since toured with other bands such as Battles, TV on the Radio, Deerhoof, Voltage, Breaker! Breaker!, Tyondai Braxton, Coachwhips, Japanther, Pterodactyl, and Matt & Kim.

Members
Dan Friel – keyboards, guitar, voice
B.J. Warshaw - bass, voice
Joe Wong - drums "

Grupo: Parts & Labor
Disco: Mapmaker
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.partsandlabor.net/ (cuidado los epilépticos)
Canciones destacadas: Brighter Days, The Gold We´re Digging y Unexplosions

Minutos Musicales: Nurse & Soldier

Estimados,
Nurse & Soldier es un grupo de psycho pop liderado por Robertson Thacher y Erica Fletcher. Los 2 han estado realizando música desde que eran jóvenes y una larga relación ha hecho que su música sea tan particular.

Composiciones llenas de delicadeza, que hablan de traición, nostalgia, reconciliación... los 2 multi-instrumentistas cantan y tocan órganos, guitarras, sintetizadores, batería.... Este es su segundo disco (publicaron el primero en 2001) y ha sido grabado enteramente en New York.

"Nurse and Soldier is a collaborative collaboration of collaborality between four members (Rockie: vox/gtr/toy sousaphone, Billy Sunday: vox/guitar/organ/bass/celery, Danny Barcelona: bass/vox/wigwam, & General Jefferson Bailey: drums/gtr/jug/washboard abs) and their rodent pet Filthor, whose trash-eating spirit haunts their dreams, their nightmares, their music, and sometimes their hearts. They hail from Brooklyn, New York, which is in no way associated with Manhattan.

Nurse and Soldier was born from the tire-fire ashes and landfill-caused questionable genetic mutation of the seminal unheard of band which you've never heard of, Karaoke Hustler. K.H., oft-quoted as the Ohio's equivalent of 'sonic chicken gizzards served on a bed of anarchic beats and spiced with glitter,' ravaged northern Ohio's eardrums with their incendiary rock 'n' roll and their non-incendiary pyrotechnic devices. Nurse and Soldier however, like a sweet, soft-sided cookie, has a sweeter and softer side, adding their own short pop-tinged flavorings to those same chicken gizzards.

A 6-cut EP of these songs was released in May 1999 on Brooklyn's Trifectaa Records, with a full-length currently, and eternally, in the works.

Nurse and Soldier was itself formed in 1998 when Billy Sunday, fresh from paint smelling school, ran into Rockie at Cleveland, OH's Bagel Smearatorium and Coffee Dispensing Recepticle. Rockie was presenting her performance art show 'Could You Pass The Butter Please,' which protested the abuse of hair gel in the executive reaches of the music industry, to an easily-distracted audience of bus boys and narcoleptic ballet students. Brought together by their new-found love of the 'psychedelic digerdoo & gamelan scene' of Lower Nebraska, and reminiscing over K.H.'s disbanding a year earlier amidst a flurry of litigation, cat calls, and cheerleader tryouts, Billy Sunday and Rockie decided once again to make beautiful music together, or at least get drunk and have their instruments feedback."

Grupo: Nurse & Soldier
Disco: Marginalia
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.nurseandsoldier.com/
Canciones destacadas: Brought Up Too Soon, Lies & Alterations, Wrong e Imaginary Friend