Sunday, October 26, 2008

Nação XXI (23 Outubro/2008)

Spleen United - Spleen United
Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
Voyager One - The Kids Take Control
Hexes & Ohs - Highschool
Van She - Changes
Head Like A Kite - No Ordinary Caveman
Filter - Soldiers Of Misfortune
Wild Street Orange - Either Or
The Charlatans - Missing Beats
Primal Scream - The Glory Of Love
Faded Paper Figurines - Geneva's Gone
The Music - Fire
The Faint - Forever Growing Centipedes
Bloc Party - Better Than Heaven
Los Campesinos - Ways To Make It Through The Wall
We Are Wolves - Vamos À La Playa

Nação XXI (16 Outubro/2008)

Stars - Your Ex Lover Is Dead
Laki Mera - Weighed Down
Canon Blue - Sea Monsters
Kuryakin - A Parade
Sleepingdog - The Sun Sinks In The Sea
Broadcast 2000 - Run
Mechanical Owl - Catapulte
The Notwist - Gravity
Martina Toppley Bird - Phoenix
John Vanderslice - Kookaburra
Karkwa - Deux Lampadaires
Death Cab For The Cutie - No Sunlight
Maseratti - The World Outside
Gregor Samsa - Ain Leuh

Nação XXI (09 Outubro/2008)

Amanda Palmer - Astronaut
Carina Round - Spring Time
Mother Mother - Wisdom
Faded Paper Figurines - North By North
The Envelopes - Party
The Wombats - Kill The Director
Parov Stellar - Autumn Beats
Cut Copy - Lights & Music
LCD Soundsystem - Big Ideas
The Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills You
Bloc Party - Ion Square
The Presets - This Boy's In Love
Bomb The Bass - Black River
Burial - Archangel

Nação XXI (02 Outubro/2008)

The Big Sleep - So Long
The Big Sleep - Organs
The Rascals - Stockings To Suit
California Snow Story - Mozart On 33
The Raconteurs - Salute Your Solution
Madrugada - Look Away, Lucifer
Duels - Regeneration
SeaWolf - I Made A Resolution
Murder By Death - The Black Spot
The Zutons - You Could Make The Walls Cry
Primal Scream - Cant Go Back
The Exploding Boy - Dazed
Fields - If You Fail, We All Fail
Yndi Halda - Death & Blast

Nação XXI (25 Setembro/2008)

Amanda Palmer - Astronaut
Basia Bulat - The Pilgriming Vine
Mother Mother - Sleep Awake
Sofia - No One Knows
The Do - On My Shoulders
Faded Paper Figurines - Metropolis
Los Campesinos - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Francis International Airport - Fleabite
Primal Scream - Urban Guerrilla
Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
Blue Foundation - Equilibrium
Radical Face - Sleepwalking
Spleen United - Into The Future

Nação XXI (18 Setembro/2008)

Followed By Ghosts - Dear Monsters, Be Patient
Primal Scream - I Love To Hurt
Delta Spirit - Children
Mother Mother - Neighbor
Deerhunter - Never Stops
Bloc Party - Ion Square
Guillemots - Last Kiss
Van She - It Could Be The Same
The Faint - A Battle Hymm For Children
Wild Street Orange - Tilt
Okay - Tragedy
Get Cape, Wear Cape Fly - You, The Orphan
Everything Is Made In China - Fetters

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Nação XXI (11 Setembro/2008)

Bomb The Bass - Butterfingers
Ratatat - Falcon Job
The Presets - Yippy Ioay
Fujiya & Myiagi - Nockerbocker
The Black Ghosts - Something New
Wolf Myer Orchestra & Parov Stellar - Face The Future
Sofia - London Calling
Aloan - Rise
Burial - & It Rained All Night
Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
The Faint - Mirror Error
The Exploding Boy - Show You Me
Van She - Virgin Suicide
Ez3kiel - Break Or Die

Nação XXI (04 Setembro/2008)

Why - The Hollows
Spleen United - Heroin United
The Jealous Girlfriends - How Now
Low vs Diamond - Killer
Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
We Are Scientists - Tonight
Tilly & The Wall - Not Kettle Black
Sons & Daughters - The Nest
The Kills - Cheal & Cheerful
Robots In Disguise - I Live In Berlin
Duels - The Furies
California Snow Story - Mozart on 33
Dust Galaxy - Down
Murder By Death - Ash
The Most Serene Republic - Solipsism Millionaires
The Most Serene Republic - Why So Looking Back

Nação XXI (28 Agosto/2008)

Ez3kiel - Lull
God Is An Astronaut - Sunrise In Aries
Imani Coppola - Spring Time
Carina Round - Gravity Lies
The Do - The Bridge Is Broken
Martina Toppley Bird - Something To Say
Sofia - Homosapien
Aloan - I'm Your Tears
Ladytron - Ghosts
Cassettes Wont Listen - Metronomes
Friendly Fires - White Diamonds
Van She - It Could Be The Same
The Black Ghosts - The One
Broadcast 2000 - Run
The Killers - Mr Brightside

Nação XXI (21 Agosto/2008)

Cloud Cult - Everybody Here Is A Cloud
Pete & The Pirates - Bright Lights
Van She - Strangers
The Whig - Right Hand On My Heart
The Blakes - Streets
Murmansk - Vague Language
Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
Wild Street Orange - 10 Dead Dogs
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltson - Same Constellation
Spleen United - She Falls In Love With Machines
Broadcast 2000 - Get Up & Go
Carina Round - Slow Motion Addict
Everything Is Made In China - Day Out
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Kingdom
Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy

Nação XXI (14 Agosto/2008)

Punks Jump Up - Dance To Our Disco
Junkie XL - Not Enough
The Black Ghosts - The One
The Teenagers - Sunset Beach
I Was A Teenage Worshiper - Pop Hates Itself
Hot Chip - Touch Too Much
Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
The Exploding Boy - Dust
Cut Copy - So Haunted
Mixtapes & Cellmates - You're The Driver, I'm In The Backseat
Micro Audio Waves - Fully Connected
Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Kisses
Love Is All - Turn The Radio Off
Modelselector - The White Flash

Nação XXI (07 Agosto/2008)

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song
Shiny Toy Boys - You Are The One
Spleen United - In Peak Fitness Condition
Everything Is Made In China - Day Out
Gos Is An Astronaut - Beyond The Dying Light
Amanda Palmer - Guitar Hero
Aloan - Tonight I'll Kill You
Misstrip - Marvelous Pills
Sofia - No One Knows
Tricky - Cross To Bear
Silje Nes - Searching White
Portishead - Silence
Lau Lau - Painovoimaa, Valoa

Friday, July 18, 2008

Nação XXI (17 Julho/2008)

iLikeTrains - The Deception
Unkle - Nocturnal
Grand Ole Party - Gypsi King
Carina Round - Stolen Car
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Poison
The Kills - Cheap & Chearfull
Misstrip - Mothers Of Oearl
Martina Toppley Bird - April Grove
Stars - The First Five Times
Santogold - Creator
Basia Bulat - Snakes & Ladders
Blue Foundation - Ghost
Leandra - Lullaby
Ladytron - Burning Up

Nação XXI (10 Julho/2008)

The Wombats - Kill The Director
The Delays - Friends Are False
Duels - Regeneration
Dragons - Epiphany
Murder By Death - Ash
dEUS - Oh Your God
Murmansk - Nothing But The Moon
The Battle Royale - Confessions
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena
NIN - Head Down
Sons & Daughters - The Nest
Experimental Aircraft - Stellar
Robots In Disguise - I Live In Berlin
The MArs Volta - Ouroborous

Nação XXI (03 Julho/2008)

The Battle Of Land & Sea - Saltwater Queen
Radiohead - Gagging Order
Atlas Sound - Scrapping Post
Trushes - Wake Up
Colour Revolt - Moses Of The South
Madrugada - Highway Of Light
The Devastations - Misericordia
Dragons - Trust
Blue Foundation - Ghost
Jes - Around You
Martina Toppley Bird - Something To Say
Santogold - I'm A Lady
Laki Mera - Weighed Down
The Notwist - On Planets Off

Nação XXI (26 Junho/2008)

Editors - Spiders
The National - Santa Clara
The Kooks - One Last Time
The Republic Tigers - Buildings & Mountains
The Jealous Girlfriends - The Pink Wig To My Salieri
Siberian - Belgian Beer & Catholic Girls
Two Hours Traffic - Sure Can Start
Shiny Toy Boys - Starts With One
Louis XIV - Free Won't Be What It Used To Be
Dust Galaxy - Limitless
Division Day - Ricky
The Exploding Boy - Shot Down
The Teenagers - Scarlett Johansson
I Was A Teenage Worshiper - Your Sister
The Whip - Save My Soul
Misophone - It's Good To Be Alive

Nação XXI (19 Junho/2008)

The Devastations - The Pest
Karkwa - Le Compteur
Trushes - Flying
The Gutter Twins - Each To Each
Patrick Wolf - Bluebells
Marina Toppley Bird - Something To Say
Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
Basia Bulat - I Was A Daughter
The Do - Tammie
Okay - Panda
Radiohead -Gagging Order
Yoav - Where Is My Mind
Taxi Taxi - To Hide This Away
La Mar Enfortuna - Ya Kalbi Khalli Al Hal

Nação XXI (12 Junho/2008)

Cloud Cult - Hurricane & Free Survival Guide
Shiny Toy Boys - You Are The One
Hearts Revolution - Switchblade
Crystal Castles - Air War
Ratatat - Falcon Job
Baltic Fleet - 3 Dollar Dress
The Exploding Boy - Shot Down
Punks Jump Up - Dance To Our Disco
I Was A Teenage Worshipper - Slackers On A Beach
Metro Station - Kelsey
Cut Copy - Lights & Music
Neon Neon - Raquel
Moby - I'm In Love
Santogold - I'm A Lady
Santogold - Les Artistes

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Nação XXI (05 Junho/2008)

Adrien Crowley - Walk On Part
The Indelicates - If Jeff Buckley Had Lived
Madrugada - Look Away Lucifer
The Dodos - Fools
dEUS - Slow
Cassettes Won't Listen - The Broadcast
Get Cape, Wear Cape Fly - Armament
Amber Smith - Treading 2
Basia Bulat - Snakes & Ladders
Mechanical Owl - Catapulte
Beirut - Forks & Knives
The National - About Today live

Nação XXI (29 Maio/2008)

The Long Blondes - Couples
MGMT - Century
Ladytron - Ghosts
The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose To Give It
Portishead - Silence
Trushes - Heartbeats
She Wants Revenge - Replacement
The Veils - One Night On Earth
The Jealous Girlfriends - I Quit
We Are Scientists - After Hours
Zox - Line In The Sand
The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be
Super Extra Bonus Party - Propeller

Wolf Myer Orchestra & Parov Stelar - Femme Fatale (2007)

Viajando pelos mundos do nu-jazz, do downtempo e óbviamente da electrónica (imagem de marca de Parov Stelar), 'Wolf Myer Orchestra' é um projecto da autoria do produtor "Wolf Myer" que decidiu juntar-se a "Parov Stelar" e mais cerca de 30 artistas das mais diferentes categorias, criando uma amálgama musical capaz de nos atrair ao mundo de 'Femme Fatale', que nos leva a uma viagem ás sensações e aos pensamentos mais intimos do nosso dia-a-dia, um título sem dúvida bem atribuído. Quem já conhece Parov Stelar já estará habituado a estas lides, mas para quem não conhece, a junção entre Wolf Myer e Parov Stelar tira o melhor lado de cada um deles, resultando num Femme Fatale que divaga entre a soul, funk, pop, jazz e electrónica. Recomendado mesmo para os mais cépticos.

...o que a alternativa nos dá em 2008....

Division Day - Beartrap Island
Duels - The Barbarians Move
Dr. Dog - Fate
El Perro Del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars
I Was A Teenage Satan Worshiper - The Lemonade Ocean
Jade - Analogic
John Zorn (Filmworks XIX) - The Rain Horse
Kleerup - Kleerup
Marina Celeste - Acidule
Metro Station - Metro Station
Murmansk - Chinese Locks
Maps - The Wick And The Fire
Okay - Huggable Dust
Our Broken Garden - Lost Sailor
Punks Jump Up - Dance To Our Disco EP
Silje Nes - Ames Room
Son Of Dave - 03
Songs Ohia - Magnolia Electric Company
The Big Sleep - Sleep Forever
The Exploding Boy - The Exploding Boy
The Hush Sound - Goodbye Blues
The Occasional Keepers - True North
The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
What Made Milwaukee Famous - What Doesnt Kill Us
Whiskey Priest - Hungry

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Nação XXI (22 Maio/2008)

Crystal Castles - Vanished
The Black Ghosts - I Want Nothing
The Chap - Proper Rock
Junkie XL - Not Enough
Louis XIV - Guilt By Assossiation
Radiohead feat. Del Da Funky Homosapien - Video Tapez
Siberian - Belgian Beer & Catholic Girls
Envy & Other Sins - Morning Sickness
The Gutter Twins - The Stations
The Notwist - Where In This World
Karkwa - Deux Lampadaires
Half Cousin - Big Chief
South - Better Things
No-Man - Pigeon Drummer
Erik Enoksson - The Joy Of H. D. Lawrence

ps:....sorry to say...but...awesome playlist!

Nação XXI (15 Maio/2008)

Pinneapple Thief - Well, I Think That's What You Said
The Duke Spirit - The Ship Was Built To Last
Dragons - Lonely Tonight
Blue Foundation - Hero Across The Sky
dEUS - Slow
A Whisper In The Noise - As We Are
Girls In Hawai - Fields Of Gold
Dust Galaxy - Crying To The Night
Get Cape, Wear Cape Fly - Better Things
The Do - Aha
Desert Hearts - Florida Keys
The Accidental - Wolves
Aerial - All Suspects Are Innocent Until Proven Quilty In A Court Of Law

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Nação XXI (08 Maio/2008)

Mia Doi Todd - Sleeplesss Nights
Andrew Bird - The Water Jet Cilice
The Devastations - The Face Of Love
Yoav - Adore Adore
Fink - This Is The Thing
Tv On The Radio - Blues From Down Here
I Like Trains - We Go Hunting
Dave Gahan - Saw Something
The National - Fake Empire
Headlights - Get Your Head Around It
The Helio Sequence - The Captive Mind
Get Set Go - Cannibalism Is The Cure
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Boy Is Fiction - The Bits In The Numbers
Boy Is Fiction - Gluelet Me Think

Thursday, May 01, 2008

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns (2008)

I am in process of digesting their full-length "Hometowns", and shall i say "Indie-Rock ROCKS". "The Rural Alberta Advantage" hit us with the trio's Neutral Milk Hotel pop and detailed narratives of his Alberta roots. While it seems almost necessary to toss in a Sufjan reference when you talk about the subject matter. Instead of calculated, over thought, lush compositions, The Rural Alberta Advantage prefers energetic, spontaneous, spare arrangements with just enough shocks and surprises to keep you guessing....whats next to continue?! Between the amusing sound acoustic guitars can make, unstoppable energy flowing and the fun their music bring to us, i dare to stay, Hometows is one of the best indie-rock albums for 2008.

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)

"Crystal Castles", the name comes, just imagine, from 1984 Atari adventure game called Crystal Castle, and this is how indie music website Pitchfork described the music style "pitch-shifted vocal snippets [that] ricochet like pinballs around Crystal Castles' patented 8-bit synths", what else can i say...a new point of view through electronic music.They have two faces, the first one is that their tracks were made from Crystal Castles everyone has heard about, they describe their style as "thrash/thrash/thrash" and routinely cause riots at their live performances. The other Crystal Castles face on display here are better suited for post-rave chillout listening, no resemblance to their psyche-smashing alter-ego. 16 tracks, it's just too much in the album, this one could have easily been cut down into something truly mind-blowing. Either way, the result is like playing Mario inside a disco....extremely enjoyable!

Crystal Castles Myspace

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

...o Norte nunca tão belo...

COCOROSIE + Quinn Walker - 26 Maio/08 - Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Coimbra / 27 Maio/08 - Theatro Circo, Braga 22h

CAT POWER - 28 Maio/08 - Coliseu do Porto

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS, LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION, THESE NEW PURITANS
, VAMPIRE WEEKEND - 30 Maio/08 - Casa da Música, Porto

HEALTH
- 04 Junho/08 - Maus Hábitos, Porto

FEIST - 10 Junho/08 - Coliseu do Porto

VETIVER -
13 Junho/08 - Maus Hábitos, Porto

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - 28,29 Junho/08 - Casa das Artes, Vila Nova de Famalicão

THE NATIONAL in Manta -
18 Julho/08 - Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Nação XXI (24 Abril/2008)

Firefox AK - Where We Are Going
Crystal Castle - Vanished
The Notwist - Gravity
A Weather - Small Potatoes
Death Cab For The Cutie - You Can Do Better Than Me
Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Blue Foundation - Hero Across The Sky
Cloud Cult - Hurricane & Fire Survival Guide
Shiny Toy Boys - Starts With One
Robots In Disguise - The Sex Has Made Me Stupid
Foals - Red Sock Pugie
Celebration - Evergreen
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
Goldfrapp - A & E
Sleepingdog - Sunshine Daylight

Nação XXI (17 Abril/2008)

Hercules & Love Affair - Raise Me Up
Crystal Castle - Untrust Us
Could Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy
Kuryakin - A Parade
Mechanical Owl - Catapulte
Laki Mera - Weighed Down
MGMT - Kids
Junkie XL - Mad Pursuit
Raz Ohara & The Old Orchestra - The Case
Cranes - Avenue A
Tacks, The Boy Disaster - Matilda
A Weather - Spiders Snakes
M83 - My Own Strange Path
Gregor Samsa - Ain Leult

Nação XXI (10 Abril/2008)

The Devastations - The Saddest Sound
Radiohead - Nude
We Barbarians - In The Doldrums
The Most Serene Republic - Present Of Future End
Get Set Go - The Trouble Of Being Poor
The Teenagers - Sunset Beach
Mystery Jets - Hand Me Down
Envelopes - Party
Peachcake - All You Need Is A Computer & A Little Belief In Yourself
Vampire Weekend - Walcott
Celebration - Evergreen
Cats & Cats & Cats - Sweet Drunk Everyone
Pete & The Pirates - Bright Lights
The Whigs - Hot Bed
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Way Out

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Leandra - Metamorphine (2008)

Welcome to the strange world of Ophelia Dax here known as Leandra from German lands. Leandra style lead us to a complex definition as the sound is covered with multiple influences. I experience “Metamorphine” as a minimalist, but enchanting ethereal souvenir reminding me to a softer level of last year's revelation Elsiane, flying through trip-hop, classic and also with a very good level of gothic powder. With an excellent capability beyond the piano, Leandra makes us close our eyes and imagine a different world, as a Tim Burton audio movie. The dark never felt so good...

Leandra in Myspace
Leandra Website

Nação XXI (03 Abril/2008)

Yoav - There Is Nobody
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
The Duke Spirit - The Step & The Walk
Robots In Disguise - I Live In Berlin
Clinic - High Coin
Puressence - Life Comes Down
EDITORS - Spiders
Fields - You Dont Need This Song
Maps - Liquid Sugar
Young Galaxy - Waiting Walls
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Phoebe Killdear & The Short Straws - Paranoia
Beirut - La Banlieu
Leandra - Tyberi Folla
Mia Doi Todd - Sleepless Night
My Latest Novel - The Hope Edition

Nação XXI (27 Março/2008)

Elsiane - Final Escape
Leandra - The Art Of Dreaming
The Do - On My Shoulders
Sea Wolf - The Cold, The Dark & The Silence
The Accidental - Wolves
Taken By Trees - Julia
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Promise & The Monster - Night Out
Kaki King - Saving Days In A Frozen Head
Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down - We Go
Ray's Vast Basement - Tall Bob Smoke
Misophone - White Waves
Hrsta - Entre La Mer Et L'eau Deuce

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Nação XXI (20 Março/2008)

The Devastations - The Face Of Love
Radiohead - Yes, You
The Helio Sequence - The Captive Mind
Dust Galaxy - River Of Ever Changing Forms
Unkle - Cant Stop
Robots In Disguise - I Dont Have A God
The Wombats - Dr. Suzanne Mattox PHD
Grand Ole Party - Bad Bad
The Rakes - Time To Stop Talking
Radical Face - Winter Is Coming
Nada Surf - Weightless
Girls In Hawaii - Shades Of Time
Fink - This Is The Thing
Love Is All - Turn The Radio Off

Nação XXI (13 Março/2008)

Miss Kitten - Grace
Parov Stellar - Love
Hot Chip - Shake A Fist
Olga Koukari - How Do You Feel
The Whip - Throw It In The Fire
The Devastations - Rosa
Fields - If You Fail We All Fail
Puressence - Dont Forget To Remember
The Battle Of Land & Sea - Saltwater Qween
Promise & The Monster - Life Being What It Is
Kaki King - Life Being Who It Is
Taken By Trees - Julia
Jes - Around You

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Neon Neon - Stainless Style (2008)

"Neon Neon" are Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals and Bryan Hollon known as Boom Bip , together bringing life to "Stainless Style", an album inspired in the '80s electropop, based on the rise and fall of automobile tycoon John DeLorean. Appealing to electropop, indie & hip-hop, Stainless Style slips effortlessly between a vast array of musical camps, with the honor of the intuitive capabilities of Rhys and Hollon, a team that constantly gives evidence of two minds working on very different ways but achieving yhe same goal. The strength of this album lies in the same playful interpretation of different genres. A post-modern wonder, as sleek as its subject matter.

Neon Neon in Myspace

Nação XXI (06 Março/2008)

The Antlers - In the Artic
Get Set Go - The Trouble With Being Poor
Goldfrapp - A & E
Grand National - Cut By The Brakes
The Whip - Sirens
22 Pisterkko - Angoulme 2036
Robots In Disguise - The Sex Has Made Me Stupid
Foals - Red Sock Pugie
Atlas Sound - Scrapping Past
Cats & Cats & Cats - Sweet Drunk Everyone
The Most Serene Republic - Why So Looking Back
Handsome Furs - Sing! Captain
The Twilight Sad - That Summer At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy
Lone Wolf & Cub - I Will Hammerpunch Your Dlavical

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (2008)

Minneapolis based Cloud Cult returns for their sixth album, self-titled "Feel Good Ghosts" (Tea-partying Through Tornadoes). Despite the fact i'm a huge fan of them, it's not surprisingly that the new album is awesome, it promises to be as progressive as it is diverse, instrumentaly, originality, creativity...there's no one better to mix acoustic and electric guitar with soft and hard voices between sampling, drums, bass, violins and many other. Meet the great Cloud Cult band...Craig Minowa, Connie Minowa, Scott West, Sarah Young, Shawn Neary and Shannon Frid from Minneapolis.
Let them get out from north america cause the world is still virgin for them, let they explore and show themselfs to the world...the ghosts feel good and we do to...

Cloud Cult in Myspace
Cloud Cult Official Website

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Nação XXI (28 Fevereiro/2008)

Piano Magic - Incurable Song
Fields - You Don't Need This Song
Lou Rhodes - Each Moment New
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Elsiane - Ecclesia
Stars feat Final Fantasy - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Fink - This Is The Thing
The Emmerson Letters - Lifetime
Misophone - White Waves
Radical Face - Wrapped In Piano Strings
Nada Surf - Ice On This Wings
Minipop - Generator
Canon Blue - Odds & Ends
Barcelona - Falling Out Of Trees

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Nação XXI (21 Fevereiro/2008)

Hot Chip - Touch Too Much
The Oscillation - Respond In Silence
The Whip - Save My Soul
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Kingdom
Calvin Harris - The Girls
Gonzo48k - Fear Of You
Yoav - There Is Nobody
Girls In Hawaii - Summer Storm
The Do - Searching Gold
Headlights - Market Girl
Misophone - Nothing Down There But Trees
Throw Me The Statue - Young Sensualists
Boy Is Fiction - Bif Us 307
Boy Is Fiction - The Bits In The Numbers

Nação XXI (14 Fevereiro/2008)

Death In Vegas - Dirge
Trash Palace - Your Sweet Love
Stars - The Night Starts Here
Pineapple Thief - Well, I Think That's What You Said
Headlifgts - School Boys
Grand National - Close Approximation
Goodbooks - Leni
Cloud Cult - Take Your Medicine
Seabear - Hospital End
Wisely - Thought Any Low
Jose Gonzalez - How Low
Tunng - Arms
California Snow Story - ...

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Yoav - Charmed And Strange (2008)

Yoav, Israel to a Romanian father nationality, migrated to South Africa as a child, before trying his luck as a troubadour in London, New York and Canada. It was while in New York that he hit upon the style he's now peddling: melancholic acoustic ballads tempered by guitar based percussion, with the help of loops and effect peddles. It has a voice capable of all things: he sounds just as good singing in falsetto as in a gravelly, crooner-ish voice. But his appeal is far more than that, his instrumentation is powerfully compelling. Again, this is someone whose band consists of his guitar and a pedal and yet, some of his songs manage to have atmospheric, mysterious power.
"Charmed and Strange" is gorgeously enjoyable, with the guitar stretching out to nearly violin sadness at some times, and reaching up to vivid heights of happiness and others. The beats that Yoav drums out of his guitar are extremely confident, listening to the album feels like diving into a lush sonic jungle with spots of sunshine and sadness, with colors and shadows. At the end the effect is complex, rejuvenating, and strange comparative from almost anything else you've heard before. Charmed and Strange, was made by Yoav and guitar and it's perfect to begin the year of 2008. The effect is strange, to be sure, but also appropriately charming.

Yoav in Myspace
Yoav Official Website

Friday, February 15, 2008

Robots In Disguise - We're in the Music Biz (2008)

On first view, Robots in Disguise, Dee Plume and Sue Denim, are pictured on the sleeve of "We’re in the Music Biz" wearing the regulation tight shirts and skinny ties of new wave. Short, sharp and right to the point, this is Robots In Disguise way of living, back with their third album to create more electro punk mayhem. Smart, sharp insider's perspective on planet pop, welded to a jagged yet sugary sound which combines the best bits of Chicks on Speed, Bloc Party and Elastica And the bitchier they get, the more brilliant We're in the Music Biz becomes. So is We're In The Music Biz distinctive enough and entertaining for sure, just when you think it's all surface, shows surprising depth and a streetwise attitude. It's a joy!

Robots In Disguise at Myspace
Robots In Disguise Website

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Operator Please - Yes Yes Vindictive (2008)


In an era where the future of rock supposedly consists of kids growing their fringes and documenting their angst, Operator Please are a big, coloured explosion on the horizon. Australian pop rock band Operator Please compose perfect pop nuggets and rolling, swirling, indie anthems, Operator Please have taken giddy excitement to new levels, youthful enthusiasm carries the day here and if most of the songs are genially direct without digging deep then the band's lack of guile makes the pleasure easy to embrace.
In one dose, "Yes Yes Vindictive" tries to remember the good times Yeah Yeah Yeahs brought to us with their frenetic rock. It's lived, funny and enjoyable to hear and dance by the sound of the new kind of youth rock. There's enough to keep them in the game of growing up successfully in public.

Operator Please in Myspace
Operator Please Official Website

Friday, February 08, 2008

The Do - A Mouthful (2008)

The Do have no afraid about wearing their musical influences on their sleeve. Take a first look to "A Mouthful" and you’ll get a taste of the flavour of Blonde and Cocorosie. But the overriding influence that runs through out The Do’s debut album is Iceland’s alternative pop princess Bjork. They share Bjork’s off-the-wall originality and have taken a leaf out of the Icelandic diva’s music book, smashing down barriers between genres to forge their own unique sound. Dan Levy, The Do’s talented multi-instrumentalist, and singer Olivia B Merilahtin originally hooked up two years ago to work together on the soundtrack to a feature film. Their creative partnership blossomed from there and the duo went on to write the soundtracks for two other movies, François Rotger’s The Passenger and Christophe Ali’s Camping sauvage. They have also created stage music for a number of contemporary dance troupes.
“A Mouthful” is a delightful genre fusion album that is full of so many different twists, turns and crunches you'll never know what you are going to get here in this set. Just music that has the need to be heared and learned...how all music should be.

The Do in Myspace

Nação XXI (07 Fevereiro/2008)

The Battle Royale - Wake Up Thunderbabe
Grand Ole Party - Gypsy Kings
Operator Please - Just A Song About Ping Pong
You Say Pary! We Say Die! - Giant Hands
Sons & Daughters - Rebel Wih The Ghost
The Do - On My Shoulders
Puressence - Life Comes Down Hard
Canon Blue - Pilguin Pop
John Vanderslic - Kookaburra
Nada Surf - Beauifull Beat
Club 8 - Heaven
Art In Manilla - The Sweet Descends
Girls In Hawaii - Birthday Call
The Comas - After The Aferglow
The Office - Suburban Perfume

Nação XXI (31 Janeiro/2008)

Boy Is Fiction - Gluele Me Think
Mogwai - Auto-Rock
Mai - Snowing Downtown
Alaska In Winter - 24 Hours In Lake Ciy
Andrew Bird - The Water Jet Cilice
The Books - Smells Like Conent
Dave Gahan - Say Something
Love Is All - Turn The Radio Off
Burial - Archangel
Canon Blue - Odds & Ends
Radical Face - Glory
Radiohead - Reckoner
Maps - Liquid Sugar
Mum - Blessed Brambles
Apparat - Useless Information

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Working For A Nuclear Free City - Business & Ghosts (2007)

The beauty of "Working For A Nuclear Free City", their last album, with its ability to visit a myriad of sounds while still remaining cohesive and controlled "Business & Ghosts" comes now as a refreshing split into the “official” album "Businessmen", and a collection of B-sides, outtakes, and various other tracks that didn’t quite make the cut over the years in "Ghosts".
"Businessmen" is an album of diversity. "Ghosts", on the other hand, is purely electronic and ambient. Here dwell tracks that are perhaps more unfocused than those in "Businessmen", but if you’ve enjoyed the ride so far you won’t be exiting just yet. The band's best bass-driven dancefloor bangers and stately, textured landscapes are all here.
If you’ve liked Radiohead’s electronic sides, Explosions in the Sky’s more ambient work, or any sort of genre-bending such as electronic, instrumental, zouk, shoegaze, post-rock and alternative, get this album. Working For A Nuclear Free City is prepping for their storm, and it will be severe. So breath the air, and enjoy what’s coming. Too good to be lost...

Working For A Nuclear Free City In Myspace
Working For A Nuclaer Free City Official Site

Nação XXI (24 Janeiro/2008)

iLiketrains - Twenty Five Sins
Fink - Blueberry Pancakes
The Do - The Bridge Is Broken
Shannon Wright - St. Pete
Twisted Charm - London Scene
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Monster
The Honeydrips - Trying Something New
Throw Me That Statue - Lolita
Grand National - Cut By The Brakes
Reverend & The Makers - Armchairs Detective
Young Love - Discotech
White Rabbits - While We Go Dancing
Fields - Charming The Flames
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Kingdom
Working For A Nuclear Free City - The Tree

Nação XXI (17 Janeiro/2008)

Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush
Nina Nastasia feat. Jim White - I've Been Out Walking
Barcelona - Falling Out Of Trees
Art In Manilla - The Sweat Descends
Earlimart - Nevermind The Phonecalls
Windmill - Asthmatic
Sons & Daughters - The Nest
The Wombats - Kill The Director
The Draytones - Keep Loving Me
Mary Timony Band - New SOund
The Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken The Memory
She Wants Revenge - She Will Always Be A Broken Girl
The Pineapple Thief - What Have We Swon

Friday, January 18, 2008

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Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry

Friday, January 11, 2008

Radical Face - Ghost (2007)


In comparison to the project focused on muted indie pop called Electric President where this project continually reminds you of digital nature of the production, with its glitchy beats and cut-up instruments, Radical Face is where Ben Cooper (member of duo Electric President and Radical Face) indulges his more trad songwriting ambitions. So"Ghost" becomes a songwirter album, or rather, a song-writing album, with tracks carefully arranged interiors, chamber folk, pockep symphonies and passionate melodies. He Let the instruments tale a deep breath and created a breathing record, a lively, warm Ghost.

Radical Face in Myspace
Radical Face Official Site

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Nação XXI (10 Janeiro/2008)

Witness - The Best Years Of Your Life
Bjork - I See Who You Are
Radical Face - Welcome Home, Son
Fink - Bluebery Pancakes
Promise & The Monster - Night Out
Patrick Watson - Luscious Life
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Dancefloor Destroyer
Die! Die! Die! - Sideways, Here We Come
Grand Ole Party - Gypsy King
The Raveonettes - Dead Sound
Dust Galaxy - Down
People Press Play - Always Wrong
Parov Stelar - Crushed Island
Apparat - Arcadia
Micro-Escopio - Weekends In NY

Friday, January 04, 2008

Nação XXI (03 Janeiro/2008)

Wisely - Through Any Window
Beirut - La Banlieu
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Kingdom
Burial - Archangel
Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City
Kenna - Better Wise Up
Grand National - Reason To Hide In
Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes
Fields - Skulls & Flesh
Hooverphonic - Gentle Storm
Tunng - Bullets
Taken By Trees - Julia
Tulsa - Shaker
PG. Lost - Kardusen
Kim Hiorthoy - I Thought We Could Eat Friends