Format, Pet Shop Boys' new B-sides collection, shows how clever artists can make pop gold from a single's flipside The one-word titles of Pet Shop Boys albums always repay a second look and so it proves with Format, the name of their second volume of B-sides, covering 1995-2009. The B-side is a means of expression that owes its existence to outmoded formats: first the vinyl disc that needed both sides filling, then the CD single, which doubled or tripled the demand for extra music. During the 90s, when formatting went into overdrive, chart positions could be decided by how ...

WHO: When one-man hook machine and onetime lo-fi dynamo Dylan Baldi was offered a spot opening for Real Estate in Brooklyn over two years ago, the Cleveland native and then — Case Western Reserve freshman abandoned school altogether just to play. The decision to drop out has since paid off: Baldi's near-constant stream of jittery punk melodies reached a new peak with the recent release of Attack on Memory (Carpark), his heaviest and most confidently realized work yet. Cloud Nothings, "Stay Useless" DOWNLOAD SOUNDS LIKE: For Attack on Memory , Cloud Nothings' third full-length, Baldi went into the studio with a ...

You didn't think this could work did? Did you?! One of the best mash-ups we've heard for some time.

Leonard Cohen is one of the most prolific and treasured song-writers of the last 50 years, but the average listener probably knows most of his songs based on the more popular covers. The most obvious example is Jeff Buckley's take on "Hallelujah", but whether it's a more recent Cults' take on "Everybody Knows" or The Pixies re-imagining "I Can't Forget," you're more likely to associate his music with a different act rather than the genuine article himself. After filing for bankruptcy in 2005, L

Leonard Cohen is one of the most prolific and treasured song-writers of the last 50 years, but the average listener probably knows most of his songs based on the more popular covers. The most obvious example is Jeff Buckley's take on "Hallelujah", but whether it's a more recent Cults' take on "Everybody Knows" or The Pixies re-imagining "I Can't Forget," you're more likely to associate his music with a different act rather than the genuine article himself. After filing for bankruptcy in 2005, L

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Pixies, Pavement Song: Palms - The Summer Is Done With Us [download here ] What's so good? Birthed from the remnants of much-loved Sydney rock heroes Red Riders , remaining members Al Griggs and Tom Wallace have formed a new project, Palms. Rather than continuing down the Red Riders path, the decided to retire the band altogether and start from scratch. Their track “ The Summer Is Done With Us” sets the scene for their new style, vintage rock with a touch of punk. While their new music has elements of Red Riders – especially ...

From wiki:- The Big Dish are a Scottish pop/rock band formed in Airdrie, Scotland in 1983. The band initially comprised Steven Lindsay (vocals/guitar), Mark Ryce (guitar) and John Harper (keyboards). The trio was subsequently augmented on stage by Raymond Docherty (bass) and Keith Burns (drums). As well as releasing three studio albums, the band performed live as support to Lloyd Cole and Big Country. By the time their debut album Swimmer was released on Virgin Records in 1986 the line-up had undergone notable changes, with Lindsay and Docherty joined by new guitarist Brian McFie, keyboardist/saxophonist Ian Ritchie ...

«Ακόμα με τις λίστες ασχολείστε; Φεβρουάριος έφτασε!» Αφού τα είπαμε, στο some beans το αγαπημένο μας σύνθημα είναι το «φέεεετααα»! Έτσι και αλλιώς τελείωσε ένας Ιανουάριος με λίγες ειδήσεις και ακόμα λιγότερες σημαντικές κυκλοφορίες οπότε δεν χάσατε πάρα πολλά. Και γιατί να βιαστούμε άλλωστε; Ας αφήσουμε στην άκρη τα αυτιστικά μας που μας επιβάλλουν να είμαστε πάντα στην ώρα μας (αλήθεια από πότε καθιερώθηκε αυτή η ώρα;) και επίκαιροι και ας απολαύσουμε 40 από εμένα και 40 από την uptight (σύντομα κοντά σας) επιλογές από υπέροχους δίσκους. Η καλή μουσική άλλωστε είναι πάντα επίκαιρη. 40. Micachu & the Shapes/ London Sinfonietta - Chopped & Screwed Ο δεύτερος δίσκος των Micachu είναι μια ζωντανή ηχογράφηση της μπάντας μαζί με την μικρή ορχήστρα του Λονδίνου. Μοιάζει με soundtrack τέλους του κόσμου, φοβερά ατμοσφαιρικό, μυστήριο, δυσοίωνο και περίεργο. Η μπάντα ακούγεται σα να έχει παγιδευτεί μέσα στο μάτι μιας μύγας, έχοντας μια ευρυγωνική, κάπως διεστραμμένη και σατανική άποψη για τον κόσμο. Δεν είναι άκουσμα για καλοκαιρινές βόλτες στην παραλία αλλά μια ιδιαίτερη ακρόαση που άλλοτε διαλύεται μπροστά στα μάτια σου, άλλοτε σέρνεται ακρωτηριασμένο λερώνοντας το πάτωμα και άλλοτε προσπαθεί ανεπιτυχώς να ανοίξει τα φτερά του να πετάξει μέχρι να προσγειωθεί με τα μούτρα. Αυτό το ανίερο πάντρεμα κλασσικής μουσικής και απροσάρμοστης pop επιβάλλεται να ακούστει με προσοχή και ενδιαφέρον. Για παράδειγμα: Micachu And The Shapes/ London Sinfonietta- "Not So Sure" 39. Ensemble - Excerpts Γαλλική noire pop μουσική για όλα τα εκλεπτυσμένα γούστα σύντομα σε ένα σινεμά κοντά σας. Ο ενεργός από το 1998 Olivier Alary έφτιαξε κινηματογραφική μουσική για σκοτεινά ρομάντζα, απατεώνες και προδοσίες. Ο Serge Gainsbourg είναι μία επιρροή που αναγνωρίζεται άμεσα από τον ακροατή αν και η προσέγγιση του Olivier δεν προσπαθεί να σοκάρει με την πρωτοτυπία της και την τόλμη της παρά μόνο μοιάζει με πολύ προσεγμένη αναβίωση της συγκεκριμένης μουσικής, με λιγότερα new wave στοιχεία, περισσότερα jazz και πιο ορχηστρική. Επίσης o Alary μαζί με τον Anthony Gonzalez αποδεικνύουν στους Nouvelle Vague πως υπάρχουν Γάλλοι παραγωγοί που πασχίζουν να φτιάξουν καινούργια μουσική. Για παράδειγμα: Ensemble - Excerpts 38. The Field - Looping State Of Mind Πραγματικά πολύ πετυχημένος τίτλος για δίσκο. Ο Σουηδός, τέσσερα χρόνια μετά την αναγνώριση του ντεμπούτου του που εμφανίστηκε σε αρκετές λίστες της δεκαετίας (εμένα η αγαπημένη μου ήταν αυτή που ήταν καλύτερος δίσκος της δεκαετίας μαζί με τους Abbie Gale ;-D), επιστρέφει με συνεκτικά ...

The Pixies in Iceland @ 39:30 loudQUIETloud - a film about The Pixies from Karsten Elmer The Pixies in Iceland in the Icelandic Music Museum

January is a good time to take a listen to the self titled debut album from Dead Wolf Club . Its quiet/loud dynamic is just the thing to shake you out of your post festive torpor. It sounds like a missive from a deserted island where they've sealed themselves off from the rest of the world with nothing but well worn copies of the collected works of Liars, The Pixies and the early albums of Idlewild to keep them company. Disregarding the current vogue for lo-fi surf pop, the Cornish quartet prefer to make your eardrums earn their money ...

Cloud Nothings used to be mediocre. Cloud Nothings used to be forgettable. Cloud Nothings used to be a solo-project. Of their show supporting Crocodiles at the Camden Barfly , this time last year, I referred to their “ brand of jangly pop-punk ” as “ upbeat and energetic but exceptionally bland and generic ”. However, Cloud Nothings' new record – ' Attack On Memory ' – is the sound of a band revitalised. It is the sound of a band emerging as vital . Ohio natives Cloud Nothings began as the vehicle for a lone Dylan Baldi , the frontman and principle songwriter who played all the instruments on their first ...

Just a year after their eponymous debut, Cloud Nothings, the Cleveland, Ohio-based group, return with a stunning new Wichita album, Attack On Memory. And here’s the big news – it was produced by the king of noise rock, Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Manic Street Preachers, and PJ Harvey). The ...

“The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland.” That is perhaps one of the greatest lines from the Armisen/Brownstein sketch show, Portlandia . I was ages 0-10 during the 1990s but as a part of one of the most nostalgic generations I’ve never been able to truly forget that decade. I find myself able to quickly identify things that are inspired and tinged by the 1990s: Adventure Time, cropped t-shirts, the band Yuck , the Myndset remix of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know”, and now I can add Autolux’s 2004 album, Future Perfect .  Autolux is ...

All that's missing is the Campbell's Soup. Pixies frontman Frank Black and his wife, Violet Clark, make a whole bunch of direct allusions to Andy Warhol in "Silver Boys," the propulsive, synth-buzzing advance track from their upcoming second album as Grand Duchy, titled Let the People Speak (out April 10). Directed by Art Brut and Los Campesinos! video whiz Alex de Campi for production company gravitysleeps , the "Silver Boys" clip drives home the Warhol connection even further, featuring Black and Clark amid Warhol-style imagery, Warhol quotes, and plenty of hedonistic scenes worthy of the artist's old Factory ...

David Lynch deploys music in his movies to devastating effect. Ahead of a retrospective, we pick his best statements in sound David Lynch once said: "Sound is almost like a drug. It's so pure that when it goes in your ears, it instantly does something to you." With the exception of perhaps Quentin Tarantino, no one has repurposed music with greater effect in film than Lynch. And so, in light of his forthcoming BFI retrospective, here are some of his greatest musical moments. Mulholland Drive – Llorando The open-ended narrative of Mulholland Drive, coupled with Lynch's surreal technique, lends ...