Momentos BiZaRRoS

Llegan momentos de frescura musical....
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Vampire Weekend New York / Punk - New Wave

Kelley Stoltz San Francisco / Showtunes - Ambient

Matt Elliott en Lisboa....el viernes santo...para redimir todas nuestras penas....él estará en el cabaret maxime de Lisboa a las 23h....




Intentaré no perdermelo.
Feliz Pascua.....Feliz Semana Santa

Aquí algunas novedades musicales...
lo último que voy escuchando....estamos muy americanos....hay algo ingles y frances....pero predominan los USA....mmmmmmm...tengo que reflexionar un poco....

• Hushpuppies, Silence is golden (Garage, Pop, Rock) France - Perpignan - Bordeaux - Paris



• Nada Surf, Lucky (Rock, Indie) USA - NY



• Aaron, Jerome (Electro, Funk, Soul) UK



• American Music Club, The Golden Age (Rock) USA - San Francisco



• Fog, Ditherer (Other, Experimental, Rock) USA - Minneapolis



• Devotchka, How it ends (Indie, Rock) USA



• The Magnetic Fields, Distortion (Rock, Pop) USA - NY

Hola ...hello...olá

I know this blog it is not running well...but i almost don't have time to work on it.

I'm listening those days to a 2007 album Boxer by The National. Just after first time you listen to feel there is "something"...they are not big songs or effective songs...but after a while you feel you need more....

"Boxer is the fourth studio album by Brooklyn-based indie rock band The National. It was released on May 22, 2007 by Beggars Banquet Records. The album features a guest performance by Sufjan Stevens on "Ada" and "Racing Like a Pro" and backing vocals by Marla Hansen. Following its release, it debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 9,500 copies in its first week.The song "Slow Show" contains lyrics from the band's song "29 Years," first found on their self-titled debut album"

Polly Jean abandona a su fiel guitarra. Tras casi dos décadas en activo, la musa del rock (con perdón de Patty Smith a la que, por otro lado, debe la mitad de su carisma) se reinventa y nos muestra su lado más desconocido. Algunos pensarán que es fruto de la edad (¿quizás pesan sus 38 tacos?), otros que la fierecilla de la siempre ha dado buena muestra se ha domesticado, nosotros, simplemente, que se lo ha pedido el cuerpo. White Chalk, que así se llama este octavo trabajo, es su comunión más íntima con sus seguidores. Una colección de canciones, de apenas media hora de duración, donde PJ defiende con uñas y dientes (en este caso voz y piano) ese universo siniestro y desolador que le ha hecho única e imprescindible para la música (a pesar de los referentes). (fuente: Notodo.com)

Suggestions to the end of the year.......
Do not forget about following people.
*** You can click in the band's name to get more info

AaRON - Artificial animal riding on neverland (France)

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (USA)
Beirut - The flying club cup (USA)
Frank Turner - Sleep Is For The Week (Bahrain /UK)
Iron & Wine -The Shepherds Dog (USA)
Jens Lekman -Night Falls Over Kortedala (Sweden)
Jet Lag - Forever (Spain)
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature (Sweden)
Nacho Vegas & Christina Rosenvinge - Verano fatal (Spain)
PJ.Harvey - White Chalk (UK)
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge (UK)
Robert_Wyatt - Comicopera (UK)
Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars (USA-Canada)
Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim (Iceland)
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy (USA)
Uusitalo - Karhunainen (Finland)

And finally Rufus arrived, after that great concert in Madrid two years ago I saw him back on the stage with his band (I saw him in Benicassim Festival alone, it was nice but not the best)

I have many things on my mind to tell you about the gig yesterday (6th Nov 2007) in the “Coliseu dos Recreios” in Lisbon. The SHOW was almost 3 hours with a short break of 15 min. The Coliseu was full of people, a lot of people more than last time he played in Lisbon, when he released his first album “Posses”

Now HE was there to present the new album “Release The Stars” and the stage was full of stars, everywhere. When the whole male band and Rufus appeared they were all dressed in striped colourful clothes, with a bizarre mix of colours sometimes. Rufus was dressed in a red & white striped suit full of shining pins all over the suit, butterflies, stars, whatever….with shining rings, shining bracelet, shining necklace…..the other guys in the band were as well with many stars details. The piano full of white stars, the backside covers with a huge american flag, but in white & blue, and shining stars as well. And two big mirror balls, reflecting a lot of shining spots all over the scenario.

And Rufus started to sing “Release the stars” song....….everything was shining and bright.

Before I continue explaining the show I just wanted to give you the 3 phrases of the night (from my point of view)

* I’m a princess without frog…I’m available (At the beginning talk about the visit to the carriages museum in Lisbon, he loved it)
* I’m not the new Mozart….I’m the new Mendelssohn….just kidding (Talking about something it happened to him in Vienna because of his arrogance)
* Give me the introduction….mummy (Almost at the end of the show when his mother played piano and he sung a couple of songs)


1st Act 55 min

He sung most of the last album songs mixing with others, like The Art Teacher, Cigarettes & chocolate, etc. The sound was good, his voice brilliant, and the band great.
His yoga teacher came to help him in one of the songs, and he celebrated his drummer birthday.

2nd Act 55 min

He appeared in an austrian dress, funny dark green shorts and shirt. And he continued singing songs from all albums. But he stopped for the Judy Garland tribute he is doing in this tour. It was great, he alone, only with the piano. He took sometime to sing a irish folk song without microphones, just his voice….and he did it great, everybody was excited with the show. After a few songs he left the stage, and one by one the guys of the band.

3rd Extras / bonus.

He appeared in a white bathrobe (the same as Madrid last gig) and sung a couple of songs alone, playing the piano. Then his mother appeared and she played piano and Rufus sung two more songs, one it was “Over the rainbow” it was amazing. Finally he started to dress like a woman, with high-heeled shoes, shining earrings, black jacket, black hut, etc. And all the guys from the band appeared black suit dresses (the shirts were pink) and they do a cabaret performance quite funny.

Nobody stopped clapping! It was great, amazing, funny, good music, good show, funny people having fun and making us feel a little bit happier.

Thanks RUFUS!

That’s all folks!
See you soon!

Hello all!

We always want to discover new people doing new things....today a friend of mine sent to me this link with a video in Youtube.com

I only know these 2 videos/songs but it looks quite interesting

These 3 guys are from Setubal (south Lisbon about 40km) and they do

HIST: musical collective work:

• Eurico Coelho (rithms/vox/electronics)


• Abel Raposo + João Caferra (bass/guitar players).

Eurico: independent artist/designer/scenographer/director/musician/teacher, works/lives in Setubal/Portugal, experimenting and melting medias, searching for new ways to an hybrid/artificial kind of purity in comunication design.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Yrn9RY482I

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wQh7J-bUGjY

Enjoy!

~~~~~~~ NA~DA~DO~RA ~~~~~~

Aunque no actualizo mi blog...sigo escuchando música....

Estos dias no puedo dejar de escuchar el segundo disco de Nadadora "Hablaremos del miedo" Es el último y el más elaborado de sus discos, no cambian su fórmula de hacer música (pop armonioso lánguido y melancólico), pero suben un peldaño arriba, refinando aún más si cabe sus letras y melodías.

Si ya disfrutamos de ese gran debut de Nadadora "Aventuras dentro de Cajas" Agosto-2004, estos chicos han conseguido no sólo mantener el nivel sino aumentar en intensidad y contenido emocional....

Simple, pero bonita y elegante web......como su música.

http://www.nadadora.com/

Y como no...también los podeis encontrar en ese cybermundo de myspace...

http://www.myspace.com/nadadoraband

Hasta otra ;-)
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UM DIA NO SBSR (SUPER BOCK SUPER ROCK)

Ayer estuvimos de concierto, era la segunda jornada del SBSR (super bock super rock). Super Bock es una cerveza portuguesa.

Me perdi a Bunnyranch, lo pobres empezaban a tocar a las 17h un martes ;-)
Llegamos (yo sólo con 3 mujeres) a la mitad de la actuación de The Gift. Hicieron un buen concierto y tenian el aprobado asegurado, jugaban en casa y todo el mundo conocia todas las canciones. Pese a la hora y escasez de gente estuvo bien.

Después llegó la hora de cenar (aqui solo hay un escenario y tienes 20 min de descanso entre concierto y concierto pra dar una vuelta, beber, mear, cenar ;-)
Y por supuesto llego el momento café, aqui los portugueses tienen hasta buen cafe en un festival de música....sentaditos en unas mesas empezamos a ver escuchar a los klaxons, un poco ruidosos al principio. Tengo que reconocer que no estuve muy pendiente, estaba mas disfrutando del ambiente del festival y de la compañia, e intentando comunicarme en portugues. Los veo de nuevo en Benicasim. De todos modos lo poco que vi, aceptable pero no emocionante.

Luego llegaron Los Magic Numbers, los 4 gorditos de NY aterrizaron por primera vez en Portugal. hubo algun altibajo, por aquello del desconocimiento de la gente de ese grupo, pero al final fue una fiesta aquello y se ganaron a todos los que estabamos allí. Fue el comienzo de la fiesta.....el prólogo previo a Arcade Fire (el objetivo, al menos mio, del dia)

Con Bloc Party saltaron las chispas, se lleno todo y ahi bailaba hasta los padres con los niños. Para mi el concierto estuvo BIEN, correcto, pero los bloc party no me llenaron 100%. Tienen ya algunas tablas y tambien saben ganarse a la gente.

Y llego el momento sagrado, el momento esperado....el parco escenario (aunque no pequeño) se empezo a llenar de Biblias y de color rojo, pantallas circulares, haces de luces....cortinas color rojo-granate.....y empezo a entrar gente en el escenario, hasta 10 personas y múltiples instrumentos y otros aparatos ;-)

Empezaron con Broken Arrow, después No Cars Go,...y ya no pararon....Fue "optimo, giro, engraçado....." como dicen los portugueses. Era la primera vez que veia a esta banda y puedes ver a un grupo de gente que se divierten y quieren que tu también te diviertas.

"Parabens" Arcade Fire !!! e obrigado as outras bandas.

Una ultima nota de un periodico portugués: "Se há concertos que valem pela memória que reclamam, um concerto destes vale pela memória que constrói naquele preciso momento. É por isso que, tão cedo, ninguém se vai esquecer desta noite. É por isso que ninguém ainda se esqueceu da grandiosa estreia em Paredes de Coura, tão marcante que nem parece ter sido há apenas dois anos. É por isso que ninguém arreda pé sem ter a certeza de que os Arcade Fire já saíram mesmo de palco. E é por isso que, apesar de querer mais, o público se dispersa a cantar e a desejar que o futuro ande depressa até ao próximo reencontro com a banda canadiana. Não é bem um adeus. É uma despedida com juras de amizade e promessa de regresso breve"

Y por supuesto en la red ya hay videos de anoche.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbnRXbt2Aq8