March 2012
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Boy Friend - Egyptian Wrinkle (2012)
Review in a few hours.
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The Drums - Days [Single] (2012)
Do I have to say any more?
01-Days 02-I Don’t Want To Go Alone
My Rating: 9.5
February 2012
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Liechtenstein - Fast Forward (2012)
The Swedish girls are back with their vintage twee and post-punk sound. The successor of Survival Strategies In A Modern World is a deeper and more intense effort in the roots of the ealier indie-pop scene. Fast Forward spreads out through its 11 songs catchy and jangly guitarrs, and the already known vocals that put these girls right next unforgettable bands such as The Shop Assistants and Free...
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Eux Autres - Sun is Sunk-EP (2012)
I was missing these guys so much! So glad in listening to their new stuff, this Ep entitled Sun is Sunk is a step-ahead in their career, now the sonority is even closer to C86 bands, as well as to groups such as The Smittens, Pocketbooks and Tender Trap.
It looks like Jason Queve’s influence is putting the band’s music to a new level of quality. In addition, Hearther’s voice is...
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Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (2012)
What a brave guy. Mike Hadreas had the guts to compose such an amazing, sad and lyrical album, on the opposite hand of the current music industry. It’s impossible to not remember of The Antlers, Jeff Buckley, Antony and many other artists who work on a sentimental and sad basis to create their songs. Put Your Back N 2 lt is Mike’s new work and comprises twelve songs, most of them below...
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Big Scary - Vacation (2011)
I took some time to review this album, however, everybody should at least give a try to it. This Melbourne-based duo has released 7 Eps before Vacation, their debut. Due to the amount of singles and Eps, the band’s sonority ranges from indie-rock ballads (“Mix Tape”, “Purple”) piano-driven melodies (“Of Desire”, “Falling Away”) and my...
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Moustache of Insanity - Postcards to Strangers...
01-Postcards To Strangers 02-Hissing Days 03-Straighter Than Jonathan Richman 04-I Like These Shoes 05-Amazon Wishlist
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The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know (2012)
No One Can Ever Know is the third release from Scottish band The Twilight Sad. They were one of the most different and exciting Scotttish bands arising from that unforgettable 2006, even though with their debut being released several months later. The next album was the successfully acclaimed Forget the Night Ahead, in which they moved to a more experimental area, and I have to admit I felt a lack...
January 2012
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Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
What a tune! These guys from Cleveland had the great idea of composing a 33-minute full length record full of garage pop songs. Attack on Memory is that fast music journey that you will always remember of, because it’s short and goes right to the point. Except for the second song “Wasted Days”, which has almost 9 minutes a well-done noisy post-rock, the album is full of catchy...
December 2011
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August 2011
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Faded Paper Figures - New Medium (2010)
01 Invent It All Again 02 Limelight 03 You Know What I Mean 04 Rewind 05 Small Talk 06 One More Crash 07 The Cold Wars 08 When the Book Ends 09 Kodachrome Earth 10 Changed 11 New Medium
My Rate: 9,2
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July 2011
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Cut Off Your Hands - Hollow (2011)
New Zealand band with big influences from C86 and Manchester scene. Hollow is the band’s new record, following the 2006’s You & I. Nice to hear these guys, their songs bring me good memories from the eighties atmosphere, for some minutes I lost myself and started thinking I was listening to some Stone Roses or The Bodines record. “You Should Do Better”, “All It...
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V/A - Stockholm Belong To Us - A Labrador Records...
Stockholm and Labrador. Two words representing quality in the same place. An amazing compilation gathering together what the label and the city have, in their finest. They should have chosen older Club 8 songs, this new afro-beat thing sucks, as well as have selected a better The Legends one. Nevertheless, these little details don’t comprise the whole record, which comes in the middle of...
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The Horrors - Skying (2011)
I couldn’t have chosen a better record in my return to the albums review. It’s been crazy times for me, I mean, nothing bad happened, I was just feeling tired, which I should say mostly due to lack of time. But here I am after 5 months, trying to make up the lost time. These guys came up from Southend in the middle of 00’s and since then they have been proving how much they are...
February 2011
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Radiohead - The King of Limbs (2011)
01-Bloom 02-Morning Mr Magpie 03-Little by Little 04-Feral 05-Lotus Flower 06-Codex 07-Give up the Ghost 08-Separate
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Dream Diary - You Are The Beat (2011)
1. Paper Flowers (2:40) 2. Is He Really Mine (3:22) 3. Something Tells Her (3:00) 4. Bird in My Garden (3:47) 5. Forever (2:42) 6. El Lissitzky (3:21) 7. Young Veronica (3:04) 8. Tombs of Love (3:14) 9. She Has a Way (3:11) 10. Audrey of Spirits (3:20)
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Chapel Club - Palace (2011)
I remember it as if it were today. British channel NME playing Five “Threes” video like dozen of times in a day. I became addicted to this band in the first instant. I was cautious about their debut due of all expectation I had put on White Lies and they gave two week albums. So I had decided to not make the same mistake again, but I should have known that these Londoners CANNOT DO...
January 2011
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I Want To Tell You
Oh, Sadly no internet connection for me for the next two weeks. I hope I can come back as soon as possible.
Comunicado Urgente!
Infelizmente, o evento que se realizaria neste Domingo (30) terá que ser adiado, por vários motivos: Os organizadores do evento tiveram imprevistos de última hora, e boa parte das pessoas que participariam não poderão comparecer. Portanto, pelo bom senso, decidimos que o evento será adiado em 2 ou 3 semanas. Ainda não temos a data exata, mas o mesmo se realizará ainda em Fevereiro e, esperamos...
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The Andersen Tapes - As I Write "Today" Ten Times...
Since I knew this band through their Cloudberry EP I kind of falling in love with them. If you remember of Free Loan Investments while listening to them it won’t be casual. Actually, the FLI-former Amanda Aldervall is basically the founder of The Andersen Tapes. I expected As I Write “Today” Ten Times would have a more accuracy production, the final work is sounding too much...
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The Wake - Something That No Else Could Bring EP...
This The Wake’s album situates itself in the middle of band’s transition from post-punk to indie-pop. Any similarity of Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky cover with this one is a mere coincidence (or not)
01-Gruesome Castle 02-Pale Spectre 03-Furious Sea 04-Plastic Flowers
The Crystal Lake Party II
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Minks - By the Edge (2010)
Another young Brooklyn-based duo going through Shoegaze and Lo-fi current scene. The opening song “Kusmi” takes us right to point how the album will sound like, a collection of eighties’ sonority (where we can reinforce The Cure as a main influence). Their first single “Funeral Song” had a good acceptance, and By the Edge reaches the expectations successfully. A very...
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French Films - Golden Sea EP (2010)
This is how The Drums would sound if they have put more post-punk influences in their music. I think that is enough to figure out how amazing this Helsinki-based band is. 01-Golden Sea 02-Take You With Me 03-Lift Me Up 04-Dropout Jr. My Rating: 9,6
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Papercuts - Do What You Will (Single) 2011
After the good You Can Have What You Want (2009), these Californians are coming back with their upcoming work entitled Fading Paradeda, to be released this year on the label Sup-pop. This first single is a must-listen. 01-Do What You Will
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White Lies - Ritual (2011)
01 - Is Love 02 - Strangers 03 - Bigger Than Us 04 - Peace & Quiet 05 - Streetlights 06 - Holy Ghost 07 - Turn The Bells 08 - The Power & The Glory 09 - Bad Love 10 - Come Down
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Secret Shine - The Beginning And The End (2011)
My mind was blown up when I saw Secret Shine playing at Indietracks. In that occasion, they presented the public with some songs of their upcoming album, “The Beginning And The End”. To be more specific the album was released last December 25th, but it’s so fucking good that I will consider it as a 2011 release. This work is breathtaking. I bet even fans weren’t expecting...
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Secret Shine - The Beginning And The End (2011)
My mind was blown up when I saw Secret Shine playing at Indietracks. In that occasion, they presented the public with some songs of their upcoming album, “The Beginning And The End”. To be more specific the album was released last December 25th, but it’s so fucking good that I will consider it as a 2011 release. This work is breathtaking. I bet even fans weren’t expecting...
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Peter Bjorn And John - Gimme Some (2011)
1. Tomorrow Has To Wait 2. Dig A Little Deeper 3. Second Chance 4. Eyes 5. Breaker, Breaker 6. May Seem Macabre 7. Cool Off 8. Black Book 9. Down Like Me 10. Lies 11. IKYDLM My Rating: 8,9 (partial)
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Rachael - Add A Little Bit Of Tobacco EP (2011)
Awesome when a band or a musician contacts you to help them to share their work over the internet. This is one of theses cases. So, let’s support Rachael to reach some listeners as many as we can. They mix later 60’s and 70’s psychedelic rock. (sometimes reminding Bowie stuff, others a very experimental garage).
01-Burn Slow And See 02-Grass 03-Like a High 04-Watchsick
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01. Federal Funding 02. Long Time 03. Got To Move 04. What’s Now Is Now 05. Mustache Man (Wasted) 06. Teenage Pregnancy 07. Sick Of You 08. Easy To Crash 09. Bound Away 10. The Winter 11. Italian Guy My Rating: 7,5
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British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall (2011)
2011 barely started and we already have a great release to appreciate. The guys from Brighton are back with a powerful album (their 5th studio one). Even tough a little longer than I expected, Valhalla Dancehall shows the band’s maturity, which is not much perceptible because the change is almost null, they are playing the same sound with the quality that gave them all the status, and now...
December 2010
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Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence (2011)
Since Asobi Seksu released the first album, I never knew exactly whether I loved this band or not. I’ve never really liked the albums as a whole, but they have some wonderful songs spread in these works. “Fluorescence” is little bit different from the others, but keeps the band swimming in dream-pop waters, sometimes the guitars sound more strident and stuffy, making the...
The Crystal Lake Party II
Depois de 2 anos, finalmente vai sair a segunda edição deste pic-nic que visa reunir fãs do indie-pop, do twee e da boa música. Por enquanto seguiremos os mesmos requisitos da primeira edição: - É de grátis! - Você so precisa levar um pratinho, doces, frutas, ou bebida. - É essencial que você faça uma Mixtape (pode ser do estilo, tema, e bandas que você quiser. De preferência faça umas 10-15...
I’m a ghost and as far as I know I haven’t even died
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The Language of Love - Libraries (2010)
This American band’s second album is my today’s reason for smiling unstoppable. A mix of really good pop songs, which gathered don’t fix in any particular style or tag. Sweet melodies and amazing backgrounds are perfectly placed over fast 33 minutes of simplicity and geniality. It’s all about melody, you even can try to select a song to be taken out of the album, but I bet...
I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice You can pin and mount me like a butterfly but “take me to the haven of your bed” was something that you never said Two lumps, please you’re the bee’s knees but so am I
Sorry!
My apologies for haven’t written here recently. My Computer broke and I’m trying to fix it. Hope to come back as soon as I can. Take care people!
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Why don’t you be the artist and make me out of clay? Why don’t you be the writer and decide the words I say?
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Wild Nothing - Gemini (2010)
I must thank a lot my dear friend Marcio for have recommended me this American band. Drinking in the fountain that Beach Fossilis and TPOBPAT do, this group creates a lovely dancing-pop on gloomy atmospheres. In Gemini you will find some reverberated guitars, noisy vocals, and dreamy melodies; which make this recorded a perfect synthesis of a Saturday night. On a first look, speaking esthetically,...