LOVE DANCE !!

若有新消息將會更新關於Result的資訊,官網目前僅有新曲Ninetysix不完整一首,想回味可看看去年首張EP的介紹.

LOVE DANCE!LOVE DANCE!!LOVE DANCE!!!

how many heads you can make a dance?

Leeds-based outfit Heads We Dance don't wear plastic clothing, don't act like the electro catwalks and don't play sleazier rock as well, they make radiant music with futuristic vision of dance-pop, focus directly on the indie discofloor or club-friendly rhythms, all represent their distinctive pleasant synth beats, so go download songs on their myspace, this is undoubtedly impressive.

Scottish Polis Inspectors (repost & re-edit)

只有吉他貝斯與鼓譜出青春慢板的音律,你可以說這其實來自英國鈕卡索不是格拉斯哥的三人樂團,Scottish Polis Inspectors,如何地與Postcard時期的The Go-Betweens傳遞相同的旋律感動,更可以說在這清新吉他樂派值得紀念的20週年,每一段回憶的長青質樸仍然顫慄,本小店在五月限量進口樂團首張的四曲Gina McKee EP目前還有現貨,來店洽購或是mail皆可,官網myspace和下載四首這裡,其中Fallen和That Is A Family則為新曲未發表.

The Grade Grubbers & The Snow Fairies (Continuer Version)

嗚耶,紐約來的The Grade Grubbers將在瑞典yellow mica recordings發行專輯let's kiss to make it real (預習與下載),不同於先前可愛巧趣的demos版,但新版仍然相當可愛巧趣,更有Comet Gain的可愛巧趣,總之也就是可愛巧趣,比方說歌曲jessica pancakes的口哨聲與男女對唱,又如down with mo的卡西歐鍵琴簡單飄打,喲,亦或像Helen Love的可愛巧趣?

簡言之,The Snow Fairies又有新作發表,可以下載的上頭是即將做為黑膠唱片200張的Voi面,另外還有背面則是叫做La!,所以合起來便是名為Voila!的新輯8首,那麼La!面到底聽來是如何呢??!!當然只有買來聽聽才能知道了...

The Lovekevins & Boat Club

首先是The Lovekevins的新發行消息;樂團第三張新單曲Private Life of a Cat上(download)在破碎彽傳的樂器節奏裡,接近於Dat Politics的戲鬧,而The Lovekevins的強力清新觸覺仍不減敏銳,除了熱烈期待此張7吋外,明年的首張專輯希望別再又謠言來去,此外若有興趣於樂團成員的分支fredrik,日前已先出版了MP3版本的The Singing Well專輯(膠片版soon),可下載於myspace上的連結(download link).

再來是Boat Club,由舊曲Vacation forever重新錄製來的Memories,將會收在Sonic Magazine隨誌附送的CD合輯裡;從先前的Daydream Attitude, I'm not looking for gold, I'm looking for diamonds,和兩首現場到如今的這首Memories, Boat Club讓Senior Coconut的繽紛節拍轉化成早期New Order的憂鬱冷調,也正如i wish i was unpopular廠牌老闆美好形容,樂團也同樣會在這廠牌發行3吋cdr特殊包裝的單曲.

runaway darling

Come with an information page which shows at North London four-piece band The Svengalis myspace: Cajun Dance Party's family, Way Out West crew plus Steve Lamacq's Demo of the Week etc, we can hear the masterpiece song 'Runaway' and an absolute winner new track 'Love Letters', all are having a frolic on my stereo, every note is rakish, pawky and also witty, go preview them now before everyone knows what the New Indie Melodicism is, and waiting for their debut single is actually released.

you thought you were Bob Dylan when you got knock out the dancefloor then smoke a fag alone really look like him.

To celebrate BOB free posters (Locus) to give away, I compiled these utilmate hits for dancing...

entitled: not non-stop and have to stop and you can't dance to it anyway.

The Charade – Completely Relaxed
Piney Gir – I want to touch you
Run Hide Survive – see this through
islands lost at sea – wobbly dog
John Downfall – the hours with gene serene
Late guest (at the party) – we were young
Andrew Weatherall – la sirena
Studio – lifes a beach
Half Cousin – the absentee
dokkemand – kanaria
cuberbil – a robot is think of you
group of pepole – everybody

Burmese Days

此本Burmese Days by George Orwell似乎沒有中譯版,但這線上書可省了不少尋找上的麻煩...

Take George Orwell, take Jean-Luc Godard, take Spandau Ballet (true), take Burmese Days. The most original talent of new indie music on offer this week, and this London 5 piece sounds like "Pete Waterman's Funeral" as they said, so they are very especially Especially For You.

Four songs on their myspace are wandered, literary genius and truely unique in the current music scene, Burmese Days slightly muck up that exquisite pop with imaginative, quick, and humorous playing, and more fruitful stuff on main singer's site as well (again!), which you can hear more cover, remix and lo-fi charm by Rowan Alexander Martin.

Watch them fly next year, well...or get drunk?

clockwork-pop is BACK!!

首張單曲My Watch Is Digital創造了所謂'時鐘流行曲'樂風名詞,蘇格蘭三人組stopstarts以短促有勁的節奏和爽朗易記的口號旋律,讓英國獨立吉他樂界多了不一樣的新浪潮趣味,你可以在樂團myspace下載首張絕版單曲mp3兩首和試聽此張新單曲short breaks/don't speed, louise,本小店到貨熱賣中,HOT!!

DAYS

This is the unknown release from these sunny Swedish is a pretty showed exceptional exaltation: four tracks of enchanted pop melodies that's overflowing with enjoyment. DAYS fought their way through dense memorable indiepop forest, everything were as pleasant and naive while the songs played.

You can hear it via their myspace site, see how the music glisten with soothing and warming guitars, vocals, everything to this DOWNHILL EP.

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DANANANANAYKROYD - Some Dresses (Jealous)

後硬蕊超激烈傑作!!

經過首張單曲Totally Bone的buh!buh!buh!buh!buh!buh!連珠爆哮洗禮後,樂團第二張單曲Some Dresses於今日星一在英國面世(將於一週後到達本小店),這格拉斯哥6人團玩得不是你我大家都熟悉的清新風格,而是應該在電影'鬥陣俱樂部'出現的格鬥勁歌,雖然樂團myspace不諉言Minor Treat和Black Flag早期美式的重大相似,但主唱Giles的聲音卻不至於撕裂到無法辨認.Some Dresses和背面歌曲Genuine LBS不若Totally Bone來得熱血直接,卻更明白顯露後龐節奏與硬蕊旋律結合的完美流暢.

Bromheads Jacket - Dits From The Commuter (Marquis Cha Cha)

同樣也是今日發行將於一週內進貨本小店,則是代表著後Arctic Monkeys新勢力之一的樂團Bromheads Jacket,在一連串單曲發行經過BBC和Puregroove肆力吹捧後,首張專輯Dits From The Commuter無疑地已累積巨大搖滾能量準備爆發,雖然在很多程度上Bromheads Jacket與Arctic Monkeys有相當高的同質性,但DFTC專輯在個人印象中卻非常地與Blur的Modern Life Is Rubbish專輯,有著比之更加狂野的連續起成,宛如正聽著Modern Life Is Rubbish的Glastonbury版本,是今年不容錯過的重要英式獨立搖滾專輯之一,且跟Little Man Tate簽下主流V2廠牌相較,這張Marquis Cha Cha出品的專輯更屬難得.

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The Young Offenders Institute - Stitched Up By The Acid Man (The New Black Corporation)

Anthony雖然無法再創造一次Factory Records的輝煌成績,但前年他發掘的曼城新樂團The Young Offenders Institute,我仍想為他們終於發了新單曲的努力拍手喝采; Stiched Up By The Acid Man唱片封套上的笑臉標誌不僅追來瘋舞好時光的回憶,或許此張不一定能達到Primal Scream的Dixie Narco EP,Happy Mondays的Madchester Rave On EP,Flowered Up的Weekender,Paris Angels的Perfume等經典唱片的成就,且勞工階級色彩濃厚的The Young Offenders Institute也不一定能像Oasis萬人擁簇,但就因為他們不完全是Madchester Dance的復興樂團,所以在澎湃吉他旋律底下的熱血鮮勁,仍是令人期待.

The Hermit Crabs - Feel Good Factor (Matinée)

若是你的Camera Obscura的Eighties Fan膠片也跟我的一樣已重複播放到跳針,此張CD EP不失為可以替代的唱片;廢長介紹可以免了,以下是濃縮簡介: 格拉斯哥,是的; 吉他弦樂,有的; 清新,當然; Matinée,讚!!!


chowchow - 9 chow's EP (Fantastic Plastic)

小心!此為噪音類!!

原本也想介紹一下來自格拉斯哥的Dananananaykroyd新單曲Some Dresses,無奈沒找到線上試聽,只好等進貨時再打算;chowchow來自倫敦卻豪邁地切入與Sonic Youth相同的迴音低音脈絡,也為英國日顯疲態的車庫後龐帶來一絲生氣(怎麼樣都好,千萬不要哪天來個重金屬回歸熱潮).

South Central - Nothing Can Go Wrong (art/goes/pop)

超重拍!極斷續!兩人組的South Central儼然是當今小火紅的獨立音樂泡製混音的高手,The Maccabees, METRONOMY, SHITDISCO, BOY KILL BOY以及Klaxons紛紛遭到此組合的毒手,而首張單曲Nothing Can Go Wrong終於將在近日面世,這首不會是早些年爆風行的Dooms Night翻版,但畢然會是熱炙舞池的必殺曲,我真的真的需要聽聽背面歌曲是如何…

THESE NEW PURITANS - Now Pluvial EP (Angular)

熟客M說他自2000年後就沒聽到"會嚇到"的新音樂,但當店裡放了這張時我們不約而同地共感振奮,雖然說自己有點不了解The Horrors到底在紅什麼(沒別的意思,且小店應會進口他們美版的迷你專輯),總之在工業重擊節拍下的荒涼黑暗,確是讓人的毛孔官能感到震慑.

S．O．L．D． OUT！

限量50當然賣得快!

已失去機會的可至the motifs myspace下載殘念,若是已購買並保存的可以下載更多的7首!!(原專輯已有14首,所以將會是21首的雙專輯?!)

The housewives' choice

dear vuelo:

我猜主唱David Shah的聲音可能是你喜歡的茶,front是這英國樂團的首張專輯,清楚你不熟悉Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Bryan Ferry這些人的歌聲,不了解Suede, Pulp, Roxy Music這些樂團的音樂,又或許來跟你賣弄一下從前從前有個Subcircus,一個那時大概全香港都知道的英國樂團,當然luxembourg不是上述樂團的拷貝貓,只是同樣追求感動華麗的閃炫吉他旋律.

luxembourg是自己幾乎同時間跟The Others一塊認識的,我才剛弄來INWARD PARTS專輯但還沒細聽,但很確信這是所謂"相當相當困難"的第二張專輯,事實上luxembourg獲得來的樂壇好評也不少,官網首頁就有很多溢美之詞,還有人在Plan B為他們畫了漫畫,就在樂團about us頁裡那一篇,但總是少了些人氣買氣,當初以為兩年前這張會引出不認識他們的歌迷們的慾望,沒想到反而沉寂到今年才開始有正式發行動作,雖然還是在規模很小的Dogbox Records旗下,但內心還是為他們的努力小小喝采著.

於是呢,在我們常約見面的本小店裡,就擺著front專輯熱售中,希望能跟你討論著David Shah的嗓音特點,又還有性格跟際遇都跟luxembourg類似的Nebraska,來一起決定要否洽購他們的首張專輯.

love, velo

My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon

眼睛看著看著, The Devil and Daniel Johnston/New York Dolls/Last Days從這幾天三部電影試片中,有三次的眶角濕潤: Last Days是在Thurston Moore為其譜寫那小屋內的奔狂即興; New York Dolls是片尾Please please let me get what I want傳唱來的噩耗; The Devil則是Danny在瑞典演唱會的最終首;喔還有一小段插曲跟濕潤無關,旁坐的微禿中年男竟然手機響起,講了實在不算是一小段的話後,抱著想幹架的心情我戳了他手臂,所以喲,10分鐘後他就離座不知逃哪了...

左圖是11月號的幼獅文藝,裡頭有自己撰寫對於Glastonbuty和Punk:Attitude這兩部電影的雜想文,有興趣地可以去翻翻.

回想樂團們的泣心作品,思索著"Lost Albums"應該有其必然的命運(Lost Singles就不說了,太多多多多多多...),這些或許壓片不到1萬甚至1000/5000張以下的專輯,為何要在10年20年30年後才會被重發注意呢?又也許銷售太慘走上解散一途,有沒必要在10年20年30年後重組復出呢?若是現在有人說Gay Dad要再來一票(咦為何選這團?怎麼不是Kenickie, 又或是Jane From Occupied Europe?突然想到而已...),應該要說該死的陰魂不散老鬼們還是要欣賞他們不放棄夢想的堅持?我才從High Voltage認識了新樂團Uranium Lake,又一早起床找出自己有的Medium Cool唱片,更把New Rhodes首張專輯聽上一遍又一遍,腦袋只有一片空白的感動(什麼東西?!就好聽哪~).

扯了半天沒說正題,限量50張的the motifs專輯快送達了,yeah yeah 50,是自動Lost還連稱都稱不上呢?