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<title><![CDATA[Disco: Them Crooked Vultures, 3 leyendas del rock se unen para partirla.]]></title>
<link>http://lasresenasdelanonna.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/disco-them-crooked-vultures-3-leyendas-del-rock-se-unen-para-partirla/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikegical mistery tour</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[¿Recuerdan los níveles &#8220;bonus&#8221; de Street Fighter 2, en donde en un minuto uno debía reve]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">¿Recuerdan los níveles &#8220;bonus&#8221; de Street Fighter 2, en donde en un minuto uno debía reventar un automóvil para ganar puntos? Nunca olvidaré la sensación de esos dedos pulgares enrojecidos por la caimanera con que uno despedazaba sin piedad los vidrios y carrocería del auto. Bueno pues mientras escuchaba este disco quise estar en una situación parecida, reventando a mansalva algún objeto inanimado. Así de bueno es.<!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Partiendo de lo obvio, una reunión entre el bajista de Led Zeppelin, el guitarrista de Queens of The Stone Age/ Kyuss, y el baterista de Nirvana/frontman de Foo Fighters, no tendría porqué salir mal. Ahora, pasado el hype del asunto y luego de darle play al disco es clarísimo que la banda no viene con pretensiones de reescribir la historia de la música. Sencillamente son 3 tipos sumamente talentosos que se pusieron a jammear, se sintieron bien y decidieron echar a andar el proyecto. Como era de esperar, los riffs de <a href="http://lasresenasdelanonna.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/disco-humbug-los-arctic-monkeys-finalmente-maduran/" target="_blank">Josh Homme</a> son pegajozos y con una energía brutal, la línea de bajo y los arreglos con teclado de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)" target="_blank">John Paul Jones</a> son precisos y dotan al disco de texturas interesantes, mientras que la batería de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grohl" target="_blank">Dave Grohl</a> nunca había sonado tan inspirada y fuerte.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vflgFHrNLSU" target="_blank">No one loves me and neither do I</a></em>, comienza el disco de una manera calmada y hasta podríamos decir medio panzoneada, pero a mitad de canción la cosa se pone buena y no se detiene durante 70 minutos. Sobresalen algunos temas ridículamente buenos como <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTt5-y-4PAc&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">Bandoliers</a>, Gunman o <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGp97OVybUM&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">Scumbag blues</a>, pero el disco en general es bastante sólido a pesar de que se siente un pelo más largo de lo que debería.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Me parece que escucharlo puede generar dos reacciones: o te sientes lleno de energía y necesitas expulsarla de una manera violenta, o te sientes como un niño con camisa blanca en medio de un bar plagado de strippers, mientras un hombre de bigote te desviste con la mirada. En mi caso, estoy buscando un bate para luego ir al estacionamiento más cercano para reventar algunos vidrios y faros.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.filestube.com/abac78140d098acd03e9,g/Them-Crooked-Vultures-2009.html" target="_blank">Rapidshare</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5156417/Them_Crooked_Vultures_(2009)_HQ" target="_blank">torrent</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[11.25.09 - A Wednesday]]></title>
<link>http://eunejeunedaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/11-25-09-a-wednesday/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Joshua James LeJeune</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eunejeunedaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/11-25-09-a-wednesday/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WORD sang-froid [Fr. sahN-fRwA] n.  coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robber]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><h6 style="text-align:center;"><em>WORD</em></h6>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sangfroid" target="_blank">sang-froid</a> [<em>Fr.</em> sahN-fRwA] n.  coolness of mind; calmness; composure: <em>They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid</em></p>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><em>BIRTHDAY</em></h6>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.carnegie.org/sub/about/biography.html" target="_blank">Andrew Carnegie</a> <em>(1835)</em>, <a href="http://proicehockey.about.com/od/history/a/eddie_shore.htm" target="_blank">Eddie Shore</a> <em>(1902)</em>, <a href="http://www.joedimaggio.com/" target="_blank">Joe DiMaggio</a> <em>(1914)</em>, <a href="http://www.psledge.com/" target="_blank">Percy Sledge</a> <em>(1941)</em>, <a href="http://benstein.com/" target="_blank">Ben Stein</a> <em>(1944)</em>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488662/" target="_blank">John Larroquette</a> <em>(1947)</em>, <a href="http://www.amygrant.com/" target="_blank">Amy Grant</a> <em>(1960)</em>, <a href="http://www.jfkjronline.com/" target="_blank">John F. Kennedy Jr.</a> <em>(1960)</em>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marklanegan" target="_blank">Mark Lanegan</a> <em>(1964)</em>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000775/" target="_blank">Christina Applegate</a> <em>(1971)</em>, <a href="http://www.donovanmcnabb.com/" target="_blank">Donovan McNabb</a> <em>(1976)</em>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dolla" target="_blank">Dolla</a> <em>(1987)</em></p>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><em>STANDPOINT</em></h6>
<p style="text-align:left;">One of my greatest friends is Joe. I&#8217;ve mentioned him before. He&#8217;s someone special.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And he&#8217;s also kind of this blog&#8217;s watchdog. When I miss a day (or three), or post something subpar, Joe&#8217;s the first one to let me know, whether through a scathing comment on a particular post, a verbal tirade on GMail chat, or an obscenity-laden phone call. Most of these responses center on his annoyance with the fact I call this <em>the daily euneJeune</em>, and I&#8217;m not exactly stringent about the whole &#8220;daily&#8221; thing.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I love it. Because it comes from Joe and he&#8217;s one of the few people out there in the world who knows me very well, and wants to be my friend anyway.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Also, Joe and I have two things in common: (a) We&#8217;re able to drink more alcohol than any two people at any bar anywhere, and (b) We&#8217;re most likely the funniest people you&#8217;ll ever meet. And, no, the alcohol has nothing to do with why we think we&#8217;re a goddam riot. Although it doesn&#8217;t hurt.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">In any case, Joe and I have this routine of exchanging late night texts, mainly because each of us know the other is most likely awake and not sober. 99% of the texts&#8217; subject material has to do with movie quotes. And of that 99%, probably 98% deal directly with the obscure black comedy, <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109447/" target="_blank">Clifford</a></em>, starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001301/" target="_blank">Charles Grodin</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001737/" target="_blank">Martin Short</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">As a tribute to my friend Joe, I offer the following video clip.</p>
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<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/YBj31rJb_Ps&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/YBj31rJb_Ps&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><em>QUOTATION</em></h6>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em>I think we dream so we don&#8217;t have to be apart so long.  If we&#8217;re in each other&#8217;s dreams, we can play together all night.</em> → <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/w/watterson.htm" target="_blank">Bill Watterson</a></p>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><em>TUNE</em></h6>
<p style="text-align:left;">I&#8217;ve always loved the lyrics and music of <a href="http://www.procolharum.com/" target="_blank">Procol Harum</a>&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWULu5_nXI" target="_blank">&#8220;A Whiter Shade of Pale.&#8221;</a> It came on yesterday at the perfect time. And, so, I now share it with you.</p>
<h6 style="text-align:center;"><em>GALLIMAUFRY</em></h6>
<p style="text-align:left;">→ As we all knew it would, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_new_zealand_icebergs" target="_blank">Antarctica has declared war on New Zealand</a>. Tired of living in the shadow of its more &#8220;tourist-friendly&#8221; neighbor, the frozen wasteland has launched hundreds of icebergs in a desperate attempt to get some headlines. Some experts are saying it&#8217;s not an attack at all and probably has something to do with global warming. Other experts are saying there&#8217;s too much ice in Antarctica and it&#8217;s natural to jettison some of the dead weight. The same experts also suggested people get off global warming&#8217;s back. However, all the experts agree the iceberg assault will have little effect on New Zealand, prompting a disheartened Antarctica to go back to the drawing board.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">→ Finally, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_en_ot/us_mtv_show_italians" target="_blank">MTV makes a show I would actually watch  &#8211; about a squad of young Italian summertime renters at the Jersey shore &#8211; cleverly titled &#8220;Jersey Shore,&#8221; and wouldn&#8217;t you know it?</a> There&#8217;s a group of Italian-Americans that wants to block it. Of course.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">→ No new posts until Monday. What with the holiday and all. Also, be careful out there tonight. It&#8217;s the biggest bar night of the year. And drunk idiots make it suck pretty hard. Just take the following advice: Make sure to drive fast and take chances. OK. It&#8217;s not really advice.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Screaming Trees - All I Know]]></title>
<link>http://toosweet4rocknroll.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/screaming-trees-all-i-know/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elena</dc:creator>
<guid>http://toosweet4rocknroll.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/screaming-trees-all-i-know/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Lanegan, American musician of Screaming Trees]]></description>
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<p><a title="Mark Lanegan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lanegan">Mark Lanegan</a>, American musician of <a title="Screaming Trees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Trees">Screaming Trees</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend Playlist]]></title>
<link>http://dkpresents.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/weekend-playlist-37/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dkpresents</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dkpresents.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/weekend-playlist-37/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[“The release date is just one day, but the record is forever.” ~ Bruce Springsteen Townes Van Zandt ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[¿Qué estamos escuchando? (y 3)]]></title>
<link>http://yosicomopatatas.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/%c2%bfque-estamos-escuchando-y-3/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Maniac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yosicomopatatas.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/%c2%bfque-estamos-escuchando-y-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dado que Maniac llevaba nosecuanto tiempo sin hacer una mierda, aquí se presenta. Y esta vez traigo ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[De vuelta a la multiculturalidad]]></title>
<link>http://longanoitedepedra.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/de-vuelta-a-la-multiculturalidad/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://longanoitedepedra.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/de-vuelta-a-la-multiculturalidad/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Primer día en Barcelona. Y esto me sigue gustando tanto o más que antes. Cierto es que por primera v]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Primer día en Barcelona. Y esto me sigue gustando tanto o más que antes. Cierto es que por primera vez hay un factor diferencial en relación con todas mis anteriores visitas, pero eso es algo con lo que contaba, y que a día de hoy revivo sin necesidad de visitar esta gran ciudad.</p>
<p>Era la primera vez que llegaba a la ciudad y me buscaba la vida por mi cuenta. He de reconocer que no he tenido mucho problema, y <strong>la lección más importante que quizás he sacado, es la utilizadad del transporte público</strong>. En menos de dos horas salí de la nueva Terminal 1 del Prat y llegaba a casa de mis amigos al lado de la Estación de Metro de Mundet. Lejanos quedan aquellos atascos a la entrada de Barcelona en coche. Aerobus hasta Plaça de Catalunya, y metro desde allí hasta Mundet.</p>
<p>No ha sido todavía un día turístico. Eso lo reservaremos para mañana. Sí que fue un día de reencuentros, llamadas telefónicas con viejos amigos, y una estupenda cena china con una vieja amiga (mirad <em>Leyendas</em> en el <em>blogroll</em>). Hoy se plantea un día musical, con concierto esta noche de <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/soulsavers">Soulsavers (con Mark Lanegan)</a></strong> y <a href="http://www.depechemode.com/"><strong>Depeche Mode</strong></a> en el <strong>Sant Jordi</strong>, y puede que más tarde de <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/farleyjackmasterfunkcom">Farley Jackmaster Funk</a></strong> en la <strong>BeCool</strong>. Pero sin duda será un día de encuentros, conociendo a algunos de los <a href="http://exiliados.superforo.net/"><em>Exiliados barceloneses</em></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/wYQugO-TaOI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/wYQugO-TaOI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Depeche Mode &#8211; In chains (inicio de uno de los conciertos de esta semana en Madrid).</em></p>
<p>Ya será mañana un día para comenzar a patearse la ciudad, e incluso buscarse algún plan deportivo alternativo. Pero todo sobre la marcha, improvisando, que es como mejor se hacen estas cosas. Y a ver si hay suerte&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Week of Blah]]></title>
<link>http://pepperedthought.com/2009/11/20/the-week-of-blah/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pepperedthought</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Forget Tao of Pooh; I want to be as content as Tortilla is. I really haven&#8217;t been up to snuff ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://pepperedthought.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nov2-004.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1747" title="nov2 004" src="http://pepperedthought.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nov2-004.jpg" alt="" width="475" height="357" /></a>Forget Tao of Pooh; I want to be as content as <em>Tortilla</em> is.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I really haven&#8217;t been up to snuff this week. Maybe it&#8217;s the seriously cold weather finally rolling in (my fingers hurt to type!), or the fact that I&#8217;m anxious about moving.<br />
In any fashion&#8230;<br />
this week was brought to you by:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Metallica&#8217;s cover of Nick Cave&#8217;s &#8220;Loverman&#8221; (which I like better than the original-my guilty pleasure)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/T4Tl18T38P4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/T4Tl18T38P4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">The Dead Weather&#8217;s &#8220;So Far From Your Weapon.&#8221; Geez - could Alison Mosshart be anymore badass?</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/sEPouBnFFgA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/sEPouBnFFgA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Stevie Wonder&#8217;s &#8220;Superstition.&#8221; This video is from SESAME STREET. So cool:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/_ul7X5js1vE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/_ul7X5js1vE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Queens of the Stone Age performing  &#8221;Hanging Tree.&#8221; I want Mark Lanegan and Tom Waits to sing me bedtime stories.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/grw5AT5kq0c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/grw5AT5kq0c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">and lastly, Tom Waits&#8217; &#8220;Green Grass&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/qXPY_J2yQsA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/qXPY_J2yQsA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">This is all I listened to this last week.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Maybe it would improve my mood to listen to something a bit more uptempo. What do you suggest? I&#8217;m always up for a Karen O Dance Party!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[gigs4girls. Soulsavers (19 de noviembre, Barcelona)]]></title>
<link>http://music4girls.com/2009/11/20/gigs4girls-soulsavers-19-de-noviembre-barcelona/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>music4girls</dc:creator>
<guid>http://music4girls.com/2009/11/20/gigs4girls-soulsavers-19-de-noviembre-barcelona/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[R: Dos expresiones comunes me vienen a la cabeza al pensar en el concierto que ayer dieron Soulsaver]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong><a href="http://music4girls.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/imagen-111.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2239" title="Imagen 1" src="http://music4girls.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/imagen-111.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="145" /></a>R:</strong></span> Dos expresiones comunes me vienen a la cabeza al pensar en el concierto que ayer dieron <strong>Soulsavers</strong> en la sala <strong>Razzmatazz 2</strong> de Barcelona: &#8220;<em>work in progress</em>&#8221; y &#8220;<em>progresa adecuadamente</em>&#8221; (que son similares pero no necesariamente iguales). Vamos a empezar por la primera: sobre el escenario, quedó clarísimo que lo de la banda de <strong>Rich Machin</strong> y <strong>Mark Lanegan</strong> es como un ciclista de élite que, por ahora, sube, sube y sube sin saber exactamente en qué cota de calidad (máxima) se detendrán. Cierto es que ya han sobrepasado ese puerto de montaña en el que las bandas más acomodaticias suelen hacer la parada final y quedarse perpetuamente haciendo unas cañas. Tan contentos. Pero <strong>Soulsavers</strong>, no: ellos siguen ascendiendo, pedaleando&#8230; y el esfuerzo brilla en sus frentes mientras tocan en directo. <!--more-->Con esto quiero decir que aún se les intuye mucho trabajo por venir; pero que, en esta ocasión, el hecho de que sigan en movimiento implica subidas y bajadas de intensidad más que de calidad. En ocasiones, incluso, las imposturas que se les intuían en <strong>It&#8217;s not how far you fall, it&#8217;s how you land</strong> (no nos engañemos: para alcanzar lo genuino todos empezamos imitando) volvían a surgir como una erupción cutánea no deseada. Eso sí, seamos sinceros: como una erupción cutánea pasajera que no deja secuelas. Que no impide que la banda sigue explorando la brecha de sonido personalísimo que han abierto con el genial <strong>Broken</strong>: sobre las tablas, un festín de guitarras bien lubricadas, coros gospel vaporosos pero contundentes, teclados malditos, una percusión marcial y esquelética (que no raquítica) y, sobre todo, esa voz de <strong>Lanegan</strong> que encuentra el punto perfecto de tu espina dorsal para quedarse allá e ir produciéndote escalofríos ahora sí, ahora también. La celebración de una nueva religión que tiene chupitos de Jack Daniels en vez de vino y que tiene el rock sureño y pantanoso como melodía para el oficio.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En cuanto a la segunda expresión mencionada al principio de esta reseña, resulta que lo de &#8220;<em>progresa adecuadamente</em>&#8221; es una afirmación polimórfica,  aplicable a varios aspectos de lo visto ayer sobre el escenario. Para empezar, y a modo de pequeño apunte, hay que alegrarse de que <strong>Machin</strong> (que, recordemos: es el alma de <strong>Soulsavers</strong>, por mucho que <strong>Lanegan</strong> sea la cara&#8230; y la voz) por fin haya superado su propia timidez y haya pasado no sólo a formar parte de la primera línea de fuego (en su anterior concierto en Barcelona se pasó la mitad de la actuación escondido detrás de un ampli), sino a meterse en un papel (el de rockero esteta enfundado en su estilizado traje negro, con peinado hacia atrás incluído) que le sienta excepcionalmente y que, sobre todo, sigue trabajando en la línea de configurar la personalidad de una banda que no hace más que crecer. Por otra parte, lo de &#8220;<em>progresa adecuadamente</em>&#8221; también es aplicable a la formación en sí: si en el anterior párrafo hablábamos de los devaneos surgidos de la fabulación en directo de los temas de su anterior álbum, lo cierto es que fue sublime la rotundidad con la que sonaron temas de <strong>Broken</strong> como <em>Death Bells</em>, <em>Some Misunderstanding</em>, <em>You will miss me when I burn</em> y, sobre todo, ese Unbalanced Pieces que debería ser canción del año a la de ya. Para el final, cerrando el único bis de la banda, se guardaron ese <em>Revival</em> que, unas canciones después de la mencionada <em>Unbalanced Pieces</em>, sonó deslucido&#8230; Esperemos que, en el siguiente puerto de montaña, cambien el set list y dejen el plato fuerte para el final. Por lo demás, y pese a que se intuía un parte del público que estaba allá por <strong>Mark Lanegan</strong> (que eran los que se pasaron todo el concierto sin mover ni un dedo del pie pero que, al llegar a la canción original del cantante se desgañitaron cantando para que todos supiéramos que se la sabían de memoria), también se vio cláramente que la parroquia de los <strong>Salvadores de Almas</strong> es cada vez mayor. Ya se sabe: las religiones que perduran son las que crecen poco a poco. El resto, son sectas.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[iTunes Single Of The Week: Some Misunderstanding by Soulsavers (feat. Mark Lanegan)]]></title>
<link>http://iwillbattle.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/some-misunderstanding/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>iwillbattle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iwillbattle.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/some-misunderstanding/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;At least in this shot, their name just seems ironic&quot; Well, this week’s iTunes Free Single]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://www.speculum.art.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/soulsavers_jpg_500x333_crop_q85.jpg"><img class=" " title="Soulsavers" src="http://www.speculum.art.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/soulsavers_jpg_500x333_crop_q85.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="266" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;At least in this shot, their name just seems ironic&#34;</p></div>
<p>Well, this week’s iTunes Free Single of the Week certainly gives you your money’s worth (figuratively speaking) with a running time coming in at just over eight minutes. This country tinged, Neil Young-esque track is oddly labelled as being “electronic” in iTunes’ genre sorting, but the song itself is on the complete opposite end of the musical spectrum. It’s only labelled as electronic because, rather than being a recording by a band, it is the work of a pair of producers, namely Rich Machin and Ian Glover, under the title Soulsavers.</p>
<p>With the featured addition of guest vocalist Mark Lanegan, formally of Screaming Trees, Soulsavers have produced a song that promises a lot, through sound alone, but doesn’t quite deliver. There is a slight build up at the beginning of the song, but rather than going anywhere, the song just sits on the level it got to in the first minute and sits there. The guitar solo, which could be expected to be the climax of many songs, comes four and a half minutes into the song, and the preceding time was filled with wailing electric guitar under the vocals anyway. As such, the solo just feels like more of the same in this song.</p>
<p>Is it worth downloading? I’d say yes. Mark Lanegan’s smooth vocals lend very well to this chilled out, southern rock lament. Everything else seems designed to tug on the heartstrings, and while the arrangement doesn’t help this by letting the song get a little stale towards the end, it does still have a bit of an emotional hit. At almost eight minutes, it could easily be a bit of a slog to get through. This isn’t really true, as despite its length, ‘Some Misunderstanding’ isn’t a song that will bore you. You may however forget what song you are listening to about half way through, but for this reviewer at least, that doesn’t stop it from being a welcome addition to the shuffle rotation.</p>
<p>6.5/10</p>
<p>Download it for free here for the week of 17/11/09: <a title="iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/some-misunderstanding-feat-mark/id339895606" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[it's only rock and roll...]]></title>
<link>http://chiveta.com/2009/11/16/its-only-rock-and-roll/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chiveta</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chiveta.com/2009/11/16/its-only-rock-and-roll/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Enquanto uns perdem tempo noticiando que Tico Santa Cruz (Detonautas) tá implorando para disse que g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Enquanto uns perdem tempo noticiando que Tico Santa Cruz (Detonautas) <strike>tá implorando para</strike> disse que gostaria de assumir os vocais nos Raimundos e <strike>ganhar um troco extra</strike> fazer uma turnê com eles, chiveta mostra rock &#8212; rock de verdade, sabe, nada que o Rick Bonadio produziria ou tocaria um pianinho <i>vagabundo</i>.</p>
<p>Esse ano nasceu uma banda que mesmo que dure pouco tempo já entrou pra história. Seu nome, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/crookedvultures" target="_blank">Them Crooked Vultures</a>, seus membros? </p>
<p>No baixo/teclado/piano/voz Sir John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), na bateria/voz Dave Grohl (Scream, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Probot etc) e na guitarra/voz Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal).</p>
<p>Ao vivo o Them Crooked Vultures ganha ainda o multi-instrumentista Alain Johannes (que entre tocar e produzir já trabalhou com Chris Cornell, No Doubt, Mark Lanegan, Jack Irons, Puscifer, Spinnerette etc).</p>
<p>Amanhã, dia 17 de novembro, o primeiro e autointitulado disco sairá nos EUA e Canadá, e seu single, <i>New Fang</i>, a gente confere abaixo&#8230;</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/S7_vH3H8LPI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/S7_vH3H8LPI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>É, como é possível perceber, é apenas hard rock, mas gostamos!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I'll take care of you]]></title>
<link>http://tweelicht.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/ill-take-care-of-you/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bram</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tweelicht.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/ill-take-care-of-you/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Herfst- en winterliederen, deel één. Heerlijke cover van I&#8217;ll take care of you, door Mark Lane]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Herfst- en winterliederen, deel één.</p>
<p>Heerlijke cover van I&#8217;ll take care of you, door Mark Lanegan. (Origineel is van Brook Benton)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/JaA8vfvjDNE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/JaA8vfvjDNE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Een schuurpapieren stem kan wonden helen, hoe vreemd dat ook moge klinken.</p>
<p>(PS: klinkt het best met een pure whisky in de linker- en eventueel een zelfgerolde sigaret in de rechterhand)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nirvana's Bleach and Live at Reading]]></title>
<link>http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/nirvanas-bleach-and-live-at-reading/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>radioloveless</dc:creator>
<guid>http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/nirvanas-bleach-and-live-at-reading/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to go into the fact that just in time for the holidays Nirvana&#8217;s Bleach ha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m not going to go into the fact that just in time for the holidays Nirvana&#8217;s Bleach has been remastered and a DVD is available for their Live at Reading show. The rock magazine <a href="http://www.kerrang.com/">Kerrang</a> placed this show as one of the &#8220;100 shows that shook the world.&#8221;  There is a really good commentary in <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/220978">Newsweek</a> on these two releases, both the live at Reading show from Universal Music Group (Geffen) and Bleach from Sub Pop. I&#8217;ll be featuring two tracks from Nirvana tonight from these.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a famous clip from the festival:<br />
<span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/_yOK074MPMI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/_yOK074MPMI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Listen in tonight at KRUI 89.7 fm or online <a href="http://www.kruiradio.org/listen/">here</a>.  I&#8217;ll be playing between 8 and 10 pm.</p>
<p>1. Nirvana, Live at Reading, Come as You Are (1992)<br />
2. Nirvana, Bleach (20th Anniversary), School (Live At Pine Street Theater)<br />
This album originally came out in 1989 with Subpop and is Nirvana&#8217;s debut album.<br />
<img src="http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bleach.jpg" alt="bleach" title="bleach" width="450" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-838" /><br />
3. Low, Things We Lost in the Fire (2001), Dinosaur Act  (A Request)<br />
4. Sonic Youth, EVOL, Expressway to Yr. Skull (A.K.A. Madonna, Sean and Me)<br />
I wanted to play this track during the <a href="http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/halloween/">Halloween show</a> but didn&#8217;t get to it. It was released in 1986.<br />
5. Mudhoney, Superfuzz Bigmuff, Sweet Young Thing Ain&#8217;t Sweet No More<br />
Another Sub Pop release that came out in 1988.<br />
6. Iggy Pop, The Idiot (1977), Funtime<br />
7. Melvins, Nude with Boots (2008), The Savage Hippy<br />
The Melvins formed back in 1982.<br />
<img src="http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/melvins.jpg" alt="Melvins" title="Melvins" width="450" height="288" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-841" /><br />
8. Scratch Acid, The Greatest Gift (1991 compilation off of Touch and Go), Owner&#8217;s Lament<br />
9. Mark Lanegan (of the Screaming Trees), The Winding Sheet, Mockingbirds<br />
This was released in 1989 off of Sub Pop records.<br />
10. Babes in Toyland, Painkillers (1993), He&#8217;s My Thing<br />
11. Siouxsie &#38; The Banshees, Kiss in the Dreamhouse, Slowdive<br />
This album was released in 1982 and recently rereleased and expanded this year.<br />
12. Bikini Kill, Pussy Whipped (1993 on Kill Rock Stars), Rebel Girl<br />
This track is #455 on Blender&#8217;s <a href="http://www.blender.com/lists/68126/500-greatest-songs-since-you-were-born.html">&#8220;500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born&#8221;</a>.<br />
13. Heavens to Betsy, Calculated (1993 on Kill Rock Stars), Decide<br />
Corine Tucker is on Guitar for these guys, she&#8217;s also the main vocalist for Sleater-Kinney<br />
14. Pixies, Doolittle (1989 on 4AD), Hey<br />
This album changed my life.<br />
<img src="http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/doolittle.jpg" alt="Doolittle" title="Doolittle" width="450" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-846" /><br />
15. Pavement, Wowee Zowee (1995), Kennel District<br />
16. Superchunk, Here&#8217;s Where the Strings Come In (Merge 1995), Certain Stars<br />
17. The Jesus &#38; Mary Chain, Honey&#8217;s Dead (1992), Reverence<br />
18. Gang of Four, Entertainment! (1979), Outside the Trains Don&#8217;t Run on Time<br />
19. Magazine, Magic Murder and the Weather (1981), About the Weather<br />
20. PJ Harvey, Is This Desire? (1998), Joy<br />
Here&#8217;s another album that changed my life and that I might take with me to the grave.  This is art.<br />
21. Flipper, Generic (debut in 1982), Nothing<br />
22. Cat Power &#38; Steve Shelley, Dear Sir (1995), Headlights<br />
23. The Replacements, Let it Be (1984), Androgynous<br />
24. The Swell Maps, A Trip To Marineville (1979), Vertical Slum<br />
25. Mission of Burma, The Definitive Editions Compilation, Ballad of Johnny Burma<br />
26. The Breeders, Mountain Battles, Overglazed<br />
Their 4th album released in 2008<br />
27. Fugazi, Steady Diet of Nothing, Runaway Return</p>
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<title><![CDATA[musik_kritik: Soulsavers "It's not how far you fall, it's the way you land"]]></title>
<link>http://kultrefgraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/musik_kritik-soulsavers-its-not-how-far-you-fall-its-the-way-you-land/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Klemens</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kultrefgraz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/musik_kritik-soulsavers-its-not-how-far-you-fall-its-the-way-you-land/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Das britische Electro/TripHop Duo Soulsavers begründete auf &#8220;It&#8217;s not how far you fall, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Das britische Electro/TripHop Duo Soulsavers begründete auf <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not how far you fall, it&#8217;s the way you land&#8221;</em> die Zusammenarbeit mit Mark Lanegan, welcher früher unter anderem Sänger der Screaming Trees und Mitglied der Queens of the Stone Age war.</p>
<p>Im Vergleich zum Vorgänger <em>&#8220;Tough guys don&#8217;t dance&#8221;</em> klingt <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not how far you fall&#8230;&#8221;</em> weniger elektronisch, was sicher auch an Mark Lanegan &#8211; welcher ja auch mehrere Soloalben, welche in die Blues/Folk sparte gehen, veröffentlichte &#8211; liegt. Das unterstreicht auch der Opener &#8220;Revival&#8221; mit seinem Gospelchor und der sparsamen Instrumentierung. Doch das Album versteht es durchaus, einen zu packen. Die Anleihen an religiösen Themen, das Flehen nach Hilfe des früher drogenabhängigen und von Albträumen gebeutelten Lanegan geben dem Ganzen eine irrsinnige Tiefe, welche einem in Verbindung mit Textzeilen wie <em>&#8220;Jesus, oh Jesus, i don&#8217;t want to die alone&#8221;</em> einen kalten Schauer über den Rücken gehen lassen.</p>
<p>Für <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not how far you fall, it&#8217;s the way you land&#8221;</em> braucht man anfangs sicherlich etwas Überwindung. Wer sich aber darauf einlässt, wird mit einer der besten CDs der letzten Jahre belohnt.</p>
<p>Hörproben (youtube):<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCKFQbuUv0o">&#8220;Revival&#8221;</a> und <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEcXz7b2Bk0&#38;feature=related">&#8220;Kingdoms of Rain&#8221;</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Crazy Catching Playlist: Volume I]]></title>
<link>http://thecrazyiscatching.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/crazy-catching-playlist-volume-i/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ciara Norton</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thecrazyiscatching.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/crazy-catching-playlist-volume-i/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Spotify for a few months now and I sort of love it. It&#8217;s a world of musi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve been using Spotify for a few months now and I sort of love it. It&#8217;s a world of music at my fingertips; it&#8217;s the ability to find that song haunting your every thought in seconds. And it&#8217;s all above board and legal and lovely.</p>
<p>In an attempt to get more involved with Spotify I&#8217;ve decided to offer y&#8217;all a taste of what I&#8217;m listening to this weather in the form of an occasional playlist. (If Charlie Brooker can do it, so can I) Yes, some of you will have to pay to listen and for this, I do apologise. All the more reason to lobby for the free service though!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll link every song listed below to somewhere else you can listen to it, if that helps.</p>
<p><a title="Spotify Playlist" href="http://open.spotify.com/user/ciaraelle/playlist/5fYEuBD6kxwcV1QxPQv62C" target="_blank">Crazy Catching Playlist: Volume 1</a> (link to playlist contained therein)</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/890597/Regina+Spektor+-+Us" target="_blank">&#8216;Us&#8217;</a>, Regina Spektor from <em>Soviet Kitsch</em></li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/859052/Bat+for+Lashes+-+Pearls+Dream+team9+remix+" target="_blank">&#8216;Pearl&#8217;s Dream</a>&#8216;, Bat for Lashes from <em>Two Suns</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/673037/Max+Tundra+-+A+Truce" target="_blank">A Truce&#8217;,</a> Max Tundra from <em>Worried Noodles</em></li>
<li>&#8216;Luddites and Lambs&#8217;, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/everythingeverythinguk" target="_blank">Everything Everything</a> from <em>Suffragette Suffragette</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/885358/Roy+Orbison+-+Crying" target="_blank">Crying</a>&#8216;, Roy Orbison from <em>The Essential Roy Orbison</em> (Conor O&#8217;Brien/Villagers did a great acoustic version of this in the Stables last week)</li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/616243/Isobel+Campbell+And+Mark+Lanegan+-+Come+On+Over+Turn+Me+On+" target="_blank">Come on Over (Turn Me On)</a>&#8216;, Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell from <em>Sunday at Devil Dirt</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/709578/Death+Cab+For+Cutie+-+11+The+Ice+Is+Getting+Thinner+mp3" target="_blank">The Ice is Getting Thinner</a>&#8216;, Death Cab for Cutie from <em>Narrow Stairs</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/13225/Foo+Fighters+-+Walking+after+you" target="_blank">Walking After You</a>&#8216;, Foo Fighters from <em>The Colour and the Shape</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/542832/Neil+Young+-+Are+You+Ready+for+the+Country" target="_blank">Are You Ready For The Country?</a>&#8216;, Neil Young from <em>Harvest</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/834096/Elvis+Presley+-+HeartBreak+Hotel" target="_blank">Heartbreak Hote</a>l&#8217;, Elvis Presley from <em>Elvis Presley</em> (1956)</li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/615616/Kate+Bush+-+The+Man+With+The+Child+In+His+Eyes" target="_blank">&#8216;The Man With The Child In His Eyes&#8217;</a>, Kate Bush from <em>The Kick Inside</em></li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/420569/Van+Morrison+-+Madame+George" target="_blank">&#8216;Madame George</a>&#8216;, Van Morrison from <em>Playlist: The Best of Van Morrison</em></li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/730455/Bob+Dylan+and+The+Band+-+Quinn+the+eskimo+The+mighty+Quinn+take+2" target="_blank">&#8216;Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)&#8217;</a>, Bob Dylan from <em>Wonderland OST</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/905539/Peaches+-+Mommy+Complex+Barletta+Ernold+Sane+Remix+" target="_blank">Mommy Complex&#8217;, </a>Peaches from<em> I Feel Cream</em></li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/939255/Fleetwood+Mac+-+The+Chain+DJ+Apt+One+Edit+" target="_blank">&#8216;The Chain</a>&#8216;, Fleetwood Mac from <em>The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac</em> (2009)</li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/857900/Jenny+Lewis+With+The+Watson+Twins+-+Handle+With+Care+Traveling+Wilburys+" target="_blank">Handle With Care&#8217;</a>, Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins from <em>Rabbit Fur Coat</em></li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/861195/Jenny+Lewis+-+Rise+Up+with+Fists" target="_blank">&#8216;Rise Up With Fists&#8217;</a>, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, from <em>Rabbit Fur Coat</em></li>
<li><a href="http://hypem.com/track/850138/Michael+Jackson+-+Ben" target="_blank">&#8216;Ben&#8217;</a>, Michael Jackson from the <em>Best of Michael Jackson 1995</em></li>
<li>&#8216;<a href="http://hypem.com/track/663710/The+Jam+-+That+s+entertainment" target="_blank">That&#8217;s Entertainment&#8217;</a>, The Jam from <em>The Sound of the Jam</em></li>
<li>&#8216;Lilac Breeze&#8217;,<a href="http://www.myspace.com/eels" target="_blank"> Eels, </a>from <em>Hombre Lobo</em></li>
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<p>And that is that. As you can see my attempts to listen to new music are hampered by my voyage of ye olde music discovery. Next time the playlist will read like the Inbox at Pitchfork HQ. Promise.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Soulsavers - Broken]]></title>
<link>http://plattentellerrand.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/soulsavers-broken/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bepppo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://plattentellerrand.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/soulsavers-broken/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Released: 2009 Label: V2 Genre: Trip Hop Der Regen vorm Fenster ist irgendwie passend. Wirklich sonn]]></description>
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<p>Released: 2009<br />
Label: V2<br />
Genre: Trip Hop</p>
<p>Der Regen vorm Fenster ist irgendwie passend. Wirklich sonnige Stimmung verbreitet diese Scheibe nicht wirklich. Dafür Intensität. Mal echt jetzt. Also einfach Klappe halten und eintauchen:</p>
<p>Die Kirchenglocken von „Seventh Proof“ beerdigen die Platte, bevor sie begonnen hat. Nur um dann im Reich der Toten die Todesglocken mal ordentlich zu läuten. Schlagzeug, Prodigy-Keys und ab dafür. Der Noise-Wahn „Death Bells“ ist auch gleichzeitig die temporeichste Nummer der Scheibe, zelebriert vom Fürst der Finsternis himself, Mark Lanegan. Der Ex-Screaming Tree als Vorsänger des Totentanzes, gewohnt tief, gewohnt berührend.</p>
<p>Sobald die Geräuschorgie aus den Ohren verschwunden ist, setzt ein Groove ein, der auch Massive Attack einfallen hätte können. Über die lässige Bassline von „Unbalanced Pieces“ gibt es Unterstützung für Lanegan in Form von Mike Patton. Im Refrain brüllen dann ungemütliche Synthies mit den beiden um die Wette. „Gone, now carry on/through violent season“ halten Patton/Lanegan ihnen entgegen, ein letztes Aufbäumen vor der drohenden Feuerwand, die scheinbar auf sie zuwalzt. Absolutes Highlight, und das schon mit Track 3.</p>
<p>Gewohnt vielseitig geht’s weiter. Es gibt Pianoballaden (&#8220;You will miss me…&#8221;, oder das einsichtige &#8220;Can’t Catch the Train&#8221;), die Gospelchöre (&#8220;Shadow Falls&#8221;), ein Gitarrensolo (&#8220;Some Misunderstanding&#8221;) und sogar Matrix-ähnliche gruselige Geräuschkulissen (&#8220;Rolling Sky&#8221;).</p>
<p>Das alles wird perfekt in Szene gesetzt von den Produzenten Rich Machin und Ian Glover, den echten Soulsavers. Die vielen musikalischen Gäste, allen voran Mark Lanegan, fügen sich perfekt in die exzellente Produktion ein, werden bei einigen Tracks fast vom Programming in den Schatten gestellt. Diese Art von Electro-Gospel, Noise-Folk, Trip Pop oder wie immer man es auch bezeichnen mag, benützt Stimmen nur als weitere, ebenbürtige Klangfarbe, nicht als Hauptelement. Der Grundtenor der Scheibe ist düster, traurig, nur manchmal blitzen Funken von Optimismus durch.  Who cares? Keine Platte für Strandpartys, eher für regnerische Sonntagnachmittage, depressive Wintermonate, Begraben von Haustieren,  Sinnieren über den Tod und Grabspaziergänge um Mitternacht. Mark Lanegan macht das ja bekanntlich auch.</p>
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<link>http://thevigilantlens.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/lots-of-hair-and-screaming-trees/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thevigilantlens.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/lots-of-hair-and-screaming-trees/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No I&#8217;m not having an acid flashback, though I would probably welcome one.  It&#8217;s actually]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet]]></title>
<link>http://elmundodeanabanana.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/mark-lanegan-the-winding-sheet/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bananitaperuanita</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elmundodeanabanana.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/mark-lanegan-the-winding-sheet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Volviendo a los años 90&#8242; con Mark Lanegan, integrante ocasional de los QOTSA y con carrera com]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Volviendo a los años 90&#8242; con Mark Lanegan, integrante ocasional de los <a href="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/8771221/Queens+of+the+Stone+Age+Mark+Nick+Troy++Josh.jpg">QOTSA</a> y con carrera como solista desde hace mucho más tiempo. Acá uno de los primeros LP, donde se incluye el tema que &#8220;re-popularizó&#8221; Nirvana; &#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKT1P7x_Pzo">Where did you sleep last night&#8221;.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=8nlyswtz4db"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-305" title="front" src="http://elmundodeanabanana.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/front1.jpg?w=150" alt="front" width="150" height="149" /></a></p>
<p>1. Mockingbirds</p>
<p>2. Museum</p>
<p>3. Undertow</p>
<p>4. Ugly Sunday</p>
<p>5. Down In The Dark</p>
<p>6. Wild Flowers</p>
<p>7. Eyes Of A Child</p>
<p>8. Winding Sheet</p>
<p>9. Woe</p>
<p>10. Ten Feet Tall</p>
<p>11. Where Did You Sleep Last Night</p>
<p>12. Juarez</p>
<p>13. I Love You Little Girl</p>
<p>Link de descarga: <a href="http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=8nlyswtz4db">http://www.gigasize.com/get.php?d=8nlyswtz4db</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Next on air]]></title>
<link>http://faberex.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/next-on-air/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>faberex</dc:creator>
<guid>http://faberex.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/next-on-air/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Si scrive Soulsavers, si pronuncia Mark Lanegan. Inutile girarci intorno: se nel precedente It’s Not]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2149" title="soulsavers" src="http://faberex.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/soulsavers1.jpg" alt="soulsavers" width="300" height="300" />Si scrive Soulsavers, si pronuncia Mark Lanegan. Inutile girarci intorno: se nel precedente It’s Not How Far You Fall… l’ex Screaming Trees poteva essere definito guest star di lusso, per non considerare questo Broken come un nuovo disco a suo nome ci vuole un bello sforzo di fantasia. Sua la voce nella stragrande maggioranza dei pezzi; suoi, cover a parte, tutti i testi; suo l’immaginario di solitudine, malinconia westernata e dannazione incombente che si aggira per ogni anfratto della scaletta. Compresi i brani nei quali del suo raspare da tabagista non vi è traccia, vale a dire i due strumentali in stile “Morricone downtempo” firmati Machin/Glover (il duo inglese tenutario della sigla Soulsavers) e i pezzi cantati dalla vocalist australiana Rosa Agostino (alias Red Ghost), con la quale Mark duetta nella ballata jazz vagamente allucinata Rolling Sky.<br />
Il problema, se di problema si tratta, è proprio questo: se hai a disposizione un capitale come la voce di Lanegan, perché ti limiti a investirlo in titoli sicuri senza provare a farlo fruttare rischiando un po’? Eh, signori Soulsavers? Perché ok, i languori semi gospel di All The Way Down e gli struggimenti da fazzoletto sventolato sui binari di Can’t Catch The Train vanno benissimo, ma sono cose già sentite e strasentite. Belle canzoni, ci mancherebbe: con quella voce el borracho può cantare quello che vuole, ma allora perché si accontenta di fare accademia? Serve a poco chiamare ospiti di vaglia come Richard Hawley o Jason Pierce se poi il baritono laneganiano si prende tutta la scena, e se a Mike Patton e Gibby Haines (ehi, chi si rivede…) va un po’ meglio è solo perché i pezzi in cui sono coinvolti &#8211; Unbalanced Pieces e Death Bells, rispettivamente &#8211; sono quelli più rumorosi e rock. Però attenzione: al centro dell’album sfilano otto minuti di un incanto chiamato Some Misunderstanding, il Gene Clark più vicino alle sfere celesti riletto da un Mark Lanegan commosso e commovente. Una preghiera laica che, questa sì, ti salva davvero l’anima. Peccato sia l’unica.</p>
<p>Carlo Bordone / * *</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Soulsavers a Barcelona]]></title>
<link>http://bcncultura.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/soulsavers-a-barcelona/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bcncultura.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/soulsavers-a-barcelona/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La simbiòtica unió entre Mark Lanegan i els membres fundadors de Soulsavers, Rich Machin i Ian Glove]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6231" title="SoulSavers concert" src="http://www.bcncultura.cat/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/SoulSavers-concert.JPG" alt="SoulSavers concert" width="258" height="195" />La simbiòtica unió entre<strong> Mark Lanegan</strong> i els membres fundadors de <strong>Soulsavers</strong>, <strong>Rich Machin</strong> i <strong>Ian Glover</strong>, ens visitaran el proper <strong>19 de novembre</strong> per presentar el seu darrer àlbum, <strong><em>Broken</em></strong>. La banda, la qual ha donat un pas de gegant amb <strong>Mark Lanegan</strong> en quant a composicions, so i en magnitud mediàtica, s&#8217;ha convertit en un combo de rock &#38; soul, amb carta de presentació de nivell: el magnífic àlbum <em><strong>It&#8217;s Not How Far You Fall, It&#8217;s the Way You Land </strong>(</em>2007). Recordem que el primer àlbum de la banda, <strong><em>Tough Guys Don&#8217;t Dance</em></strong> (2003), sense <strong>Mark Lanegan</strong>, és purament electrònic, i de fet, el pitjor àlbum dels tres amb diferència.</p>
<p>Una bona oportunitat per escoltar <em>Sunrise</em> i<em> You Will Miss Me Whe I Burn</em>, <strong>Lanegan</strong> i <strong>Will Oldham</strong>, temes del single <em>Sunrise </em>que no apareixen a <em><strong>Broken</strong></em>, o <em>Pharaoh&#8217; s Cariot</em>, on hi participa <strong>Jason Pierce</strong>, a més de<em> Revival</em>, <em>Jesus of Nothing</em> i <em>Kingdoms of Rain</em>, per citar-ne tres de l&#8217;anterior àlbum.</p>
<p>Entrades ja a la venda, per uns 20 €. El concert, a la sala Razzmatazz.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La fée écossaise et le prince américain]]></title>
<link>http://culturespub.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/la-fee-ecossaise-et-le-prince-americain/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lib</dc:creator>
<guid>http://culturespub.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/la-fee-ecossaise-et-le-prince-americain/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Il est 19h, 19h30, je rentre d&#8217;un baby-sitting. Le train qui quitte Meaux pour rejoindre Paris]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1785" title="lanegancampbellsmall7aa" src="http://culturespub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/lanegancampbellsmall7aa.jpg?w=205" alt="lanegancampbellsmall7aa" width="220" height="269" />Il est 19h, 19h30, je rentre d&#8217;un baby-sitting. Le train qui quitte Meaux pour rejoindre Paris est presque vide, comme d&#8217;habitude. Personne ne rejoint plus Paris à cette heure-là, ce sont les banlieusards qui font la transhumance quotidienne vers leurs banlieues dortoirs. Je ne vais pas à Paris moi non plus, je descends à la prochaine gare. J&#8217;ai un livre dans mon sac, pour passer le temps, pour éviter de croiser le regard d&#8217;un wesh wesh casquette qui pourrait penser que je le provoque. Sur le siège à côté de moi, un DirectSoir délaissé expose sa couverture déchirée. Je l&#8217;attrape, parcours l&#8217;horoscope du lendemain, puis feuillette distraitement les pages culture. Un entrefilet attire mon attention, parce que je viens de découvrir le groupe écossais Belle &#38; Sebastian : l&#8217;ancienne chanteuse y est citée. Un second album en collaboration avec Mark Lanegan est sorti il y a peu, ils passent le week-end suivant à La Cigale à Paris. J&#8217;ai déjà quelque chose de prévu ce soir-là, mais je lis quand même le court article. Élogieux, dithyrambique&#8230; mon attention est titillée. Sauf que pour une fois, je poursuis la démarche en rentrant à la maison, et tape &#8220;isobel campbell mark lanegan&#8221; sur Deezer. Deux jours plus tard, j&#8217;ai acheté (oui oui !!) les deux albums issus de leurs collaboration.</p>
<p><!--more En espérant vous faire partager cet énorme coup de coeur musical...--></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1790" title="isobel_campbell_bp" src="http://culturespub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/isobel_campbell_bp.jpg?w=300" alt="isobel_campbell_bp" width="176" height="121" />Elle : <strong>Isobel Campbell.</strong> Née en 1976 à Glasgow. Choriste du groupe Belle &#38; Sebastian, formé par Stuart Murdoch et Stuart David en 1996. Violoncelliste également. Une voix douce, aérienne, presque irréelle, comme celle d&#8217;un esprit écossais perdu dans la bruyère des Highlands. Ce genre de voix pure et cristalline que l&#8217;on entend sans vraiment écouter, mais qui, sans que vous vous en rendiez compte, finit par ne plus vous quitter. Une vraie sensibilité aux émotions véhiculées par la musique, une identité celtique moderne qui évite l&#8217;écueil du folklore cher aux touristes.</p>
<p>Lui : <strong>Mark Lanegan.</strong> Né en 1964 à Ellensburg, dans l&#8217;état de Washington. Membre des groupes Screaming Trees et Queens of the Stone Age. Une voix<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1792" title="LANEGAN2" src="http://culturespub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/lanegan2.jpg?w=300" alt="LANEGAN2" width="187" height="151" /> éraillée de bad boy américain qui a trop fumé, trop bu, une voix comme une blessure à vif qui ne cesse de se rouvrir pour saigner de plus belle. Une sensibilité rustre et virile, qui émerge dans la profondeur d&#8217;un timbre de voix à la fois inquiétant et mystérieux, que l&#8217;on s&#8217;étonne de vouloir suivre &#8211; parce qu&#8217;on ne peut pas faire autrement, tout simplement.</p>
<p>Le plus improbable des duos. Et pourtant, grâce à une alchimie qui touche à la magie, ça colle. Le mariage de ces deux voix ne relève pas de la collaboration musicale &#8211; mais de l&#8217;évidence.</p>
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<p>Le premier album, Ballad of the Broken Seas, est une véritable perle. Le premier morceau, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSlWLoCNtbY&#38;feature=related">&#8216;Deus Ibi Est&#8217;</a>, nous plonge tout de suite dans un univers sombre et angoissant, impression renforcée par la voix inquiétante de Mark Lanegan, le rythme pressant des percussions et de la guitare &#8211; avant d&#8217;être doucement apaisé par la voix de Campbell, qui apparaît en filigrane, comme celle d&#8217;un ange gardien.</p>
<p>Lui, l&#8217;être torturé, en quête de vengeance, sur fond de bataille :</p>
<blockquote><p>Against my will to these sad shores<br />
An unknown force has drawn me<br />
Bound unto a future shaped by ancestors before me<br />
Day on day I march the beat to someone else&#8217;s drum<br />
I have searched far foreign lands there&#8217;s nowhere left to run</p>
<p>Impending storm rise up rise up<br />
Oh demons I shall shame you!<br />
Look down the barrel of my gun and one by one I&#8217;ll name you<br />
Day on day my brothers leave go marching off to war<br />
Yet we never understand for what we&#8217;re fighting for</p></blockquote>
<p>Elle, l&#8217;ange gardien porteur d&#8217;espoir :</p>
<blockquote><p>Ubi caritas et amor<br />
Ubi caritas<br />
Deus ibi est</p></blockquote>
<p>Pour ceux qui ne maîtrisent pas le latin d&#8217;église&#8230; <em>&#8220;là où sont l&#8217;amour et la charité, Dieu est présent.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>La suite de l&#8217;album se décline en balades mélancoliques &#8211; comme le titre éponyme de l&#8217;album, que je ne trouve pas dans une version potable sur le net&#8230;et morceaux plus sombres, plus <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1798" title="cover broken seas" src="http://culturespub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/cover-broken-seas.jpg?w=250" alt="cover broken seas" width="217" height="217" />perturbants, touchant au sublime &#8211; le superbe <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUJP7WTHYYc&#38;feature=related">Revolver</a> (désolée pour l&#8217;enregistrement live un peu cracra&#8230;), écrit par Mark Lanegan. Et mon morceau préféré, (Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me?, le clip que je vous ai collé plus haut, aux paroles délicieusement suggestives&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m not saying I love you<br />
I won&#8217;t say I&#8217;ll be true<br />
there&#8217;s a crimson bird flying<br />
when I go down on you</p></blockquote>
<p>Je vous laisse traduire&#8230;</p>
<p>Le deuxième album,<a href="http://www.deezer.com/fr/#music/result/all/isobel%20campbell%20mark%20lanegan"> Sunday at Devil Dirt</a>, reprend ces codes, poussant encore plus loin la sensualité à fleur de peau qui émane de chaque morceau. <a href="http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/isobel_campbell_and_mark_lanegan_lyrics_26643/sunday_at_devil_dirt_lyrics_80376/raven_lyrics_796002.html">The Raven </a>reproduit la construction dramatique de Deus Ibi Est, tout en faisait référence au <a href="http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html">poème d&#8217;Edgar Poe</a> du même nom &#8211; sauf que le corbeau de Lanegan, personnifié par la voix aérienne de Campbell, se transforme en femme sensuelle alors que la chanson touche à l&#8217;érotisme pour qui sait interpréter les images puissantes.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1801" title="Sunday_at_devil_coverbig" src="http://culturespub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sunday_at_devil_coverbig.jpg?w=249" alt="Sunday_at_devil_coverbig" width="194" height="194" />Peut-être un peu plus sombre, ce deuxième album, un peu plus pessimiste, mais au combien troublant. Certains morceaux sont parfois difficiles à apprécier à la première écoute, parce qu&#8217;ils sont dérangeants, inhabituels &#8211; mais au fur et à mesure des écoutes successives, on plonge peu à peu dans le monde de Campbell et Lanegan, si particulier, trop plein d&#8217;une émotion vive, d&#8217;un bouleversement profond qui touche aussi bien les voix que les auditeurs. Heureusement, une ballade à la guitare, comme Something To Believe, vient parfois alléger cette atmosphère, sans pour autant rompre la magie qui semble opérer à chaque écoute.</p>
<blockquote><p>I have travelled the world around<br />
Wondered far from home<br />
Sailed the ocean in foreign skies<br />
Still further to go<br />
Back into my babies arms<br />
From this world of woe<br />
That was such a long long time ago</p></blockquote>
<p>Je n&#8217;ai rencontré encore personne qui écoute ce duo, découvert au hasard d&#8217;un gratuit dans le train. J&#8217;espère que vous apprécierez &#8211; voire que vous serez bouleversés par leurs deux albums comme je l&#8217;ai été. Mon seul regret : ne pas avoir renoncé à mes projets ce fameux samedi, afin d&#8217;aller les voir à La Cigale. Je n&#8217;attends qu&#8217;une chose : qu&#8217;ils enregistrent un troisième album et repartent en tournée tous les deux. Rien n&#8217;est moins sûr. Et peut-être est-ce pour le mieux &#8211; un troisième album, ce serait prendre le risque de briser ce fragile enchantement&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[REVIEW: SOULSAVERS - Broken]]></title>
<link>http://doubtfulsounds.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/review-soulsavers-broken/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[1 2 3 4 5 Broken hearts, broken minds and broken souls are the constant themes of Soulsavers second ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-2410" href="http://doubtfulsounds.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/review-soulsavers-broken/soulsavers/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2410" title="soulsavers" src="http://doubtfulsounds.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/soulsavers.jpg?w=300" alt="soulsavers" width="300" height="299" /></a>Broken hearts, broken minds and broken souls are the constant themes of <strong>Soulsavers</strong> second album <strong><em>Broken</em></strong>. The dark side is explored and despairs are aired on what is a dense and (for want of a better word) ‘gothic’ album.</p>
<p>Helmed by the English duo of <strong>Rich Machin</strong> and <strong>Ian Glover</strong> it features an enviable line-up of musicians who have all made names for themselves with music on the moodier and slightly twisted side of the tracks.</p>
<p>The scene setting instrumental <em>The Seventh Proof</em> creates a lonely and barren introduction to the album. It invokes loneliness, grief and a foreboding sense of ominous things to come. <em>Death Bells</em> adds a krautrock sense of motion with feeding-back guitars and a gritty crunch. <strong>Mark Lanegan’s</strong> weather beaten voice is instantly recognisable and he is essentially the third member of the band, contributing his vocals to all but two of the non-instrumental songs on the album.</p>
<p>Alongside Lanegan is a stellar lineup of additional vocalists. <strong>Gibby Haynes, Mike Patton, Richard Hawley</strong> and <strong>Jason Pierce</strong> all add their own feel to the album with Patton being the most successful on <em>Unbalanced Pieces</em>. The two of them build a brooding mood that is similar to The Twilight Singers and Nick Cave in its creeping intensity.</p>
<p><em>You Will Miss Me When I Burn</em> is a <strong>Will Oldham</strong> written song that stands out as the most direct and moving moment on Broken. Oldham pens weighty lines like ‘When you have no-one, no-one can hurt you’ and adds his macabre touch to the twisted love song. The minimal instrumentation also makes this a stark rendition which sets it aside from the other denser songs on the album.</p>
<p>The song also marks the first time we hear the voice of Sydney singer <strong>Red Ghost (Rosa Agostino)</strong> who kept sending Soulsavers demos of her songs and ended up working with them on the record. She takes the lead on <em>Praying Ground</em> and <em>By My Side</em> and the PJ Harvey sense of longing in her voice lends itself perfectly to the albums mood.</p>
<p>Machin and Glover have added more guitars to their electronic landscape on this record and it improves the emotional connection to the music. Strings, vinyl crackles and other mood enhancers are all utilised to conjure up the dark and almost jazz noir feeling.</p>
<p>One issue with making music of this type is maintaining the attention of the listener. At an hour long it does struggle to engage fully over its thirteen songs. Its heavy and measured footsteps will be slow going for many and it may take a back seat as background music for those that don’t have the patience for its drift and weight.</p>
<p>Lanegan is the star attraction of <strong><em>Broken</em></strong> and without him it would wallow in its own despair. He provides the strength and backbone amongst the misery. <strong><em>Broken</em></strong> also serves to introduce Red Ghost to a wider audience which is a good thing for her and us. This album won’t make end of year lists but when the mood calls for some late night introspection and soul searching this could be just the thing to take you there.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[diggin in the crates volume 1]]></title>
<link>http://realtalklive.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/ditcvol1/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The first of what may (or may not, depending on if I remember to do it) where I remind you of the aw]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Músicas para ensurdecer' - Queens of The Stone Age]]></title>
<link>http://polkandvodka.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/musicas-para-ensurdecer-queens-of-the-stone-age/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mura</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Os americanos do Queens of The Stone Age começaram a fazer sucesso com o lançamento do seu segundo c]]></description>
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