UPDATED: The stunning video for the song has been released to YouTube.

I thought there were a pair of comparable albums to come out of the post-Klaxons beats+thrashy guitars+searing synths movement. The first, released in 2007, was These New Puritans’ Beat Pyramid; the second, Late Of The Pier’s Fantasy Black Channel, exhumed from some twisted nightmarish grave in 2008. For me, Beat Pyramid was the superior beast, displaying a lot less cheese, an attempt to tackle disparate conspiracist topics like numerology and doppelgängers, and generally coming across like the work of artists with a little more focus and sensibility. Fantasy Black Channel was more messy and sprawling and clumsy, while Beat Pyramid tried out some interesting conceptual manœuvres (refrains, lyrical and music themes that re-surfaced elsewhere on the album, intra-album remixing) that they pulled off with some aplomb.

And so I’m rather glad that These New Puritans are back, this time wielding a seven-minute-plusn single called “We Want War”, which precedes the 2010 release of Hidden, their sophomore album. “We Want War” is undoubtedly a more ambitious and high-budget affair, boasting woodwind arrangements, choirs, and the actual sounds of warfare. It’s also lost some of the DIY charm of the band’s previous work – where before they had beats that sound like they’d been punched in the chest and run over by an articulated lorry, this new material rides in on suspiciously crisp taiko drumming. Though the tone is supposed to be foreboding and doom-laden, it’s actually much less harrowing and brutal than songs like “Infinity ytinifni”.

For all that, it’s still a storming track, boasting several interstitial sequences, and a combination of samples and loops and kitchen sinks that thrills and astonishes me. They’re clearly a band of wild ambition and excess, but key to “We Want War”’s appeal is that it reins in any really extraneous excess, and we end up with a long, long song, that doesn’t outstay its welcome. Expect Hidden to be a less unkempt album, but certainly no less indicative of the band’s manifold talents and experiments.

These New Puritans – We Want War

A fan of the “These New Puritans” music or not, you have to agree this video is amazing for their song “Elvis”.

What a wonderful bus ride! And it all started from leaving college early. Truancy pays kids.

Sometimes missing the bus is a good thing, it lead me to meet an amazing person at the bus stop. There I was standing awkwardly making sure not to make eye contact with the others waiting. I have so many barriers, like music blasting in my ears, as a way of distancing myself with fellow riders.  However today a woman asked me where the bus went and if she could get where she needed to be in an quicker and easier. It’s pretty impossible to get anywhere without taking two buses in N-town as the buses are so ridiculous.

She asked me what subjects I do, philosophy made her recall her brother who taught philosophy and translated German at Oxford. She is reading Shaupenhaur and I am reading Nietzsche and we discussed both philosophers as well as Kant. Our conversation went from existence to morality, and also from Nietzsche’s bitchiness to Shaupenhaur bleak and depressing outlook . She gave me the name of her brother, James Urmson, so I googled it and found this book. The reviews look amazing and he appears to really know his stuff about Aristotle. It’s a real shame that he now has alzheimer, fortunately he still can translate German and he keeps his mind active.

I think that this expirence was well worth skipping history, but I promise not to do it again.

I am definitely loving These New Puritans again. There mix of about 100 different genre’s, simple/cryptic lyrics, sickk beats and repeating samples loops throughout Beat Pyramid which made probably my favourite album of 2007. Some of it’s nonsense some if it is genius but it is certainly is well worth a spotify. Also their sophomore alum “Hidden” is set for release on January 18th 2010. Arcording to there web site the album will include “foley recording techniques (including a melon with cream crackers attached struck by a hammer, used to simulate the sound of a human head being smashed.)” Sound brilliant, and here is the wonderful video to “Elvis”

I remember seeing TNP supporting The Horrors and Crystal Castle at London Astoria R.I.P. on Febuary 16th 2008. I took this picture of the lead singer. I love the chain mail thing.

These New Puritans

Now to the reason I ditched history in the first place…..

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These New Puritans (aveces abreviado TNPS) son una banda Post-Punk y Electrónica de Southend-on-Sea, Inglaterra, formada en el 2006 por Jack Barnett (vocalista, guitarra, computadora, sonido), su hermano gemelo George Barnett (batería, percusión), Thomas Hein (bajo, sampler, percusion) y Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (sintetizadores).

Myspace

Miesiąc przed rozpoczęciem kolejnej edycji najlepszej alternatywnej imprezy w Polsce zostałem szczęśliwym posiadaczem karnetu dwudniowego. Mając 30 dni na przygotowanie do tej wyczekiwanej imprezy będę pisać, które koncerty są przeze mnie najbardziej wyczekiwane.

Nie muszę pisać w jaki sposób powstał Off Festival i kto jest jego organizatorem. Myślę, że większość osób czytający ten wpisy wie to doskonale. W Mysłowicach będę przebywać od 2 dnia imprezy (czyli od 7 sierpnia) ominą mnie koncerty przede wszystkim Pawilonu oraz These New Puritans. Pierwszy z wymienionych zespołów wywodzi się z trójmiasta i charakterystycznym znakiem tej grupy są zabawne teksty. Wykorzystują swoją nazwę i kojarzą ją ze środkiem medycznym po którym wiotczeją mięśnie. Wątpię jednak aby na scenie byli drętwi. Raczej będą starać się rozgrzać widownie gdyż na tej edycji Offa wystąpią jako pierwszy band.

Pawilon, źródło http://2009.off-festival.pl

Pierwszy dzień występów zakończy zaś angielskie  These New Puritans. Tak, kolejne brytole, kolejny zespół z tych cholernych wysp, kolejne grajki z labela Domino Records, który promuje takie syfy jak Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys czy The Kills. W skrócie… kolejny wspaniały koncert mnie niestety ominie.

These New Puritans, źródło http://2009.off-festival.pl

Na sam koniec wpisu teledysk do piosenki Elvis pochodzącej z płyty Beat Pyramid anglików.

Trzeba poznawać to co Rojek nam zaoferuje w tym roku na Offie. Przesłuchałem już kilku artystów i zdecydowanie najbardziej przypadli mi Anglicy z These New Puritans.

Jedyną rekomendację oprócz tej tutaj można znaleźć na Pitchforku. Uhonorowani oceną 7,5 za debiut. To chyba powód do dumy? Rojek wiedział co brać mimo, że pojawiły się negatywne głosy i rozpacz. Faktycznie. W tym roku nie zanosi się na to by festiwal miał swojego “Mogwaia”, ale za to będzie dużo młodych i ciekawych artysów takich jak “purytanie”.

Co mnie zainteresowało w Beat Pyramid? Jest tego trochę. Zacznijmy od energii, która tkwi w tej muzie. Kolesie na prawdę dają radę. Trochę gitary, dużo perkusji, odrobina syntezatora, ciut trąbki i mamy energiczne kawałki do poskakania, posłuchania. Jest u nich taka świeżość. Zaciekawili mnie. Po raz pierwszy usłyszałem ich w radiu. Było to Swords of Truth. Na początku myślałem, że to punkowa przeróbka kawałku Missy Elliott. Kurwa okazało się, że nie, ale pewne momenty są w chuj podobne do hitu spod ręki Timbalanda.

Ogólnie fajnie podoba mi się koncept z różnymi przejściami po poszczególnych utworach, motyw intro i outro. Kolejny plus to Jack Barnett, który jest zajebistym wokalistą. Podoba mi się jego barwa głosu i sposób śpiewania. Liczne powtórzenia itd. Z tekstami to różnie. Raz robi wyliczankę niczym Kazik objaśniając każdą cyfrę innym razem nie potrafi znaleźć odpowiednich słów w największym hiciebandu “Elvis”. Dzięki takim utworom można sądzić, że Elvis żyje. Energiczny indie-punk-rock z elementami popu.

Jestem święcie przekonany, że na koncercie w Mysłowickim Domu Kultury dadzą radę, na albumie dali. Ocena: 7/10.

Minha recomendação  é o new rave do These new puritans, banda de Shountend (Inglaterra) .O TNP foi apontado em 2208 como uma das principais revelações do indie rock.

São muitas as comparações com o joy division , devido ao jeito contido do vocalista (Jack Barnett), mas também surgiram comparações com o Shitdisco e com o New young pony club devido a sonoridade mais eletro rock present no albúm “Beat pyramid”.

A banda começou a ganhar destaque após o lançamento da coletânea “Digital Penetration Vol. 1″(2006), ao lado de Shitdisco, Klaxons, Crystal Castles e New Young Pony Club

Depois o o lançamento do single “Elvis” que varreu os clubes ingleses mais ou menos nesse tempo eles foram  chamados para fazer uma música de 15 minutos no  desfile de outono da Dior Homme de 2007.

Em 2008 vem o lançamento de “Beat piramid” com 16 faixas onde algumas podem soar meio estranhas como a caso de “4″ onde um barulho bem baixo é passado durante  a faixa.Também “..ce I Will Say This Twice” e “I Will Say This Twi…” que são duas faixas separadas porém  que se completam (só ouvindo pra entender)

Os destaques ficam para “Aka Number” com um bom ritmo e a frase no refrão “every number has a meaning” , para “Swords of truth” e claro “Elvis” que é ,como já foi dito anteriormente nesse post ,o hit da banda.

capa de Beat pyramid

Abaixo  o single “Elvis”

“Swords of truth”

Pete Doherty ist als Headliner auf dem Berlin Festival angekündigt. Er soll am 07.August auf dem Flughafen Tempelhof auftreten. Der Auftritt wäre sein einziges Konzert in Deutschland dieses Jahr.  Pete Doherty hat Anfang des Jahres sein Soloalbum “Grace/Wastelands” vorgestellt. Ob der Pete Doherty wirklich in Berlin auftaucht, weiß leider keiner.

Hier das Lineup des Festivals:

Freitag, 7. August
Peter Doherty, Dendemann, José González, Saint Etienne, Peaches (DJ Set), WhoMadeWho, These New Puritans, Dear Reader, Bodi Bill, Florence & The Machine, Riton, Aeroplane, Telepathe, 1000 Robota, Crystal Antlers, Humanzi, Berlin Battery (Feat. DJ Supermarket, Shir Khan, Jack Tennis), Karrera Klub DJs.

Samstag, 8. August
Deichkind, Jarvis Cocker, The Rifles, Zoot Woman, Digitalism (DJ-Set), The Thermals, Frankie Knuckles vs. Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair), Junior Boys, Whirlpool Productions Disco Club Soundclash, Kilians, Bonaparte, D.I.M, Oneida, Micachu & Shapes, Health, Cajuan, Frankmusik, Errors, Death By Pop DJs.

Here are the final 10 of my favorite songs of 2008. New visitors, don’t forget to check out my top albums of 2008. 2008 is finally, officially, wrapped up at Songs About Radios:

• Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  Just barely knocked off my top 20 albums of the year. Despite comparisons to M.I.A. for the diversity of her influences, Santi White is clearly the more talented songwriter, though certainly not as eccentric of a personality as M.I.A.

• Sister Suvi – The Lot (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  Another irrepressible ear worm, in this case thanks to the rhythmic tension between the guitar and the layered vocals.

• ((Sounder)) – Good Things (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  A simple, almost meditative, cyclical chant exchanging good things with bad things, built upon a low, rumbling, slowly developing, layer of fuzz.

• These New Puritans – Navigate, Navigate (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  Drawing on a Gang of Four-like, post-punk aesthetic, “Navigate, Navigate” juxtaposes blunt, punctual vocals with angular guitars for rhythmic effect. Originally written for the 2007 Dior Homme fashion show.

• Throw Me the Statue – About to Walk (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  Catchiest indie pop song of 2008. If only the rest of the album were this good…

• Tokyo Police Club – Your English Is Good (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  Scrappy indie rockers who probably would have gotten a mention on my list last year if they had released more than 17 minutes of music at that point. Elephant Shell wasn’t quite consistent enough to make my top 20 albums, but “Your English is Good” deserves some attention.

• Wavves – Beach Demon (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  I mentioned Wavves in my review of the Vivian Girls as another example of the trend towards Jesus & Mary Chain style distortion over the past year or two. While Wavves’s garagier take on noise doesn’t appeal to me as consistently or as compellingly as the Vivian Girls, “Beach Demon” is a romp.

• The Whiskers – Roses (Download) (Download the Album for Free)
  
  

  Signs that Spencer Krug is starting to have an influence beyond Wolf Parade and his myriad of side projects. “Say your prayers and pick your battleship configurations cause I’m gonna sink your grandpa’s sailboat.”

• White Hinterland – Chant de Grillon (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  Casey Dienel hardly sounds like the same singer whose transparently titled “La La Song” made my best songs of 2006, having now replaced the pop sentimentality with a trancelike repetitive bassline in the style of the Velvet Underground and with haunting vocals that tread boldly through an ominous mass of fluttering tones and shrieking effects.

• Wiley – Wearing My Rolex (Download) (Buy It)
  
  

  If I lived in London I’d probably hate this song by now – I get the impression that it’s all over the place there, but with good reason: the combination of a great beat and the kind of very simple, repetitive lyrical structure that makes it hard to get a song out of your head.

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Il momento è topico e mai come in questo momento è importante avere a portata di mano la musica giusta. Per questo Atlantis ha creato un nuovo link, nella colonna a destra, con la pagina Underworld Live. Alcune ore di musica mixata, della più diversa, nei toni ovattati, essenziali e in chiaroscuro che piacciono a chi ama gli Underworld. Per chi sta pensando forte.

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Although this time last year I relented to the whole end-of-year list thing, through a combination of laziness and principle I’ve decided to retire from that and instead focus on more practical list-making (e.g. “Top 5 Ways To Thread The Shoelaces Of My Work Shoes” or “Top 10 Items I Discovered In My Stool This Morning”). This is not to say I don’t very much enjoy trawling the various End Of Year Best Ofs that populate the interwebosphere every January – they are a great source of new listening inspiration, and can be a useful nudge in finally going ahead and procuring that ‘buzz’ album that you’ve been meaning to check out but haven’t yet got around to (but no, that Bon Iver chappie is not for me). Particularly those lists that attempt to add a little bit of context as to why a particular recording is worthy of attention, as opposed to those un-annotated lists which I myself was guilty of. This is one I like, or this… (and for group-compiled, consensus-based lists you could do worse that check this one out).

But this does not mean I’m above trying to foist my questionable tastes on others…

Each year I make myself a “Best Of…” compilation, trying to encapsulate the best of that year’s listening (and live) experiences over the course of a couple of mastered CDs. And so in a rare act of magnanimous generosity, I’m making that compilation available here for your listening pleasure.

NarcoAgent – Best of 2008 volume I
NarcoAgent – Best of 2008 volume II

If you’d like an aurally-tangible run-through of the releases that caught my ear in 2008, right-click, ‘Save As’ and put ‘em on the portable music player of your choice . Hopefully you make some enjoyable discoveries (or at the very least supress those sociopathic thoughts for an hour or two – it works for me!).




 




This first NarcoAgent ‘podcast’ also marks the launch of the Mixtapes page where I’ll occasionally upload other collections for your listening pleasure.
Tracklistings & associated info to be found there too.












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My original intent was to finish this by the end of January, so I’m going to have to speed things up a little.  Forgive me if my reviews become a little… impressionistic from here on out.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
One of the problems I have with iTunes and iPod technology is that it’s kind of a pain in the ass to maintain sort order by last name where it should apply.  So I ended up manually moving all of the albums in my master 2008 playlist into alphabetical order, and I missed this one.

Anyway, it’s a Malkmus album.  As with all of his solo works, it’s instrumentally tight like the late-period Pavement albums and a little more complex musically.  He’s always good for some lyrical twists (“Cold Son”’s infamous ‘Who was it that said, “The world is my oyster?”; I feel like a nympho trapped in a cloister”), and when he keeps things short and tuneful like on “Gardenia,” a ringer for recent Thin Lizzy-influenced Belle and Sebastian, it’s great.  But he seems to be testing the improvisational waters he last hit hard on Pavement’s Wowee Zowee.  This may have something to do with the new Janet Weiss-enhanced Jicks, but Malkmus isn’t exactly Neil Young or Richard Thompson.  I don’t need the solos and instrumental sections.  Give us the songs.

Sun Kil Moon – April
I do this Music Marathon every year  to force myself to come to conclusions about the music I listen to.  In my experience, the ability to do so, not the size of one’s music collection, number of concerts attended, or ability to play an instrument, is what separates music enthusiasts from casual music listeners.  As an enthusiast of something, you should have some aesthetic concerns.  Certainly not a strictly parameterized code (“if there’s a drum machine, it’s not for me!” or “only songs under 3 minutes, please!”), but the ability to think through your taste and present some arguments for or against something.

So it’s frustrating when I have to write about an album like April.  April’s inarguably similar to Sun Kil Moon’s last collection of original compositions, the hauntingly beautiful Ghosts of the Great Highway.  But despite the great similarity, April feels like a pretty big misstep.  Something’s wrong with the pacing, the song lengths… I’m not sure.  Basically something’s wrong with something.  It works great as background music, but Mark Kozelek can be and has been better than that (such as on Ghosts and on The Red House Painters’ Songs for a Blue Guitar).  April’s high point, “Tonight in Bilbao,” adds to the mystery for me.  It’s a great song, but not fundamentally different than some of the others on here.  I have no idea why I like it, but feel pretty ambivalent about so much of April.  Even more perplexingly, it’s a 9 1/2 minute song near the end of a very long (unnecessary long – maybe that’s one issue) album that mostly doesn’t do much but just sit there for me.  I have no idea why this is the one that sticks.

So I’ll admit to failure.  I have no idea what to make of my gut reaction to April.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir – 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
An organic, orchestral-traditional rock setup hybrid bashing out lengthy, dramatic compositions.  Sounds good, right?  It isn’t.  It’s a monotonous bore augmented with doubled (infrequently harmonized) so-serious vocals.  They get the dynamics right and practically nothing else.

These New Puritans – Beat Pyramid
SPEAKING OF BANDS BROUGHT DOWN MOSTLY BY ANNOYING VOCALS.  THESE NEW PURITANS ARE CLEARLY INDEBTED ENTIRELY TO LATE-70S POST-PUNK BANDS LIKE GANG OF FOUR.  JOY DIVISION.  AND, ALL TOO CLEARLY, THE FALL.  IN FACT, LIKE MARK E. SMITH, JACK BARNETT INTONES EVERY PHRASE AS A MATTER OF SUCH GRAVE IMPORTANCE THAT HE SEEMS TO THINK IT WOULD DO IT A DISSERVICE TO JUST SING IT.  HERE ARE SOME SAMPLE LYRICS:

What’s your favourite number?
What does it mean?

Number 1 is the indvidual
Number 2 – duality
Number 3, … numerology is all shit
Number 4 is the number that runs through this music

DOES IT LOOK LIKE THEY REQUIRE SUCH GRAVITY?

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
Not much more than a fun guitar-pop album, but after Thee Silver Mt. Zion and These New Puritans, it was like manna.

Torche – Meanderthal
And things got even better from there, because Meanderthal is like getting tackled by a big load of awesome.  Ostensibly metal in that the guitar sound tends toward the thick and heavy, Torche has such a propensity toward hooks that they veer just as much toward guitar-centric late 90s rock like Far or a less angst-ridden Deftones.  In fact, if it weren’t for their apparent volume or propensity for touring with bands like Isis, Jesu, and The Sword, the metal label would almost seem sort of ludicrous – these guys could reasonably tour with the Foo Fighters, and it wouldn’t be that weird a fit.

But it’s that heavy sound that keeps things interesting – it’s envigorating to hear those massive guitars essay the perfect pop hooks of “Across the Shields,” and to hear what sounds a little like Sonic Youth’s “Mote” jacked-up a few notches in volume and tempo in “Healer.”  Even more to Torche’s credit, they keep the songs remarkably short and direct for such – few break three minutes.  Typically, I have enough room in my heart for maybe one or two metal (or “arguably metal” or “heavy music” or whatever we’re calling it) albums a year, so folks who might not normally be interested in this sort of thing, take note:  Meanderthal is worth your time.

TV on the Radio – Dear Science
And the upward swing continued with the reliable-as-usual TV on the Radio.  I’m not quite as hot on this album as others seem to be – I don’t think it’s the be-all, end-all of the band.  The opener, “Halfway Home” sports a general groove that promises a successor to their greatest moment, “Wolf Like Me,” but it feels hollow; single “Golden Age” is a little limp whenever it veers too far from its estimable chorus; and the album just generally goes for well-oiled consistency rather than staggeringly unusual stand-outs, quite a change from the last two albums, which were inconsistent, but had obvious stand-outs, like the driving “Wolf,” the stuttering groove-and-noise experiment “I Was A Lover,” and the a capella “Ambulance”.

But, even as it clings pretty closely to a distinctive style of electrified dance rock, Dear Science is hard to dispute as high quality work, and it expands admirably on the band’s prior work.  While “Stork and Owl” is in the mold of Return to Cookie Mountain’s mid-tempo songs, it’s livened up with some plucked string parts and a lovely melody.  “Family Tree” may be one of the band’s prettiest songs to date, all lush orchestral padding, piano and harmony vocals.  The two up-tempo standouts, “Dancing Choose” and “Red Dress” drive forth with all instruments a-blazing – the horn section (a welcome addition to their sound) does battle with the sharp rhythmic turns we’ve come to expect from the band, and outdoes them at their own game, blurting and overwhelming as they go.  And, above it all, hover Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, who have never sounded better than they do on this album – the falsettos and harmonies never threaten to go out of tune as they occasionally did in the past.

I realize I’m not doing much to rock the boat here.

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Who in the music community did not get the memo when it came to their “albums of the year” lists”? Thalia Zedeck produced a corker and it has been hopelessly overlooked by many in the view of this ignoble and dastardly site! Anyway, when we are not otherwise occupied by taking food from the hands of starving orphans or abandoning dotty old ladies midway across busy roads, we do like to occasionally right the odd wrong. So get busy listening to Liars and Prayers if you have missed out on it so far!

In other news, Scotland’s Sons & Daughters produced a somewhat overproduced but generally likeable album in The Gift, while old stagers Stereolab and Stephen Malkmus were also on hand with solid offerings. They may be of less familiarity to you, but be sure to give Sylvie, Tall Firs, and Tim Gilbertson a listen also, if you generally enjoy the music that we write about. Indeed, all you need do is follow the yellow-brick link!

(112) Sons and Daughters – Gilt Complex

(113) Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Gardenia

(114) Stereolab – Neon Beanbag

(115) The Stills – Snakecharming the Masses

(116) The Submarines – Swimming Pool

(117) Sylvie – Instruments of War

(118) Tall Firs – Warriors

(119) The Tallest Man on Earth – This Wind

(120) Thalia Zedeck – Circa the End

(121) Thao – Bag of Hammers

(122) Thee Oh Sees – Grease 2

(123) These New Puritans – MKK3

(124) Tim Gilbertson – Palm Trees & Postcards

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20) Of Montreal – Skeletal Lumping



Era inevitável que qualquer disco que Of Montreal gravasse após Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? sofresse com as comparações. Skeletan Lumping não dispõe de uma paleta emocional tão ampla e marcante quanto o disco anterior, mas ao mesmo me parece ser outro grande acerto de Kevin Barnes com a maior parte das suas muitas apostas funcionando muito bem.


Of Montreal – “Id Engager”

19) The Bug – London Zoo



Os pesadelos de Kevin Martin.


The Bug – “Poison Dart”

18 ) The Mighty Underdogs – Droppin’ Science Fiction



O encontro entre Gift of Gab e Lateef poderia assustar já que se tratam de dois rappers com personalidades muito distantes mas sobre a supervisão do produtor Headnodic eles encontraram um tipo raro de química e lançaram um dos mais expansivos discos de hip hop de 2008. Mas a grande estrela é mesmo a produção primorosa de Headnodic sempre muito criativa (isto num disco que até conta com participação do DJ Shadow numa das faixas).


The Mighty Underdogs – “Science Fiction”

17) Glasvegas – Glasvegas



Não, não se trata do melhor disco que a Creation lançou desde Psychocandy como Alan McGee quer desesperadamente nos convencer. Por baixo de toda a gigantesca produção, o que torna esta estréia da banda escocesa forte o suficiente para ao menos permitir a hipérbole do patrão é o olhar apurado do vocalista e principal compositor James Allan que garante o disco um frescor incomum numa estréia tão hypada.


Glasvegas – “Geraldine”

16) The Fall – Imperial Wax Solvent



Outro grande momento desta instituição chamada Mark E. Smith. A faixa principal do disco “50 Year Old Man” é das mais diretas já compostas por ele e ao longo dos seus doze minutos se revela um primor de invenção (a versão abaixo é mais curta e simples) e o resto do disco não fica muito abaixo.


The Fall – “50 Year Old Man”

15) Jamie Lidell – Jim



Jamie Lidell resolve brincar de ser um grande cantor de soul.


Jamie Lidell – “A Little Bit of Feel Good”

14) British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?



British Sea Power chega ao ser terceiro e melhor disco mais acessível, sem deixar de lado algumas das experimentação que marcaram seu excelente disco de estréia e com composições mais equilibradas do que o anterior Open Season. “Light Out for Darker Skies” é rock de guitarras inglês no que ele tem de melhor, “No Lúcifer” seria uma das melhores faixas de um disco do Blur, “Canvey Island” é uma das melhors amostras do lado mais excêntrico da banda e o hino “Waving Flags” devia constar em todas as listas de melhores do ano. Na metade da primeira audição todo o meu pé atrás quando soube do nome pomposo do disco tinha desaparecido.


British Sea Power – “Waving Flags”

13) These New Puritans – Beat Pyramid



2008 teve algumas poucas estréias melhores que Beat Pyramid, mas dificilmente uma tão promissora. Talvez meu entusiasmo seja por quão improvável é encontrar um bando de garotos que saibam beber tão bem dos primeiros discos do PiL. O fato é que os These New Puritans construíram um álbum que respira seu momento tanto quanto os trabalhos da virada dos ano 70/80 do PiL e The Fall que eles visivelmente veneram e encontraram no caminho algumas das mais ricas soluções sonoras do ano. Só espero não ficar muito embaraçado daqui a 5 anos de ter colocado este disco “só” em 13º.


These New Puritans – “Elvis”

12) Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours



O melhor disco de musica eletrônica do ano. E nenhum outro conta com algo tão grudento como Hearts on Fire.


“Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire”

11) Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now Youngster



O mais prazeroso disco de 2008? Talvez. A verdade é que impossível não se contagiar pela energia dos Campesinos. Os caras quase tiveram dois discos no top 30.


Los Campesinos! – “This is How You Spell ‘Ha Ha Ha We Destroy the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux Romantics’”

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These New Puritans – Elvis

 



These New Puritans (formed in 2006) are a four-piece band from Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, consisting of Jack Barnett (vocals, guitar, computer, sound), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, tapes, percussion), Tomas Hein (bass guitar, sampler, backing vocals, percussion) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (synthesizers). They mix indie with samplers and electronic experimental sounds. 

These New Puritans were commissioned by Hedi Slimane to compose the soundtrack for the 2007 Dior Homme show. The band’s debut album “Beat Pyramid” was released in the UK in January 2008.

 

Next: Rory

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During the week, two of us old codgers were imbibing a copious amount of alcohol and debating the current state of British popular music. I have been railing against the current scene for some time, but my friend has remained a staunch supporter of it. It is generally a good dispute that usually results in a happy barman, if nothing else. However, it would seem that even my friend is beginning to despair at the never-ending conveyor belt of dreadful dross that is being spat out right now. Dark days have, indeed, come upon us!

Anyway, here is a mixtape of some of the names that we were bandying about – and nary a sign of the sickening six that are Coldplay, Keane, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Fratellis, and Kooks to be had, let me assure you! A touch derivative in places, I will admit, but see what you think of it by listening here.

Moreover, with many of you heading out to parties this weather, the emphasis is on up-tempo tunes designed to get your feet moving! So do not say that we do nothing for you around here… even if we don’t really!

Here is the track listing on the tape:

1. Atom – British Sea Power

2. Terra Firma – The Young Knives

3. Colours – These New Puritans

4. Knots – Pete and the Pirates

5. Casualty – Look See Proof

6. Guilt – The Long Blondes

7. Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants – Wild Beasts

8. Alarm Clock – The Rumble Strips

9. Gilt Complex – Sons & Daughters

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Unpredictable British rockers These New Puritans have made it on every preliminary list we compile for the section The Five that runs in every issue of 20 Watts. For some reason, though, they’ve never made it into the magazine, so I thought I’d give this strange, addictive group a shout-out on the blog. I can’t stop listening to “Elvis,” the hypnotic electro-garage single from their debut album Beat Pyramid (released last March). I’m not quite sure how I feel about the rest of the album – some of the tracks are a little too relentless in their constant loop of sounds ranging from digital blips to loud, clanging…somethings – but it may grow on me. Seriously, though, check the supremely creepy music video for “Elvis.” It’s weird, but I guarantee you’ll be singing it in your sleep.

- Jen Gramer, FOB Editor

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Um quê de 90s nissa. Sendo que com mó pinta de macacos do ártico obscuros…kkk

These New Puritans – Swords of Truth

These New Puritans MySpace

Já tive pesadelos no estilo dessa coisa estranha do clipe em mim.

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