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Mojo, Q y Uncut lps del 2008

Mojo Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2008

1 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2 - The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
3 - Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
4 - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [2007]
5 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
6 - The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
7 - Glasvegas - Glasvegas
8 - The Week That Was - The Week That Was
9 - The Bug - London Zoo
10 - Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
11 - Portishead - Third
12 - Don Cavalli - Cryland
13 - Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
14 - British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
15 - Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - Roll With You
16 - Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
17 - Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
18 - Pete Molinari - A Virtual Landslide
19 - Beck - Modern Guilt
20 - TV on the Radio - Dear Science
21 - Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
22 - Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
23 - Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
24 - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
25 - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
26 - Peter Broderick - Home
27 - M83 - Saturdays=Youth
28 - Neon Neon - Stainless Style
29 - Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals [2007]
30 - The Night Marchers - See You in Magic
31 - Duffy - Rockferry
32 - Seasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left
33 - Kasai Allstars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic
34 - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
35 - Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows
36 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
37 - Gavin Bryars & Philip Jeck & Alter Ego - The Sinking of the Titanic [2007]
38 - Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
39 - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
40 - The Black Keys - Attack & Release
41 - The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
42 - Juana Molina - Un Día
43 - Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
44 - Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance
45 - Metallica - Death Magnetic
46 - James Hunter - The Hard Way
47 - Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
48 - AC/DC - Black Ice
49 - The Neil Cowley Trio - Loud... Louder... Stop
50 - Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

Q Magazine
1 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times
2 Fleet Foxes - s/t
3 Coldplay - Viva La Vida...
4 Vampire Weekend - s/t
5 Glasvegas - s/t
6 Duffy - Rockferry
7 TV On The Radio - Dear, Science
8 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
9 The Racontuers - Consoluers of The Lonely
10 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
11. Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry
13 MGMT - Orcular Spectacular
14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
17 Adele - 19
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
21 Razorlight - Slipaway Fires
22 The Killers - Day and Age
23 Beck - Modern Guilt
24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of The Understatement
25 Metallica - Death Magnetic
26 Conor Oberst - s/t
27 Neil Diamond - Before Home
28 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
29 AC/DC - Black Ice
30 Portishead - Third
31 Black Mountain - In The Future
32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Souk
33 Hercules & Love Affair - s/t
34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
36 R.E.M. - Accelerate
37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
38 John Mellencamp - LifeDeathLoveAndFreeedom
39 Santogold - s/t
40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift of Screws
42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
43 Joan As Police Women - To Survive
44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
45 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through Stattic
46 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tounge
47 The Verve - Forth
48 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
49 Emmylou Harris - All I Indented To Be
50 Dido - Safe Trip Home

Uncut Magazine
50 Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
49 Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
48 Byrne/Eno - Everything That Happens..
47 Sic Alps - USEZ
46 Pete Greenwood - Sirens
45 The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
44 REM - Accelerate
43 Joan as Police Woman - To Survive
42 Metallica - Death Magnetic
41 James Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
40 That Was The Week - s/t
39 Beck - Modern Guilt
38 Endless Boogie - Focus Level
37 Lambchop - OH(Ohio)
36 Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
35 Toumani Diabate - The Mande Variations
34 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
33 Sigur Ros - Bollocks to typing this out on a BlackBerry
32 Flight of The Conchords - s/t
31 White Denim - Workout Holiday
30 Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
29 Robert Foster - The Evangelist
28 The Felice Brothers - s/t
27 MGMT - Orcular Spectacular
26 Lucinda Williams - s/t
25 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
24 Glasvegas - s/t
23 Black Mountain - In The Future
22 The Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely
21 Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend
20. Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
19. Rook - Shearwater
18. Real Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus
17. Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp
16. Limbo, Panto - Wild Beasts
15. Made In The Dark - Hot Chip
14. Harps and Angels - Randy Newman
13. James Blackshaw Litany Of Echoes
12. Stay Positive - The Hold Steady
11. Brighter Than Creation's Dark - Drive-by Truckers
10 22 Dreams - Paul Weller
9. Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
8. Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
7. Stainless Style – Neon Neon
6. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
3. Dear Science - TV On The Radio
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
1. Third - Portishead

A Complete Introduction to Northern Soul - BOX SET 2008

The title of this new boxset from Universal just about sums it up - A Complete Introduction to Northern Soul.

Compiled by Wigan Casino DJ Russ Winstanley, it's a four-disc set, each with its own theme - Motown Memories, Motown's Hidden Nuggets, Northern Floorshakers and Northern Anthems. For the serious collector, there's probably little new - although some tracks have made it out of the Motown archives for the first time. But for the less obsessive, it promises a mix of dancefloor staples and rare gems from the 60s to the present day - yes, even Frank Popp makes an appearance.

Disc One: Motown Memories

1. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 3:082. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Just Walk In My Shoes 2:243. Marvin Gaye - Little Darling (I Need You) 2:464. Chris Clark - I Want To Go Back There Again 2:395. The Detroit Spinners - I’ll Always Love You 2:436. Four Tops - I’ll Turn To Stone 2:287. The Supremes - There’s No Stopping Us Now 2:578. The Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You 2:279. Kim Weston - Helpless 2:4210. The Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding 2:4311. Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons - The Night 3:2112. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - I Ain’t Going Nowhere 3:3213. Earl Van Dyke & The Motown Brass - 6 By 6 2:2014. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Whole Lot Of Shakin’ In My Heart15. R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House 2:2616. The Isley Brothers - Tell Me It’s Just A Rumor Baby 2:5617. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run 2:5618. San Remo Golden Strings - Festival Time 2:3119. J.J. Barnes - Real Humdinger 2:3520. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Alright) 2:5321. The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ 2:2922. The Marvelettes - I’ll Keep Holding On 2:2823. The Detroit Spinners - What More Could A Boy Ask For 3:1224. Brenda Holloway When I’m Gone 2:0825. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - California Soul 2:48

Disc Two: Motown’s Hidden Nuggets

1. The Velvelettes - Ain’t No Place Like Motown 3:192. Gladys Knight - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ 3:263. Frankie Valli - Thank You 3:324. Tammi Terrell - Tears At The End Of A Love Affair 2:575. The Contours - Baby Hit And Run 3:016. Four Tops - Have A Little Faith 2:487. Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet 2:108. Kiki Dee - The Day Will Come Between Sunday9. David Ruffin - You Can Come Right Back To Me 3:0410. The Sisters Love - I’m Learning To Trust My Man 3:1311. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Baby (Don’t You Leave Me) 3:0812. The Isley Brothers - My Love Is Your Love (Forever) 3:0913. Brenda Holloway - Think It Over14. The Originals - Suspicion 3:0715. Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart Of Mine16. Tammi Terrell - I Gotta Find A Way To Get You Back 2:5917. Edwin Starr/Blinky - I See A Rainbow 2:2918. The Isley Brothers - Why When Love Is Gone 2:3319. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - One Way Out 2:3420. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 2:2121. Debbie Dean - Why Am I Lovin’ You 2:4622. Edwin Starr - I Have Faith In You 2:1823. Brenda Holloway - All I Do Is Think About You 2:5424. Edwin Starr - If My Heart Could Tell The Story 2:2725. Martha Reeves - No One There 3:30

Disc Three: Northern Floorshakers

1. The Tams - Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me 2:252. Holly St James That’s Not Love 2:213. Earl Jackson - Soul Self Satisfaction Demo Version 2:244. Barbara Randolph - I Got A Feeling 3:035. The Dalton Boys - Take My Hand 2:526. Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks A Rose 2:447. Bobby Hebb - Love, Love, Love 2:528. Prophets - I Got The Fever 2:549. William Bell - Happy 2:3110. Johnny Taylor - Friday Night 0:0011. Carolyn Crawford - Keep Stepping (Never Look Back) 2:2312. The Supremes - Life Beats 3:2613. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love 2:4314. Jeanette Harper - (Pick Me Up) Put Me In Your Pocket 0:0015. Chubby Checker - At The Discotheque 2:2816. Bunny Sigler - Girl Don’t Make Me Wait 2:2417. The Dells - Wear It On Our Face 3:2018. Four Tops - Sweet Was The Love 2:5019. Tommy Good - I’ve Gotta Get Away 2:4120. David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love 3:18(Charles Harrison J. Kipps) Charles Kipps Music Inc.21. Drizabone - Real Love 3:4922. Frank Popp Ensemble - Breakaway 3:3723. Don Covay - It’s Better To Have (And Don’t Need) 3:0824. Pete Warner - Just Want To Spend My Life With You 2:3025. The Temptations (with James Jamerson) - You’re My Everything 3:27

Disc Four: Northern Anthems

1. Yvonne Baker - You Didn’t Say A Word 2:392. Bobby Paris - Night Owl 2:143. Vickie Baines - Country Girl 2:104. Chubby Checker - You Just Don’t Know5. The 3½ - Angel Baby 2:366. Evie Sands - Picture Me Gone 3:177. Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe 4:138. Joy Lovejoy - In Orbit 2:249. Patti & The Emblems - I’m Gonna Love You A Long Time 2:1610. The Lewis Sisters - Breakaway 2:3211. John E. Paul - I Wanna Know 2:1112. The Sapphires - Gotta Have Your Love 2:1613. J.J. Barnes - Every Time I See You, I Go Wild! 2:5914. The Charades - Key To My Happiness 2:0815. Spyder Turner - I Can’t Make It Anymore 2:1716. Edwin Starr - S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) 4:0917. Sammy Davis Jr. - You Can Count On Me 2:1118. The Funk Brothers - Aint No Mountain (inst) 0:0019. Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over 2:3820. Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By 3:0621. Dean Parrish - I’m On My Way 2:43

Momus - "Joemus"

The new Momus album, Joemus, is a collaboration between the veteran electronic vaudevillian and Joe Howe, a young Glasgow breakcore musician known for his work with Gay Against You and Germlin. Asked, back in 2007, to do a cover version for a limited edition box set called Recovery, Momus called on the young Scot's services to make a cover of David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, which turned out "not so much a pop song as a ping pong match between Coco the Clown and Major Tom... a series of satistfying thwack and plock and boiiiiiing noises," according to Momus. The Bowie cover isn't on Joemus, but the Nintendo Glam Rock feel -- and the odd noises -- persist. The pair worked over the internet, then spent several weeks together in Berlin fine-tuning the results. The Joemus album sounds like the hits of 70s Scottish glam rock sensations The Bay City Rollers played on 80s amusement arcade equipment. Joe's frenetic, ADD-addled jams get turned by Momus into folk jigs, but the fast numbers alternate with tenderly morose slowies, covers of Cliff Richard ballads and Ryuichi Sakamoto croons. Then it's back to the beats-and-edits frenzy, and tales of horror, from Dracula (a duet with Groopie Kyoka Kyoka) to Ichabod Crane. The result may be the most satisfying pop album Momus has ever made -- but only if your definition of pop tends to the edgy, jumpy, fresh, and weird

Vincent Delerm - "Quinze chansons" (2008 LP)

El disco contiene quince canciones muy breves, dos de ellas no superan los 52 segundos.Las canciones contienen referencias a personajes actuales o de hace décadas, como la actriz Fanny Ardant, el fotógrafo Martin Parr, el futbolista Patrick Vieira, el actor Peter Falk, el escritor y político Max Gallo...Como en ocasiones anteriores Delerm se acompaña de los músicos Albin de la Simone, JP Nataf y Peter Von Poehl.

El nuevo de Scarlet´s Well

Ya disponible en tha passion of indie

¡Temazo de Northern Soul! The Kittens - "Looky Looky"

Ayer escuché Flor de Pasión y me encontré un especial sobre Ashford & Simpson y fue un shock escuchar esta canción de este desconocido grupo. Esto dice Allmusic:

Like a lot of Chicago soul vocal groups, the Kittens are popular among Northern soul devotees. Another trait that they share with revered groups of that genre is that they became more popular later than when they were together and recording, during which they never had any nationally charting records. The Kittens emerged from Chicago's west side, forming around Farragut High school student Bernice Wills and Marshall High students Thelma Mack and her cousin Laurel Ross. Arranger/producer Johnny Pate signed the group to ABC-Paramount in 1964, as newly appointed Midwest A&R director for the label, a position created specifically for him. As the arranger for the Impressions, he and the label created a Chicago branch around 14th & Michigan to tap into the vibrant Chicago soul scene of the '60s. Their ABC Paramount singles include "I Got to Know Him" and "Lookie Lookie." Around 1968, they began recording for Chess, with "Aint No More Room," "Hey Operator," and "I've Got to Get Over You." Their other releases were "I Need Your Love Tonight" on the Don-El label and "Foolish Little Girl" on Grant.

Empieza el baile

Listas de lo mejor del 2008. Rough Trade los más madrugadores:

http://www.roughtrade.com/site/content.lasso?page=albumsoftheyear08.html

Comet Gain - "Love without lies" Clip

Rodado en balnco y negro y retratando el ambiente -bueno, su ambiente- londinense nocturno. Todavía quedan románticos.

Bubblegum Lemonade - "Doublepluesgood" LP (Matinee)

Más retro indie c-86 pop.

EL NOMBRE

"Bubblegum Lemonade comes from the Mama Cass Elliot debut 1969 solo album, 'Bubblegum, Lemonade And Something For Mama'. When I first saw it the potential for a band name jumped out at me. Also being obscure, Bubblegum Lemonade gives me an almost unique Goggle search result. I have learned this the hard way having previously been in a band called the Search Engines. What was I thinking ? A great name, but impossible to find online"

THE RICKENBACKER GUITAR

"It has a unique Clang sound that cuts through the audio mix. Many of my favourite guitarists played the Rickenbacker; Roger McGuinn, Marty Willson - Piper, Peter Buck, Susanna Hoffs, Paul Weller and Johnny Marr. Did you know that there is a Rickenbacker International Airport ? You couldn't land a Flying-V there. A Jefferson Airplane, maybe!

MATINEE

"Matinee is the new Creation, Sarah and Factory. Jimmy Tassos has the ears of Alan McGee and the eyes of Peter Saville. I'm going to have to see what that would literally look like in Photoshop. Matinee is about making the best possible pop records but in their own uncompromising way"

STRAWBERRY WHIPLASH

"Strawberry Whiplash have the cute vocals of Strawberry Switchblade combined with the fuzzy guitars of Meat Whiplash. They were both local bands. 'Since Yesterday' (STRAWBERRY Switchblade) and 'Don't Slip Up' (Meat WHIPLASH) are two of my favourite songs. Sandra sings and I (Laz) play the instruments in Strawberry Whiplash; Bubblegum Lemonade is primarily a solo project."

INFLUENCIAS

"Talulah Gosh, the Razorcuts, Primal Scream,My Bloody Valentine, the Jesus and mary chain, the Byrds, the Primitives... When first getting into music, my favourites were the Velvets and the Byrds which of course led me towards the Mary Chain, Love, Rain Parade, the Kinks, Spacemen 3, and so on.

(Declaraciones extraídas de pennyblackmusic)

Sylvie Vartan en Nashville 1964

Leo en el Mojo de este mes -con Leonard Cohen en portada y 10 páginas dedicadas a él-que el canadiense se fue a la isla griega de Hydra en un retiro semihippie en su etapa de escritor en los 60 cuando todavía no se dedicaba a la música. En el equipaje llevaba discos de Ray Charles, Edith Piaf, Nina Simone, Charleze Inez Foxx y el lp que grabó Sylvie Vartan en Nashville...

Bonito de verdad: "Sunflower" de The Beach Boys 1970

Texto de allmusic

After Reprise rejected what was to be their debut album for the label, the Beach Boys re-entered the studio to begin work on what would become a largely different set of songs. The results signaled a creative rebirth for the band, a return to the beautiful harmonies and orchestral productions of their classic mid-'60s material. Though the songwriting didn't quite reach the high quality of "California Girls" or "God Only Knows," Sunflower showed the Beach Boys truly working as a band, and doing so better than they ever had in the past (or would in the future). Many of the songs were co-compositions, and the undeniable songwriting and performance talents of Dennis Wilson and Bruce Johnston were finally allowed to flourish: Dennis contributed "Slip On Through," "Forever," and "Got to Know the Woman," while Bruce wrote "Deirdre" and "Tears in the Morning." After a succession of spare, unadorned lead vocals on rock-oriented albums like Wild Honey and 20/20, Sunflower returned the Beach Boys to gorgeous vocal harmonies on the tracks "Add Some Music to Your Day," "Cool, Cool Water," and "This Whole World." And the arrangements, tight and inventive, showed Brian Wilson once again back near the top of his game (though the production is credited to the entire band). Sunflower is also a remarkably cohesive album, something not seen from the Beach Boys since Pet Sounds. As with that album, Sunflower earned critical raves in Britain but was virtually ignored in America. [Sunflower was made available in 2000 as half of the two-fer collection Sunflower/Surf's Up.]

Dentro del Wintercase

The Radio Dept. en Mirror (Valencia) el 23 Nov 2008. Con Maga

El Kiko este mes y el resto del RockdeLux

Kiko Amat escribe en Rock de Lux un par de páginas sobre Fleet Foxes y critica los lps de Kitty, Daisy y Lewis, Julian Cope, Herman Dune (que la revista destaca como uno de los lps del mes; ya fueron portada en Octubre), Indienella y unos tales Chiquita y Chatarra (¡lo juro! se llaman así)

Al margen del Kiko, Rock de Lux dedica 3 páginas a Brian Wilson y dos a Van Dyke Parks. A su vez cada vez más profundiza en aspectos no musicales (¿sindrome Les Inrockuptibles?), cosa que a mi me parece estupendo, dedicando 2 páginas a Richard Ford, dos a Jonathan Demme y dos a la serie The Wire. El Lp del mes es el nuevo de Portastatic (un doble cd recopilatorio de 44 canciones, con temas inéditos, y limitado a 3000 copias)

En la sección de comics comentan el nuevo de Adrian Tomine -"Shortcomings", editado por Reservoir Books-Mondadori- y lo ponen fatla ("patinazo", escribe Pepo Pérez), cosa que no me extraña conociendo que va de asuntos raciales...

Lo peor del número es el tema de portada (los grupos del afroindie -Vampire Weekend y demás) el cd de regalo (de subterfuge) y la -parece- inevitable folklorica entrevista a Christina Rosenvinge, que siempre que saca disco el rock de lux acude raudo y veloz a entrevistarla...

En la sección de discos, el Freire comenta el debut de The Pains of Being Pure Heart con el que
se muestra entusiasta y el gran single de Robert Wyatt con Burgalat.

Para el mes que viene anuncian cd de regalo del sello Jabalina ("lo pequeño es hermoso", dicen)

Y finalmente destaco un anuncio a toda página de Time Out Barcelona, que muestra 16 portadas de la revista (y son muy atractivas desde el punto de vista del diseño) http://www.timeout.cat/barcelona/ca

2 Canciones gratis del nuevo lp de Would Be Goods

Would-Be-Goods - Sad Stories

Would-Be-Goods - The Ghost of Mr Minton

A Matinee Press Release: Highly anticipated fifth album ‘Eventyr’ from revered London quartet. “Sad stories are more beautiful” sings Jessica Griffin on the opening track, and those words could be the motto for the album as most of its songs are inspired by folk tales—timeless archetypal stories composed in northern Europe in the 19th century. ‘Eventyr’, meaning ‘adventures’ or ‘fairy tales’, was the title of Hans Christian Andersen's classic collection of stories, and in songs such as ‘Melusine’ and ‘Heart of Tin’, the Would-Be-Goods show that tales of imagination can evoke the joys and sorrows of life more vividly than dreary realism. Some of the songs stay closer to home: ‘In Bohemia’, ‘The Girl at No. 7’ and ‘The Ghost of Mr. Minton’ depict the arty low life of midcentury London to magnificent effect. Musically, though, ‘Eventyr’ is not a folk album: the songs distill ‘50s and ‘60s styles into something entirely new, traveling through baroque pop, bossanova and rockabilly.The album was developed slowly over two years and sees Andy Warren—formerly of Adam and the Ants and The Monochrome Set and bass player on the first two Would-Be-Goods albums—return to join Debbie Green on drums and backing vocals, Peter Momtchiloff on lead guitar, and Jessica on lead vocals and guitar. Another classic album from a band that never goes out of style! The band are launching the album at London's Bull & Gate on November 15th 2008

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Everything with you (7" - Slumberland)

Esto es como volver a 1986...

DESCARGAR/OÍR CANCIÓN AQUI: “Everything With You” single

Y no lo digo sólo por el sonido, sino también porque este es su próximo tour con ¡The Wedding Present!

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART

Dec 2 Arts Center w/ The Wedding Present Colchester
Dec 3 Wedgewood Rooms w/ The Wedding Present Portsmouth
Dec 4 Academy w/ The Wedding Presnet Oxford
Dec 5 Princess Charlotte w/ The Wedding Present Leicester
Dec 6 Academy w/ The Wedding Presnet Manchester
Dec 8 Pavillion w/ The Wedding Present Cork
Dec 9 Andrews Lane Theatre w/ The Wedding Present Dublin
Dec 10 Limelight w/ The Wedding Present Belfast
Dec 12 Captain’s Rest Glasgow
Dec 13 The Cockpit: w/ The Manhattan Love Suicides Leeds
Dec 14 The Social Notthingham
Dec 16 “Twee as Fuck” @ Old Blue Last -w/ Comet Gain London
Dec 17 The Lexington - Fortuna Pop + Spiral Scratch Present London, London and South East
Dec 18 Forum w/ The Wedding Present London

John Carney

Actualmente mi mayor fuente de inspiración para encontrar música es John Carney. A través de sus series "Shivers Inside" (http://www.shiversinside.com/), 50000 reasons (http://www.50000reasons.com/) y Shop around (http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/main/2005.html) -todas dentro del ya extinto webzine tangents- me lo estoy pasando muy bien. Esta mañana por ejemplo me he leído dentro de shivers inside su part 30 y es realmente brillante. Está dedicada a una mañana de compras en Londres donde visita Rhythm y Compendium (una librería ya extinta y cuyo cierre produjo gran conmoción: "The closing of Compendium is one of the sadder moments in the history of my bookstore passions. My English friends had long raved about Compendium, but back in 2000, word spread that it was shutting down. I travelled up to London a few weeks before it closed to get a feel for store. Sadly, it lived up to expectations, which made its demise that much more tragic." Jeremy Mercer en The Guardian).

Carney descubre en esta un ejemplar de sort of special edition of That Will Never Happen Again dedicado a las "British girls from the ‘60s" y "And I’ve become totally obsessed with it". El fanzine lo realiza un experto spectoriano y soulero llamado Mick Patrick, que por lo que he podido descubrir a través de Google, trabaja ahora en Ace Records.

A partir de aquí Carney evoca sus memorias sobre las chicas pop inglesas:

"The funny thing is I’ve been tracking down old Sandie Shaw and Dusty 45s for ages. But they’re just the tip of the iceberg it seems. This mag features loads of stuff I’d never even heard of. Now I really want to hear Louise Cordet and Billie Davis. The reassuring thing is I guess that there’s already things I’d stumbled across. Stuff like Madeline Bell. I absolutely love her version of What The World Needs Now. It's one of my favourite Bacharach covers. Which is saying something. And Samantha Jones’ Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine. I first heard that years ago on an old northern soul compilation called Sold On Soul, which my brother had. I played that to death. It also had The Drifter by Ray Pollard. Garnet Mimms’ Looking For You. Irma Thomas’ What Are You Trying To Do? The O’Jays and Jackie De Shannon. Little Anthony’s Better Use Your Head. Fantastic. A real education at the time.
The blue eyed soul thing is a bit of a recurring motif too, with a bit on Lorraine Silver of Lost Summer Love fame, and Kiki. Funnily enough they showed Doctor In Clover on the TV the other night, and Kiki sounded fantastic on the soundtrack. I love those films. Any excuse to do my Leslie Philips impersonation. All Kiki’s ‘60s recordings were brilliant. And I can fully understand why Motown asked her to make a record for them. But the soul fans over here turned their noses up. Ah the fools. "

Recomiendo la busqueda de la totalidad de dichas canciones, todas verdaderas joyas, especialmente las que están en negrita

Bonita mañana del sábado que he pasado, gracias al señor Carney.

SHIVERS INSIDE

Once upon a time I was accused of disappearing into my world of books and films where darkness came too soon. Total nonsense of course. There was music too. But the suggestion was that I was missing out. Total nonsense too. Products have so much to teach us. So many stories to tell…
© 2007 John Carney

FIFTY THOUSAND REASONS
They Made Magic These pen portraits build up into a gallery of special people. These people have made unique contributions to popular culture. Some of the stories will be fairly familiar, and some may seem slightly strange. There are some glaring omissions, and some odd inclusions. A thread of narrative runs through, and it’s all as subjective as hell.

© 2006 John Carney

Jarvis Cocker en la BBC 6

Gracias a Popcasting (http://www.geocities.com/popcastingpop/) me entero que Jarvis Cocker estuvo en este programa http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/stephen_merchant/ pinchando "Jarvis' favourite melancholy tracks"

Aquí: se puede descargar el programa jarvis cocker on bbc 6music

**Jarvis Cocker standing in**
Talking Heads - Heaven
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
David Essex - A Winter's Tale
Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town
Adam's Singers - Sing Something Simple
MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix)
Esperanto - Eleanor Rigby
Specials - Do Nothing
Jake Thackray - The Last Will And Testament Of Jake Thackray
Sutherland Brothers - Sailing
Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone
Nelly - Hot In Herre
RD Laing - Life Before Death
The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror
Janet Kay - Silly Games
Of Montreal - ID Engager
Iggy Pop - Tiny Girls
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Screaming Lord Sutch - Monster Ball
Judy Henske - Bye Bye Blackbird

Tony Christie - "Made in Sheffield"

Tony Christie releases his new studio album, ‘Made In Sheffield’ through Decca/Autonomy Recordings on 10 November 2008.
“Made In Sheffield” is the sound of Britain’s most enduring voice of timeless pop coming of age, and the sound of a Yorkshire city receiving the opus that its rich cultural history deserves, from one of its most beloved sons.
Produced by lifelong Tony Christie fans, Richard Hawley and Colin Elliot, “Made In Sheffield” is a beautiful dedication to the city that Tony Christie grew up around, featuring new recordings of songs by the city’s most revered contemporary artists and songs by unknown city songwriters deserving of acclaim.
It is a record dreamed up on the roads of late night Sheffield, and one that’s fruition stretches far beyond the simplest of dreams,
Tony Christie, “I was in the middle of an album project, when on the drive back home after a late session, I heard ‘Coles Corner’ by Richard Hawley on the radio. I said to my son, “that’s the sort of production I should be getting.””
Unbeknownst to him, Richard Hawley had already sent him over ‘Coles Corner’ four years ago, but due to prior commitments they were unable to record the track together. Weeks later, Tony went to see Richard in concert to request his production duties and guitar on a new version of ‘Coles Corner’. The pair bonded immediately, and Hawley immediately requested that he and co-producer Colin Elliot record and produce the whole album together at their Sheffield base, Yellow Arch Studios.
Tony’s original recording project developed into a new concept that the album should only feature songs written by Sheffield’s own songwriters, and new songs by Tony himself.
Tony Christie, “When we started listening to material, we were amazed at not only many songs there were, but the quality just blew us away. Some of the songs on the album are by completely unknown writers and might possibly have never seen the light of day.”
Some of Sheffield’s most acclaimed contemporary artists feature on the record, including album opener ‘The Only Ones Who Know’ by The Arctic Monkeys, ‘Born To Cry’ by Jarvis Cocker, ‘Louise’ by The Human League, and that long awaited recording of ‘Coles Corner’ by Richard Hawley.It is the sound of the lesser-known city songwriters that Tony holds close in the aftermath of the album sessions, including Martin Bragger, who contributes two songs (‘Danger Is A Woman In Love’/’Paradise Square’).
Ultimately, ‘Made In Sheffield’ takes the glittering career of the 65-year-old Tony Christie into a bold new direction. It contains all the grittiness and beauty of a city that often loses its prominence as a cultural birthplace, shunned for the proud history of Manchester and London, and moulds it into a romantic journey that could have been created at any point over the past four decades.
Tony Christie, “We are a proud community and the artists that have hailed from Sheffield are some of the most exciting and successful UK artists in pop history. I wanted to celebrate our culture.”
“Made In Sheffield” is a celebration of Sheffield and a celebration of their musical forefather. The soaring majesty of his voice and his reinvention of contemporary, acclaimed songs into revigoured and timeless classics marks an artist British institution in his absolute prime.
Tony Christie, “I am not, and never have been the excitable type but this album has me jumping. It is a very exciting time.”

The Last Shadow Puppets live at BBC Electric Proms

En este blog http://awayfromhere.net/2008/10/26/the-last-shadow-puppets-live-at-bbc-electric-proms/ han colgado este concierto, con muy bueno sonido:

El pasado viernes 24 de Octubre, The Last Shadow Puppets se presentaron en Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall como parte de los Electric Proms de este año.
Tocaron sus canciones del disco, algunos lados b de los singles, y también incluyeron varios covers, pero el cover que más llamó la atención fue el de la canción I Want You (She’s So Heavy) de The Beatles.