011 . Some Illegal Opinions

Ohoho, ok, yes, today is Christmas day but I escaped from my relatives so I have some time to waste giving you sound advices. This time they'll be illegal suggestions 'cause I still don't really own the cds I'm going to talk about. But I'll do it soon, I swear. As I'll explain better in a later post, I DO support file sharing but I even think I'm supposed to support the artists that in my opinion really deserve money for their work (cause the cd is a real masterpiece, for example). So, basically, I often buy cds that I have already heard or from band I already know. Sounds weird, but I guess it will be very common in the near future. I'll talk about this when'll be back from holidays (heading to Poland, kurwa!).

Ok, let's go back to the original topic.
This post is dedicated to Interpol's fans. I really enjoy that music style, so I'm actually listening to every fucking band on earth playing that stuff. Well, one of the best is named Stellastarr and they're from New York. The new cd, Harmonies For The Hunted, is absolutely GREAT and not so derivative, even because the singer learned very well the lesson of Robert Smith adding a personal touch, though. Listen to the songs (there's a player on the website), watch the video of the single "Sweet Trouble Soul" and you will love them. The only problem is that you cannot easily find them in Europe. Infact, I'm waiting for the official distribution, even because the previous cd has been distributed (you can find it on play.com)!

The second one I would like to suggest you is The Back Room from Editors. They really sounds like Interpol but the album is awesome, and probably sadder than Antics. I specially like the songs "Blood", "Munich" and "Camera". Definetely one of the best band I heard this year. Check it out.

One last hint: yesterday I was waiting for the Eve's dinner and I saw on MTV::Brand New this video called "Clinically Dead" by Chad VanGaleen. The video is really intriguing, but the song is even more. There are few info about the guy but I damn like this glam-melancholic-'60 style. I'll investigate...

010 . Industrial Waves

As Christmas gift (my gosh, I ate so much stuff I'm going to throw up) I just wanted to highligh some nice radio stations on the web which broadcast industrial music and similar sounds.
If you have an iPod, check Industrial Radio. The podcasts provided are really nice, the episodes are long and the speaker has a nice voice. Moreover, you can phone to the radio and submit your stuff (if they doesn't suck, of course).

For EBM Future Pop fans I found EBM-Radio. Still have to check, but it seems nice. In the website you can even download some exclusive tracks.
Enjoy and support Internet broadcasts!

009 . Interlude Part 3

Three years have passed since the beautiful debut of Room With A View “First Year Departure” and finally the long-awaited “Collecting Shells At Lighthouse Hill” is on my desk, in its wonderfully looking slipcase.

First scheduled for the 21st of May, the album has been pushed back till the 23th of November. In fact, a bonus CD was planned to be released along with “Collecting Shells…” but the band seems to be really jinxed: due a summer thunderstorm, they burned the hard drive containing all the tracks which were supposed to be on the 2nd cd…And that’s a great pity, even because the nine (ten, counting the ghost track) songs of the main CD are simply amazing, showing a GREAT improvement of all the band members in every single aspect of their work. There’s a great guitar work and damn good drums texture everywhere but is specially the voice of Francesco to fit perfectly in every single second of “Collecting Shells…”. A special mention for the audio production, realized in the famous Fascination Street of Örebro (Sweden) and the stunning artworks (by Zaelia Bishop). You can see some examples here.

Talking about the atmosphere of the album, it’s seems to follow the traces of “FYD”, but taking at some point a different path into a slightly melancholic and dreamy world, where everything is pleasantly blurry, new and unknow, where the cold season is just gone and a better one is coming, and where the sounds of the sea and seagals are always on the background. Quite hard to describe dudes, it’s better if you try to understand by yourselves and figure out something looking at the artworks and listening to the samples…

1- Breathe The Water (whole)
2- Friction (sample)
3- The Farther Side Of Heaven (sample)

There’s a great multimedia section on the cd, where you can find lyrics, the staggering video of “Friction” (entirely made with the animated artworks of Zaelia …and they are simply perfect for this music!), hundreds of photos and some very interesting notes by the band.
Oh, yes…the last track “Remembering Our Goodbyes” is a weird jazzy experiment…that is absolutely great! I think they should seriously consider the idea to publish an entire album on that style, because this song is so refined and catchy that a whole new audience could start to listen to Room With A View…
Just some final notes before I go: the only flaw of the entire work is that I can’t made mp3 out of it. I perfectly understand the need to protect your work guys, but what about my new iPod? The market is going that way and frankly I think it is an irreversible process, so prevent me to copy the music I bought sounds quite naïf.
Anyway, I don’t have an iPod (yet). ^__^

Support them, you bastards (order HERE)!