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New New Musical Express - October 2009

 
    • Babs_05 said...
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    • 1 Oct 2009, 15:14

    New New Musical Express - October 2009



    Links:

    Link to my gang 09 - Featured Albums 2009
    Spotify - albums not in Last.fm
    Spotify Collaborative Playlist Your selections and suggestions for 2009.

    StumbleUpon - Music
    StumbleUpon - Last.fm

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    Edited by Babs_05 on 3 Nov 2009, 20:58
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    • 1 Oct 2009, 15:15

    Albums Added This Month

    * The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You old time country, bluegrass, americana. Tagged in hope.

    * Animal Kingdom - Sings and Wonders indie. Tagged in hope. A few tracks streamable.
    http://open.spotify.com/album/13vRtKc3QemfsNVqdOCco5

    * The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control indie rock with ideas spanning from across the decades. Upbeat. Tagged.

    * The Lost Fingers - Lost In The 80's gypsy-jazz covers of 80s classics. Tagged.

    * Massive Attack - Splitting The Atom 4-track EP to keep us going till the release of their fifth album in the new year. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Air - Love 2 forget the press and trust your ears. A great and enjoyable listen. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Clint Mansell - Moon original soundtrack. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Kraftwerk - Autobahn (2009 Digital Remaster) all worth hearing again.

    * Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle 30th anniversary re-release
    http://open.spotify.com/album/6wHjdKs7VVPVcqaHRzwqJt

    * Maps - Turning The Mind more lovely electronica from this bedroom artist. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds an example of good indie. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Pearl and the Beard - God Bless Your Weary Soul, Amanda Richardson debut album from acoustic folk New York-based three-piece bringing glockenspiel, cello, melodica and more. Full tracks. Tagged.

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    * Spotify - albums not in Last.fm
    * Spotify Collaborative Playlist Your selections and suggestions for 2009.


    Edited by Babs_05 on 26 Oct 2009, 17:24
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    • 1 Oct 2009, 15:21

    Journal: New Music October 2009, by Nialloleary

    Journal: New Music October 2009, by Nialloleary


    Extract:



    BLK JKS new album entitled “After Robots”
    (Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
    Described as “Questing avant-rock from Johannesburg four-piece…Straight out of South Africa come these post-apartheid post-rock tyros, first championed in OMM58. Forget hi-life vibes: this psychedelic trip takes you from Jo'Burg to Brooklyn and way, way beyond.”
    Recommended track to download…..”Lakeside”
    http://www.myspace.com/blkjks



    Dizzee Rascal new album entitled “Tongue “N” Cheek”
    (Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS

    Described as “The artist also known as Dylan Mills:the UK’s first rap superstar”

    “The best thing to come out of Bow since the train out of Bow, it's nonetheless bewildering that Dizzee Rascal now finds himself on the verge of national treasure status. Rewind to 2002 when 17-year old plain Dylan Mills wrote I Luv U, his take-no-prisoners update on the age-old battle of the sexes ("it's a shame you got had by the whores!"), set against a squelching bass and chattering drums. It sounded like nothing else on earth, and shone a light on east London's emerging grime scene at a time when the rest of the country thought grime was probably a job best left for Mr Muscle.”

    Full OMM review here
    Recommended tracks to download…..”Can’t Tek No More”
    http://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal



    David Sylvian new album entitled "Manafon".
    (Rated at 3/5)
    “Think Scott Walker punching a side of beef, and know that here's another who's wandered off the path of teen pop success to find a world that's far more interesting (if far from easy listening)...”
    Recommended track to download..... ‘Manafon’
    http://www.davidsylvian.com


    (see journal for more)


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    • 1 Oct 2009, 15:25

    Cook and Byrne find guest singers

    1 October 2009

    Fatboy Slim has confirmed that Martha Wainwright and Cyndi Lauper will appear on the album he worked on with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne.

    Here Lies Love is a concept record about the life of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines.

    "Each track is sung by a different singer and there's some very interesting guests on there," said the DJ, whose real name is Norman Cook.

    He said the album is expected to be released in the next six months.

    The pair finished the writing process about two years ago and, speaking to BBC 6 Music, Cook explained why progress was slow.

    "David's been trying to get the stage show together, because the idea was that it would be the antithesis of Evita, but then we couldn't find our lead, so we didn't know who was going to sing it."

    "I was trying to persuade David to sing it," admitted Cook, but in the end, he added, the pair decided to recruit more than 20 guest vocalists instead.

    He remained tight-lipped as to the cast but confirmed Cyndi Lauper and Martha Wainwright were "involved somewhere along the line."

    In a recent interview, Byrne said soul singer Sharon Jones and soundclash star Santigold had taken part. Tori Amos and Candie Payne are also rumoured to have been involved.

    'Dance music based'

    Cook said the sound of the album was not hugely experimental, unlike Byrne's 1981 collaboration with Brian Eno, My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts.

    He said: "It's a story-telling thing, like Evita, but coming at it from a different angle in that it tells the untold story that people didn't know about Imelda Marcos. It's not just about the shoes.

    "Musically, because it's David Byrne, it's not going to be straight up 'Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow...'"

    However, Cook revealed the album would in part be inspired by dance music.

    "The story is more about what was going on in Studio 54 than what went on in the Philippines. We wanted to reflect that, so it's kind of dance music based," he said.

    Meanwhile, Cook revealed he was back in the studio working on a new solo album.

    He said progress was "not far" along - and could be delayed by the arrival of his second son with presenter Zoe Ball next February.

    Source: BBC News


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    • 1 Oct 2009, 17:36

    [UK Exclusive] Animal Collective vs. Phoenix: ‘Love Like A Sunset’ mp3

    01 October 2009

    ... we’ve discovered that Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is all set to be re-released as a deluxe 2-CD package on 19th October. The album, originally released back in May will be backed up with a bonus disc of never before heard remixes by Devendra Banhart, Passion Pit, YACHT, Young Fathers, The Soft Pack, Alex Metric, Boombass, Friendly Fires, Grizzy Bear and more…

    We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to offer you Animal Collective’s sublime interpretation of ‘Love Like A Sunset’ as a free download.

    Animal Collective vs. Phoenix: ‘Love Like A Sunset’ mp3

    Here’s Animal Collective’s Deakin talking about AC’s love for Phoenix:
    “This spring I was in Panama with Brian. We were cramped into a van on a bumpy, winding central American road going a little too fast. Feeling a little edgy, I put on my headphones and listened to United and Alphabetical back to back. I watched passing fruit stands, a sweet central American dusk and memories of the massive schools of jelly fish, snapper, and trevally; the few dolphin and even the few bluefin tuna (too few) that Brian and I had just had the joy of diving with. The blend of all of these things put me at ease. Phoenix has been a staple for all four of us since Dave and Noah brought home United from the record store they used to work at. One of the records that would get us through some of those long cross country tour drives, we’ve listened to Phoenix’s jams many many times. We were all totally psyched to get asked to do this and it was super fun to work on it. All the best to those dudes.”

    The full tracklisting for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Remix Collection) is as follows:

    01 Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
    02 Fences (The Soft Pack Remix)
    03 1901 Bo Flex’d (Passion Pit Remix)
    04 Lasso (2 Door Cinema Club Remix)
    05 Fences (25 Hrs a Day Remix)
    06 1901 (L’aiglon Remix)
    07 Love Like a Sunset (Turzi Remix)
    08 Fences (Boombass Remix)
    09 Lisztomania (A Fight For Love – 25 Hrs a Day Remix)
    10 Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)
    11 Armistice (YACHT Remix)
    12 Girlfriend (Young Fathers Remix)
    13 Fences (Chairlift Remix)
    14 Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart Remix)
    15 Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective Remix – Deakin’s Jam)

    Source: The Line of Best Fit


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    • 7 Oct 2009, 23:22

    Last.fm October 7th Site Update

    acreature said:
    Ahoy!

    We've just released the latest update to the Last.fm website. Here's what we've built over the last 2 weeks:


    • Friends Listening Now. We've got a sexy new page that shows you your friends listening now! Before you got a short list on your home page, but we think we should be doing more with this stuff. So now you can see what your friends are listening with, and what else they've heard recently. Check it out.

    • More XBox 360 work. As you know, Last.fm is coming to an XBox 360 near you. We've been doing some more backend work to support this.

    • Support fixes. 23 bugs were exterminated in this release, including inaccessible profiles, hiding shouts from deleted users, (slightly) better autocomplete ordering in search, missing 'reason why' field in image flags, and many more.

    • Bonus: How do I know this user?. This is a super-secret subscriber surprise – a beta test in miniature. You won't find it linked anywhere, but if you're logged in (and a subscriber), try adding "/context" to the end of a profile URL (like this). Find out what friends, groups, musical taste, and events you share in common with others on Last.fm.


    See you back here in 2 weeks for more new stuff,

    Alex.

    Source: Forums


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    • 21 Oct 2009, 19:25

    Last.fm October 21st site update

    acreature said:
    Hello!

    We've just released an update to the Last.fm website. It's a bumper release this week, with a lot of exciting stuff. Here's what's new:

    • Friends' loved tracks. Hot on the heels of the new friends listening now page comes your friends' loved tracks. You can see what your friends are loving, as well as whether you've heard it or not. You can also see a shorter list on your home page to help keep you up to date with your friends.

    • A new event moderation interface. Our moderators now have a shiny new tool that will let them deal with event and venue flags more efficiently, as well as deal with the current backlog of flags. You can use the 'flag this event' link on event pages to bring problematic events to a moderator's attention. There's a similar flag option for venues.

    • XBox 360 comes closer. The gaming news channels have been buzzing with news about the upcoming release in November, and we've been working hard to make sure it all goes smoothly.

    • Bugfixes. 13 bugs were squished in this release, including display bugs with right-to-left scripts, missing RSS links on the loved tracks page, & broken wiki history pagination.

    • Bonus feature: new subscriber toys on Playground. If you're a subscriber you can see your listening history as a tube map, a history chart, a collage generator, and many more. Check the blog for more details.


    That's it for this update – check back in 2 weeks for the latest developments!

    Source: Forums


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    • 22 Oct 2009, 16:41

    Grassroots music 'to get boost'

    22 October 2009

    Live music laws could be relaxed to make it easier to stage small gigs in pubs, wine bars and clubs.

    Venues holding fewer than 100 people will be able to stage concerts without a licence under government plans. All gig venues currently need a licence.

    The move has been welcomed by campaigners who say the current regulations stifle grassroots music.

    Licensing minister Gerry Sutcliffe acknowledged there may be potential public order issues.

    But he said: "Many people who are passionate about live music are sincere in their view that some small events are being deterred or restricted because of unnecessary regulation."

    The government will seek views from fans, musicians and venues on the changes before confirming the changes.

    Chris Hodgkins, director of Jazz Services, which supports musicians and promoters, said the current regulations had resulted in too much red tape.

    "Most music - folk, jazz, indie music - playing in small venues, there's never any trouble," he said. "The Licensing Act that came in militated against live music and against musicians seeking work.

    "Relaxing this whole thing, so venues of up to 100 people can have live music, will make it a lot easier for musicians and small scale promoters to put music on."

    Source;BBC News


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    • 27 Oct 2009, 15:27

    Last.FM gears up for debut of online television service

    27 October 2009

    Last.FM, the online music broadcaster acquired in 2007 by CBS for $280m, is set to expand into TV with the launch of Last.TV.

    The launch of the online TV service is part of CBS Interactive’s bid to expand the Last.FM brand globally, on and offline. Over the next year, it is planning to expand the brand in the UK and Europe through festivals, by either creating its own or linking up with an existing festival.

    Last.TV is planned for a January launch and would be accessible via the Last.FM site and, possibly, via a stand-alone website. Presenter-led Last.TV will feature live acts performing in planned new CBS studios.

    David Goodman, president of CBS Interactive Music Group, said Last.FM was looking for a sponsor for the TV service.

    Other commercial opportunities would include pre and post-roll video ads.

    Last.TV’s launch would mark an evolution in Last.FM’s business model: from static display ads on the site to video ads. Last.FM is free to use in the US, UK and Germany and charges users outside these countries after 30 days of free use.

    Facing increased competition in the online music streaming music space against the likes of Spotify, We7, Sky Music and MySpace, Last FM wants to increase its presence.

    It wants to align itself more closely with sister company CBS Outdoor to leverage its capabilities, for example by running campaigns across the two companies.

    Last.FM is also launching its first offline station in the US. It will feature live performances and interviews from the Last.FM studios in New York.

    In 2007, CBS Corporation acquired Last.FM from founders Martin Stiksel, Felix Miller and Richard Jones, who all left the company in June.

    Source: MediaWeek


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    • 3 Nov 2009, 20:01

    Journal: Dibder's New Music Series: Entry 10, by CvaldaVessalis

    Journal: Dibder's New Music Series: Entry 10, by CvaldaVessalis

    Extract: (see journal for more)

    East Of Eden by Taken By Trees
    Taking in a band of Pakistani players for her second album under her solo moniker, Victoria Bergsman’s knowing wistfulness is on full display on this acoustic delight of an album, relocating wholesale to Pakistan to record with Sufi musicians partly in reverence of two of her favourite singers in particular Abida Parveen and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and also in an effort to avoid the clinical creative drain from the modern studio recording experience. The result is never less than lovely, not just with regards to Bergsman’s sweet vocals (particularly in fine fetter on her Animal Collective cover, My Boys) but also in her utilisation of the Sufi arrangements, famed for their trance-like qualities and put to beguiling effect here, particularly on Day By Day. In direct contrast to the ambient delights found on the disc, Bergsman admittedly suffered some setbacks on this delicate delight of an album (highlighted in this short film here); it says something though that, even at nine songs long and a running time of little over thirty-minutes, the album represents something of a triumph for Bergsman, not just as a fitting tribute to an often-overlooked genre of world music, but also to her own songwriting pluck and talent.


    The BQE by Sufjan Stevens
    Originally written for a one-off performance run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House in November of 2007, composer Stevens has taken all of two years to put a multi-media package together for those who weren’t able to attend those three sold out nights. Straying further from his established oeuvre of classically-infused folk music, Stevens has delivered what could be described as his Rhapsody in Blue, as the spectre of George Gershwin in particular looms especially large over his almost entirely orchestral ode to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, bar the more electronically inclined Movement IV: Traffic Shock, which provides a quite-awesome break to the otherwise lovely, often beautiful passages illustrated here. Granted, it’s stunted when presented as simply a stand alone disc (the actual package contains an accompanying DVD of the motorway itself as filmed by Stevens, but not of any of the live performances, which featured a full-orchestra and a group of hula-hoop girls choreographed to the pieces), Stevens’ indulgence barrier will have been breached for a few of his less ardent listeners and members of the classical community may turn their noses up at yet another pop artist making an ill-fated stab at contemporary classical arrangements, but even all of that won’t detract from one of the more beauteous curios 2009 will have yet heard.

    Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons
    After courting generous indie press plaudits for their debut Street Horrrsing last year (and pretty much alienating most readers who tried to listen to it in the process), Bristolian electronic drone meisters Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power have done well to reign in their inner noisenik to deliver an album that develops further from the art noise of their debut and yet retain an air of accessibility so as to endear them to a wider audience. Sure, you wouldn’t think upon listening to single Surf Solar’s frankly insane build which leads into Rough Steez’s reverb heavy power-slog that there was anything less commercial on the electro side of things, but the duo appear to have mastered the slow-build almost perfectly, because by the time The Lisbon Maru has segued into standout track Olympians with through a mix of distorted guitar and heavy beats shot through with serene synths, you’re more than likely to be sold on this seven-track gem of an LP. Please bear in mind that for those who don’t like their jams at once trance-like in their ambience and positively ear-ringing in their drones, Tarot Sport will be a little too hard to swallow... For the more adventurous listener though, it’s a sonic highlight of the year!

    And that is why Tarot Sport is my Album Of The Month For October...


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