Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

año| 2009
estilo| Indie, Pop
procedencia| Versailles (Francia)
productor| Phoenix, Phillipe Zdar
sello| V2 Records

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Music Review: Pearl Jam - Backspacer

I’ve waited a long time for this.  New Pearl Jam!!  MMMMMM….Good!  But, should I just continue to gush here about how much I love it or should I at least attempt to be objective and unbiased? Yeah, I’m gonna gush about it….

Seriously, Pearl Jam may be single handedly saving rock music from the eternal abyss.  Think about it–how many other rock bands out there are not only writing their own music, but have been doing so consistently for 18 years now all the while evolving their sound over and over again and owning it every time? A lot of bands fail to create their own sound from the first album on…and many can never seem to repeat that sound in a convincing way.

OK, so maybe I’m propping Eddie and the boys up on a high pedestal, I’ll admit.  But, this is their 9th studio album and it is nothing like any of the albums before it…just like Pearl Jam was before it and Riot Act was before it and Binaural and so on (though I know that I don’t have to tell you because you already have them all……right?).  The album clocks in at 36.5 minutes which makes it the tightest Pearl Jam album ever.  No 5 minute guitar solos on this record.  But that doesn’t take away from any of the songs.  In fact, this album sounds like the guys from Pearl Jam have found a new place in life where they are at peace.  Take the first single The Fixer (video embedded below).  They lyrics of the song are about the want to fix things that appear broken…but the music isn’t angry punk influenced rock, rather it’s more poppy punk influenced rock.  No need to adjust your eyes–you read that right.  It’s poppy.  It’s amazing and unlike anything else they’ve ever done.  In fact, I’d say that the entire album is more poppy than their past works.  And Eddie penned a very pretty song called Just Breathe that stays with the acoustic sound he used on the Into The Wild soundtrack. Some reviews have already remarked about the song being wedding worthy.  No joke.

Then there’s the business side of this record that is really interesting.  Since fulfilling their record contract with the major label (and J records with the last album) they are selling and promoting this album on their own.  They negotiated contracts for distribution to independent record stores across the nation, its on iTunes, and they have an exclusive agreement with Target. Yes, that Target…the same place you buy your toothpaste.  Now, I know it seems odd that the same guys who tried to sue Ticketmaster back in the day are selling their album through a big box store, but in a way it’s the ultimate way to stick it to the man.  They not only got Target to agree to let them also sell it in independent record stores and on iTunes, but Target agreed to buy 10 million copies right off the bat.  That’s more than the last record sold to this day.  And they are doing it themselves–they are not paying a fee to a record company or any other middle man.  It’s a sweet deal to be sure, but a lot of other bands wouldn’t be able to get a deal like this–a lot of them are just not big enough draws.

So, if you haven’t picked this up yet, what are you waiting for?!

Standout Tracks: The Fixer, Got Some, Supersonic, Just Breathe

X Factor 3, ottava puntata, esce Damiano Fiorella

Ottava puntata di X Factor 3, più amaro che dolce il verdetto. Esce il bel tenebroso Damiano Fiorella e se la cava, evitando anche il ballottaggio, un Silver palesemente inferiore agli altri in questa serata. Il gioco comincia a farsi duro perchè le Yavanna si stanno giocando benissimo le carte per rimanere dentro e l’ingresso di Giuliano Rassu ha un pò scompaginato gli equilbri in campo.

La Mori, che fino a mercoledì scorso non avrebbe potuto sperare di vincere nemmeno facendo una macumba agli altri due giudici, ha adesso per le mani un bell’asso. Ora la palla passa a Morgan: le otto puntate hanno dimostrato che la Mori non sa scegliere i pezzi da assegnare ai suoi artisti (vedi distruzione di Sofia), al contrario di Morgan, che valorizza bene i suoi artisti. Se sceglie bene i brani, annulla la grande voce di Giuliano e piazza due artisti ai primi due posti. I due che si meritano di vincere, perchè stanno dentro dall’inizio.

 

GRUPPI VOCALI

YAVANNA (E’ tutto un attimo di Anna Oxa e Aria di Gianna Nannini) -  Non siamo assolutamente d’accordo con i giudici, a noi l’interepretazione è piaciuta. E’ vero che rispetto ad Anna Oxa hanno meno versatilità nel tono vocale, ma sono sembrate piuttosto a loro agio, mentre altre volte sembravano un pò patire il pezzo. Le acconciature ricordavano la Oxa di quegli anni (era il 1986). Non meritavano il ballottaggio, dove cantano un pezzo nel quale non avevano brillato. Cantano bene, ma la sensazione è la stessa dell’altra volta. Le salvano, giusto così.

16-24 ANNI

MARCO MENGONI (“Insieme a te sto bene” di Lucio Battisti) – A Cappella esegue: “L’appuntamento” di Ornella Vanoni. Sul pezzo di Battisti, alzato anche di tonalità su sua richiesta, è straordinario. Voce ferma e precisa, senza cali di intonazione, solita interpretazione di spessore. Si conferma notevolmente a suo agio su pezzi da donna: quello della Vanoni gli calza benissimo.  Ha una voce non potente ma assolutamente molto moderna e malleabile. Un bel talento davvero.

CHIARA RANIERI (E non finisce mica il cielo di Mia Martini) – A Cappella esegue: “Io che amo solo te” di Sergio Endrigo. Dopo due settimane, torna su livelli d’Eccellenza, aprendo la voce come non avevamo più sentito. Morgan l’aiuta con un pezzo di Mia Martini, lei sentitamente ringrazia, interpreta divinamente e porta a casa. Forse la miglior esibizione di quest’anno in assoluto. Da brividi. Come anche nell’interpretazione senza musica. La sua voce è uno strumento celestiale.

SILVER (Le cose in comune di Daniele Silvestri) – A Cappella esegue: “Fatti mandare dalla mamma” di Gianni Morandi. Arrangiamento veramente brutto, ne soffre un pò anche l’interpretazione, che comunque di per sè non brilla. Non ci mette l’ironia e la leggerezza che l’originale mette sempre ogni volta che canta le sue cose. Non gli appartiene, questo pezzo. E si sente. Meritava il ballotaggio, lo salvano. Non stona, ma nel pezzo a cappella, contro Giuliano e Chiara è come essere un punching ball: prendi i cazzotti da tutti.

OVER 25

GIULIANO RASSU  (Back to black di Amy Wynehouse) – A Cappella esegue: “L’emozione non ha voce” di Adriano Celentano. Notevolissimo nel pezzo della Wynehouse, appunto costruito per una donna, ma già l’a settimana scorsa aveva stupito su Duffy. Serissimo avversario per Marco e Chiara. Molto bravo a cappella, conferma le sue doti vocali, anche se per timbrica e formazione blues e funk va meglio in inglese.

DAMIANO FIORELLA (Il volo di Zucchero e Baby can I hold you di Tracy Chapman) – A Cappella esegue: “Piazza grande” di Lucio Dalla. Sul pezzo di Zucchero ci mette grinta e rabbia, la volontà rifarsi dopo due ballottaggi. Meglio delle altre uscite, anche se forse ha ragione Morgan: forse soffre un pò le cover. Del resto però queste sono le regole del gioco. Non meritava il ballottaggio, perchè senza musica tutto sommato è andato bene, non avendo una voce potente, ma avendola usata molto bene. Al ballottaggio scivola via, come la dolcissima canzone di Tracy Chapman. Esce di scena. Forse inevitabile viste le avversarie, ma non doveva finire al barrage.

SOFIA (It makes you happy di Sheryl Crow) – A Cappella esegue:  “Goldrake” di Alberto Tadini alias Actarus, nella versione di Alessio Carraturo. Perde un pò il confronto con Sheryl Crow che ha una voce straordinaria, ma rispetto alla signora Armstrong non sfigura affatto. In crescendo nel corso della canzone, comunque si sente che è a suo agio su questa scia. Scelta coraggiosissima a cappella sulla sigla del cartoon rivista da Carraturo: se non hai una voce potente, puoi comunque dimostrare di saperla usare al meglio. Lei tira fuori la dolcezza, una tenerezza da bambini. E dimostra che si può cantare seriamente anche questa roba qui.

One Foot Out The Door

Taken straight from iTunes…

On his much anticipated sophmore CD ‘One Foot Out The Door’, singer/ songwriter/ producer, Mike Posner has developed his signature sound into a movement that has gotten him signed to J Records, on stages opening for the likes of Akon and on the pages of The New York Times, The New York Post and XXL Magazine. And he’s still a senior at Duke University! On his latest effort Mike deftly crafts a rich soundscape of hard hitting instrumentals coupled with clever songwriting indicative of someone twice his age. While his first mixtape posited it was only ”A Matter of Time” until his buzz took off, on this offering, he makes it clear he has ”One Foot Out The Door” into the stratosphere. Featuring guest appearances from Kid Cudi, Bun B, Big Sean, GLC, 3Oh!3, Freddie Gibbs and XV, “One Foot Out The Door” is sure to top best of 2010 lists

Free From iTunes like always… or get the MP3’s if you would like…

One Foot Out The Door: iTunes

One Foor Out the Door: MP3

Quick Edit… The one song I have been waiting for the most, Please Don’t Go, is NOT on this (version of the) mixtape… lets hope it comes out on thurs… but heres a pretty good quality live version for you for now

Please Don’t Go (click to listen..Right Click to DL)

Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country

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01. Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
02. Tears For Affairs
03. Come Back Margaret
04. Dory Previn
05. The False Contender
06. Let’s Get Out Of This Country
07. Country Mile
08. If Looks Could Kill
09. I Need All The Friends I Can Get
10. Razzle Dazzle Rose

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Robbie Williams: A nice bloke with a good voice who's not on drugs anymore releases quite good album that you ought to buy

Been a little quiet of late, but bursting out of the blocks after what was, in all reality, a fairly okay performance on the X Factor, comes Mr Robbie Williams at the BBC’s Electric Proms.

In what was without doubt a great show, in front of an adoring crowd, Robbie confirmed what I had thought about him for a very long time – that he’s a genuine star with more class and quality than most people give him credit for.

With the press already writing him off before the run-in to Christmas and the – dramatic pause – battle with the reality TV production line of pseudo-stars, Burke, Boyle and Cole – Robbie would be forgiven for thinking that the only thing the papers would really like to see him do is (a) overdose or (b) rejoin Take That after his relaunch nosedives.

I wonder whatever happened to hoping for the best for our pop kids – that they do well and sell bucketloads. But then, in this culture of manufactured conflict and petty hate machinations, what should we expect? The time for the headline that reads, “Robbie Williams: A nice bloke with a good voice who’s not on drugs anymore releases quite good album that you ought to buy” seems quite far off. But not here – that’s why that is the title of the blogpost.

He’ll never have the gravitas to be a George Michael, but he will be around for a very, very long time, irrespective of how much the papers are determined to bring him down before he’s even started on this round of the pop ferris wheel. Haters. Grow up.

Anyway, back to the meat, and the show at the Camden venue earlier this week was simply brilliant. How much of that was down to the presence of the Buddha of British Pop Music, Trevor Horn, his wife and Oscar nominated composer, Anne Dudley, a string and brass section that added a huge lush layer to the production, is open to conjecture. You can’t deny, however, when a performer connects so easily with his audience, and can give a short showcase to new album tracks that easily stand with the rest of his back-catalogue with such confidence, that there is something magical about the lad.

Stop being so bitter.

Love this pop life.

It’s called entertainment. Be entertained.

Let him entertain you…