Vecka 12-13

Peixefante spelar på låt 7

Denna omgång innehåller lite av varje, både flera mycket lugna låtar och
även några tyngre saker. Och så en del däremellan.
De två första låtarna bildar en enhet. Det råkade bara bli så när jag såg titlarna.
Fedrico Albaneses pianostycke Migrants handlar just om det; Migranter och
man tänker på hur många har det nere i Grekland, Turkiet  och de som fortfarande
inte har haft råd och möjlighet att lämna Syrien.
Låt 2 är en helt färsk, ny låt från Richmond Fontaine, som också blir deras sista.
Deras låt handlar inte om migranter, men albumet You Can´t Go Back If There´s
Nothing To Go Back To. Ni fattar vad jag menar...
Nä, nu orkar jag inte svamla mer. Ni får läsa själva nedan:

1. Fedrico Albanese (It) is a composer born in Milan, Italy in 1982 and currently based in Berlin. His musical versatility is a natural gift that pushes him to explore music in all facets. His compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics and psychedelia. “Migrants” is about the transitory period between one destination and the next, the grey area between what was once considered safe, and what will represent safety in the future. In other words, the 'migrant crisis' that's facing Europe currently.  Wiki/DiS

2.Richmond Fontaine (US) was formed in 1994 by singer Villy Vlautin and bassist Dave Harding.  The band are never going back again. "You Can't Go Back if There's Nothing To Go Back To" will be the seminal alt-country band's final album, frontman Willy Vlautin announced. In recent years, Vlautin's turned toward novels, writing four acclaimed works so far. He's won the Oregon Book Awards' reader's choice award twice and earned the ceremony's Ken Kesey Award for Fiction in 2011.Oregonlive

3.Greg Laswell (US)  is a musician, recording engineer, and producer from San Diego, California. He has released seven studio albums. He specializes in radio-friendly folk-pop, his penchant for grand sonic gestures and songs of lost love and yearning having made him a soundtrack favorite. His songs have been featured in such television shows as Grey’s Anatomy andParenthood   PopMatters

4. Nada Surf (US) is an American alternative rock band which currently consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums), Doug Gillard (guitar) and Daniel Lorca (bass, backing vocals). Based in New York City and formed in the 1990s, Nada Surf continues to tour. Their eighth album is called You Know Who You Are It’s as perfect a pop album as you’re going to get this year. Savor every last bit of it. Wiki/Paste Magazine

5. Mind Spiders (US ) Based in Ft. Worth, TX, Mark Ryan’s shadowy, shape-shifting “solo” band Mind Spiders launched soon after his last project, the beloved and highly influential Marked Men. Keyboard and guitar blend seamlessly into ominous yet catchy dark pop explorations that incorporate post-punk, bedroom pop, krautrock and tons of obscure references along the way. Midheaven.com

6. The Magnetic North (UK, Sco) In the 1932 travelogue that gave this album its title - Orkney The Magnetic North - J. Gunn writes of this group of islands to the north of Scotland. Main songwriter and singer Erland Cooper was born and brought up in Orkney, and says he was visited in a dream and told to make a record about his home islands. His bandmates Hannah Peel and Simon Tong, meanwhile, are from the north of England. Throughout the album, there are complex arrangements taking in instrumentation from organ riffs to strings to appearances from the Stromabank Pub Choir, an eccentric group from the island of Hoy.  The Quietus

7. Peixefante (Bra) is a remarkable shoegaze/dream pop band from Gioiana in Brazil. The bands name is Portuguese and is a combination of fish and elephant. Banzo is their fourth single.  Indierockcafé

8. Robert Pollard (US) is never not busy. Being prolific comes as easy to him as blinking does to the rest of us. That’s why even as he’s gearing up toreform Guided By Voices, he’s also just days away from the release of his 24th solo album, Of Course You Are. A verse from the song I Can Illustrate: “Now I really wanna play the role,” Pollard sings in that well traveled and ever-sharp voice. “I want to illustrate/ Give it to me with the heart and soul/ That I can imitate.” Comsequence of sound

9. Edward Penfold (UK) Psych/Garage Bristolian is striking out with his debut solo release Caulkhead. His music is a blend of the old and the new, nostalgic but not dated. More than anything it sounds like now. It’s music from the heart, a hazy collection of sounds and moods – sometimes upbeat, sometimes down but always genuine and always captivating. His lyricism reflects the eloquence and observation of a very English sort of poetry, seeing the depth in the shallows of life, the profundity in the mundane. Stolenbodyrecords

10. Big Ups (US) A New York band. We can hear elements of Pixies in what they do, especially frontman Joe Galarraga's edgy yowl. Big Ups are like Talking Heads if they'd fallen for hardcore punk not white funk. The finest moment on their new album is the brilliant “Meet Where We Are. The song reaches a surprising boiling point after 3 and a half minutes, and it bubbles over quickly thanks to yet another impeccable bass line from the impressive Carlos Salguero. If you weren’t fully attentive to Galarraga’s story before you certainly are now, and your attention won’t deviate until the song reaches its satisfying end. The Guardian

Ni har två veckor på er att lyssna på dessa låtar. Era poäng ska lämnas senast söndag 3 april.

Här är länken.

Nada Surf spelar på låt 4