Compilatia de la The Silent Ballet impreuna cu Lost Children Net Label a ajuns la Volumul VII: “Winter 2008″. Acesta este concentrata aproape in totalitate asupra proiectelor solo si a colaborarilor duo.

Download: http://www.archive.org/details/LostChildren041

Concertul face parte din HORSE The Band World Tour, plimbare care incepe de pe 2 Martie, din California, pana pe 2 Iunie in Belfast. In Romania ii putem vedea la Craiova pe 22 Aprilie, si la Cluj pe 23.

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Uaaaaa…. Heaven Shall Burn. Iconoclast Part 1.

Amicilor mei nu le place Heaven Shall Burn. Ma rog, unora dintre ei. Detaliez. Am o sumedenie de amici, cei mai multi din ei ascultatori avizati de muzici diverse. O parte dintre ei asculta, evident (si) metal. O parte din cei care asculta si metal asculta si hardcore. Altii asculta doar metal, si nu asculta hardcore. Cei care asculta si hardcore, se arata dezgustati de Heaven Shall Burn. Cei care nu prea asculta hardcore s-au declarat placut impresionati de Heaven Shall Burn. Hmm… Poate ca cei care asculta hardcore asculta si post rock si indie, iar proficienta seaca nu prea ii atrage. Ii plictiseste mai degraba. Iar eu nu mai pricep nimic. Mie imi place Heaven Shall Burn si am descoperit - mea culpa… - zilele trecute o trupa pe nume The Secret - niste italieni care canta (post?)hardcore. Si imi plac si The Secret, cum imi place si Heaven Shall Burn. Ma rog, nu in acelasi fel, sunt doua felii diferite. Dar imi plac ambele trupe. Heaven Shall Burn nu are nici o legatura cu The Secret, deloc deloc. In acest context mirobolant, ma intreb totusi de ce amicii mei nu pot fi ca mine, sa le placa si The Secret si Heaven Shall Burn. Pentru ca Heaven Shall Burn nu sunt nici Soilwork, nici In Flames. Prietenii mei mi-ar putea reprosa, in cor: “Da, nu sunt!… Ascultam fiecare nou Soilwork sau In Flames sa vedem daca albumul cel nou este mai slab decat precedentul, si, cand avem dreptate, zicem: <<Uuuu… nasoooool…>>… Pe cand Heaven Shall Burn…”

Ei bine, dragi amici, care e problema cu Heaven Shall Burn?… Poate cineva sa ma lumineze?… Pentru ca mie, personal, mi se pare unul din cele mai bune albume ale anului. Da, stiu, Lamb Of God nu mai sunt ce erau acum 4 ani, iar wall of death se pare ca a devenit un zbucium la fel de lipsit de substanta ca o gheata Nike, dar va rog, este vorba de un album excelent. Sunteti nedrepti!… Nici macar nu ati facut efortul sa-l duceti la capat. Da, ati ascultat mii de breakdown-uri si milioane de riffuri provenind din Gothenburg si suburbii - dar v-ati saturat de ele taman acum?? Da, e adevarat, “Iconoclast…” nu aduce nimic nou dar de cand originalitatea este criteriul sine-qua non in aprecierea calitatii unui produs? Eu unul am dat o sansa HSB iar baietii m-au rasplatit - am gasit un teritoriu familiar si sigur.

Ultimul Heaven Shall Burn este proficienta intruchipata. Scris ca la carte - imbina perfect elementele metalului modern si brutal, varietatea atent calculata nu lasa loc de plictis pana la ultima piesa. Avem si o preluare - excelenta de altminteri - Edge Of Sanity “Black Tears” si piesa finala - da, instrumentala, “Atonement”. In virtutea proficientei - snob cuvant, ah, manualele de marketing! - baietii au presarat bijuterii metalice in fiecare piesa, dupa reteta: productie perfecta, melodie (da, tipul de melodie intalnita si pe “Antigone”, dar mult mai matura acum), rrrifurrrri rrrrrapide, blasturi nimicitoare si subtilitati exaltante.

Dar, scriu, scriu si indoiala ma apasa. Albumul suna bine dar… dar… Un [7,7] care nu penalizeaza truda baietilor ci genul in fine. Sunt prea multe “produse” bune care suna sensibil la fel. Luati si ascultati-l. Va veti trezi aruncand pumnii in dusmanii imaginari, pulsul se va accelera si adrenalina va pulsa prin vene. Din pacate, oricare din amicii mei pot enunta inca 50 de albume care instiga la fix aceleasi reactii.

D.M.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Live @ The First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA, 31.07.2006

Sound Of Color este un proiect care a unit niste artisti si regizori, rezultatul colaborarii concretizandu-se in cinci melodii cu videoclipuri, fiecare pentru o anumita culoare. Acest proiect a pus cate o culoare alaturi de The Raveonettes, Dntel, The Blakes, Marie Digby si Swizz Beatz, impreuna cu cate unul din regizorii Russ Lamoureux, Ryan Ebner si Chris Do, rezultand in cinci videoclipuri care le puteti vedea aici, alaturi de mai multe detalii despre proiect.

36 Crazyfists pregatesc un EP nou pentru 19 Aprilie, intitulat „The Oculus EP”. Acesta vine ca un precursor al albumului intreg, „The Tide And Its Takers”, cu o data a lansarii stabilita de Ferret Music pentru 27 Mai.

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Why? au postat intr-un blog de pe myspace partile 1 si 2 dintr-o serie de 8 clipuri promotionale pentru noul album „Alopecia!”, cu lansarea pe 11 martie.

Citim pe blogul de pe MySpace al celor de la Gregor Samsa:

“New years tend to bring on new things, and this year, it’s with great pleasure that we announce the completion of our latest full-length album, Rest. It’s been a long, ambitious and challenging project, but one tends to forget all that with the fruits of the labor in hand.

We can’t mention this album without also mentioning the huge cast of people that put it together:

Instrumentation:
Nikki King - Voice, Piano, Rhodes, Vibraphone
Billy Bennett - Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Vibraphone, Piano, Synth
Champ Bennett - Piano, Voice, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Vibraphone, Mellotron, Celesta,
Synth, Rhodes, String Arrangements
Jeremiah Klinger - Baritone Guitar, Guitar, Clarinet, Piano
Cory Bise - Bass, Baritone
Mia Matsumiya - Violin
Toby Driver - Clarinet, Guitar, Bass, String Arrangements
Andrew Miller - Cello
Alex Aldi - Synth
Alan Weatherhead - Guitar
Rick Alverson - Voice, Titles
Debra Wassum - Voice

Engineered By: Alex Aldi @ Gigantic / Champ Bennett @ Viking Studios & Pencil Factory

Mixed By: Alan Weatherhead @ Sound of Music

Mastered By: Mark Christensen @ Engine Room Audio

Track Listing:
1. The Adolescent
2. Ain Leuh
3. Abutting, Dismantling
4. Company
5. Jeroen Van Aken
6. Rendered Yards
7. Pseudonyms
8. First Mile, Last Mile
9. Du Meine Leise

It will be available to you in a variety of formats as well as a variety of countries in April, or perhaps even sooner (more details on this soon).

Lastly, we’ll be taking our 3rd trip to Europe during the month of May. Again, more details soon!

-GS”

In sfarsit!

Isis vin in Europa, impreuna cu Jakob si The Austerity Program. Datele turneului.

Tot de pe MySpace, citim si despre Funeral For A Friend:

“Happy Friday. Hope you’ve got that Friday feeling. TGI Friday. Friday I’m in Love. Tell me why I don’t like Mondays.

But seriously…

So last week we were getting all excitable about all the album and EP-ness. I think this week we’re about to explode in a very positive, non-sexual way.

The plan was- let’s write and demo an EP before mid-Feb. ‘That would be rad’ we thought to ourselves. And that WOULD have been rad…

INSTEAD we’ve gone and bloody wrote and demoed almost half an album already!And it’s only bloody January. Actually it’s the first day of February but you know what I mean, don’t be pedantic (official FFAF word of the day).
So, in anticipation of some of your questions and judging by the songs we’ve got down so far- here’s a little mini FAQ

Q: Does it sound more like Tales, Hours or Casually Dressed?
A: It sounds very different to all of those records. For an overall “vibe” it’s closer to Casually Dressed than anything- just taken a lot further.
Q: Will it be heavier than Tales?
A: Yes
Q: Will it be as technical as ‘7 Ways’/ Casually Dressed/Hours?
A: No, it’s much tastier than that.
Q. Will there be more riffs?
A. Yep
Q. Aggressive vocals?
A. Yep
Q. Will it be another concept album?
A. Nope
Q. When will it be out?
A. September hopefully
Q. I’m really excited by all this.. are you?
A. Yes. Yes we are

More big FFAF news coming soon.

Goodnight out there, whatever you are……”

Norma Jean update:

Citim pe MySpace:

“As you guys know, we have been in the process of finding a new drummer. So the past couple of months or so we have been playing shows, and writing songs with one of our good, long time friends playing drums. Its been a great experience and we are so happy to officially welcome Chris Raines into the family. Hes an awesome dude, and you have heard him play if you listen to the band Spitfire. And if you havent heard them, you should check em out. they got some new songs up.

By the way, we have been working on new a new record. and its been going so well. we couldnt be happier with how its coming along. we are really stoked on it and cant wait to get it out to you guys. thanks for all your support. we love you!!!!!!!!

norma jean”

Newsletter de la Morr Music :

“+++ human empire news january 2008 +++
unfortunately it took a bit longer but now all contributions for the human empire exhibition “we see this world in black and white” are online. please have a look at the t-shirts and poster at http://www.anost.net. more “colourful” stuff will arrive next week.
+++ borko is joining mum for more european tourdates +++
great news, while mum is just doing an icelandic stopover on their worldwide tour, we received confirmation that icelands new big hope the mighty ‘borko’, an artist we kept chasing for six years, will join mum on their second european tour leg. borko should have a still-to-be-released album in his suitcase and some familiar lookings friends on stage accompanying him. please also check out www.myspace.com/borkoborko
+++ seabear video interview about things that really matter! +++
what matters in your life? well, we don´t know but if you´d like to find out what matters in mr. sindri seabears life, you might be able to accomplish your mission here http://99matters.de/?p=45″

Videoclipul nou Dillinger Escape Plan: “Milk Lizard“

Un stream la intregul, ultim, mult-asteptat album Mars Volta, “The Bedlam In Goliath” se poate gasi aici . Albumul apare in magazine pe 29 ianuarie.

Nu am mai scris de mult, si, wow! cate ni s-au asezat pe umeri, parca trebuia sa le postam odata si odata, desi sub forma unui mini-flood.

Incepem cu un preview la albumul solo al lui Jake Bannon de la Converge! Va fi un 7inch EP de fapt, intitulat “The Blood Of Thine Enemies”. EP-ul vine ca un precursor al full-length-ului “Wear Your Wounds”, a carui lansare nu a fost inca stabilita. Asteptam, Deathwish!

M83 au postat noul single de pe urmatorul album “Saturdays = Youth”, cu lansarea in aprilie. “Couleurs“

De pe 29 ianuarie apare ultimul Xiu Xiu: “Women As Lovers”, puteti gasi un stream la intregul album pe pagina lor de Myspace, si primul videoclip la “I Do What I Want, When I Want” pe youtube.

[sputnikmusic.com]

Conform Spin Magazine, noul album Death Cab For Cutie se va numi “Narrow Stairs”, iar lansarea este stabilita undeva in luna mai.

Stream la noul Heaven Shall Burn - “Iconoclast” aici.