Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - Poor Boy/Lucky Man
Israel’s Asaf Avidan (foto acima) and The Mojos are rapidly gaining recognition as one of indie music’s most interesting and original acts. The group, centered on the talents of singer/guitarist Asaf Avidan creates a unique concoction of 70’s influenced folk-rock, blues and Americana with Avidan’s soulful vocals, eerily reminiscent of Janis Joplin’s, serving as the main driving force. Moving from acoustic, bluesy passages accompanied by some swaggering piano playing, to over-drive laden bursts of energy, the band’s latest album – released under two different titles, seamlessly combines 70’s American folk-rock, Garage and psychedia with a current indie-rock attitude and post-punk aesthetics. Anyone who enjoys such varied artists such as Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Fiona Apple, James Brown, Arctic Monkeys and Jeff Buckley should take heed, because Avidan’s music combines the best of these into one unique package.29 year old Asaf Avidan is a Jerusalem born & bred singer-songwriter.He released his acclaimed debut EP, Now That You’re Leaving, in 2006.Since then, he has continued to write and mold his experiences with broken love into personal, yet universally relatable songs.
Israel’s Asaf Avidan (foto acima) and The Mojos are rapidly gaining recognition as one of indie music’s most interesting and original acts. The group, centered on the talents of singer/guitarist Asaf Avidan creates a unique concoction of 70’s influenced folk-rock, blues and Americana with Avidan’s soulful vocals, eerily reminiscent of Janis Joplin’s, serving as the main driving force. Moving from acoustic, bluesy passages accompanied by some swaggering piano playing, to over-drive laden bursts of energy, the band’s latest album – released under two different titles, seamlessly combines 70’s American folk-rock, Garage and psychedia with a current indie-rock attitude and post-punk aesthetics. Anyone who enjoys such varied artists such as Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Fiona Apple, James Brown, Arctic Monkeys and Jeff Buckley should take heed, because Avidan’s music combines the best of these into one unique package.29 year old Asaf Avidan is a Jerusalem born & bred singer-songwriter.He released his acclaimed debut EP, Now That You’re Leaving, in 2006.Since then, he has continued to write and mold his experiences with broken love into personal, yet universally relatable songs.
01. Brickman
02. Poor Boy Lucky Man
03. Got It Right
04. My Favorite Clown
05. Small Change Girl
06. The Ghost Of A Thousand Little Lies
07. Wasting My Time
08. Jet Plane
09. Little Stallion
10. Your Anchor
11. Losing Hand
12. Painting On The Past
13. Out In The Cold
14. My Latest Sin
Asaf Avidan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Roi Peled – guitars
Ran Nir – bass
Joni Snow – drums
Hadas Kleinman – cello
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Labels: Asaf Avidan and The Mojo’s, Folk-rock, Israel, World
The Renderers - Monsters and Miasmas
Com um nome desses, tem que ser soturno, como sugere a avaliação divulgada pelo site (húngaro):
"Essas dez canções estão em débito com as antigas baladas sobre assassinatos, com o Velvet Underground e os Doors, o Neil Young acústico, Townes van Zandt e Marianne Faithfull. Trazendo um banjo fantasmagórico (na gótico-sulista A Little to the Left), um denso bordão de guitarra com um órgão inquieto (A Forest of Forests), contrabaixo com eletrônica perturbadora (a paisagem sonora de Sargasso Sea) e vocais vindos dos confins de um salão escuro (Harvesting the Sea), isso pode ser tão assustador quanto catártico. Mais conhecidos nos Estados Unidos, onde se apresentaram recentemente, do que em casa (New Zealand), os Renderers ocupam um território sombrio similar ao de Nick Cave. Mas quando Maryrose assume os vocais, surge uma justaposição ainda mais enervante entre seu canto e as ameaçadoras letra e música".
(Adaptado de: Graham Reid (elsewhere.co.nz))
Labels: Asaf Avidan and The Mojo’s, Folk-rock, Israel, World
The Renderers - Monsters and Miasmas
Com um nome desses, tem que ser soturno, como sugere a avaliação divulgada pelo site (húngaro):
"Essas dez canções estão em débito com as antigas baladas sobre assassinatos, com o Velvet Underground e os Doors, o Neil Young acústico, Townes van Zandt e Marianne Faithfull. Trazendo um banjo fantasmagórico (na gótico-sulista A Little to the Left), um denso bordão de guitarra com um órgão inquieto (A Forest of Forests), contrabaixo com eletrônica perturbadora (a paisagem sonora de Sargasso Sea) e vocais vindos dos confins de um salão escuro (Harvesting the Sea), isso pode ser tão assustador quanto catártico. Mais conhecidos nos Estados Unidos, onde se apresentaram recentemente, do que em casa (New Zealand), os Renderers ocupam um território sombrio similar ao de Nick Cave. Mas quando Maryrose assume os vocais, surge uma justaposição ainda mais enervante entre seu canto e as ameaçadoras letra e música".
(Adaptado de: Graham Reid (elsewhere.co.nz))
01.Deep Hole
02.A Little to the Left
03.A Forest of Forests
04.Fu Manchu
05.Sargasso Sea
06 Five Good Hours
07.Deep Deep Sea
08.Feels Like Fun
09.Harvesting The Sea
10.Supernova
Bass - John Billows
Drums - Michael Daly
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Brian Crook
Guitar, Vocals - Maryrose Crook
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Labels: Americana, New Zealand, The Renderers
Scout Niblett - The Calcination of Scout Niblett 2010
The fifth album from the musical entity known as Scout Niblett. Continuing her fruitful studio relationship with Steve Albini, her new record is her most tightly coiled long-player yet, a heavy handful of songs that are reaching for the ripe and the light. People come to Emma Louise Scout Niblett for the joy of a scalding hot bath of sound amidst stark, bluesy emoting and she won't let 'em down this time. But something has shifted. Having made herself a record or two's worth of celebration ballads and moody freakouts, she seems to be hearing that call from within to feel for other things. The songs string together, almost as one, her guitar growls and bites, and the black velvet of space hovers.
Tracklist:
Labels: Americana, New Zealand, The Renderers
Scout Niblett - The Calcination of Scout Niblett 2010
The fifth album from the musical entity known as Scout Niblett. Continuing her fruitful studio relationship with Steve Albini, her new record is her most tightly coiled long-player yet, a heavy handful of songs that are reaching for the ripe and the light. People come to Emma Louise Scout Niblett for the joy of a scalding hot bath of sound amidst stark, bluesy emoting and she won't let 'em down this time. But something has shifted. Having made herself a record or two's worth of celebration ballads and moody freakouts, she seems to be hearing that call from within to feel for other things. The songs string together, almost as one, her guitar growls and bites, and the black velvet of space hovers.
Tracklist:
01. Just Do It!
02. The Calcination Of Scout Niblett
03. I.B.D.
04. Bargin
05. Cherry Cheek Bomb
06. Kings
07. Lucy Lucifer
08. Duke Of Anxiety
09. Ripe With Life
10. Strip Me Pluto
11. Meet And Greet
Scout Niblett - The Calcination Of Scout Niblett (2010)
Scout Niblett - The Calcination Of Scout Niblett (2010)
Indie Rock MP3 51:22 min 83.2 MB
