'Upside Down' - The Creation Records Story

For me, I've already known most of the story. It's good to see these people reflecting the glory days, though I could only understand half of what they are saying. It's a must-see documentary for those who love creation records artists. I feel... the documentary is a bit too short, I wish to see more footages of them, riot live gig, crazy backstage, people stoned with E, or whatever drugs they were taking. Well... too bad you don't really get to see much new. Nonetheless, the ending message is good, "you see, it's a fallacy. our dreams are so huge, enormous and vast, we can never fully meet them. The rule really is to be grateful for everything." indeed.

Buy Buy Buy

The Replacements - I'll Be You 7''

Lake Heartbeat - Trust In Numbers LP

The National - High Violet 2LP

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record 2LP 

The National - Boxer LP (I lent my CD, and never got it back, so I bought this)

Slowdive - Souvlaki 2LP (Classic!)

Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin' LP (Love it so much!)

Kick The Tragedy

i think it was the first time i realized that i can change the world, or at least change the way you and my sister hit the clock on every tick just to see what happened. the time has really flown by i guess and it's hard to think of the way it might've been or remember very specifically the words and all the rest of it. i was down, more than i wanted to be probably. that is what we do with it all together, like the orange trees in the backyard and it's Easter and it just won't end. fucking Phil, he's off with his boys somewhere and i'm just sitting here getting more and more lost with everything. and that was the thing about it, it's not as if a cousin promised something and taken it away. it was like nobody could share my so-called dreams, which really meant none of it was happening. and that reach around midnight left her with just about that, nothing. there's not anything particular about it either and i think the whole thing gets vaguer every second, but i am too and there's nothing wrong with that. it's even funny when you stop to realize i'm just nineteen, and how serious can anything be anyway? not very.

- i think this song is just a perfection in every single way.

- drop nineteen | kick the tragedy

MBV - Soon

still sounds like orgasm in an audio form to my ears...
Bilinda is just unbelievable... oh my!

Wild Nothing - Chinatown

absolutely gorgeous! both the track and the clip!
wild nothing is a new shoegaze pop band.
new LP "Gemini" out May 25.

the clip is from a short film "Clown (1968)" by Richard Balducci.
if you have 15 mins, this is a recommended watch.
wonderful photography, and wonderful Gilou Pelletier (the boy).

memoryhouse

Memoryhouse 是來自加拿大安大略的兩人團體，Evan 和 Denise。Denise負責主唱，而Evan 則負責歌曲的樂器和製作。簡單說，他們的音樂可以被看作是最近新興的一種音樂類型－chillwave。Chillwave 通常是指大量使用合成聲校，並且不斷的循環音效，做成一種比一般電子舞曲更輕更飄逸更連綿不絕的一種音樂。在這新進的樂風裡， Neon Indian, Memory Tapes, Toro Y Moi, 和 Washed Out 都可以算是最佳代言人。回到Memoryhouse，他們的音樂裡絕對有Chillwave的特質。但更準確的說，他們寫的絕對是美麗且飄逸的流行歌曲。若要拿其他樂團來形容他們，可以說像Brian Eno 幫 My Bloody Valentine 混音。或是Boards of Canada 幫Slowdive混音。所以在他們的音樂裡，可以聽到環境音樂，瞪鞋樂，Dream-pop 等音樂類型的影響。總之，我最近隨時隨地都在聽。他們就是這麼好聽，而且每首都很好聽。目前就我搜刮到的歌曲，包括了一張可以免費下載的EP，叫"The Years"。還有其他這些歌：
Memoryhouse :: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Memoryhouse :: Bonfire
Memoryhouse :: To The Lighthouse (Millionyoung Remix)
Memoryhouse :: Lately (Troisième)
Memoryhouse :: Foreground (Grizzly Bear Cover)
Memoryhouse :: These Days (Jackson Browne Cover)

links:
memoryhouse :: flickr
memoryhouse :: tumblr
interview with masses//masses
buy To The Lighthouse 7″

floating in a dream

i suppose this is a real dream-pop compilation mix. selections from 1990 to 2010. if you like dream-pop and haven't heard some of these names, might as well try them out. i made this mainly for my own listening pleasure, but no harm sharing with those of you who are interested. btw, the cover people is my recent crush - Swallow.

01. Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard
02. Ghost Society - Better Days
03. School of Seven Bells - Connjur
04. Swallow - Lovesleep
05. Low Sea - Save My Soul
06. Cranes - Beautiful Friend
07. Mazzy Star - Disappear
08. Blonde Redhead - The Dress
09. Slowdive - When the Sun Hits
10. Black Tambourine - Dream Baby Dream
11. Pale Saints - Sea of Sound
12. The Fauns - Lovestruck
13. Asobi Seksu - Taiyo
14. My Bloody Valentine - Blown a Wish
15. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Close Chorus

｜Listen｜

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ The Zoo 20/2/2010

The Crayon Fields

I have never seen their photo, even though I have heard of their albums. They look like nerds, but they play some great indie pop tunes.

Played almost the entire album and the new EP. I don't mind listening to their super fuzzy-poppy tunes, but they should try to play something different I think. I love how they sing together though. Anyway, great show!

New Music For Me

Lissie
Thanks to Heather! She introduced me this wonderful new voice. When I heard this song, I was astounded when she cry out "Angels will fall on me and take me to my home". The highly emotional energy in her voice really got me shivering.

Everywhere I Go - Lissie

Little Scout
I got to know them from the Camera Obscura gig. I was very very pleased to see such a beautiful opening band. They look great, and play great music. I bought their Ep after the show, fantastic! Indie pop band from Brisbane. If you ask me  what do they lack, I'd say a smashing debut album.

Guided by Voices
I only heard two of their songs on youtube which my friend sent me. I know I will love this band. Definitely will check out more of their albums.

The Fauns
Not a very special band. They play the music that other bands play too. But, the album is a great soundtrack choice if you're ready for floating or a dreamy state. This is "Road Meets Sky":

Salem
The first song I listened was a remix of Round One by Gucci Mane. I downloaded it from sincerely yours website, and I'm still lovin' it. I don't know how to describe their music, the only phrase I could come up with is in Chinese: 鬼打牆. Not sure how I could translate that. As We Make It Good describes it, "Pink socks, a dirty mattress, wallpaper peeling off the walls, empty cough syrup bottles, and soiled wall to wall carpeting all come to mind after repeated listens to this new Salem mix." Hope that makes some kind of introduction of Salem.

A Brief History Of Love

The Big Pink's new album, A Brief History Of Love, drops September 14, but you can stream it free at their website now for the next week. I honestly wasn't too sure of these guys when I first heard them, but this album is incredible. Disco beat with shoegazing background sound.

Stream :: The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love


It's so alone tonight, It's so alone tonight
As you leave me
It's up to you to let me your heart, don't let go
And as you leave me
You're in my heart to feel true love
And it won't let go

Baby, we gave our all but it's never enough
So alone tonight, so long tonight...

Sloth Scamper - When You Sleep (MBV Cover)

I was there. When the guitar came out, I was literally thrilled. How did I feel that way? I do not know. You won't feel that way watching this. That's what I love about live music. Thanks, Allen.

Summer 2009, We Have Our Radio Dept.

Johan
Maja
(from birdso's flickr)

下面的四首歌是 encore曲，我挑的。

Interview with Johan

Name?
Johan Angergård.

The one song that must be on every mixtape is:
Felt "Don't Die On My Doorstep". It's short, so you can always fit it in. And it's, of course, incredibly good.

Last book read?
Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

Favorite book ever?
I think Lukas Moodysson Vitt blod was the one that affected me the most. I should re-read it though, not quite sure if it's as good as I remember it.

Instruments played (chronologically)?
Yamaha keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass, various software instruments.

Favorite record this year?
Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career.

Favorite record ever?
The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead.

The one record I’d save from a house fire is:
Shadow Factory (Sarah Records compilation).

Favorite music video this year?
The Legends "Always The Same". Sorry, but it really is. Haven't seen that many though. Oh, wait. I really liked that Fever Ray video too.

Who is in your dream band (must be living musicians)?
Morrissey: vocals; Johnny Marr: guitars; Colm Ó Cíosóig: drums. And I'd like to be in the band too, so I guess I could play the bass.

Last illegally downloaded song/album (be honest)?
Probably Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career actually. I didn't like it that much at first and didn't understand how good it was until I bought the CD. Oh, isn't this a lovely little story of the importance of paying for music?

more

Beautiful Noise

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Eric Green has spent the last four years making Beautiful Noise, a forthcoming scene documentary that features interviews with music makers like Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Neil Halstead (Slowdive) and Kevin Shields, and fans like Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) and Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails).

I wish I could watch it now, probably would help my assignment.

"It was the single loudest thing I have ever experienced. The sound moved my face. My balls retracted. It was like standing in front of the mouth of hell or a nuclear holocaust. If this sounds like fun, you are like me and FUCKED UP. It hurt." - Bradford Cox

(source)

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine's entire career has been aiming toward the perfect guitar noise that Kevin Shields has in his head: a pure, warm, androgynous but deeply sexual rush of sound. Loveless is overwhelming, with Shields and Bilinda Butcher's guitars and voices blending into each other until they become a distant orchestra, the rhythm section striding in majestic lockstep, and occasional bursts of dance rhythms (as on the single "Soon") buoying the live instruments' warp and drift. Furiously loud but seductive rather than aggressive, the album flows like a lava stream from one track into another, subsuming everything in the mix into its blissful roar, and pulsing like a lover's body.

by Douglas Wolk on Loveless

Wow! Such a blessing for a true classic album!

Only Shallow

聽起來真的很像一隻在草原上狂奔大象的嚎叫聲...
需要第一首歌就這麼有氣勢嗎?

Hallucinations

Observe my obsession with someone new
Don't feel like someone new
The connection is real with someone new

In this tomb I call love
I get so lonesome with you
Or without you sweetheart
The hellhound's here

Hallucinate my love
Nothing's real in the morn
when I rise I'll leave you to die
You to die, you to die

I can remember seen a review about their gig, saying that Hallucinations got one of the most beautiful artificial drummings. I agreed. And you'll have to admit so when you hear the real song (not on youtube) with a good pair of headphone, because it is so good. This song is so good! Following is the interview with The Raveonettes about this song.

School Of Seven Bells / Sherlock's Daughter @ the Zoo Fri Apr 24

Firstly, Sydney quintet Sherlock’s Daughter manage to gain spirited and vocal applause despite audience members still trickling in at this stage of the night. Although no carbon copy of the headliners, they are a perfect support act for this evening, as they create a dreamy pop soundscape crammed with electronica, intuitive drumming, echo-drenched guitars and fine vocals from front woman Tanya (at times boosted further when blended with some imaginative group harmonies). Song For Old People proves a true set highlight, as the band intrigue their audience with a sound that veers effortlessly from Ride to Neu! and beyond.
Their performance really took me by surprises. They were good.
Their music is good.
Benjamin Curtis
Claudia
Alejandra
Tonight, the haunting effect of the sisters’ vocals is particularly magnificent in the echoed harmonies of Wired For Light, but the group’s crowning dream pop moment remains the heavenly single Half Asleep, delivered here with all its seductive sonic flow intact. However, the luxurious Connjur proves a close runner-up. The group’s presence is low-key but quietly intriguing, as Benjamin and Alejandra trade heady Kevin Shields-via-Robin Guthrie guitar licks, while Claudia is a serene, cool presence behind the synth. Much of the music is programmed, leaving the guitars and vocals to provide the human element. (from Rave Mag)
I guess I didn't enjoy that much after realising that they used programmed machine drums. Though the twins did sing very well together and Benjamin's guitar was terrific, I still feel they could be better. I was standing right in the middle, there's no way I could take a photo of them all together.

Sight of You

Sight of You
Pale Saints - (1990) The Comforts of Madness

the sight of you
the sight of you
makes me feel blue
makes me feel blue
the things you said
the things you said
make me feel bad
my heart is sad

i think of him
i think of him
soaked all in red
i wish him dead
you say that he
you say that he's
nothing like me
but how can that be?

what can i do?
what can i say?
the world was large
and i felt very small
what's gonna happen?
how will i know
when things are back
the way they used to be before?

the sight of you
the sight of you
makes me feel blue
i feel so blue
the things you said
the things you said
make me feel bad
my heart is sad

好聽極了!!!