Antony and the Johnsons - "The Crying Light"
Diamanda Galás said of him: "Within that wonderful voice are all enclosed the emotions of the world "and never compliment was more perfect and spot on. To be clear, Antony Hegarty is a big man six feet tall and wide as many, very androgynous that just sits at the piano and began singing the stomach can break you in two. A voice that recalls the intensity of Nina Simone, the strength of the crooners and the swagger of rockers blacks overseas. The album is a real Travel intimacy of Antony, in his subconscious, in his deepest feelings and draws on the keys of his piano harmonies and sweet at the same time very powerful for its use poses immense expressive power. An album that triggers uncontrolled reactions in the listener to be carefully held in check so as not to be overwhelmed. Decades ... decades that he never felt anything like that. On his fourth album after the equally beautiful "I'm A Bird Now" this artist has laid the groundwork for a future of an impressive brightness.
With a title to say the least mileage, the Danes Mew in their fourth album achieve a perfect center. Relatively unknown outside the Scandinavian countries (Denmark are the best group in circulation) arrive in Europe with this ambitious and varied work. Halfway between the shoegaze of My Bloody Valentine, the Cocteau Twins-style dream pop and sophisticated indie penny of the new English frontier. Compelling pieces and melodies that come straight to the heart but never trivial (especially thanks to Silas Utke Graae Jorgensen , drummer of enormous talent and inventiveness crystalline). They are in my opinion the most pleasant surprise of the year and we only hope to see them in our country as soon as possible. A real shock. One of those groups to consume the cd!
RECOMMENDED TRACKS: Life Magazine, Love Comes Close
The Flaming Lips - "Embryonic"
First of all there is to do a round of applause to start. Wayne Coyne took courage. In a historic moment in music where he prefers the single hit and run, make a double album with 18 tracks and based on a genre (the psychedelic), which is by no means easy to understand, it deserves all the respect imaginable. In addition, trace the lines of a work as "Zaireeka" dated 1997 in which it asked the listener to listen to almost 4 discs (4!) Simultaneously seemed almost a blasphemy. And instead of Oklahoma boys surprised critics and audiences with an energetic and heartfelt work, focusing on experimentation TOOLS effects and games that come out literally from the stereo speakers. Catapulted into a cosmic environment and trovatisi to wander among the stars every now and then comes the tug that brings us back to the ground and throw them even higher. The sea views are not necessarily bring down and explain exactly, but certainly at the end of album, the ascoltore leave with the feeling that a new door has opened, although it is far from a work-toned cheerful. A good way to know, a good reason to love them even more.
RECOMMENDED TRACKS: The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine, Powerless, The Last Stand Ego
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PATRICK WOLF - "The Bachelor"
The young Patrick Wolf, English in London, born in 1983, surprising everyone with a mature work and effective combines the wonder of his training to be a classical musician (violinist and organist at an early age) to the new wave of the greats of the past. The remarkable propensity to sound more dark punctuated by an excellent rhythm section are even more disturbing by incursions of arches and classical instruments that they even give parts of the structure of his work that touch baroque and decadent that it can not hurt. Character certainly interesting, especially as visual impact, may have found the right alchemy to continue to ensure that we continue to talk about him. A minstrel dark as if a few are seen in recent years.
RECOMMENDED TRACKS: Hard Times, Vultures, The Casualty Count
Playlist Episode 55
