Bonus recording from the band’s acclaimed album No One Can Ever Know.
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U.S. Spring Tour 2013
3/08 Seattle, WA Showbox
03/09 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
03/11 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
03/12 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
03/13 Los Angeles, CA Music Box / Fonda
03/14 Santa Cruz, The Crepe Place *
03/15 San Francisco, Rickshaw Stop *
03/18 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
03/19 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre
03/21 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
03/22 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
03/23 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
03/24 Nashville, TN 3rd and Lindsley
03/26 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
03/27 Lousville, KY Headliners Music Hall
*Headlining Dates.
All other dates with Frightened Rabbit.
PAWS - Tiger Lily EP
US Spring Tour Tape
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PAWS US Tour + SXSW 2013
05 Mar – Glasslands, Brooklyn NY
06 Mar – Cake Shop, New York NY
07 Mar – DC 9, Washington DC
08 Mar – The Barbary, Philadelphia PA
09 Mar – Shea Stadium, Brooklyn NY
10 Mar - The Spotty Dog, Hudson NY
11 Mar – Great Scott, Allston MA
13-16 Mar – SXSW
Saint Motel - Voyeur
Saint Motel - Voyeur
Avete bisogno di qualcosa di nuovo e fresco da ascoltare sotto l’ombrellone? Vi consiglio l’album d’esordio del quartetto californiano, indie-rock che strizza l’occhio a diversi generi musicali, dal revival anni ‘50 al dream-pop, non senza ignorare pezzi più ricercati in cui si odono richiami agli Arcade Fire e occasionali fiati di vaghi ricordi ska. E se vi viene voglia di ballare, mettete Hands Up Robert e Feed Me Now a palla e scatenatevi. Ascolto d’obbligo 1997 e At Least I Have Nothing.
Acquistabile via iTunes e in CD/vinile.
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (review)
The new Smashing Pumpkins album Oceania is Corgan’s desperate need to return to the original Pumpkins’ sound of the ’90s with another, more professional perhaps, line-up. Sound-wise he hits the nail on the head, but we still miss the harsh, melancholic, introspective songwriting that left Pumpkinland with the demise of the old members.
Something good, even excellent, comes out anyway; pick the title-track Oceania with its Mellon Collie-ish flavour or the opener Quasar - as good as I Am One could be if written today. Yet there’s still space to experiment with synth and electronic sounds, either successfully (Pinwheels) or not (One Diamonds, One Heart).
We have almost the whole Pumpkins’ sound collection here, from Gish to Machina II to Corgan’s solo/side project (ill fated Zwan included). Teargarden’s sound is anyway getting a shape, for the good or the bad, and one might hint that this is what the new Smashing Pumpkins will sound in the foreseeable future.
All in all, if you don’t listen too much to some/most of the lyrics, you might say “Welcome back Pumpkins”; but if Corgan’s poetry hold a special place in your heart, or in your mind, you might be a bit confused or disappointed. Still, a solid album worth of listening and a welcome comeback.
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
And when you’re lookin’ in the mirror what you see is gon’ astound you.
Non mi guardo spesso allo specchio alla ricerca della bellezza - non sono certo Adone, anche se sono un po’ Narciso - ma mi capita spesso di ricercarla all’interno di musica e testi.
I Death Cab for Cutie (un’ossessione per la bellezza, la loro, che parte già dal loro nome) riescono a dispiegarla quasi ovunque, qualsiasi cosa facciano, cantino o suonino: bisogna davvero impegnarsi a non trovare belle liriche come “we are the same / we are both safe / underneath the sycamore” o “somewhere down, down / down in the ocean of sound, sound / we’ll live in slow-motion / and be free”. Parole posate, cantate elegantemente da Ben Gibbard, che emettono una tranquilla calma; così come la musica, sinuosa e avvolgente, placida nel suo scorrere attorno all’ascoltatore, che viene risucchiato dalle melodie ipnotiche del gruppo americano, in bilico tra pop e rock, tra lo star system e il mondo indie.
Codes and Keys (Atlantic, 2011) segue il filone dei precedenti album dei Death Cab for Cutie, con però ben chiara l’esigenza di esplorare il lato più musicale della loro produzione, con arrangiamenti molto fluidi e orecchiabili e chitarre più pulite che in passato. Da non perdere la title-track Codes and Keys, Doors Unlocked and Open e Underneath the Sycamore.
I DCfC saranno in concerto questa tarda primavera in Europa, con anche una data in Italia, il 4 giugno all’Alcatraz di Milano.
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