The Best of 2009 by Renato Malizia

Bom, aqui minha lista particular dos mais fodas do ano....

1º A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head

- O mestre do noise Oliver Ackerman mais uma vez colocou a prova quem pode mais com o APTBS atualmente, discaço absolutamente essencial.

2º Maribel - Aesthetics

- Os novatos da noruega apadrinhados por Emil Nikolaisen, mandaram o album mais psicodélico do ano, uma obra prima infestada de grandes canções, para mim são os Telescopes da atualidade, sensacional.

3º Screen Vinyl Image - Interceptors

- O casal Reid, depois do colapso do Alcian Blue, nos concedeu esta preciosidade de electro-noise-shoegazer-goth, estupendo.

4º 93 Million Miles From The Sun

- A mais shoegazer das bandas atuais, uma muralha de wall of sound perpetua o album de estréia do 93...para fãns nostalgicos da Scene.

5º Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

- O encontro entre Suicide/J&MC/Spacemen 3 e a modernidade, aqui a música do ano I Wanna Kill You....fenomenal!!!!!

Menção para discaços como Del Black Aloha dos Vandelles, Daniel Land & The Moderns Painters e o melhor album de dreampop do ano, Love Songs For The Chemical Generation, os australianos do Sunday Reeds e seu psychocandyano Drowing History, a ressurreição do Horrors e seu Primary Colours, o perfect pop class of 86 do Pains of Being Pure At Heart e o Get Color do Health e as experimentações esquizofrenicas marcam outro ponto alto, o etereo Fauns e seu album homonino....enfim um grande ano com grandes albuns...ah sim Project Komakino e seu doentio The Struggle for Utopia marcaram o album pos punk do ano.

Bom listas são listas e a minha é essa!!!!

The Best of 2009 by Readers

Bom, aqui quem elegeu os melhores do ano, foi a galera que acompanha o TBTCI e votou na pesquisa, e o resultado foi esse aqui:

1º - A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
2º - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - ST
---- The Horrors - Primary Colours
4º - The Vandelles - Del Black Aloha
---- 93 Millions Miles From The Sun - ST
---- Maribel - Aesthetics
---- Fleeting Joys - Occult Radiance
8º - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate
---- Singapore Sling - Perversity Desperation And Death
---- Asobi Seksu - Hush
---- The Voices - Death of A Lover´s Song
---- Daniel Land & The Moderns Painters - Love Songs For The Chemical Generation

Obrigado a todos pela participação....e logo mais a lista deste que vos escreve.....Abs...

Perfect Prescription by Serena Maneesh

Patrimonio do noise, shoegazer e psicodelia em estado bruto e primal, eis que a nova, bombastica e psicodelica canção que dara nome ao novo album do Serena Maneesh é disponibilizada no site da 4AD, pois é a famigerada gravadora é o novo berço dos noruegueses, a canção intitulada Ayisha Abyss é uma esbornia de wall of sound, encharcada de wah-wahs por todo lado, um vocal quase que inaudivel e muito, muito psicodelismo, prato cheio para quem esta anciosamente como eu aguardando o demorado segundo album do doidaço Emil Nikolaisen e sua trupe.

Para quando dia 22 de março do novo ano chegar.....

Serena Maneesh - Ayisha Abyss - http://www.mediafire.com/?edm2y0kndte

Dark Entries with Project: Komakino

Basicamente minha formação musical teve inicio nos primordios do pos punk inglês e na darkwave, sempre fui fascinado por Cure, Bunnymen, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Chameleons, The Sound e senta que lá vem a lista, feita a devida apresentação, a conexão aqui é com o lado escuro dos sons, acabei descobrindo tardiamente e meio que sem querer este que é o debut desta que, já tornou-se socia de carteirinha aqui em casa, o Project: Komakino, e o album intitulado The Struggle For Utopia, uma seleta e doentia ponte entre os tempos modernos e os clássicos do pos punk, esta tudo aqui, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Bowie fase Berlin, The Idiot, bateria forte e tribal, vocal pesado e denso com escos de Peter Murphy, guitarras tensas e gritantes, o desespero esta mais presente do que se imagina, Penumbra I, Syndrome, Nebula, Temple, Civility dão as boas vindas a mundo escuro e desolado do Project: Komakino.

Só um aviso: eu li muita gente torcendo o nariz para o album e sinceramente não entendi o motivo, vou colocar aqui só um comentario final, na minha opinião este é um dos melhores albuns do resgate do pos punk moderno, que a darkwave do Project: Komakino deve assustar a criançadinha indie, eu tenho plena certeza que deve, e tomara que a meninada não fique perto demais, porque este The Struggle for Utopia não é recomendado para qualquer ouvido.

Project Komakino - The Struggle for Utopia - http://www.mediafire.com/?ntzimbynzdz

Pure Phase by Inverness

Essa galera é muito, muito critiavita, Lucas de Almeida, Marcio Barcha, Mateus Perito e Flávio Fraschetti ou Inverness para os mais desavisados, já haviam nos agraciado com um dos mais etereos e psicodelicos albums deste pais, chamado Forest Fortress, eu sou suspeito para falar algo a respeito, além de ser brother de metade da banda e ter visto uma duzia de shows, é fato que a os caras vem a cada canção, a cada show ficando mais e mais maduros e coesos, facilmente uma dos melhores shows ao vivo do pais, junto a bandas como A Sea of Leaves, Duelectrum, Loomer, Wry e outros mais, formam a linha de frente do revitalizado shoegazer brazuca, que ontém e hoje esta sendo comemorado em Sorocaba via Extravanganza Festival, que infelizmente não pude comparecer por problemas alheios a minha vontade, mas ok, tenho certeza que o Inverness deve ter mandando um dos melhores shows do Festival, facil facil.

Voltando a resenha, recebi o EP novissimo dos caras via Dione da gravadora Bolinhas Records, e a solicitação para resenha-lo foi obviamente aceita de imediato, e aqui meus amigos, a tendencia psicodelica do Inverness é o fio condutor do EP, a já conhecida e predileta Astral Slide, aparece como carro chefe, mais é exatamente nas 3 demaisTo Finnaly Sleep, Real of love e Castles que te pegam mesmo, todas altamente psicodelicas, etereas e climaticas, com fumaças por todos os lados, residuos alcoolicos permeiam-as sem dó nem piedade, o mestre Jason Pierce certamente aprovaria com nota máxima. Um EP belissimo que fecha um grande ano para o shoegazer nacional.

Inverness - Astral Slide EP - http://www.mediafire.com/?yzyk3kqh2iq

Seventeen Seconds with Black Swan Green

É fato que desde a primeira audição do majestoso album de estréia do Black Swan Green, onde você checar aqui o quanto eu fiquei e estou devoto a banda, eu meio que rotineiramente acesso a pagina dos cara sno myspace pois a qualquer momento seria lançado o novo EP e isso aconteceu mesmo, The Lake é o nome desta perola, e a própria de The Lake é o destaque aqui, já nascendo clássica, seguindo o shoegazer gélido e mergulhando ainda mais nas entranhas do pos punk clássico, The Lake poderia ser um lado b ou estar muito bem dentro do classico Script of the Bridge do Chameleons, a perfeição em forma de canção, seguindo dentro desta viagem particular ofertada pelo BSG, temos Waxwing presente no debut e aqui em versão psicodelica, a perfeição e o carisma de H. J. Crickmore, Kevin Kahawai, Loren Mash e Cliff Rawson, esta toda contida nas 3 ultimas musicas do EP Humbolt´s Gift, The Mirror e Fader colocam o lado shoegazer a frente ou se Robert Smith tocasse no Ride, um verdadeiro primor.

Grande EP que vem engrossar a lista dos grandes lançamentos deste final de ano, isso sem contar que na ultima vez que pesquisei informações na pagina do BSG fiquei mais orgulhoso ainda, pois há a referência na parte da imprensa onde a banda transcreveu parte da resenha do The Ruin Gaze publicada aqui no TBTCI, segue trecho abaixo:

"...an epic air leads all the songs of Ruin Gaze, ghosts of Robert Smith and Mark Burgess on all sides,... Magically the thread of the album wanders through other guitars, resonating Afghan Whigs in some passages as in the poignant Teary Eye Waste where the feeling of Gregg Dulli is very strong, but never aggressive in terms of speed or something screamed, here the noise is slow and hypnotic, desperate and grim. No more wasting time, I recommend the urgent hearing of this major work, do not forget, Black Swan Green and the majestic The Ruin Gaze."
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Meus agradecimentos ao Black Swan Green!!!

Black Swan Green - The Lake EP - http://www.mediafire.com/?gzjj1nwmc4g

A Storm in Heaven by The Nova Saints - An Interview

Imagine o seguinte, 4 canções em um unico EP, pegue as 4 e tente eleger a melhor, só que neste caso é basicamente impossivel, porque as 4 são absolutamente perfeitas, uma combinação preciosa mesclando a psicodelia 60´s, o resgate da class of 86 com odores de Creation Rec., adicionando os melhores momentos de Ride e Verve, essa é a formula que estes ingleses de Bristol nos brindam de forma deslumbrante, o nome do ep é The Draft, o da banda é The Nova Saints, os caras além de tudo isso já tem no curriculo fans de primeira grandeza, exemplos que podem ser conferidos nas próprias declarações, vejam só:

‘Stunning’ – Clint Boon
‘They've refined 20 years of music into pop genius’ – Nick McCabe

Facil, facil o album de estreia que tende a ser lançado em 2010 promete fazer mais barulho ainda, e para deleite de quem esta interessado em tudo relacionado aos caras, abaixo uma grande conversa com John Banks e Steve Waterhouse com muita, mas muita informação sobre essa que já é minha aposta para 2010, com vocês The Nova Saints:

****** Interview with The Nova Saints ******

Q. When did Nova Saints start, tell us about the beginning…
Steve: We were actually booked for our first gig before we even had a band. We had some friends in a band who asked us to support them so we literally learnt some songs and, in my case, an instrument in a couple of weeks. That would be about 5 years ago.

John: We just kept going!

Q. Who are the influences from the band?
John: I would say our primary influences when starting out were bands like Ride and The Mary Chain who combined classic pop songwriting with that chaotic and beautiful wall of sound type thing. Aesthetically My Bloody Valentine were a big influence.

Steve: There’s loads that I think come through our music - Brian Jonestown Massacre, early Verve stuff, The Beatles, Doves. It goes on...

John: Yeah, we’ve got quite individual influences as band members. For me The Byrds, The Beatles and The Beach Boys are hugely important.

Q. What´s the most important thing in compilations like Psychedelica Series to the bands?
Steve: For us, we were pleased to be on the same record as some acts that we were really into. Bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Hiss, The Black Angels - we'd been listening to their records for a long time so to be considered worthy of sharing a record with them meant a lot to us. I suppose it felt like we'd arrived in one respect.

John: And it’s given us exposure that we never would have had otherwise. The fact that we’re being interviewed by someone from Brazil says it all really. My next door neighbour doesn’t even know I’m in a band, yet people the other side of the world are into our music and that’s thanks to the Northern Star comps.

Q. Tell us about the process of recording The Draft?
John: The Draft EP is made up of what were originally intended to be demos. We recorded the majority of it at Moles Studios in Bath, which is where Spiritualized recorded Pure Phase and Ladies and Gentlemen… That alone was enough for us. ‘The Draft’ and ‘Slow Down’ were recorded live in one take although we did some overdubs on ‘The Draft’. ‘High Roller’ was recorded with Nick from The Verve in Bristol. It was one of the first recordings we ever did as a band. I remember he recorded the guitars SO fucking loud and we just assumed that that’s how guitars were always recorded! The studio was in the living room of someone’s house and we had the neighbours round hammering on the front door, screaming at us to turn it down.

Steve: We were only just finding our feet as a recording band during that time - something we've become a lot better at, which I think will show on the next record. I think the fact that it was recorded live comes through and that’s something we’re all really pleased about. There's a looseness that you can only get from playing live. A groove, if you like.

Q. The Nova Saints have some fans like Nick McCabe and Clint Boon...what´s its meaning to the band?
John: It means an enormous amount obviously, especially the Nick thing because we all grew up as such massive fans of The Verve. It’s easy to think, though, that that kind of patronage means a free ride, which just isn’t true. It was weird how when people heard about the McCabe connection we suddenly started getting compared to The Verve in every review, which we never had before, but it’s flattering more than anything. And it reassured us early on that if Nick McCabe likes what we’re doing then we must be doing something right.

Steve: It always feels a bit surreal when people like that, people whose music you've been listening to for years and years and who you have massive respect for, talk about liking your music. It makes you believe; keeps you going.

Q.Tell us about the crescent new scene from shoegazing bands…
John: We’ve never really felt part of a scene and certainly not a ‘shoegazing’ scene.

Steve: It's a strange genre ‘shoegazing’. Sometimes we're labeled with it and sometimes we're told we're not shoegazing enough! There are a few bands coming out at the moment - people like School of Seven Bells - who are making that kind of music using electronics as opposed to a wash of massive guitars, which I think is pretty cool. I like what I've heard of The Big Pink. They seem to be coming from the right place.

John: The Big Pink don’t do anything for me at all! They sound like Chapterhouse, who were fine the first time around I guess, but do we really need to hear it all again just with better drum machines? The reason I still like bands like Ride and My Bloody Valentine was that they wrote great songs. Anyone can disguise their shortcomings as a musician with a load of effects pedals and reverb, we’ve all done it, but to write a really great pop song – that’s what endures. It’s not shoegazing that I like. Shoegazing is just a name given to a sonic idea - a great idea, don’t get me wrong - but it’s not enough in itself. I like pop music.

Steve: The Horrors’ last album is one of the best things I've heard in a while... brilliant live too.

John: I’ll second that!

Q.Which bands you love to made a cover version?
Steve: We've covered The Beatles in the past. Primal Scream, The Who…

John: The Small Faces, The Creation…

Steve: I don't know going forward... I'm not sure I'd ever commit anything to record but it's always good fun to play someone else's stuff live. I dunno... maybe a Mary Chain tune? Nice and easy to play!

John: ‘Take Me To The Other Side’ by Spacemen 3 would be amazing. We should form a Spacemen 3 tribute band with Saturation Point.


Q.Which new bands you recommended?
John: They’re not new but I’m digging The Besnard Lakes at the moment. They’re made up of members of The Dears and Godspeed You! Black Emperor but don’t sound like either of those bands! And The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are great because they make me feel about 15 again.

Steve: Exit Calm are the business. If you haven't heard them, you should.

Q.What´s the plans for future? New records, a tour….
John: We’re recording our debut album at the moment. Hopefully it’ll be out next year so all our energies are focused on that at the moment.

Steve: Yeah, the album's all that's concerning us at the moment. It would be great to get it finished and released next year. Whenever it does come out a tour would seem the next logical step. Watch this space…

Q. Any order important thing to tell us…
Steve: Keep listening. We'll be worth the wait.

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Hey Guys thanks a lot for all!!!!!All the best to the Nova Saints - Renato Malizia

http://www.myspace.com/novasaints

Year of Noise by Stellarium - An Interview

Facilmente, uma das bandas mais barulhentas da atualidade o Stellarium já conhecidissimo por estes lados, sai de Singapura para o mundo e faz uma ponte por aqui novamente, com um Bootleg, cortesia do dono da banda Mr. AZ, um bad person como ele próprio se intula, AZ e a guerrilha armada do Stellarium, destilam altas doses de noise nesta apresentação assustadoramente barulhenta onde o público era composto de punkers e grindecores que mal sabiam o que estava se passando naquele momento, ponto apice do espetaculo é a parte final com a maravilhosa Dead Nebula. Esse Live at Blackhole é um aperitivo para o debut dos caras que esta saindo amanhã e pode ser adquirido via Unexplaineble Recordings.

Aproveitando todo o alvoroço causado pelos caras, abaixo um rapido bate papo com os proprios:

****** Stellarium - An Interview ******

Q.When did Stellarium starts, tell us about the beginning…
A. Stellarium was formed very long ago, in a galaxy and space far away. It's more noisy back there and we've arrived in this time and space to spread the noise.

Q.Who are the influences from the band?
A. We like dark and moody sounds, intense and from a higher state of existence. We draw them from 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s era. That's a whole lot of research for you to do. Now go.

Q. Tell us about the process of recordings?
A. We normally jam a lot before hitting the studios. There is a certain process where we like to tap the raw energy and power from the essence of a song. After that it's a matter of focusing that energy down on record.

Q. Tell us about the Supersonic Festival....
A. Supersonic Sound Festival is the best shoegaze festival. There is no hype, no holier than thou shoegaze seniority attitude or elitism like how you would come cross in other festivals of the same genre. You should come, it's gonna be a blast. It's like a caveman's Link Wray Rumble party.

Q. Which bands you love to made a cover version?
A. There are many bands worth covering. It's kinda a hard decision to make.

Q. Which new bands you recommended?
A. Maribel, Screen Vinyl Image, Vandelles, Ceremony, Pinkshinyultrablast, Sexconsciousyoungmoderns

Q. What´s the plans for future?new records, a tour….
A. There are some tracks that we've done that we've decided to roll back for the future, some nice palette of styles and sounds. There could be a split EP, a 7" Ep too. An east coast tour of the US is in the plans too for 2011/2012. Some say the world will end in 2012? I wonder why.

Q. Any order important thing to tell us…A. EARBLEEDWAXPOPSUPERSONICWHITENOISESOUNDFEEDBACKFUZZKILL

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Thanks Stellarium

Stellarium - http://www.myspace.com/stellariumsg
Stellarium - Live at Blackhole - http://www.mediafire.com/?ergdne2zmmw

93 Million Miles From The Sun

Que presente de aniversario para o Blog e para mim é claro!!!!!!!!!!!

Fodaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

From Myspace:

"Hey Renalto....

Sorry it's taken so long for a reply! We are truly blown away by you tattoo and can't thank you enough. It looks amazing and much better than my own.

You are now a lifelong member of Club93 which gets you free entry to gigs (shame we don't play any in Brazil but maybe one day) and of course any future releases you get for free.

If you can send me an address for you then i'll keep it and any future stuff i'll get it sent to you asap. Also i'll see what i can do and stick you some stuff in the post, unreleased, covers and whatever i can find etc...

Also your name will be on the new album which is nearing compilation and will hopefully be out early next year....

Again thanks for your support and that tattoo is amazing!!!

Speak soon

Nick93"

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Thanks Nick - You´re always welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to TBTCI

Eu meio que ia deixando passar batido a data de hoje, fato é que a festa esta feita, comemoração do primeiro ano de existência do TBTCI, data serissima para mim eu particularmente acho altamente bacana a data, ainda mais que trato este pedaço aqui como uma extensão de casa, com muito carinho e respeito a todos os visitantes e principalmente as bandas que são a força motriz daqui.

Agradeço demais todos os que direta e indiretamente contribuem diariamente para que este local seja sempre um ponto de opiniões e sugestões, logicamente que totalmente egocentrista, mas que graças a este Blog pude conhecer pessoas bacanerrimas, do porte de Tadeu e Michel (Amor Louco), Al Schenkel (Sussuros e Escarros), dentre outros tantos que vira e mexe estam por aqui, isso sem contar nas BANDAS, Don do SexConciousYoungModerns, Scott Causer (Electric Mainline), Youngteam, Stellarium, Messias (brincando de deus) o pessoal do Anything After, Soren Well, Electric Assembly, Elson (Sinewave), a galera do Inverness, Filipe (Duelectrum), muita gente bacana mesmo que manda emails, enfim, fico altamente orgulhoso por contribuir com algo que para mim é essencial e fundamental para que tudo esteja sempre bem, A MUSICA.

Ou como diz o mestre Kevin Shields - "Soft as Snow but WARM INSIDE".....

Muito obrigado a todos, grande abraço

Renato Malizia