Τετάρτη 26 Ιουλίου 2017

Don't Stop Groovin: Thee Oh Sees - "Gelatinous Cube" (A Weird Exits, 2016)

Τσίτα τα... γκαράζια: Τι αρρώστια αυτή η μπάντα διάολε!
Όσοι ακούσετε και αγαπήσετε τους σαλεμένους Αμερικανούς όπως εμείς, μην αμελήσετε να τσεκάρετε τα ΕΠΙΚΑ live τους με πρωτοστάτη τον ξανθό, θεότρελο και ιθύνων νου τους Jon Dwyer. Μία βόλτα από το "συσωλήνα" θα σας πείσει.
Το Gelatinous Cube είναι ένας γκαραζοπάνκ χείμαρρος που θα σας πάρει μαζί του. Enjoy!



The Band: Thee Oh Sees (San Fransisco, USA)
Line Up: John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman, Ryan Moutinho, Dan Rincon
The Track: "Gelatinous Cube"
The Album: A Weird Exits (2016)
The Sound: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Garage Punk
And Says....

I see you standing there
With your cannibal's eyes
A meal is coming
It's wandering by

X-machine
A room a cube
Laid before me
Is a murderer's tools
What would you do?

X-machine
A room a cube
Laid before me
Is a murderer's tools

I see you standing there
With your cannibal's eyes
The clock is ticking
It's wandering by
What would you do?



Παρασκευή 21 Ιουλίου 2017

Daydreamin: Linkin Park - "Rolling In The Deep" (Adele Cover, I-Tunes Festival 2011)

Numb: Δεν υπάρχουν λόγια. Τεράστιο ταλέντο, μοναδική φωνή, ένας καλλιτέχνης που έφυγε τόσο νωρίς, αλλά κατάφερε να αφήσει το στίγμα του ανεξίτηλο στη rock σκηνή των τελευταίων δύο δεκαετιών.

Chester Charles Bennington 
(March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017)
Thank you for the music.


The Band: Linkin Park (Los Angeles, USA)
The Track: "Rolling In The Deep" (Adele Cover on I-Tunes festival 2011)
And Says...


There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it, with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door (woah)
Count your blessings to find what you look for (woah)
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold (woah)
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow (woah)
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.


Τρίτη 18 Ιουλίου 2017

Daydreamin: The National - "The Rains Of Castamere"(Game Of Thrones Soundtrack -Season 2-)

The Red Wedding: Το Dragonstone έκανε πρεμιέρα χθες για τον 7ο κύκλο της επικής σειράς Game Of Thrones και το κομμάτι που έμεινε στη μνήμη μας από το "Ματωμένο Γάμο" έχει την τιμητική του, χαζεύοντας για μία ακόμη φορά με την "αυτοκρατορική" φωνή του Matt Berninger.




The Band: The National (Ohio, USA)
The Track: "The Rains Of Castamere"
The Album: Game Of Thrones OST (Season 2)
And Says...


And who are you, the proud lord said,
that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat,
that's all the truth I know.1

In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
a lion still has claws,
And mine are long and sharp, my Lord,
as long and sharp as yours.2

And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
that lord of Castamere,
But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
with no one there to hear.
Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall,
and not a soul to hear.

And who are you, the proud lord said,
that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat,
that's all the truth I know.1

In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
a lion still has claws,
And mine are long and sharp, my lord,
as long and sharp as yours.

And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
that lord of Castamere,
But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
with no one there to hear.
Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall,
and not a soul to hear.



Παρασκευή 14 Ιουλίου 2017

Daydreamin: Rag’n’Bone Man - "Skin" (Human, 2017)

Soul voice:  Ο πολυσυζητημένος Rag’n’Bone Man σε μία μοναδική live ακουστική εκτέλεση του κομματιού "Skin", που βρίσκουμε στο φετινό δεύτερο δίσκο του, Human.

Με τη φωνάρα και το συναίσθημα που βγάζει ο Rag’n’Bone Man, αυτή η εκτέλεση του "Skin", είναι μία από τις περιπτώσεις που ένα τραγούδι επαναπροσδιορίζεται.



The Artist:
Rag’n’Bone Man (Essex, England)
The Track: "Skin"
The Album: Human (2017)
The Sound: Soul, Pop-Soul, blues, accoustic
And Says...


When I heard that sound
When the walls came down
I was thinking about you
About you
When my skin grows old
When my breath runs cold
I'll be thinking about you
About you

Seconds from my heart
A bullet from the dark
Helpless, I surrender
Shackled by your love
Holding me like this
With poison on your lips
Only when it's over
The silence hits so hard

'Cause it was almost love, it was almost love
It was almost love, it was almost love

When I heard that sound
When the walls came down
I was thinking about you
About you
When my skin grows old
When my breath runs cold
I'll be thinking about you
About you

When I run out of air to breathe
It's your ghost I see
I'll be thinking about you, about you
It was almost love, it was almost

We bleed ourselves in vain
How tragic…



Τρίτη 11 Ιουλίου 2017

Daydreaming: The Verve - "Sonnet" (Urban Hymns, 1997)

 "Αστικοί Ύμνοι":The Verve γιορτάζουν τη συμπλήρωση 20 χρόνων από την κυκλοφορία του Icon album για τα 90s και τους ίδιους φυσικά, Urban Hymns και δεν υπάρχει καλύτερη ευκαιρία ώστε να βάλουμε δυνατά να παίξει το θρυλικό πλέον "Σονέτο" τους.
Για την ιστορία να πούμε πως το Urban Hymns είναι το 18ο σε πωλήσεις άλμπουμ όλων των εποχών στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και έχει πουλήσει περισσότερες από δέκα εκατομμύρια κόπιες παγκοσμίως. Enough said που λένε και στο χωριό μου. Τέλος, η μπάντα ανακοίνωσε πως το Σεπτέμβριο θα έχουμε μία deluxe επανέκδοση του δίσκου, με αφορμή τη συμπλήρωση των 20 ετών. (Εδώ βέβαια μπαίνει το άσχετο ερώτημα "Ρε πως περνάνε τα ρημάδια τα χρόνια έτσι!"). Η εκτέλεση που ακούμε είναι από το ιστορικό live τους στο Glastonbury το 2008.

The Band: The Verve (Wigan, England)
Line Up: (Disbanded) Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar), Simon Jones (bass), Peter Salisbury (drums), Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Tong (guitar, keyboards, 1996-99)
The Track: "Sonnet"
The Album: Urban Hymns (1997)
The Sound: Alternative rock, Indie, Britpop
And Says...

My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know

Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord

Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye

Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord

Sinking faster than a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side

Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know, by now
By now
By now
By now
By now
By now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now



Πέμπτη 6 Ιουλίου 2017

You Got Me Rockin: Allah Las - "Could Be You" (Calico Review, 2016)

No waves, no surfing: Το Calico Review είναι κακός δίσκος. Σίγουρα γιατί πάσχει από έλλειψη ενέργειας και εκτός ελαχίστων εξαιρέσεων δε σου δίνει ένα πάτημα να  ξεσηκωθείς. Το σημαντικότερο όμως είναι πως τελικά έχει επιεικώς μέτριες συνθέσεις χωρίς έμπνευση.
Ας ελπίσουμε πως ο τρίτος δίσκος των Αμερικανών είναι απλά μια άσχημη παρένθεση, μετά το εκπληκτικό ομότιτλο ντεμπούτο, αλλά και τον άξιο διάδοχο του Worship The Sun.

Τώρα αν υπάρχει ένα κομμάτι του Calico Review που να μας θυμίζει τους Allah-Las που αγαπήσαμε, αυτό είναι σίγουρα το "Could be you". Έχει αυτό που όρισε εξαρχής τη μπάντα αυτή. Θυμίζει Καλοκαίρι με κέφι και χορό στην παραλία. Το έχουμε ξεχωρίσει και το κρατάμε.


                                                                                                                Calico Review (2016)
                                                                                                                          5/10
   

The Band: Allah-Las (Los Angeles, USA)
Line Up: Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Pedrum Siadatian (guitar, vocals), Spencer Dunham (bass, vocals), Matthew Correia (drums, vocals, percussion)
The Track: "Could Be You"
The Album: Calico Review (2016)
The Sound: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic rock, Surf rock
And Says...

Summer days and all the ways you went about therefore
All the times you walked away and ended at your doorstep
Wondering just how you got back in
And now it seems your vision ain't so clear


And if you had to try to
Would you do it all again?

Have I seen you here before
Or was that just your friend
Standing on the soapbox, proselytizing of the [?]
Of all the things you once considered good
And now they came and wrecked your neighborhood

But if you had the chance to
Would you do it all again?

Did you have to ask yourself while sitting in that bar
If you thought the world was gonna to take you very far
Without you ever knowing a way to stand
Left reaching in the dark for someone's hand