Torek, december 20, 2011

Best Albums - November 2011

1.Siskiyou - Keep Away The Dead (Constellation) 
2.Atlas Sound - Parallax (4AD)
3.Other Lives - Tamer Animals (Tbo)
4.EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)
5.Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (Slumberland)
6.Black Box Revelation - My Perception (PIAS)
7.Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness (Arts & Crafts)
8.The Walkabouts - Travels in the Dustland (Glitterhouse Records)
9.Paramount Styles - Extra Heaven (Cycle)
10.Johnny Foreigner - Johnny Foreigner Vs Everything (Alcopop!)

EP's:
1.Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach (Matador)



Sobota, november 05, 2011

Best Albums - Oktober 2011

1.Waters - Out In The Light (City Slang) 
2.Comet Gain - Howl Of The Lonely Crow (What's Your Rupture?)
3.Real Estate - Days (Domino)
4.Sleeper Agent - Celabrasion (Mom & Pop Music)
5.The Beets - Let The Poison Out (Hardly Art)
6.Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic (Matador)
7.The Grates - Secret Rituals (Universal)
8.Forest Fire - Staring at the X (Fat Cat)
9.Crooked Fingers - Breaks in the Armor (Merge)
10.M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)
11.Superchunk - Foolish (Merge)
12.Future Islands - On the Water (Thrill Jockey)
13.Ganglians - Still Living (Lefse / Souterrain Transmissions)
14.Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Sour Mash)

EP-s:
1.Surfer Blood - Tarot Classics EP (Kanine)





















"O Holy Break of Day" (live) " from the album Out in the Light :


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Nedelja, oktober 30, 2011

Best Albums - September 2011

1.Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther)
2.Robbers On High Street - Hey There Golden Hair (Rocco Grecco Records)
3.Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum)
4.French Films - Imaginary Future (Gaea)
5.Jon Fratelli - Psycho Jukebox (Island)
6.Howling Bells - The Loudest Engine (Cooking Vinyl)
7.Kasabian - Velociraptor! (Sony Music)
8.The Kooks - Junk Of The Heart (Astralwerks)
9The Rifles - Freedom Run (Right Hook)
10.The Drums - Portamento (Frenchkiss)






















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Best Albums - Avgust 2011

1.Wilco - The Whole Love (dBpm)
2.Jacuzzi Boys - Glazin'(Hardly Art)
3.The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
4.The Devil Whale - Teeth (The Devil Whale)
5.Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song (Canvasback)
6.The Ettes - Wicked Will (Varèse Fontana)
7.The Static Jacks - If You're Young (Fearless)
8.Needtobreathe - Reckoning (Atlantic)
9.Male Bonding - Endless Now (Sub Pop)
10.Brett Anderson - Black Rainbows (EMI)






















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Best Albums - Julij 2011

1.Fountains Of Wayne - Sky Full Of Holes (Yep Roc)
2.Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (Matador)
3.The Features - Wilderness (Bug Music/Serpents And Snakes)
4.Milk Maid - Yucca (Fat Cat)
5.The Horrors - Skying (XL)
6.The Panics - Rain On The Humming Wire (Universal)
7.The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop)
8.Emmy The Great - Virtue (Close Harbour)
9.Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania (In the Red)
10.Washed Out - Within And Without (Sub Pop / Weird World)


Ponedeljek, avgust 29, 2011

Best Albums - Junij 2011

1.The Features - Wilderness (Serpents and Snakes)
2.Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (Domino)
3.Bon Iver - Bon Iver (4AD / Jagjaguwar)
4.Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (Vice)
5.Joe Lally - Why Should I Get Used To It (Dischord)
6.The Ladybug Transistor - Clutching Stems (Merge)
7.The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low (Merge)
8.The Vines - Future Primitive (Sony Music)
9.Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys (Atlantic)
10.Sparrow and the Workshop - Spitting Daggers (Distiller Records)


Četrtek, junij 02, 2011

Best Albums - Maj 2011

1.The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? (Columbia)
2.Sloan - The Double Cross (Yep Roc)
3.Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (Jagjaguwar)
4.Generationals - Actor-Caster (Park the Van)
5.Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
6.My Morning Jacket - Circuital (ATO)
7.Luger Boa - New Hot Nights (Stuka Records)
8.Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math (Columbia)
9.Art Brut - Brilliant! Tragic! (Cooking Vinyl)
10.Nat Baldwin - People Changes (Western Vinyl)

EP's:
1.Matt Pond PA - Spring Fools (Altitude Records)


Ponedeljek, maj 16, 2011

The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (2011)

Preteklih nekaj sezon, se mi je zazdelo, da je britanska indie rock scena padla v nekakšno krizo, vsaj kar se tiče novih, svežih ter dobrih imen. Večina debi albumov je kar hitro padlo v pozabo in niso imeli "nekaj" kar bi jih takoj vrglo v elito.
Pomislil sem, da počasi izumira britanski indie rock, saj nekoliko starejši bendi raspadajo kot po tekočem traku. Potem pa so se pojavili The Vaccines, zaradi katerih je vsa moja misel padla v vodo. Njihov album je narejen po indie rock standardih prejšnje dekade s polno nalezljivimi komadi.
Na albumu "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?" najdem v glavnem vse in samo pozitivne vplive precej let nazaj, ki so jih demonstrirali The Libertines, Interpol, The Strokes in na momente celo kakšnih The Jesus and Mary Chain in Ramones.

 Že uvodna, punkoidna, poskočna ter nevarno nalezljiva "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" da vedeti o kakšnem bendu je govora, čeprav v nadaljevanju vseeno dobimo bolj široko formulo kjer so zajete tako pop linije ko tudi shoegizirane kitare. Nikoli ne pišem o posamezni playijadi komadov, vendar tokrat moram obvezno izspostaviti komad "Post Break-Up Sex", ki je definitivno najboljši komad na albumu, kjer so združeni vsi že omenjeni vplivi v eno zelo čvrsto in spet zelo zanimivo radiofonično kuliso.


V kratkem obstajanju benda so The Vaccines naredili velike stvari, ki se kažejo tudi v hitrem izdajanju albuma za namen koncertiranja kjer že žanjejo rezultate. The Vaccines na srečo niso izpadli kot še ena "fora" ali kakšni "kekci" o najboljšem bendu na svetu, ker si take opazke resnično ne zaslužijo. Bend si zasluži vse pohvale in vašo pozornost, še posebno če se "palite" na indie sceno zadnjih deset let.



http://www.thevaccines.co.uk/gb/home/
http://www.myspace.com/thevaccinesuk