Beyond Skin是一张评价很高的唱片，在主题上表达了反对种族主义和战争的思想，Nitin Sawhney成功的糅合了各种音乐元素，熔古典、drum'n'bass、爵士、hip-hop甚至一些南美部落的印第安音乐元素于一炉，配以曼妙的vocal，具有极强的感染力。真的很不错!
Nitin Sawhney's Beyond Skin works on at least two levels. First, it's a plea against racism and war, relating, as Sawhney writes in the liner notes, that one's identity is defined only by oneself — that identity is "beyond skin." Second, the music is an extremely accomplished blend of classical, drum'n'bass, jazz, hip-hop, and Indian elements. The album's political statements are seen most clearly in the samples imbedded in the beginning and ending of most tracks. Dealing with nuclear testing and identity, the samples are effective in setting the tone for the songs. The music is quite lush, featuring among other instruments, tablas, pianos, and cellos to equally beautiful effect. The production brings a crystal-clear polish to nearly every element in the mix, whether it's the passionate, intense vocals of the Rizwan Qawwali Group on "Homelands" or the stunning, impossibly gorgeous voice of Swati Natekar on "Nadia." The entire album is bathed in eclectic touches which never fail to maintain a poetic, accessible sense of charm and wonder. Rarely has electronic music been crafted with as much substance and style as it has on Beyond Skin. Sawhney travels back and forth between genres quite effortlessly. "Nadia" is as good a drum'n'bass track as one is likely to find. "Letting Go" suggests the coffee-table trip-pop of Morcheeba's Big Calm. "The Pilgrim" is moody, soul-searching hip-hop aided by the wiry vocals of Spek. "Tides" is an excellent, breezy jazz number suggesting Vince Guaraladi in his finest, most experimental moments. "Nostalgia" sounds like a more-relaxed Lamb. "The Conference" is a treat, featuring incredible vocal interplay that simply must be heard to be believed. "Beyond Skin," which opens and closes with a sample of Edward Murrow reading the poem "Now I'm become death," is a powerful conclusion to Sawhney's pacifistic vision. Accessible, frightening, emotional, and most-of-all accomplished, Sawhney's Beyond Skin is a remarkable album of rewarding, organic music.

4th full length following 2010's lauded masterpiece "Black City", features PITCHFORK BEST NEW TRACK "Her Fantasy". While the album's dancefloor-ready tempos, major keys, & sun-warmed synths signal "Beams" as the lighter, brighter response to its predecessor, Dear's latest productions creak & groan like anxious organisms, with slivers of guitar, electric bass, & drum kit darting in & out among the synths & samples. His lyrics, meanwhile, are deeply personal, expressing vulnerability & confusion in startlingly immediate ways.

颇具英伦气质的瑞典乐队Kent的第十张录音室专辑《Jag är inte rädd för mörkret》就在4月25日正式发行，专辑名意为“我不惧怕黑暗”，与封面设计遥相呼应。

阔别上张专辑《Songs In A&E》近四年之久，英伦乐队 Spiritualized带着他们的第七张录音室专辑《Sweet Heart Sweet Light》归来。
最新专辑《Sweet Heart Sweet Light》带着厚厚70年 代的声音，不论歌曲旋律、编曲、录音以及溷音的声音处理，总是让人不其然地联想起那个 「音乐乌托邦」 的年代，如专辑中一曲 《Little Girl》。歌词中更谈及了不少对生命的看法和体验。
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“净化”Spiritualized 是由80年代著名噪音乐队Spacemen 3蜕变而来的，Jason Pierce离开乐队之后，没有延续一贯的实验噪音，而是转而探索英式迷幻摇滚，并由此组建了Spiritualized。乐队在92年发行了首张专辑 《Lazer Guided Melodies》，取得了相当不错的成绩，接着在95年发行了《Pure Chase》，同样大获好评，而97年的那张《Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space》则被认为是他们最具代表性的专辑，并在当年获得了巨大的成功，紧接着乐队借势又在98年发行了现场版的双张CD《Live At The Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997》，庞大的演出阵容，包括了从管弦乐团到福音合唱团，也使得这次演出异常完美。 　　Spiritualized的音乐总是带着浓厚的布鲁斯和福音的味道，从60年代以来，很少有英国乐队给人这样的感觉了。“净化”的音乐有一点儿奇 怪，他们有足够的能力做出旋律优美的调子，但却往往要用失真的吉他音墙去破坏它，仿佛噪音有一种魔力似的，而主唱的唱腔也总是保持着冰冷的感觉。“ 净化”不喜欢平铺直叙的田园风情，他们更喜欢鳞比栉次的音乐宫殿。 　　2001年，“净化”推出了第四张录音室专辑《让它没落》(Let It Come Down)，此时“净化”已真正变成以杰森·皮尔斯一人为核心的乐队，包括杰森前女友凯特·雷德利等成员都已纷纷离开。但专辑依旧延续以往的华丽阵容，参 与的乐手多达上百人。2003年的新专辑《惊异的优雅》(Amazing Grace)是在几星期内录好的。更多粗糙原始的音效代替了华丽管弦，新专辑的歌曲在结构上更为传统，这和前几张专辑的太空迷幻倾向有着非常大的不同。封 面上那赤裸的手臂似乎预示着杰森在追求更“净化”的音乐。专辑中请来了埃文·帕克(Evan Parker)、哈恩·本尼克(Han Bennink)等自由爵士乐巨匠担任乐手。在访谈中杰森对能和这些音乐家合作表示非常兴奋。谈到新专辑的变化，他说道：“其实并没有刻意经营或追求什 么，事物的发展往往受很多因素的影响，但我想最主要的一点在于我们总是尝试做一些不同的东西，而不考虑它是不是有正确答案。”谈到杂志的评价，杰森颇为不 屑：“在任何一个时期，英国的音乐媒体都会找出六、七张唱片并吹嘘它们是‘划时代的’，媒体就是靠这个运作。我的成就感在于唱片获得了和它的价值相符的回 报，以及它完全为我个人的音乐抱负服务。我其实并不需要很多人跟我说这是张伟大的唱片，并从这种赞扬中得到满足，从别人那里得到赞扬是件极容易的事，以至 于很少人会对你说：‘坚持下去，你所做的并不如计划中的那样好。’这就和皇帝的新装一样，不是吗？我并不以杂志的赞誉获得满足感，我1995年的唱片《纯 粹状态》几乎没有得到任何回应，《NME》给它打了5分，满分是10分。不幸的是《NME》是英国大多数年轻人音乐口味的仲裁者。我可不认为《纯粹状态》 在任何一个方面比《女士们先生们我们正在太空里漂浮》差，我更没有兴趣为了讨好媒体去做一张唱片。摇滚乐最让我热爱的一点就在于它的表达，你可以在歌词中 述说一些老掉牙和俗世的事物，但当你把这些事物和音乐结合起来，它们就立刻变得富于幻想性，就像令人惊艳具有魔力的诗歌一样。例如你可以说‘我不能停止爱 你’或其他类似的话，这些话本身其实是没什么特色的，但和音乐结合在一起，它们就具有了魔力。” 　　不像“石玫瑰”那样优美，也不是“收音机头”那般沉溺。在顶级的英国乐队中，“净化”是如此与众不同的一个，它是一种缓慢而持久的药物，用来医治灵魂 和心灵。

Arizona singer-songwriter Austin Gibbs likes Ryan Adams, and listening to his music, it kind of shows. Gibbs has released EPs over the past few years, both under his name and as Austin Gibbs and The States, and now, on his own, finally released his full-length debut, Charlie. The 8-song album contains 6 new songs, a re-recorded version of a song off his 1986 EP, and a new version of a song from his Austin Gibbs and The States days.
The most low-key songs bookend this album. The album starts off with the title track, “Charlie,” a song that starts off as just Gibbs and an acoustic guitar, ends with a bellowing, full band backed, “This one’s for you.” The slow, emotional, almost spoken story-telling of the first couple minutes of the song might be a bit misleading for what the rest of the album has in store, but it’s the right place on the album for the song. And it’s easily one of the best tracks on an album with no room for filler.
In between, the album contains some fun, summer songs I can imagine turning up loud on my imaginary car stereo. “La La La” packs a sing-along chorus into one of those storytelling sort of songs that my grandmother complains my generation lacks (but I’m not sure I necessarily agree with her assessment.) She probably wouldn’t approve of the debaucherous nature of this song, with lyrics like “She said, ‘I heard that you were wild.’ Girl, I’ll, I’ll take you to the zoo.” Fortunately, silliness (or I suppose it’s clever, depending on how you look at it) doesn’t oversaturate these songs making you want to gag. Instead, they provide a nice occasional laugh.
Gibbs’ rougher vocals shine on “Sierra The Serial Killer,” a four-minute song telling the tale of a woman recounting the murders she’d committed over the previous two decades. I don’t want to be happy listening to a song with a chorus with the words “serial killer” but something about this song makes me forget about how cold-blooded Sierra sounds, and instead has me tapping my feet, enjoying the story replete with verses that end in rhymes.
For those familiar with older versions of “Wolf Mountain,” the newer version released a few weeks ago, sounds pretty different, and fits in with the faster songs on the album better than the original. The rerecorded “I Like The Ones” features more prominent instrumentation, especially the clapping, and is easily one of my favorite tracks on the album, but I’m partial to hand claps, catchy choruses, and gang-like vocals, and this song has all of those elements.

With two major label albums behind her, touring as bass player with Sarah McLachlan, producing Missy Higgins, Butterfly returns with her brand new self produced, self released, self titled album! Recorded in Nashville with co-producer Jamie Kenney, she funneled her multiple creative outlets into the production of Butterfly Boucher with an adventurous and experimental spirit, crafting smart indie-pop with alt rock muscle.

As previously reported, shred-pop duo Sleigh Bells have a new album called Reign of Terror. It's scheduled to arrive via Mom + Pop Music on Valentine's Day. How romantic. Also in February, Sleigh Bells and fellow Florida native Diplo will head out on a nine-date tour of their home state. (Liturgy will open.) Dates and tracklist below, along with a badass poster for the "Paradise Lost" tour and a video teaser for the album. Yes, there is a song called "Leader of the Pack". - Pitchfork

Hit Me Like a Man is the second EP by American alternative rock band The Pretty Reckless.
The upcoming extended play album will be released on March 6, 2012, by Interscope Records.
It features three new songs, as well as live versions of two songs from their 2010 debut album, Light Me Up.

John Mayer新专辑《Born & Raised 》首单"Shadow Days"。

B.Reith returns with a highly anticipated full-length album, “How the Story Ends”, following his 2009 hit “Now is Not Forever”. Reith is a one-man music juggernaut – he writes, raps, sings, and produces – but this new album finds him teaming up with an all-star supporting cast featuring hip-hop phenomenon Lecrae, Grammy™-nominated songwriter Lisa Gungor, indie-pop sensation Dave Barnes, and PJ Morton, an R&B star who is a touring member of Maroon 5. If all that wasn’t enough, four new songs feature mixes by Grammy™ winner Craig Bauer (Kanye West).

Anybody who is the least bit familiar with rock music will associate the name Slash with that of a legendary rock guitarist and icon. As the former lead guitarist of mega-rock group Guns `N' Roses, Slash has had a dominant presence in music for more than twenty years. Referred to by many as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time, Slash's signature style and commanding guitar mastery has impacted not only millions of fans around the world, but many of his fellow artists - in all genres of music.

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The Artist Formerly Known as Mr. A to Z recently climbed to No. 8 on Billboard’s Hot 100 with the in-it-till-the-end ballad “I Won’t Give Up,” the lead single from his upcoming Love Is a Four Letter Word, due April 17. In the meantime, he’ll be filling the gap with Live Is a Four Letter Word, a four-song digital-only EP.

美国新晋三人独立流行摇滚乐队Fun于2/21发行的第二张大碟《Some Nights》中的主打歌曲We Are Young，此歌早于去年9月就已发行，但迫于乐队的知名度此歌一直无人问津，去年12月著名音乐美剧《欢乐合唱团/Glee》翻唱了此歌，其翻唱版本在BILLBOARD单曲榜上飙升到#12，成为第三季Glee打榜成绩最高的歌曲，今年2月此歌作为雪佛兰最新广告歌曲在美国体育盛事超级碗上播出，随后此歌终于击败Kelly Clarkson的冠军歌曲Stronger在美国ITUNES下载榜登顶，其热度甚至超过同时在超级碗上现场表演的Madonna的新歌，本周BILLBOARD单曲榜上此歌从41名飙升到第三。

Late in 2005 acclaimed australian singer/songwriter lior recorded his first live album at melbourne's northcote social club. The recording includes several live tracks from his aria and j award nominated debut album 'autumn flow', and includes a few new tracks previously only heard at lior's shows. The recording captures the pure magic of lior live. Tracks include 'this old love', 'daniel', 'autumn flow', 'burying chances', 'diego and the village girl' and more. Shock.2006

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler is a Spanish singer, songwriter, record producer, philanthropist and actor. He started his recording career in the mid nineties on Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the best selling Spanish language act of the decade.