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Loro Douban
8.3 (6 ratings) Pinback
release date 1999-09-13 publisher: R&S
April 17, 2018 listened
Loro
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Summer Sun Douban
8.3 (41 ratings) Yo La Tengo genre: Rock
release date 2003-01-01 publisher: Matador Records
Summer Sun is the tenth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on April 8, 2003 by record label Matador.
Nov. 12, 2017 listened
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I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Douban
8.9 (63 ratings) Yo La Tengo genre: Rock
release date 1997-01-01 publisher: Matador Records
新澤西三人組的第八張大碟,成熟多元(Noise-pop、Jangle-pop、Shoegazer、Post-Rock、Country)的樂風,配合極其窩心而絲絲入扣的夫妻合唱。
Nov. 12, 2017 listened
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Misery Is a Butterfly Douban Discogs
8.8 (45 ratings) Blonde Redhead genre: Rock
release date 2004-01-01 publisher: 4AD
Misery Is a Butterfly is the sixth studio album by Blonde Redhead, released in 2004.
The song "Elephant Woman" was featured over the end credits of the 2005 film Hard Candy. The song "Misery Is a Butterfly " was featured over the end of the 2008 film Tout est parfait. Additionally, the song features a drum sample from Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together". The song "Messenger" was also featured in the Me and You and Everyone We Know trailer, a film by Miranda July.
23 Douban Discogs
8.1 (95 ratings) Blonde Redhead genre: Rock
release date 2007-04-10 publisher: 4AD
blonde redhead这个由两个义大利双胞胎和两个日本女生组成的怪异组合在很难用常理去归纳}他们。大可以偷懒地说他们是 no wave的关联产物(团名还是来自於经典no wave名团DNA之曲名),而乐风上也很难不去联想到sonic youth的痕迹,尤以早期作品最为显著,矛盾的是这也是教许多死忠blonde redhead迷最为留恋的,不是说打后的作品不好,只是该时期的他们特具一股狂放的初生之犊气势,除了满佈菱角的尖锐噪音吉他与急激节奏外,最抓得住听觉关注的自是贝斯手兼女主音kazu独树一帜的嗓音,虽然那种奇特的唱腔大抵会被纳}入kim gordon或是cat power的发声系统,然而纤细神经质的高尖音色却又十分有bjork的味道,kazu就像一个alternative女声的集结,充满挑逗性的痴人囈语,不得不承认blonde redhead的魅力有大半是来自於她。
Blonde Redhead成立于1993年,最初由日本籍留学生 Kazu Makino、 Maki Takahashi和一对意大利孪生兄弟Amedeo Pace 、 Simone Pace四人所组成。名字Blonde Redhead是取源于80年代 no-wave乐队 DNA的一首歌名。
学艺术的日裔学生与意大利双胞兄弟在纽约的意大利餐厅意外相遇,于是有了这个乐团刺耳的吉他、不断轮回的旋律、lo-fi的杂音以及静谧而有些夸张的歌词Blonde Redhead的乐风一直被认为与早期的sonic youth相似他们最初也正是被sonic youth的鼓手steve shelly相中签到steve shelly自己的厂牌smells like records旗下开始发行专辑的Blonde Redhead的名字取自DNA的一首歌而DNA也是sonic youth非常欣赏的no wave乐团。
1995年乐队发行了第一张专集《Blonde Redhead》,新专集面世不久,Maki Takahashi离开了乐队。同年乐队又继续发行了《La Mia Vita Violenta》,还有1997年的《Fake Can Be Just As Good》、1998年的《In an Expression of the Inexpressible》、2000年的《Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons》和《Melodie Citronique EP》,2004年4AD出版的《Misery Is Butterfly》。
曾经开玩笑的跟朋友说,听Blonde Redhead的感觉就是被灭他们加入了4AD,音乐上更加的Acid,但这丝毫不影响那种破灭的感觉午夜置身于Blonde Redhead制造的声音漩涡那喘息着的唱腔刺穿了杂音断电,犹如朵朵透明犀利的水花感觉自己也一同碎裂了,坠入冰冷的湖底......
It'll End In Tears Douban
8.4 (32 ratings) This Mortal Coil genre: Pop
release date 1984-01-01 publisher: 4ad / Ada
This Mortal Coil,犹如史诗般的那种绚烂,有时似被湮没于空幻中,而更多的却是难以忘怀。这支乐队以低调、唯美的新古典派风格著称于世,从而树立4AD最具典型意义的招牌式音乐风格MoodyPsychedelic,又称4AD仙音、4AD之声。
This Mortal Coil应该是公认的4AD最出色的乐队之一。4AD公司老板VioWatts-Russell亲自出马操练的乐队,自然投入的心血比较多了。This Mortal Coil并不是一支普通概念的乐队组合,它的每张专辑就像是Watts为4AD公司出的集锦专辑一样,没有固定的组合,没有固定的演唱者,这似乎都是即兴的发挥,没有任何的限制,让音乐的自由最大地发挥了出来。
在寂静的午后,在无人的深夜,在孤独的感觉让人想哭的时候,用音乐把这种孤独发挥到及至吧!慢慢地感觉自己的身体缓缓开始坠落,然而又似乎飘在了空中,给失落的灵魂寻求一个落脚的地方……其实我喜欢让灵魂放飞的感觉,那毕竟是难得的。
总体来感觉This Mortal Coil的音乐就是柔和的女声+缓慢的节奏+中世纪的舞台感觉,虽然没有繁华喧闹的节奏和动人的效果,也不能让你的血液沸腾,但她却像一个让你着迷的女孩,一见钟情……
Oct. 11, 2017 listened
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Blood Douban
8.9 (33 ratings) This Mortal Coil genre: Pop
release date 1991-01-01 publisher: 4ad / Ada
一直都有最大的冲动写This Mortal Coil,毕竟他们是我最认同和喜欢的乐队,反而这成了我写他们的最大障碍,怎么写自己也不满意。也一直有感觉想介绍《Blood》给大家,因为一些凌乱却最简单的原因,算了就让我这样凌乱的说出来吧:
从我3年半前拥有这张唱片的时候就把它当成自己听过的最优秀的一张,现在依然这样认为;他是在Darkwave/低调音乐圈里面的高标,把那种超纯唯美,超纯阴暗的色调深入到一个别人难以企及的境地。这样的事情,以前没有人尝试做过,以后也难以有人超越;也是到目前为止我唯一一次勒紧腰带,连续三次购买同张原版唱片的傻瓜行为的元凶;我想说的是,很高兴我能拥有This Mortal Coil的每张大碟,每张都是给我满分的感受,但是,这张:却更远远不是满分那么一点;你认同4AD么?喜欢Cocteau Twins,Dead Can Dance,difjuz等低调乐队么?嗯,别那么早否定/肯定完4AD,直到听过这个真正4AD的精髓和灵魂的所在,这个致命线圈为止吧;或者不是因为This Mortal Coil的出现,在那个时代,那些游离在死亡和崩溃边缘的音乐,Bauhaus,xmaldeutashland,都会失去探求无边黑暗的引标和强大而统一的力量……
这张Blood中,最吸引的地方不只是因为首脑人物,Ivo(4AD老板)不再局限在4AD王国里面发展This Mortal Coil,而是聚集了各处精英,而且在以前This Mortal Coil那深黑不见底的纯唯美世界里面引入了那么丝丝点点亮光.
从我个人的角度来说:有了这一张,其他唱片都可以放弃。
Oct. 11, 2017 listened
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Among My Swan
8.4 (150 ratings) Mazzy Star genre: Folk
release date 1996-01-01 publisher: Capitol
Among My Swan is the third album by the band Mazzy Star. Although Among My Swan did not contain any US Billboard Hot 100 hits like its predecessor, So Tonight That I Might See, this album did garner the band its highest-ranking single on the UK Singles Chart, when "Flowers In December" reached #40 in November 1996. The album's second single, "I've Been Let Down", did not chart in either the United States or the UK.
Among My Swan relied less on the echo effect that was nearly ubiquitous in all tracks on the previous two albums. Hope Sandoval's voice is paired with simple acoustic instrumentation that marks most of the tracks. The guitar and harmonica accompaniment on "I've Been Let Down" is a prime example of this. These tracks are not markedly different in sound or feel from the preceding two albums.
Among My Swan is widely considered to be Mazzy Star's final album; although the band has not officially broken up, they have released no new material since the release of "I've Been Let Down" as a single in 1996, and lead singer Hope Sandoval has gone on to form Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, which released an album in 2001.
民谣乐队Mazzy Star(迷乱星辰)于1996年推出的专辑,曲风迷幻、黑暗。
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Douban
8.7 (42 ratings) Yo La Tengo genre: Rock
release date 2000-01-01 publisher: Matador Records
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out is the ninth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on February 22, 2000 by record label Matador. The album received positive reviews from critics.
Sept. 12, 2017 listened
Our Way To Fall\Tears Are In Your Eyes
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The Trials of Van Occupanther Douban
8.7 (14 ratings) Midlake genre: Folk
release date 2006-07-25 publisher: Bella Union
Promising band issues its second album and looks to build on compelling indie pop gem "Roscoe".
Sept. 12, 2017 listened
Van Occupanther\Young Bride\Branches
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Painful Douban
8.8 (61 ratings) Yo La Tengo genre: Rock
release date 1993-01-01 publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Yo La Tengo三部曲第章,成功結合感性Noise-nik氛圍及流暢調子的專集,將當年的Yo La Tengo聽眾擴展至英國。百聽不厭的I Heard You Looking。
Sept. 12, 2017 listened
Nowhere Near\ I Heard You Looking
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