indierock
How To Be A Human Being
Douban
★ 8.4 136 ratings
Glass Animals genre: Electronic
release date 2016-08-26 publisher: Caroline International P&D
‘How To Be A Human Being’ is a scrapbook of the bands time spent on the road, gathering memories and perceptions of different types of people from all around the world. Unveiled in mid May as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record, ‘Life Itself’, the first single from the album, has already elevated the band’s sonorous buzz to a whole new level. The track is an immersive, exotic and characteristically off-kilter earworm, reintroducing the band in the wake of their sensational ascent into a force to be reckoned with. Glass Animals’ debut ‘Zaba’, released on Paul Epworth’s label Wolf Tone, has so far sold nearly half a million copies worldwide and amassed a staggering 200 million Spotify streams, obliterating all expectations simply by word of mouth. Their anomalous rise has gained the Oxford four-piece a legion of fans all over the world, including festival appearances at the likes of Falls in Australia, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury and has resulted in the band playing 2 sold out headline shows at LA’s 2000-capacity Wiltern and NYC’s 3000-capacity Terminal 5. To those expecting another album like Zaba, this album may end up as a disappointment. Glass Animals found success on a rather unique and creative sound and continued to expand their inner-weirdness and creativity by not playing it safe, instead opting for more ambition. This approach has paid off admirably as How to Be a Human Being is more than just a collection of stories told through characters like the ones on the album’s art, but is also a showcase of the band’s talent. Taking this talent, expending as much creative energy and ridiculousness as possible while deviating from their beloved sound, the result is an album that one would be hard pressed to find a comparable output to; and that’s a fantastic dilemma.
Listened
Oct. 30, 2021
听glass animal的第一张专,感觉蛮好,而评论成功引起我对乐队第一张专的好奇。首专得有多神才能让这些人把这张踩成这样 @2021-10-30 00:57:23
英国 indierock
Is This It?
Douban
★ 8.6 108 ratings
The Strokes genre: Rock
release date 2001-08-27 publisher: Bmg
可以说the Strokes是当代美国最出色的独立摇滚乐队之一。不过与绝大多数美国摇滚乐队不同的是,他们的音乐更多的带有英国摇滚乐的特点。纽约的许多成功的地下摇滚乐队对the Strokes在音乐道路上有着重要的影响,而朋克乐队Television和Iggy Pop的乐队对他们的音乐风格也产生了一定的影响,对于乐队核心Julian Casablancas而言,甲壳虫乐队的巨星John Lennon对他的影响则是无可替代的,这也基本上是乐队英国情结的根源,而他们在很年轻的时候最为崇拜的乐队也是来自英国。 the Strokes的几名成员很早的时候就是相互之间最好的朋友,乐队的雏形最早成立于1998年,Julian Casablancas的是一名模特公司老板的儿子,他和吉他手Nick Valensi,以及在上小学以前就已经开始练习敲鼓的鼓手Fabrizio Moretti一起参加了曼哈顿一家学校的活动。不久之后,缺乏贝司手的他们找到了Nikolai Fraiture,并且很快就把他吸引入队弥补了空缺。随后,来自洛杉矶的小Albert Hammond也被Julian Casablancas邀请加入了这支还没有名字的乐队,小Albert Hammond的父亲是老牌的歌手兼词曲作者Albert Hammond,老Albert Hammond还曾经在1987年获得过奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖的提名。1999年,Julian Casablancas的乐队正式把名字叫做the Strokes。 在the Strokes乐队成立之初,他们只能通过一些小型的演唱会来展示自己,他们在一些酒吧,俱乐部,夜总会演出。经过了将近两年的不稳定生活之后,他们已经在纽约的一定范围内有了比较大的名气。2001年对于the Strokes乐队是具有转折意义的一年,1月,Rough Trade唱片公司为他们发行了一张只有三手单曲组成的EP试音唱片《The Modern Age》,但是这张专辑居然出人意料的引起了相当大的关注,随后的签约争夺战中RCA唱片公司拿到了合约,the Strokes乐队的声名也通过8月27日在Rough Trade唱片公司发行的首张专辑《Is This It》的英国版迅速跃过了大西洋传到了英伦三岛上,并且取得了相当了得的成绩,但是唱片封面上,一只带着黑皮手套的手放在了一名裸露的女人臀部,因而在保守的英国引起了不小的争议。但是争议归争议,通过在英国场场门票售尽,歌迷爆满的巡演,the Strokes乐队在英国的拥趸数量与日俱增,他们开始成为一股强大的摇滚势力冲击着英国乐坛。9月25日,《Is This It》的美国版本才姗姗来迟,不过专辑封面倒是换成了相对“稳妥”的图案,同时由于专辑是在9·11事件发生仅仅两周之后发行,因而撤掉了原来英国版中3分36秒的单曲《New York City Cops(纽约城巡警)》而改为了2分57秒的单曲《When It Started》。经过大规模的全美巡演之后,音乐风格与众不同的the Strokes乐队逐渐发展为了美国最重要的乐队之一,他们的音乐不仅得到了乐迷们的追捧,跟难能可贵的是还得到了一向苛刻的评论界的大量的赞誉之辞,他们独特的音乐风格的到了一致的认可。 2002年,the Strokes乐队展开了贯通全年的漫长巡回演出,并且还和另一支有布鲁斯风格的独立摇滚乐队the White Stripes一起演出,经过巡演之后,乐队的影响力日益增大。进入2003年,着名的《滚石》杂志在10月底把the Strokes乐队作为了杂志的封面人物,一句标题“The new kings of rock cut loose”足以说明他们所取得的成就了。同时,the Strokes乐队也完成了他们倍受期待的第二张专辑《Room on Fire》的录制工作,2003年10月21日,第二张专辑《Room on Fire》正式发行。  --- 上述简介均来自网络
Listened
May 10, 2022
Loop了整整两周的小清新Post-punk。主唱唱出了大城市生活的琐事。专里的歌基本都围绕着受挫的关系,不算惊艳,但对话式的简单歌词和澎湃的旋律凸显出一种原始的能量。
专里最喜欢的"The Modern Age "像一头叛逆的大象,用坚实厚重的底鼓和浪潮般的吉他riff跺脚,而主唱却了无生趣地唱起 "Work hard and say it's easy/ Do it just to please me/ Tomorrow will be different/ So this is why I'm leaving”。好喜欢这些反差😭
The Strokes在两个极端之间找到了平衡:多愁善感和无精打采。歌词中任何的多愁善感都被主唱的冷漠所抵消,而他无精打采的表达被乐队狂热的演奏抵消.
usa indierock
AM
Douban
★ 8.7 166 ratings
Arctic Monkeys genre: Rock
release date 2013-09-09 publisher: Domino
Listened
May 19, 2022
3.75吧 好多样的一张专,啥风格都玩了. 没有特别喜欢的但都很耐听 (主要赢在alex turner的一把好嗓子上🥺
indierock 英国 punk 2013
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Douban Discogs
★ 8.4 121 ratings
Arctic Monkeys genre: Rock
release date 2007-04-23 publisher: Domino
While this sophomore release is unmistakably Arctic Monkeys, everything's a little more muscular and aggressive. Each song is embedded with revelatory moments, as if some sort of critical mass is achieved through skillful song craft and sharp arrangements until an explosive release of energy or emotion is inevitable. Arctic Monkeys have exceeded expectations with this record.
Bring 'em In
Douban
★ 9.0 29 ratings
Mando Diao genre: Rock
release date 2002-01-01 publisher: EMI
2003 debut on the Mute label from Sweden's Mando Diao. The band has toured with Hellacopters, Soundtrack Of Our Lives and Kent in their native Sweden. 12 fresh slabs of that Swedish garage punk that you've come to know & love.