Nine Types of Light

TV on the Radio has its new album about! Nine Types of Light.

Not so sure if it has the musical richness it had in its previous albums.

The Magni-feist-ant

In the documentary "Look at What the Light Did Now", you see that Feist is on top of everything, and the way everybody else is describing her indicated that her crew is fond of her, happy with her. Feist (or "Les" as she is called by the crew) is consistent and determined about what she wants, however not obstinate, carefully examines every suggestion, as she says , she likes to form the art work through sharing her ideas with other artists. She does not like being exposed on stage, so the lights are dim. And she starts working with a light performer - which I thought was very creative. The artist and the idea itself is novel. And she does not want to be on the cover of her album, so she and the photographer finds the middle in putting her siloutte on the album. And although one of the musicians says he can play all the instruments for her and although he thinks this is the easiest way, she does not change her mind about making up a group of musicians who all contribute. They all live in the same studio for quite some time, which can be seen as a bit of a craze.

The documentary shows clearly how the musicians, producers, graphic artists, directors work together to put up all the art behind every music project. I dont think every artist spends so much time on innovating something new, by challenging the limits of creation as Feist does. She seems truly in the idea of art, production and creation.

She was able to take me all the way to her own world of creation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0qU5WSew&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=MLGxdCwVVULXewO_w_gBpdoRNA9hLpajKq

The king of all times

Radiohead's new album 'The King of Limbs' does not present anything novel when you think back to their last two albums 'In Rainbows' and 'Hail to the Thief'. However still their sound is 'sound' and lyrics are intriguing.

Well we had been waiting for it for long.. Here is a tip to reach to the full album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4xhsYvU2g

The Hidden Orchestra

Having Joe Achison, a highly creative musician with a solid background, as their core value in the band, The Hidden Orchestra undersigns jazzy chill out music pieces with electronic and sometimes folk tunes. Not having any lyrics, it makes it easier to listen to it without getting distracted easily. I am attracted to their tunes especially as a result of their jazz rhythms they add to their music without suppressing the other elements in their tunes.

On January 11, they will be playing in Babylon, Istanbul.

To get a sense of what I am describing: http://www.myspace.com/hiddenorchestra

"Loch Lomond"

In 2007, in Botanique (Brussels), I have seen "the Decemberist's" playing with "My Brightest Diamond" and "My Brightest Diamond" was dreadfully painful. The good news is that "Decemberist" found "Loch Lomond" afterwards because they toured with "the Decemberists" in late 2008.

Well, Loch Lomond describes its music as "sounding like birds, bears, blood banks, ticks, volcanoes, mountains, scabs, and lots of singing", which i find a description to be as close to reality as possible. A video of them for you to decide yourself "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAWPLdV3H8".

Their latest album is yet to come next month in February.

True Panther Sounds

Glasser's sound of the second album does not really match the feeling its name, True Panther Sounds, suggests. Rather the beat is closer to being more monotone. Though the vocals have capturing twists in some parts. It suits me well when I have to focus on work I tend to avoid for some time, the monotone beat gets me to concentrate while the unexpected vocals keep me awake. "Apply" is somewhat ambitious, and is my favorite in the album, has versions for people who likes to listen to variations.

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear goes down to fun corners of small experimentalization with its 3rd Album Veckatimest. Although, Two Weeks reminds me of a car commercial showing a sporty shiny car gradually going by the cliffs and although it made me check whether the song is used in a car commercial or not, it does have a moving sound with jumping piano chords and contemplating vocals.

The album stands a step ahead of others in adding a bit of crisp electro beats and genre mixtures to it. Definitely makes their music more tasteful..

François and the Atlas Mountains

françois. discovered the "one voice in the noise". the progressive piano melodies supported by Arcade Fire-like rhythms. definitely one to watch for.

http://www.myspace.com/francoisinbristol

Voca People

A-mazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSMCKNkKyFA

up and up with melodic steps

how to incorporate art into every day life of every walking citizen. how to lower the barrier of art and offer an alternative to the mediocrity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP-eXxOpQU8

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird whistles away the already known tunes of folk rock.
He played in the château room of The PuKKelPOP festival (which is all another story with 8 stages, astonishing the audience, poor audience had to plan every bit not to miss anything and even then there would alway be something being missed.) The atmosphere was an indoors tent, making the tension between us and The Bird more intense. It started raining and luckily there was a leakage just in front of the stage. Seeing the Bird through a thin curtain of raindrops was fantastic. The twin gramaphones turning irregularly on his stage add to the suspense. Does anybody know are they for decoration or just one of Bird's eccentric instruments?
He runs on the stage from the glockenspiel to his guitar and to his violin.He dips his violin and his whistles in each of his songs to drag his folk music to somewhere different. somewhere where you forget to blink. Fitz and Dizzyspells is only one example of many of the magnificant ways he combines them both.
In the coming months Andrew Bird will be touring in the U.S.

Team B

As Kelly Pratt came up with the B Team project, he pulled together his strings tying him to Beirut, Arcade Fire and finalizing the knot with LCD Soundsystems. One cannot say he blended each and every influence he experienced in the last two years while he has been touring around with Arcade Fire and Beirut, since you can pick out which band he was influenced from for each song in the B Team album. "No Purchase Necessary" bounces between LCD Soundsystem and the harsh rhythms of Arcade Fire, whereas "Mystery Man" and "My Papa Waltz" create the expectation to hear Zach Condon in the background form the first note on. Whatever the mess, the outcome is definitely rhapsodic. And Kelly Pratt is definitely a one to watch for.

http://www.myspace.com/teambnyc