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Erik Enocksson - With Its Dark Tail Curled ‘Round The Garage 01. Electricity 02. The Flames 03. (I) 04. Think of Me as The Sea 05. The State The Sea Left Her In 06. (II) 07. Skinnskatteberg 08. The Dark Skinnskatteberg by Erik Enocksson “crystal clear and timeless music, filled with enchanting grace” “The piano ballad ‘Skinnskatteberg’ finds Enocksson sounding a little like Neil Young, his distressed, Americanised accent capturing just the right level of mournfulness.” boomkat Même label que Misophone. Je ne l’avais écouté que 2-3 fois et je n’y suis revenu que récemment, par hasard, et bien m’en a pris !
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Evening Hymns - Spirit Guides (2009) 1. Lanterns 2. Dead Deer 3. Mtn. Song 4. Mazinaw Lake 5. Broken Rifle 6. Tumultuous Sea 7. Cedars 8. November 1st, 2008, Lakefield, Ontario 9. History Books Evening Hymns - Dead Deer by evening hymns “All throughout, the surprising guitars, the understated Arcade Fire intensity of the string, horn, and organ arrangements, and the enviable pop instincts give Spirit Guides an unassuming sophistication that is rare, infectious, and refreshing.” torontoist “Bonetta has crafted a truly stunning collection of songs that linger long after the last one has played.” sound proof “Impeccable de bout en bout, on ne voit pas vraiment ce qui viendrait enrayer la belle mécanique de cet album. Du bonheur du début à la fin, des morceaux lumineux qui savent ne pas en faire trop et savamment dosés font de Spirit Guides un disque qui se savoure pleinement. […] Spirit Guides restera probablement ce genre de petit bijou ignoré du grand public mais ceux qui s’en sont rendus acquéreurs ne se rendent peut-être pas compte de la chance qu’ils ont.” liability
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Shearwater - Rook (2008) 01. On The Death Of The Waters 02. Rooks 03. Leviathan, Bound 04. Home Life 05. Lost Boys 06. Century Eyes 07. I Was A Cloud 08. South Col 09. The Snow Leopard 10. The Hunter’s Star Shearwater - The Snow Leopard by The Muse In Music “Shearwater has magnificently outdone itself. Not only is Rook destined to be named one of 2008’s favorites, but it could be one of the best albums for years to come. Sure, some of the subject matter is dark, but great beauty can arise from darkness, and Rook is among the most achingly beautiful things ever recorded.” pop matters “One must merely peek at the cover for a hint of the beautifully unsettling ambiguity that lies therein. […] Beneath that mysterious image lies an album of immeasurable beauty and of allegorical terror. […] every note and every word of those 35 minutes is so meticulously plucked, sung and crafted that it’s nearly flawless in its execution, but dark enough to haunt long after the music has stopped.” treble zine “un grand album de folk-rock investigateur, empreint de lyrisme exalté. […] un édifice imposant. Pour l’auditeur, il faudra d’abord lentement observer les contours de son architecture, l’appréhender avant de rentrer de plein pied dedans, cela afin de mieux s’y perdre. La charge émotionnelle n’en sera que plus grande. Ces disques-là ne s’apprivoisent pas.” pinkushion “Tous les ingrédients sont là pour faire place à un disque grandiose, digne des plus grandes perles de pop moderne et lyrique. […] Après une quarantaine de minutes, Rook s’avère être une pièce de génie, probablement la meilleure que le groupe ait réalisé à ce jour. La musique n’avait jamais aussi bien pris son sens.” indie pop rock Je défie quiconque de bien constitué de ne pas vouloir en entendre plus après avoir vu cette vidéo.
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Gintis - Happy Drunken Accidents (2006) 01. Scribblings Siblings 02. Tamaulipas 03. Wonderfull Show 04. Don’t Get All Weird On Me 05. Chatney’s Loss 06. Gentleman Jim 07. Anna Don’t Know 08. Chatney’s Gain 09. Summer’s A’ Callin’ 10. People Defiant Gintis - People Defiant by roucoulade ♪ If you know your history then you’ll steer clear of meI’m a drinking, smoking good-for-nothing liar and a thiefOh I ain’t never been to jail cause I’m still on the runI’m halfway across the interstate with a fully loaded gun ♪ “L’album se termine sur le titre “People Defiant” le petit bijou de cet album définitivement déboussolant. Déboussolant dans le sens où, l’on aime à se laisser porter, à se laisser surprendre par la diversité des compositions, on y retourne inlassablement et le CD tourne en boucle” xsilence “Carl Gintis is a master of the bittersweet sentiment that appeals to the melancholy nature of folks […] To be honest this record is so strong lyrically that it’s hard to settle on favourite lines […] Beautiful art and music is made in the darkest of places and Rhyl (where the Gintis boys hail from) has long outlived any seaside charm if it ever had any. […] The album closes with the mighty “People Defiant” - a song written by drummer Joe Gintis. It’s a masterpiece of a song that’s crammed with ideas and it’ll remind you of so many things. […] There’s a feeling you get when you find a band who’s music you love, and it’s based on the knowledge that there’s yet another thing in life to look forward too. That sometime in the future, be it months or years - a new record will appear and you’ll walk home from the store and tear off the plastic wrapper and slide the disc into the tray [or grab it on the Internet]” Ben Clay
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You Say Party! We Say Die! - Hit The Floor! (2005) 01. (Overture) 02. Cold Hands! Hot Bodies! 03. Stockholm Syndrome Part One 04. Stockholm Syndrome Part Two 05. You Did It!; 06. The Gap (Between The Rich And The Poor) 07. Midnight Snack 08. Love In The New Millenium (Your Pants My Couch) 09. Jazz Crabs 10. Rise 11. He! She! You! Me! They! We! Us! Ok! 12. Don’t Wait Up You Say Party! We Say Die! - The Gap (Between The Rich And The Poor) by roucoulade ♪ We’re gonna take ‘em down in numbers one by one! ♪ “une merveille de post-punk des années 00, alliant la rage d’un rock primal et jouissif, l’enthousiasme d’une disco préhistorique et envoûte à la façon d’une électro minimaliste et acoustique. L’album est homogène dans son intensité, les morceaux s’enchaînent à un rythme envoûtant. L’urgence est palpable et les points d’exclamation quasi omniprésents dans les titres des chansons et dans le nom du groupe se justifient. Mais au travers de cette énergie brute transpire comme une mélancolie qui transporte l’auditoire vers des contrées poétiques, ce qui, décidément, semble être une marque de fabrique de la scène indé canadienne […] YSP!WSD! sont des écorchés vifs, mais des irradiés mus par un optimisme et une joie débordants et communicatifs. Beauté lyrique et énergie rock’n’roll paroxysmique, à l’orée de l’orgasme neuronal. […] un des grands disques de 2006.” xsilence “The songs are all better than their titles, I swear.” pitchfork (7.3/10)
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Mr Hudson & The Library - A Tale Of Two Cities (2007) 1.01. On The Streets Where You Live 1.02. Brave The Cold 1.03. Too Late, Too Late 1.04. Everything Happens To Me 1.05. Cover Girl 1.06. 2 x 2 1.07. Bread + Roses 1.08. Ask The DJ 1.09. Picture Of You 1.10. One Specific Thing 1.11. Ghosts 1.12. Upon The Heath Mr Hudson & The Library - Everything Happens To Me by onurcocugu “A Tale Of Two Cities could have been the album Mike Skinner would have made if he had been privately educated, had learnt to play instruments and had a penchant for Radio 2. […] With the current swarm of guitar-toting bands filling the masses’ collective conscious, Mr Hudson and the Library provide a refreshing and welcome alternative that will hopefully be noted as one of the better debut albums of 2007.” click music
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Roommate - We Were Enchanted (2007) 01. Day After 02. We Were Enchanted 03. Way Out 04. New Steam 05. Tea Leaves 06. Last Dreams Of Summer 07. Night (Rhombus cover) 08. Isn’t Radio Roommate - We Were Enchanted by roucoulade “C’est l’histoire d’un groupe, comme il en existe tant d’autres et qui un jour se retrouve touché par la grâce.” indie rock mag “The songs build and grow, only collapsing just before they’ve reached their zenith; it’s a living, breathing work, one that develops and grows with the passage of time and with the listener, a complete but not completed picture, leaving room for interpretation and exploration and all the other things that make truly good music so lasting, and one that makes We Were Enchanted such a compelling release.” all music guide
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Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals (2007) 01. Sunrise 02. Wait For The Summer 03. 2080 04. Germs 05. Ah,Weir 06. No Need To Worry 07. Forgiveness 08. Wait For The Wintertime 09. Many Waves 10. Worms 11. Red Cave Yeasayer by We Are Free “C’est le genre de groupe qui à la première écoute vous botte pas des masses, y’a un son qui cloche et pourtant c’est plus fort que vous, vous insistez, écoutez l’album en entier, repassez les ‘morceaux tubes’, découvrez qu’en fait ils sont tous géniaux, et voilà vous êtes fans, les réticences du début sont souvent bons signes, elles indiquent que vos oreilles ne s’étaient pas aventurées par là, un son nouveau, un groupe génial […] des mecs bourrés de talents et d’une simplicité déconcertante, c’est visuellement très beau, les voix gospel s’accouplent avec une énergie solaire.” xsilence “It may just be me but it feels like it’s been a good couple of years since an album has come along that, on first listen, can portend a paradigm shift in the musical firmament. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Yeasayer’s debut All Hour Cymbals is an astonishing album, arriving seemingly from out of nowhere, fully formed and heralding such a shift. We’re clearly dealing with something very,_ very_ special here. The opening three tracks – ‘Sunrise’, ‘Wait for the Sun’ and ‘2080’ are as strong a trio of tracks as those heard on Arcade Fire’s Funeral back at the tail end of 2005 […] ‘2080’, released earlier this year as a single, is perhaps the album’s key track; it’s as perfect a pop song […] There’s something within this album that’s been missing recently in many releases: the ‘swing’. It’s not so much a soulful shake of the hips, or a hackneyed clumsy toss of the funk; more a joyful recognition of what is possible musically, as Yeasayer seem to have dispensed with the handbook and decided it’s a new day.” drowned in sound
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Ramona Falls - Intuit (2009) 01. Melectric 02. I Say Fever 03. Clover 04. Russia 05. Going Once, Going Twice 06. Salt Sack 07. Boy Ant 08. Always Right 09. The Darkest Day 10. Bellyfulla 11. Diamond Shovel Ramona Falls - I Say Fever by souterraintransmissions © Rod - Le HibOO © Rod - Le HibOO © Rod - Le HibOO they shoot music they shoot music “Intuit est un album indispensable en tous points, et propose une définition inédite de la beauté.” la quenelle culturelle “No matter how many albums I review, starting another one is always difficult. So much time and effort went into crafting and producing the particular sonic artifact under consideration that I want to make sure I give it due respect, regardless of how far along in one direction or another it falls on that mythic love-hate critical continuum. Commencing to write this particular review, however, has proved particularly elusive, daunting even. I’ve been listening to Brent Knopf’s new project, under the name Ramona Falls, over and over lately. I’ve long appreciated Knopf’s work in Menomena, and have been looking forward to this release since I first learned of the project’s existence. When I heard that the couple who own my local record store had a copy, I burned with an envy I’d not previously known I was capable of; when I finally received a download of the album from Barsuk Records to listen to for this review, I stopped what I was working on immediately and started listening to it without delay. And then I found I couldn’t stop listening to it, even when it was time to give one last listen to other albums I needed to write about. At first, each successive spin was to get to know the album, Intuit, better, particularly since on each previous listen I’d discovered something new and wonderful that I’d missed on the previous visits. At a certain point, however, clicking play on track one yet another time became about something else. There is so much going on in this record that I felt the need to keep going back, to try to train my brain to listen for more than one thing at a time. Each time, though, I’d fail, instead becoming preoccupied with something specific, something small and discreet and perfect, and forget my master plan for conquering this record. By this point, I’ve probably listened to Intuit two dozen times, maybe even three dozen – far more than I usually listen to any other album I write about, especially considering I’ve only had my copy of it for not yet a full week. (See? I told you I was bordering on obsessive with it.) After each listen – and at many points during – I find myself thinking one thought, over and again: Brent Knopf’s brain works in ways I wish mine did. This is an album made for headphones, for rooms without windows so you can react instinctively, physically, without sheepishness blowing the spontaneity. As diverse and wide-ranging as Intuit is, there are a few common musical strands that link track to track. Most songs begin with subtlety, a spirit that is nearly always displaced with fury, which rages and rocks until the song abruptly ends and the cycle begins anew. I’m comfortable with that description … mostly. The beauty of this album is so outlandish that I don’t feel quite right using a word like “fury.” It feels too violent, too negative to fit the gorgeousness of Knopf’s creation. Still, the feeling that comes back, again and again, is fury. There is a purposeful, palpable demon in this music, and you can’t get away from it.” citizen dick Plus accessible que le groupe Menomena, ce projet parallèle de Brent Knopf (dernière photo) peut se réécouter encore et encore sans lasser et jamais cesser de renouveler le plaisir de l’écoute, tant le disque est riche.