How To Destroy A Relationship - The Servant

专辑名称：How To Destroy A Relationship

艺 术 家：The Servant

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：

发行日期：2006.9.26

专辑介绍：

惊艳并凌于整张专辑之上的一首《Hey Lou Reed》唤醒了我许久未曾出现亮光的内心！慵懒迷幻的开场，迷离而又血腥腥黏糊糊的嗓音之下拿捏的恰到好处的演唱，高亮清脆的结尾无处不在吸引我的神经。 既然是唱大名鼎鼎的Lou Reed，总有地方是跟他有关的。我便开始找寻Lou Reed的有关专辑，近期高度关注下。 这是The Servant的第二张专辑，之前的《The Servant》同名专辑并没有太过注意，自从那天从耳机里传出《Hey Lou Reed》的声音，我知道我错过了一支优秀的乐队。当时是跟The Killers、Oasis、My Chemical Romance一票大牌儿搁一块儿听的，从一堆Brit-Pop和Emo浑厚当中听出新鲜的Brit-Pop而且又是名气较小的乐队，立马觉得不只是大牌儿才能做出像样的歌曲的。 第一首的《How To Destroy A Relationship》很像今年的《Razorlight》。《Hey Do You Feel Good?》则是和《Hey Lou Reed》相像的缓慢节奏的抒情歌，前面铺垫做的很好，总是不经意的就引到了高潮处。总之The Servant这张《How To Destroy A Relationship》算得上是个性鲜明、印象深刻并且足以撑起我下半年音乐向导的专辑

专辑目录：

01. How To Destroy A Relationship

02. Sleep Deprivation

03. Hey Lou Reed

04. Save Me Now

05. Moonbeams

06. Brains

07. Hey Do You Feel Good?

08. (I Should Be Your) Girlfriend

09. I Wish I Could Stop Wishing For Things

10. On Your Knees Kid

11. Out Of Phase

Live in Amsterdam -- Blur 2003

专辑名称：《Live in Amsterdam》

艺 术 家：Blur

音乐类型：Band_Group/Brit-pop

唱片公司：n/a

发行日期：nov-10-2003

专辑介绍：

Blur是众多Stone Roses时期的英国乐队之一。风格属于迷幻的流行吉他（psuedo-psychedelic guitar-pop），只是没有嘈杂的吉他。随着90年代初期翻唱风的盛行，小组成为英国最受欢迎的乐队之一，并奠定其继the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who, the Jam, Madness, 和the Smiths之后英国的guitar-pop风格的继承人的地位。在这个过程中，小组创立了一种被称做Brit-pop的新的风格。乐队歪曲的歌词及对英国流行风格的准确把握使其成为了Brit-pop的领头人。但是Blur很快就几乎被运动限制住了；因为他们使最主要的乐队，所以当运动进行不下去时乐队也几乎支撑不下去了。通过一些混合了indie-rock和lo-fin的重新创作，在90年代末，作为一支art-pop乐队，Blur重新振作起来并在97年在美国取得了巨大的成功。不过乐队以前的风格还是在英国保留了下来。通过巧妙的为本国的流行风格注入新的元素，他们重新振兴了guitar-pop并将它带入了90年代。 Blur在1989年组建于伦敦，最初起名为Seymour. 经过了大量的演出并录制了一盘样带后，乐队签约于EMI的子公司--Food唱片，并在公司负责人的建议下将更名为Blur. 第一首单曲 "She's So High" 和随后的There's No Other Way 分别登上Top 50和Top Ten。这两首歌都被收录到首张专辑 Leisure 中。虽然这张专辑受到了赞许并未当时死气沉沉的曼彻斯特的流行乐坛带来了新鲜空气，一些记者仍然认为乐队是包装出来的青春偶像而不予理睬。在随后的两年中，Blur 一直在努力摆脱第一张专辑的影子。 在1992年推出的单曲 " Pop Scene " 是 Blur 第一次尝试改变他们的音乐路线。这首歌的风格更加朋克，曲调更加紧凑和吸引人。不过 Blur 在 " Pop Scene " 中的成长并不适合英美1992年的流行风格，因而遭受惨败。随着单曲在商业上的失败，Blur开始准备他们的第二张专辑Modern Life Is Rubbish。 经过了一年半的反复录制。Modern Life Is Rubbish在1993年五月推出. 秋季在美国上市。这张专辑在英国受到好评，最高排名15，但是仍然没能在美国引起反响。 Modern Life Is Rubbish是Blur出片史上的一次艰难旅程。在1994年四月，Parklife面市了。这张专辑排行榜首并使乐队迈入了演员的行列。新的舞曲风格的单曲"Girls and Boys"在英国登上了排行榜第五名，在美国为52名，而专辑则根本榜上无名。 随着Parklife的成功，Blur为英国的indie-guitar乐队开辟了一条道路。这些乐队（Oasis, Elastica, Pulp, the Boo Radleys, Supergrass, Gene, Echobelly, Menswear等）成为了英国90年代中期乐坛的主宰。在1995年初，Parklife获得三白金并成为了巨星。在95年上半年，乐队着手录制第四张专辑。并推出了选自专辑的新的单曲"Country House"。这是为了与其对手Oasis新推出的单曲“Roll with It"对抗。虽然他们赢了这场单曲大战。但并不是最终的赢家。在1996年初，Blur的新专辑The Great Escape只卖出了一点点。尤其是在其再一次的冲击美国市场失败之后，Blur成了过时货。而Oasis已经大获全胜。 面对媒体的不利宣传和公众的不支持, Blur在1996年初几乎解散.但是他们决定暂时离开闪光灯一年.在一年结束之后,Albarn宣布他不再对英国音乐感兴趣,而是迷上了美国的indie-rock.这些影响在Blur 的第五张专辑Blur中表现了出来.这张在1997年2月推出的专辑并没有在英国受到热烈欢迎. 专辑及其主打歌曲 "Beetlebum"一推出即登上了冠军的宝座,但是不久就迅速的下滑.因为小组的大部分听众并不完全接受他们的新形象.但是乐队改头换面的新形象为它在美国赢得了听众.在那里Blur受到热烈关注并开始走红起来.这在很大程度上归功于单曲 "Song 2"的走红.墙内开花墙外香,Blur在美国的成功最终又补给到了英国.到了1999年春天,专辑排名第13了.

专辑目录：

01. 20th century boy

02. good song

03. tender

04. caravan

05. out of time

Hooks On Tape - Two Shots Of Rye

专辑名称：Hooks On Tape

艺 术 家：Two Shots Of Rye

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：N/A

发行日期：2008年3月8日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. Eight-Nineteen

2. I'll Be Running My Whole Life

3. Don't Get Carried Away

4. Eastern Standard Time

5. We Are

6. Guess I Believed

7. A Coward's Lullaby

8. The Audience Will Someday Take The Stage

9. The Longing

10.Fall Back

11.The Perfect Alibi

12.You Make Me High

Jubilee - Ten Shekel Shirt

专辑名称：Jubilee

艺 术 家：Ten Shekel Shirt

音乐类型：Contemporary Pop, Rock

唱片公司：Rounder Records

发行日期：2008年8月19日

专辑语言：英语

相关介绍： Ten Shekel Shirt is a band with a message. Through two album releases, and a # 1 hit at Christian radio, lead singer/songwriter Lamont Hiebert has watched as his songs of revolution and rejuvenation have impacted listeners across the globe. But sometimes actions speak louder than words, and after hearing reports about child slavery and exploitation, Lamont had a life altering experience when he traveled to Southeast Asia and witnessed the sale of children first-hand. Not content to simply write songs about the issue, Lamont co- founded the organization Love 146 to help end child slavery and exploitation. Love 146 quickly gained national recognition for their work, earning the MySpace Impact Award for Social Justice, and they were named an "Agent of Change" by GQ magazine. Lamont's experiences as a modern day abolitionist are at the heart of many of the songs on Ten Shekel Shirt's new album Jubilee, easily the strongest album in the band's career. Though the album's songs deal with weighty subject matter, Lamont and Ten Shekel Shirt bring a strong message of hope throughout.

专辑曲目：

1. Jubilee

2. Surprised

3. Fragile

4. Spark

5. Higher Ground

6. En Garde

7. Wartime Lullaby

8. Love From A Lesser God

9. You Rescue

10. Daylight

11. It's Slavery

Doris Buzz And Friends - John Krane

专辑名称：Doris, Buzz and Friends

艺 术 家：John Krane

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：N/A

发行日期：2008年

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. Doris Buzz

2. Cal Ripken

3. I Lost My Life One Day

4. Shadow & Clementine

5. Political Campaign

6. The Story of the Japanese Bat Bomb

7. Q: Who Will Be The One To Save The World?

8. A: John Mayer

9. When The Cubs Lose

10. Sarah

Fennario - Emory Joseph

专辑名称：Fennario

艺 术 家：Emory Joseph

音乐类型：Folk/Rock

唱片公司：Iris Records Label

发行日期：2008年08月19日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. Sugaree

2. Ramble On Rose

3. Tennessee Jed

4. Black Peter

5. Mission In The Rain

6. It Must Have Been The Roses

7. Loose Lucy

8. New Speedway Boogie

9. Brown-Eyed Women

10. Loser

11. Bird Song

12. To Lay Me Down

Broken Hymns Limbs And Skin - Odeath

专辑名称：Broken Hymns, Limbs And Skin

艺 术 家：O'Death

音乐类型：Indie

唱片公司：City Slang

发行日期：2008年09月22日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目： 1. Lowtide

2. Fire On Peshtigo

3. Legs To Sin

4. Mountain Shifts

5. Vacant Moan

6. A Light That Does Not Dim

7. Grey Sun

8. Home

9. Leininger

10. Crawl Through Snow

11. Ratscars

12. On An Aching Sea

13. Angeline

14. Lean-To

Alternate Endings - Fightstar

专辑名称：Alternate Endings
艺 术 家：Fightstar
音乐类型：Rock/Progressive/Metal
唱片公司：Gut
发行日期：2008年08月11日
专辑语言：英语

相关介绍：
The Brit screamo phenomenon infamously featuring ex-Busted frontman Charlie Simpson follow up 2007's 'One Day Son, ThisWill All Be Yours' with this rarities compilation. IncludesB-sides from singles off both their full-lengths, a track from their rare debut EP, live acoustic session tracks, covers of Judas Priest, Deftones and Flaming Lips, and one brand new song. An eclectic collection, ranging from the tender tothe belligerent, from some of the UK's most accomplished practitioners of the genre.

专辑曲目：
1. Floods (Acoustic) Taken From Cm Radio 1 Session
2. Where's The Money Lebowski?
3. Waitin' For Superman - Taken From Cm Radio 1 Session
4. Amethyst
5. 99 (Acoustic) Taken From Cm Radio 1 Session
6. In Between Days
7. Shinji Ikari
8. Dark Star
9. Gracious
10. Fight For Us
11. Hold Out Your Arms
12. Nerv/Seele
13. Breaking The Law
14. Zihuatanejo

Asteria - Asteria

专辑名称：Asteria

艺 术 家：Asteria

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：Unsigned

发行日期：2008年8月19日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. I'll Get You My Pretty (And Your Little Dog Too)

2. Finding Love In A Bottle Of...

3. Hoods & Capers

4. Reach Out And Speak Out

5. Pop Fiction

6. Paper, Scissor, Stone

7. I'd Swear You Were Steam

8. A Tack On The Map

Builds Brand New - Sharks and Sailors

专辑名称：Builds Brand New

专辑艺人：Sharks and Sailors

语 言：英语

音乐类别：Indie

发行公司：Sharks and Sailors

发行时间：2008年08月01日

相关介绍：

Postrock, stoner metal and indie all in one cd. Incredible band. They did a U.S. tour with Red Sparowes last year. "S&S have watched Houston change over the years, and Builds Brand New chronicles their observations...when instant gratification seems to be society's default setting ?whether in music, architecture, etc ?it's refreshing to see there are people willing to take the time to get things just right" -Brigitte B. Zabak, Houston Press Feature

专辑曲目：

01. Thrill

02. Builds Brand New

03. Terminal Lesson

04. Cliffs

05. Fix Your Radar

06. Rickshaw

07. Metes And Bounds

08. Hello Sister

09. In The Sandbox

10. Condor

Bluebird - Brian Wright And The Waco Tragedies

专辑名称：Bluebird

艺 术 家：Brian Wright And The Waco Tragedies

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：Break Out Music

发行日期：2008年

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

01. Over And Again

02. Morning Cigarettes

03. Former Queen Of Spain

04. Mrs. Rosenthal

05. High School Drugs

06. Boy With No Name

07. Sophia

08. Your Brother, The Poet

09. Glory Hallelujah

10. Adeline

11. Central Park

12. War On Wilcox

13. Bluebird

14. Neighborhood

Dark Shades Of Blue - Xavier Rudd

专辑名称：Dark Shades of Blue

艺 术 家：Xavier Rudd

音乐类型：Indie

唱片公司：Anti

发行日期：2008年8月19日

专辑语言：英语

相关介绍： This record is a balance of darkness and light, thanks in no small part to the studio presence of Joe Barresi, the man behind the sonics of Tool and Queens Of The Stone Age. For years, audiences have swooned and swayed to the dark throb of Rudd's live shows, the pulsing low-end of the Australian didgeridoo, and the biting drone of his slide guitar - now "Dark Shades Of Blue" captures that visceral presence with Rudd's guitar and vocals at their most heavy and psychedelic. Fans of Tool will embrace the new sound, while the fan base Xavier has built touring with Dave Matthews and Ben Harper will be amazed at how the new album captures his live performance.

专辑曲目：

01. Blackwater

02. Dark Shades of Blue

03. Secrets

04. GUKU

05. Edge of the Moon

06. This World As We Know It

07. Shiver

08. Uncle

09. Up In Flames

10. Hope That You'll Stay

11. Home

From Acid To Zen - Bigbang

专辑名称：From Acid to Zen

艺 术 家：Bigband

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：Oglio Records

发行日期：2008年9月9日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

01. Early December

02. Wild Bird

03. The One

04. Saturn Freeway

05. Hurricane Boy

06. My First Time

07. Savior Soul

08. From A Distance

09. Wherever You Are

10. From Acid To Zen

11. Where The World Comes To An End

Circus Money - Walter Becker

专辑名称：Circus Money

艺 术 家：Walter Becker

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：Mailboat Records

发行日期：2008年7月10日

专辑语言：英语

相关介绍： The bassist, quieter of the Steely Dan duo, who appears nothing like the rock icon he is, has waited 14 years to do his second solo album apart from the hugely successful jazz-tinged rock duo. You get a dozen tunes - mostly collaborations of Becker and his album producer cohort Larry Klein. Some of the above sidemen are only heard on one or two tunes; Goldings’ B-3 aids the rockin’ rhythm of Downtown Canon - his only participation. The lyrics are hip, sardonic and often conjure up a whole special story or scenario with just a few well-chosen phrases. Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore is a wonderful creation based on the Britishism "Bob's Your Uncle;" it creates the sad nostalgia you feel when seeing a place you enjoyed in its heyday but which is now decrepit. The title tune, however, is not sardonic - it’s about a little kid saving up pennies to go see the circus. Becker is evidently hung up on reggae, and that special rhythm infuses many of the tunes. I don’t care for it, but like one of Monty Alexander’s Telarc jazz albums, he has smoothly incorporated the rhythm into some very attractive tunes.

专辑曲目：

1. Door Number Two

2. Downtown Canon

3. Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore

4. Upside Looking Down

5. Paging Audrey

6. Circus Money

7. Selfish Gene

8. Do you Remember The Name

9. Somebody s Saturday Night

10. Darkling Down

11. Gods Eye View

12. Three Picture Deal

Mount Hope - Pygmy Lush

专辑名称：Mount Hope

艺 术 家：Pygmy Lush

音乐类型：Indie

唱片公司：Lovitt Records

发行日期：2008年

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. Asphalt

2. No feeling

3. Dead Don't Pass

4. God Condition

5. Red Room Blues

6. Mount Hope

7. Frozen Man

8. Hard To Swallow

9. Concrete Mountain

10. Butch's Dream

11. Dreams Are Class

12. Tumor

Are We All Forgotten - Paper Route

专辑名称：Are We All Forgotten (EP)

艺 术 家：Paper Route

音乐类型：Indie

唱片公司：Low Altitude Records

发行日期：2008年7月8日

专辑语言：英语

相关介绍： The most shocking thing about Are We All Forgotten, the perky little EP from the Nashville quartet Paper Route, is the label that’s daring to release it. Apparently, Universal Motown didn’t get the memo that, as Eminem once bluntly put it, nobody listen to techno. Their “mistake,” as it were, is our gain, because this is one nifty collection of ambient electronic pop. The title song is the clear standout, armed with a skittery drum track and more jangly guitar than that entire La’s album. Lead singer Chad Howat’s tenor has a bit of Carl Newman to it at times, notably on “Empty House,” and the band is keen to balance the earnestness of the lyrics with plenty of ‘hoo hoos’ and ‘ha has.’ Gorgeous stuff. Looking forward to the full-length album.

专辑曲目：

1. American Clouds

2. Are We All Forgotten

3. Empty House

4. You Kill Me

5. Waiting For The Final Leaf To Fall

Do Or Die - Eureka Machines

专辑名称：Do Or Die

艺 术 家：Eureka Machines

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：Wrath

发行日期：2008年2月1日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. Scream Eureka.

2. Being Good Is Okay (But Being Better's Better).

3. The Story Of My Life.

4. Red Wine Smile.

5. Everyone Loves You.

6. Going Down.

7. She Sings To Me.

8. The One Who Wouldn't Change You.

9. Do Or Die.

10. Yeah, I Feel Lucky.

11. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel.

The Glass Passenger - Jacks Mannequin

专辑名称：The Glass Passenger

艺 术 家：Jack's Mannequin

音乐类型：Rock

唱片公司：Sire Records

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目：

1. The Resolution

2. Spinning

3. Swim

4. American Love

5. What Gets You Off?

6. Crashing

7. Annie Use Your Telescope

8. Suicide Blonde

9. Drop Out - The So Unknown

10.Lullaby

11.Bloodshot

12.Orphans

13.Caves

Come Sweet Bullets - The Daisycutters

专辑名称：Come Sweet Bullets

艺 术 家：The Daisycutters

音乐类型：Indie/Pop/Rock

唱片公司：Handsome Devil Records

发行日期：2008年8月16日

专辑语言：英语

相关介绍：

The Daisycutters - a quartet responsible for some of the most 'hummable' tunes to come out of QLD in the last decade- are poised to release their 3rd album, considered by many to be their best work to date! Recorded by good friend Darren Middleton of Powderfinger at his own studio in Brisbane, the new album reflects a refining and maturing of the band's sound. The album draws from many classic influences and expands the band's ever growing musical palette with a liberal splashing of piano, organ and vintage mellotron added into the mix.

专辑曲目：

01. Your Place Or Mine

02. I Dont Want To Be Who You Are 03. It Looks Like Ill Be Going Home Alone Again Tonight 04. Come Around

05. You Break It You Buy It

06. Someone Else Will Watch You Sleep Tonight

07. A Little Assembly Required

08. I Love You

09. If Today Was A Movie Id Be Slashing The Seats 10. Leave Me As You Found Me

11. Like They Do On TV

12. We Used To Be Lovers

13. Priceless

Madam Owl - Jeff Hanson

专辑名称：Madam Owl

艺 术 家：Jeff Hanson

音乐类型：Pop/Indie

唱片公司：Kill Rock Stars

发行日期：2008年8月19日

专辑语言：英语

专辑曲目： 1. Night

2. Your Only Son

3. If Only I Knew

4. Maryann

5. Nothing Would Matter At All

6. I Don't Quite Remember

7. Careful

8. The Last Thing I'll Do

9. Wrong Again

10. No Never Mine

11. The Hills

12. This Friend Of Mine