英伦流行乐队Florence + The Machine第二张录音是大碟FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE已经在之前的全英音乐奖颁奖礼（Brit Awards）上赢得了专业乐评人选出的“最佳新星奖”。这支由唱作型女歌手Florence Welch领军，由其他多位音乐人担任其背景乐队的电子组合，在2008年推出他们的首支单曲《Kiss with a Fist》开始，就已经在英国乐坛掀起了一阵不小的波澜。

Debate Team is an indie-pop/rock band hailing from Los Angeles, California. Singer Ryan McNeill enlisted the musical prowess and star-power of guitarist Drew Brown (OneRepublic), drummer Dan Konopka (OK Go), bassist Bob Morris (The Hush Sound), and keyboardist Adam James to transform his songs into high-energy power-pop gems with catchy hooks and swelling, noisy guitars. Ryan, a native of Oklahoma, moved to Los Angeles in 2003 and began working on material with friend and roommate Drew Brown. Sharing a passion for Elvis Costello, Queen, the Flaming Lips, and ‘90s Britpop, Ryan and Drew began working on music together and quickly amassed a collection of DIY home recordings. Just as their thrown-together “band” began to find its own identity, Drew’s other project, OneRepublic, scored a massive radio hit. World tours, talk show appearances and champagne baths beckoned for Drew, putting Debate Team on hiatus for the better part of two years. However, in 2009 Debate Team was resuscitated after a chance meeting between Ryan and Dan Konopka. Ryan overheard Dan at a pool party talking about his experience recording with Dave Fridman, legendary producer of the Flaming Lips, MGMT and Weezer. “I told Dan about this music Drew and I had worked on and asked him if he ever had any interest in playing drums on a side project. I gave him a CD, but honestly didn’t think anything would come of it. I was surprised when he called me the next day saying he really dug the songs and wanted to play with us.” Around this time, Bob Morris of the Hush Sound and Adam James moved to LA from Chicago to round out the roster of this newly revived collective. Capitalizing on their momentum, they immediately booked studio time to bang out the band’s first EP. According to Ryan, “Some of these songs, we had never played all together as a band prior to going into the studio. Dan had never even heard the song ‘Leave,’ which we recorded as an afterthought at the end of the last day. I just explained the song’s structure to him and he improvised the perfect recording on the first take. The songs on this EP definitely reflect this excitement and haphazard spontaneity.” In many ways, Debate Team has developed into a creative outlet for its members, enabling them to explore music that might not make sense in their established bands. Although the sound of Debate Team isn’t necessarily identifiable by its member’s other bands, fans of these bands will appreciate Debate Team’s unabashed pop sensibility and universally infectious melodies.

「於是我感覺到完整，和我的赤子在一起，分享著100%的生活。
我找到解藥，那就是愛的擁抱，不容妥協，也不會被打敗，我感到完整，這份力量讓我繼續向前。
「前進一點，就又會有希望，這就是活著的爽！」每個人與他的赤子如此約定。
盤腿坐在沙發上，有時候我唱，有時候赤子唱，這些歌分享內心滿滿的快樂與希望。」
這張專輯，從 剖析、自嘲、憤怒、甚至幽默的意識形態裡，帶著復古情懷性格，唱出甜美的現代寓言。
萱萱+100%樂團，裝扮著70復古，內藏雌雄同體的中性靈魂，引領你喚回一個沒有性別、赤真赤誠，你遺忘已久的自己─赤子。
70年代濃縮著他們的童年，直至成人，70年代留下的影像、音樂、氣氛，流在血和靈魂裡；曾深深的被迷幻搖滾吸引，萱萱卻對木匠兄妹主唱Karen Carpenter甜美而悲傷的歌聲無法忘懷……
希望的本身可以是悲傷的，當然，絕望的境地也能看見歡樂。
快樂、生命的本質，解藥、救贖，反覆的經歷之後，萱萱+100%樂團，認為將這段經歷分享出來，是他們藉著音樂應該告訴大家的事。

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......