「要是你喜歡Sarah Records，喜歡簡單而清新的吉他音樂，或是陽光充沛的早上，甚至是繁星滿天的晚上。我想，你也會喜歡Club 8。」－－香港《MCB音樂雜誌》
如果說The Field Mice的首支單曲Emma's House，是啟發Club 8團員Johan拿起吉他彈起鍵琴，玩起獨立流行曲式的開端，那取自同名專輯的She Lives By The Water，便是自己重新認識Club 8的契機，尤其是樂團經過約兩年的沉潛。無疑地，Club 8早不見Nouvelle首張專輯時的青澀，在幾首Johan自認最喜愛的曲子當中，除了A Place In My Heart，其它像She Lives By Water、Love In December和Falling From Grace, Johan如大師般地計算製作，在曲子外衣上著了一層又一層朦朧水色，漫出柔如絲綢般地電音質感。
還是要聽聽Club 8的爵士流行招牌，到底成熟了多少。Boyfriends Stay放緩腳步的Bossa，與封面Karolina甜甜淺睡的面容映照，外頭的陽光催眠似地遙遠；短短50秒的兩首，London和I Don't Need Anyone，木吉他簡單地撩撥，學足偶像Blueboy，而Johan和Karolina則有默契地各唱一首。Hope For Winter從樂器裡出來的所有聲音，都像在雪地上輕輕印上雪痕，讓人打從心底裡伴著舒服。Club 8的專輯總是配合季節發行，第一張Nouvelle在夏天，第二張The Friend I Once Had在秋天，這張Club 8在冬天，最新的Spring Came，Rain Fall在春天，彷彿刻意安排的巧合，量身訂作各季節的心情；而Club 8也伴著自己，記錄了6年成長點滴。

熟悉的民谣创作才女新作品，也是将近4年的时间了。早前官网已经提供试听了新专辑曲目My Name is Trouble，Keren的声音总是那么委婉优雅，许多照片的拍摄同样也是相当有意境。清新绵绵的吐音总是给人感觉相当舒适。当然Keren绝大多数的歌曲都是以慢节拍的优美曲调为主旋律。新专辑中不乏清新跳跃的小调，但大部分还是给我感觉一贯的伤感情愫。

Singer/songwriter Keren Ann Zeidel, who records under the name Keren Ann, was born in Israel in 1974 to a Dutch-Javanese mother & a Russian-Israeli father. She garners favorable comparisons to Francoise Hardy, Portishead, Beth Orton, & Dido. This Aussie twofer combines her 2001 debut, 'La Biographie De Luka' (13 tracks), with its 2002 followup 'La Disparition' (11 tracks). Two standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. EMI. 2002.

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法国乐坛最受瞩目的民谣才女。美妙的轻声细语，犹如易碎的水晶玻璃，仿若湿润夏季里轻凉的山泉。
KEREN ANN的声音很干净，几乎可以听见鼻音，看到她那张忧郁的脸 ，会不自然的跟着她一起伤感。她的英文和法文的歌听起来都很舒服，有人说她迷人她却让人看到的是她的忧郁。
在发表了Not Going Anywhere（守候）与Nolita（诺莉塔）两张大受好评的专辑后，这位穿梭与纽约与巴黎之间的香颂女伶获得了来自世界各地对于她作品的肯定与赞美。重新回到录音室后，凯伦安对过去的作品做了一次彻底的回顾。“目前最大的挑战就是把所有的东西都配上音乐”她说。
凯伦安注定是个迷人的女子，复杂的身世血统、成长于以色列、足迹踏过荷兰，最终落脚法国，散发着浓厚法兰西雅致气息。这张最新的同名专辑《凯伦安》也随她走遍了世界各地，仿佛是她的私人日记，有的歌曲创作于冰岛，有的则灵感来自洛杉矶、巴黎、纽约亦或以色列。每到一处，凯伦安都会踏进当地的录音棚，吸取不同的各地独特元素来融入她的创作。
“一首好听的歌曲如果只有歌者的声音与吉他声，那真的是太难了。但我还是希望这张专辑中有这种类型的音乐，不过我还想要有我自己的天地，既有大合唱的部分，也有那有趣的打击乐出现。我希望运用所有的声音元素，然后让他们在我的意识下天马行空。那感觉就好象是在声音上绘画。”Keren Ann这样来形容她的最新同名专辑《凯伦安》 。

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lady Gaga announced today that she will release The Fame Monster, a re-package of her 4 million-selling album The Fame. The album will include the entire breakthrough album The Fame, along with eight entirely new songs. The Fame Monster (Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope Records), deals with the seamier side of fame, as experienced by Gaga over the course of her last history-making year. The new version will be released on November 24, 2009.
Says Lady Gaga, "On my re-release The Fame Monster, I wrote about everything I didn't write on The Fame. While traveling the world for two years, I've encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record: my 'Fear of Sex Monster,' my 'Fear of Alcohol Monster,' my 'Fear of Love Monster,' my 'Fear of Death Monster,' my 'Fear of Loneliness Monster,' etc."
"I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe, and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, 90's dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of 80's melancholic pop, and the runway. I wrote while watching muted fashion shows and I am compelled to say my music was scored for them. I also composed a ballad for the album, 'Speechless,' a song for my father, and it's my favorite work of all. I wrote every piece on the road - no songs about money, no songs about fame. I wrote it for my fans, so I wrote everything in between."
The first club-banging single, the RedOne-produced "Bad Romance," will be released in early November. Other collaborators on the new tracks include Teddy Riley, Rodney Jerkins, Ron Fair and Fernando Garibay.
Lady Gaga is also in the process of planning her next tour after her co-headlining tour with Kanye West was canceled last week.

Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 world wide (not in North America) with the bonus track "Into the Groove." In 2001, Warner Bros. released a remastered version with two bonus remix tracks (this version did not include "Into the Groove"). The RIAA certified it Diamond on May 21, 1998, recognizing ten million shipments in the United States. Worldwide, the album has sold over 21 million copies.

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Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990.

Nirvana的第一张专辑《Bleach》(《漂白》)是他们最为人忽视的专辑。录制《漂白》只花了600美元，《Bleach》中除了一首《About a girl》其他歌都不甚出名，远没有后来的专辑好听，但如果你想认识Nirvana，请从《Bleach》而开始。

这张《Fallen》是哥特新军Evanescence的首张大碟。《Bring Me to Life》和《My Immortal》被选入了电影《Daredevil》的原声。专辑中所有的歌曲都由Amy Lee和Ben Moody主创。浑厚略带沙哑的嗓音，宽广的音域，多变的音色，这位颇有才华的女主唱独特的唱腔与当年刚出道时的Tori Amos有颇多相似之处。
本张专辑的风格可以说是Alternative Metal(另类金属)与Goth Metal(哥特金属)的一个综合体。在本专辑的歌曲中，Amy Lee的唱功得到了很好的发挥，无论是在《Bring Me To Life》中运用自如的高音部分，还是在《Whisper》中低声的吟唱，都使我们不得不肯定其扎实的歌唱功底。在本张专辑中，Evanescence乐队的整体音乐包含了Goth与Alternative的共同特点，但是在Goth方面，Evanescence却未达到传统意义Goth的那份境界，我们可以听到Evanescence的缥缈，当我们刚想沉浸其中，像大多数新金属一样的简单旋律便会突如其来，占据着歌曲的后半部分。因此，如果Evanescence能够坚持自身特点，并能使乐队风格更加鲜明的话，她们就会在不久的将来成长为一颗更为耀眼的rock star 。

如果说《别介意》（nevermind）使柯特．科本成为了摇滚明星，《子宫中》则使他厌恶地批判着关于他的新地位的一切。音乐上原始化（这得感谢制作人steve albini），在情感上加倍地原始化（他用“埋葬”来压韵“婚姻”），《子宫中》还是更多矛盾的宝藏。好笑，优美，令人心碎，它更像一张出色的唱片而不是自杀遗言。但在后来的日子里，我们听到的将只是悲痛的吼叫了。 kurt cobain以其独有的缓慢低沉的如梦般刺破黑暗的诗吟、快速的齐奏、焦躁不安的和声……使grunge风暴达到了极点，接近燃烧; 也使无数歌迷为之倾倒、疯狂。然而这无法掩饰cobain最深层的恐惧和脆弱的心。在<<in utero>>中nirvana 留下的只是他们音乐里有的那种躁动不安和最深的孤寂。---生命的终点并不是死亡，而是希望的破灭