The album was a commercial success, faring better than Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. In contrast to the commercial performance, critical reaction to the album was mixed. It has spawned four singles, including the title track, "Omen", "Warrior's Dance" and "Take Me to the Hospital".

This brings us to the here and now with their 5th album Hy-brasil. For Hy-Brasil the band is back to the core duo of Mike Ystad and Chris Schafer. The absence of Mike Rush's guitars have left enough open space for the duo to explore more visceral sometimes 'Vangelian' synthwork, warm emotive cello passages and more dexterous electronic beat workouts. From the opening track onward each composition on Hy-Brasil twists and turns through organic and synthetic seamlessly while yielding what could very well be their most dynamic, expansive and universally accessible album to date.

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新的一期New York杂志介绍了秋季的娱乐市场，在音乐方面，The Rapture被提到了，这是他们在2003年推出专辑Echo之后的又一张新的专辑。The Rapture是来自美国纽约的一支摇滚团体，虽然他们听上去百分之一百是英国乐队，美国似乎很少有这样的乐队，外加上他们的口音相当地英国本土化，以至于最早我还把他们列为英国乐队，之所以我觉得他们是音乐乐队主要是他们的音乐风格，他们的音乐受到了后朋克，舞曲朋克，acid house，迪斯科，电子，摇滚等音乐风格的影响，换言之他们的音乐相当的无序，有时候听上去觉得像是英国的Hard-Fi。新专辑Pieces of the People We Love的音乐风格一点都没有偏离他们的根源音乐。但是要是完全体现他们的音乐能力，那必须每首歌曲都有着自己不同的特点，他们的首支单曲Get Myself Into It是一首disco punk的音乐作品，主音Luke Jenner那势如破竹的嗓音让人在听这首歌曲的时候能够全神贯注，如果要找到一首与之完全相反的作品也不是一件困难的事情，我就很容易找到了Callin Me，一首electronica的歌曲，不过在节奏上没有之前那首歌曲的猖狂和不屑一顾，在vocal上也追求那种lo fi的效果，低沉，不让人知晓其中的单词，虽然Don Gon Do It同样是有着电子舞曲的背景，不过歌曲完全表现的是一种近于荒诞的内涵，异常上扬的旋律和演唱又带着一些不要脸的嬉皮笑脸。无论说这是一支舞曲团体还是摇滚团体还好，这两个词都难以完全表现出这支乐队的复杂性，而这种复杂性有太过让人觉得压力过大。(
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《Pieces Of The People We Love》进榜首周就拿到了billboard Top Heatseekers的冠军，The Rapture值得关注。

Keith Kenniff mustn’t sleep at all, after releasing the incredible Goldmund album ‘Corduroy Road’ for Type early in 2005 he was already busy at work crafting his second record as Helios; all this while finishing a degree at the acclaimed Berklee College of Music in Boston! ‘Eingya’ is very different from his work as Goldmund, as it incorporates not only his piano playing, but his delicate touch on guitar, drums and his masterful electronic production. It is an album of wordless songs, eleven carefully measured movements, each holding inside it an entire movie’s worth of emotion. Beginning the album on a high with the pastural beauty of ‘Bless This Morning Year’ we witness a showcase already of what Kenniff does best; hearbreaking guitar and piano melodies punctuated by crumbling beats and backed by the most atmospheric synthesizer sounds this side of Eno’s ‘Apollo’. Moving on we are treated to the appetising ‘Halving the Compass’ which blends subtle field recording with the kind of piano melodies so beautiful they could be compared to Virginia Astley or Harold Budd. This is followed by the album’s clear highlight – ‘Dragonfly Across an Ancient Land’; an unsurpassable folk guitar piece with a decomposing percussive background and the sort of melodies that would turn evil tyrants into weeping babies. An album which could as easily appeal to fans of Nick Drake as fans of Boards of Canada or even early Air; this truly has something for everyone. To put it simply – it’s gorgeous.

An Awesome Wave is the debut studio album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on 25 May 2012 by Infectious Records. The album includes the singles "Matilda"/"Fitzpleasure", "Breezeblocks" and "Tessellate". It peaked at number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart, and also charted in Belgium, France, Netherlands and Switzerland. An Awesome Wave won the 2012 British Barclaycard Mercury Prize, and in 2013 was named Album of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards.

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年度必听Dubstep唱片有仨。如果只选一张听，那非南伦敦的Burial同名专辑莫属。《Burial》不同于一般Dubstep作品，有着幽悒的完整电影感与精良的声音细节，从英国实验音乐龙头杂志《The Wire》将其列入年度最佳五十专辑首位可见一斑。《Burial》的创作重点是氛围、空间的营造，时而让我联想到Massive Attack此等Trip Hop之声；没有耍酷的多余节奏堆砌，全让位给精彩的旋律。Burial反行其道，向净化了牙买加音乐的德式Dub——如德国不复存在的90年代厂牌 Rhythm & Sound（其分厂Burial Mix在名字上都很相似，巧合？）、Chain Reaction——电音取经，吸取了Dub摄人力量，甚至有minimal的质感，然后在音乐行进中缓慢释放那些Deep感。电志这里长篇幅讲过Dubstep和Burial。

The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, originating in Manchester in 1989. Along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, and other fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.

Discovery is the second studio album by French house duo Daft Punk, released on 26 February 2001 by Virgin Records. It marks a shift in the sound from Chicago house, which they were previously known for, to disco, post-disco, garage house, and synthpop-inspired house. The album later became the soundtrack of the anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, which was a collaboration between Daft Punk, Leiji Matsumoto, and Toei Animation. All of the music videos for the tracks on the album are segments of the film, which follows a story of a kidnapped extraterrestrial band.
Discovery is recognized as a concept album in reviews by New Musical Express and Spin magazines. Early versions of the album included a "Daft Club" membership card. The card included a code which granted access to an online music service, which featured tracks later released on the album of the same name and Alive 1997.

MGMT is a psychedelic synthpop group formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, NY. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Ben Goldwasser (vocals, keyboards, synths, drums), both alumni of Wesleyan University.
Electronic Indie Dance Rock began as a thesis project from music majors at Wesleyan University. They used to be known as “the management” with songs about not quite growing up and a lot of nonsense. They are known for playing shows with only an ipod and some mics.
Andrew Vanwyngarden, one of the MGMT figureheads, is currently collaborating with of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, with plans to release a record in 2008 under the name Blikk Fang. MGMT was on tour with Of Montreal late in 2005 and VanWyngarden has been appearing on stage during some performances on Of Montreal’s summer 06 tour.
MGMT are currently touring the US with Yeasayer.

In Colour is the debut studio album by British producer and The xx member Jamie xx. It is set to be released on June 1, 2015 on the Young Turks label. A deluxe version of the album, cut on coloured vinyl and featuring two exclusive instrumental tracks, will be made available for a limited time.

Art Angels is the fourth studio album by Canadian recording artist Grimes; it is scheduled to be released digitally on November 6, 2015 by 4AD and physically on December 11, 2015. Its lead single "Flesh without Blood" was released on October 26, 2015 alongside the preorder of the parent record.