"我总是有意识地避开录音室，" Cigarettes After Sex的主唱Greg Gonzalez说道："在世上某个开敞的角落完成录制总会给专辑带来别样的感受。录制地点的特质或氛围就像是某种未知因素，它会成为专辑情感表达中至关重要的一环。
声音和环境的巧妙结合的确塑成了Cigarettes After Sex 第二张全新专辑《Cry》的灵魂。录制于西班牙马略卡岛上一座令人艳羡的宅邸，《Cry》用极简的笔触描绘出曼妙的线条与柔媚的光线，让人在这般声音图景中感到难以言喻的美丽、情迷意乱的渴望。受到岛上鲜活色彩和新鲜环境的感染，Gonzalez常常在与鼓手Jacob Tomsky、贝斯手Randy Miller和键盘手Phillip Tubbs录音前几分钟才写好歌曲。他亲自操刀录音及制作工作，将重心聚焦于捕捉现场表演的氛围，并从录音环境和乐队成员间的交流中获取灵感，探索录音素材的可能。
收录九首歌曲的《Cry》虽然精练，但仍有着难以掩盖的深度。五零年代末、六零年代初流行乐的浪漫氛围只是专辑中容易察觉的要素，Gonzalez此番的尝试还远不止如此；回溯自己童年在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索度过的时光，他从九十年代特哈诺（Tejano）音乐天后Selena和主流乡村歌手Shania Twain等经典音乐人身上汲取到诸多灵感。除了旋律上的花费的心思，Gonzalez在歌词创作上也不遗余力地进行着革新。他毫无畏惧与窘迫，以类似Henry Miller或Leonard Cohen的直白方式坦诚勾画时常露骨的爱欲交缠场面。Gonzalez创作时好比一个电影人，他用细腻、有着电影质感的方式捕捉不易察觉的时刻，并设法从平凡中提炼深刻的意义。

Each of Harvey's previous albums has been a distinct affair as she took steps forward in not only forging her sound but also exploring the wealthy veins of rock & roll. So on first listen, Is This Desire? almost disappoints; it's very close to the same dark, woozy, and bluesy musical territory she staked out on To Bring You My Love. But it's been said that though good stories can be read once, great stories must be read twice, and, like great literature, this album deserves repeated listenings to appreciate its beautiful complexities and subtle shadings. A recommendation: Spend a few nonstop hours with Is This Desire? It will change you.

成熟而温暖的音乐，像回到童年听妈妈唱摇篮曲的感觉

About Pearly Drops:
A music duo based in Helsinki, Finland, crafting eerily haunting pop dirges; Pearly Drops feature Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin. With concise and sparse compositional methods, ethereal vocal performances underlined by dreamy, precise synths and percussion, Pearly Drops are in the process of weaving - something made for keeping the hope inside and the unmeaningful at bay.

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......

其實你不曾等待過，因為他從來沒有離開
她的微笑依舊，但長大了；她的纖細如常，但成熟了；在幾百個日子過後，她收集生活的創作能量，在音樂裡、聲音裡讓你聽見她的…完整。
在「優雅的刺蝟」音樂專輯中，魏如萱運用音樂和聲音的關係創造視覺化的想像，猶如一座刺蝟般的迷宮，遇見的是留下行走空間的通道而非一面一面圍堵的巨牆，她在聲音裡為你預留探尋的線索，你無須握住地圖就可以輕易的找到出口。
十首歌是十個刺蝟迷宮裡的路徑，每首歌都是通道也是出口，聽著「困在」你可以找到感傷悠慢的頁面、哼唱「外星人愛我」你可以尋獲純真快樂的天堂、看著「問號」你會重新比對著自己內在和外在的平衡，而「局部的人」、「一刀兩刃」則更大膽的向你示意─拋開流行音樂的框架，往遼闊的音樂國界飛去…..
由創作音樂人陳珊妮創作的「我不是數學家」，裡面寫著三角愛情的絮絮喃語，和男友共同譜寫的「一顆灰塵」炙熱又直接的敘述愛情或愛情外兩人之間的長久依附的關係，但這首歌非關二人的感情。
某種意識上，魏如萱告別往常的天真甜美歌聲，表現著青春和成熟的擺渡，又某種說法上，魏如萱遠離音樂創作的限度，飛往沒有派別系統的音樂天空去，但是她的柔軟仍在、貼近仍存，刺蝟在外在的刺感之下明透而溫柔的內在是從未消失，別忘優雅以待……

《冀西南林路行》为总标题，以此延伸出三段独立作品，为泥河，采石，山雀

홍대클럽가에서 확고한 팬층을 형성하고 있는 소규모 아카시아 밴드의 첫번째 앨범!!
조용한 음성과 감성적인 멜로디가 듣는 이의 감정선을 자극하면 '시리게 걷는 발자욱 따라 얼어버린 눈물'을 안고 '고개를 들어봐도 달은 보이지 않고 나 혼자 걷기로' 한 정서의 윤곽이 드러난다.
'소규모 아카시아 밴드'의 음악에서는 브라이언 이노(Brian Eno)의 70년대를 관통하여 메이지 스타(Mazzy Star)의 호프 산도발(Hope Sandoval)에 이르는 독특한 하나의 흐름과 만나게 된다. 이들은 근원적 정서에 대한 낯 간지러운 고백을 하는 듯 하면서 결코 고루한 감정에 매달리지 않는다. '드림 팝'이라 이름 붙여진 서구의 어떤 스타일을 떠올리게 하는 것은 사실이지만 이들만이 가진 낯설지 않음으로 인해 분명 익숙한 새로움을 구현해내고 있다. 단절과 교감 사이의 어떤 지점을 음악적으로도 정확히 포착하여 스스로의 음악에 생명을 불어넣고 있는 것이다.

2009 debut release from Austrian sensation Anja Plaschg AKA Soap & Skin. Few musical discoveries in recent years have been as staggering as that of Soap & Skin. The sheer force this eighteen year old artist injects into her compositions almost beggars belief, her songs consuming every last drop of her with no regard for grace. Then again, the 13 deeply melancholic compositions of piano are so drenched in beauty and gracefulness, one could crumble on hearing them. Lovetune For Vacuum is an unwavering line of drama, inner conflict and melancholy, remarkably mature on the one hand, yet feeding on unbridled youthful exuberance on the other. The album's songs were recorded mostly just by Plaschg herself, who rather resembles a tragically rebellious heroine flung into the present like a shivering ghost of the Victorian Bront‰ sisters, far too worldly-wise for such a young slip of a girl.

I Could Live in Hope is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on December 2, 1994 on Vernon Yard Recordings.

Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski, known professionally as Soko, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress.

來自英國倫敦的樂隊 The xx 用他們的首張專輯《xx》驚艷四座，開篇一曲《Intro》便以獨特的重覆結他 riff 奠定了專輯基調：幽靜而略帶哀愁的節拍，淡然且迷蒙飄忽的唱腔，再加上詩意盎然的詞句，為聽眾勾勒出一系列冷洌的畫面。《VCR》中由空靈清響的前奏漸入，淺唱愛情的甜蜜；而在《Heart Skipped a Beat》中則以增強了的節奏帶動聽者脈搏，以簡約風格彰顯複雜情緒。

少年不識愁滋味，為賦新詞強說愁。好似灑脫卻充滿框架，好似追求、期盼什麼卻只是不斷印證自己的可笑一般。其實就是醜奴兒自己心裡的對話與拉扯，希望能藉由歌詞的意境，讓悲傷的人看見自己的模樣，在片刻抒發後，認清自我。總體而言，文字創作的方面，我們希望以文字作為一面鏡子反面對照自我，也許表面較為負面但期盼人們依舊能意識到作為一個「人」不該遺忘的本質。

self-released EP which is sold on live venue