On November 10th, Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour and Nick Mason will release their first album together in 20 years with The Endless River. In anticipation, they’ve revealed “Louder Than Words” as the first full-length taste of the album. Listen in below.
“Louder Than Words” is the only track on the album to feature lead vocals sung by GIlmour. The lyrics embrace the full history of the band, with GIlmour singing, “We bitch and we fight/ But this thing that we do/ It’s louder than words/ The sum of our parts/ The beat of our hearts/ It’s louder than words.”
Billed as a tribute to multi-instrumentalist Richard Wright, The Endless River utilizes unreleased lyrics and music written by Wright prior to his death in 2008. The album was recorded by Gilmour and Mason in November 2013 alongside Roxy Music guitarist and producer Phil Manzanera. Other contributors include theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (whose vocals are featured on the track “Talkin’ Hawkin'”) and UK-based electronic string quartet Escala. Pre-orders are ongoing.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds release two previously unavailable tracks: Give Us A Kiss and Jubilee Street (live from The Sydney Opera House). The songs from the award-winning feature 20,000 Days On Earth will be available on a limited edition vinyl 10” to be released on November 10th.

2003年夏天，知名矿泉水品牌Evian耗资三百万欧元在法、德、英展开跨国电视造势活动，广告主题曲别出心裁由几个小学生演唱皇后合唱团经典 “WE WILL ROCK YOU”。童音立刻征服法国佬，单曲一推出迅速攻占法国排行榜亚军，短短两个礼拜内狂销五十万张，并盘据TOP 5整整六星期；不仅风靡各舞场，电台点播率也居高不下！法国环球唱片因此企划发行这张由小朋友翻唱80年代金曲的可爱合辑：首选必收Evian矿泉水横扫法/德/英跨国广告曲“WE WILL ROCK YOU”，还有“SHOUT”、“WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN”、 “FOREVER YOUNG”、“SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO”…等。
This is a fantastic cd featuring the voices of children singing some great rock songs. As strange as that may sound it works perfectly. It has recently got alot of airplay on the Gerry Anderson radio ulster show and it is brill. Buy it people, it comes recommended by the great man himself otherwise known as turkey neck and leather face, praise from such an eejit is praise indeed. In all seriousness though it is absolutely brilliant : )

惘闻—中国后摇领军乐队。成立第十五个年头的惘闻，低调勤奋，从未停留。他们与整个时代保持疏离的关系，做始终热爱的音乐，制造新的记忆景观！他们在这个特殊的年份录制发表他们的第八张专辑，这将会是乐队的一个新的开始。
并让我们用这张唱片来缅怀逐渐逝去的喝酒猜拳这一传统行为吧。
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《八匹马》收录了惘闻最近三年内创作的八首作品，每首作品诞生之初所讲述的故事或者情景我几乎都没有了印象，不同于惘闻以往的创作方式，这次新唱片中的很多歌曲在录音过程中都经过了大幅的重新编排，甚至在后期过程中我们也加入了很多新的想法。
《八匹马》的录制过程，充满了趣味。我们第一次放弃了进棚录音的概念，而是把所有的录音设备和乐器音箱都搬进了回声图书馆，一个奇妙的地方。我们花了大概10天左右的时间在这里录音，伴随着不明真相的图书馆读者和楼上的咖啡客，我们像极了一群行为艺术工作者，我们的录音过程像极了一个低级的行为艺术作品。整个录音过程我们并没有清场，图书馆以及楼梯上面的咖啡店都是在正常营业，所以如果你仔细听这张唱片，会听到很多环境声甚至人说话的声音。
后期的混音制作，我们找了四个人混不同的歌曲，他们是Toman的Wouter, PK 14的杨海松，which park的老王以及同我们合作了上张唱片《0.7》的安基国。我们抛弃了所谓专辑歌曲的一致性，因为专辑收录的8首歌对我们自己来说本身也是差异性很大，所以我们决定干脆放大这种差异性。
《八匹马》对于惘闻来言，是一个有意思的尝试， 它也是乐队十五年以来推出的第八张唱片。我们会牵着八匹马穿行各地，带给你们一个奔腾的惘闻现场。
——【惘闻自述】

Code Indigo is one of those hard to categorise progressive rock bands whose music and concept style albums cross genres and appeal to a wide range of audiences. With strong, original melodic compositions, an imaginative combination of keyboards, guitar, samples and rhythms plus a good helping of atmosphere, experimental, ambient and down tempo chill out influences, their music compares to that of a Blade Runner style soundtrack, Art of Noise, Enigma and instrumental Pink Floyd.
The band was founded in 1995 by David Wright and Robert Fox and has undergone various changes in personnel over the years. The current line up is David Wright and Neil Fellowes on keyboards, Dave (DJ) Barefield (lead guitar), Dave Massey (rhythm, sequencing and bass programming) and Nigel Turner-Heffer on keyboards, bass and rhythm guitar.
‘Take the Money and Run’ is the band’s farewell album, with co-founders David Wright and Robert Fox reunited for the project. The album reflects the history of this enigmatic band with a clever choice of songs, old and new, that also feature many of the band’s recent musicians presented with a 16 page booklet containing various line-up pics and notes on the project by David Wright.
The CD contains two expertly crafted remixes from ‘TimeCode’: the pulsating ‘Eden to Corruption’ and a stripped bare ‘Call of the Earth’. ‘Return to Gaia’ is a new version of a track previously only available on a limited edition European compilation. ‘Ashes and Snow’ is a brand new piece which was unable to be included on’ MELTdown’. ‘A Question of Answers’ sees Wright and Fox joined by vocalist Carys to revisit and re-record in the studio a beautiful piece previously only available on the Derby Cathedral CD. This piece, the artists agree, best sums up Code Indigo. The final 30 minute epic is a live track from 2007 featuring 6 interlinked pieces from ‘For Whom the Bell’, ‘Uforia’, ‘TimeCode’ and ‘Chill’.

Reflektor is the fourth studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on October 28, 2013 on Merge Records. A double album, Reflektor was co-produced by former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy, regular Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs, and the band itself.

几乎每首歌的风格都不一样是什么概念？？凭借这套双张专集，枪炮与玫瑰达到了乐队的颠峰时期。同时开始的与专集同名的世界巡回演出历时三年，也是当时一项记录。制作时间将近三年，锻造出乐队最具代表性的巅峰之作，1991 年的《Use Your Illusion I》和《Use Your Illusion II》让世界重新认识 Guns N' Roses。鼓手 Steven Adler 的离队与新鼓手 Matt Sorum、键盘手 Dizzy Reed 的加入，乐队成员之间音乐理念的剧烈冲突，主创 Axl Rose 和 Slash 起伏不定的精神状况，种种合力之下，仿佛形成一枚华丽的三棱镜，折射出光怪陆离的乐思。Guns N' Roses 在成员的灵感碰撞中开拓乐风疆域，在这张专辑里用多变的曲风告诉我们摇滚不仅仅是愤世嫉俗的呐喊，也有嘶哑的柔情与内心深处的悲伤：颇具悲壮美《November Rain》宛如一部气势磅礴的史诗，慢版抒情经典《Don’t Cry》则收起激愤，用如泣如诉的歌声唱出温柔深情。聆听专辑，感受枪炮与玫瑰交织在一起的铁血柔情。

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2013年的全新专辑《幻觉》是一张结构分明主题统一的专辑，在大量加入键盘演奏的奇异音效背后，谢天笑的摇滚风骨依然脉络清晰，即使在键盘时髦的音色节拍铺垫下，肮脏摇滚的经典分解和弦和推土机式的贝斯线条仍然牢牢占据着专辑的主导地位。在早前发行了一张以雷鬼乐为主打风格的专辑以后，谢天笑似乎在远离冷血动物时期的愤怒和暴躁，那股来自黑暗地底的燥狠劲头如今被他扭进音乐的复杂编配里，在焦躁扭曲的音墙和粗糙的失真之间，听得出老谢和自己的较劲，在更为流畅的旋律走向中，他的怪异与宏大融汇成昭然若揭的野心，用更高制作水准回归最本真的摇滚乐！专辑的同期录音将原始粗糙的现场感高度还原，吉他的回授与延音制造出的宏大声场把所有讨巧元素包裹其中，对五声音阶的大量使用早已形成了独一无二的谢天笑式风格，在《幻觉》这张新专辑里，他依旧延续并巩固了这种风格，并让自己的音乐回归到了最早期状态。

by William Ruhlmann
Rushed out less than nine months after the surprise success of Dire Straits' self-titled debut album, the group's sophomore effort, Communiqué, seemed little more than a carbon copy of its predecessor with less compelling material.

我祈祷拥有一颗透明的心灵
和会流泪的眼睛
给我再去相信的勇气
越过谎言去拥抱你
每当我找不到存在的意义
每当我迷失在黑夜里
夜空中最亮的星
请照亮我前行

恐怖海峡（Dire Straits）1976年组建于伦敦西南部的代特福德，该乐队出现在朋克音乐顶峰时期，但与这一运动没有什么共同之处，最后获得了主流摇滚乐队的称号。他们在全世界范围内销售了大量唱片，他们的成功主要归功于独具特色的、受迪伦影响的歌手和吉他演奏大师、乐队的核 心人物马克.诺夫勒（Mark Knopfler，生于1949年8月12日）的吉他演奏。1991年，新专辑《在每一条大街上》（On Every Street）在人们的意料之中出版，不过令人遗憾的是，这张专辑并不像人们预期的那样，在美国只成为白金唱片，连排行榜的前40名都没有进去，甚至没有一首热门歌曲。同样，他们的巡回演出也是失望而归，他们在欧洲和美国巡回演出的门票有时根本卖不出去。这次巡演之后，出版了现场专辑《在夜晚》（On the Night），《在夜晚》这张专辑收录了他们上几次演出的几首比较成功的歌曲。随后，马克.诺夫勒在1996年出版了他的第1张正式的专辑《金子心》（Golden Heart），但并没有获得太多的喝彩，也许，“恐怖海峡”及马克.诺夫勒出色的才华随着80年代的逝去而一去不复返了。

Before Sgt. Pepper, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 30-plus years, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64," to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You," and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life," Sgt. Pepper was a milestone for both '60s music and popular culture. --Billy Altman

著名BLUES吉他大师SRV双张精选。

Couldn't Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984, by Epic Records as the follow-up to the band's critically and commercially successful 1983 album, Texas Flood. Recording sessions took place in January 1984 at the Power Station in New York City.