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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。

历经三年打造的全新专辑。在忧郁而又执拗的低姿态中，整张专辑在荒诞的戏剧化意味中显得丰满而节制，趋于更为艺术的表达。这将是中国摇滚乐目录中最为优秀的唱片之一。

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the New York City music scene floated in a surfaceless orbit of samplers, shoegazers, and delay pedals. The city's guitars lay choked by a digital fog, or else they lay dustily forgotten. Then, in 2002, an unbridled five-song EP by an unknown band brought noise, sex, passion, and mayhem back to the stage and to the stereo. The band's name evoked the kid who knows that whoever's in charge is full of s**t -- "yeah, yeah, yeah" -- but it also rang with the affirmation of pure rock and roll: F**k yeah! The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' first full-length album, Fever to Tell, was simultaneously filthy, infectious, sloppy, and brilliant. You could dance to it, and you could probably die to it. "Maps" was nominated for a Grammy, and the record went gold in the UK.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs spawned a new breed of power trio. They work together as a single organism, but each member maintains their own personality and contributes their own strengths. Think of them as a three-piece Earth, Wind, and Fire. On second thought, it's probably better if you didn't do that. Brian Chase's drumming couldn't be tighter or more precise, even as the band descends into the pitch-dark caves of noise he frequents in his free-jazz spare time--and one can hear rigor and experiment behind even his simplest, no-frills (or -fills) rhythms. Nick Zinner's guitar pushes back--hard--against Chase's formalism, grounding the group in rock and roll at its ballsiest, dirtiest, and most shredly. His soaring, sometimes grinding lines are wires connecting Chase's drums to the psychologically kaleidoscopic vocals of Karen O, who, as the New Yorker has noted, would have been a success "had she appeared with nothing more than a microphone and a pair of maracas."
The band developed an itchy and unshakeable aversion to repeating itself. It would have been easy enough to record another spastic, live-sounding garage album after the success of Fever, but their next full-length, 2007's Show Your Bones, added acoustic guitar and more serious compositions that picked up on the direction suggested by a song like "Maps." Rolling Stone called the record a "textural triumph," and the group honed their legendary stage performance -- one cannot understand the Yeah Yeah Yeahs without seeing Karen O writhing and thriving onstage. A handful of great songs that didn't make it onto Bones became tour staples (and fan favorites), and the band sat down with the celebrated PiL/Slits/Gang of Four producer Nick Launay to record 2007's EP Is Is.
Last year, the Yeahs shook their Etch A Sketch® clean to start work on a new record with producers Dave Sitek and Nick Launay. "We usually go into these things totally blind," Karen O said. "We have no idea what's going to happen when we sit down." This empty page feeling was helped by geography: they began writing the record in the middle of a snowstorm, in a hundred-year-old barn in rural Massachusetts. "You looked out the window and it was just pastures and pastures of snow-covered fields," she said. Zinner had brought along a synthesizer to work with during the writing session, not expecting it to end up on the album. "That was an old keyboard I bought on eBay," he said. "Literally, it was the first day we were setting up, plugging things in. Ten minutes later, we'd written that song 'Skeletons.'" The song--and the whole record--have a new feeling of space and atmosphere that's unusual for the band. "Obviously, synths have been in rock music forever," Zinner says. "But to us it feels new, which is all we really care about--that excitement."
It's Blitz! signals both a glance backward and a step forward for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Zinner's vintage Arp--the same model used on records by The Cars, Joy Division, and Kraftwerk--contributes atmospheric washes ("Skeletons"), disco wiggles ("Dance till you're dead!" Karen sings on "Heads Will Roll"), and New Wave melodrama ("Soft Shock"). The first single, "Zero," combines all these elements to create a dance-floor anthem that sings directly to the listener. "We've got a death grip on the adolescent way of feeling things," O said. That's something I'll never be able to shake in the music I write. It's almost feels like a John Hughes 80s movie." But acknowledging the past in this way doesn't sound make for a nostalgic-sounding album. "I think there's a cool stability reflected in this record," Brian Chase says. "It reflects our transformation, and how we've developed as people."

The third studio album by Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys, as yet unnamed, will mark the band's first full length LP release since 2007's Favourite Worst Nightmare. The album will be released in the UK on 24 August 2009, following opening release in Japan on 19 August

Blur are set to release a new compilation to coincide with their summer comeback shows.
The double CD 'Midlife: A Beginners Guide To Blur' is released on June 15, and features 25 tracks.
Apparently it has been aimed at those who missed the band first time around, before their recent reformation, with a statement explaining that "the collection has been designed as an introduction for those who might have missed out on Blur's prolific recording career".

Phoenix离开Astralwerks厂牌后的首张唱片，也是他们的第四张唱片。

Built on the powerful songwriting of Christopher Owens and the ethereal production of Chet "JR" White, Girls recorded Album in a variety of bedrooms and rehearsal studios in their adopted hometown, San Francisco. The resulting 12 tracks are the perfect San Fran summer record, evoking a narcotic, sunny afternoon in Dolores Park, yet promising the eventual hangover of summer's departure. Album is self-described as "honest, loose, ethereal, obnoxious and perfect," it is a sincere tribute to the majesty of great pop music and the healing power of rock and roll.

2009 album from the Denver-based quartet, the follow-up to their enormously successful How To Save A Life. The Fray, who exploded into worldwide success with that album, have captured the skilled songwriting that broke them and, with the help of acclaimed producers Mike Flynn and Aaron Johnson, created a set of songs sure to make them household names. The band continues their licensing success story by collaborating with ABC's hit show, Lost in a series of music video promos featuring the album's first single, 'You Found Me' for the newest season of the show. The spots also ran during the 2008 American Music Awards, where the band was a featured performer. Over the weekend of the release and performance, the Lost video had over one million views. 10 tracks.

UK two track CD pressing of this single lifted from her 2008 album The Fame. Features two versions of 'Paparazzi': Main Version and Filthy Dukes Remix. Polydor.

Lady Gaga最新单曲Bad Romance

近年來復出的關淑怡，除了Single《關於我》和《Shirley Kwan 關淑怡》EP小試牛刀之外，她只舉行了兩場演唱會與歌迷近距離接觸，不過最新唱片的消息卻只聞樓梯響。2009年6月，關淑怡全新的《Shirley's era》終於曝光，是她繼1995年《EX All Time Favourites》專輯14年來首張全新個人廣東大碟。Shirley以娓娓梵音演繹出塵脫俗的「山水」和「天規」，這兩首新作早於《Unexpected Shirley Kwan in concert》中與大家見面，由林夕填詞的《地盡頭》延伸這份飄渺出神的梵音。
碟內還收錄了多首樂迷耳熟能詳的作品，有Shirley 在4月與古巨基首度對唱的「男左女右」，以及TVB人氣劇集《同事三分親》及《珠光寶氣》主題曲「只得一次」和「鑽禧」，還有為陳輝陽創作的《十二金釵眾生花》音樂會中演繹主題曲「眾生花」。
《Shirley's era》以超豪華精裝版CD+DVD發行，DVD收錄了五首主打歌MV。首批封面及包裝由布料印製，全球限量發行2,000套。每套均印有獨立編碼，極具收藏價值！

有的人写诗，有的人，比如马条，活得就像首诗。
马条生于新疆克拉玛依。那是一座位于准噶尔盆地西北缘，以石油闻名于世的城市。在维吾尔语里“克拉玛依”是黑油的意思。马条的音乐就像“黑油”一样，充满了未知的颗粒感，不时的激情迸发，不时的含蓄缠绵，让人眩晕、着迷。他像一只低空飞行的大漠之鹰，敏感地捕捉着生活带给他的五味。音乐是马条对生活的一种解读以及一种与世界交流的方式。
一九九四年，马条离开新疆背井离乡寻找自己的音乐梦想。像所有在家乡丰衣足食但躁动不安的年轻人一样，从一九九四年开始，那条充满福尔马林和汉堡味儿的艺术之路上又多了一位年少心气的音乐家。马条的音乐有别于内地音乐的规定的模式框架，不拘泥、奔放，像燃烧在沙漠中孤独的火焰，给习惯了港台流行音乐的我们当头一棒，啪一声就砸开了一条通往天堂的路。
你们所熟悉的那个马条，嘶吼、醉酒，眼神迷离，躺在地上说梦话，告诉你他看到了你的灵魂。还时常表现出与俗世生活的格格不入，且语出惊人。
你们并不熟悉的那个马条，细腻、敏感，善解人意，依在落日湖边的柳树上弹吉他，唱着自己由心而生的歌。他的坚硬就像他的柔软，他的柔软就像他的坚硬。
我们完全不知的那个马条，银甲护身，战刀挥舞，千军中取上将头颅如探囊取物……
这是一张用生命谱写的唱片。它不仅记录了作者十余年生活的点滴，同时也折射出整个中国边缘音乐家的生命状态——将欢乐、希望、狰狞、苦难、祈福、爱、纠结、欲望、信仰、自私、理想与惶恐平铺在一个现实平面上，通过音乐家重新的组织与融合形成二维空间，并最终修成成果，呈立体状。
购买这张唱片的所有的人：感谢你们在数字音乐和免费下载的时代继续购买实体唱片。诸位所听到的这张唱片并不是流行音乐生产线上随波逐流且失去五官的商品，而是一个人和一个时代的历史与记录。像我们每个人一样，无论你是默默无闻还是一鸣惊人，你最终都逃不开自己对自己的审视，或者说是审判——卡夫卡在《审判》中如此说“就在这时，他听到门后有一声痉挛性的叹息，那扇门是他一向认为堆放废品的房门，虽说他从来没有去开过。”不断行走的路上，回头看见自己的背影，那么沉重，那么美妙……