Polly Jean "PJ" Harvey MBE is an English musician and singer-songwriter. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophone player.

We took our time to craft it with love and we're very proud of how it came together. This album was mixed quietly so it sounds warmer and more natural. Be sure to turn the volume up!

一直都有最大的冲动写This Mortal Coil,毕竟他们是我最认同和喜欢的乐队，反而这成了我写他们的最大障碍，怎么写自己也不满意。也一直有感觉想介绍《Blood》给大家，因为一些凌乱却最简单的原因，算了就让我这样凌乱的说出来吧：
从我3年半前拥有这张唱片的时候就把它当成自己听过的最优秀的一张，现在依然这样认为；他是在Darkwave/低调音乐圈里面的高标，把那种超纯唯美，超纯阴暗的色调深入到一个别人难以企及的境地。这样的事情，以前没有人尝试做过，以后也难以有人超越；也是到目前为止我唯一一次勒紧腰带，连续三次购买同张原版唱片的傻瓜行为的元凶；我想说的是，很高兴我能拥有This Mortal Coil的每张大碟，每张都是给我满分的感受，但是，这张：却更远远不是满分那么一点；你认同4AD么？喜欢Cocteau Twins,Dead Can Dance,difjuz等低调乐队么？嗯，别那么早否定/肯定完4AD，直到听过这个真正4AD的精髓和灵魂的所在，这个致命线圈为止吧；或者不是因为This Mortal Coil的出现，在那个时代，那些游离在死亡和崩溃边缘的音乐,Bauhaus,xmaldeutashland，都会失去探求无边黑暗的引标和强大而统一的力量……
这张Blood中，最吸引的地方不只是因为首脑人物，Ivo(4AD老板)不再局限在4AD王国里面发展This Mortal Coil，而是聚集了各处精英，而且在以前This Mortal Coil那深黑不见底的纯唯美世界里面引入了那么丝丝点点亮光.
从我个人的角度来说：有了这一张，其他唱片都可以放弃。

Biography:
Little Joy is Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante and Fabrizio Moretti, three friends who dropped their routine at their respective hometowns to make a record in Los Angeles, California.
Through a chance encounter at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon, where both Amarante (Singer/Guitarist of Los Hermanos) and Moretti (drummer of The Strokes) had performed, the two chatted well through the night and into the morning by the side of the river, humoring the idea of working together on music that had no affiliation to their particular bands. A year later, Amarante traveled to the United States to record with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album. On the off hours of an arduous recording process, Amarante would meet with Moretti to discuss anything but music.
Binki Shapiro, musician and native of Los Angeles, was introduced to the pair through mutual acquaintances and became a fast friend, encouraging the two to focus on the music they had spoken of long before. Through the process of late night “show-and-tell” the three developed and arranged songs Moretti had begun and soon after started writing original music for the group as a band.
A couple of months later they all moved into a house in Echo Park to demo songs and soon after, with the help of producer Noah Georgeson, who had recorded Banhart’s album, they finished their self-titled debut, Little Joy, named after the cocktail lounge just down the street from their home.
Rolling Stone Review:
Along with Albert Hammond Jr.'s restless solo career, Fabrizio Moretti's new band suggests that Strokes side projects are an astonishingly great idea. Named for an L.A. cocktail lounge and sounding like one, the trio are fronted by Rodrigo Amarante, a polyglot Brazilian rocker who comes off like a languid Julian Casablancas. Binki Shapiro is the group's Nico, adding delicate vocals and glockenspiel to the lullaby-ish "Don't Watch Me Dancing" and the reggae-inflected "The Next Time Around." With Moretti on guitars, drums and backing vocals, the vibe is closing time at the Beachcomber: songs that conjure mid-20th-century pop with Jamaican, Hawaiian and bossa nova flavors. Like Vampire Weekend, it's indie rock getting its global groove on.
WILL HERMES
(Posted: Nov 13, 2008)

Damien Rice在2003年发行了个人的首张专辑《O》，专辑刚发行，变让Damien Rice红遍了非主流音乐界。成为一位知名的唱作人。不但是国外，在我们中国Damien Rice的FANS也是相当的多，我记着前俩年，几乎各各论坛都会有人去发Damien Rice《O》专辑中的歌曲，简直可以用泛滥来形容。同时也让大家重新认识了Damien Rice所演绎的爱尔兰的音乐。这张新专辑命名为《9》，又是以极其简单的方式面向大家。新专辑《9》将在11月3号在爱尔兰首先发行，而后是11月6号将在英国和欧洲地区发行，最后的11月14号才会在美国正式发行。至于我们中国...估计2007年的11月吧。呵呵，玩笑话。来看看新专辑，整整10首歌曲。风格继续延续上张专辑的风格民谣，独流流行和Singer/ Songwriter。不同的是，这张专辑有2首非常突出的歌曲，分别是Rootless Trees和Me, My Yoke and I，突出之处在于别与他们以前的风格，这俩首歌曲特别摇滚，有点Indie Rock的感觉，听后，给我一种很新鲜的感觉，演绎的摇滚曲风原来也很不错。相对这张专辑的风格，我可以给这俩首歌曲满分。原因就是非常特别。剩下的歌曲，就是Damien Rice以往的风格，第一首歌曲9 Crimes，是一首以钢琴为主旋律配带着提琴的忧伤抒情歌曲，继续加上和Lisa Hannigan的女声和唱，专辑开篇便给我们一种熟悉的感觉，仿佛是上张专辑中的歌曲。专辑中Lisa Hannigan同样也参与了很多合声和合唱的部分。这点与上张仍然一样。Elephant是木吉他小调的歌曲，Damien Rice又在一次展示了他的嗓音，就像是清唱一样。专辑的最后一首是Sleep Don't Weep，一首近6分钟的歌曲，Damien Rice只演唱了小部分，接下来是Lisa Hannigan演唱了一小部分，剩下了结尾曲，在钢琴和Lisa Hannigan的合声中结束了整张专辑。
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发现了一个很有趣的现象，不知大家是否有也这感觉：那些第一次听就很喜欢的唱片，旋律一般都很悦耳，歌者的声音也好，但往往这些唱片多听几遍之后就开始感觉很腻，最后就把它们搁置一旁了．另外一个完全相反的情况是，第一或二遍听觉得没什麽特别甚至觉得沉闷，但多听几遍之后才发现它的精采之处，愈听愈有味道，最后是爱不释手了．
我觉得来自法国的The Delano Orchestra "A Little Girl, A Little Boy, and All the Snails They Have Drawn”就是第二类．这张专下载了很久一直没时间去听，也是最近十来天才听．老实说像主音那种无力呢喃的唱法，的确不是每个人都能接受的，但是我喜欢：）
至于音乐方面就真是做得太出色了，古典加现代民谣，结它的编排和演奏尤其出色．个人觉得这是一个能与MH站同一高度的优秀独立团体，在朴素民乐的低调品质里(转载emule)

Stars是一支来自加拿大的独立乐团。最初乐团由主唱Torquil Campbell，键盘手Chris Seligman成立于多伦多。后来乐团迁往纽约，随后又迁往蒙特利尔。
乐团的成员还有，吉他手Amy Millan和贝斯手Ecan Cranley，鼓手Pat McGee，小提琴手Genevieve Walker。另外，吉他手Genevieve Walker也参与了乐团巡回演出
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roly poly rag bear，取字面意思即是「圓滾滾的布偶熊」，如斯可愛的團名其樂風亦相去不遠。由擔任主唱的田知上美穗子和負責所有樂器及合唱的五十嵐誠構成的簡單編制，自1998年組團以來閒雲野鶴的低調態度並不像其他獨立樂團一樣熱衷現場演出，反倒潛心於宅錄創作。
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Delicately-layered melancholy pop from David Brown and company. Another amazing find from the great Vendlus Records. 2007.

The Czars原主唱John Grant与Midlake合作完成的个人首张专辑。提到The Czars，或许满脑子就是那经典至极的Drug以及充满忧伤旋律的团队风格，而发行完6张质量颇高的录音室作品后，04年乐队便宣告解散。或许就像他们苦涩悲壮的乐曲风格一般，选择在幽微阴暗的氛围中悄悄的支离破碎。而主音John Grant多年来并没有闲着，多次与Midlake以及The Flaming Lips在巡回表演中亮相，这次John Grant依旧选择过去的厂牌Bella Union重新开始自己新的音乐历程。

10 of the most intelligent, moving, graceful songs you will get to hear all year.

来自美国纽约的“Arms and Legs”乐队于去年签约了中国内地音乐厂牌摩登天空，并于最近推出了乐队的首张专辑《Everything Is Gonna Be Okay》，并做全球发行。
2006年，Arms and Legs在北京的摩登天空录音棚完成了专辑录音，并曾在2006年底作为英国乐队Maximo Park的开场嘉宾在星光现场做了现场表演。“Arms and Legs”是一支典型的纽约风格民谣乐队，其主唱Scott Daly更是个典型的独立音乐人。美国的音乐杂志《Dusted》对其这样评价：“这是个敏感的混蛋音乐家，别忘了！他的歌却是那么成熟和华丽，流露着一个新兴天才的智慧，既令人吃惊又值得期待！”
Arms and Legs的首张专辑《Everything Is Gonna Be Okay》共收录了由Scott Daly创作并主唱的12首民谣色彩浓郁的歌曲，记录的都是他在纽约生活的点滴细节。大多数歌曲的编配都相当简捷流畅，两把木吉他的精妙过招，加上简单的钢琴和架子鼓，衬托着Scott Daly带有纽约口音的吟唱，把整张专辑的雅皮、性感、纯粹淋漓尽致地表达出来。

The Moldy Peaches were an American indie group founded by Adam Green and Kimya Dawson. Leading proponents of the anti-folk scene, the band has been on hiatus since 2004.

Fingerlings 2 is Bird’s second in an ongoing series of live albums. This particular collection contains some solo works in progress from Andrew’s latest album, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, as well as some great collaborations, including 2 tracks as a duo with Nora O’Connor, one with My Morning Jacket backing him up, and 2 full on band rockers with the Bowl of Fire.
Mojo Magazine named it a December 2004 album of the month: “If there’s one thing besides bank balance that distiguishes indie from major artists, it’s the stop-gap records – often live – that they put out between official albums. Major label ones are generally throwaway; indie ones, sold via gigs and websites, are often as good as, or better than, the “real” releases. The second in Bird’s live Fingerlings series falls into the latter category, for one simple reason: Bird is extraordinary live. Switching seamlessly between violin and guitar, and with a haunting voice that at times recalls Jeff Buckley, he creates a compelling if unclassifiable hybrid of alt country, introspective folk, classical and jazz. On Spanish for Monsters he sings the blues over gypsy violin; on Happy Day he’s clapboard gospel; but First Song is the highlight, the vocal and guitar, bucolic whistles and warbles riffing wonderfully off each other.”

Complete collection of singles, b-sides, bonus and unreleased tracks by this smash British band on the Jetset label. Includes the tracks Seasons In the Sun', 'Jackie Sixty', 'Brutality', an unreleased Jarvis Cocker/Pulp remix of "Facts of Life', and 9 more. The disc is also enhanced and includes all 4 of the band's videos.