UK two track CD pressing of the second single from this hotly tipped London based five-piece. Zane Lowe from Radio One declares RLC to be "a band everyone's shouting about, so so good". Jo Whiley also raved "heads and shoulders above everything else, grabs your attention straight away: love it." Features 'Meccano' plus 'Red Light Company'. Lavolta. 2008.

A solo project by Noah Hall, the frontman for the minor indie outfit Easterly, Whiskey Priest's Hungry is an album's worth of songs waiting to be licensed for commercials for hip high-end consumer products and the climatic scenes of sudsy hospital dramas. This is not the cynical dismissal that description might at first appear to be, however: many worthy artists, from Feist to new Israeli chanteuse Yeal Naim, owe their careers to high-profile exposure like that, which is to the modern-day musical marketplace what freeform FM radio was in the late '60s and MTV was in the early '80s. The sound of Hungry, whether Hall consciously meant for it to be or not, is dead-on perfect for that format, all gentle and folkish acoustic guitars, occasionally backed with subtle strings and/or Postal Service style electronics (courtesy of producer Jeff Stuart Saltzman) and topped with his winsome, boyish vocals. More importantly, the songwriting is overall quite strong: the immediately arresting opener "Here" has genuine hit single potential in the manner of a less mopey James Blunt or Five For Fighting. The album's press notes reference Donovan and Big Star (assumedly more Third/Sisters Lovers than #1 Record/Radio City) as key touchstones, but Hungry is neither Devendra Banhart-style acid folk revivalism nor retro power pop: the sound and feel of this album is entirely contemporary even if the building blocks of the songs themselves are more timeless. There are occasional missteps -- the over-earnest "Love and a Gun," with its John Lennon swipes in the chorus, is very close to awful, and we didn't need yet another ballad cover of "Sweet Child O' Mine" -- but overall, Hungry shows remarkable potential.

Maple Bee，原名Melanie Garside，是一个来自英国的乐器演奏者和作曲家。
Maple Bee 2004年发行了总结性质的双CD专辑《Chasing Eva》，该专辑包含流行电音，另类摇滚，民谣和古典音乐等多种曲风。
Maple Bee只是Melanie所涉及的诸多project中的一项，其他project还有Vertigo Angels, Huski, Mediaeval Baebes和 Queen Adreena等。
Melanie是从2003年她建立Vertigo Angels乐队时开始使用Maple Bee这个昵称的。Vertigo Angels现在已经解散。
Maple Bee在2008年发行了她的第四张专辑《Home》，此专辑以另类摇滚和民谣曲风为主。

Debut album from 20 years ago by "upper and downer folk" artist Sami Kukka.
This lp was a rare collectors' item on vinyl, but is now rereleased on cd by
Helmilevyt!

“我的脸是五颜六色的，我有可爱的外表滑稽的动作，我努力的让大家快乐，我知道大家的快乐就是我的快乐，而我也知道我的心是孤独和寂寞的，涂上彩妆我开心，卸掉后只有落寞，无法在这静寂的世界中呼吸，于是我将彩妆永远的画在脸上，因为表面的快乐或许会催眠自己，让自己感到快乐而真正的快乐起来，外面越热闹，里面越寂冷，越热闹，越寂寞.......没错，我是小丑，一个将寂寞和孤单藏在可笑外表之内的小丑。”
--By Yevonne
《Debiut》这张专辑风格标签为另类、实验性，主要的乐器是手风琴与萨克斯，手风琴与口琴总让我想起初恋的时光，还有天使艾美丽里那段手风琴，她吮吸着手指上的草莓，在小河边打水漂，以及锡盒里失去的纯真童年。
一首首听来，就被第五首“Wesoły kapelusz”所吸引，听不懂波兰语，手风琴简单不单调，男声那么悲苦，他唱着唱着，像快要死了， 最后以纯真小声的童音模糊结尾。当最后一场演出的幕布落下来时，小丑一个人坐在箱子上，回想着刚才欢笑的一幕，独自寂寞。
但是千万不要受这首误导，当听到第二首“Tyłem do przodka”时， 男声夸张趣致，吉他与鼓点明艳欢快，将刚才的阴霾一下子抛诸脑后。
我经常习惯性以柔美的曲子作为结尾，第九首“Język węża”才发现有少少民谣的影子，钢琴纤弱地流淌，男声也在温顺地发生着变化，我多么喜欢这把干净深情的声音啊。
总之，这是张风格多变，独特怪异的专辑。

Fate is the fifth album by Philadelphia indie rock band Dr. Dog. It was released on July 22, 2008. The album introduces some new studio elements to their established indie rock sound.

Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir (born May 16, 1977) is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song", for the end credits of Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Following her critically acclaimed albums Love In The Time Of Science and her Rough Trade debut Fisherman's Woman, the forthcoming Me And Armini (release date September 9th) sees her working once again with her long time producer/collaborator Dan Carey, resulting in what we feel is destined to be one of the loveliest albums of 2008.
Me And Armini is a hugely ambitious and aspirational pop record with Emiliana’s soaring voice centre stage, bolstered by a rich gamut of musical styles. From the summery skank of the title track to the surging, breathless “Jungle Drum” and the yearning “Big Jumps” and much more in between, Me And Armini is a truly fantastic album. For those not in the know, the pedigree paring of Torrini's songwriting and Carey's sonic alchemy (currently being put to work on the new Franz Ferdinand and recent Hot Chip records) has previously combined to world-beating effect when they co-wrote/produced a number-one hit for Kylie Minogue in the shape of the huge-selling pop smash “Slow” as well as contributing “Gollum's Song” to the multi-platinum soundtrack to The Lord Of The Rings.
Emiliana Torrini is half Icelandic, half Italian. She grew up in Iceland in a town outside Reykjavik and spent her childhood summers with her grandmother in the far east of Iceland out in the wild, spacious countryside. Her teen summers were spent in Germany with her Italian uncle. Her worldwide debut album, 1999’s Love In The Time Of Science, was produced by Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears and was a gorgeous electronic trip-hop influenced album. Her second album, Fisherman’s Woman was a little closer to Nick and included the song “Honeymoon Child“ written by Smog’s Bill Callahan, who Emiliana spent some time writing with in the US. Fisherman’s Woman’s theme was loss – sometimes dripping with sadness but more frequently imbued with almost magical optimism.
Me and Armini will be released by Rough Trade in the US on September 9th, and marks another new chapter in Emiliana’s impressive career.

The Sounds来自瑞典南部小城Helsingborg。2003年推出首张专辑Living in America时，他们不过刚从高中毕业，而就是这张处女作让他们一举成名，一经推出就登上了瑞典唱片销量榜第四的位置，并且随后在美国发行。期待了将近三年，我们终于等来了他们的新作Dying to Say This to You，而这是一张不能错过的专辑，它达成了几乎所有我们对于The Sounds的预想，它更成熟也更自我，我们不用再为The Sounds贴上新一代Blondie等等的标签，主音Maja Ivarsson已经开始树立更为鲜明的个人风格。
就幕后而言，这张新作的制作人是曾为The Killer制作过Hot Fuss的Jeff Saltzman，就风格而言，除了复古摇滚，这次你可以找到disco, funk, new wave, ballad等等，出色的歌曲旋律架构加上Maja让人精神振奋的声音表现，整张专辑一气呵成。
推荐这张，喜欢乾净利落的indie rock风格的朋友不要错过。

"Funeral Entertainment"- so der Name der neuen Platte, ist laut DIE ART das Album was die Band schon immer mal machen wollte und was dann schlussendlich nie zustande kam. Klingt nach Meilenstein. Aber manchmal entstehen Meilensteine von selbst, - ganz plötzlich und unerwartet. Wie auch in diesem Fall. Denn eigentlich war für dieses Jahr gar kein Album geplant. Nunmehr ist eine Platte fertig, die mit circa 40 Minuten Gesamtspieldauer schon die klassische LP-Länge aufweist. In diesem Fall komplett in englischer Sprache getextet, rotieren sechs nagelneue DIE ART Kracher auf dem Silberling, darunter der griffige Opener und geborene Clubklassiker "Obsession Is Sad Passion". Der siebente und einzig bereits bekannte Song auf der neuen Platte ist PALE. Der wohl zur Zeit genialste DIE ART-Song kursiert bei eingefleischten DIE ART-FANS bereits in Rough-Qualität und sah nun erstmals ein Musikstudio von innen. Freut euch auf auf sieben neue Songs in 40 Minuten - auf 100 Prozent DIE ART der Extraklasse!

John Clayton Mayer is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but disenrolled and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with Clay Cook. Together, they formed a short-lived two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters.

2009 debut from the multi-national group of nomadic musicians recruited by front man Richard Frenneaux in 2007, with one objective in mind: to make a huge record. Fine Fascination' is provocative, it explores the profundity and seduction of relationships, addiction and friendship by contrasting dark lyricism with euphoric instrumentals. Produced by Adrian Bushby (U2, Placebo, Foo Fighters) the sound is Arena Rock - grandiose, relentless and intense. 2008 saw the band tour relentlessly, supporting The Pigeon Detectives, Kaiser Chiefs, Editors and Glasvegas as well as headlining the BBC Electric proms 'Hot and New' night. 10 tracks including the singles 'Scheme Eugene' and 'Arts & Crafts'. Columbia.

Great Lake Swimmers return with a warm second album, Bodies and Minds, filled with songs of heartbreak, rural nostalgia, and the search for spiritual transcendence. The album picks up where Great Lake Swimmers' critically-acclaimed 2003 debut left off, featuring gentle, thoughtful compositions and understated instrumentation, while also moving fluidly into alt-country pop territory with sweet harmonies, light orchestration, and even a few up-tempo numbers. (Think Mark Kozelek playing Neil Young, or the delicate Nick Drake delivered with the heart of Gram Parsons.) Bodies and Minds was recorded in a lakeside church in rural southern Ontario, continuing the emphasis on atmosphere from the debut album (which was recorded in an abandoned grain silo). Engineered by Andy Magoffin (Constantines, Royal City) and mixed at his celebrated House of Miracles, the record has a sparkle and shimmer that is due in part to the cavernous surroundings in which it was captured. Outside Music. 2005. * No US releases scheduled until August 2005.

2005年的第三张专辑《Lost In A Moment》之后，一直没有Lene Marlin出新歌的消息，一度以为就此隐退了。但惊喜的是，在第四个年头终于发表了全新的个人专辑，Lene又回来了！
Lene Marlin并不是只有甜美的外表，她的专业演唱技巧、超高水准的词曲创作以及宛如天籁的优美音质在在表现出独树一格且与众不同的特质。Lene Marlin用一把空心吉他与她优美的声音，传达了独有的音乐觉醒意识，这种自我的意识，有时甚至在成熟的歌者身上都还无法找到。
Lene Marlin的歌曲在许多的部分都反映出她的周遭环境，例如将欢乐不断的北国夏日夜晚，用自然且立即具像的方式描绘出来，让听者无法不动容。她也用更深层、更神秘的方式，来反映出冬天的漫长与忧伤。
对于Lene,对于Lene的音乐带给歌迷们的感觉,作为歌迷的我们只需静静体会,无需深究唱的是什么.除非您能完全明白Lene唱的是什么.您能明白吗? 您只需静静地揣摩那无端的意境,把她的专辑整张地放,一遍遍地听,等到看惯了春枝发芽、秋叶凋零之时,这也许会是最好的礼物。

新浪潮乐队（Nouvelle Vague）以抒情又清新的手法重新演绎了八十年代经典名曲，作品中处处弥漫着一股法国式的Bossa Nova，Chill out味道。该乐队新近迅速窜红，如今已在法国家喻户晓，成为法国独具特色、横跨爵士与流行的大牌乐队。