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You Are The Blood: New song from Sufjan Stevens

April 3rd, 2009

Today’s Dark Was The Night track comes to us from a guy named Sufjan Stevens. It’s a cover of the Castanets’ “You Are The Blood,” originally on Ray & rotating Co’s 2004 album Cathedral (keeping it in the Asthmatic Kitty family, see). For his updated take, Stevens replaces the original’s minimal gothic atmospherics with crazed keyboarding, carnival percussion, high-pitched vocalisms, and layers of general instrumental zaniness until a soft, Sufjan-y return. Take a listen. It sounds like he decided to put every piece of equipment in his studio to use.
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You Are The Blood: New song from Sufjan Stevens

Interpol – Percipitate Lyrics

June 15th, 2007

Been bad, Saturn makes your mind break in pieces
Been bad, so you cannot find the dimensions
But it will be around this box that I’ve given to you
You will know that you breathe my vapors every time that you pass through this room
Pass through this room
Walk through my room
Daphne, when you find me…
Daphne, when you find me, let the blood dry then come and lie with me
Daphne, symmetry, you can’t help but admire what a joy through this is to be
Bad, Saturn makes your mind break in pieces
Been bad, so you …

Interpol – Percipitate Lyrics

Indie vs. Emo

May 24th, 2007

I couldn’t sleep last night because of exam I had today so I watched German MTV after midnight and I saw interesting programme called US vs. UK. It was about many things but also about indie bands and emo bands. I didn´t know that they are distinguishable. Well consider yourself. ( I was surprised myself… Didn´t know much about emo as such).
Indie comes from independent and is characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture. In the UK, indie music charts have been compiled since the …

Indie vs. Emo

Heinrich Maneuver

May 24th, 2007

Heinrich Maneuver is new Interpol track which surfaced on the net from third Interpol album so far, called Our Love To Admire.
We need to wait until 7/10/07 to listen to whole album, but before that enjoy Heinrich Maneuver.
Interpol

Heinrich Maneuver

Indie Music

February 16th, 2007

Indie music is a type of alternative rock which exists in the independent music world. The word is periodically used to refer to all underground music, and is the opposite of indie pop music. Indie rock music places an emphasis on electric instruments such guitars and drums. Musicians in the genre are also known for using abstract sounds. The term indie rock is used because musicians work under smaller record labels instead of the major record companies.
Though indie rock isn’t technically a genre, it is considered to represent the underground …

Indie Music

History of Fender Guitars

January 3rd, 2007

Fender® is currently one of the premier electric guitar manufacturers out there. The instrument manufacturing aspect of the company had its beginnings in 1946 when Leo Fender began building them. However, the company actually started in 1938 and was called Fender’s Radio Services. He was actually a skilled technician who repaired radios, phonograph players, amplifiers, and other electronic instruments.
His experience repairing amplifiers actually marked the beginning of the Fender® manufacturer as we know it today. As a technician he had first hand knowledge of the design problems and issues. He …

History of Fender Guitars

History of rock music

October 30th, 2006

Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat.
History of rock music
Rock music, where did it all begin? Believe it or not a black man who played black music, originally founded rock music in the mid 50s, this man was Chuck Berry. Rock became popular almost over night, and was accepted with open arms by the younger generations. …

History of rock music

Indie music

October 8th, 2006

In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach.
Indie music is a type of alternative rock which exists in the independent music world. The word is periodically used to refer to all underground music, and is the opposite of indie pop music. Indie rock music places an emphasis on electric instruments such guitars and drums. Musicians in the genre are also …

Indie music