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The Haunted – Unseen (2011)
This guys from Gothenburg, Sweden managed to came out with the perfect blend of the traditional Melodic Death/Thrash with the modern, straight approach and sound of the later trends. And I’m gonna tell you right from the beginning: “Unseen” it’s another outstanding collection of heavy, consistent songs, all the 12 new tracks are killer ones, crushing constructions of modern metal, the three years passed from their previous material, “Versus”, worth the extended waiting.
Formed in 1996 on the solid foundation of the pioneering band of the Swedish metal scene At the Gates, The Haunted signed to Earache Records and released their debut, self-titled album in 1998. The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen. Read more The Haunted – Unseen (2011)
Care este motivul principal pentru care guvernul Boc trebuie să plece?
Realitatea TV a pus în joc un premiu în valoare de 100.000 de euro ieri când Guvernul Boc a înfruntat o nouă moţiune de cenzură în Parlament. Trebuia găsit “răspunsul corect” la întrebarea: “Care este motivul principal pentru care guvernul Boc trebuie să plece?”. O strategie de marketing care probabil a încercat să combată audienţele mult mai ridicate ale concurenţilor de la Antena 3. Peste 50.000 de telespectatori au trimis răspunsurile lor. Ce mă intrigă pe mine mai mult şi mai mult este prăpastia dintre ce spun sondajele de opinie şi ce am văzut ieri pe stăzile Bucureştilor. Un guvern cu încrederea sub 10% în sondaje n-a reuşit să urnească nici 1% din populaţia României. Sau mint sondajele şi “trusturile de presă ale mogulilor” şi românul este mulţumit şi fericit, sau suntem complet indolenţi şi/sau nevertebrate. Scuze, de fiecare dată ne găsim, dar “revoluţii” nu se fac nici la televizor, nici pe Twitter sau Facebook. Read more Care este motivul principal pentru care guvernul Boc trebuie să plece?
Wings – London Town (1978)
My mom played this vinyl many times and it gets under my skin. Tunes, fragments of it still vibrates in my ears even after 30 and so years. “By dawn’s first light i’ll come back to your room again/With my carnation hidden by the packages/I’m carrying, something/I’m carrying something for you…” Just like that. “People pass me by on my imaginary street/Ordinary people it’s impossible to meet/Holding conversations that are always incomplete/Well, I don’t know/Oh where are there places to go/Someone somewhere has to know/I don’t know…” Songs to humming along a lifetime. Just like “Girlfriend” or “With A Little Luck”. And I’m pretty sure, a guy named Michael Jackson learned this songs – and lesson – as well. But I love McCarney and I love this whole album from “”Cafe on the Left Bank” to “Famous Groupies” or from the “Backwards Traveller” to “Deliver Your Children” and I just can name all the 14 tracks of the original release. Worth to mention the over 6 minutes of “”Morse Moose and the Grey Goose” with Funky and Psychedelic infusions. On the re-issued and remastered release from 1993 there’s two bonus tracks: “Girls’ School” and “Mull of Kintyre”, this second one becoming the UK’s biggest-selling not charting single, even outstripping The Beatles’ largest seller “She Loves You”. Read more Wings – London Town (1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator – A Grounding in Numbers (2011)
Released on 14 March 2011, this date written as 3,14 comprises the first three digits of the number Pi. The second track, “Mathematics”, refers to “Euler’s identity” known as the mathematical poem and the trio consisted of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evansin moved on to a new label, Esoteric Records. I have to admit, I missed the previous two albums – “Present” (2005) and “Trisector” (2008) – meantime, David Jackson quit the band after releasing “Present”, but Hammill, Banton and Evansin seems to feel quite alright together and the new set of 13 tracks sounds strong as the good old stuffs, but strangely also refreshing.
When I was absolutely convinced that the actual British scene is consisted exclusively by a bunch of kids with stupid haircuts, sponsored clothing and complete lack of inspiration, this old guys showed me otherwise. Perhaps “A Grounding in Numbers” is not another “H to He, Who Am the Only One” and actually I miss Jackson’s saxophone and flute, but the new material is a nice trip back to the 70s, but still looking forward. Read more Van Der Graaf Generator – A Grounding in Numbers (2011)
The Purple Queens
I can smell the sunshine, spring is here again. It’s refreshing to throw away the neckerchief, the heavy overcoat and enjoy a little bit of freedom, anyway, at least some kind of illusion of it. I took this pictures back in 2009 in the backyard of a nice and quiet church near to the central railway station in the heart of Bucharest.
Magnolia is an ancient genus. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles. Fossilised specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae dating to 95 million years ago.
Magnolia figo is also called “Purple Queen”. Read more The Purple Queens
10 best albums of 2010
2010, musically speaking, it wasn’t a year of crisis, the music industry seems to be trying to cover excessive losses due to piracy by the avalanche of products brought to the market. I do not know how effective this approach is, but I know that in 2010 I wrote about over 300 albums and listened, well, many more. And this trend keeps rising this year.
In April I discovered the album “Blackjazz” by the Norwegian Shining and till “Ipsissimus” of Zorn/Moonchild in October I was firmly convinced that it is the album of the year. That does not mean that at the time between were not materials worth to mention. There were plenty. The quantity floods of products to the market fortunately didn’t buried for good the quality products. Yet.
10 titles, however, is frustratingly few to be fair. Some good titles are left out of this so-called classification, sorry guys, I love and respect all of you! I put this 10 titles in alphabetical order because all of them deserves maximum attention. Well, I do not make my “critics choice” with one eye on Billboard and the other one on eMpTyV, but what the hell?! I still believe that music is more than an accessory of the business that grew out from it. Music is not only for legs or ears, but for soul.
Adevăratul portret al lui Dumnezeu
Adevăratul portret al lui Dumnezeu este un mister la fel de mare ca adevăratul său nume.
Căutările omului sunt la fel de misterioase ca şi căile Domnului… Imagini şi text AICI. 🙂
Byron – Perfect (2011)
Candid. Într-un singur cuvânt cam asta aş spune despre colecţia de prelucrări (cover-uri) (semi) acustice al celor din Byron. Este revigorant, viu cum băieţii amestecă şarmante sonorităţi Jazz cu segvenţe Rock moderne fără să intre în capcanele Indie. 16 piese selectate cu grijă şi reambalate cu bun simţ şi bun gust, “chestie” absentă cu desăvârşire din peisajul modern, mai ales din cel autohton.
În 2007 m-am aruncat cu poftă pe albumul “Forbidden Drama” şi acel disc privit şi cu detaşarea din urmă acum, a fost semnalul că şi-n România se poate face muzică non-mainstream. Mi-a plăcut acel disc pentru nuanţele sale A Perfect Circle şi speram ca trupa să o calce chiar mai spre Tool. N-a fost să fie, Dan Byron a gândid în altă direcţie evoluţia, “A Kind of Alchemy” din 2009 cumva a intrat fix în capcana mainstream, în ciuda infuziilor Blues, Soul şi Funk, discul a cotit-o în zona Indie, înfundătură inevitabilă în opinia mea, o fi “cool”, o fi la modă, o fi în trend, dar e o cutie în care n-ai loc de întors. Read more Byron – Perfect (2011)
Mick Jagger – She’s The Boss (1985)
Did Jagger felt himself lonely at the top back in 85? It’s hard to believe while Jagger gathered around him an extended gang of musicians like this: the prolific Bill Laswell on bass guitar and synthesizer; Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Eddie Martinez, Nile Rodgers and G. E. Smith on guitars; also on bass guitar he had Bernard Edwards, Colin Hodgkinson and Robbie Shakespeare; playing keyboards, synthesizers, organ and piano there was Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer, Guy Fletcher, Wally Badarou, Ron Magness, Chuck Leavell and Robert Sabino; on drums were pumping Sly Dunbar, Steve Ferrone , Anton Fig, Michael Shrieve and Tony Thompson and Ray Cooper, Anton Fier and Daniel Ponce delivered percussion while Aïyb Dieng played the shaker. Lenny Pickett played on the saxophone and Bernard Fowler, Fonzi Thornton and Alfa Pickett sung backing vocals. Sir Michael Philip Jagger got half a life? It’s even harder to believe, Jagger took at least double share of everything he could get. And I really and literally mean everything. Read more Mick Jagger – She’s The Boss (1985)
