NEW: The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The Cross of My Calling (2008)

Amazing band! Rock, punk, post punk... Viva Sweden!

Tracklist:

1.Intro
2.The Assassination Of Myself
3.Dustbins of History
4.Arm Yourself
5.Hiroshima Mon Amour
6.Boredom of Safety
7.Child of God
8.Interlude
9.I Am The Dynamite
10.Washington Bullets
11.Satan Made the Deal
12.Storm the Gates of Beverly Hills
13.Black September
14.The Cross of My Calling

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cptzpi

Kings Die Kings - Recapture EP(2008)

Kings Die Kings. Anote o nome deste quinteto escocês. Por certo, o leitor não conhece a banda ou pouco ouvir falar. Não há problema. O trabalho desses carinhas de Edinburgh é recente. Não lançaram o debut ainda, mas já contam com 2 eps. Detentores de um dos baixos mais poderosos da Europa e um vocalista, Keith Routledge, que é quase o Ian Curtis (Repare: Quase), soam como um encontro funesto entre Interpol, Joy Division e algo mais, que pode apenas ser definido como atitude.
Não é política da casa destacar de forma direta algum grupo, mas o leitor deve ficar atento: "Recapture", o segundo trabalho do Kings Die Kings, é impactante.

"I Long Expect To See This Band Strutting All The Main Stages In Years To Come"
Plastic Ashtray

"Kings Die Kings Are A Dark And Brooding Rock Band... With A Wee Nod To Classic Eighties Bands Such As The Cure And Joy Division"
Martin Bate, XFM Scotland

Tracklist:

1. Recapture
2.Override
3.Holes

http://www.mediafire.com/?nhi3zfjw1mm

NEW: Razorlight - Slipway Fires (2008)

Razorligth = Basic Indie = Grandes vendagens.

Tracklist:

01. Wire To Wire
02. Hostrage of Love
03. You And The Rest
04. Tabloid Lover
05. North London Trash
06. 60 Thompson
07. Stinger
08. Burberry Blue Eyes
09. Blood For Wild Blood
10. Monster Boots
11. The House

http://www.zshare.net/download/506729249255b922/

NEW: The Raveonettes - Beauty Dies EP (2008)

Duo dinamarquês de indie. No trabalho do Raveonettes há influências de eletronica, hip-hop e pop. Estão na estrada desde 2001 e preparando o quinto album.

Tracklist:

01. Young and Beautiful
02. Black/White
03. The Thief
04. Here Comes the End

http://odsiebie.com/pokaz/853126---a06b.html

The Cloud Room - Blue Monday (New Order Cover - 2008) Single

Interessante trabalho este single. The Cloud Room procura reconstruir "Blue Monday" de seus elementos eletrônicos, buscando um som mais orgânico.

Tracklist:

01. Blue Monday (New Order Cover)

http://www.mediafire.com/?brf96yo10zt

Five O’Clock Heroes - Speak Your Language [2008]

Five O’Clock Heroes é uma quarteto com integrantes americanos e ingleses. O debut, "Bend To The Breaks", obteve alguma repercursão na imprensa especializada européia e norte-americana. Já "Speak Your Language", o segundo trabalho, é repleto de indie com ska, tipo Kooks e tantos outros.

Tracklist:

1. Judas 3:09
2. New York Chinese Laundry 3:42
3. Who (Ft. Agyness Deyn) 3:52
4. Speak Your Language 2:57
5. Alive 2:46
6. Trust 2:43
7. Dont Say Dont 4:03
8. Everybody Knows It 3:08
9. These Girls 2:58
10. God And Country 2:56
11. Radio Lover 3:55
12. Happy Together 3:01
13. Grab Me 6:05

http://rapidshare.com/files/134665101/5oCH-SYL.rar
PASS: http://glamorous-indie-rocknroll.blogspot.com/

Takka Takka - Migration (2008)

"Migration" é o segundo album destes nova-iorquinos que apareceram no cenário em 2006, com o album"We Feel Safer At Night" . Este trabalho, assim como o primeiro, opta por fugir a qualquer definição de sonoridade em específico. Para isso, a banda utiliza diversas variações rítmicas e de estilo de música para música. Na teoria, a intenção é diferenciar, substancialmente, cada faixa. Na prática, o quinteto cai em algumas armadilhas indie e new wave. Nada que comprometa.

Tracklist:

01 Monkey Forest Road
02 Silence
03 The Takers
04 Everybody Say
05 (The Optimists Were Right)
06 Homebreaker
07 Fall Down Where You Stand
08 Lion In The Waves
09 One Foot In A Well
10 (The Optimists Were Wrong)
11 Change, No Change
12 You And Universe

http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=A3FZULXO

Just A Band - We Are EP (2008)

Electro. Hot. Realy Hot!

Tracklist:

1. We Are (04:32)
2. We Are (The Shoes Remix) (03:55)
3. Walk on Down (05:33)
4. Aarghh !! (04:13)

http://rapidshare.com/files/97440944/Just_A_Band_-_We_Are_EP__2008__by_e-track.zip

Backyard Babies - Backyard Babies 2008

O Backyard Babies é um dos precursores da invasão sueca. A banda está na ativa desde 1987. Com 7 albuns de estúdio, na primeira metade dos anos 2000, estiveram muito próximos de estourar através dos albuns Making Enemies is Good (2001) e Stockholm Syndrome (2003). Este novo trabalho segue as referências já utilizadas pela banda: rock sujo, com influências de punk e hard-rock.

Tracks:

1.Fuck off and die

2.degenerated

3.come undone

4.drool

5.abandon

6.voodoo love bow

7.diots

8.the ship

9.nomadic

10.back on the juice

11.where were you

12.zoe is a weidro

13.saved by the bell

http://rapidshare.com/files/136449979/Backyard_Babies_-_Backyard_Babies_2008.rar.html

PASS: milanking

Retrolust - Pump It (2008)

Como adverte o próprio nome desta dupla americana, o Retrolust faz um som retrô, baseado no Synth-pop dos 80's. O diferencial é que em "Pump It" alguns elementos de industrial são utilizados para compor o som.

Tracklist:

1. Backseat Driver
2. Japanese Hot Rod
3. On My Own
4. Motion Picture Girl
5. Passion Pit
6. Sunglasses
7. Discotheque
8. Lost Without You
9. Sex Clone
10. Dog on A Leash
11. Seize The Day

http://rapidshare.com/files/156804749/Retrolust_-_Pump_It.zip

Jens Bader - Zenith (2008)

Jens Bader é um produtor de synth-pop vindo da alemanha. Antenado com o passado, está mais ligado ao synth-pop 80's do que a tendências "atuais", como o electro."Zenith", por exemplo, exala por todas suas notas musicais influências de Depeche Mode, Yazoo e New Order.

Tracklist:

01 Too Expensive
02 Proof Of Life
03 Smart As Him
04 Some Travel Far
05 Being Killed
06 Master Of My Trade
07 Special Treatment
08 Prime Of Life
09 Have You Finished
10 Unique
11 Rise Again

http://narod.ru/disk/3474525000/JB-Z.zip.html

Clearlake - Amber (2006)

"Amber" foi o terceiro album dos ingleses do Clearlake. Trabalham com maestria o crossover entre alguns arranjos dos 50's e 60's com outros estilos musicais, como o brit-pop, garage e algo de eletronica, por exemplo. Em resumo, uma espécie de indie retrô. A banda prepara novo trabalho para lançamento em 2009.

"Frequently gorgeous but over-lubed, the album forges soundscapes so lush they're almost narcotic "
Pitchfork

"One of the most striking Brit-rock step-ups since Radiohead got The Bends"
Entertainment Weekly

"Clearlake have headed into deeper, darker waters"
Q Magazine

Tracklist:

1 No Kind of Life
2 Getting Light Outside
3 Amber
4 Good Clean Fun
5 Here to Learn
6 You Can't Have Me
7 Finally Free
8 Dreamt That You Died
9 Far Away
10 Neon
11 I Hate It, I Got What I Wanted
12 Widescreen

http://rapidshare.com/files/80847624/Clearlake_-_2006_Amber.zip

We Are Terrorists - Dont Panic EP (2008)

Electro-rock francês. "Dont Panic" mantém uma pegada forte do início ao fim. Por certo, esse será o cartão de visitas da banda para o cenário indie europeu. O tom 80's é sublinhado por fortes sintetizadores e vocal alucinado. Uma coisa é certa: esses caras são doentes!

Tracklist:

01. Ground Zero
02. Rejoins Nous
03. Achète Mes Disques

http://www.mediafire.com/?ydzndamznnn

Islands - Arm's Way (2008)

Islands é um sexteto da parte francesa do Canadá."Arm's Way" é uma obra de indie-rock dançante e coesa, atributo raro à lançamentos. A proposta do grupo é adequar alguns instrumentos eruditos, como violinos, à dinâmica da música pop, com foco no indie.

"Islands' new obsession with darkness does, however, make sense. The throughline between all of Thorburn's records (with Islands and the Unicorns) is a lyrical obsession with death in all of its forms-- from the corporal (bones) to the metaphysical (ghosts)-- so it was only a matter of time until his band tried to match its outward sound to the inner themes. Gone are the guest rappers, the acoustic nuevo-country twang, and the sunny Afro-Caribbean flourishes (though there are still a few brief flashes of them, as on chugging rocker "J'aime Vous Voire Quitter", which, two minutes in, implodes into a Bahamian "La Bamba" breakdown). In their place are theatrical string arrangements, layers of silvery, minor-key guitars, and lots of gothy synthesizers."
Pitchfork

Tracklist:

1.The Arm
2.Pieces of You
3.J'aime Vous Voire Quitter
4.Abominable Snow
5.Creeper
6.Kids Don't Know Shit
7.Life In Jail
8.In the Rushes
9.We Swim
10.To a Bond
11.I Feel Evil Creeping In
12.Vertigo (If It's a Crime)

http://rapidshare.com/files/107968470/IslandsWay.rar

Mono In VCF - Mono In VCF (2008)

"Mono In VCF" é o debut desta banda de Tacoma. Trilham o caminho da psicodelia 60's. No entanto, este primeiro trabalho tem méritos notáveis. Não é possível afirmar, por exemplo, que seja uma banda revival. A psicodelia é o ponto de partida para uma viagem em que, sabe-se, a nostalgia é o destino final. O grupo procura dialogar com novas tecnologias e sonoridades, incorpando o som. É um trabalho de personalidade. Anote o nome da vocalista: Kim Miller.

"Drifting in space somewhere between psychedelic Beatles & Massive Attack."
-The Seattle Times

Tracklist:

1.Escape City Scrapers
2.Spider Rotation
3.Masha
4.Key To The House
5.In Los Angeles
6.There's No Blood In Bone
7.Chanteuse
8.Death Of A Spark
9.The Only One
10.Cinch Ring
11.We Could've Owned

http://www.mediafire.com/?sutbswn6uag

Southpaw - "Addiction (2008)

Ainda no colégio, quatro garotos da República Tcheca decidiram montar uma banda influênciados por The Smiths e guitar bands inglesas. Isso em 1996. Os dias passaram e a galera viu que levava jeito para o negócio. "Addiction" é o trabalho que, segundo parece, confirmará o nome do grupo no circuito europeu. O som do Southpaw pode ser definido como a colisão entre os Smiths, Suede e música eletronica.

Tracklist:

1. Bombs
2. Addiction
3. Design
4. Pages
5. We Want More
6. Bones We Break
7. Mute Song
8. Brother
9. For The Last Time
10. Troubles
11. The Tree

http://rapidshare.com/files/150212864/Sthpw-ddctn_2008_.rar.html

Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions (2008)

The BBC Sessions é um material precioso para fãs do Belle and Sebastian. O album traz a banda em diferentes épocas de sua carreira. Em comum, apenas a primazia das interpretações e a BBC.

Tracklist:

01. The State I Am In (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
02. Like Dylan in the Movies (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
03. Judy and the Dream of Horses (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
04. The Stars of Track and Field (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
05. I Could Be Dreaming (Mark Radcliffe session; 12/96; abbreviated version)
06. Seymour Stein (Evening Session; 07/97)
07. Lazy Line Painter Jane (Evening Session; 07/97)
08. Sleep the Clock Around (Evening Session; 07/97)
09. Slow Graffiti (Evening Session; 07/97)
10. Wrong Love (later recorded as "The Wrong Girl") (Evening Session; 07/97)
11. Shoot the Sexual Athlete (John Peel session; 05/01)
12. The Magic of a Kind Word (John Peel session; 05/01)
13. Nothing in the Silence (John Peel session; 05/01)
14. (My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique (John Peel session; 05/01)

http://rapidshare.com/files/158271969/B_SBBC1_Vic.zip

Cristal Castles vs Health - Crimewave (EP) (2008)

Dupla de dj's e produtores canadenses em mais um ataque certeiro. A cabeça pensante do Cristal Waves atende por Ethan Kath. Já a dona da voz (e do rosto) é Alice Glass.
Tracklist:

1.Crimewave
2.Crimewave - Sinden Remix
3.Crimewave - L.A. Riots Remix
4.Crimewave - Keith Remix

http://www.mediafire.com/?z2knz4yjmin

The Myriad - With Arrows, With Poise (2008)

The Myriad é um quinteto de Seattle que faz um indie melódico e pronto para as fm's. Em "With Arrows, With Poise" há arranjos grandiosos, refrões bem trabalhados e um crossover de indie e eletrônica bem costurado.

Tracklist:

1. You Waste Time Like a Grandfather Clock
2. "Get On the Plane."
3. Forget What You Came For
4. A Clean Shot
5. The Accident
6. Holiest of Thieves
7. A Thousand Winters Melting
8. Polar Bears and Shark Fins
9. Throwing Punches
10. "Don't Let Them See You!"
11. Braver Than the Rest
12. Stuck in a Glass Elevator

http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=8NL2DFML

The Cloud Room - Fake 7'' (no. 2) (2008)

Em 2005, o Cloud Room esteve muito perto de estourar. Embalado pelo forte single ""Hey Now Now", o debut desse grupo de New York perdeu força devido às irregularidades do cd, qua alternava momentos inspirados com verdadeiras canções de ninar.
Como indica o calendário, passaram-se alguns anos e aí começa a segunda chance. Procurando fugir ao turbilhão post-punk revival que entusiasmou determinados críticos, em "Fake 7'' o Cloud Room procura trazer outros elementos para compor a sonoridade. A contar por "T-Shirts" e "Sticks & Stones" parece evidente a influência de Bowie. Aliás, "T-Shirts" é um exemplo caricato. Quanto a "Sticks & Stones", a grande idéia da vez foi introduzir alguns elementos eletrônicos e coros psicodélicos.

"In the race to be the next big thing, The Cloud Room is about to give Bloc Party and The Dears a run for their money."
- PopMatters

Tracklist:

01 T-Shirts
02 Sticks & Stones

http://www.zshare.net/download/50555471d0c2ea91/

NEW: The Rapture - Tapes (2008)

Dois anos após o bom (mas não tão bom) "Pieces of the People We Love" sai "Tapes". Na imprensa especializada, alguns críticos avisavam que "Pieces of the People We Love" seria excelente em comparação ao novo material. Poucos esperavam um album de remix.

O Headphonee não avaliará este trabalho.

"Well, to be honest, the gradient of decline is steep. After a so-so Bar-Kays track, the listener (ie Me) is faced with a load of substandard house music that probably makes pill-poppin' students go crazy. Why students? Well, there's huge dollops of '80s synth over the chosen tracks, makin' 'em an ironists soup of the day (or maybe that should be a Prawn Cocktail or something equally ironic). There's a track by onehalfofDaftPunk, Thomas Bangaltier, which will give cool points to someone of lesser taste (even though I seriously dig Daft Punk... it's clear that Bangaltier needs TheOtherHalf to make decent rekkids - Music Sounds Better With You anyone?) and some pop-house that goes "get get down g-g-get down" which you'll remember from CD:UK or sumfin. Basically, as a comp', it's rubbish. It worries me that Richie Haven's 'Going Back To My Roots' is featured as, well, it's been on every single compilation ever made (and that includes The Very Best of Motorhead, Now That's What I Called Country Tearjerkers and Barry Manilow sings The Best of Sleeveface). If you're 14 years old and need to extend your horizons away from White Boys With Guitars, you'll probably have fun with this and ultimately, be led on to better things... but for anyone who has already opened their minds, steer clear. This is lazy and not saved by a strong opening."
Eletric Roulette

Tracklist:

1. The Undisputed Truth - Earthquake Shake
2. Ghostface Killah - Daytona 500
3. Junkyard Band - The Word
4. The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost
5. Vaughan Mason & Crew - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
6. Northend - Tee's Happy
7. Don Armando's Second Avenue Rumba Band - I'm An Indian Too
8. Martin Circus - Disco Circus
9. Arcade Lover - Fantasy Lines
10. Thomas Bangalter - Club Soda
11. Kiloo - The Passion (Phonique Mix Down)
12. Armand van Helden - Flowerz
13. Cajmere feat Dajae - Say U Will
14. Syclops - Where's Jason K
15. DJ Mujava - Township Funk
16. Donk Boys - Cpstyre
17. Dances With White Girls - Everybody's Got To Make A Living
18. Alter Ego - Why Not?!
19. Paul Johnson - Get Get Down (Extended Mix)
20. Kid Crème - Austin's Groove
21. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
22. Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Afro Arps And Minimoogs (S2)

http://www.uploadjockey.com/download/cw17xevz/rapture_tapes.zip

NEW: Editors - Bonny (2008) Cover

O Editors marcou seu nome dentro do rock britânico ao lançar "Back Room" em 2005. No ano de 2007, An End Has A Start se torna mais uma marca para Tom Smith. Sem contar a onda de boas criações do quarteto, o Editors cativou a crítica européia com interpretações fortes e letras densas. O timbre de voz de Smith é espetáculo à parte e duela no centro das atenções com a guitarra sempre em evidência. "Bunny", por acaso, é uma faixa mais lenta e que caminha junto com algumas produções da banda com ritmos mais cadenciados e climas melancólicos.

Tracklist:

1. Bunny (Prefab Spraut)

http://www.zshare.net/download/50552006c984038c/

This Town Needs Guns - Animals (2008)

O nome dessa banda é um atributo da mais pura ironia. Poderia significar, segundo as expressões mais conservadoras ou extremistas, a necessidade de algumas cidades na américa latina ou oriente médio. A intriga inicial que o nome do grupo causa é seguido de espanto em relação às extruturas musicais em "Animals", embora, em sua execução, o This Town Needs Guns esbanje simplicidade.

"A good album and a major talent then, but one that needs honing. It would be nice to hear what This Town Needs Guns would sound like if they just relaxed a bit and developed their songwriting rather than being quite so insistent on displaying the extent of their technical ability."
ClickMusic

Tracklist:

01. Chinchilla
02. Baboon
03. Lemur
04. Badger
05. Quetzel
06. Panda
07. Elk
08. Pig
09. Gibbon
10. Dog
11. Crocodile
12. Rabbit
13. Zebra

http://www.mediafire.com/?d1w3ivdtymy

The Boat People - Chandeliers (2008)

O segundo album dessa galera afetada made in Australia. Indie-rock/pop básico e sem frescuras. O quarteto restringe sua excêntricidade ao visual. Mas, não chega a ser um choque insuportável. Em estúdio, porém, gravam este bom e coeso "Chandeliers". O som do grupo fica na linha entre um Strokes e o Magic Numbers.

Tracklist

1.Awkward Orchid Orchard
2.On Your Side
3.Born in the 80s
4.Light Of Love (You Got a...)
5.Hours n Hours
6.As f I Could
7.Babysnake
8.Panic
9.A Space in Time
10.Destinations
11.Millagri

http://rapidshare.com/files/157365329/The_Boat_People_-_Chandeliers_-_2008.rar

Telepathe - Dance Mother (2008)

Eletronica/Indie from Brooklyn.

"Brooklyn banshees with a brand new beat, Telepathe stand out from the NY district’s vacuum of avant-garde. Though the same stifling pursuits of local noiseniks Gang Gang Dance and Effi Briest remain, a realised pop sensibility now stands to the fore, as harmonies and chants call out with blood-curdling brilliance against their lapping tape loops and darting hooks. Years in the making, Dance Mother, the outfit’s debut full-length, waits in the wings, its makers the latest darlings to be produced by TV On The Radio’s industrious Dave Sitek."
Drowned In Sound

Tracklist

01. I Can't Stand it
02. Chrome's on it
03. You Ought to Know
04. The Devil's Trident
05. Standing in Your Line
06. God Is Watching
07. Crimes and Killings

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dghej02w5wy

Final Days Society - Noise Passes, Silence Remains (2008)

Final Days Society é um quarteto sueco de post-rock. "Noise Passes, Silence Remains" é seu debut. Instrumentais perfeitos, vocal soberbo. Uma obra-prima.

"Final Days Society is the result of 4 guys from 4 different bands in the southern parts of Sweden joining forces to make music that they love, emotional powerful music."
Myspace Release

"...awesome, powerful and almost catchy...wounderful songs without much words, but with a unbelievable voice..."
Stereopark

"Final Days Society is from Växjö (swe) and is influenced by Sigur Ros and Mogwai. The band was formed as late as last year and after only one demo they got a record deal so things have been hectic for these guys. Considering the influence mentioned before its no point to inform that Final Days Societys music is everything but happy and merry. However it is often beautiful and dreamy, dull if youre not in the mood for it, but otherwise rich in atmosphere and occasionally dramatic. Suwat Khanhs voice is delicate, emotional without exploding and the guy have a appealing voice. Noise Passes, Silence Remains is a very steady album. "
Zero Music Magazine

Tracklist:

1.Dilaton
2.Scalar Fields
3.Violent Red
4.Pain passes, beauty remains
5.Lets go again
6.(the) fire
7.Knife
8.Adage
9.Silence is....

http://rapidshare.com/files/138264911/Final_Days_Society_-_Noise_Passes_Silence_Remains_-_2008.rar.html

PASS: SirensSound.blogspot.com

Ashbury Heights - Three Cheers For The Newly Deads (2007)

Dupla sueca de Synth-pop/darkwave. "Three Cheers For The Newly Deads" traz uma releitura de Depeche Mode, The Cure, Soft Cell e The Human League. A dupla realiza um trabalho linear e não compromete. No entanto, como a produção do Ashbury Heights se baseia em uma estética pré-determinada ( synth-pop 80's), é de se cogitar como será a qualidade dos trabalhos vindouros.

Listen: "Cry Havoc", "Corsair" and "Derrick Is A Strange Machine".

Tracklist:

1. Bare Your Teeth
2. Stormbringer
3. Waste Of Love
4. SmAlLeR
5. Derrick Is A Strange Machine
6. Cry Havoc
7. Swansong
8. Illusion
9. Angora Overdrive
10. Corsair
11. Christ
12. Suicide Anthem
13. Penance
14. I Paint Nightscapes
15. Eternity At An End

http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=J78VWY08

The Subs - Subculture (2008)

Electro from Belgium.

Tracklist:

1. Music Is The New Religion
2. Kiss My Trance
3. Papillon
4. My Punk
5. Albatross
6. In Cold Blood
7. Breathe
8. Fuck That Shit
9. From Dusk Till Dawn

http://rapidshare.com/files/156425082/TS-S.rar

Black Light Burns - Cover Your Heart (2008)

É difícil ignorar o passado de uma banda que conta, entre seus membros, com um guitarrista que frequentou as paradas de sucesso através de outro estilo musical. Em "Cover Your Heart ", o antigo guitarrista do Limp Biskt, Wes Borland, tenta uma façanha difícil: produzir um album que, mesmo ao possuir influências já observadas em seu antigo grupo, fosse repleto de covers e representasse outro estilo musical. Simples? De todo modo, a versão para "Hungry Like the Wolf" do Duran Duran já vale o album.

Tracklist:

1. Forkboy (Lard cover)
2. So Alive (Love and Rockets cover)
3. Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran cover)
4. Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters of Mercy cover)
5. Rid of Me (PJ Harvey cover)
6. The Art of Self Defense (The Jesus Lizard cover)
7. On The Bound (Fiona Apple cover)
8. I Am the Sun (Swans cover)
9. Blood Red Head on Fire (Big Dumb Face cover)
10. Search and Destroy (Iggy and The Stooges cover)
11. Drowning Together, Dying Alone
12. Failing
13. Ribbons
14. Zargon Morfoauf
15. Vennisoun
16. Zlitchufdux
17. Giving In Again

http://rapidshare.com/files/125948899/Black_Light_Burns_-_Cover_Your_Heart__2008_.rar

Did - Ask U2 EP (2008)

Quarteto italiano post-punk com ecos de eletronica formado por Guido Savini, Giancarlo Maresca, Andrea Tirone e Andrea Prato em Torino. A música é uma junção de elementos já explorados por bandas como Foals, Hot Chip e o lendário Gang Of Four. Apesar de pouco trazer em inovações, "Ask U2" consegue soar fresco.

"When the adjective "derivative" merges with "effective", shaping a kaleidoscopic oxymoron named Did. This Italian band from Turin unexpectedly unmarks on the right of the majority referent (Linea 77 and Subsonica) to cross on the left with what comes out even more significant by Italian motorcity, like the brilliant Disco Drive.This DID's debut predicts that we are faced with a case of plausible and credible floorfiller band, allegedly born to dance and climb the rankings.They wink just to much freaker Disco Drive, !!!, Gang Of Four, Clor, Foals and, of course, Liars, watering a p(f)unk, wave and hard blues education with castings of providential pop from the 80s school, like The Cure afflicted by neuromantic trends and like occasional Wire's hard sounds, not disdaining to mention here and there Battles and Beatles to obtain the final circle's squaring. "
Domenico Mungo
Rumore Magazine (October 2008)

Tracklist:

1. Ask U2
2. Crazy Yes
3. Weak G Band Star
4. Genie

http://rapidshare.com/files/157842504/DID_-_Ask_U2.rar.html

NEW: Haunts - Haunts (2008)

Na ativa desde 2006, o Haunts finalmente lança seu debut. O resultado, já "avisado" via três singles de sucesso é post-punk moderno e agressivo. Influência, quem sabe, das bandas para quem o Haunts abriu: The Automatic e Lost Prophets. "London's Burning", "Underground", "Black Eyed Girl", "Live Fast Die Young", "Grace (Is Home Late)" e "Love Is Blind" sugaram a pegada, porque " Throw Down Your Guns" é fraca e "Breaking Up", regular. Na verdade, "Haunts" é um registro acima da média, mas a munição da banda parece rarear a partir da sétima faixa.

Tracklist:

1. London's Burning
2. Underground
3. Black Eyed Girl
4. Live Fast Die Young
5. Grace (Is Home Late)
6. Love Is Blind
7. Bomz II Drop
8. Throw Down Your Guns
9. Breaking Up
10. Low Slung City Skyline

http://depositfiles.com
/files/l4hmj996q

Shiny Toy Guns - Season of Poison (2008)

Segundo album deste quarteto de Los Angeles. Em "Season of Poison" mantém a fórmula de seu album de estréia: Emo disfarçado de indie-eletronica.

Tracklist:

01. When Did this Storm Begin (ft. Binary Finary)
02. Money for That
03. I Owe You a Love Song
04. Ghost Town
05. It Became a Lie on You
06. Ricochet!
07. Season of Love
08. Poison
09. Blown Away
10. Turned to Real Life
11. Frozen Oceans

http://www.badongo.com/file/11823143

Interpol - Our Love To Admire (2007)

Album padrão do Interpol. Boas músicas, mas sem novidades. Paul Banks já fez melhor.

Tracklist:

01 Pioneer to the Falls
02 No I in Threesome
03 Scale
04 Heinrich Maneuver
05 Mammoth
06 Pace Is the Trick
07 All Fired Up
08 Rest My Chemistry
09 Who Do You Think?
10 Wrecking Ball
11 Lighthouse

http://rapidshare.com/files/71638624/Interpol_-_Our_Love_to_Admire.rar

Kap Bambino - Zero Life Night Vision (2008)

I realised: Kap Bambino = Le Tigre fled of hospital with cocaine. Run and scream. You will need some help.

"For some reason, Europe is home to some of the best electronic music. Case in point: Kap Bambino of Bordeaux, France."
Los Angeles Times

Tracklist:

01 Rock Wife
02 Shallow Boy
03 Hayfever
04 Warm Electro
05 Backseat Driver
06 Make-Up
07 Pink King
08 Northern Line
09 Wallflower
10 Bubblegum
11 Backseat Driver (Reprise)
12 We Are Home

http://www.mediafire.com/?yungeq9ezzv

Universal Poplab - Seeds (2008)

Universal Poplab é um trio de Synth- pop de Gothenburg, Suécia, formado por Christer Lundberg, Paul Lachenardière e Hans Olsson em 2002. A história do início (em resumo, claro) contada no site da banda é estranha:"Em janeiro de 2002, o vocalista Christer Lundberg e o produtor Paul Lachenardière deram-se as mãos ao chegar em um acordo, durante um almoço vegetariano, regado a cerveja(?), sobre a idéia de criar um show de synthpop".
Não entendi a cerveja, mas o Universal Poplab lançou 4 discos (este é o último) e obteve alguma repercursão na europa.
"Seeds" é a típica obra de synth-pop que seria abraçada pela crítica nos anos oitenta. Seria inovador, talvez. Hoje, a junção de elementos eletronicos com tradicionais é quase um padrão. A procura por uma sonoridade mais dançante também não é uma idéia nova. Desta forma, o desafio do Universal Poplab seria apenas "emular" o som característico de quase 30 anos.
A questão é: como definir um grupo que apóia sua criação em algo já passado? Aliás, já criado. Não é ruim, mas a audição de "Seeds" recorda alguma banda tocando versões dançantes do Depeche-Mode ou do esquecido Erasure.

Tracklist
01. Fame & Hate
02. The Way Things Work
03. On The Run
04. Summer Struck
05. The Toast That Never Ends
06. Another Last Time
07. Touch
08. Pearl
09. Don't Believe The Hype
10. Maximum City

http://rapidshare.com/files/113157855/Universal_Poplab-Seeds.rar

Barbara Morgenstern - BM (2008)

A capa de BM (pode causar uma impressão negativa, pois parece capa da Celine Dion...) esconde algumas qualidades do trabalho de Morgenstern. O conteúdo deste album é interessante. Um electro pulsante, com influências maçiças de new wave, synth e pop 80's.

"Skip the cover. Just listen. Bm is pulsating electronica, with influences of massive new wave, synth pop and 80's."
Headphonee

Tracklist:

01.Driving My Car
02.Come To Berlin
03.Reich & beruehmt
04.Deine Geschichte
05.Fuer Luise
06.Camouflage
07.Hochhaus
08.My Velocity
09.Morbus Basedow
10.Monokultur
11.Jakarta
12.Meine Aufgabe
13.Hustefuchs

http://rapidshare.com/files/156277033/Barbara_Morgenstern-BM-Promo-_2008_.rar.html

Beangrowers - Not In A Million Lovers (2008)

Não são necessários muitos minutos para Alison Galea e sua trupe vinda de Malta fazerem em "Not In A Million Lovers" o que muita banda indie de primeiro escalão jamais conseguiu: Indie pervertido, sujo de punk e com algum sopro de new wave. São 13 músicas."Quaint Affair" começa eletronica, mas não se iluda, "Untitled Forever" começa quebrando tudo. "Life's a Bitch The She Sings In Your Band" necessita de explicação?

"Hailing from the Mediterranean island of Malta, this female-fronted three-piece has become known for their unique style and infectious mixture of guitar-based pop and quirky keyboard sounds: think Blondie meets Joy Division."
Myspace release

Tracklist:

1.Quaint Affair
2.Untitled Forever
3.Love Can Do You No Harm
4.Ours Is A Small Flat
5.Available
6.Depths Of Bavaria
7.Machine
8.Captain Darling
9.Good Band, Bad Name
10.Life's a Bitch The She Sings In Your Band
11.Like Ken
12.Interlude
13.Not In A Million Lovers

http://rs277.rapidshare.com/files/125464370/BNiAML08.rar

Eye Alaska - Yellow and Elephant (2008) EP

Banda californiana que, parece, é uma grande aposta do selo Fearless, o mesmo de bandas como The Maine e The Morning Light. O som está para Indie/New Wave e algo de alternativa. De fato, os 4 rapazes de Orange esbanjam talento em " Yellow and Elephant", um registro regular. A produção exagerada ofusca o potencial criativo à procura de enquadrar o Eye Alaska dentro de um conceito de mercado.

"Eye Alaska is such a talented band with an amazing EP which should not be missed. There may be a slight learning curve in terms of acquainting your self with the style but it shouldn’t take long before the volume is turned up loud."
Album Project

Tracklist:

01. I Knew You'd Never Fly
02. Stop Me Now... I'm Not Ready
03. Roll Right Over
04. Through Willows and Streams
05. A Storm in the Childs Fountain
06. Cheetah and the Tiger

http://rapidshare.com/files/157304715/Eye_Alaska_-_Yellow_and_Elephant_EP.rar.html

The Smittens - The Coolest Thing About Love (2008)

Indie pop via USA. Extremamete melódico.

"It's likely you already know what the Smittens sound like - and if you don't, I'll just say that they take all the good aspects from classic indiepop (catchy songs and an almost child-like sense of innocence), then magnify them a few times, all the while discarding the amateur stigma usually associated with those bands. And as if that wasn't enough, this is easily their best work to date! Overall, things seem a little more subdued this time around (many of Dana's songs seem to be more melancholic than usual), but there are still plenty of good times to be had in songs like "Half My Heart Beats", "Gumdrops", "Something Sassy" and their ode to popkids around the country, "The Interstate". And no Smittens record would be complete without an activism-themed song; this time we get a jaunty pop song about pop music's lack of effect on world hunger. Sure, there are some particularly silly moments (namely the Bay City Rollers-tinged "It's A Saturday!" that would've fit on that distorted Magnetic Fields record), but the Smittens are still improving with each new release! "
Indiepages

Tracklist:

1 The Interstate
2 Half My Heart Beats
3 11:11
4 C’Mon! (When the Grass Grows Tall and Green)
5 Baby, Don’t You Know?
6 Something Sassy
7 Good to Go
8 Magpies and Eccles Cakes
9 One Hundred Roses
10 All the Love in the World
11 It’s a Saturday!
12 H&M (+A)
13 Gumdrops
14 The One for Me

http://rapidshare.com/files/147535627/thccnt_theyippee.zip

Psapp - The Camel's Back (2008)

Psapp (pronuncia-se pssáp, com o p quase mudo, segundo uma faixa do myspace destinada a esclarecer a pronúncia correta deste nome) é uma dupla inglesa de indie-pop meio fora da casinha. Conseguiram atrair atenção com a música "Everybody To Be A Cat" em estilo cabaré-indie-folk-pop. "The Camel's Back" é o terceiro trabalho e mantém a dupla fiel às raízes: indie pop meio chapado com sons inusitados. Parece perfeito para um dia de preguiça ou ...


Listen: "Part Like Waves", "Fickle Ghost" and "Screws".

Tracklist:

1 . I Want That
2 . Part Like Waves
3 . The Camel’s Back
4 . Fickle Ghost
5 . The Monster Song
6 . Somewhere There Is A Record Of Our Actions
7 . Marshrat
8 . Fix it
9 . Mister Ant
10 . Screws
11 . Homicide
12 . Parker

http://rapidshare.com/files/153058339/Pspp_-_Th_Cmls_Bck.rar

Celestial - Crystal Heights (2008)

Celestial vem da Suécia e trabalha em uma linha de showgaze próxima do dream-pop. "Crystal Heights" é o segundo trabalho do grupo que tem influências que variam desde Björk, New Order e Ride.

Listen: "Crystal Heights", "Love Always Comes To Those Who Waits" and "How Does It Feel?"

"As a pop album, Crystal Heights is solid. It’s what to expect from a Swedish pop artist dabbling in a familiar twee-like sound—starry-eyed vocals and jangle-y guitars. Further influences, not surprisingly, are The Field Mice and Sarah Records, and you can hear it throughout Crystal Heights."
Fensepost

Tracklist:

01 Preston Park
02 Warm Against The Cold
03 Forever Whispers Secrets To Me
04 Love Always Comes To Those Who Waits
05 Crystal Heights
06 How Does It Feel?
07 Lonely Boulevard
08 Try To Understand
09 Hope, You Know

http://odsiebie.com/pokaz/823043---ca93.html

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Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique (2008)

Ghostland Observatory é um projeto americano de New Wave/Synth-pop de Austin. É um pouco divertido, meio Daft Punk com Bowie 80's, mas nada mais do que isso.


"Ghostland Observatory is not a band, but an agreement between two friends to create something that not only heals their beat-driven hearts, but pleases their rock ‘n roll souls. Taking the working man’s approach, Ghostland Observatory spend countless hours in their south Austin studio. They have released two albums in less than a year, and have moved audiences from coast to coast with their live performances and unique style. Ghostland Observatory is the duo of front man Aaron Behrens and producer/drummer Thomas Turner. Behrens’ vocal style and stage performances are unique and uncompromising, and he has drawn early comparisons to Freddie Mercury and Prince. Turner is heavily influenced by electronic artists such as Daft Punk, Laurent Garnier and Green Velvet, as well as rockers such as The Animals, David Bowie, and The Clash. With their spectral blend of electronics, drums, guitar and vocals, they have emerged with a sound that is the culmination of past influence and present inspiration, and can only be described as BALLSY."
Myspace Release

Tracklist:

1.Opening
2.Credits
3.Heavy Heart
4.No Place For Me
5.Freeheart Lover
6.Dancin On My Grave
7.Robotique Majestique
8.The Band Marches On
9.Holy Ghost White Noise
10.HFM
11Club Soda


"Robotique Majestique, which opens with the instrumental "Opening Credits" and includes meandering instrumentals for nearly a third of its 39 minutes, could have worked well as the score of a 1981 techno-horror shlock-fest. "Dancin' on My Grave"-- passable synth pop that circles around a solid hook without ever landing-- would have run under the closing credits, but here, it's the only even slightly recommendable moment, the highlight of one song after another that finds ways to excise the energy and excitement from dance music. "Heavy Heart", the title track, and the Downward Spiral pastiche "HFM" rely on Behrens' empty vocal histrionics to carry the songs, but they don't gloss as much more than extended glam-vamps. Like hearing DLR's lonely voice doing its best in the absence of accompaniment, most of Robotique is just sort of depressing."
Pitchfork

http://www.mediafire.com/?heyakzfwr4i

The Shore - Light Years (2008)

The Shore é uma banda que está em atividade desde 2005. São de Siver Lake, Califórnia. É ainda pouco conhecida na América Latina e Ásia, apesar do tempo de estrada. "Light Years" é o segundo album e mantém o pé fixo nas influências iniciais: The Beach Boys, The Beatles e bandas britpop, como The Verve.

Tracklist:

1.All I See
2.Listen to Me
3.Showers You With Love
4.Wandering Light
5.When Tomorrow Comes
6.Rising Flood
7.Gentle Moon
8.If Ever You and I Were Lost
9.Open Up the Light
10.On the Way
11.Afterglow
12.Lose My Breath
13.Slip Away

http://rapidshare.com/files/156094791/Light_Years-2008_zisu.rar