BEST ALBUMS 2013 - MOJO

Mojo revelou a sua lista dos melhores álbuns de 2013.

Bill Callahan, com Dream River , foi o grande vencedor, seguido por Random Access Memories , dos Daft Punk, e David Bowie, que este ano voltou aos discos com The Next Day .

1. Bill Callahan - Dream River
2. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
3. David Bowie - The Next Day
4. Arctic Monkeys - AM
5. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
6. Deerhunter - Monomania
7. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
8. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle - Perils from the Sea
9. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
10. John Murry - The Graceless Age

11. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
12. Prefab Sprout - Crimson Red
13. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
14. Holden - Inheritors
15. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
16. Factory Floor - Factory Floor
17. Charles Bradley - Victim of Love
18. Arcade Fire - Reflector
19. Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
20. Pet Shop Boys - Electric

21. Mavis Staples - One True Vine
22. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
23. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
24. Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
25. James Blake - Overgrown
26. Villagers {Awayland}
27. Disclosure - Settle
28. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film
29. John Hopkins - Immunity
30. Primal Scream - More Light

31. Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
32. Glenn Jones - My Garden State
33. Bill Bragg - Tooth & Nail
34. Karen Gwyer - Needs Continuum
35. Midlake - Antiphon
36. Low - The Invisible Way
37. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
38. Kanye West - Yeezus
39. Roy Harper - Man & Myth

40. Black Sabbath - 13
41. Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
42. Paul McCartney - New
43. Haim - Days Are Gone
44. Johnny Marr - The Messenger
45. These New Puritans - Fields of Reeds
46. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
47. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
48. The Flaming Lips - The Terror
49. Tim Hecker - Virgins
50. Time is a Mountain - S/T

MATT BELLAMY - MUSE

Matt Bellamy dos Muse: "Tenho dois gatos, chamados Kim( Kardashian) e Kanye".

Vocalista da banda britânica diz que ouviu partes de Yeezus , álbum de Kanye West e que gosta de alguns sons mas não das letras.

BEST ALBUMS 2013 - UNCUT

UNCUT

1. My Bloody Valentine - m b v
2. David Bowie - The Next Day
3. Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away
4. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
5. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
6. Roy Harper - Man and Myth
7. Bill Callahan - Dream River
8. Kurt Vile - Wakin' On a Pretty Daze
9. Artic Monkeys - AM
10. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
11. Matthew E White - Big Inner (was this not 2012?)
12. Prefab Sprout - Crimson/Red
13. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
14. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
15 Julie Holter - Loud City Song
16. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
17. Kanye West - Yeezus
18. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
19. Endless Boogie - Long Island
20. Vampire weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

21: Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio
22: The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
23: Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare
24: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
25: Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In
26: Jason Isbell - Southeastern
27: Atoms For Peace - Amok
28: Johnny Marr - The Messenger
29: Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw
30: Yo La Tengo - Fade

31: Neko Case - The Worse Things Get...
32: These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
33: Richard Thompson - Electric
34: White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade
35: Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle - Perils From The Sea
36: Mark Kozelek & Desertshore - S/T
37: Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
38: Haim - Days Are Gone
39: Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
40: Chris Forsyth - Solar Motel

41: Low - The Invisible Way
42: Arcade Fire - Reflektor
43: Okkervil River - Silver Gynasium
44: Fuzz - S/T
45: Manic Street Preachers - Rewind The Film
46: Factory Floor - S/T
47: Phoenix - Bankrupt!
48: Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost
49: Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
50: Houndstooth - Ride Out The Dark

BEST ALBUMS 2013 - Q

MELHORES DE 2013 PARA A Q

1. Arctic Monkeys - AM
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
3. David Bowie - The Next Day
4. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
5. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
6. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film
7. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
8. Bill Ryder Jones - A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart
9. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
10. Haim - Days Are Gone

11. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
12. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
13. Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
14. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
15. Foals - Holy Fire
16. Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
17. Matthew E White - Big Inner
18. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
19. Factory Floor - S/T
20. Biffy Clyro - Opposites

21. Palma Violets - 180
22. Suede - Bloodsports
23. Disclosure - Settle
24. Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune
25. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
26. Kanye West - Yeezus
27. Bill Callahan - Dream River
28. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
29. Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
30. Pet Shop Boys - Electric

31. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
32. Savages - Silence Yourself
33. Parquet Courts - LIght Up Gold
34. Prefab Sprout - Crimson Red
35. Devendra Banhart - Mala
36. Kurt Vile - Walkin on a Pretty Daze
37. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
38. Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
39. Alunageorge - Body Music
40. Run the Jewels - S/T

41. Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect
42. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
43. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
44. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
45. Sigur Ros Kveikur
46. James Blake - Overgrown
47. The Strokes - Comedown Machine
48. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
49. Primal Scream - More Light
50. Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day

BEST ALBUMS 2013- ROLLING STONE

Modern Vampires of the City , o terceiro álbum dos Vampire Weekend, foi considerado o Melhor Álbum de 2013 para a Rolling Stone, a lista contempla bandas indie (Arcade Fire, The National, Arctic Monkeys), cantoras country e estrelas pop, e a novata Lorde.

50. Beck -  Song Reader
49. The Flaming Lips - The Terror
48. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
47. M.I.A. - Matangi
46. Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action
45. Avicii - True
44. Valerie June - Pushin' Against a Stone
43. Savages - Silence Yourself
42. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
41. J Cole - Born Sinner
40. Pearl Jam - Lightining Bolt


39. Keith Urban - Fuse
38. Kurt Vile - Waking on a Pretty Daze
37. The So So Glos - Blowout
36. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
35. Best Coast - Fade Away EP
34. Neko CAse - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
33. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
32. The Bones of What You Believe
31. Haim - Days Are Gone
30. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob


29. Bombino - Nomad
28. Kacey Musgraves, 'Same Trailer Different Park
27. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
26. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
25. Elton John - The Diving Board
24. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP 2
23. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
22. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
21. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time


20. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
19. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
18. Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose
17. Danny Brown - Old
16. David Bowie - The Next Day
15. Atoms For Peace - Amok
14. Drake - Nothing Was The Same
13. Disclosure - Settle
12. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
11. Parquet Courts, Tally All The Things That You Broke
10. John Fogerty - Wrote a Song For Everyone


9. Arctic Monkeys - AM
8. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
7. Lorde - Pure Heroin
6. Queens of the Stone Age - ... Like Clockwork
5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
4. Paul McCartney - New
3. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

BEST ALBUMS 2013 - NME

MELHORES ÁLBUNS DE 2013 PARA O NME

50. James Blake - Overgrown
49. Daughter - If You Leave
48. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
47. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
46. 46. Primal Scream - More Light
45. Future Of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
44. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
43. The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
42. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
41. The Strokes - Comedown Machine
40. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus

39. The Julie Ruin - Run Fast
38. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
37. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
36. Deap Vally - Sistrionix
35. Bill Callahan - Dream River
34. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
33. Tegan And Sara - Heartthrob
32. Palma Violets - 180
31. Merchandise - Totale Nite
30. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito

29. My Bloody Valentine - m b v
28. These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds
27. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
26. Factory Floor - Factory Floor
25. Haim - Days Are Gone
24. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
23. Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe22. Deerhunter - Monomania
21. Iceage - You're Nothing
20. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

19. Disclosure - Settle
18. Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
17. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
16. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
15. Peace - In Love
14. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
13. Drenge - Drenge
12. MIA - Matangi
11. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
10. David Bowie - The Next Day

9. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
7. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
6. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
5. Savages - Silence Yourself
4. Foals - Holy Fire
3. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
1. Arctic Monkeys - AM

KANIE WEST

Advocacy group Parkinson’s UK is drawing criticism against Kanye West and his new album.  The head of the organization said that the album contained an “inexcusable level of stupidity” with a lyric from his latest record, Yeezus, The Guardian reports.  The actual line in question appears in the very beginning of the album where West says, “A monster about to come alive again / Soon as pull up and park the Benz / We get this b**ch shaking like Parkinson’s.”

Parkinson’s UK’s Chief Executive Steve Ford said in a statement, “People with Parkinson’s have to cope with intolerable social discrimination on a daily basis – often to the point where they are afraid to go out in public – and this sort of thoughtless, callous comment can only serve to make things even worse for them.”

The U.S. group American Parkinson Disease Association also chimed in with their opinion on West, with Vice President Kathryn Whitford telling TMZ, “We find these lyrics distasteful and the product of obvious ignorance.”

BEST ALBUMS 2013- STEREOGUM

STEREOGUM

50. Phosphorescent - Muchacho 
49. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Pt. 1
48. Carcass - Surgical Steel 
47. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP
46. Yo La Tengo - Fade
45. Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse
44. A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord
43. Cassie - RockaByeBaby
42. Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety
41. Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
40. Pharmakon - Abandon

39. Pure Bathing Culture - Moon Tides
38. The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
37. Forest Swords - Engravings 
36. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
35. Gorguts - Colored Sands
34. Yuck - Glow & Behold
33. The Field - Cupids Head
32. Iceage - Youre Nothing
31. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
30. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus 7
29. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
28. Drake - Nothing Was The Same
27. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 
26. Migos - YRN
25. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
24. Bill Callahan - Dream River
23. Deerhunter - Monomania
22. Superchunk - I Hate Music
21. Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
20. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe

19. Tegan And Sara - Heartthrob
18. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
17. Windhand - Soma
16. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
15. Kvelertak - Meir
14. Savages - Silence Yourself 
13. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
12. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
11. Volcano Choir - Repave 
10. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

09. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories 
08. HAIM - Days Are Gone
07. Danny Brown - Old
06. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time 
05. My Bloody Valentine - m b v0
4. Disclosure - Settle
03. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
02. Deafheaven - Sunbather
01. Kanye West - Yeezus

R.I.P. EDOUARD MOLINARO

O cineasta Edouard Molinaro, diretor de A gaiola das loucas e "Fuja enquanto é tempo", morreu hoje (7/12) em Paris, aos 85 anos. A causa da morte foi insuficiência respiratória.

O cineasta reconhecido pelas comédias que filmou com, entre muitos outros, Louis de Funès, Oscar(1967) e O Avôzinho Congelado (1969), começou com filmes  policiais e depois passou à comédia, dirigindo grandes atores franceses.

Começou a carreira quando a Nouvelle Vague anunciava uma nova era mas, ao contrário dos nomes que com ela emergiram, como Godard ou Truffaut, estava no coração da indústria cinematográfica

O auge de sua carreira foi a adaptação para o cinema, em 1978, da peça teatral A gaiola das loucas, com Michel Serrault e Ugo Tognazzi.

Edouard Molinaro filma alguns dos jovens nomes emblemáticos do cinema francês do seu tempo, de Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dórleac e Jean-Pierre Cassel (em Arsène Lupin Contre Arsène Lupin, de 1962) a Brigitte Bardot (As Malícias do Amor, de 1964, também com Anthony Perkins) e a Jean-Paul Belmondo e Catherine Deneuve (Caça ao Homem, igualmente estreado em 1964). Desses actores, aponta ainda o Les Inrockuptibles, aproveitou para os seus filmes “o fogo e a vitalidade pop dos anos 1960”.

R.I.P. BERNARD PARMEGIANI

Compositor francês Bernard Parmegiani, responsável por inovações avant-garde e música eletroacústica, faleceu aos 86 anos.

Parmegiani pertence ao mesmo panteão como Luc Ferrari e François Bayle - inovadores compositores franceses, que operam na órbita da música concreta de Pierre Schaeffer, que ajudou a limpar o terreno para o meio século seguinte da prática musical.

"RIP Parmegiani, timeless and endlessly inspiring music from you." - Laurel Halo

 La Création du Monde (INA (1982-1984) , De Natura Sonorum (INA (1974-1975) ), Violostries etcetera (INA (1965), Enfer (Musidisc after The Divine Comedy from Dante (1972) [one disc for Parmegiani, one for Bayle], L’Oeil écoute (Pierre Verany 725002), and La mémoire des sons (INA (2000 2001).

R.I.P. NELSON MANDELA

Um dos líderes mais amados do século 20, Nelson Mandela morreu quinta-feira com a idade de 95.

A educação é a arma mais poderosa que você pode usar para mudar o mundo.

Nelson Mandela "Madiba".

FRANK ZAPPA

21 de Dezembro de 1940 - 4 de dezembro de 1993 (52 anos).
Frank Zappa está no panteão de grandes músicos. Dezembro é um mês cruel para quem gosta de mister ‘Z’ morreu a 4 de dezembro de 1993. No final deste mês (21 de dezembro)faria 73 anos. Nos seus 53 anos mostrou-se perfeccionista e seminal, tornou-se um dos maiores guitarristas de todos os tempos, foi reconhecido como excelente compositor (de rock, jazz, música eletrônica e orquestral) e dono de um humor sarcástico e corrosivo.

Quem teve a oportunidade de assistir aos seus shows (ensaiados, ritualísticos, mágicos, sempre envolvendo três ou quatro horas de músicas sem intervalos) EU VI AO VIVO FRANK ZAPPA em Madrid, 1988, nas festas de San Isidro. Entre 25.000 e 30.000 pessoas assistiram ao concerto, que teve a participação de duas bandas de Madrid desfrutando de um bom número de seguidores, Mermelada e Burning- sabe do quão bom músico Zappa era, e como sabia extrair o melhor dos melhores músicos que contratava (em comum com Miles Davis).

Um DVD com imagens de actuações ao vivo foi lançado para assinalar o 10º aniversário da morte do cantor, guitarrista e produtor, «Does humour belong in music?» o DVD que inclui imagens do concerto realizado em Nova Iorque a 26 de agosto de 1984. Temas como «Zoot allure», «Tinsel town rebellion» ou «Trouble every day» são apresentados neste DVD.

Multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, Frank Zappa died of prostrate cancer.He married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, in 1967, they had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.

Frank Zappa was one of the most innovative and versatile rock musicians of his generation, creating a vast body of work that encompassed almost every genre of music — but he wouldn’t have wanted to hear it. The mercurial genius actively resisted those kinds of labels and effusive public praise, focusing instead on the work itself in a career that spanned more than three decades. He died on Dec. 4, 1993 at the age of 52 after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Born on Dec. 21, 1940, Zappa first came to widespread public attention in 1966, the year his first album with the Mothers of Invention was released. Characterized by a bizarre melting pot of musical influences, satirical lyrics, extremely high instrumental values and outrageous theatrical performances, that group attracted a strong base of public support while breaking almost all of the established rules of the music business.

After the Mothers first broke up in 1969, Zappa went on to a genre-defying career with a series of lineups that is impossible to pigeonhole or even accurately describe in words, in the process helping to discover and nurture artists as diverse as Alice Cooper and Steve Vai.

Zappa’s stable and relatively conventional home life belied his flamboyant public persona and outrageous lyrics. He married his wife, Gail, in 1967, and they remained together until the end of his life, raising four children together. Zappa fought with record companies and censors for much of his career, ultimately gaining the rights to his own master recordings and forming his own labels to release his work without interference. He often worked from a home studio or office, which allowed him to both keep up his workaholic ways, and spend time with his family.

Always up for pushing the boundaries of acceptable tastes, Zappa testified before Congress in 1985, when Tipper Gore’s PMRC proposed “voluntary” ratings should be placed on sound recordings. Zappa — who was vehemently opposed to organized religion and a staunch advocate of the First Amendment — said in part, “The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based on things certain Christians do not like.”

Zappa was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1990. He later said that he had experienced urinary problems for years, and submitted to repeated medical tests, but by the time he was diagnosed, doctors told him the condition had existed for many years and was inoperable, essentially giving Zappa a death sentence. He curtailed most of his musical activities, but spent the last few years of his life involved mainly in classical composition, debuting his work ‘The Yellow Shark’ to rousing success in Europe despite being very ill.

In the final television interview of his life, Zappa — appearing quite sick — described his health as “fair — good days, bad days.” Despite that, he smoked openly during the taping, dismissing the notion that smoking had played any role in his illness. “To me, a cigarette is food,” Zappa observed. “Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.”

Looking back on a career that most would view with envy, Zappa was adamant that the work itself had been the reward, not someone else’s assessment of his legacy. “It’s not important to even be remembered,” he maintained. “The people who worry about being remembered are guys like Reagan, Bush — these people want to be remembered, and they’ll spend a lot of money and do a lot of work to make sure that remembrance is just terrific. I don’t care.”