Winter F00l

"Imagine Thom Yorke meets Jeff Buckley meets Sigur Ros"--确实很不错，让人惊艳。

sample:Holler, Wild Rose! - Marylawn Hair

M83:很喜欢的shoegaze团，迷幻的电子风格

Eluvium:与epic45齐名，Ambient必听乐队，虽然我更喜欢epic45。

Do Make Say Think：有名post-rock乐队，不过不合我的口味。

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M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005)

从一强人那里淘东西的时候看到的，觉得不错，顺便转一下。

涵盖了很多当代重量级的老牌独立乐队以及近两年声名鹊起的新乐队，post-rock, shoegaze,dream pop，indie rock,experimental,indie pop,indie electronic,alt rock,ambient...范围很广，比较全，选的曲目也很精，可以作为非常不错的独立音乐入门指南（除了两三首不是）。推荐。（ps:庞大的工程，仰望中...）

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100. Apostle of Hustle - Sleepwalking Ballad
Another BSS-affiliated pleasure. The build-up of this piece is intensely wonderful.

099. Goddamn Electric Bill - Looking Up at Down
Flamenco-inspired guitars slowly dissolve into dissonant, reverb-rich chords, and the beauty is laid beneath like a red carpet for you to rejoice and dance upon.

098. Larsen - C
Ahh, welcome to my dark side. This song commands such a huge, dark, deep, yet satisfying, presence. Disturbingly hypnotic, you'll completely lose yourself if you allow the song to attach itself to you. Guitar, bass, accordian, xylophone, violin, drums, keyboards, and murmurs, each slowly layered upon the next into one giant snowball of destruction. If you've ever played Katamari Damacy, you'll get a nice visual of how this thing builds. Gorgeous.

097. pg.lost - Yes I Am
This is the shit. Translucent, shimmering guitars swamp you in an orgy of pedal effects, the rug being swept from underneath your feet at 3:48 with a veritable crescendo for the ages. Welcome to the best of what's around.

096. Matthew Good - While We Were Hunting Rabbits
Because I'm not big on lyrics, I'm also not bent over on vocals much, but some artists have some amazing chords that I can't help but fall in love with. Matthew Good is one of those rare people who can carry a song alone on his vocals. What helps is a very melodic, very catchy beat to spar along with his voice. By all means, this is a very weird song, with a cheering crowd as background noise during the slower parts and a two-minute, classical denouement. But it's all somehow pulled off in a way that'll keep you playing this song over and over again. Vive le Toronto!

095. Stars - What the Snowman Learned About Love
After the band introduces itself, we get a lush waterfall of sound, and finally it lulls into a dreamy, somber, hypnotic melody that'll melt your heart like a snowman making s'mores 'round a campfire (hey, I like playing with the titles and making analogies, so sue me). And just when you think you've fallen under a spell, the percussion goes off at 4:10 and elevates your high a few notches. Vive la Montreal!

094. Zookeeper - Two-Part Invention
Now that The Smashing Pumpkins are getting back together, and barring a Godspeed You! Black Emperor reunion, the official best defunct band in my eyes will always be The Gloria Record. Therefore, you can bet any follow-up projects by any of its members will be vigorously tracked down by yours truly. That being said, Chris Simpson, former vocalist for both TGR and Mineral, has the most amazing ability to weave his voice around instrumentation like a vine wrapping its way up a tree. And like that tree, you'll feel cocooned by the warmth and comfort of his unique vocal tendencies. Now comes his latest project, Zookeeper, which is a stripped-down version of his high guitar, high synth ways of yore, yet retains that focus on surreal melodies. This is a folkier release that will enchant you in ways you can't imagine.

093. The Church - Telepath
One of my top songs of last year, these fossil Aussies really know how to play from the top shelf. It almost feels like this song is shrouded in a blanket of space. The aural blast at the 3:30 mark is only accented by the dueling guitars, making for quite the sonic wetdream.

092. Sunny Day Real Estate - Faces In Disguise
Sitars alive and kicking, this is a crafty song of massive proportions.

091. Yndi Halda - We Flood Empty Lakes
Realistically, I could have chosen any song off this EP, as all three are absolutely beautiful. This one begins with swelling violins, expands like a blooming, triumphant Redwood, and culminates into a lush onslaught of unrestrained force. If you didn't take the hint earlier, get your hands on the full album now.

090. Airiel - Cinnamon
Shoegaze, perfected. Beginning at 2:36, and again at 4:33...

 the third race(2005)

我的简评：

如果说上一张专辑Outerbeats，malory还带着很重的slowdive的影子，那么The Third Face可以说是malory独特音乐个性的进一步确立-这一点我认为很难得。

thick and mellow,这就是malory音乐给我的总体印象，也难怪，3架gutars，1架bass，drum，drum machines，再加上一堆电子打击乐器，配合水准很高的编曲和制作功底，简直就是制造氛围和音景的完美组合。

shimmering-sometimes soaring guitars,subtle bassline,spacey keys,soft and breathy vocals floating up and down,不管是乐器还是男女vocals都维持在一个圆熟的范围内，但又保持着鲜明的层次感。

至于malory最大的特点那就是对电子的大胆运用（不愧是德国来的）。他们并不是在音乐中加入零碎的电子原素，而是将trance， techno节拍等大规模地融入音乐当中。比如take me down这首，很足的chill-out trance感^0^（我对电子方面的东西了解有限，只能写出一点皮毛，汗。）

也许这种音乐并不适合每个人，但对于喜欢氛围电子，或是像我一样喜欢shoegaze和dream pop的人来说，还是值得一试。

tracklist:

1. Sleeper   

2. Silence Flows Through Noise   
3. She Has Gone   
4. Take Me Down   

5. Endora   
6. Track II   
7. Ajar Door   
8. Ray Of Hope   
9. Want You   
10. City Lights   
11. Wake Up   

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outbeats(2002)

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not here not now(2000)

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albums above were uploaded by decadent3

Aerial
Malory
Daturah + Maserati
Mais Ida :)
Art of Fighting
Benoît Pioulard
Astrobrite - Pinkshinyultrablast
Biosphere - Substrata
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden
Carbon Based Lifeforms - World Of Sleepers
Caspian - The Four Trees
Coaltar Of The Deepers - The Breastroke. The Best Of Coaltar Of The Deepers
Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
Efterklang - Under Giant Trees
Hammock - Raising Your Voice...Trying To Stop An Echo
Pelican - Live In Chicago
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windermere-no one wins(2006)

恬静，舒服，随意，06这张很有点britpop的感觉，喜欢snow patrol,coldplay之类音乐的人都可以试试。今天不想写乐评，就这样吧。

sample:no one wins

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http://u2n2.com/article.asp?id=20467

windermere-The World Is Here(2003)

去年传的，现在居然还没被删，伪装网址果然有效

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sample:(缓冲比较慢，请稍等)

Venus In Cancer

A Star Is Born

Amusement Parks On Fire - Out Of The Angeles(2006)

以前有听过Amusement Parks on Fire，当时感觉挺地道的一支shoegaze乐队，所谓地道，就是学前辈学得很到位，很容易就让人想起ride或是Swervedriver。也正因为如此，让人觉得没有自己的个性和特色。

所以去年看到这张专辑的时候也没有多留意，都是后来发现很多喜欢听shoegaze的人都在推荐这张专辑，才开始有点好奇，找来听了听，确实比第一张进步和成熟了很多，大概是跟Sigur Rós的影响有关吧。具体介绍见英文部分，我就懒写了。

“...a striking similarity between the second album by British dream pop outfit Amusement Parks on Fire and a certain inscrutable Icelandic collective...The sonic resemblance doesn't make the album a Sigur Rós tribute record, however, because Feerick is at heart a much more pop-oriented songwriter than his patrons. For all the slow-building majesty of epic tracks like the stunning "A Star Is Born" and the propulsive first single, "In Flight," Feerick also has a strong line in memorable melodies and catchy instrumental hooks, along with an appealingly earnest vocal style that's refreshingly free of the usual emo angst. In fact, the closest musical comparisons for this widescreen, richly detailed, and musically ambitious album are the Arcade Fire's Funeral and Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People, two other recent examples of the meeting point between artsy experimental rock and U2-style Big Rock Glory. After a tentative debut album that was basically a homemade demo given a wide release, Out of the Angeles is the true coming-out party for a genuinely talented and potentially great band. ”(by Stewart Mason)

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大牌+小牌一片，几个乐队我都满欣赏的，不过copia不是以前就出了吗，难道记错了？懒得查了。

Eluvium - Copia (2007)
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005)
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003)
M83 - M83 (2001)
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust (2007)
Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start - And the Battle is Won (2005)
God is an Astronaut - A Moment of Stillness EP (2006)
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright (2005)
God is an Astronaut - The End of the Beginning (2002)...

我的简评：

如果你喜欢Sigur Ros，slowdive，hammock，epic45之类的音乐，那么可以试试july skies。

“...70年代记忆的碎片...废弃的机场...无尽的童年夏日...穿过树叶斑斑点点的阳光...褪色的童真...灰色的英伦雨天...失踪的飞行员...记忆里一个模糊的微笑...”（选译自官网）这就是july skies的音乐。

july skies一直都是我的爱团，不过很少跟人提起，也许跟音乐风格有关-敏感，细腻，柔软，易碎，怀旧，就像一张藏着往事的发黄照片，浪漫中散发着淡淡的伤感。

好像有点太感性了哈，说点实际的。july skies是Antony Harding的project（有点想起了album leaf和this mortal coil），明显能从他的音乐中听出4AD昔日的残影，一些曲目和早期的slowdive颇有相似之处。

忧郁的基调，空灵，液态的acoustic guitar，细腻的guitar patterns，散落的没有重量的人声碎片，缩小版flying saucer attack式的feedback，萦绕轻叠的回响，haunting soundscapes...有人说july skies的音乐完全可以做电影的soundtracks，其实我觉得有点画蛇添足，这么有画面感的音乐本身就是一部声音的电影了。

july skies最好的一张专辑是《the English cold》，不过我朋友只要06的，所以我就不用传了。

ps：今天第一次上july skies的官网，发现Antony Harding居然也是FSA的粉丝，惊喜中。。。

samples：(100%能听，缓冲慢的话多等几秒钟)

这是给小四的flying saucer attack的试听：

July Skies  - Where The Days Go( Compilation )(2006)

Tracklisting:
1. Coastal Stations (Radio WZBC Session)
2. Swallows and Swifts (Radio WZBC Session)
3. Countryside of 1939 (Radio WZBC Session)
4. Learning With Mother (Radio WZBC Session)
5. The Softest Kisses (b-side 'At The Height of Summer)
6. The Days We Played (b-side 'At The Height of Summer)
7. Southern Orchards (b-side 'At The Height of Summer)
8. Childhood Illustrator
9. The Map That Came To Life
10. Berkswell
11. It's Late In The Day For Love
12. Wiltshire Days and Skies
13. August Country Fires (epic45 remix)
14. RAF Saxa Vord
15. Autumn Fires
16. Waiting To Land (epic45 remix)
17. Air To Ground at Manorbier
18. You Take Me Through The Day
19. Coastal Station (Live at the ICA 02.02.02)

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or http://www.hihicd.com/article.asp?id=563

关于ifolder的下载说明在置顶里找，反正估计怎么也应该比live-share快，讽刺的是live-share的服务器就在上海...

July Skies - Dreaming Of Spires(2002)

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音乐就和乐队（和album leaf一样也是一个人的乐队，汗）的名字一样，宁和，就像初夏的晨风，轻暖，微醺，又透着些许活泼。。。虽然和windermere的音乐风格不怎么相似，但给人的感觉却一样的舒服。

"... a lovely, drowsy vocal that's never boring, while his way around both louder and quieter electric guitar is quite attractive, often powerful..."

"...What really counts is Kahng's continuing abilities to work with his various U.K.-directed roots to create attractive, desperately lovely music that redefines melancholic indie pop with just enough psychedelic zone-out..."(Ned Raggett)

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Stratospheric(2005)

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Summershines

 My Own Private Undoing(instrumental)

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http://lix.in/48a842

The Last Autumn Day(1998)

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http://lix.in/c614b6

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