01 - Au Revoir Simone - Oh! You Pretty Things
02 - Heartbreak - Loving The Alien
03 - Kelley Polar - Magic Dance
04 - Leo Minor - Ashes To Ashes
05 - Carl Craig Presents Zoos of Berlin - Looking For Water
06 - Drew Brown - Sweet Thing
07 - Matthew Dear - Sound & Vision
08 - Susumu Yokota - Golden Years
09 - The Emperor Machine - Repetition
10 - Joakim & The Disco - A New Career In Town
11 - Richard Walters & Faultline - Be My Wife
12 - The Thing - Life On Mars

Bowie é O cara. Sempre me surpreendo com a capacidade que ele tem não só de reinventar, mas como também se reiventar pelos menos uns 3 ou 4 anos na frente do que, mais tarde, se tornará 'tendência' (provavelmente eu sou bobo e é ele quem cria essas tendências pois, obviamente, tem pacto com Satã). Pois coletâneas tributos são meio bizarras, às vezes com coisas sensacionais, outras servem apenas para irritar. Essa do Bowie tá num meio termo.

Ouça "Oh! You pretty things" com as pretty things do Au Revoir Simone
[audio http://www.fileqube.com/hl/vBTgj79950/01 - au revoir simone - oh! you pretty things.mp3]

Depois, se curtir, vai lá no Lúcio Papeiro pra pegar o álbum todo.

Au Revoir Simone hacen exactamente el tipo de música que te imaginas que harán cuando las ves. Ni trampa ni cartón: tres chicas monas de Brooklyn que no esconden nada, se presentan en el escenario con un par de teclados cada una, e hilvanan ensoñadoras melodías que parece que tengan que romperse en cualquier momento. Sonríen mientras cantan, seguramente impresionadas de que unas 200 personas se acercaran ayer a verlas, en un concierto que según ellas admitieron, les hacía ilusión desde hacía mucho tiempo. Barcelona está de moda, supongo, los grupos indie quieren venir, y todo sería muy bonito si no fuera porque una parte del público de la ciudad cree que ir a un concierto es como estar en un partido de fútbol o en un bar abarrotado donde ponen algo de música. Pero en fin, eso es otra historia.

Más indietrónicas que nunca en concierto (lógico, si sólo se nutren de teclados y sonidos pregrabados), Au Revoir Simone se deslizaron por los temas del bonito The Bird of Music, su segundo disco, además de dejar en el camino tres canciones nuevas, de su próximo disco (a grabar en octubre y publicar en febrero de 2009, según comentaron ellas mismas), que siguen exactamente las mismas directrices. Sin estridencias, sin nada fuera de lugar, como un susurro: un placer puramente auditivo a lo que ayudó la nula visibilidad de la sala Sidecar si no estás en las tres primeras filas (tuve que acercarme al escenario una vez terminado el concierto para comprobar qué instrumentos habían usado), y que gracias a canciones como 'The Lucky One', 'Fallen Snow', o -sobre todo- 'A Violent Yet Flammable World' lograron convertir un sábado de resaca en una especie de reivindicación de que la indietronica no está muerta y de que todavía puede dar algo de sí, si se hace con gusto y criterio. En la lejanía resonaban The Postal Service o Lali Puna, y yo que me fui a casa la mar de contento pensando que si hay una música para cada momento y lugar, ayer acertamos.

Firstly, Drive on, Driver by the Magnetic Fields. Sorry that I couldn't find a better audio host than that one, but do take the time to listen to it. It sounds like a mixture between The Jesus and Mary Chain and Au Revoir Simone and all kinds of awesome. Granted, this song doesn't have Stephin Merritt's lulling baritone, but the other tracks on the album (Distortion) feature it fairly prominently--so don't worry.

Secondly, Lover's Spit by Broken Social Scene. The version I just linked you to is actually a B-Side version of the song which features Leslie Feist as the lead vocalist. Here is the version from You Forgot It in People:

By the way, if you don't have a copy of You Forgot it in People, do yourself a favor and go out and get it right now. It's ridiculous how awesome that album is.

Lastly, The Smashing Pumpkins' song, "Siva" off of their debut album, Gish:

I love this song mostly for its drums. I can't get enough. They just sound so necessary. Y'know how in Jazz the drums are treated as a lead instrument instead of just a means to keep time? It's like that.

Anyways, I hope this post has been enlightening for you, as I'm sure this question has been burning through your skull for the last couple weeks. I'm glad to have alleviated that burden.

So instead, I'm going to share with you an excellent clothing line I learned about a few weeks ago (on a fashion blog, Style Bubble if I remember correctly).

It's called Mine by Katherine Pont. Pont was an illustrator before she started designing Mine. Her collections are displayed in an almost storybook fashion online, a quaint nod to her art beginnings. Each collection is like an adventure unfolding. Indeed, one might feel a sudden urge to move to the forests of Bavaria and live in a cottage when they see the Autumn/Winter 2008 designs (or maybe that's just me!). The collection features delicate knits, lederhosen-esque jumpers, and "dressy" shorts in a palette of oatmeal, camel, mint green, and navy blue. The varying necklines are embellished very cleverly, from vertical strips of fabric to buttoned turtlenecks. It's all very milkmaid chic, but in the best possible way. The accessories are spot on: tights with two lines up the side, what appear to be plastic necklaces with a bow print etched on, cross-body pouches, and adorable hats. She has a great eye for detail, but nothing looks fussy or over-designed. Even from the big name designers, I have seen few collections so far that truly encapsulate the feeling of autumn/winter as this one does.

And since I don't trust my ability to describe the collection accurately, here are some of my favorite looks. You can view the rest by clicking the link on their website (the link from the first paragraph).

I highly recommend you check out her previous collections as well. I always love seeing how a designer evolves over time.
It's not too late (I have to start blogging during the day instead of right before bed!), so I'll share an mp3 with you. This song is by Natasha Khan, who goes by the name of Bat For Lashes. She, as well as the lovely girls of Au Revoir Simone, are fans of Mine by Katherine Pont. It's only appropriate that I share a song of hers!
\"What\'s A Girl To Do\" by Bat For Lashes
As always, comments are encouraged. For all I know, what is aesthetically pleasing to me could be hideous to others! My brother would agree with that statement; he came in to see what I was doing and promptly declared the model "Ugly. She has no rack". I retorted that she is a model, and therefore is beautiful to a large group of people. He then went on to say that the clothes were also ugly and that no guy would find a girl wearing them attractive. Tony may think that girls dress for the attention of men, but I sure don't, and I hope none of you feel that unnecessary pressure.
Feminist-ly yours,
Caroline Grace

Vía mail realicé esta entrevista a Erika Forester quien amablemente me respondió diez preguntas. Además transcribo la entrevista bilingüe así todos pueden disfrutarla.

¿Cúal es el significado del nombre? Su historia.
El nombre de la banda viene de la pelicula “La gran aventura de Pee Wee” de Tim Burton, amamos esa película!

¿Dónde está “el punto fuerte” en sus canciones?
Nos emocionan nuestras canciones porque las componemos complementariamente. Cuando una canción está terminada, sabemos que refleja una parte de cada una de nosotras individualmente.

¿Cómo se conocieron?
Yo solía tocar en una banda con el novio de Annie. Nos conocimos y nos hicimos amigas instantáneamente, así que decidimos empezar una banda con solamente teclados. Heather era una amiga del barrio. Como era muy copado lo que hacia en artes escénicas y tenia un muy buen gusto en la música, la invitamos a que se nos una.

¿En que ciudad viven? ¿Cómo es la escena allí?
Vivímos en Brooklyn, New York. Es una comunidad amorosa. A menudo salimos de fiesta con nuestros amigos y disfrutamos de la buena vibra, del sentimiento de estar en casa y del cambio de las estaciones. Además, siempre hay algo creativo y divertido para hacer!

¿Cúales son sus bandas amigas de la ciudad?
Grizzly Bear, TV On The Radio, Purse Snatchers, Uninhabitable Mansions, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Apache Beat.

¿Cúales son sus discos de la niñez? ¿Qué música escuchaban sus padres?
Todas tuvimos diferentes discos sonando en nuestras casa mientras crecíamos pero todas amamos a los Beatles.

¿Qué otras influencias no musicales, les dan ideas o motivación para su música?
La naturaleza, la amistad y el amor.

¿Qué canciones suenan mejor en vivo?
Nos gusta tocar algunas lentas canciones ensoñadoras junto a algunas divertidas y bailables durante nuestro show.

¿En qué otros proyectos están involucradas?
Annie está tocando en una banda llamada Uninhabitable Mansions.

La vida es...
Buena onda.

In english...

What's the meaning of the name? The history.
Our band name comes from the movie by Tim Burton called "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" we love the movie!

Where's the "strong point" in your songs?
We get excited about our songs because we write them collaboratively. When a song is finished, we know that it reflects a piece of all three of us as individuals.

How did you meet each other?
I used to play in a band with annie's boyfriend. We met and became friends instantly and decided to start and all keyboard band. Heather was a friend from the neighborhood. She was cool, in the art scene and has very good taste in music so we invited her to join as well.

Where do you live? How is the scene there?
We live in Brooklyn New York. It is a very lovely community. We often run into friends walking down the street and enjoy the energy, the feeling of home and the changing of the seasons. Plus, there is always something fun & creative to do!

Which bands are your friends in the city?
Grizzly Bear, TV On The Radio, Purse Snatchers, Uninhabitable Mansions, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Apache Beat.

What where the records of your childhood? What music did your parents listen?
We all had different records playing in our homes growing up but we all loved The Beatles.

What others non musical influences, bring you ideas or motivation for your music?
Nature, Friendship, Love.

Which song sounds better in your shows?
We like to play some slow dreamy songs and some fun dance songs during a show.

In what others proyects are you involved?
Annie is playing in a band called Uninhabitable Mansions.

The life is...
Gentle.

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Hoy mismo, consultando fechas de conciertos a los que poder asistir tras la resaca festivalera, me he encontrado con que las fantabulosas chicas de Au Revoir Simone vienen a España, esta vez en solitario tras telonear a Air en Razzmatazz hace unos meses.

Así que me siento en el deber de recomendaros que asistais a alguno de los dos conciertos que tienen programados por estas tierras. Si no las conoceis, en dos clicks, uno a su myspace y otro a un video de los famosos Concerts à Emporter, podeis ver que su música de sintetizadores es perfecta para disfrutar de una noche de verano en la ciudad. Allí os veo.

7 de agosto - Moby Dick (Madrid)
9 de agosto - Sidecar (Barcelona)

http://www.myspace.com/aurevoirsimone

In due time my dears...in due time.

But what exactly is the difference between a music blog and an Mp3 blog? I'm not all too sure, but The Catbirdseat seems to know.

"Sad Song" - Au Revoir Simone (2007 V2 Music) The Bird of Music

Escrito y grabado en Brooklyn durante el año pasado (salvo “I couldn't sleep”, la cual Erika grabó con su novio en Japón el año anterior), el albúm debut de ARS más que seguir, atravezó la promesa que Verses... representaba. La gran diferencia entre los dos discos, es que mientras Verses... era un compilado de sus canciones preferidas en su primer año juntas, The Bird... fué pensado especialmente como concepto.
Cuando se propusieron hacer este disco, las chicas intentaron crear algo que suene más exuberante, complejo, caliente y orgánico que Verses. Querian transformar sus instrumentos electrónicos en algo que se sintiera más vivo, con más profundidad. Comenzaron a experimentar con un rango más amplio de instrumentos tales como: vibrafonos, Wurlitzer, instrumentos percusivos y otros músicos sesionistas para tocar trompeta, trombóm, violín y cello. El disco fué grabado en un estudio analógico buscando la profundidad en el sonido que este permite.

Au Revoir Simone is playing a show at PS1/MoMa this Saturday as part of the Warm Up series. "P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is proud to announce the tenth anniversary of Warm Up, the critically acclaimed series of live music and DJ acts that has become one of New York’s most exciting and anticipated summer events. This year’s Warm Up will be housed in an urban farmland, P.F.1 (Public Farm One), featuring live and blossoming vegetation created by the winners of the 2008 Young Architects Program, WORK Architecture Company."--Au Revoire Simone will be playing one of these shows. The price is $10 and for that it is definitely worth the price. You can see the fool PS1 line up here. Also if you can't make the show you should definitely listen in to the stream of the concert. "Warm Up will also be streamed live on Art Radio WPS1.org. Simply visit www.wps1.org every Saturday, July 5 through September 6, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST and enjoy full access to the music, along with on-the-spot artist and DJ interviews. The broadcasts will be archived on WPS1.org." If anyone wants to submit pictures of the event please leave us a comment!

Cheers from all of us here at Lonely Hollows.

Temas que me levam também a flores, pátios, campo, brincadeiras de crianças:
1. Pete Yorn \ EZ
2. Goldfrapp \ Clowns
3. Tindersticks \ The flicker of a little girl
4. The Innocence Mission \ Everything's different now
5. His Name is Alive \ Bad luck girl
6. Air Miami \ Seabird
7. Aur Revoir Simone \ The lucky one
8. The Owls \ Yellow flowers

[audio http://omeuladoesquerdo.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/omeuladoesquerdo330abr08.mp3]

Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song

Exkluzivní mix si můžete v zazipovaném souboru ztáhnout zde

Přímo v článku na Stereogum si pak můžete stáhnou jednotlivé skladby, nebo poslechnout stream.

It's been going on for a while now.  Places like muxtape.com and mixwit.com  and a friends own mix called "This is not a mixtape".  I decided to join in and went ahead and created an account on both sites for the TILT Music Blog.  Muxtape is more flexible because it depends completely on the music one uploads.  But since the evil RIAA people like fucking with the musicians AND the fans, I think I'll leave that one alone for now.  Mixwit on the other hand has a limited supply of songs, very little if any in spanish.  It feeds from two sources ( Seeqpod & Skreemr).  The variety of songs is limited also and it seems to be connected to amazon.

 In this ocassion I decided to compile from the artists available, 10 of the ones already reviewed on this section.  So even though you could very easily go into myspace and listened individually, this is a simpler way for you to make a decision.  At least in my case, sometimes a single song is what I need to determine if I like the style, voice, melody, etc.  Enjoy our first mix tape.

http://www.mixwit.com/tilt_music_blog/tilt-music-blog-mix-1

Playlist for Mix Tape #1:

1.Styrofoam - After Sunset
2.Kuryakin - Snow
3.Lonely Drifter Karen - Some Summer Days
4.Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life
5.I Am Robot And Proud - Electricity In Your House Wants To Sing
6.Russian Red - Cigarretes
7.Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored By Destiny
8.YMCK - Magical 8bit Tour
9.Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow
10.Apparat - Headup

- Tori Amos to release live DVD of rare performances
- Norwegian pop icon Annie unveils second album
- New Giant Sand album to star Neko Case and Isobel Campbell
- Emma Pollock guests on new Green Peppers album
- Au Revoir Simone pay tribute to Bowie
- Pram to release remix EP

* * * 

Two of Tori Amos's earliest live performances are coming to DVD on September 22nd with the release of the latest in a longrunning series of tapings at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The prosaically named Live At Montreux collates the singer's pre- and post-Little Earthquakes appearances at the Festival in 1991 and 1992, showing her "fascinating progression from one year to the next as she grows in confidence and skill as a live performer, buoyed by the critical and commercial success of Little Earthquakes."

1991 show:
01 Silent All These Years
02 Precious Things
03 China
04 Crucify
05 Leather
06 Song For Eric
07 Upside Down
08 Happy Phantom
09 Winter
10 Thank You

1992 show:
11 Little Earthquakes
12 Crucify
13 Silent All These Years
14 Precious Things
15 Happy Phantom
16 Whole Lotta Love / Thank You
17 Me & A Gun
18 Winter
19 Smells Like Teen Spirit

Tori talks about the DVD and all her other new, post-Epic projects in a revealing interview with Spinner.com.

* * *

Four years on from her lipsmacking bubblegum pop debut Anniemal, the woman possessing perhaps the finest cheekbones this side of the Øresund is back with her second album, Don't Stop. Released through Island Records in October 6th, it's preceded by the brain-implodingly addictive ‘I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me', out next week.

The tracklist for Don't Stop looks a bit like this:

01 My Love Is Better
02 I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me
03 Sweet
04 Loco
05 Bad Times
06 I Can't Let Go
07 Marie Cherie
08 When The Night
09 Heaven & Hell
10 What Do You Want (The Breakfast Song)
11 Take You Home
12 Songs Remind Me Of You

Pitchfork are ever so kindly hosting an MP3 of 'Loco' here.

* * *

Neko Case, Isobel Campbell and Henriette Sennenvaldt of Danish band Under Byen all guest on the upcoming Giant Sand album, Provisions, due out in September. M Ward, the him-half of She & Him, also joins principal Howe Gelb, as do Lonna Kelley and Canadian singer Lucie Idlout. Among the album's 13 songs is a cover of PJ Harvey's ‘The Desperate Kingdom Of Love'. "It's simply one of the best songs ever written," Gelb told Canadian website ChartAttack, "and came begging for a horn section to mope with." Sounds good to us!

* * *

Emma Pollock, formerly of The Delgados, guests on two songs (‘The Shell Song' and ‘The Liars') on the new Green Peppers album, Adventures In The Slipstream, due for physical release on August 18th but already available from emusic.com.

Green Peppers is the ‘solo' project of former Soup Dragons guitarist John McCulloch, a frequent collaborator with Isobel Campbell. Adventures..., his third album, also features vocals from Anna Sheard, Melanie Whittle and Sandra Belda. The Melanie-sung ‘Angel Angel' is currently streaming on the Peppers' Myspace.

* * *

Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone have covered a song by obscure Scarlett Johansson backing singer David Bowie for a new tribute album to the little-known artist. Of his minuscule back catalogue, the girls have selected a song called ‘Oh! You Pretty Things'. You can buy it now if you want to, from iTunes, or you can wait until the album hits the shops on July 14th.

Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered

01 Au Revoir Simone - ‘Oh! You Pretty Things'
02 Heartbreak - ‘Loving The Alien'
03 Kelley Polar - ‘Magic Dance [harold and baby o in italy version]'
04 Leo Minor - ‘Ashes To Ashes'
05 Carl Craig Presents Zoos Of Berlin - ‘Looking for Water'
06 Drew Brown - ‘Sweet Thing'
07 Matthew Dear - ‘Sound & Vision'
08 Susumu Yokota - ‘Golden Years'
09 The Emperor Machine - ‘Repetition'
10 Joakim & The Disco - ‘A New Career In A New Town'
11 Richard Walters & Faultline - ‘Be My Wife'
12 The Thing - ‘Life On Mars'

* * *

Pram, the ever-mysterious Birmingham trio fronted by Rosie Cuckston, release a new EP on July 21st through Domino. Prisoner Of The 7 Pines features remixes of tracks from last year's The Moving Frontier, with contributions from lovable labelmates Psapp among others. The EP will be released both digitally and on 12" vinyl:

A1 ‘Beluga'
A2 ‘Hums Around Us' [psapp vital sand pit remix]
A3 ‘The Silk Road' [aguirre wrath of godsy remix, by cherrystones]
B1 ‘Beluga' [grandmaster gareth mix]
B2 ‘Salva' [throwing toys into the pram mix]

The brilliantly creepy promo for ‘Beluga' is more short film than music video. I'm at a loss to describe it really...

* * *

Alan Pedder

I gotta admit it, I hate it when I like a band or something and it shows up on a really really commercial tv-show or radio-station. War, famine, poverty, decease, bands I like showing up on TRL.. Those are the things that are horribly wrong in this world and need to be eradicated.

So to the point.. WTF are The Teenagers doing on that very same MTV show? Why? I fucking hate all those screaming kids and the "Vj's" that are total dumbasses, it's so frickin' plastic I lose all hope for youth of the world.. Does this mean I have to start hating The Teenagers? Or should I just join in with the rest of the ass-lemurs and scream like a insecure 16-year old boy lost on the island of Mykonos surrounded by 10 men Tom of Finland style.. I'm lost for words.

Au Revoir Simone create beautiful music, and so does The Teenagers.. Even though the resemblance is tiny, this remix is allright, nothing to pump up the party with.. Maybe if you're more of a calm person you'll get pumped up. And I stole it from music is art.

mp3: Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (The Teenagers Remix)

By Jan

honestly, i didnt know much about shinichi osawa aka mondo grosso up till last year.

He wasn't on my hit list and i sorta ignored his presence.

I am just glad I did not continue ignoring him.

He's been nothin short of awesome and is a massive japanese artist who is well known all over
and his mixes of digitalism to felix da housecat have turned heads over and over again.

so are you gonna let him be the one? just get his album. its ridiculously good.

enjoy. it is electrolust.

note: the cover of the chemical brothers song star guitar with au revoir simone is off the hook.

mp3|shinichi osawa - electro411 / (zshare)

mp3|the whip - blackout (shinichi osawa remix) / (zshare)

mp3|shinichi osawa - star guitar (ft. Au Revoir Simone) / (zshare)

shinichi osawa website

shinichi osawa myspace

shinichi osawa album

Thursday...

I was asked to cover/shoot photos for a small event/gathering set in a music production studio in or around say Chinatown..I agreed to do it and oh man, it was just an epic party. I get there and everything is very low key and I dunno... "quaint"..is that the word I'm looking for? People are just standing around and talking listening to tunes curated by Tom Kuntz who was actually in attendance. A great guy by the way and very easy to talk to and just an all around joy to be around. AND ======> He is the awesome man responsible for that awesome Skittles commercialthat features that guy who touches things and those things become thousands of skittles! I love that commercial soo much and had no idea until today actually that he was responsible for it! So humbling. The really cool thing about this new gig is that I dont have to do anything with the pictures..everything is exclusive..it's great..so it's like I'm working covert ops or something. It's kinda awesome. At first I was a little turned off by the fact that they didn't want me to publish the photos on my site, but then I thought about it and loved it! Ha. It really matches the whole 007 vibe that the studio gives off, being underground and all..

Other notable people at the party included...
+ Barbara Pierce Bush whose fraternal twin Jenna Bush just got married.
+ Michel Gondry who wrote and directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which won Best Original Screenplay at the 2005 Academy Awards!
+ Au Revoir Simone, an awesome all girl band that utilizes keyboards and synths and beautiful voices.
+ Levin Rambin, who's been nominated for 2 daytime Emmys, and requested a photo with me! Haha. I had no idea that she was on the big screen I just thought she was a really nice girl and that she had a lot of energy which is great!
+ Michel Gondry's son, Paul Gondry, who is just a badass! haha. He is a great awesome kid and he wore a kilt and no shirt all night while he parties his ass off with his friends.
+ Jamie Johnson, heir to to Johnson & Johnson fortune.
+ Brooke Geahan, founder of the Accompanied Literary Society.

Thursday night was a crazy good night and I really had a great time..

Night nerds, all this name dropping has me pooped.

Oh yeah and mad updates on my site!

Brad Walsh Birthday pics are here..click the picture below..

The party I hosted at Savalas...click picture below..

And the photos from when Plus Move guest djed at my party at Happy Ending...click picture..

Enjoy everything guys..I'm pooped. I was at Webster Hall tonite and I will talk about that tomorrow sometime.

Nite nerds.
antwan.

June 25: Au Revoir Simone will be DJ-ing at a fundraiser for the New York Civil Liberties Union. This fundraiser will "help the NYCLU continue to defend and promote the fundamental principles embodied in the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution..." blah blah blah. 

YAY for charities though! If any of us were lucky enough to live in NYC, we would not be missing this. :(((

[audio http://www.box.net/shared/static/g3fciflcss.mp3]

From: The Bird of Music (Our Secret Record Company, 2007)

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