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11/07/2014

Review: NOS/Optimus Alive 2014 - Dia 10 de Julho

O ano de 2014, é o ano de transição - Optimus Alive vai passar a ser NOS Alive que, já este ano, conta com algumas alterações - um recinto diferente dos anos anteriores, com um aspecto mais proveitoso, atractivo e simples, aliados à cor do (novo) patrocinador do Festival. Muda o nome, muda o aspecto e, neste caso, ainda bem!
Admito... Ouvi mais inglês e espanhol, no recinto, do que português, o que mostra a multiplicidade de nacionalidades deste festival e da sua visibilidade internacional, cada vez mais forte (caso contrário, para quê tanto anúncio do NME ou Heineken, nos intervalos?)

Falando do que realmente importa...

Noiserv é sempre um gosto ouvir, a sua pureza e mistificação tornam o concerto deste "one-man-show" algo extraordinário, que teve as honras de ser dos primeiros artistas a inaugurar a edição deste ano.
O ambiente, ainda longe de mostrar as milhares de pessoas que se deslocariam ao festival, mostrou-se propício à simpatia deste músico.

Temples foram uma surpresa - com um espírito e atitude muito próprias conquistaram o público que se deslocou ao palco secundário e foi surpreendido por uma atitude muito 80's e, sem dúvida, muitas pessoas saíram fãs destes jovens.

Já, no palco principal, The Lumineers deram o ar da sua graça e, num pôr-do-sol que pareceu enquadrar-se com o folk e simplicidade desta banda norte-americana, muitos foram arrebatados pela simpatia e sonoridades mais calmas da banda. Há uma sensação bonita de renovação após este concerto.

Imagine Dragons mostraram-se fiéis ao que apresentaram, o ano passado, na sua primeira passagem por Portugal.
Energéticos, tiveram a capacidade de conquistar um público que não estava lá para os ver (tarefa um pouco ingrata) mas não descuraram um segundo da sua alegria, energia e música - tornando-se claro ao ver milhares de pessoas cantarem os seus principais hits. Não surpreendeu mas foi bonito 
e deixou os verdadeiros fãs a aguardar um novo regresso, novamente a solo, com novas músicas na bagagem.

Interpol foi dos concertos mais bonitos (e ingratos). Uma banda com mais de uma década de existência viu-se perante um público que mal os conhecia. Não deixaram de fazer um óptimo concerto, com a competência e credibilidade que lhes é devida, e merecedores de uma maior atenção.

Talvez se o palco Heineken estivesse mais composto o concerto de Kelis tivesse sido mais empolgante. Afinal, era complicado competir, precisamente à mesma hora, com os Arctic Monkeys. No entanto, a Kelis brindou os poucos ouvintes que se deslocaram ao Palco Heineken com a sua voz rouca mas (algo) poderosa. Não foi um concerto marcante mas uma boa alternativa a quem os cabeças de cartaz não interessavam.

Arctic Monkeys foram os reis e senhores da noite - a banda mais esperada deste dia (e, provavelmente, desta edição) mostraram porque são uma das bandas de culto, actualmente.
É evidente a evolução sonora da banda, havendo, uma harmonia entre os primeiros discos e este último AM.
Banhados em energia, "sexappeal" e graciosidade, os Arctic Monkeys deram o seu tudo e envolveram um público, demasiado, ansioso para os ver.
Foi um concerto interessante, místico e estranhamento íntimo - com Alex Turner a fazer suspirar os corações no recinto. 
Entre dedicações de amor e provocações óbvias como "Are you mine, Lisbon?"
O certo é que deram o concerto da noite e provaram porque são os actuais meninos queridos da música.
 
Assim que o concerto dos Arctic Monkeys terminou os milhares que esgotaram o primeiro dia do (agora) NOS Alive começaram a dispersar quer para casa, para o palco Heinken onde tocavam os Parov Stelar Band quer para o palco Clubbing onde iria tocar o Jamie XX.
Depois de terem tocado ao longo da tarde e da noite vários dos seus "amigos", chegou a vez do "criador" do primeiro dia do Palco Clubbing subir ao palco. Assim que o fez arrancou as pessoas do chão e alguns aplausos e conquistou o seu público (e o público dos The XX) ao tocar a Sunset (do album Coexist dos The XX) e logo de seguida Far Nearer.

23/12/2012

themed week // The XX, Last Christmas

The XX are a British alternative rock band, created in 2005 and composed by Romy Madley Croft (vocals and guitars), Oliver Sim (vocals and bass guitar) and Jamie Smith (beats and production).

Since the beginning of their career, they've released two records XX (2009) and Coexist (2012).
They are considered to be one of the British latest music sensations.
Read our previous posts about them - here and here.

Last Christmas it's an original by Wham! and it was released in 1984. As some other songs, this song is a sad love song that is usually related with Christmas.

This song was covered by different artists like Coldplay, David Fonseca and Arctic Monkeys, check our last year's version here.

This cover of Last Christmas was recorded on a special session made for BBC Radio 1.

"Tell me, baby, 
Do you recognize me? 
Well, It's been a year, 
It doesn't surprise me 
(Merry Christmas)"

01/03/2012

News // NME Awards 2012 - Discover the winners

The NME Awards 2012 took place yesterday night, at the Brixton Academy in London.


Florence + The Machine, Kasabian and The Horrors were the some of the winners of the night.
Discover the winners of the main categories below.

Best British Band (supported by Sonos):
Arctic Monkeys
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Horrors
Kasabian
Muse

Best International Band (supported by T4):
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
Justice
Odd Future
The Strokes

Best Solo Artist (supported by Rekorderlig):
Adele
Florence + the Machine
Frank Turner
Laura Marling
Miles Kane
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh):
Foster The People
Lana Del Rey
Tribes
The Vaccines
Wu Lyf

Best Live Band (supported by Carling):
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Pulp
Two Door Cinema Club

Best Album (supported by HMV):
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
The Horrors - Skying
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Best Track (supported by Fender):
Arctic Monkeys - 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'Shuffle'
Florence + the Machine - 'Shake It Out'
Hurts - 'Sunday'
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'


Best Video (supported by NMEVideo.com):
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
Beyonce - 'Countdown'
Hurts - 'Sunday'
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'
Tyler, The Creator - 'Yonkers'


Best Festival:
Bestival
Glastonbury
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival

Best Music Film:
Back And Forth - Foo Fighters 
Living In The Material World - George Harrison
Talihina Sky - Kings Of Leon
There Are No Innocent Bystanders - The Libertines
Upside Down - The Creation Records Story'


Check all the categories on digitalspy.co.uk.

06/02/2012

News // First details about Super Bock Super Rock

The Portuguese festival Super Bock Super Rock is going to happen between July 5 to 7.


Besides the dates, the organization revealed five names that are already going to perform on SBSR: Pete Doherty, the American Battles, the British The Horrors, Apparat (project from the German musician Sascha Ring) and Little Dragon.

On the first day, July 5, Battles, Apparat and Pete Doherty are going to perform, on the next day The Horrors and on the last one Little Dragon.

The daily ticket will cost 45€ and the three-day pass will be 80€.

Remember that last year the festival had bands like Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys and Portishead but the organisation was very criticized for the location and all the problems that came from that - such as the lack of conditions on the camping or traffic.

But Luíz Montez guaranteed last year that all the efforts would be done to make everything suitable and proving once again that Herdade do Cabeço da Flauta - Meco, Sesimbra was THE location for Super Bock Super Rock, known for the alternative names on the Festival poster.

14/01/2012

Inside Visions, Black & Gold

Inside Visions are a band created in 2010.

The band is composed by 5 Portuguese guys - Gui Rodriguez (vocals), Ricardo Arnaldo (guitars), Pedro Pires (bass), Jóni Oliveira (drums) and Nuno Moreira (synthesizer) - from Porto belong to a young band, having as influences great bands like Joy Division, The Strokes, Kings of Leon, Editors, Foals, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party or Arctic Monkeys.
Huge influences from great bands who contribute to their indie rock with bits of alternative on their music.

The band is beginning the recording to their debut EP to be released next Spring.

According to Inside Visions, Black & Gold is about a child's idol - in this case the ex-Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna. Determination, dedication, talent and courage were some of the feelings from Senna's life that influenced the band to talk in the song, focusing on this driver's early career on Lotus which colors were black and gold.

To know more about this band and discover more of their work go to their Facebook, Myspace and Youtube pages.


"Greater issues sparkling the demon's tar.
Rolling anger, one hundred bar.
It's not you, it's personal...let him be
Forever more we'll get caught in the fire!"

18/12/2011

themed week // David Fonseca, Last Christmas

David Fonseca, one of the most talented Portuguese artists known for his musical and general arts expertise.

With 4 solo albums - Sing Me Something New (2003), Our Hearts Will Beat As One (2005), Dreams In Colour (2007) and Between Waves (2009), not mentioning side projects like Silence 4 or Humanos, make him one of the best actual artists in Portugal.


Last Christmas it's an original by Wham! in 1984. This song is a sad love song besides the obvious themes: Christmas and the traditional gift giving and it's considered to be one of the most characteristic Christmas songs nowadays, with artists like Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Florence + The Machine covering it.


This Fonseca's version was released on his Youtube page in 2009, showing himself in several video recordings playing and singing everything from the song we can hear.


"Happy Christmas,
I wrapped it up and sent it,
With a note saying "I love you",
I meant it"

26/10/2011

Arctic Monkeys, Suck It And See

Arctic Monkeys are a very known English indie rock band, formed in 2002 by Alex Turner (vocals, lead/rhythm guitar), Jamie Cook (rhythm/lead guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), Matt Helders (drums, percussion and backing vocals) besides ex-members Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Glyn Jones (lead vocals, rhythm guitar).

Arctic Monkeys got known via internet, through fan-based sites, changing the way bands are promoted and marketed nowadays. They are highly claimed by the critics and gain more fans each and each day.

They have released four studio albums - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009) and Suck It And See (2011), with rumors of a new album next year. Adding to this they have 2 EPs and 2 DVDs.

Their first album - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, selling 363.735 copies in a week, passing over Oasis' Definitely Maybe, keeping the post of "fastest-selling album for a band in the UK".

Suck It And See belongs to Arctic Monkeys forth album with the same name, released in June 2011.
On March 30, the band released Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair in a three thousand vinyl special edition, confirming this way the first single from their newest album yet to be released.

On May 30, Domino Records published on Soundcloud the entire album, and a few hours later the first two tracks reached over 10.000 listens each, proving how eager fans were.

Suck It And See is going to be released as single on October 31 but already has a video promoting it.



"Suck it and see you never know
Sit next to me before I go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me cos I'm a fool for you"

04/10/2011

themed week // The Vaccines, If You Wanna

The Vaccines, an English indie rock band formed in 2010, composed by Justin Young (guitar and vocals), Árni Hjörvar (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar) and Pete Robertson (drums).

Their debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? released in March 2011, and have already open the gigs for The Walkmen, Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys.

The band had always the critics supports, including on their first gig in Leicester, in September 2010, that The Guardian evaluated with 4/5 starts and described by Clash as "fantastic, exhilarating and exciting".

In the middle on 2010, they've released their first single Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)/Blow It Up, starting now to be known by the public.
At the beginning of 2011, the band went on tour with NME Awards Tour supporting Crystal Castles.
There are rumors about a new album next year, but there's no confirmation from the band yet.

Being well qualified on charts, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?, If You Wanna was the third single released in 20 March 2011.


"But if you wanna come back it's alright, it's alright!
It's alright if you wanna come back!
If you wanna come back it's alright, it's alright!
It's alright if you wanna come back to me!"

28/08/2011

News // Arctic Monkeys only in 2013



Alex Turner, the new prodigy and cute boy of indie rock scenario, recently told on an interview for The Sun, Arctic Monkeys won't record a new album until at least 2013. The band is known for hits like Teddy Picker, Brainstorm, Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair or I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.
According to Turner, he doesn't write on tour anymore, he might have a few ideas on soundchecks but Alex Turner revealed he wrote too many bad songs on tour and he won't do it anymore.
For now there's no way, Arctic Monkeys will be recording soon.

Recently, they released a video of what's suppose to be a DVD of their two date shows in Don Valley Bowl, in Sheffield. The video has excerpts of several songs, public and backstage footage.
See it below:


Remind, Arctic Monkeys started in 2002 and their first album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" was released in 2006, with three more albums "Favorite Worst Nightmare" (2007), Humbug (2009) and Suck It And See (2011). Arctic Monkeys are already one of the most successful and known UK band around the world.

11/03/2011

Arctic Monkeys, Brainstorm



Love love this song by Arctic Monkeys.
Arctic Monkeys are a very young but absolutely talented and known english indie rock band.

this song is SOO worth it!

enjoy!

Love
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