earl grey with milk: February 2009

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

NEWS: the ghost is dancing new album

Si si si! Finalment! Nou cd dels canadencs "the ghost is dancing"! Aqui teniu la nota que han deixat al seu myspace amb el tracklist! Ara a esperar fins abril!

"Happy to say that we've officially finished mastering our new album tonight. We're all pretty ecstatic in the Ghost is Dancing camp, Chris Stringer, for all of his farting and grunting, did a bang up job (and we highly recommend him to anyone in search for a fine producer).

The album is called "Battles On" and we'll be releasing it (if all goes as scheduled), April 21st (we're also scheduling a tour right now so stay posted).

Here's the tracklist, because I'm so excited:

1. Dream of a Failed Architect
2. Battles On
3. Rogues & Heroes
4. This Thunder
5. Stick Together
6. Louis Riel
7. Strange Times
8. Battles Off
9. Was a Universe
10. Flashing Pictures
11. Old Children
12. Without Friends

Stay Tuned for more soon from these ghosts."

Saturday, February 7, 2009

EARLGREYWITHMILK: canadian mix part II

earlgreywithmilk CANADIAN (II)

01 - oh no forest fires - it's not fun and games until someone loses
02 - the danks - treaty connector
03 - i see rowboats - in cars
04 - bruce peninsula - crabapples
05 - boxer the horse - jackson leftfield
06 - the rural alberta advantage - edmonton
07 - bass lions - ransom the sunset
08 - entire cities - cop song
09 - we're scared - thunderbirds
10 - hey rosetta! - there's an arc

download

I torno a penjar un playlist amb 10 cançons més de grups canadencs (repetint 2 de l'última). En aquesta trobem la nova sensació canadenca, Bruce Peninsula (segons CBC 3), els nous Parlovr, Oh No Forest Fires (segons jo), el "side-project" de the Rural Alberta Advantage, We're scared (em sembla que un dels components està al grup però nose si realment estan fent alguna cosa...), i el nou top artist del meu last.fm, BOXER THE HORSE. Tot això amenitzat amb una cançó més dels RAA i d'Entire Cities.

Disfruteu i bon febrer! :)

*foto: milk bottle a Montreal near the train station, part of The Guaranteed Pure Milk Co.

NEW BAND: parlovr

PARLOVR is a band from Montreal, Canada (you know how much I love canadian bands) who start playing together on 2006. Like it says in his myspace of the band: "Reacting against the multi-instrumental, many-membered orchestral bands that crowded the local Montreal scene at the time, PARLOVR was started with the intention of blowing amps and streamlining pop melodies, bringing back the power-trio of the 90s with an off-the-wall twist".

And what can I say about the sound: In his myspace it says they do a "sloopy pop" but I will try to make a comparision with bands and I'll say Parlovr is a mix between Handsome Furs, Royal Bangs and a little bit of Arcade Fire but with only 3 guys in the band. They have great voices who can make you sing in the middle of the street in a fucking bad day and make you feel better... repeating some parts of the lyrics till you know exactly what they felt when they wrote it... Parlovr is the kind of bands I would like to see as much times as I can in a small club with good sound to sing with them while i'm losing my voice.

Just buy the self-titled relase of 2008 from his myspace and you won't regret it. Just listen "pen to the paper" and you will understand me.

download "pen to the paper"
myspace

parlovr - pen to the paper live

TV SERIAL: skins

Let's speak about this TV serial today. A british comedic teen drama that follows a group of teenagers from Bristol as they experience love, family, and growing up. 8 crazy teenagers between 16 and 17 years old. Every episode follows one of the teenagers in his life but always linking with the group. The serial won the Rose d'Or on 2008 and was also nominated for BAFTA.

After watching 1 season and a half in 1 week I have to say I'm really fan of this group (every group of teenagers is going to be only 2 seasons, and i'm finishing the second one... I'm a little bit scared of the change...). They just started the 3rd season in UK and I think the ratings are much more better... Let's see.

Another thing about the serial is the soundtrack: really good songs for every episode and always finding the right one for the moment... You can have it here.

Enjoy this tv serial with drugs, "fuck" (all the meanings), wanka (and more swearing), love, friendship (and not so friendship), fights, party's, alcohol, music and fashion (and not so fashion).