EGWM's favourite bands: page france

Page France is an American indie folk-pop music band that plays melodic and emotional music.

The band was started as a solo project in 2004 by Michael Nau, but quickly evolved into a full-time project with a somewhat revolving lineup of friends and collaborators. The band self-released their debut album, Come, I'm A Lion. Their second album, Hello, Dear Wind.

The band released a double-EP in 2006, entitled Pear and Sister Pinecone. Immediately thereafter, the EP was abandoned and declared a "limited release" of 1,000 copies.

Page France's newest album and third full-length, ...And The Family Telephone, was released on 08/05/2007.

The band has been characterized by some as Christian due to references in song lyrics and titles. However, lyricist Michael Nau counters: "The 'Christian band' inquiry wears me out, to be honest. As for the Christian symbols in my writing - sometimes I don’t even realize that they exist until someone points them out to me. There’s really no reason; it just rolled out that way." Songs such as "Jesus", "What Have I Done", and "Bush" are among many that contain Christian symbols.

Discography

• Come, I'm a Lion (December 21, 2004) (thanks to Taringa!)
  
• Hello, Dear Wind (October 18, 2005)
• Pear and Sister Pinecone (Double EP) (April 2006)
• ...and the Family Telephone (May 8, 2007)

• Live in Houston TX 11/18/06
  

Side-project of Michael Nau: The Cotton Jones Basket Ride

• Paranoid Cocoon (not all the album)

*to download the cd click on the name of the album.

a scoop of EGWM: Speedmarket Avenue - I'm Going To Let My New Swiss Army Knife Answer To That

Speedmarket Avenue - I'm Going To Let My New Swiss Army Knife Answer To That

1. will that do
2. you set the terms
3. leave.now. [mp3]
4. i can tell by her eyes [mp3]
5. home
6. from the barricades
7. last song
8. he's a rebel
9. you're not that foreign anymore [mp3]
10. here to follow [mp3]
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And, just like every great pop band over the years, Speedmarket Avenue (new song in myspace) felt complete right from the start. Sensitivity, melodies and playing skills; they had it all. In abundance. Those of us who got to meet the band in every possible (and impossible) concert venue could but salute their well-crafted pop songs and their obvious joy at having the opportunity of performing them for us there and then. The often difficult transition from stage and fleeting moments to studio and recordings has been achieved with the able help of producer Fredrik Norberg and "I Am Going To Let My New Swiss Army Knife Answer To That" is the sound of a band who knows what they're doing. And are pleased to share it with anyone who cares to listen. (from Hello Surprise)

st. vincent - now, now

I'm not your mother's favorite dog

I'm not the carpet you walk on

I'm not one small atomic bomb

I'm not any, any, any, any, any, any, anything at all

I'm not the feather at your feet

I'm not your yellow brick street

I'm not anyone you'll see

I'm not any, any, any, any, any, any, any, anything

Now now, now now, now now

You don't mean that say you're sorry

You don't mean that say you're sorry

You don't mean that say you're sorry

You don't mean that, I'll make you sorry

[...]

*One of 2007's most beautiful and haunting songs. Marry me, Annie : )

Download the song

Download St.Vincent's debut album "Marry me"

wilco - what light

If you feel like singing a song

And you want other people to sing along

Just sing what you feel

Don’t let anyone say it’s wrong

And if you’re trying to paint a picture

But you’re not sure which colors belong

Just paint what you see

Don’t let anyone say it’s wrong

And if you’re strung out like a kite

Or stung awake in the night

It’s alright to be frightened

When there’s a light (what light)

There’s a light (one light)

There’s a light (white light)

Inside of you

[...]

Download the song

Download their latest effort "Sky, blue sky"

The (REAL) Coachella 2008 line-up

* great line-up! We want the same line-up for Primavera Sound!

a scoop of EGWM: Right away, great Captain! - The Bitter End

darling you have yet to hold me close
during the war, with your heart
i can see strait down your crooked teeth
you feel so dumb, mouth open large
you've got exactly what I'm drinking for

darling you can bet to see my ghost
up on the wall watching you eat
yeah its true i dream about you two
grinding my mouth losing my teeth
you are exactly what a night-mares for.
i'll night marry you.

[...]

download the song (thanks to Come Pick me up)
download the LP "The bitter end"

Right Away, Great Captain! is Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra) side project. The first cd is a "must listen" lo-fi album when you just woke up or you go to sleep. And he is preparing a new album... Yayy!

*with milk (next scoop: Speedmarket Avenue)

SURPRISE 3: Chris Walla - Field Manual

Chris Walla - Field Manual

1. Two Fifty
2. The Score
3.Sing Again
4. A Bird Is A Song
5. Geometry & C.
6. Everyone Needs A Home
7. Everybody On
8. Our plans, Collapsing
9. Archer V. Light
10. St. Modesto
11. It’s Unsustainable
12. Holes

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"earl grey" JANUARY playlist

"earl grey" JANUARY playlist

1. Iron & Wine - Pagan angel and a borrowed car

2. Madee - I am a green swimming pool

3. Manchester Orchestra - Colly strings

4. Nada Surf - Weightless

5. Pedro the Lion - Priests and paramedics

6. Stars - Take me to the riot

7. Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and shrines II

8. The Attorneys - Stay

9. The Ladybug Transistor - Three days from now

10. Wolf Parade - This heart's on fire

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Don't really know what to write since this is such a random playlist of some songs that I've been listening to lately as well as all-time favourites. I just wanted to mix slow-paced songs with fast songs in order to create what I would call "a balanced playlist". I might have not accomplished this, but hey, at least I tried. Anyway, we'll come up with new and for sure better playlists (even topic-related playlists!) so enjoy for now!

"with milk" JANUARY playlist

"with milk" JANUARY playlist

1. Maritime - Guns of Navarone
2. Tullycraft - The Punks are Writing Love Songs
3. New Faces - She's is like the Snow
4. The Little Ones - Lovers who Uncover
5. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
6. Born Ruffians - Hummingbird
7. Los Campesinos! - C Is The Heavenly Option (Heavenly cover)
8. Okkervil River - Black
9. The Format - Does Your Cat Have a Mustache?
10. Speedmarket Avenue - He's a Rebel

Bonus track: Drunken Barn Dance - A Winter's Tale

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In this JANUARY playlist you can find the songs that I've been listening to during the last few months, some new music that i've found in the KEXP radio station (based in Seattle) and bands from USA that I've discovered in my trip. In this playlist I put a lot of fast songs for these people who work at night (like me) or wake up early and need to be awake. Download it, listen to it and comment what you think.

*soon, "earl grey" playlist.

voxtrot - introduction

Open your eyes and stretch your hands

This house is clean but it is not my home

Did I make this bed

The two hands touch on two

Sometimes I think of some place colder

The sound of traffic and the way it's worn

When you feel yourself grow up inside of here

And you love me just like a stranger

But you love me just like I am

Remember we ran through lovely streets

We made our rules and then we broke them first

It felt like we were running all the time

But I wouldn't give one ugly moment

I'd wrap it up, I'd keep it in my sock

I can keep it, yeah, I know what's yours is mine

And you love me just like a stranger

But you love me when

I slip into the sleep that lets me love some other day

We get bored of weakness all the time

Now I won't know how much I lost until I've gone away

Your sun sets when my sun starts to shine

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As once said by "It's Hard to Find a Friend" (we don't have any love affair with its creator, I swear) this is one of the best "waking up" songs to ever reach my ears as well as an excellent album opener. The song has a slow development (it builds and builds and builds and never explodes) that will exasperate most people but that certainly haunts me. The repetitive guitar riffs and the plucking are beautiful, making this song a wonderful, quotidian one. As for the rest of the album, it might not be as praised as some of their previous EPs, but it's certainly worth hearing... wait, did I say worth hearing? Screw this! It's a "must hear". Songs like "Kid gloves", "Firecracker", "Brother in conflict" or "Blood red blood" put the band at the same level than major acts such as Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party or Franz Ferdinand. There's one slight difference, though: Voxtrot is even better.

Download the song (thanks to "It's Hard to Find a Friend")

Download their self-titled debut LP

USA TRIP: NEW YORK

a scoop of EGWM: mishima - set tota la vida (2007)

En algun lloc entre la cançó i l’electrònica, entre la urgència del
rock i la sensibilitat del pop es troba Mishima. Nascuda l’any 2000,
s´ha convertit en una de les bandes de referència de l´escena pop de la
Ciutat Comtal. Lletres que parlen de les petites coses quotidianes i
melodies delicades caracteritzen aquest grup que ha sabut captivar a
tothom. (from Sonia Gomez blog)

1. La tarda esclata
2. Aguéev
3. Neix el món dintre l´ull
4. La forma d´un sentit
5. Qui n´ha begut
6. El temple
7. Els ametllers
8. Un tros de fang
9. Llavors tu, simplement
10. Despertes l´inútil
11. Alguna cosa em diu que sí
12. Em deuria enamorar
13. Vine
14. D´un costat del carrer

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mishima - un tros de fang

next concert: 9 de gener a les 22'00h a Luz de gas (c/ Muntaner, 246. Barcelona)

download their 3rd LP: trucar a casa. recollir les fotos. pagar la multa.

SURPRISE 2: Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings and All

tracklist:
01 Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)
02 Bag of Hammers
03 Big Kid Table
04 Swimming Pools
05 Geography
06 Feet Asleep
07 Yes, So On and So On
08 Fear and Convenience
09 Violet
10 Travel
11 We Go

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SURPRISE: Los campesinos - Hold on, Youngster!

01. Death To Los Campesinos!
02. Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
03. Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s)
04. Drop It Doe Eyes
05. My Year In Lists
06. Knee Deep at ATP
07. This Is How You Spell. "HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-Romantics"
08. We Are All Accelerated Readers
09. You! Me! Dancing!
10. ...And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison
11. Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks

download (Extremely recommend band)


Los campesinos! playing Death to los Campesinos @ Bowery Ballroom (NYC) by EGWM

happy new year!

Happy new year 2008 from the EGWM crew!!

hangover cd: HIGH FIDELITY OST

01 - The Thirteenth Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me [02:29]
02 - The Kinks - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy [02:19]
03 - John Wesley Harding - I'm Wrong About Everything [03:37]
04 - The Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' [07:27]
05 - Love - Always See Your Face [03:21]
06 - Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time [05:03]
07 - Sheila Nicholls - Fallen For You [03:16]
08 - The Beta Band - Dry The Rain [06:05]
09 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Ship Building [04:53]
10 - Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times [04:12]
11 - Jack Black - Let's Get It On [04:28]
12 - Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator [06:36]
13 - Royal Trux - Inside Game [03:42]
14 - The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun [02:46]
15 - Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love) [04:51]

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