Noel Gallagher and Mischa Barton: leopard underwear, Los Angeles ... and run!

Eternal fame is the villain of the Gallagher (though one more than another, they say). However, the separation of siblings also appears that somehow divided canallismo between the two. Of course, Noel does from the sidelines, we, from the fiction of their video clips. In this case, presents his new single "Everybody Is On The Run" to bare coup. But do not be afraid that the illustrious brother is not in his underwear but, oh, what carelessness!, Mischa Barton nude by accident ... Smart boy.
Do not be fooled by the leopard underwear Mischa here, the important thing is the music: "Everybody is on the run" is the first single from his solo album, "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds". In addition, due for release on August 6 with a remix of their previous single "AKA ... What A Life" by Amorphous Androgynous, who Noel Gallagher group published an LP next year (as reported recently NME).
And what better to present a single to a career in panties (and underpants) through the streets of Los Angeles? In just over four minutes, "Everybody Is On The Run" poses a real comedy of errors that is developed making good after the title run. Mr. Gallagher does not break or a garment in her role as a taxi driver but, curiously, without touching a hair on the Barton just removing the dress as an alter ego of singer runs, also in underwear, after a shoe thief.
The end? How to not crash in the race and leopards happy ending in the most literal sense of the word, including courtship. Ladies and gentlemen, this presents a single: showing that there are no coincidences and that if Noel is there, seeing everything from the sidelines and causing endless action almost without lifting a finger, it is because you can. With and without hermanísimos))

'Captain Demo', on the lookout for new talent

Once a week, Radio 3 navigates between groups and soloists emerging in our country. Some take their first steps in the stormy world of music. Others take several years of trying. Never mind. 'Captain Demo' attempts to reflect the reality of the independent scene with finely tuned ear and attentive to new trends willing to make a difference. We spoke to Paula Quintana, director of the program.
As director of Captain Demo, what perception you have of pop music in our country? What trends come stomping?
Being demanding, music is a bit repetitive. The groups seek originality, but in the end tend to look a lot like each other and, above all, to resemble what already exists. In Captain Demo seek the difference. While it is true that there is a tendency to sing more and more in English-something I think is a bit of a mistake because many groups lose a bit of authenticity-what it does is pop rock mostly, mostly Spanish, pop rock based in The Planets, Vetusta Morla, Lori Meyers. It closely resembles each other everything. Simple melodies, four chords ... It is also true that sometimes you meet with groups, making four simple chords and melodies, it does manage to do something different.
This new wave pop rock, with all the tangle of influences drinking groups like the ones you named, Vetusta Morla, Lori Meyers and others ... do you think is coming to an end? Is this a change in cycle?
Not at all. I do not think we're in a cyclical change. Suddenly people are taking a much in groups, being independent and having few resources, have become very large. It is something that was very difficult, and new groups are regarded much in those mirrors. It seems to me well, because they can work ... and people like many similar groups, then why do not you will like new affinity groups? Then there is also a look into the eighties, groups sintentizadores analog and things scheduled. In the end it looks more and more back. We are in a confusing time, because there is everything: people who do things that sound hippie bluesmen groups doing covers of a lifetime. And of course, those who follow trends pop rock. There are also many e-groups, some quite subtle melodies and lyrics, musical ideas and sounds abusing sintentizadores, which sometimes consist simply of a person being recorded at home. We are at a somewhat rare, when we are looking a little differentiator. Sometimes you hear some people tell me that the program does not like it, because I put people screaming, totally noisy, with little instrumentation projects. But I think that's where we should go. More than a change of registration, we go for originality, look for something different though sometimes sacrificing beauty. Search the differentiator.
How do you see the average level of these musical offerings in Spain? Occasional journalist, or rather, many complain that models get gruesome, which can not be output directly. Do you have that perception?
That happens to me sometimes. We got it all: self-published albums, albums released with stamps, totally homemade recordings ... It is true that many times I have been telling some people that I like his songs, but I can not put them on the radio because they are issuable. There are groups that send you a song, but notes that it has its value, it sounds totally saturated. At the end try to look more on the idea than anything else. I try to tell the audience that is a group playing a demo. Sometimes I do not care much. When there is certainly a good idea to attempt to puncture, even sacrificing sound quality. In fact sometimes scold me because it sounds terrible. But whenever possible, and I believe that something is minimally radiable, I prefer to do so. I have written to groups, and especially solo, that I re-send the items with a bit more quality. I understand my colleagues who say that some things are not radiables because there are many songs absolutely out of tune. I have encountered issues simply out, people playing out of rhythm ... And yet, sometimes I have to click stuff like that because, again, the value is in the idea. Currently it is so easy that the level recorded at times leaves much to be desired. But I'm sure that music history has left us without a lot of great artists because of the court of first going through a seal, by a person who discovered you today ... you just have to know where to look, how to choose and have patience. Get a lot of songs. Be ruled out and they do discard a lot. In my case, I get about ten albums to date. Receipt physical disks, vinyl, cds, home-burned CDs, models in mp3. Making it.
How does that filter in your program? Do you do a job search? Do you just select what you try you get there?
Both thing. The main thing arises from what we sent. It is true that much work with Bandcamp, where normally there are recommendations of related groups, mainly based on what I attempt to send me the groups. They make an effort before I write a lot. There are artists who come to see me at the station, who want to know the program, which offered me playing acoustic ... They are very generous in that regard. Then try to give priority to all who write to me. Of course, I like to discover things on my own. I love to recommend music. I have colleagues that happen to me discs that do not fit into their program, and that maybe fits in mine.
Do you think the media has assumed the role of scout in that direction, putting a bit of filter, because it may have lost the traditional filter of the record?
In part, yes. But I also think that often we are wrong in the media because we are carried away by all the same trends. From what I see, in our programming, and those of other stations, and music blogs, all groups are repeated a lot. It's pretty single-minded, and to me it feels very tired. In my case, I try not to ever click a song twice. And even a group I like, maybe only once has sounded Captain Demo since I'll take it, because I try to accommodate as many groups as possible.
Do you see overwhelmed by the amount of deal out there? Is there perhaps too much supply and too little space?
In my case, no doubt. Captain Demo is an hour a week and I can fit at most fifteen songs. There are groups that have fascinated me from the beginning but have played only once or twice. Then try to remember them in the blog, I try to move them on Facebook, try going to their concerts, or attempt to discuss them with my classmates. Sometimes when a group I really like, go to other programs and try to convince them that it issued. Not always convince, because they also have and all his own domestic supply. But I understand that other daily programs that could have a small space.
Does it cost a lot to choose between the music coming?
There are weeks when it costs, in my opinion, fill an hour with songs that have good quality. That is, the offer is a lot but not everything is good by any means. It is also understandable. The criteria are very personal. In my case, I try to touch as many genres as possible, but not always easy. Although in some cases, if I get some flamenco, is what happened to the person wearing the flamenco program on Radio 3, as if something heavy comes. But try to put everything. I try to funk, blues to try, I try to songwriters, punk. I put instrumental songs in Euskera, Catalan, I do not care. I can be wrong sometimes to select, because without doubt, the offer is enormous. There is a volume of music and awesome bands.

Concert Posters: Andrew & Matt McCracken

Andrew & Matt McCracken Doublenaut together. Your choice of color accented by posters fallen and much referred to the use of overlapping and negative space, formerly picture puzzle. Varied styles are related to, a poster hitchcockesques like the Coliseum and the chillwavige of The Wooden Sky but require some creative repertoire.
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Placebo Mercedes-Benz will bring to Madrid as part of the tour "The Rock"

Today we bring you great news, Placebo, who announced that Barcelona will drop by next July 29th, so will the city of Madrid. That awaited concert will be held on July 5 as part of the tour "The Rock" Mercedes-Benz has begun to move towards the promotion of its new Class A model that will sell in a matter of only three months and fit for their creativity, passion and dynamism to the identity of the set of Brian Molko. Apart from the date Placebo also touch Madrid in Paris (city mini-tour will begin), Rome, Zurich and Hamburg.

Apparently there is no possibility of purchasing tickets, all offered are free!. The only way to get your ticket, pass to enter the website www.nuevoclasea.com and get yours. You have until June 14 to make the request.Do not miss the opportunity to hear great songs by Placebo as 'Slave To The Wage' or 'Post Blue' at an event as unique as the one presented by Mercedes-Benz in Madrid!.

June 22, 2012 in Paris, France
June 25, 2012 in Rome, Italy
June 28, 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland
July 2, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany
July 5, 2012 in Madrid, Spain

Nymphenburg summer - The Chamber Music Festival at the Nymphenburg Palace

Chamber Music Festival - Hubertussaal with U-BestuhlungIn This year marks the ninth anniversary of the "What a nice summer - The Chamber Music Festival" held at the Hubertus Hall at the palace. From 14.06. 13/07/2012 to present chamber music festival in Munich a top-class musical program with internationally renowned and talented young artists in the sizes of the historic ambiance of the Nymphenburg Palace.
A special kick-off at the Nymphenburg summer promises to 14.06. a concert by the Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught accompanied by pianist Henning rest. The talented young singer presents a program between Irish songs by Hamilton Harty, works by Schumann, and opera arias by Handel and Rossini.
At 19.06. followed by a special evening with a musical performance by renowned writer and critic Dr. Harald Eggebrecht SZ. His lecture, "Song of Old", accompanied by musical examples and interesting anecdotes can expect a lively journey into the musical past.
With another guest appearance this year in the Atrium Quartet of St. Petersburg. After acclaimed performances in the past two years, the String Quartet returns at 24.06. with works by Haydn, Beethoven and Borodin in Hubertussaal back.
Noa WildschutA special highlight awaits the Friends of Chamber Music at 29.06. with the appearance of the first eleven years of Noa Wildschut violinist, accompanied by the pianist Jeanne Mikitka. The outstanding talent of the young musician is they are impressive, with works by Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to the test.
To an exclusive guest soloist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Nymphenburg summer, 05.07., Can be heard pieces by Brahms, Schubert and Schumann.
For ceremonial closing of the Chamber Music Festival, the Brentano String Quartet from the United States honored at 13.07. the Nymphenburg summer with works by Haydn, Debussy and Beethoven.
A season with outstanding talent of chamber music can come! Also visit the "What a nice summer - The Chamber Music Festival" in the period from 14.06. until 07.13.2012 at the Hubertus Hall at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.

Happy Birthday Juan Luis Guerra

From Latinazos.net want to send a greeting to a musical glory and leaves up the roots of his country to the beat of merengue and bachata. We are talking about the great Juan Luis Guerra who today celebrates 55 years of life. The singer who is preparing a presentation in Santo Domingo with his tour "A Son of War" is one of the greatest exponents of Latin music and has recently confessed she would like to record a bachata with Paul McCartney. Will he succeed? Over time we'll know the moment that the great Juan Luis Pass!

Piano Magic - Life has not finished with me yet

The album, which I am happy this year at the most, comes from the UK band Piano Magic. Your last two discs were absolute masterpieces, full of dark beauty, menacing and atmospheric at the same time, and with "Incurable" there was even a veritable pop hit it. Now the guys around Glen Johnson are back - in a few days ago, "Life has not finished with me yet" will appear, and it should go much less guitar-heavy than the last. The first single from it is probably ever had a taste. I'm excited!

Primavera Sound 2012

No year that I do not feel attracted to the Primavera Sound. This festival, in its lineup populated by small / great artists of the alternative scene, manages to set itself up year in, year out one of the best available on the European scene. Big media like Pitchfork or Vice supporters, and hundreds and hundreds of artists speak wonders of the experience that is playing in a festival that begins to improve. The 2012 edition was presented in the most succulent possible: with many groups of all genres / subgenres, and and with some headline-stopping. We eager to discover what had prepared us Gabi Ruiz & Co., Pullmans from Thursday until Saturday night at the Forum to make the most of one of the best musical experiences can be enjoyed in our country.
It all began on Thursday May 31 at 18:00. After suffering the tail always inevitable for us to get a press pass to enter the grounds in a hurry. They really wanted to see Grimes, AKA Claire Boucher live, and with good reason, the Canadian artist has managed to establish itself as one of the surprises of last season, and was suspected live really interesting. Interestingly the first minutes of Claire in the PS12 started really bad, his team began to register as many glitches that had no choice but to wait for that fix it. This caused a small ripple effect that led the public to receive in a somewhat cold to Claire who was determined to blow the Pitchfork stage where I was playing. Fortunately the matter was settled fairly and we enjoyed some great times, like that which sounded 'Oblivion' entourage while the "hipster" Grimes took the stage to dance in unison with the dance single. The energy and good humor of Grimes could outmaneuver the bad sound Pitchfork Stage. Grimes 1 - Technical 0.
The return to Barcelona from Death Cab For Cutie was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the day, and therefore does not take too long to let us fall by the Mini scene to discover first hand how it sounded "Codes & Keys" Live . The tone of the performance was similar to that experienced in Grimes, but in this case technical failures were overcome by the boards and know-how of Americans. The setlist was not lavished far beyond the 11-12 themes, but there was time for punts instrumental ('I Will Possess Your Heart'), new great songs ('You Are A Tourist') and to rescue old landmarks of the past (' We Looked Like Giants "). Especially moving was the time I enjoyed with 'The New Year' that sounded like the purest glory in this unusual and sandy landscape.
Hunger made us enjoy the third concert in Beirut from a distance. Even so appreciate the "savoir-faire" of a musical group that shows live sound different hair enjoyed albums like "Santa Fe". It is true that in both there is that point so warm and good rollista we like, but on stage the guys from Zach Condon give even greater prominence to one of its most representative instruments: the accordion. With the last notes of 'Vagabond', and now with the moonlight illuminating, swift and fast we went to Ray-Ban Stage, where in minutes were going to play one of the stars of the show: Refused.
What the Swedes at Primavera Sound was pure affright. Over thirteen tracks, which were reviewed some of his most representative, Refused wowed the staff with a real live Slap of which gathered strength, power and sound gross but, in turn, well-defined. Much of the impact caused by this band is given by a frontman, Dennis Lyxzén, which seems to have lost none of the energy that defined it in the past.
There were some emotional moments, but undoubtedly the two greatest songs of the night were 'Refused Are Fucking Dead' and 'New Noise' still prevails as one of the puntazos punk / hardcore more worthy to be lived live. Who said that Refused were dead? They are living for a while and with all their weapons, they got it that time lived in the Ray-Ban was the best we were going to enjoy this latest edition of the Primavera Sound.
And Wilco (what about them that has not been said already) again succeed in Scenario San Miguel, as so often already, marking a live sober, straight and clean. Without departing from the script, without much noise or fuss with Jeff Tweedy and his hat to his head, opened his concert on time with 'Poor Places', and celebrating the tenth anniversary of his deservedly praised "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2002), and then continue with two key themes of "The Whole Love" (2011), the indescribable 'Art of Almost' and the single 'I Might'. There is no place in a festival for the fourteen-minute hypnotic "One Sunday Morning ', which opened last concerts in Madrid and Barcelona last November. In either case, their live blameless do not forget the unique Nels Cline solo in 'Impossible Germany', the delicacy of Tweedy singing 'How To Fight Loneliness' (with some "oeee, oe oe oe" included, as usual ) or provide the opportunity for the public to sing along 'Jesus, Etc.', probably the most popular in Chicago. Perhaps we miss the very murder-ballad 'Via Chicago', perhaps his most representative theme, but all is forgiven with a close with 'Dawned on Me' and the final gap 'Shot in the Arm', with the returning to show that Wilco are not able to have a mediocre or passable night, everything is sublime and the rise to the occasion, sweeping away any other headliner to try them shade.
Before retiring to rest we had tasted the dish we had prepared Alex Kapranos and Franz Ferdinand. Interspersing old songs and new songs (descubridlos in the other post we devote exclusively) the Scots were thrilled the audience with his usual musical protocol.
Sounded 'Ulysses', 'Take Me Out', 'This Fire' and the always electrifying 'Michael' to the delight of an audience that enjoyed jumping and dancing in San Miguel that fable rang for the occasion. Does the unique musical evening against this? That "autopilot" in which all direct immersed Ferdinand. If they were a hair more spontaneous, and communicate more Kapranos, the creators of "You Could Have It So Much Better" would win many integers. Even so enjoyed the intensity of it and, almost inadvertently or drink, we left the grounds of Spring outlining a large surprise. Tomorrow, and better.

Free and very political: The soundtrack of the motion-Occupy "Folk the Banks"

Is the soundtrack to Occupy movement is now available on CD, vinyl or as a pay-what-you-want downloads Occupation Records. And the cast list contains prominent prominently with the "usual suspects" of the scene, who have distinguished themselves in the past as a societal and establishment-critical artist: Billy Bragg, Tom Morello, Ani DiFranco, Martha Wainwright and newcomer Anais Mitchell and many other names provide a politically correct activists feeling, almost like the anti-NATO double-Track Decision-demo in the 1980s. Despite the unilateral and blanket statements ("We Are Fucking Angry", "Arrogance, Ignorance, and Greed"), can sometimes calm sometimes listen to the disc. A bit of political awareness can not hurt now and then. And Martha Wainwright's cover of Bob Marley's classic "No Woman, No Cry" has succeeded remarkably well.