Taras Bul`ba - Secrets Chimiques (2008)

We are now in Italy with a bunch of crazy guys! Taras Bul`ba is not that famous and yet they should be! I don't know how to describe their music but maybe saying that it is always on the move might give a inkling of what it's like... my fav tracks ...Khiber Pass...and Providence...check 'em out!

Taras Bul`ba - Secrets Chimiques (2008)
Genre: Progressive Rock / Psychedelique
Tracklist:
1. Cranioterapia
2. Traumdeutung
3. Khyber Pass
4. Padiglione Zonda
5. Disformofobico
6. Al Mahdi
7. Providence
8. Toktamis
9. Auersberger
10. Les Chambres Des Enfants
11. Six Feet Underground

Taras Bul`ba - Secrets Chimiques

Andreas Kisser - Hubris I & II (2009)

I guess there's no need to present the lead guitarist of Sepultura...Here's is first solo album and a rather good one IMHO....you'll feel a certain sense of familiarity with the melodies at some point...well it's Andreas Kisser playing! 2 CD with a brazilian feel and of course a metal/rock one...actually these 2 CDs (electric and acoustic) are pretty ecclectic (ethnic, "ambiant" metal, stoner, heavy metal, bossa-nova, oriental music, classical..and so forth!)...one thing that struck me are the reviews about this album...overall they are far from welcoming! ^^ I can understand a bit as this album is, just like Kisser and his leads in Sepultura, pretty experimental (lots of whammy bar and sqealing sounds!), which means that you'll need several listenings and an open-mind to get into it... so I leave it up to you to give this one its chance or not... I'm glad I did! \m/

Andreas Kisser - Hubris I & II (2009)
Genre: Rock / HM
Tracklist:
Disc 1
01 Protest!
02 Euphoria/Desperation
03 Eu Humano
04 The Forum
05 Virgulândia
06 God's Laugh
07 R.H.E.T.
08 Em Busca Do Ouro
09 Lava Sky
10 A Million Judas Iscariotes

Disc 2
01 Sad Soil
02 Worlds Apart
03 Breast Feeding
04 Page
05 Domenicana
06 Vivaldi
07 0120
08 Armonia
09 Hubris
10 Mythos

Andreas Kisser

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack] 1998

A very cool OST in my opinion is the one from fear and loathing in las vegas, lots of good rock bands and an excellent selection of classic rock songs or even anthem some might say! nothing violent here we're back in the 60's/70's, everything is rainbow coloured and smells like the flowers of peace (whatever that means! ^^)... so empty your pockets, take your blotters out and creep up the bandwagon of panic and frenzy....but be quick, there're sparks all around! .... i guess the head of the white rabbit is about to explode! see you on the obscure road to cloud nine! ah ah! \m/

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack] 1998
Genre: O.S.T, Rock
Tracklist:
1. Combination Of The Two - Big Brother & The Holding Company
2. One Toke Over The Line - Brewer And Shipley
3. She's A Lady - Tom Jones
4. For Your Love - The Yardbirds
5. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
6. A Drug Score-Part 1 (Acid Spill) - Tomoyasu Hotei, Ray Cooper
7. Get Together - The Youngbloods
8. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan
10. Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MG's
11. Magic Moments - Perry Como
12. A Drug Score-Part 2 (Adrenochrome, The Devil's Dance) - Tomoyasu Hotei, Ray Cooper
13. Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
14. A Drug Score-Part 3 (Flashbacks) - Tomoyasu Hotei, Ray Cooper
15. Expecting To Fly - Buffalo Springfield
16. Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys

Twisted backwards proportions!

The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You

Let's chill out for some time with that nice pop band! completely mainstream, the music is not spectacular or exceptional but it is definitely good and entertaining! most of the songs are mid tempo with hooking and catchy melodies.... i think i like that album because the bass is very present, which gives it a strong disco flavor ... and the singer also has this peculiar accent from northern europe ( a bit like Bjork) that makes them sound quite exotic to my ears! enjoy!

The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You
Genre: Pop rock
Tracklist:
01 Song With A Mission
02 Queen of Apology
03 Tony The Beat
04 24 Hours
05 Painted By Numbers
06 Night After Night
07 Ego
08 Hurt You
09 Much Too Long
10 Running Out Of Turbo

Double happiness! ;)

ルルティア (Rurutia) -Ｒ°

At the moment i cannot access blogspot again.... same problem that i had at the beginning.... so wait and see, i may be back some day \m/


enough violence for now, ルルティア is here to soothe you all away! drop your blood-stained axe and seat down! what is this? uhm... Jpop mainly, sometimes venturing in soft rock but nothing really aggressive, quite the opposite actually! i love this band for one simple reason, the voice of the lead vocalist...so ... ah ah! well so cute! *.* perhaps you won't like it ...but i find the same sweetness in her voice as in my previous play, Mylene Farmer, though they have rather different voice and style. the music i cool and the melodies are quite interesting and subtle... If you dont like it here i give you my fav song... 愛し子よ ...and also this one, the following one actually, which is pretty cool as well ロスト・バタフライ...they are not the most rockin ones ... i let you find those ones! ah ah! enjoy!

ルルティア (Rurutia) -Ｒ°
Genre: Jpop, soft Jrock
Tracklist:
1. エレメンツ
2. 知恵の実
3. 愛し子よ
4. ロスト・バタフライ
5. 赤いろうそく
6. 雨の果て
7. 僕の宇宙 君の海
8. 僕らの箱庭
9. 銀の炎
10. ハートダンス

Sugar coated mellowness!

Chokebore - Motionless 1994

Chokebore is not the kind of band you would listen everyday from morning to night, but that doesn't mean they are not interesting! Music wise it's like rock or what some call grunge...broadly speaking, more or less like Nirvana kindda stuff. The thing is that the mood is quite depressing ...and that's when you'll enjoy this album the most....when you're down and angry at the whole fuckin' world round you for not being kind enough! ^^ so better grab this one... and the next time your mama spanks you for something you've not done, and you feel very very bad, like you want to kick the shit outta something, dont take it out on your toys, just press play and enjoy! ah ah =D

Chokebore - Motionless 1994
Genre: Rock
Tracklist:
01 Shine
02 Never
03 Van McCoy
04 Spear
05 Motionless
06 2nd Song
07 Nguyan
08 Coat
09 So Sour
10 Sãdãvia
11 60,000 LBS
12 Hit Me
13 Line Crush
14 Cleaner

Sorry for punching your teeth out!

Film School - Film School 2006

brought you some flower this morning! ^^ no it's not pop, it's just rock or perhaps post-rock from SF, USA! if you like 80's influenced bands that one should really appeal to you ...and if you don't, no worries there is much more to dig and find out! they sound a bit like pink floyd or radiohead perhaps at time, cause they use quite a lot of synth sounds in their song though you don't hear it that much, it's rather subtle and completely tie the whole thing up...that this band is really good at making atmosphere, that's why i compared it to PF or R so hope you enjoy, i do ^^

Film School - Film School 2006
Genre: rock, instrumental, 80's, electronic
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 On & On
03 Harmed
04 Pitfalls
05 Breet
06 He's A Deep Deep Lake
07 Garrison
08 11:11
09 Sick Of The Shame
10 Like You Know

Reelin' back in time!

The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat - 2004

Perhaps you already know these guys cause i think i played them before...but anyway, they are a favourite band of mine and i know no other band like them! their style is not easy to define cause they use so many different things into each of their song, but i really like that psyche keyboard, and the theatrical like ambiances they create...the music is rather complex but i think they managed to keep it as entertaining as any thing labeled easy listening...hope you enjoy =)

The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat - 2004
Genre: Experimental Pop Rock
Tracklist:
01 Quay Cur
02 Straight Street
03 Blueberry Boat
04 Chris Michaels
05 Paw Paw Tree
06 I Lost My Dog
07 Mason City
08 Inspector Blancheflower
09 Spaniolated
10 1917
11 Bird Brain
12 Catamaran Man
13 Wolfnotes

Fictional reality!

These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home

TAAS is not very famous (more in the US than in Europe i'm sure howver) but their music is cool, they play some alternative rock and add some strange texture to their sound (especially on the bass). they have a cool tone, quite their own, which is not so easy =) saw them onstage and i must they they are like balls of energy, especially the vocalist who's really doing a performance besides his vox parts...the album is good, but if you see them around check them out, they are well worth it ... and perhaps they'll even pay a visit to your place one of these days ... after all they came to my small remote town ... ah ah

These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home
Genre: rockin' ... ^^
Tracklist:
01 The Shit Sisters
02 Angela's Secret
03 Big News
04 Tracing
05 Your Pearly Whites
06 Gadget Arms
07 Greetings From The Great North Woods
08 La Stanza Bianca
09 Darlings Of New Midnight
10 Oxeneer
11 Idaho

Welcome to Texas!

HEAD OF DAVID - White Elephant 1989

What if you take a band like The Doors, when completely spaced out of course, and drown them into a reverating and throbbing enveloppe....well you might get something sounding somewhat like Head of David! If you don't like experimental...the kind that make you feel like you're too strung out to grasp the world around you...then i would suggest your leaving the room in a hurry!^^... however for all those still in here, and wondering what's gonna blow outta their speakers... let me give you a clue... the spirit of R'n'R might be what some call it! ah ah! enjoy!

HEAD OF DAVID - White Elephant 1989
Genre: Noise Rock
1 Jack Nicholson
2 Pierced All Over
3 Metal Texas Psycho-Out
4 Tequila
5 Snake Domain
6 Skindrill
7 Bugged

This may be called new dart!^^

春秋 - 春秋

This band is certainly better known to you than it is to me so i hope you can tell me a bit more about them ..like who they are, where they are from ...and so on and so forth! =D music wise i think their style is brilliant, like good old kickin' rock'n'roll or awesome heavy metal ... but what i think is truely cool and catchy about them is that they managed to make something original (to my ears at least!) with rather common material and that is quite a feat!... they use nothing spectacular but they come up with kindda fresh and well thought out ideas... like for instance an arpeggios added here and there, piano, accordion, pipa-like sort of sounds ... and i guess that makes quite a difference in the end, actually they created ambiances that i seldom, if ever, find in non-chinese bands! like an extreme version of 冷酷仙境! ah ah! just listen to 传奇 for example and you'll hear what i mean! ... The singer has also a great voice, i really like the way he sings and though i only get bits and pieces of what he says, i clearly feel the energy oozing from his vox! i don't know if that "spring and autumn" (Chun Qiu) moniker has a special significance or a hidden meaning to it but they kick ass all the same! rock on!

春秋 - 春秋
Genre: (heavy) Rock
Tracklist:
01 新的一天
02 凶宅
03 远方的召唤
04 天下
05 传奇
06 暴风雨所诞生的
07 猎人
08 最后的一页
09 山海间

Mainland out-and-out mighty fighters!

Lumen - Правда 2007

Here is a band from Russia...sorry... i can't be more specific!^^ they play cool rock music hovering between what i'd call "heavy" poppy-tailored melodies to much heavier ones ... a bit like stuffs in the genre of muse (or something alike! ah ah!), a band that is mixing soft and more energetic ambiances ... overall the music and the way it's composed is kindda like some energetic punk rock! the vox are in russian and i just love the sound they gave to the guitars ... sharp and full of warm mids!lol well the thing i would have done on that album is perhaps to shorten some bits here and there, but not that much whatsoever ... cool band definitely ... and the last song is a quiet one!lol enjoy! \m/

Lumen - Правда 2007
Genre: Pop, Punk, Rock, Heavy Rock, Metal
Tracklist:
01 6 миллиардов
02 Буря
03 Далеко
04 Иди в отмах
05 Ложь
06 Тень
07 Хватит!
08 Хамелеон
09 Пока ты спал
10 Пора орать
11 Иначе!
12 Гореть

Hey!! what is this!!???

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas

Before X-mas is over in TW i must hurry to play that one!lol no big description needed, just very good axeman playing the famous x-mas tune. in order of appearance you have kenny wayne sheperd, eric johnson, jeff beck, the brian stezer orchestra, joe satriani, steve morse, steve vai, joe perry, alex lifeson, richie sambora and finally hotei! As you can see not the worst people they could find! i think it's cool to listen to how they revamped those songs in their manner...besides the title though it is appropriate for that period of the year, also befits any warriors..since not everyone call "axe" the same thing! ah ah! ...so hope you enjoy! ...and Merry Axe-Mas to you broz!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas
Genre: Guitar!
Tracklist:
01 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
02 First Nowell
03 Amazing Grace
04 Jingle Bells
05 Silent Night/Holy Night Jam
06 Joy to the World
07 Christmas Time Is Here
08 Blue Christmas
09 Little Drummer Boy
10 Cantique de Noel (O' Holy Night)
11 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Slashing santa's bag open! ^^

莫文蔚 - X

Yeah, i know, toxic war is already over! but indeed that last play triggered something else from HK (one titletrack in particular, "如果还有以后")...莫文蔚 may look like a poppy doll, well she's not! alright, alright ...but not that much even so! ^^ her style is rather ecclectic and i think you might like what she does...don't worry, it's not like the japanese childish pop i find funny for instance! she uses jungle rhythms very often but also sounds/loops that are to be found in Hip Hop or even keyboards reminiscent of Visual Kei!...and at times there are distorted guitars...actually each song has it's own style and what's great is that her voice adapts those changes! so she can sound either aggressive or very sweet, depending on the moment!...it is chiefly mainstream, but at least she proved she mastered all the different aspect of it! rock on!

莫文蔚 (Karen Mok) - X
Genre: pop, rock
Tracklist:
01 爱死你
02 看透
03 You Are So Beautiful
04 忽然东风
05 如果还有以后
06 黑雨
07 我明白他
08 腹语
09 清醒
10 双面

Tigress waiting to pounce!

Tanita Tikaram - Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1992)

This is no metal, so lay back and take a good breath! I'm taking you back on the dusty track leading to the old boogie style and early r'n'r! ... in short welcome in the old south where the sun shines and the air smell like cotton..or is it rather some kind of tasty food wafting over to me?!lol Tanita Tikaram has a very pronounced bluesy colour in his music and at times it strongly reminds me of some albums by the Rolling Stones...like Beggar's Banquet for instance! but there are also many other influences, one of them being perhaps taken from Hawaiian music ...well on certain songs it sounds a bit like those overseas melodies to my ears .... overall, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is a very peaceful and enjoyable album which you're going to like more and more as you fathom its content.... well at least i hope so! ah ah! =D

Tanita Tikaram - Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1992)
Genre: Rock, Pop
Tracklist:
01 You Make the Whole World Cry
02 Elephant
03 Trouble
04 I Grant You
05 Heal You
06 To Drink the Rainbow
07 Out on the Town
08 Hot Stones
09 Men and Women
10 Any Reason
11 Love Don't Need No Tyranny
12 Way That I Want You

Southern flavoured poppy!

The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts 2002

Don't know if you've ever heard about that band as they apparently don't like too much to stand on the front line or under the spotlight... too bad for us cause we would gain from bringing them to another level of fame as their dreamy pop'n'roll is definitely top notch to my ears! that would change from the various shit broadcasted all day long on the air! ah ah they have something from all the best bands playing that kind of music, like the Beattles, Oasis, Neutral Milk Hotel ...and of course they have that poppy sound that is so very British! It's very strange to listen to how they managed to turn the kindda depressive mood we find in stuff by the Norwegian doom band called Godsend for instance into something which is still dark but so much sweeter.... A very dynamic and highly enjoyable album IMHO, really hope they release another one soon.... =D

The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts 2002
Genre: Rock, Pop
Tracklist
01 Leslie Anne Levine
02 Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect *my fav!*
03 July, July!
04 A Cautionary Song
05 Odalisque
06 Cocoon
07 Grace Cathedral Hill
08 The Legionnaire's Lament
09 Clementine
10 California One Youth and Beauty Brigade

Unoticed Travellers!

Riverside - Voices in My Head (2005)

Riverside comes from ....Poland (again)! they play a very peaceful/emotional progressive rock that is very enjoyable to have a rest or just relax thinking about nothing =)the musicianship is very good though it is not spectacular (or demonstrative i should say) ...and i'm sure you'll appreciate it...Riverside often reminds me the quietest passages/ballads of Vanden Plas, if you happen to know the band...but they have something from Porcupine Tree's or even Floydian's atmosphere as well, with very ambiant and electronic sounds used to wrap the whole thing in... definitely a band worth checkin' out if you want any advice from me!

Riverside - Voices in My Head (2005)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Tracklist:
01 Us
02 Acronym Love
03 Dna ts. Rednum or F. Raf
04 The Time I Was Daydreaming
05 Stuck Between
06 I Believe (bonus live track)
07 Loose Heart (bonus live track)
08 Out Of Myself (bonus live track)

Perfect Blend!

Antimatter - Leaving Eden (2007)

Hail my brethren for the Antigod has come back, and from his dark journey to the recesses of uncharted worlds and territories, he brought back the Antimatter with him!lol! Now we are leaving Eden again to accomplish the dark destiny of true berserkers! Drums are pounding already! harken people! 'cause to this lingering rhythm we will tread until the battle is over! ah ah! Antimatter will shroud your soul into the melancholy of its emotive greatness! like old doom with acoustic passages (i always think about Godsend when i hear that album!) or perhaps progressive rock with tripping leads, this excellent album won't leave you unchanged! enjoy!

Antimatter - Leaving Eden (2007)
Genre: Progressive, Rock, Doom
Tracklist:
1 Redemption
2 Another Face In A Window
3 Ghosts
4 The Freak Show
5 Landlocked
6 Conspire
7 Leaving Eden
8 The Immaculate Misconception
9 Fighting For A Lost Cause


Grasp some dust falling from the stars!

Human Waste Project - E-Lux

HWP is an American band that plays some sort of "raw" punk/rock. Their vocalist is pretty famous, she looks like the girl in no doubt to me! ah ah... Her sick/angry vocals are quite peculiar and recognizable...they always come up with depressive, kindda horror like ambiances and loads of energy! to me they have something of the very first korn album (especially when they use flanged guitar sounds) but they definitely have a groove of their own...have fun! \m/

Human Waste Project - E-Lux
Genre: Rock
Tracklist:
01 Graverobbers From Mars
02 Disease
03 Drugstore
04 Exit Wound
05 Shine
06 Hold Me Down
07 Electra
08 Drowned
09 Interlude
10 Powerstrip
11 One Night In Spain...
12 Slide
13 Dog
14 Get With It

Spooky Radio Waves!

Smokers Die Younger - X Wants The Meat 2006

SDY is a band from the UK (Sheffield) so no wonder if you just feel like they have that Brit pop thingy sticking to them! but the band has many other facets to show and though they bring nothing really spectacular and over the top they should nonetheless be worthy of your attention...broadly speaking let's say they mix rock to post/art rock with also reggae and dub/techno ambiances at times...and they did not forget to add a smidgen of psychedelic notes that i like very much! like the hidden offspring of the White Stripes and 甜梅號! ...oh and another fact about 'em...they happen to have 3 vocalists!! ah ah! enjoy!

Smokers Die Younger - X Wants The Meat 2006
Genre: Alternative, Pop, Punk, Rock, Experimental (electro, techno..)...blablabla! =P
Tracklist:
01 BAD DRIVING SCHOOL
02 YER ACTUAL
03 I SPY DRY FEAR
04 IT'S COMING STRAIGHT FOR US!
05 THREE CIGARETTES IN AN ASHTRAY
06 X WANTS THE MEAT
07 RUBBERLEGS
08 FIVE-0
09 TOM LEE
10 SDY
11 FKUSA

Avant-garde pop' n' roll!