Weekly new disc of Rock Channel (07.26-08.01)

Arcade Fire "The suburbs" if a single concept album This proposition to judge Arcade Fire of this new novel "The Suburbs", has been able to say a large basket, after all, the new millennium, Only this independent band from Canada can bring the conceptual album to a kind of divine, yet purposeful, situation. That is to say, as an independent concept body, this "the suburbs" apparently in the "suburban Tour" This proposition is too loose, from the beginning of the journey to the journey between the knowledge to various opinions, all in the 16 songs in the brim of the arrangement, Let a person feel as if out of the suburbs this concept has a certain distance, the city, the country, the crowd, the weather, in this album has a thick and thick pen, but the entire album down, and finally can understand the Arcade Fire of Good intentions,　　No matter how unrestrained the thought walk again how wonderfully language narration, actually is the kind does not leave the suburb swims this topic. So we have made a general introduction to this new work of Arcade Fire from the conceptual extension, just like their last album "Neon Bible" refraction of the world in general, "the suburbs" also covers a lot of earthly appearance, which makes arcade Fire itself is like a group of civil society that has assembled all the righteous forces, expressing their positions and doing their best to help others escape from chaos. Large themes are often propped up by a minimalist framework, Arcade fire in his new work to continue to carry forward the simple style of independent music, although in their works, can not be blown ash to feel the various atmosphere of instrumental allocation, but in fact these instrumental pomp and not in the obscure experimental style to do the lay out,　　But to do what the band can, in the beginning of music, there can be a kind of open the door to meet the various people, such as strong tolerance and identity. depressed voice often in arcede fire music as a mediator, on the one hand make the thick theme and atmosphere of the arrangement has a good docking point, on the one hand make the music of the band in a more populist posture presented. The chorus of male and female voices is still on the album. A lively and moving feeling towards the Sun Holy Land is faintly distributed in these voices, more ubiquitous romance and comfort, genre bands are always controlled in the independent rock and small ballads in the middle and part of independent rock gives a positive and vigorous optimism, And the small ballad makes the music charm infinite and can also contaminate the faint sentimental.　　The band, which has been growing at full level, has established their position in Canada, and even in Europe and America, with "Neon Bible" and this "the suburbs".　Sheryl Crow "Miles from convened"　The Sheryl Crow, whose success was quite thick, was a bit of a Waterloo in his new album, Miles from convened, and the album, which was still owed by sales and Word-of-mouth, was the Sheryl of the lowest stage of his talent show, In the past two years Sheryl himself, although he never interrupted the creation of new songs, publicity and exchange appearances are also quite frequent, like the ABC hit show "Cooked women town" she has a cameo appearance, but perhaps it is this increasingly colorful music life and all kinds of inexplicable force of the traditional recording industry, divided the Sheryl　　Crow make excellent works of time and energy, make this Zhang Miles from convened and Sheryl on the album "Detours" the level of the difference is too large, the previous year's masterpiece is not in the same breath. The cause is just Sheryl own creation not into the Nirvana, "Miles from convened" The overall production foundation is quite worth tasting, continue with the guitarist Doyle Bramhall II and producer Justin Stanley's cooperation at least ensured that the album's standards did not deviate too much from Sheryl's earlier style, and the proportion of pop rock and soul music is even stronger, and Sheryl's guitar playing doesn't have much to do with the album, which is a big part of all the jazz scores, The atmosphere and the vigorous American Spirit wind make this album overall music trend and album name quite fitting, the birthplace of white American country and jazz music Memphis is the pilgrimage of many musicians like Sheryl, and Sheryl's own hometown is 100 miles apart from Memphis, which is the main idea of the album　　Not only to Memphis to the king, but also to his hometown express sentimentally attached feelings. In the heyday, Sheryl Crow's new novel was defeated by the newcomers, and in the popular rural folk ballads occupy a large part of the market today, Sheryl's talent in many outstanding new artists under the pressure to appear too old, this kind of rock and soul music of the township ballad Creation model more suitable for more than 10, 20 years ago,　　and Sheryl himself deliberately hidden magnetic voice in this album into a sharp, seems to be her submit old one kind of decline performance. RPA & the United nations of Sound "the United nations of Sound" many people say that RPA & the United nations of Sound of this album is a nostalgic card, and indeed , the name of Richard Ashcroft, the legendary British band's Verve lead singer, first brings to mind the verve in recent years, and the band that is far less than the verve work of the heyday.The album "Forth", plus "the United nations of Sound", begins with a familiar orchestral orchestration such as "Bitter Sweet Symphony", and Richard Ashcroft has a personal voice, It's like the Verve changed his name and came back. But is that actually the case?　　RPA & the United nations of sound really just the verve maneuver? Many people say that Richard Ashcroft's arrogant caused the verve to be discrete and complex, but it was also his arrogant that gave him the power to continue his musical creation in addition to the Verve's instability. And this heavyweight band combination is a manifestation of his arrogant, assembled in the United States, many hip-hop/pop musicians together (and mostly black), the British and the United States for the creation, recording and later, making the "the United nations of Sound" In front of us is a more American Negro underground music album, it is also represented by a British accent, symbolizing a cultural clash between the Anglo-American culture and the Black-and-white race, the significance of which is relative to all the works of the Verve and the personal album Richard released in 2006,　　Have a greater impact. Officially divorced from the British rock is still contaminated with the deep English mist, "the United nations of Sound" combined with the elegance of British rock and deep, but also into the black music in the freedom and rhythm, the alternative style and hip hop beats each other to make the album itself full of Strength, "Are you Ready command and the "Born recycle" in the bubbling energy source, making the album opening is full of inspirational meaning, "America", "Royal Highness", "Glory" and other songs are to the American workers class music to do a salute, lyric a song " She brings me the Music can almost make the listener moved ... And when we really listen to this record, think about what you've decided earlier in the past that you chose to listen for nostalgia? Nostalgia is there, but when a variety of musical spirits belonging to the Negro of the United States flashed in the United nations of Sound, you begin to realize that the nostalgia of this album is no longer a memory of the verve, but a long, long time ago,　　More grass-roots and more down-to-earth American black music is combined with the touch of white music. Eliza Doolittle "Eliza doolitTle "When the sound rang, there would be a lot of people shouting, Lily Allen is coming!" But it's not Lily Allen, but the new rookie of the 2010, Eliza Doolittle, who has a pure, cheerful look just like Lily Allen, with a lively, playful voice as Lily Allen, and even her own music as Lily. Allen, with an independent ditty in the country's easy minor! So it's inevitable that it will be a mistake when Lily Allen or she takes it with Lily Allen. However, not too strong background Eliza after the launch of the same album, and Lily Allen when the same time the same treatment, the two flagship single "Skinny Genes" and "Pack up" has been in the rankings have taken a very surprising position,　　This lively little indie genre has been the darling of the British music charts for years. Professor Green, "Alive Till I ' Dead", formerly known as Stephen Paul Manderson's early debut, was the 18-Year-old fan MC Road and won the 50,000 pound award at the Power Summit rap contest, From this he also accumulated a lot of popularity and circle of network, after the fine dozen, his personal debut album was almost 10 years after the debut of today, but the momentum of the "Alive Till I m Dead" not only to the many circles of friends, such as Lily Allen, also in the first week of launch, is a very important position in the top three of the British pop charts.　　In this personal masterpiece, Professor Green not only the white hip-hop and nightclub dance, but also added a lot of r&b and funk style, although slightly messy, but it is a fresh air in the British hip-hop. Bombay Bicycle Club "Flaws" This new band in their debut last album "I Had the Blues But I shook Them Loose" in the extraordinary performance, won a lot of praise at the same time also let them have more confidence to complete their 2010 this piece not Plug in the works "Flaws". It seems Spade, Bombay Bicycle Club to clean up the debut of the joy, relaxed atmosphere, and in the two grade works in the full distribution of their bones in the deep and melancholy, in a few slow beat of the music, the band will not plug the simple simplicity of the show out, It is the feeling of the dejected loneliness in which slowly rendering, although a relaxed song "Ivy and Gold" is touching, but the album most of theThe track is still slow and shallow yin sing mainly, the use of wood guitar is even a little exotic. Best Coast "Crazy for You" a new band, in just debut was Converse Fancy, and Vampire Weekend, Kid Cudi cooperation to sing 2010 the brand's summer advertising theme song "All Summer", Together with this new album with a Touch of summer ocean style, it is possible to say that they are female versions of the drums or the sun version of the XX.　　The same Lo-fi minor and song in the mood is the best coast characteristics, lead singer languid voice is also a big bright spot, just this too simple small music can have how big development space still waits for bargaining. Shuo, park September/Text digest from Shuo Blog