The Almighty Oracle

“Everybody loves you, baby; of course, they do
Do you miss me? I miss you.“

Yesterday was New Year’s eve but it’s spring already? This year is passing me by unlike any other before.

Poor light but this is my calendar.

These past 3 months have been quite good, musically speaking. With new albums by Andrew Bird, Antony and the Johnsons, Beirut [double EP but still], Morrissey, LGS, Mansfield.Tya and some promissing upcoming releases from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric, Placebo and Bat For Lashes you can’t honestly say there hasn’t been good music around.

Then, you have the gigs. Emiliana Torrini was amazing and I have a feeling every concert I’ll choose to attend this year will be just as special. First one coming up : Kaki King in Cologne followed by Moriarty, LGS and Mansfield.Tya the same week and Loney Dear, Gossip, Andrew Bird, Laura Marling and Bat For Lashes before June. Insane.

Here are my favourite songs these days :

[Metric - Sick Muse / Beirut - My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll / Schuyler Fisk - Hello / Bat For Lashes - Siren Song]

(side note : if you live in or near Cologne, Germany and have a couch or soft enough carpet I could crash on next week (Friday night,  March 27th) after Kaki King’s gig, do tell! Please. I don’t snore, don’t sleepwalk nor need any special attention. Driving 3 hours is ok, but at night it can be harsh.
And if you just want to hang out before the concert, have some awkward silent moment [I really am not a big talker! be warned.] or anything, let me know! I’m in Germany only once or twice a year, after all) didn’t happen; family happened.

“Did they tell you
You should grow up
When you wanted to dream?

Did they warn you
Better shape up
If you want to succeed?

I don’t know about you
Who are they talking to?
They’re not talking to me

All the questions
And suggestions
They mean nothing to me”

mel :: Mar.21.2009 :: Andrew Bird, Antony and the Johnsons, Bat For Lashes, Cologne, Emiliana Torrini, Germany, Gossip, Kaki King, Loney Dear, Metric, Moriarty, Placebo, Random :: No Comments »

More than just the song of the day, I’ve been obsessing over this one for the whole weekend. Shake That Devil is song #3 on Antony And The Johnsons‘ new EP, Another World. The EP features : Another World, Crackagen [one of the first songs Antony has ever written], Shake That Devil, Sing For Me, Hope Mountain.

While the basic piano/voice structure appears on songs #1,2,4 and 5 (and is wonderful as always), Shake That Devil stands out for it’s a capella -> drums -> brass section quite unusual progression. I guess that’s what makes it addictive.

Even though only the title track from this EP will appear on the new album that should be released in early 2009, I think it’s a very good sign for what’s to come.

Lyrics :
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mel :: Oct.12.2008 :: Another World EP, Antony and the Johnsons, Shake That Devil, Song of the Day :: 4 Comments »