Coachella Sampler 2010 by Filter Mag

Sigo hace bastante a FilterMagazine y no he había enterado hasta este año que hacen un Sampler del Festival Coachella. Nunca es tarde...y aquí os dejó el 8º, correspondiente a la edición del Coachella 2010.

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Track list e info:

Broken Social Scene - World Sick

Tokyo Police Club - Breakneck Speed

Minus The Bear - My Time

Hot Hot Heat - 21@12

Active Child - She Was A Vision

Free Energy - Free Energy

The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie

Cary Ann Hearst - Hell's Bells

Bigbang - Freeway Flowers

Far - Deafening

Melissa Auf der Maur - Out Of Our Minds

Pearly Gate Music - Big Escape

AM - A Complete Unknown

AM-Soul variations ESCUCHA

Stream/Escucha !!!

notes from cdbaby

"...purely American folk-pop kind of of concoction, tough and sensitive, tasteful and inventive, channeling a softer Jeff Buckley or a stripped-down, entirely unpretentious Wilco." -John Meyer, WERS


AM's debut album "Troubled Times" made the year end "Best Of" lists including "Best Singer/Songwriter of the Year" LA Weekly Music Awards and iTunes "Best Singer/Songwriter Album of the Year". With all 10 songs placed in movies and television shows including HBOs "Big Love", ABC's "Men In Trees", and MTV's "Real World", 35 song placements to date caught the attention of critics and fans alike. Now, AM has finished his second album "Soul Variations" and it is on CDbaby before the music hits record stores in the Fall of 2007.

AM will headline DFEST in Tulsa Oklahoma on July 27 and 28, 2007 with other great acts such as The Flaming Lips and Shiny Toy Guns....

In his own words AM describes “Soul Variations”:

“’Soul Variations' has more of a political edge. Does anyone care what is going on in the world right now? But like many of my songs I don't think it has to be restricted to that. I try to write songs that can be applied to different situations so the listener can be free to interpret the songs and not be restricted by what I "intended." Many of the songs off the album could be about politics, but could also be about personal relationships. I've never really felt the two are that different. Business, politics and personal relationships all deal with the same fundamental qualities: love, passion, power and sometimes evil. I also feel this record has a much more communal vibe and more of a live feel. There are very little overdubs and the record has a lot of space. I did the whole thing on 2-inch tape so the analog nature of the recording gives it a much deeper and richer feel than my first record. Musically I feel it has a lot more groove to it. I've been listening to a lot of jazz, R&B and Brazilian music over the last couple of years. I also produced this album myself so that was a great experience.”


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"Soul Variations" is a rich and musically varied album with political undertones heavily influenced by the current American political climate and the effects Hurricane Katrina had on AM’s hometown of New Orleans, what the tragic event revealed about America, and perhaps of humanity in general. “Soul Variations” also offers AM’s signature songs of lost love such as "Stepping Stone" and "Live A Lie".

WERS SAYS:

Equally classic is the story that brought AM to where he is today. Small-town background (Tulsa, OK) led to a guitar-in-hand musical calling and relocation to Los Angeles. He played South by Southwest (is there any amazing artist nowadays that wasn't discovered there?) and caught the attention of Defend Music. The label re-released AM's first record (Troubled Times) to great reviews and now, those searing good looks, soft hooks, and passionate subtleties are back with Soul Variations. The album presents a personal and universal sense of heartache and triumph (reportedly inspired by the effects of Hurricane Katrina) as only AM's sophisticatedly brooding voice can convey.

The result is like taking a little Jeff Buckley-brand sweetener in your Bob Dylan-brewed cup of black coffee. A bittersweet start to what will hopefully turn out to be a beautiful day. If you're ever feeling low in the AM (it was unavoidable), you'll now know what to listen to.

http://www.amsounds.com/

-Jon Meyer



LYRICS FOR SOUL VARIATIONS (in CDbaby or here in the blog in comments)



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