Minutos Musicales: The B52´s

Estimados,
retomamos la música donde la dejamos.
Aquí os dejo un par de temas de una banda que ha regresado con fuerza y que en breve los veremos tocando por nuestro pais.

The B-52’s presentarán su primer disco en 16 años, Funplex, en Madrid y Barcelona. El 10 de julio en Madrid, en la sala La Riviera; y el día anterior en Barcelona. Las entradas ya estan a la venta a través de Tick Tack Ticket aunque hay que decir que son un pelín caras. Será la primera vez que nos visiten desde la edición del año pasado del FIB de Benicassim.

"The B-52's are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.

The band's name comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the airplane of the same name. During their early years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson. The correct name for the band has long been "The B-52's", but in 2008 they dropped the apostrophe, with their official website and Funplex album and single covers reading "The B-52s". However, the file tags on the digital releases of both of these retain the apostrophe. Both spellings could now be considered correct.

The B-52's sound is marked by the vocals and feminine harmonies of Wilson and Pierson, and the generally spoken-word or sprechgesang male vocal counterpoint of Schneider. The resulting unique "guy vs. gals" vocals, sometimes used in call and response style (as in their songs "Private Idaho" and "Good Stuff"), are a trademark of the band. Presenting as a positive, enthusiastic, slightly wacky party band, the B-52's have focused on songs telling tall tales ("Rock Lobster", "Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland"), glorifying wild youth ("Love Shack", "Deadbeat Club"), or celebrating wild romance ("Strobe Light", "Hot Pants Explosion"), all set to a danceable New Wave beat."

Grupo: The B52´s
Disco: Funplex
Año: 2008
Web oficial: http://www.astralwerks.com/b-52s/default.asp
Canciones destacadas: Pump, Ultraviolet y Eyes Wide Open

Minutos Musicales: Good Shoes

Estimados,
menuda semana esta de eventos.... !Un no parar!

Hoy toca presentaros un grupo de Londres (como tantos otros) de 4 miembros que inició su andadura por 2004 aunque hasta la fecha sólo han publicado el disco que hoy os presento.

Su lider Rhys Jones y el guitarrista Steve Leach solían tocar y escribir música como hobby hasta que un día decidieron, a raiz de tocar un par de temas en un festival, que debían formalizar este hobby y crear una banda en condiciones. Por ello se unieron Tom Jones (hermano del lider) y Joel Cox (amigos del resto). A partir de aquí comienza su trayectoria dando conciertos en 2005 y el hecho más destacable es la publicación de su único disco en marzo de este año.

"The band started looking for gigs in January 2005, their first gig was put on by a friend at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge University on 1 February.[citation needed] Their second was at a secret party on Eel Pie Island with Mystery Jets and from then on they played as many gigs as possible in and around London. This led to them playing the Artrocker clubnight in August put on by Artrocker Magazine. At this gig, the band were recommended to their current label, Brille Records by a member of the band FC Kahuna, and after playing In The City music festival in Manchester they signed with Brille in November 2005. John Kennedy (a DJ at London-based radio station Xfm) started to give the band airtime based on a demo which was recorded in the bands shed[citation needed], and a new demo, recorded at Southern Studios started to get the band recgonition from stations like Radio 1, 6 Music and other mainstream radio stations, with both Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe playing the demo.

The band travelled to Malmö, Sweden to record their first album, called Think Before You Speak, with Per Sunding at Tambourine Studios. It was released 26 March 2007.

On 28 May 2007, the band performed a secret free gig at Morden Park bandstand. The bandstand and other landmarks from the local area are featured in the video for their next single "Morden", released on 11 June 2007."

Grupo: Good Shoes
Disco: Think Before You Speak
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.goodshoes.co.uk/
Canciones destacadas: Blue Eyes, Nazanin, Morden, Photos y In the City