motel de moka

I like singing while I put on my pyjamas :)

Muchas noches, antes de acostarme me gusta escuchar canciones que me se de memoria… No es que sean mis favoritas, sencillamente es algo que me relaja y por eso me gustan :)

Pastora - Tengo
Nosotrash - Arte
Javier Alvarez - Sunset Boulevard
Jorge Drexler - Mi guitarra y vos
Fabula - Despertar

The image is a “Kahlo Kiss”, red gouache and wood ;)

A warm and soft late winter list, mainly indie and accoustic. Originally a small weekend ‘Klatuu’ list, this has been modified so many time, it doesn’t have any theme beyond mood/dream-pop/psych pop. All the artists has just released either their first or second album. If you are into trippier pop, try Monkey Swallows The univrse, Odran Trummel, In Gowan Ring. High dials is a more up beat psych rock, their second album is worth a try. Enjoy.

01. Monkey Swallows The Universe - Sheffield Shanty
02. The Clientele - Joseph Cornell
03. High Dials - Diamond in the Dark
04. Odran Trummel - Salty Lake
05. Tarkio - Tristan And Iseult
06. In Gowan Ring - Tothrum
07. Rahim - Forever Love
08. Pet Politics - The Cold Wind Blows

Note: to Anna. well, here is the ‘Klatuu’ like list. Better late than never I guess.
image credit : djking

(Guest post by LC Franca all the way from Rio! LC wanted to share music from her country with us and I naturally agreed. The link between the songs is the rebeldia (revolt) - each song does it in it’s own way: By mixing different rhythms, different instruments or simply by living their lives intensely. Thank you for sharing the music with us, LC.)

Ok, let’s see: Chico Science was the leader of the Manguebeat movement. Some years ago I had the privilege to see his first show here, in Rio - it was surely one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my life! A great fusion between rock, hip hop, maracatu y otras cositas mas. Their first album is called “Da Lama ao Caos” which translates as “from mud to chaos”. Chico died in 1997, in a car crash.
“Dura na queda” is a song that suits perfectly Elza Soares. It rough translation would be “hard to beat” (queda means fall), just like her.
Monbojo is an indie group from Recife, their album “Nada de novo” fusions “chorinho” with flute music.
When reggae singer Papa Winnie came to Brasil without a band to play with, (!?) he started singing as O Rappa. This song comes from the “Lado A Lado B” album. Just like the old vinyls, there’s one favela divided in A side and B side. Awful.
Os Mutantes were one of the great bands from the late 60’s and the early 70’s, their music was very influenced by Sgt. Pepper’s. Ando meio desligado dates from 1969.
And last but not least, Ney Matogrosso. FM Rebeldia was a fictional radio station that started the war between the Morro (favela) and, as is called here, the “Asfalto” (asphalt, the streets).

O rappa - me deixa
Monbojo - deixe-se acreditar
Ney Matogrosso - FM rebeldia
Elza Soares - dura na queda
Os mutantes - Ando meio desligado
Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi - manguetown

The graffiti pic was taken by LC Franca in a school near her house.
Note: All the files are in m4a format.

Arte: I want to go to you by SeanFl.

Domingo por la noche, mmm… me apetece escuchar el ultimo album “Rock Swings” de Paul Anka :D Si tuviera que definirlo de algun modo usaria las palabras elegancia e ironia ;) No puedo evitar sonreir mientras lo escucho jeje
Paul Anka - Wonderwall (original de Oasis)
Paul Anka - Jump (original de Van Halen)
Paul Anka - Hello (original de Lionel Richie)

La imagen pertenece al personaje de Paul Anka en una de mis series -”despues de comer” - favoritas: “Los Simpson” :P

Because indie rock is becoming more disposable than pop music ever was.

Diefenbach - glorious
Gravenhurst - animals
Love is all - felt tip hip kids
The National - secret meeting
The Attorneys - last september
Revolution smile - drive (the cars)
We are scientists - the great escape
Hope of the states - 66 sleepers to summer
Flaming Lips - Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung
Johnny Boy - you are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve

New recommended mp3 blogs added to the sidebar this week:

• Mad percolator
• Post punk junk
• Dilated Choonz
• Something I learned today
• An idiot’s guide to dreaming

Things the other members of the staff were doing this week:

• Kahlo opened a flickr account and uploaded sexy art pics of her with a keyboard. This is my favorite one. She also guided me to this site with tons of links to galleries of vintage erotica and naked hippies. Couldn’t love her more.
• Squashed posted a really nice fantasy #1 playlist at bricolage fantasy.
• Some idiot at kjhk cutted crish & oum’s show in half to transmit some women’s basketball game. They also need help to podcast their show, please head to spiritedradio and give them a hand if you know anything about podcasts.
• Issa’s blog is an obligated source if you live in Monterrey, she has the ability to track every cool concert and knows every band in the city. Right now she’s in laredo… I also heard she’ll interview Plastilina Mosh for a magazine in Monterrey, will keep you informed…
• Lisa Filter is on vacation… we still don’t know anything about her.
• Carl Kruger will finish moving this week and will be diving through a box of his archived mp3 cdrs to share them with us. Good luck with the new house Carl.
• I don’t know what Adam and Gil have been up to recently…

Image by Gerardo Montiel Klimt.

mr projectile & 1010 > wild orchids
dntel > anyone, anywhere
anorak > what i found last year
sketch show > attention tokyo (psapp leaving in coffins mix)
asa chang & junray > senaka
lali puna > together in electric dreams
dacm > angel
sora > untitled
piana > voice