Good morning with Still Waking Up our middle of the week song taken fromTim Darcy‘s new album Saturday Night. Have a nice day.
Half Japanese – Attack of the Giant Leeches
Hi with Attack of the Giant Leeches from Half Japanese 16th studio album Hear the Lions Roar. Have a nice afternoon.
Omar Rodríguez-López – Roman Lips
Omar Rodríguez-López does not slow down and we say hi with Roman Lips from his same titled album. Have a nice afternoon.
Blondie – Sunday Girl
Sunday mornings deserve some upbeat, especially in a Winter rainy, cold day.. Today we go for Blondie ‘s Sunday Girl. Merry Sunday.
Pedro Neves Trio @ PortaJazz
Pedro Neves Trio – Pedro Neves (piano), Miguel Ângelo (doublebass) and Miguel Sampaio (drums) -, took us on an ups and downs journey, following the story of the imaginary character created for 05:21, its most recent album. 05.21 is Summer’s dawn time. The character has reached it, still awake, after a day of bubbling thoughts and feelings. The music matches the character’s journey. Bumpy and frantic at times, Busy Mind or 05:21, quiet and serene here and there, as in the beautiful Yesterday. It all ends when the character finally falls asleep, after a tumultuous turning around before the eye lids close, the record’s final act, Time to Go. Live, as heard at Associação Porta Jazz, Porto, 05:21 gains other tones and different speeds, becoming much more raw and intense.
(photo & words: Raquel Pinheiro)
Terry Lee Hale @ Candelabro
Ninety minutes of “sad” songs with a “happy melody” and “happy-sad songs” was what Terry Lee Hale in a “corner bar” called Café Candelabro in Porto. Songwriting is often at its best when it is about personal storytelling, as was often the case here. Songs such as Black Cloud or Black Forest Phone Call guided us beautiful and poignantly through the singer-songwrite’s life. Guitar and voice was all it took Hale to render an intimate, superb concert. (photo: Hugo Brito – words: Raquel Pinheiro):
Erlend Øye – La Prima Estate
Erlend Øye’s La Prima Estate has a corny video, a happy breezy song. Perfect for a hot summer Sunday.
Breaking the Cocoon with Sebadoh’s I Will
We’re not the only ones breaking the cocoon after a long absence. Sebadoh’s first album in 14 years, Defend Yourself will be released in September 17. I Will is the first single and along with State of Mind, another of the songs of Defend Yourself, promises a great comeback.
Return
Time to (slowly) get back to life. This page is aimed at being a memory and archive for Mondo Bizarre Magazine but also for us to share the things we like and appreciate. Hopefully new features will also come along. This a second life for Mondo Bizarre Magazine and we’re still testing the waters, to see where the journey will lead us.
(Alfred Wertheimer, Elvis at 21, Reading Fan Mail, Warwick Hotel, New York March 17, 1956)
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