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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #65 – The Rockamatic edition by Raquel Pinheiro @ mixcloud

My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #65 – The Rockamatic edition now available on mixcloud.

This edition name comes from the image transmitted by the songs. A mix of cinematic and rock covered by songs of diverse genres and ambients.

Tracklist:
01: Barry Adamson – The Last Words Of Sam Cooke
02: Belle & Sebastian in – What Happened To You, Son
03: Bernard Butler – Deep Emotions
04: Beyoncé – Blackbird
05: Dark Miles – The Waiting
06: Fat White Family – The Work
07: Girl and Girl – Oh Boy!
08: Guided by Voices – Serene King
09: Janita Salomé & Camané – Homens do Largo
10: Johnny Moped – Things May Happen
11: Mark Knopler – Two Pairs of Hands
12: Martin Savage & The Jiggerz – Observer
13: Myriam Gendron – Terres brûlées
14: Of Montreal – It’s Different For Girls
15: Pernice Brothers – Look Alike
16: Prickly Pear – At The End
17: The Decemberists – Burial Ground

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Steve Albini – Rest in Power

Some news take us by surprise. Steve Albini unexpected death yesterday was one of them. Maverick studio engineer and recorder, master of poker, inspiration.

I’ve interviewed Steve a couple of times for print Mondo and Público. I still remember the Mondo one. It was done by email and it had a good deal of Steve Albini the cartoon character. Lots of f words and other less than stellar language. The interview in itself was very good.When I was asked if I could arrange an interview for Público my reply was “I’ll ask. But if he (Steve) starts being rude, I’ll say this interview ends here”. There was no rudeness. Steve was drinking tea in his kitchen and was a perfect gentleman.

So far, one of my two of my radio shows fully dedicated to someone also on the other side of things was The Steve Albini edition.

Of late friends and I had been talking about Steve Albini. His recordings, his work, his high standards. But also how he managed to talk in layperson language and didn’t shy from taking another engineer with him of he deemed necessary. I quite like this podcast interview about the Manic Street Preachers’ Journal For Plagued Lovers. In fact, I was listening to it before my first rehearsal with Grupo Operário do Ruído (Workers Noise Group), less than a month ago. It has to be The Universe. https://www.buzzsprout.com/450409/14899

And, of course, there is the (in)famous The Problem With Music Text written in 1993 that remains as relevant as by then https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-musicShellac have a new album To All Trains coming out on the 17t.h. Along with all the other music played, created and recorded by Steve is will be part of his legacy and inspiration to many of us.

Rest in Power, Steve. And in poker.

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SDH, Mouco, Porto, 04.05.2024.

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words: Paulo Carmona (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Telma Mota

It seemed everyone was already waiting to shake their hips to SDH frantic rhythm, since that happened from the start. The powerful loops and samples continuously blasting throughout the room that had enough space for improvised dancing. The Barcelona duo’s (Andrea Latorre e Sergi Algiz) synth pop a la discoteque, even if mixed with some industrial experimentism and a sparkle of dark wave is an invitation to dancing.

Andrea dances throughout with goth-dancer mannerisms and sensuality in her gestures. The very creative and pertiment always changing set design, mixed with the overhaul dark ambient and the frantic colourful lights did the rest. Very funny.

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They showered the submissive audience with an energetic and progressive set going around tracks like No Miracles, Tell Them, Balance e obviamente, and the always expected Hectic. I’m not going home. The warm up worked very well and I will go around city alleys looking for sige sound franticness. I think I know where to go.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #65 – The Rockamatic edition by Raquel Pinheiro

The Decemberists

My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #65 The Rockamatic edition airs tomorrow Monday 6th, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).

The programme name comes from the image transmitted by the songs. A mix of cinematic and rock covered by songs of diverse genres.

Tracklist:
01: Barry Adamson – The Last Words Of Sam Cooke
02: Belle & Sebastian – What Happened To You, Son
03: Bernard Butler – Deep Emotions
04: Beyoncé – Blackbird
05: Dark Miles – The Waiting
06: Fat White Family – The Work
07: Girl and Girl – Oh Boy!
08: Guided by Voices – Serene King
09: Janita Salomé & Camané – Homens do Largo
10: Johnny Moped – Things May Happen
11: Mark Knopler – Two Pairs of Hands
12: Martin Savage & The Jiggerz – Observer
13: Myriam Gendron – Terres brûlées
14: Of Montreal – It’s Different For Girls
15: Pernice Brothers – Look Alike
16: Prickly Pear – At The End
17: The Decemberists – Burial Ground

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Lloyd Cole, Casa da Música, Porto, 28.04.2024.

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words: Paulo Carmona freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Paulo Carmona

Lloyd Cole is one of those unique cases in which a man, a guitar and his voice manage to give an whole concert in which the audience does not fall into a dragged sleepleness apathy like. There are several factors for that: The first one is the voice to be in shape in the highs and lows and the knowledge of using breathing to achieve what is intended.

Another factor to have in consideration is the compentency is the playing of the electro-acoustic guitar. The rhythms, the freestyle, the intensity, the silences and the arpeggios. All very well played and pertinent to the flow of the songs. And the songs, of course.

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When a song is well written, well harmonized and has a poem that tailor suits it because it is felt, loved and conceived since it naturally; with guitar and voice, or orchestra it will always be a great song. That was what, once more, Lloyd Cole offered us. Always nice and afectous, supported by is British humour, including about mid concert pause, explaining it is mandatory for guys his age, he was an excellent entertainer from beginning to end.

The menu included more introspective songs such as Like Lovers Do, My Other Life, 2 CV, Today I’m Not So Sure, The Afterlife, The Idiot, Butterfly and more iconic and uplifted songs like Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken, Jennifer She Said, Brand New Friend, Perfect Skin and Undressed. On the much demanded and thanked encore Lost Weekend and Forest Fire were played.

On my way home, on the aftermath, I was thinking a cup of hot tea and sweet, sweet biscuits would be right the thing.

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