Taylor Hawkins

 RIP 💔

15 km: This Week Ends Today

Sat 10 Nov: 7.5 km
"Idaho", "Hammock", "Officium Triste"

Mon 12 Nov: 7.5 km
"This Will Destroy You" and "Pantheist"

Sound of Winter

Mind strong, Body strong

Try to find equilibrium
Head straight, screwed on
Been screwed up for too long

I don't want to lean on the waves
I watch the storm evaporate
I think of you in starry skies
I keep you so alive

Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands

It's all in your face
I see you break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter

Medusa smiles, Judas lips
Open arms and finger tips
Love bites and recompense
I'll be with you until the end
Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands

It's all in your face
I see you break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself

It's all in your face
I see you break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself

It's like the sound of winter

Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself

It's like the sound of winter
It's all in your face
I see you break
It's like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You've got to hang on to yourself
It's like the sound of winter
It's like the sound of winter

Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself
Bush

My Album Of The Month (December 2011)

My Bloody Valentine (Loveless 1991)

Landmark in the history of Shoegazing genre. I like the dynamism spread in this album. The rhythm and tempo is splendid and the vocals are catchy. It’s interesting to know what a huge sound engineering process has been behind this project, at cost of approximately 250,000 $. 

Some New Stuff

I added 4 new albums to my music archive:
Canaan : A Calling To Weakness 2002
Evadne : The 13th Condition 2007
Orestea : Love Lines and Blood Ties 2010
Future of Forrestery : Travel III EP 2010

Listening To Lovers In Japan !

Lovers, keep on the road your on

Runners, until the race is run

Soldiers, you've got to soldier on

Sometimes even right is wrong

They are turning my head out

To see what I'm all about

Keeping my head down

To see what it feels like now

But I have no doubt

One day, were gonna get out

Tonight, maybe we're gonna run

Dreaming of the Osaka sun

Ohh, ohh, ohhh

Dreaming of when the morning comes

They are turning my head out

To see what I'm all about

Keeping my head down

To see what it feels like now

But I have no doubt

One day, the sun will come out

Truly amazing song ;p.

Pic : Martin Buzora

All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun

my eyes are
a baptism 
oh i am filth 
and sing her 
into my thoughts 
oh phantom elusive thing oh,

all flowers in time bend towards the sun
i know you say that there's no-one for you
but here is one,
all flowers in time bend towards the sun
i know you say that there's no-one for you
but here is one, here is one... here is one

aah, ooh...
one that can never be known
either all drunk with the world at her feet
or sober with no place to go

all flowers in time bend towards the sun
i know you say that there's no-one for you
but here is one,
all flowers in time bend towards the sun
i know you say that there's no-one for you
but here is one, here is one... here is one

aah, ooh...
we could go (......)
we can travel round
fading farther from me
with your face in my window call

when will you weep for me
sweet willow

it's ok to be angry
but not to hurt me
your happiness, yes, yes, yes
darling, darling,
oooh...

all flowers in time bend towards the sun
i know you say that there's no-one for you
but here is one,
all flowers in time bend towards the sun
i know you say that there's no-one for you
but here is one, here is one... here is one 


song : Jeff Buckley + Elizabet Fraser

Appealing Tunes

These are some newly-detected or more-elaborately observed bands ,musicians of different genres.I read about them ,tried some samples and found them pretty promising:i'm trying expand the circle of my musical exploration,in order to discover worthy high quality tunes.

1-Conor Oberst (Indie Rock,Folk)


2-British Sea Power (Indie)

3-Audio Adrenaline (Gospel/Alternative Rock/Christian Rock)
4-Joy Division (Post-Punk)
5-Insomnium (Melodic Death Metal)
6-Iron and Wine (Folk, Indie Rock)
7-Edie Brickell (Folk/Alternative Rock)

8-Richard and Linda Thompson (Rock ,Progressive Rock ,Folk)

9-Deb Talan (Indie Folk/Indie Pop)

10-Tasmin Archer (Pop/Rock)
11-Deviant Species ( Minimal/Trance)

12-Scott Landers /Blue Collars ( Instrumental Guitarist/Rock)

13-Brian Eno (Ambient)

13-Lydia (Indie Rock)

14-The Birthday Massacre (Synthrock/Alternative Rock)

15-Elastic ( Psychedelic)


16-David Berkeley (Indie /Acoustic/folk)

17-Into Eternity (Progressive Metal/Melodic Death Metal)
18-National Product (Pop/Post-Hardcore/Alternative Rock)
19-Joy Williams (Pop/Indie)
20-Switchfoot (Alternative Rock/Post-grunge)

Light Grenades

I was listening to Incubus today and i became curious about this alternative rock band;so i decided to search about it ,read some reviews and give it a second try.
I found Brandon Boyd explanation about Light Grenade's theme;just to remind me how meaningful and pithy a sub-culture can be ;
This is Incubus weaving words with melodies !


"There's a song called that on the record and it felt like the most pertinent conceptual aspect of the album, the idea of throwing ideas at problems and the ideas explode with light and good results and intention on consciousness. So I started imagining imagery of students in different countries protesting and throwing Molotov cocktails with masks over their faces. But there's one brave student who runs up to the police line and, as opposed to throwing rocks or things that destroy, there's this concept of that one courageous, lonely student running up and throwing ideas and having them actually change things. It just seemed kind of a cool concept: the redefining of weaponry."
Brandon Boyd(from wiki)

Aim : Spirits Of Your Tide 2008

An Indie/Alternative Rock,Post-Rock band so underrated; their album "Spirits of Your Tide" is absolutely loveable with clean.melancholic vocals and powerful song structures;

I could find information about the band @ cdbaby.com :

"Marco Fiorello and the brothers Luca, Marco and Matteo Camisasca give birth to Aim in 2003. Aim’s members come from other bands of the Milan scene like On the blue, Halway, Molecricket and Scothc Woodcock."

Their debut album"Limit Of Sight" including 9 intense tracks which call in mind bands like Funeral For A Friend,Brand New,Thursday,...

but as cdbaby mentions Aim make itself a recognizable band slowly and mostly by its high level live activity.

By releasing their 2008 album "Spirits Of Your Tide" they reach to the point of maturity in their sound and style.

The album is a "emotionally provocative and cathartic rock"[cdbaby.com] album ;explosions of noise mixed with oneiric vocals.

My favorite tracks are "Too Wild" , Hubis II" and "Salige"

My November-December Albums

Some of them belong to long lasted wish-list,and some were chosen by genre or after explore about their genre,lyrics,conceptual themes,etc:it's mostly related to November and December,

i'll write a review about some of the selected ones,but i wanna get'em a go first,as an experience a first time listener can't be the judge,i'll see which ones will come onto my iPod. There are exceptions but overall i think it'll be cool.

1-Ben Woods >>>a Collection of Thoughts2009>>>Piano,Contemporary Classic

He's a full time student at the university of Plymoth.I vote for this album as a high quality ;including 10 tracks my favorite : Taking small Steps Pt 2

2-Mangled Torsos>>>Anatomia Reformata1993>>>Death/Doom Metal

a hybrid blend of death and doom formed in 1991 in (Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg) Germany

3-dISEMBOWLMENT>>>Transcendencce into the peripheral1993>>Doom/Death Metal

short lived but influential australian band;simply majestic album.They added elements unheard in metal scene,sophisticated and dark album;i was looking for them since i heard them as one of main influences on Evoken;know i realize how

4-Eddie Vedder>>>into the wild soundtrack2007>>>Folk Rock

i like Eddie Vedder's voice;my favorite track: Hard Sun

5-Nick Drake>>>Pink Moon1972>>>Folk

unmissable,minimal,masterful !

6-Isis>>>Wavering Radiant2009>>>Post-Metal

i haven't listen to this ;Jeff Caxide quoted:[Turner]mentioned that Carl Jung was a major influence on the concept and lyrics"

7-Sunn O)))>>>Monoliths and Dimensions2009>>>Drone/Experimental Metal

not yet !

8-Morgion>>>Cloaked by ages Crowned in Earth2004>>>Death/Doom Metal

9-Pelican>>>What we All Comed To Need2009>>>Post-Metal

10-Dirge>>>Wings of Lead Over Dormant Seas2007>>>Post-Metal/Sludge Metal

11-The Sins of Thy Beloved>>>Lake of Sorrow1998>>>Gothic/Doom Metal

12-John Frusciante>>>Shadows Collide With People2004>>>Alternative Rock

13-Russian Circles>>>Geneva2009>>>Post-Metal

14-Katatonia>>>Night Is The New Day2009>>>Depressive Rock

15-Of The Wand And Th e Moon>>>Lucifer>>>Neofolk

16-Nox Aurea>>>Via Gnosis2009>>>Doom/Death Metal

17-Ender>>>Ender 2008>>>Post-Metal

18-Moving Mountains>>>Pneuma2007>>>Post-Rock/Alternative Rock

19-Blazing Eternity>>Time And The Unknown Waters2000>>Doom/Death Metal

20-Funeral>>>As The Light Does The Shadow2008>>>Doom Metal

21-Elysian Blaze>>>Levitating The Carnal2008>>>Black/doom Metal

22-Forrest Of Shadows>Under The Dying Sun2000>Melodic Doom/Death Metal

23-Forrest Of Shadows>>>Departure2004>>>Melodic Doom/Death Metal

24-Forrest Of Shadows>>>Six Waves Of Woe2008>>Melodic Doom/Death Metal

25-Solicide>>>der untergang des abendlandes2003>>>Funeral Doom Metal

26-Nostalgia77>>>Weapons Of Jazz Destruction2007>>>Jazz

27-Leafblade>>>Beyond,Beyond2009>>>Acoustic

28-A Backward Glance On A Travel Road>A Backwaed....2009>Progressive Rock

29-Malevolent Creation>>>Joe Black1996>>>Death Metal

30-Neurosis>>>Given To The Rising2007>>>Sludge Metal

31-Bosques de Mi Mente>>>Lo-Fi2007>>>Piano/Contemporary Classic

Better Days

And you asked me what I want this year
And I'll try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe
We'll find better days

'Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
Designer love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe
We'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
'Cause tonight's the night
The world begins again

I need someplace simple where we could live
And something only you could give
And that's faith and trust and peace while we're
Alive

And the one poor child who saved this world
There's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll
Find better days