“Dedicated to those who sacrifice their freedom to break the silence.” Here is how the video starts : Carbon Airways refer to people launching alerts and putting their lives to danger when they report a threat ... like Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), ready to fight Snow for 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II' movie, out this November.
It's by the way in a set of the movie where the video for "Break The Silence" has been filmed. Young people wearing scarfs - and reduced to silence - will put them out at the end of the video, showing “And you ... would you sacrifice your freedom ?”. According to Aficia, this video is an anthem of a young and angry generation which doesn't want to be speakless face to modern world's pains.
"Break The Silence" is a huge rap-pop sound announced on May 3. First planned for May 11, Carbon Airways gave a sound preview on a Facebook video showing Eleonore - the lead singer - waken up by a strange boy. A video is announced later and some pictures of the filiming and the video is out on June 15.
Their new EP is planned for September 2015, and they will be at Japan's Summer Sonic Festival this July. The debut album 'Outrenoir' is on the road ...
Announced on December 8 with the release of his new single "You're On (feat. Kyan)", Madeon's debut album Adventure will "tell" the story of the French electro producer and prodigy, known on YouTube with his 39-song mashup "Pop Culture" (26 million views today). Expected to be released on March 30, the album will contain 12 fresh songs whose "You're On" and "Imperium", released in November.
The square, always the square ...
... or the diamond. It is what we see on the artworks for "Imperium" and "You're On". And, no surprise : the symbol formed by the square and the two arrows is on the two artworks for Adventure. The Deluxe version artwork shows a part of the landscape appearing in the classic version, inside the symbol. The classic version shows Madeon's logo, "Adventure" in Madeonian code and the tower present in "You're On" video.
On this debut album, we will discover 10 new tracks of Madeon who worked on them with soime artists, as Kyan, Dan Smith, Foster The People's Mark Foster, Aquilo and Passion Pit's Mickael Angelakos (who collaborated with Skrillex on "Recess" song). The Deluxe version will add 6 tracks with the 12 others as "The City", "Icarus", "Finale", "Cut The Kid", "Technicolor" and "Only Way Out", one of Madeon's hidden songs appearing in some old sets.
(from left to right : artworks for "Imperium", "You're On", Adventure and Adventure Deluxe)
Chapter 1 : The city, the tower and the the code
One week after "You're On" release, Madeon revealed on YouTube the official video for the song as Part 1 for Adventure, as M83 did in 2011 for "Midnight City" (from the album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming) with the kids having superpowers - and coming back in "Reunion" and "Wait".
Here is what Madeon "built" these last months and what we see in the video : a huge tower and a big city in the desert, full of strange symbols (actually letters). We see a young woman, walking in this city, who is intrigued by the tower, brighting at night. A day, she meets a boy having on his arm a tattoo of the diamond symbol. Both find each other the night during Madeon's set and push together a button, lighting the tower. A "To be continued" ends the video, making us waiting for Part 2.
The "Madeonian" symbols - or letters - as we like to call, are everywhere on the buildings of the city. If we know how to decode them, we can read some words as "Don't Jump", "We see you", "Stay here", "Don't jump" and "City is your home forever".
By the way, the symbols appear on the artworks for "Imperium", "You're On", Adventure and on the videos for "The City" ("This was our city") and the teaser for "Technicolor" ("We can get it back"). This make us believe that Madeon puts codes and clues at each song or artwork.
Ready to join Madeon's adventure ?
If you are in the USA, you will probably go to Coachella Festival from April 10 to April 19 (headlined by AC/DC, Jack White and Drake). Madeon will reveal his first "Adventure" set on Sundays 12 and 19 with maybe screens forming the diamond, and the square screen, which will be connected to his Launchpads as he revealed at La Nuit SFR Live last year.
We all cant wait to here these songs with evocating names : "Zephyr" (a diamond), "Pixel Empire" (appearing in "Technicolor" artwork), "Home" (from the sentence in "You're On" video) and "Isometric" (Madeon looks loving maths). The tour dates will be come in the next days, so stay connected.
Skrillex playing at Garorock Festival, Marmande (France), 29-30 June 2014. And we were there ...
Summer is here, and between working on albums and spending holidays on swimming pool, artists let us unwaited surprises. From the new and dreamy Coldplay album to new bands as Files Miles North Of Nowhere and Babymetal (yes, this name exists), here is our selection of 10 albums and EPs, released these 6 past months, we loved very much.
1. Within Temptation : Hydra (January 30)
Sixth studio album for the Dutch symphonic metal band. A great one as we planned. Hydra's "story" launched with the release of the single "Paradise (What About Us?)" on September 27, in which Tarja Turunen (Nightwish) joined Within Temptation singer Sharon den Adel. The album is out on January 30 and directly takes first place in the iTunes charts in Europe.
Who thinks that adding kawaii ("cute" in Japanese) in metal music is not possible ? However it is. The name of band is good found : Babymetal. Three young Japanese girls, aged from 14 to 16, queens of black and red, succeed to make Kawaii Metal, and the results are here : several singles whose a "Gimme Chocolate!!" viewed about 11,4 million times.
After four years of work and singles, the band released their debut eponym album. Begun with speed and dark metal, the girls show us the way to jump and to move your head and your hair at once. And they little by little come in Europa and the USA
The debut album Torches conquered the fans with "Pumped Up Kicks" and "Houdini", that we waited a second album. Mark Foster's band announced on January Supermodel, with the first single "Coming Of Age" and a video showing the mural painting of album's artwork.
The formula of Supermodel is different of the previous album, however the songs are original, good made, still with the touch of indie, pop and alternative rock.
If we waited a huge electronic album this year, it is Sonny Moore's debut album. The king of dubstep and huge light shows launched the alien Recess, starting with "Try It Out". The album is varied, with many featurings, and a new and good evolution in Skrillex's career.
Then, it's a bench of great concerts in festivals, as Ultra Music Festival (with Diplo, the duo named Jack U), Coachella, Glastonbury and Garorock, whose blog founder Wilfried Andral saw in live (see top picture). The show of Sonny has no end ... the proof at Red Rocks, Colorado, on June 21.
5. The Crash Bandits : Closer (March 23)
Discovered last year with their first album Better Off, the trio from Minneapolis (MN) are back with a second EP, Closer. This new one offers 5 songs, in the continuity of their album plus first EP The Mutt (2012), with good punk/rock.
The band did some concerts until July 9, and, for the moment, no more shows have been announced. New dates coming, working on a second album in studio soon ? We hope that.
6. Five Miles North Of Nowhere : Late Nights & Cups Of Tea (April 15)
Fan of Bring Me The Horizon, Enter Shikari, Foo Fighters and all punk bands ? You can add this one to your music library. Coming from Southampton, in the south coast of England, Elliot Jones' File Miles North Of Nowhere are subscribed to powerful and hardcore punk music. The new result after their eponym EP is named Late Nights & Cups Of Tea (launched with its official video), composed of 4 impulsive songs, with good riffs and screams. And the band will get back soon in studio for new songs. A band to watch.
7. Paws : Youth Culture Forever (May 6)
The trio from Glasgow begun to be known with their debut album Cokefloat! out in 2012. After a member change last year, Paws are back with Youth Culture Forever, whose the band revealed 3 new songs at KEXP Studio months ago. The album contains 12 tracks reminding us old pop rock and punk music, still between calm and dynamics songs as Cokefloat! revealed.
After the powerful and colorful Mylo Xyloto released on 2011, Chris Martin's Coldplay revealed a new chapter, calmer and dreamer, with Ghost Stories. "Midnight" is the only song played without guitar, drums and bass, just keyboard, touch screen and rainbow lasers (watch "Midnight" in live), popularized by french music producer Jean-Michel Jarre. Follows "Magic" song, which is really magic. The album releases and became the fastest sold album on iTunes Store this year. The band made also a rock dance song with "A Sky Full Of Stars", produced by DJ Avicii. Even if it's different of MX, Ghost Stories is a successful album, putting stars in your ears.
9. deadmau5 : while(1<2)* (June 17)
Like Skrillex, Joel Zimmermann, known as deadmau5, doesn't stop working on new songs. And about his new studio album, work begun on 2013 with mini album 7, headed by "Avaritia". The double album is announced on Twitter in January, confirmed on May, and is released 5 months later. In the continuity of >album title goes here< (2012), while(1<2) is the longest of all Zimmermann's albums (about 140 minutes) and has the greatest number of tracks, 25. A few days after release, it took first place in UK & US Dance charts, without surprise.
The kawaii journey of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu continues : the third studio album Pikapika Fantasian revealed the fantasia and dream side of the princess of J-Pop, with as key a new world tour. Videos speak about them : fantasy world with "Mottai Night Land", Kyary's story in "Yume no Hajima Ring Ring", robotic match in "Family Party" and, lately, Kyary as strange killer in numeric and beautiful world, with the hoverboard of Back To The Future II movie. All between Japanese and English lyrics.
While her upcoming tenth single "Kira Kira Killer" has been announced for June 11, Japanese J-Pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu revealed that her new album Pikapika Fantasian (or Pikapika Fantajin in Japanese) will be released on July 9. After her second album Nanda Collection, Kyary didn't wait to attack with new singles, starting with "Mottai Night Land" last November. Early 2014, she unveiled her life-story with "Yume no Hajima Ring Ring" (whose we made a post in March). In April, "Family Party" shows on a video a kind of game between Kyary and a robot - controled by Kyary herself, with 4 big arms.
About two weeks ago, Kyary announced her 10th single, "Kira Kira Killer", out June 11th, whose a video should be released in the coming days. And, on May 18th, unBORDE (Warner Music Japan) revealed on Twitter the title and the artwork for the third album, with two tours in Japan : - Hall Tour : from July 27 to Sept 22 - Arena Tour : from Oct 18 to Nov 9
On May 30, Harajuku Kawaii Style revealed tracklist and three covers for the album. Pikapika Fantasian includes 12 songs, whose the four last singles plus "Sungoi Aura", included in Mottai Night Land single.
Tracklist of the album
1. Pika Pika Fantajin
2. Kira Kira Killer
3. Yume no Hajima Ring Ring
4. Mottai Night Land
5. Serious Hitomi
6. Do Do Pi Do (Capsule Cover)
7. Family Party
8. Ring a Bell
9. Tokyo Highway
10. Koi Koi Koi
11. Sungoi Aura
12. Explorer Sources : Twitter, Harakuju Kawaii !! Style...
There was oncea little girlwho one daybecamea famous singerand decided to talk abouther career with costumesand music.A ittle story unveiled on January 19 by KyaryPamyuPamyuwithher new video"Yume no HajimaRingRing". The story-video begins with Kyary in knee-walking, looking like a child, with a polar bear holding her hand. Then she encounters herself in model (before her music career) and cries after that the Model-Kyary walks away. The camera continues to film "Kyary's life" : the Model-Kyary graduates and receives a diploma from an other Kyary with the outfit she wore in "Pon Pon Pon" video (that you can see on the picture above). Then comes Kyary with "Fashion Monster" outfit. At the end of the video, she walks again with the polar bear, hugs him and tells him goodbye.
All the scenes for the video (produced by Jun Tamaki) have been filmed in one day. One day in which Kyary wore in total five costumes : dressed as a child, a student, then with "Pon Pon Pon" costume, "Fashion Monster" costume and a red and white striped furisode.
Kyary made a comment about what happened during the filming : "Because the song is quite realistic compared to my other songs, I wanted
to make a video that's based on a story. The theme is “graduation”, so I
tried to create a colorful school uniform and a furisode that are
unique to me. The video has scenes of me performing my debut single
“Pon Pon Pon” and my favorite song “Fashion Monster”. I had to go through
so many posing scenes and it took long to film but it was worth it ! I’m
really happy with how it turned out !"
Also have to know that the title of the song means "The Dream's beginning(-ning)". And it is indeed a dream Kyary is living.
The single released on January 26, including an instrumental version, two versions of "Slowmo", song used for a TV Commercial, and an extended mix of "Mottai Night Land".
Announced on 8 November 2013 with a teaser trailer, the new studio album Hydra by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation is released today.
Before the official announcement of the album, the band revealed on September 27 one of the singles from the album, "Paradise (What About Us?)", with the duo Sharon den Adel-Tarja Turunen, followed by "Dangerous" (December 20) and "Whole World Is Watching" (January 28, 2014).
The day of its release, the album hit on iTunes and took first place in charts in Europe (Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France). The U.S. will have to wait February 4th to see probably Hydra #1 in their iTunes charts.
The premium version of the album contains cover songs whose "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons) and "Let Her Go" (Passenger). You can order the album on their official website : tinyurl.com/kyqpquc
If you didn't watch the single "Paradise (What About Us?)", we invite you to discover it below.
Three years after their great debut album Torches, Foster The People come back in 2014 with a new single "Coming Of Age" from their new album Supermodel which will be released on March 18.
On January 13, the band premiered on YouTube "Coming Of Age" whose the single released the next day. The video shows a time-lapse the full creation of the artwork for Supermodel (designed by Young & Sick) on a wall of a building in Los Angeles (CA), painted from December 29 to January 9, in about 190 hours.
About the song, still Indie-pop and alternative rock like in the first album, even if there's a bit more rock in "Coming Of Age".
Supermodel contains 11 songs, plus a 12th included in pre-order edition. The album will be released in the US on March 18, in Australia and New Zealand on March 14 and in the UK on March 24. You can pre-order the album here : http://smarturl.it/Supermodel
Discover now Foster The People's new single "Coming Of Age" :
Warner Music Japan Inc. announced that "100%KPP World Tour 2013" official documentary about Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's World Tour will be released on Blu-Ray Disc and on DVD.
You probably don't know who she is. But Japan knows her well : Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer, became internationally known with her first single "Pon Pon Pon" released in 2011. Andin justthreeyears, shebecame oneof the queens ofJ-Pop, releasing several singles ("CANDY CANDY", "Fashion Monster", "Mottai Night Land") and two albums, Pamyu Pamyu Revolution and Nanda Collection. A third album is to be announced in the next weeks. The documentary about "100%KPP World Tour" includes videos of Kyary's concerts in Belgium, France, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, U.S. and Singapore. It will be released on DVD on January 29 and on Blu-Ray Disc on February 12. You can order the documentary in english at the web store "CDJapan.co.jp" : - DVD Format : http://tinyurl.com/ko5c3b9 - Blu-Ray Disc : http://tinyurl.com/pl68ql9 Watch Kyary Pamyu Pamyu video "CANDY CANDY" (released in 2012) :
To end 2013 in music, we selected for you 10 albums/EPs/singles of 10 artists. You probably don't know all of them, so it's time to discover some new music.
This 3 piece band from Minneapolis, MN, Blink-182 fan, knows the definition of pop/punk/rock. After their first EP The Mutt out last year, The Crash Bandits revealed in July their first album Better Off. 14 punk-rock tracks to move your head.
A 2nd EP will be released soon.
We already talked you about Carbon Airways, a brother and a sister from France who make huge electro-rock sounds. The EP Black Sun is a proof. It revealed, 4 months after "Black Sun" and "Conquest" songs releases, 2 new songs called "DNA Providence" and "Grace And Virtue", plus 3 remixes of "Black Sun".
The songs of their first album are currently in final mixing, and the album will be out April 2014.
The 5 guys from Long Island, NY, continue they Alternative Rock journey. The 2nd EP No Respect follows first one, Nobody Takes Vegas, with 6 new songs and a video, with the same energy.
Two good news : band's lead singer Nick LaGreca is 21 years old since December 7, and new songs are coming for 2014.
If the Canadian band Half Moon Run begins to be known in 2013 (one year after releasing their first album Dark Eyes), it is because their debut single "Full Circle" has been used on the "Horizon" trailer for the game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (out October 29). The debut album' 12 tracks are calm, between Indie-Pop and Indie-Rock.
Between french and english songs, the French band After Lilly revealed on July 20 twelve pop-rock songs in their debut album Please Wake Me Up Tomorrow!, following the EP Lost Your Way (2011). A little beginning for a great following, we hope that.
The French band Phoenix come back is succeded : their 5th studio album Bankrupt! surprised some fans, starting with the album teaser. The 10 tracks remember a bit Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, however the sounds are more varied : synthpop, new wave. Indie-rock is still here.
No tour for The Strokes' fifth album. However Comedown Machine, containing 11 songs sounding like their first albums, received generally good critics. The single "All of Time" had its video including the band's good moments in touring (check out post about "All the Time" here).
Four years after Brand New Eyes, Hayley William's band Paramore revealed their self-titled album, acclaimed by fans and many music magazines (by examples Metacritic, NME). The album shows 17 great songs, sometimes powered, sometimes alternative rock, sometimes punk. And the self-titled Tour isn't finished, to people who want to see Paramore.
The album name is definitively smaller than previous one. Anyway, Bring Me The Horizon don't stop making huge metalcore songs. Proofs ? "Can You Feel My Heart", "Sleepwalking" and "Shadow Moses". And the best place to see them was Reading Festival.
