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Desire at Arci Bellezza, Milan (12 Dec 2024)

Desire at Arci Bellezza, Milan (12 Dec 2024) Desire Setlist Darkside Black Latex Don't Call Liquid Dreams Mirroir Mirroir Silver Machine Vampire If I Can't Hold You Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order cover) Hard Times Human Nature Under Your Spell -- Encore -- Saturday Sad Ibiza Song (Wolfram Eckert cover) Drama Queen Read More Desire Next up was Montreal’s Desire, featuring frontwoman Megan Louise, with Johnny Jewel on synthesizers, and Aja (from Heaven) on additional synth (she took place for Nat Walker, who is normally in the band). ....

Montreal’s electronic band Desire (featuring Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel) recently headlined Arci Bellezza, in Milan, on December 12, 2024, as part of their Games People Play World Tour.

The band wrote that Orion and System Olympia (they only played three dates in England) were joining the tour.

Desire at First Avenue (30 May 2019)

It’s been a long time since we saw Desire, when they were in Minneapolis with Chromatics in May 2019: “Next up was Montreal’s Desire, featuring frontwoman Megan Louise, with Johnny Jewel on synthesizers, and Aja (from Heaven) on additional synth (she took place for Nat Walker, who is normally in the band). The group is probably the most pop of the three bands, as evident by their stand-out pop-ish song “Mirroir Mirroir”, telephone-prop for “Don’t Call”, and their Italo Disco cover of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”. That was such a great cover, that it was hard to follow that up with their closing song, “Under Your Spell.” However, it’s still a good choice, because it’s probably their best-known song. The song was featured in the underrated and amazing Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive soundtrack (we mentioned the soundtrack in 2011).”

Our Italian music partner, Kalporz, via Raffaele Concollato, reported on their show on December 12th.

I’m very happy to see them doing so well. The report mentioned that Orion was the project of Orion Rigel Dommisse, playing “a set with keytar (the shoulder keyboard) full of lights and visuals… which she dubs as ‘cybernetic spacedisco’.”

As for Desire, they played a cover of New Order’s cover “Bizarre Love Triangle” and the encores were “Saturday”, “Sad Ibiza Song” (covers by Wolfram Eckert) and “Drama Queen.”

Again, happy to see them on tour, and hoping to catch the band at a future date in America.

Full report over at kalporz.com.

Orion

Desire

Desire at Arci Bellezza, Milan (12 Dec 2024) all photos courtesy of Raffaele Concollato

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Sun Kil Moon at Barezzi Festival (14 Nov 2024)

Sun Kil Moon at Barezzi Festival 2024 (14 Nov 2024) Sun Kil Moon Tour Dates Nov 23, 2024 House of Music Budapest, Hungary Mar 28, 2025 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA Read More Sun Kil Moon And, naturally, there’s a new Sun Kil Moon record on the horizon: Benji, which will be released on February 11, 2014 and can be pre-ordered from Caldo Verde. His recent live shows have included songs from the … Kalporz Kalporz è nato ormai un bel po’ di anni fa, nel 2000, per essere un contenitore e un repertorio di recensioni ed articoli musicali, scritti con cura cercando di essere competenti e curiosi. …

The Barezzi Festival took place November 14-16, 2024, in Parma, Italy. It’s billed as music, art, and food festival, and it’s known for unusual venues, such as 1800s Italian theaters.

Our Italian music partner, Kalporz, via Paolo Bardelli, reported on the Sun Kil Moon show from November 14.

The show took place at the Auditorium del Carmine (on the grounds of the Church of S. Maria del Carmine) and started off with Nòe, a Sicilian singer-songwriter, transplanted to Milan, and winner of the Barezzi Lab.

County Donegal, Ireland-based songwriter Anna B Savage was next. She has an album You & i are Earth coming out out January 24th, 2025 via City Slang. They described her dancing like Thom Yorke (Radiohead).

Sun Kil Moon, aka Mark Kozelek closed out the show. We saw him in Chicago 2013 and our writer said that Kozelek didn’t care or want to play songs people want to hear: “And if they were slow on the draw, the crowd began to shout out their wish list as well. “Grace Cathedral Park! Trailways! Salvador Sanchez! Carry Me Ohio! Glenn Tipton!” And every time, Mark acted like he was thinking about it, then proceeded to ignore all the requests. In fact, a couple of times, he acted like he was struggling to think of something – ANYTHING! – to play… as the song titles rained down upon him. He tried to make excuses by saying that he hadn’t adequately practiced for the tour and that’s why he couldn’t play the requested songs – but that’s almost a bigger insult than just coming straight out and saying, “I don’t feel like playing any of the songs you’re requesting”.”

For the Italy show, it seems he did play some known songs, like “Calgary”, in his two hours and twenty minutes run time.

Photos courtesy of Andrea Amadasi via Barezzi Festival.

Anna B Savage photo courtesy of Andrea Amadasi Auditorium del Carmine photo courtesy of Andrea Amadasi Nòe photo courtesy of Andrea Amadasi

Sun Kil Moon at Barezzi Festival 2024 (14 Nov 2024) photo courtesy of Andrea Amadasi

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LCD Soundsystem at Todays Festival (26 Aug 2024)

LCD Soundsystem at Parco della Confluenza (26 Aug 2024) LCD Soundsystem Setlist Us v Them I Can Change You Wanted a Hit Tribulations Movement Tonite Someone Great Losing My Edge Home Dance Yrself Clean New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down All My Friends Nation of Language Setlist Spare Me the Decision On Division St Sole Obsession Surely I Can’t Wait The Grey Commute September Again Weak in Your Light This Fractured Mind The Wall & I A New Goodbye Too Much, Enough Across That Fine Line Read More LCD Soundsystem I'm sure you have all heard of LCD Soundsytem's "Daft Punk is Playing at my House"… Have you heard of this song called "LCD Soundsystem is Playing at my House"? I thought it was … Nation of Language Brooklyn-based synth trio Nation of Language (singer/guitarist Ian Devaney, keyboardist Aidan Noell and bassist Michael Sue-Poi) recently released their single and video for “This Fractured Mind.” ... Kalporz Kalporz è nato ormai un bel po’ di anni fa, nel 2000, per essere un contenitore e un repertorio di recensioni ed articoli musicali, scritti con cura cercando di essere competenti e curiosi. …

Photos and information about LCD Soundsystem at Todays Festival have surfaced on our Italian partner, kalporz.

This massive festival is 11 days long (from 23 August to 2 September 2024), and brings headliners such as Mahmood, Massive Attack, LCD Soundsystem, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and many others, to the main stage, at the Parco della Confluenza, in Turin, Italy.

Personally speaking, I am interested in these sort of large events, because they often will try and spotlight local and emerging talents (because these young artists will someday be tomorrow’s headliners).

I’m happy to see that the reviewer, Samuele Conficoni, did mention the opening bands, which included local bands Giulia's Mother, Khompa (feat Akasha), and New York’s Nation of Language.

Nation of Language at Turf Club (05 Oct 2021)

The reviewer didn’t have any Nation of Language photos, so here is an old one from Oct 2021, which we described, “Nation of Language was very excited to finally play their songs. You see, their debut album, Introduction, Presence, was released in May 2020… and due to the COVID pandemic, the band never had the chance to bring those songs to life on the stage. So instead a handful of albums made their ways to writers and radio DJs. They had no idea if anyone would listen to their music, so imagine their surprise when they heard positive feedbacks. People were hearing their music on local radio stations, they were hearing it through indie publications, etc… so the band kept writing and producing new songs… which was eventually recorded as A Way Forward, their second album. So, with this tour, the band played a combination of old and new (future release) songs, as you can see from their setlist.”

If you can read Italian, head over to kalporz to read the full report.

Here is TOdays Festival Schedule:

Friday 23 August
PREVIEW TODAYS 2024

TONIGHTS SPIRIT CURATED BY JZ:RF | JZ:RF SELECTORS | TASH LC

Saturday 24 August
PREVIEW TODAYS 2024

TONIGHTS SPIRIT CURATED BY JZ:RF | MA NU! | BRADLEY ZERO

Sunday 25th of August
DOJODAYS

We prepare with freestyle.
DOJO - NAV VOL. The 11 of the 10th
TARANTO COURSE (THE SOFIATH BEAUTY)

Freestyle street battle - €100 and 5 prizes in the category SOUNZONE X TODAYS
MOCAMBO
TODAYS THEME: TODAYS 2024 Soundtrack Awards
MAIN STAGE DAY 1
PARK OF CONFLUENCE

Stone, Addict Ameba, Bab L’ Bluz, JEREMIAH FRAITES (The Lumineers)

Monday 26 August
SEEYOUSOUND
THEATRE MONTEROSA
Meet me in the bathroom

MAIN STAGE DAY 2
PARK OF CONFLUENCE
Giulia’s mother Khompa feat. Akasha | Nation of Language | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

Tuesday 27 August
SEEYOUSOUND
THEATRE MONTEROSA

Teaches of peaches
FLIC X TODAYS
Happy Hoop - Oscillante Aperitis

MAIN STAGE DAY 3
PARK OF CONFLUENCE
Giøve | Birthh | English Teacher | Tangerine Dream | ARLO PARKS

Wednesday 28 August
FLIC X TODAYS
Unicycle Dream Man - Happy Hoop - Oscillating Aperitif

DOJODAYS
DOJO - REGIO FREESTYLE
PARK PECCEI

Come train in freestyle with battle and cypher!

Thursday 29 August
FLIC X TODAYS
Unicycle Dream Man - Oscillante Aperitif

SEEYOUSOUND
THEATRE MONTEROSA

Free Party: A Folk History
SOUNZONE X TODAYS
MOCAMBO

PANEL: Music in cinema and TV series

MAIN STAGE DAY 4
PARK OF CONFLUENCE
C’Mon Tigre | Yellow Days | OVERMONO

Friday 30 August
SEEYOUSOUND
THEATRE MONTEROSA

Sankara
DOJODAYS

We prepare with freestyle
DOJO - VERBAL JUNGLE SHOW
PARK PECCEI

CITY LIFE - Battle in the walls

REGIO vs ATHENSO vs. GRADONI vs RAPAPULIA
SOUNZONE X TODAYS
MOCAMBO

WORKSHOP: Sounzone LAB – the production of the soundtrack

MAIN STAGE DAY 5
PARK OF CONFLUENCE
I'll burn in the pastures | Elephant Brain | FASK | THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

Saturday 31st of August
SEEYOUSOUND
THEATRE MONTEROSA

Yallah Underground!
MAIN STAGE DAY 6
PARK OF CONFLUENCE
A Toys Orchestra | Jupiter & Okwess | MAHMOOD

Monday 2 September
SEEYOUSOUND
THEATRE MONTEROSA

MAIN STAGE DAY 7
PARK OF CONFLUENCE
MASSIVE ATTACK

LCD Soundsystem at Todays Festival (26 Aug 2024) photo courtesy of kalporz.com

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Alvvays at BOnsai Garden, Bologna, Italy (10 Jul 2024)

Alvvays in Italy (09-10 July 2024) Alvvays at Circolo Magnolia (09 July 2024) Easy on Your Own? After the Earthquake In Undertow Many Mirrors Very Online Guy Adult Diversion Bored in Bristol Not My Baby Hey Atop a Cake Tom Verlaine Belinda Says Tile by Tile Velveteen Pressed Dreams Tonite Fourth Figure Archie, Marry Me Pomeranian Spinster Lottery Noises -- Encore -- Pharmacist Next of Kin Read More Alvvays Opening up the show will be Alvvays, who we recently caught at the Turf Club on December 2014 and reported, "Although the band only has one album, you couldn’t ask for better surf-pop sweetness." …

Thanks to our Italian partner, Kalporz, for reporting on Alvvays in Italy. The Canadian group played two nights: Circolo Magnolia, Segrate on July 9 and BOnsai Garden, Bologna July 10, 2024.

Details of the second night is at kalporz.com, via Samuele Conficoni: Within the evocative setting of the Parco delle Caserme Rosse in Bologna, in the interesting billboard that this year the BOnsai Garden exhibition proposes, arrive the Alvvays, Canadian quintet with three studio albums guided by the talent and vocal power of Molly Rankin. To open their show is the Swedish quartet Girl Scout, who are just today at the last evening as an opener for the Alvvays.

Alvvays at the Truman, Kansas City (25 April 2024)

We last saw the band in April 2024 and said, “For fans of the Toronto (via Prince Edward Isl) indie pop-rock band, Alvvays, it’s been a six-year long wait to see their favorite band again, following two 2018 KC appearances (at recordBar in the Spring, followed by Starlight in the fall). Extended touring due to the success of their 2017 album, Antisocialites, followed by the unfortunate circumstances of a burglary of demos, a basement flood that hit their gear, and loss of their rhythm section (compounded by the pandemic and resulting border closures) were all working against them. But singer-songwriter Molly Rankin and crew managed to come together and release their acclaimed third album, Blue Rev (via Polyvinyl Records) in the fall of 2022, which would go on to be Grammy and Polaris Prize-nominated and Juno winning, as Alternative Album of the Year. Their seventy-five-minute headlining set proved to be worth the wait for the loyal- with the band in prime form. and a setlist that reached into all three full-lengths from their decade-long career.”

Alvvays will be returning to the USA in mid-August, to play the west coast with The Beths.

Remaining tour dates:

07/12/2024 - Madrid, ES - Mad Cool Festival

07/13/2024 - Bilbao, ES - Bilbao BBK Live

08/02/2024 - St John, NB - Area 506

08/08/2024 - Oslo, NO - Øyafestivalen

08/09/2024 - Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West

08/11/2024 - Helsinki, FI - Flowfestival

08/15/2024 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Madonna Inn %

08/16/2024 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater %

08/18/2024 - Portland, OR - PDX Live @ Pioneer Square %

08/19/2024 - Seattle, WA - Seattle Zoo %

08/21/2024 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory %

08/22/2024 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Hall %

08/24/2024 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom %

% w/ The Beths

Alvvays at BOnsai Garden, Bologna, Italy (10 Jul 2024) photo courtesy of kalporz.com

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Slow Pulp at Arci Bellezza, Milan (03 June 2024)

06/03 Slow Pulp at at Arci Bellezza, Milan, Italy Slow Pulp Setlist Idaho At It Again Cramps Worm Slugs New Media Steel Birds Track Falling Apart New Horse Trade It High Broadview MUD -- Encore -- Yard At Home Tour Dates 6/11 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 6/12 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds 6/14 - Glasgow, UK @ The Classic Grand 6/15 - Dublin, IE @ Whelans 6/16 - Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall 6/18 - Nottingham, UK @ Bodega Social Club 6/19 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb lfor Bach 6/29 - London, UK @ Koko 7/19 - 7/21 - Capitol Hill Block Party 8/1 - 8/4 - Lollapalooza 11/6 - Lakewood, OH @ Mahall's 11/8 - Amherst, MA @ The Drake 11/9 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground 11/10 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club 11/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 11/14 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall 11/17 - Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre 11/19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Café 11/20 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi 11/23 - Detroit, MI @ El Club Read More Slow Pulp Chicago-via-Madison quartet Slow Pulp (vocalist Emily Massey, guitarist/producer Henry Stoehr, bassist Alex Leeds, and drummer Teddy Mathews) will be headlining the Amsterdam Bar & Hall on October 5th. The band’s new album Yard …

We always like to see our USA bands, such as Chicago’s Slow Pulp in other countries… particularly, how they have a bigger fanbase elsewhere. For example, the local band Howler is massive in England (and the lead singer Jordan Gatesmith was dating Johnny Marr’s daughter!).

I’m glad to see that Slow Pulp is doing well on their world tour, having semi-recently, nearly sold out their concert at Arci Bellezza, in Milan, Italy, on June 3rd, 2024, as reported by Raffaele Concollato, via Kalporz (our Italian music partner).

Möly at Arci Bellezza (03 Jun 2024) courtesy of instagram.com Möly and Emily Massey (03 Jun 2024) courtesy of instagram.com

The report doesn’t mention the opening band, which, according to the concert poster is Möly, not to be confused with Finland’s Möly Trio.

Möly is from Italy and she wrote that Slow Pulp is one of her all time favorite bands: “Happened to be opening for one of my all time favorite bands yesterday ❤️. Thank you @arci_bellezza for the hospitality, and to @virusconcerti and @slowpulpband for making all this possible⭐️ Thank you all for the lovely vibes, let's do it again soon!”

The self-described “sadgirl” is seen here at the show, singing in her brassiere. Although not seen, music was probably produced by Matteo "Sigaretta" Brioschi.

Apparently, Slow Pulp’s Emily Massey is a fan of Möly, as they are seen wearing each other’s T-Shirt.

Moly’s new album Vivere a digiuno (Petricore Records) is out now.

Called “one of 2023’s best rock records” by Variety, Slow Pulp are continuing their international tour in support of their breakout album Yard. We were meant to have seen them last October 5, but unfortunately, due to prior commitments, could not cover their show. Hopefully, this Italian re-post will make up for missing them in Minneapolis.

Concollato writes that singer Emily Massey was surprised at the enthusiastic, if not rough, fanbase, when they started singing the first two songs, “Idaho” and “At It Again” (from their 2020 Moveys album).

Their final song, “At Home” was described as “very soft”, but then exploded, closing out of an exciting evening and ultimately puts the band as one of the best indie-rock bands of the ‘20s.

Slow Pulp at Arci Bellezza, Milan (03 June 2024) photo courtesy of kalporz.com

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Slowdive at Alcatraz, Milan (31 Jan 2024)

01/31 slowdive at Alcatraz, Milan Slowdive Setlist  setlist courtesty of Beppe76Ita     Intro: Brian Eno’s Deep Blue Day shanty Star Roving Catch the Breeze skin in the game Crazy for You Souvlaki Space Station chained to a cloud Slomo kisses* Alison When the Sun Hits 40 Days -- Encore -- Sugar for the Pill Dagger Golden Hair (Syd Barrett cover) outro: Brian Eno’s An Ending (Ascent) * Note: Song restarted, someone fainted during the song. Read More Slowdive Shoegaze band Slowdive are currently on a reunion tour, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Cafe, after being absent from the city in twenty-two years! .... Kalporz Kalporz è nato ormai un bel po’ di anni fa, nel 2000, per essere un contenitore e un repertorio di recensioni ed articoli musicali, scritti con cura cercando di essere competenti e curiosi. …

British shoegazing band Slowdive is currently in the middle of their UK and European tour, stopping by two cities in Italy, Milan and Bologna. Both Italian dates were sold out, according to the venue and the advertisement on the concert poster.

The report we got is from our Italian partner at Kalporz, via Giuseppe Gualtieri, who cover the show at Alcatraz, in Milan.

Excerpt:

La band di Reading si presenta sul palco alle 21:15, con una canzone di Brian Eno in sottofondo. L’inizio è affidato a “shanty”, opening track di “Everything is alive”. 4 brani sui quindici in scaletta saranno presi da quest’ultimo album che, insieme al precedente e a Souvlaki, saranno i più suonati. Il brano ha delle sfumature inusuali, la resa live è perfettamente riuscita grazie ad alcuni inserimenti elettronici.

(The Reading band shows up on stage at 9:15 pm, with a song by Brian Eno in the background. The beginning is entrusted to “shanty”, the opening track of “Everything is Alive”. 4 songs on the fifteen in the setlist will be taken from this latest album which, together with the previous and Souvlaki, will be the most played. The song has unusual nuances, the live performance has perfectly succeeded thanks to some electronic insertion.)

I can’t read Italian, but looking over the article, they didn’t bother to talk about the opening band. I had to look it up, but South Devon’s Pale Blue Eyes opened up the show. The band was obviously named after the Velvet Underground song.

Pale Blue Eyes released two albums, Souvenirs in 2022, and This House in September 2023.

There wasn’t a setlist included, but looking over fan websites, and based on our own coverage in October 2023… the setlists are similar (the biggest change is that the double song finale is now moved to the encore).

Remaining UK Tour Dates

Feb. 16, 2024 – Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome
Feb. 17, 2024 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
Feb. 18, 2024 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
Feb. 19, 2024 – Norwich, UK @ LCR UEA
Feb. 21, 2024 – Liverpool, UK @ O2 Academy
Feb. 22, 2024 – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK @ NX
Feb. 23, 2024 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
Feb. 24, 2024 – Edinburgh, UK @ Liquid Room
Feb. 26, 2024 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff University Great Hall
Feb. 27, 2024 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy

Photo courtesy of kalporz.com

Slowdive at Alcatraz, Milan (31 Jan 2024)

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Pufuleti at Officina Meca Aps, Ferrara, Italy (09 Dec 2023)

Read More Kalporz Kalporz è nato ormai un bel po’ di anni fa, nel 2000, per essere un contenitore e un repertorio di recensioni ed articoli musicali, scritti con cura cercando di essere competenti e curiosi. …

This is something new, our first collaboration with Italian music website Kalporz (founder Luca Vecchi, with various editors and contributors).

I have given editor Paolo Bardelli full access to pick and choose what articles he may want to use for Kalporz (as long as credit is given), and, in turn, I will take a look at their content. What I wanted to do was use their live photos and perhaps give us a glimpse of what it is like to see a concert in Italy.

The most recent show on their website is Italian rapper Pufuleti at Officina Meca Aps in Ferrara, Italy. Details of the event is located at kalporz.com, courtesy of Redazione/Caterina Cardinali.

Originally started in Germany, under the stagename Joe Space, the musician Giuseppe Licata changed his name to Pufuleti, named after a Romanian snack. Maybe he’s trying to tell us that he’s delicious… but bad for you. His latest album Perle ai porci came out in November.

Opening up this Ferrara show was Fed Nance, who Blunt Shelter describes as “Italian beat magician.”

Joining Pufuleti on stage was German producer/beatmaker Wun Two.

Read additional details at kalporz.com

Pufuleti at Officina Meca Aps, Ferrara, Italy (09 Dec 2023)

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Canadians (they're actually Italians)

Tour 12/04/07 ETNOBLOG Trieste 12/05/07 BANALE Padova 12/06/07 RENFE Ferrara 12/07/07 TAGO MAGO Massa 12/08/07 CORTE DEI MIRACOLI Siena 12/10/07 YOUR NOISE (on MTV) Milano 12/14/07 ARCI TAUN Fidenza (PR) 12/15/07 TEATRO CARTIERA Rovereto (TN) 12/21/07 LYNX CLUB Vicenza 12/28/07 OFFICINA 49 Cesena 12/29/07 FEEDBACK Foligno (PG) 01/05/08 RATATOJ Saluzzo (CN) 01/18/08 CORALLO Scandiano (RE) 01/25/08 ESTRAGON Bologna 02/08/08 NEW AGE Roncade (TV) 02/09/08 VIBRA Modena 02/16/08 CORALLO Scandiano (RE) 03/12/08 SXSW Austin, Texas 03/13/08 SXSW Austin, Texas 03/14/08 SXSW Austin, Texas 03/15/08 SXSW Austin, Texas 03/16/08 SXSW Austin, Texas Discography [2005] The North Side of Summer (EP) [2007] A Sky With No Stars [2007] Summer Teenage Girl Band Members ♥ Duccio Simbeni ♥ Michele Nicoli ♥ Massimo Fiorio ♥ Vittorio Pozzato ♥ Christian Corso ♥ Enrico Bedon Sounds Like Weezer, Grandaddy, Teenage Fanclub, Beach Boys, Urusei Yatsura, Death Cab For Cutie Chuck Norris Fact Guns don't kill people, Chuck Norris kills people!

Here's the deal, I'm clearing out about 30 album reviews this month, so I can get a fresh start in 2008. So basically, I'm threatening you with MULTIPLE posts per day. This is my 348th post (my goal is 365 prior to December 31st).

Anyway. What's your favorite Chuck Norris Facts?

Mine's:

Why didn't they find Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?
Because Chuck Norris lives in Texas.

 

Canadians - Summer Teenage Girl

Canadians

Massimo Fiorio compiled a bestselling Italian book called I Fermenti lattici dello yogurt di Chuck Norris sono tutti morti (the title suggest something to do with death and yogurt????).

Fiorio is the bassist for Canadians, a strange name for a band consisting of Italians! They're setting out on a long tour starting today (Nov 4th) and looking at their calendar, they're doing SXSW 2008 and MTV Italia.

I'm also very glad to see that the song they've chosen for their single is "Summer Teenage Girl", my favorite song off A Sky With No Stars. They're offering the song as a free download from their official website.

I've read that their debut EP The North Side of Summer (released in late 2005) garnered amazing reviews from traditional magazines and blogs & webzines. I don't think you can buy the EP anymore. I know the initial pressing the bands produced were completely sold out.

 

Canadians - 15th Of August

Then they entered in the Heineken Jammin' Contest in 2006 and was eventually featured as a "Breaking Band" in the NME (resulting in being the first Italian bands to get reviewed in their Breaking Band column).

So obviously the song of choice is "Summer Teenage Girl", but I also wanted to draw your attention to "15th of August" which is another favorite song off the album. It has a great intro to the song that will perk you up. I'm almost going to guess that the song writer probably wrote it on August 15th of this year?

So, the debut album is called A Sky with no Stars and released by Ghost Records. Apparently the single for Summer Teenage Girl is very, very limited. There's only 100 copies produced. You can pick up the single here for €6,50 EUR. That's like $5000 or something.

 12/04/2007 11:27:28  vu my♥posts canadiansmusic.com myspace.com