14 Iced Bears

Modern Music Underrated Bands

'Sure to See',bass guitars are so perfect you can feel it in your organs.
i think they aren't well-know band.But you must(i'm not saying 'you should')listen and meet their music.

You can find in their music shoegaze,indie rock and indezed with pop lyrics.

Certainly,they catched a great melody,great gitar combinations but miserably they're forgotten so i wanted to write about them and maybe more
three or four people will discover their great music.There isn't anything better
than this feeling(if one person listen them by means of modern music
,it will be great)

14 Iced Bears - In the Beginning

The Most Modern 10 (6)

1.Divine comedy - diva lady
2.Raconteurs - Blue Veins
3.Gary numan - in a dark place
4.The walkmen - Louisiana
5.Tom verlaine - Nice Actress (New!)buy this great album
6.Beautiful South - Manchesterbuy this
7.Tom Yorke - Black Swan
8.Dears - Hate Then Love (New!)buy this
9.Sonic Youth - Incinerate
10.Young Knives - here comes the rumour mil(New!)

You should listen Young Knives new album 'Voices Of Animals And Men'.it's quite good for a new band.Also i writed about The Dears new album Gang of losers,you shouln't miss this album,i can say it's one of my fav. from inside of new albums.

The Beautiful South - Superbi

Rating:6.7/10
Modern Music Album Review

Small happiness with gentle guitar tones
Opening song 'Rose Of My Cologne' you'll hear female vocals
country melodies with a little joys?Yeah definitely it.We can remember 80s
with their new single Manchester.Shining and also lively.

'There Is Song' is slower and this song explains their style.also we can say
Beautiful South doesn't changed its style.it's still great listenable release for
their funs.Always there are melancholic songs in their albums.

This album tastes more adult pop and adult rock.Combination of female and male vocals
are great in song named 'The Cat Loves The Mouse'.You need to listen this album
for falling in it.Because lyrics and little guitar rhythms can be noticed by more
than two spin.Honestly i didn't get anything first listen,but after my third listening
songs tried to take me in.

Misery and meloncholy are the dominant elements in this album you'll directly
see it.But low guitar melodies are hidden ,so take your drink and play the album.
I'm sure you'll feel great.But you can also say misery isn't proper for the summer,
you are wrong and right.Sometimes its great to listen slow albums like Beautiful South did.

'When Romance Is Dead' is a weird song.it's starting slow but suddenly it goes lively and
it's wanderful.Paul Heaton is enough good for listening this album.The weakest song is
Meanwhile,i think it decays the album when you're in the middle of listening.
you may think to close the listening.in same way 'Space' is doing same work,These
songs can choke you.

You can find 'Never Lost A Chicken To A Fox','Form Now On' a little alt. country song and a little
ordinary.But complete of this album is quite listenable and delightful.

picks:The Cat Loves The Mouse,Manchester.
Buy This Album

Spotlight:Johnny Dowd

Johnny Dowd was almost 50 when Wrong Side of Memphis, his record of wracked country-folk-rock tunes, drew comparisons to Nick Cave in the alternative press. To a degree, the parallel is justified. Wrong Side of Memphis, after all, is devoted in large part to murder songs and tales of doomed sinners, and suffused with outlaw paranoia. Yet Dowd is -- as someone who grew up in Texas, Memphis, and Oklahoma, and now runs a trucking business in upstate New York -- someone who's genuinely closer to the source of American creepiness. He's also not so damn serious about it all; aside from the gallows humor permeating much of his work, his crackly voice tends to undercut any traces of self-importance. Dowd's sound is dominated by his singing and guitar, yet spooky dabs of organ and synthesizer place him outside of the rootsy Americana camp. His debut immediately established him as an important cult figure whose weirdness seemed to be wrought from true experience, and not the result of some phony pose. On his second album, 1999's Pictures From Life's Other Side, Dowd edged slightly away from the cliff, using a full band of musicians and a female backup singer to craft a punchier and less folk-rooted sound. His singing and lyrics, however, remained nearly as disquieting as they were the first time around. Temporary Shelter, issued in early 2001, and Pawnbroker's Wife, from the following year, were more accessible, produced records. Cemetary Shoes followed in 2004.
Modern music recommends his Pictures from Life's Other Side album

8 Countries 8 Bands

United States
Botanica - Berlin Hi-Fi(2006)
How is a great song from Berlin Hi-Fi.

Germany
Fool's Garden - Ready For The Real Life(2005)
Maybe little commercial but Does Anybody Know is a great single from the album.
Also they've great songs like Lemon Tree,Probably,Why Did She Go? from their
previous albums.Fool's Garden is a band which you shouldn't miss.

France
Louise Attaque - A Plus Tard Crocodile(2005)
Si l'On Marchait Jusqu' à Demain,See You Later Alligator

Japan
Buffalo Daughter - New Rock(1998)
New Rock, Great Five Lakes, Socks, Drugs and Rock'n'roll
New rock is a good melody you should check it out.Vocals are so transparent,guitar
tunes strange.They influenced from Beastie Boys.

Belgium
Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice(1999)
Maybe you heard their hit song 'Too Many DJs' but there are great songs in this album
When Logics Die is my pick from the album.

United Kingdom
Keane - Under The Iron Sea(2006)


Netherlands
Maida Vale - Neo-Bliss (2005)
Maida Vale is a Rock / Metal / Progressive band.i can recommend 'Guide to the game o'
from their Neo-Bliss Cd single.

Spain
Martyn Jones
Martyn Jones composes, plays and records artsy/rock type music for pleasure,
and for occasionally sharing with anyone who wants to listen.Make a difference
is a great work.
You can listen and download free his songs from here

Why these countries?Because from up to down , they visited more modern music .

Album of Week:Half Japanese

Half Japanese - Bone Head
With 'Futuristic Lovers' in this album,it's great. i'm very happy to listen such a great album.Strange vocals belongs to Jad Fair.
Strange guitar riffs with cool vocals.Great,great it's very suitable to listen this album wtih some Jonathan Richman,Velvet Underground,Lou Reed,Cramps.This is what i'm going to do right now.All these names are strange and all these names are perfect for me.i'm saying and saying it again Half Japanese's 'Futuristic Lovers' song is so fascinating.There is a song named 'Sometimes' in this album so short so energic so original so weird.Piano melodies with bizarre background noises.if you lookin' for a different,extraordinary style i can recommend this album.
Also 'Celebration' is an enjoyable song from this album.
The album was recorded in Switzerland and was released by Alternative Tentacles Records in early 1997.
You can listen and buy this album from here click

The Dears - Gang Of Losers

Rating:8.5/10
Modern Music Album Review:
Indie Rock
The Montreal band led by Murray Lightburn is a little more rocking and a little less orchestral on this follow-up to 'No Cities Left.'
It's very great to hear their new album after their stunning debut "No Cities Left".

Album opens with an intro named 'Sinthtro' ,then "Ticket To Immorality" which is the first single, is spreading Murray Lightburn's
soulful singing. On "Death Or Life We Want You", you'll instantly notice sharp guitar attraction, but this song can't charm you as "Hate Then Love" does. The song contains well-known Dears-like up and down waving motions which we know from first album. It feels like everytime different. First time, i loved vocals, but second time i loved atmosphere of this song, great melody, one of the best song in this record. I considered 'Hate Then Love' with "Lost in Pilot" from their first album.

You can find more indie and post-rock tunes in "Gang Of Losers" according to "No Cities Left". We're slowing with There Goes My Outfit. 'Bandwagoneers' is an another great, standout light. Starting of this song and vocals are very similar with The Smiths and Morrissey songs
, but they're really great and original. 'Bandwagoneers' are including best vocal performance
becuase vocals are so liquid and back effects and ambiance are perfect. I liked very much end of the song.

Murray Lightburn is one of the most promising new singer, he uses his voice professionally.
After Listening "Bandwagoneers" which is again of my fav., you hear "Fear Made The World Go 'Round" and With the song, the record proves that charming melodies never disappears.You'll say forthwith this album is a complete album. There aren't any crap songs or lack of melody. "Fear Made The World Go 'Round" is a louder song than the others. "Find Our Way To Freedom" is the best recent work of dears, including saxophone. Think that, what will be if Lightburn's voice is joning with saxophone?

"Whites Only Party" seems an energetic song but it isn't.Colourful melodies with misery,i think if it would be sauce,it was very delicious. You can see openly Morrissey influence on Lightburn's vocals in this song.

"Gang of Losers" is some kind of airy emotional record yet. The emotions which make Gang of Losers very good indeed.
MM picks: Hate Then Love, Bandwagoneers, Fear Made The World Go 'Round
This title will be released on August 31, 2006. You may order it now

Cover Cover Cover

R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan(Leonard Cohen)
REally succesfull cover,i'm listening this song like an other song.
Cover should be in this way,you should add something to the song from
yourself.Starting of the song can't be so wanderful.It's a cover which you
must definitely add your archive.This cover touchs you,it feels something very
influential.

I'd really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station
I told you I told you I told you I was one of those

Michael Stipe uses his voice perfectly as usual.i won't say anything to guitars.
Amazing Cover...

You can find this fantastic cover on I'm Your Fan Leonard Cohen (Tribute) album.

Neil Young hits out at George W Bush

He explains his anti-war album

Rock legend Neil Young has spoke out against US involvement in Iraq as he explained his reasons for releasing his anti-war album 'Living With War'.

The LP, released last month, contains songs which amount to a protest against the 2003 US involvement in the war in Iraq and subsequent military presence.

Young, 60, told The Observer he wanted to speak out in order to inform the US citizens of the situation.

He said: "A big part of what this record is about is just getting the information out there that Americans have a conscience about what's happening, too. There's a lot of people in America who didn't want this war to happen, who just want to be able to express themselves about this situation, but for various reasons they are not being heard. In a way this record is not for me, it's for them."

He added: "My voice, and what I think as an individual, is much less important on this project. It's the project itself that's the important thing. It's about making yourself heard."

Young admitted he was initially reluctant to commit to such a project - but such were his feelings he couldn't let it rest.

He commented: "For a while, you know, I didn't feel it was my place. Being 60 years old."

He added: "We need a leader who's more cautious, not so reckless with things they don't understand. Other cultures need to be respected. Culture itself needs to be respected. I mean, I feel Saddam was bad and had to be overthrown, but are we smart or are we stupid? At this point in our evolution, with all the technology that we have, there has to be a better way of doing this than bombing a country into oblivion."