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The entire one hour show, includes a "pretend encore" encore (The Zero 7 song, "Distractions"), was shot at the Hiro Ballroom in NYC on September 12th, 2007. I think they were just finishing up Some People Have Real Problems around this time, so you do hear some of her new songs on this DVD release ("Academia", "Day Too Soon", and "You Have Been Loved" to name a few).
The DVD opens up with the hidden-track from Problems called "Buttons". Combining "crude" child-like drawings with neon fluorescent colors (an wonderfully catchy song to boot) it was really hard to top that. Although I will confess that "The Girls You Lost To Cocaine" came very close.
The best part of the show was when Sia pulled a tooth out of her bra shortly before "Breathe Me". The tooth was from her guitarist, who had the tooth taken out the previous night. What I took out of this is what a strange creature Sia is. She's like this child, keeping a tooth close to her chest the whole time!
Sia and company seems at ease on stage, not at all nervous. They knew the show was being filmed, but you get the impression that Sia welcomes this. The video editing by director Nic Wrathall and 5.1 surround sound are excellent. I'm just surprise it took them this long to get the whole thing together as a DVD release. I don't think there is a bluray version, but seeing as it was shot in high-definition, I wouldn't be surprise if they decide to release a bluray version later on.
The special features includes four official music videos, including the wonderful "Soon We'll Be Found" video. The rest of the features is Sia and friends recording random "Behind the Scenes" snippets. These bits aren't very long, but it gives you a glimpse to the band and what they're like on tour. It's really meant for hardcore fans as it will just seem boring to casual fans... But if you do decide hunt for the eastereggs, try and find "pushups for shots" videos. I love hearing "Too easy, mate! Too easy!", followed by Sia's pushups.
For those wondering, the complete song listing is here:
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- Buttons
- Little Black Sandals
- Lentil
- Day Too Soon
- Sunday
- Destiny
- Breathe Me
- Electric Bird
- You Have Been Loved
- Academia
- The Girls You Lost To Cocaine
- Distractions
Can't get enough of Sia? She recently released an exclusive iTunes live EP called Sydney. It's seven tracks from her in-store performance at the Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, and it's available now for $7.
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07/18/08 Arezzo Wave - Livorno, Italy 08/09/08 Carpi/Modena, Italy 08/29/08 Burning Man - Black Rock City, Nevada
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Costanza Francavilla, or simply known as Costanza is an Italian singer, has a full length album out on July 8th called Sonic Diary. After putting the album in to listen, I instantly think of electronica and trip hop, but with a dreampop quality, as her singing style is often breathy, sexy, and deamlike.
Looking at the very impressive/see-through press material, it looks like her music's been licensed out to a variety of television shows (CSI, L Word) and movies (.45, starring everyone's favorite Milla Jovovich). It doesn't surprise me, as this type of electronica music (think Moby) works well as background music.
However, I think the one thing people might know her from is her collaboration with British electronic artist, Tricky (and, sure, you might know him from another Jovovich film, The Fifth Element).
Apparently, Costanza who was a fan at one of his show gave Tricky's drummer a three-track demo CD and that was passed onto Tricky, who absolutely loved it. So all the songs on his Vulnerable album in 2003 featured Costanza's vocals with two songs co-written by her ("Stay" and "What is Wrong").
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One of the most bizarre and interesting song from their collaboration is their cover of XTC's "Dear God". I wouldn't go so far as to pronounce their version equal or better than the original grand epic song in three and a half minutes, but I will have to admit that it's "different". I think if I didn't know about XTC, I would really love Tricky and Costanza's version. (Side note: their cover of The Cure's "Love Cats" is better).
Now, if you thought "Dear God" was weird, the very original electronica take on Fugazi's "Promises" and Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" must be heard to be believed. The way she sings "promises are shit", with her Italian accent, it doesn't sound bad or naughty at all.
Other songs I thought were interesting is the opening song, "Just Another Alien". Not so much a song, but a series of questions that she was probably asked when she was applying to live and work in the USA. The Italian song, "I Tuoi Occhi Sono Pieni Di Sale" (featuring Riccardo Sinigallia) was also interesting, it made me want to learn Italian. I did use babelfish and it tells me that the title translate to something like "Your Eyes Are Full Of [knowledge?]", so I'm assuming it's a personal/love song?
The one song that I think everyone will really enjoy is "Silence". This is such a dreamtronica song, full of child-like and innocent singing on a very lush music background. I feel like the song belongs to a soundtrack to a movie.
Fans of electronica lounge music, made famous by such compilations such as OM: Chilled and Lounge Experience series, should really enjoy this. These songs are perfect for either laying around the house or at a small party, really good for any occasion.
It looks like she'll be playing a few dates in Italy with Marco Messina. If you aren't lucky enough to live in Italy, her album Sonic Diary is out this Tuesday. For convience, you can actually get high quality MP3 from Amazon right now.
PS, Usually we just have one or two releases on Tuesday that I need to do coverage on. So I normally check on Sunday and work on the review that very day or, at the latest, on that Tuesday. I thought I was sitting pretty as I've already taken care of two releases already that was meant for July 7th (Connected) and 8th (Matt Keating), but we still have these that's being release this week: Wire's Object 47, The Coke Dares' Feelin' Up, Son Ambulance's Someone Else's Deja Vu, Patti Smith/Kevin Shield's The Coral Sea, and Costanza's Sonic Diary. If I have missed anything, please accept my apologies and contact me right away.
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Illuminate is the third release from Karmacoda, the female fronted, four-piece San Francisco based band.
To me, the album is very mood oriented, putting me in certain relaxed moods as I listened. This band has had a lot of success in the past with their music on soundtracks of TV and film and I can see why, as the music on this current album could easily fit into backgrounds of what one may be watching on screen.
I prefer more up-tempo music myself, but one track on Illuminate that I really liked is "Turn". This track has a very catchy chorus and the vocals by Heather Pierce are almost soothing in a mellowed Swing Out Sister tone.
The bands' songs are truly melodic in nature with emotion that illuminates the listener to what is being felt by the band on any particular track.
Overall, it is a bit too emotional for me, but the songwriting is excellent and the sounds created by the band are hypnotic. I would Reco Mend this CD to anyone that likes to feel the emotion in the music.
03/03/2008 20:17:23
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02/15/08 Belly Up San Diego, CA 02/16/08 Club Congrss Tucson,AZ 02/18/08 Fillmore SF, CA 02/19/08 Wonder Portland, OR 02/20/08 Richard Vancouver,Can 02/21/08 Showbox Seattle, WA 02/23/08 Avalon Theater SLC, UT 02/24/08 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO 02/26/08 Fine Line Minnes, MN 02/27/08 Turner Milwaukee, WI 02/29/08 Metro Chicago, IL [More tour dates on myspace]
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Christopher mentioned Sia before (see link), well, she has a new album out on January 8th, 2008 (on sale in the UK on Jan 14th), called Some People Have Real Problems. It looks like her theme for this album is all pixelated "kid" drawings (I think they're all her art actually...).
The pixel art is also extended to her website, which may sound like a cool concept, but I just think it's hard to navigate. Please webmaster, stop using burning bright colors...
Sia Furler was already in the music scene with Crisp, an acid jazz band before releasing her debut OnlySee album in 1997.
She signed to Sony with Healing is Difficult (2000), but didn't get major recognition until Colour the Small One (2004). I first heard of her through the smash-hit song "Sunday" with that crazy video where she's being abused and trampled upon.
So anyway, in an effort to support her fourth album, Some People Have Real Problems, she is going to be on tour from February through March at fairly indie-friendly venues (I'm speaking from experiences because she's actually going to do Minneapolis).
I thought the best song off the new album is "Academia" because of the clever lyrics:
I am a dash and you are a dot
When will you see that I am all that you've got
I'm a binary code that you cracked long ago
But to you I’m just a novel that you wish you'd never wrote
I’m greater than x and lesser than y, so why is it
That I still can't catch your eye?
You're a cryptic crossword, a song I've never heard
While I sit here drawing circles I’m afraid of being hurt
12/26/2007 22:20:31
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