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2008-06-14, 6:52 PM
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams & Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
很難相信這是Destroyer生涯第八張專輯了。這組來自溫哥華的樂隊，可說是首領Dan Bejar的獨門組合，一人包辦填詞、譜曲與演唱。
堅忍十年，上一張作品Destroyer's Rubies終於出頭，新碟Trouble In Dreams則再接再厲，調配出更恢弘的曲勢。一如生涯中期的David Bowie，弦樂與合成器清晰可見，專輯中段兩首皆超過六分鐘的長篇作品My Favorite Year與Shooting Rockets（from the Desk of Night's Ape）更是承接整體重量的樞紐。
Destroyer向來出名的兩門絕活兒也不會缺席: 清脆的吉他音色詩意又懷舊，而Dan Bejar咬字似Bob Dylan的寫實嗓音，個性十足。一張讓人憶起秋日午後金黃落葉的可親作品。
於多倫多廠牌Paper Bag發行兩張EP，以貝斯手為主唱的加拿大四人樂隊Tokyo Police Club轉投Saddle Creek，推出了讓人久等的首張專輯Elephant Shell。
曾被喻為「可能的」加拿大版The Strokes，Tokyo Police Club對我來說更像是他們的北國同鄉The Stills。青春無敵的後龐克吉他聲線、輕搥式的定格鼓擊與似乎尚未發育完全的稚嫩童嗓，他們的優勢是宣洩了年輕人取之不竭的無限精力，供應了整夜狂歡後依舊無缺的腎上腺素。可是音樂性上，與其他數以千計的面貌模糊的新團並無太大不同。
未來還長，再多加把勁。
（原文載於《破報》復刊513期）
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Pulp先生,
我是暑假七月八月要去紐約生活的窮學生
想請問如果想看bloc party,wolf parade或spiritualized之類的有些知名度的團
有需要在台灣先訂票嗎?
還是現場排隊大部分都可以買到?
由 jung 發表於 June 14, 2008 11:48 PM
Hola Pulp,
Looks like you have quite a following among Taiwanese indie kids hoping to make it in NYC! Like Jung, I just moved to New York (Brooklyn) and I've always looked up to you as a sort of pioneer in Chinese-language NYC music blogging. I'm wondering if there's a community of similar Taiwanese music lovers in this city, where they gather, etc. 有緣份的話希望能在紐約的Bowery Ballroom/Terminal 5/Mercury Lounge等音樂集散地碰到妳 ;).
由 obvistrokes 發表於 June 15, 2008 12:18 PM
to jung,
有知名度的團（如你提到那三組），絕對要先買票。選擇Will Call的現場取票方式，到時帶ID和信用卡領取即可。若不幸Sold Out，就試試這吧:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/tix/
to obvistrokes,
I met music lovers there by chance. I think I'm quite lucky; one of my classmates in New School is also from Taiwan, and we appreciate same kind of music, so we went to lots of concerts together.
You won't meet me in Bowery or anywhere else this year, maybe next year. Ha.
由 pulp 發表於 June 15, 2008 7:37 PM
這篇文章比較了Destroyer中期兩張專輯Streethawk: A Seduction與This Night:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2008/05/destroyer_debate_streethawk_vs.html
這邊則有Tokyo Police Club電台表演實況:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/07/tokyo_police_club/
由 pulp 發表於 June 20, 2008 10:05 PM
還是超愛這張的!!
由 Elvis 發表於 July 3, 2008 1:09 AM
To obvistrokes,
(Pulp, sorry use your website for contact :))
I am in NYC and I go to show quite often. (Next one is Sonic Youth on 7/4)I would like to meet people who can go to show with in NYC. Feel free to email me.
Ashley
由 Kerroro 發表於 July 4, 2008 11:16 AM
pulp
不知是否可以將我數月前的留言刪除掉
由 obvistrokes 發表於 March 15, 2009 1:30 PM
