Wooden Shjips《Vol. 1》

美國加州新迷幻樂團Wooden Shjips，去年發表首張同名集，雖然大派迷離虛幻樂曲，不過樂隊最好的時刻始終是早期出品之中。 《Vol. 1》收集樂隊以往在不同廠牌旗下發表的黑膠作品，全部都是已Deleted的罕有音源。

早期金曲《Dance,California》，那澎湃音量，以及緊湊卻是Radio Edit版，略嫌唔夠喉，也不夠原汁原味，而《Shrinkking Moon For You》送上好媲70年代德國Krautrock體系中重型份子Guru Guru的Spacey色彩，至於《Clouds Over Earthquake》的Minimalism味道，跟早期Spacemen 3同出一轍，虛蕪蒼白的聲音，帶出懾人的張力。

長達11分38秒的《Sol'07》，像是13th Floor Elevators般長篇迷幻Epic，連綿不斷的結他演奏，進入無重的飄浮狀態。

toe Tour "New Sentimentality" Sequel in South East Asia concert in Hong Kong

Best known for its swift, acute beat and rhythms, clean melodic guitar settings and refreshingly riveting live perfomances, toe is the internationally reknown math/post-rock instrumental music group of four that has created a whirlwind of musical excitement since its inception in 2000. toe's eloquent musical uniqueness comes from its ability to glide intricate, subtle morphs in beat and rhythm on incendiary rock motifs, and a masterfully woven flowing texture of fresh acoustic guitars. Combined with emotionally absorbing live performances, it is one of the most refreshing instrumental bands on the forefront of Japanese indie music. The band's exceptional musical prowness has also often been compared to critically acclaimed and internationally recognised acts such as Pele and The Album Leaf. toe's one and only South East Asian tour stop in Hong Kong, Don't Miss it.

Opening Act : The Lovesong
Door Open: 9:00p.m.

Ticket Price:
HKD$280 [Advanced]
HKD$320 [At Door]
each ticket incl. one drink

pre-sales tickets start for sales at White Noise Records

Payment Accepted by Cash and Visa/Master card
(3% service charge paid by Credit Card)

Ticket Outlet: White Noise Records
Address : 1/F., 4 Canal Road Road, Causeway Bay / 香港銅鑼灣堅拿道東4號1樓

Venue: Grappa's Cellar
Address: Jardine House (Basement), 1 Connaught Place, Central / 中環怡和大廈LG層

Co-presented by White Noise and cube productions
Official Venue: Grappa's Cellar
Media Partner : Time Out Hong Kong
Orange Amplifier Sponsored by Parsons Music
Supported by Macba Piccba Industrias, Orange (Guitar Amp) and Canopus (Drum)

Total Informations : White Noise
Tel : 25910499 / 93093659 / whitenoise@netvigator.com
Facebook event pages
toe's official web-site http://www.toe.st
toe's myspace pages http://www.myspace.com/toemusic

Video Clips
path (live version)
velvet blanc (live version)
Goodbye feat. Toki Asako (Live at Fuji Rock Festival 07)
Goodbye (Music Video)

The Rubies《Explode From The Center》

Indiepop不一定故作Cutie孩子氣，帶點Retro色彩的Indiepop組合The Rubies，展示長大成人後的清新感覺，一樣可以悠閒怡人。

來自美國加州的The Rubies，兩位基本成員是Simone Rubi和Terri Loewenthal，他倆曾是Call And Response舊隊友，現在另組新組合後決定四處遊歷，跟不同樂手合作，以新形式帶來新鮮感。

首張專集裡《Explode From The Center》絕對稱得上是群星拱照，有Feist、Erik Glambek-boe (King Of Convenience) 、Maria Eriksson (The Concretes) 等大名歌手助陣，音樂上亦集合不同元素，像懷舊Space Disco風味的《I Feel Electric》，找來Feist客串演繹，鏗鏘美妙的Synth彈奏，最後重覆地唱著"I feel electric"，再以Vocodor作結，沾染紐約Underground Disco色彩；至於Simone和Erik男女對唱的《Too Bright》， 清涼感滿載，有如早年Everything But The Girl般真摯感人。輕盈Jazzy的《Room Without A Key》、60年代Sunshine-Pop的《Signs Of Love》、清幽典雅Swedish-Pop的《Turquoise》等作品，流麗的調子與豐富的編排，盡見美麗動聽，是張Summer Breeze唱片。

Kyte《Kyte》

來自英國Leicestershire的五人Post-Rock新貴Kyte，已有三年歷史，但成員平均年齡卻只有20歲，原來早於十多歲時已開始創作道路，青春確是無敵。

在典型Post-Rock聲音之中，Kyte在結他音量起伏邊緣，加入主唱和電子聲效點綴，使樂隊在同類型同風格新人裡，浮現出獨立的個人色彩。

樂隊於日本先行發表的首張同名專集《Kyte》，打頭陣的《Sunlight》，嘹亮的結他配合夢幻的歌聲，帶出晨光初露的爽朗怡人感覺，緊接而來的《Secular Ventures》，以弦樂、鼓聲和鋼片琴奏出美妙浪漫音符。《Planet》、《We Dream Too Much》、《Ghosts》和《They Won't Sleep》等作品，送上夢幻的Spacey之音，簡約的聲音，緊湊的結構，是Post-Rock最平易近人的一面。而碟內唯一一首純音樂作品《Home》，是首輕盈和諧的Indietronica小品，至於完場曲《These Tales Of Our Stay》，則是最典型Post-Rock曲風，結他與弦樂起承轉合，成為樂隊Epic之作。