My friend Syrinx had introduced Mew’s since March, and we love every single album they produced. John bought their tickets when I was in China, and because we booked that early, we got two fantastic seats ever.I never like standing because I am too short. Beside, I don’t like people jumping and sweating on me. (lol)

It was a cold raining night. We went there earlier by half an hour queueing for good seats. It was literately only 50 meters away from the band in the sitting seat first line. The warm-up band was ok, also touring with Mew in the UK.  The concert hall was full of young people and many scandinavia fans too.

Jonas Bjerre has incredible high voice and it combines with their music perfectly. He wore a causal white shirt and jeans. Jonas didn’t say much, but said it was their last performance in the UK, and it was kind of sad. I guess UK fans were passionate and crazy about their music and properly they didn’t expect like that.  The background animation was fantastic as well. It’s said that Jonas had designed all of them –  they were scary, weird and unusual. (I heard those images were from Jonas’s dreams). It was certainly creative, and so their music.

They performed most popular and well-known songs, such as ‘ Special, 156, Am I wry, no and The Zookeeper’s boy etc’. I don’t think two hours of their performance was enough, and of course, we wish them to perform all their songs, which is impossible.

The atmosphere, the quality of their performance, and most important – their music were superb. And the enjoyment was far beyond words that could describe. Mew played ‘Comforting Sounds‘ to be their last song, which was sad and emotional, and it was a perfect ending.

I found the black and white picture from Mew’s official website, which I can see myself and John in the first line of Level one! (haha)

Even I am not a huge electronic pop fan, I heard some songs from Florence + The Machine and Ladyhawke. They are ok, but not really my music taste. However, La Roux’s new album is outstanding and it worths recommending.

I realise that some music or album you need to listen more than one time, then will love it. Or even play in in different period. First time listen maybe a little bit judgemental, second time might feel interesting. Some music you wont’ be instantly loved it, but maybe second or third time. I do remember I didn’t like Keane’s third album ‘ Perfect Symmetry’ many months, but I love it so much one day after I listened them again.

I love all the songs in the whole album, especially song called ‘In for the Kill‘ ,’I’m not your toy’ and ‘Cover my eyes‘ but the whole album is amazing.

The Temper Trap

I always love to add new music into my Ipod. An Alternative band from Australia called The Temper Trap’s ‘ Condition’ is absolutely delightful to listen. The famous song ‘ Sweet Disposition’ is so hit and become the sound of 2009 according to BBC. When I listened their first song, I thought it is definitely a British Rock band, surprisingly they are from Australia. Also, They became so famous because this amazing album in the UK, then well-known in Australia afterwards.

Every single song in the Album are my favourite.

Green Day

We haven’t heard Greenday releasing new albums for such a long time. Even though I am not a huge Greenday fan, the new album called 21st Century Breakdown is fantastic. The album is not only random music, but actually tell a story. It is divided into three acts, each loosely following a young couple, Christian and Gloria, as they’re confronted with a manipulative, authoritative culture according from Culturebully. Would it be great that when you’re listening songs, you can imagine a movie?

It seems they wrote many songs for Heroes and Soldiers. I still love some of their songs, and never feel tired of them. Some of their songs always make me feel sad –  I call it as the rebellious sadness.

There are many favourite pieces in the album:

• 21 Guns
• !Viva La Gloria!
• Peacemaker
• ?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
• Restless Heart Syndrome

Muse

Great news that Muse released the New album called ” The Resistance” in September. It is more alternative + classical music combination. Great album and I’ve been listening since Sept.

They are all on the tour. Muse and Green day’s gigs are so expensive (£50), and also performed in O2 and Wembley stadium –  too big! We saw Muse in HK, and it was great, same price but you can see them so clear. However, they are too big in the UK, I don’t think they will perform in a small concert then. Pity!

I can’t wait to go to see MEW’s concert next week. One privilege living in London is to see many concerts regardless singers are superb or unnoticeable.

John bought Keane’s tickets for my birthday gift in March, and finally this is the night. We went there at 6 pm, and there were already many people queueing, and luckily we got the great seats to see them very clear. Surprisingly, there were many middle-age fans to see Keane as well.

The show was to celebrate 50th birthday of the Island Record Company. The island members took all the fans pictures and said it will post it their website, can’t wait to see myself in there. The show was started at 7 pm, and the warming brand was Ladyhawke, she sang about 8 songs, and she performed well, however, the microphone could be louder because audiences could not hear her voice clearly.

When Keane came out, the whole stadium was crazy with a lot of applause. Keane sang about many songs from first album Hopes and Fears including ‘everybody is changing’, ‘ We might as well be stranger’ , and ’somewhere we only know’; then ‘crystal ball and ‘nothing in my way’; then many songs from third album as well including ‘again and again’,'perfect symmetry’ and ’spiralling’…

Tom’s voice was absolute amazing and with his professional performance. He talked to audiences, even shook hands with audiences, and asked audiences to sing with him as loud as they could, (to be honest, every audiences could easy burst out everyone song from Keane). The background lights, the band performance and the atmosphere was stunning. It felt likes that Keane music was melting with audiences voices, and everyone was so indulging into their music and lost themselves.

Their music was so perfect and ‘ I lost my heart, I buried it too deep into the under the iron sea’. It was a remarkable concert and I wish they will continuously create great music.

I recorded one song on the spot only for one of Keane’s best fans from GZ – Syrinx Ye.

约翰在我3月份生日时候送给我Keane演唱会的门票，终于等到今晚的到来。早早6点就去排队，已经一条长龙，蛮多中年岁数的歌迷呢，幸好我们早去，找到2个正中不错的位子。

这个演唱会是为了庆祝 island 唱片公司50岁的生日而搞的，工作人员给歌迷各个都照了相做纪念，我也照了张，不知道去哪里看呢？7点就正式开场，第一嘉宾是ladyhawke，约翰蛮喜欢的新西兰女歌手，她长了8首主打歌，歌曲还不错，可惜麦克风不够大声，听不是很清楚她的声音。

当Keane出场时候，掌声雷雷，歌迷超级疯狂的叫喊。Keane唱了很多第一张成名著 Hope and Fear，每一首歌迷都跟着一起唱，然后唱了2首第2张专集under iron sea，唱得最多的是第3张专集，场面十分感人，歌迷的声音做为背景，和 Keane的声音融合在一起。

主唱的Tom的声音真的很棒，歌喉和歌底很好，加上他十分卖力和专业表演，和让大家感受到他对音乐的那种激情，从他的歌词和歌曲中流露出来。看得出他对歌迷很好，在场常和歌迷交流，惊奇的是，居然还跳下场和歌迷握手。现场的表演，灯光，气氛真的太完美了。当然我也和其他歌迷一样一起和Keane 合唱，虽然不算是他们的疯狂歌迷，但十分喜欢他们的所有的专集。

当场的气氛就象忘掉自我，沉溺在Keane的音乐中，就象歌词中 ’ 我的心遗失了，把它深深的埋在铁海中，埋在音乐的铁海中’…这场演唱会是我见过Muse之后最棒的一场show。希望他们继续创造好音乐给大家。

我录下下了一段片断献给最爱 Keane 的广州歌迷 － 叶嘉雯！

Discovered Ingrid Michaelson while I am listening in last.fm. so I gave it a try, then I became her fans instantly, and like her three of main albums. Her style is like Sia, Feist, and Priscilla Ahn, which is female vocalists, acoustic and indie pop. Moreover, her song called “Little Romance” was also in Sex And The City Volume 2.

Coincidentally, I just saw information in last.fm which states that in September 2008 she supported Jason Mraz during his European tour. Surprisingly, she will perform in Hammersmith Apollo in next Monday 27th April in London, however, I am not sure I can make it. But I do appreciate her music. Here are her main albums names:

This is her Myspace, and you can listen her music in last.fm.

无意中在 last.fm 听歌，在我自己创建的音乐图书馆（只选择我喜欢的歌手）它自动推荐一位纽约女歌手叫 Ingrid Michaelson，然后听了下她所有的专集，越听越喜欢，她自创歌曲，音乐风格象 Sia, Feist, 和 Priscilla Ahn一样，歌曲浪漫中带伤感，是适合春天季节听的歌曲！仔细看它的介绍，巧合中，Ingrid 还和 Jason Mraz 前年9月份一起在欧洲巡回演唱会合唱呢。

她的歌曲真的不错，27号还在伦敦演唱会，真想去，但现在23号，我觉得买票有点紧，周末去看看。3张专集都超好听：最新张叫：Girls and Boys，然后是 Be OK，我的最爱：Slow the Rain. 她的一首 ‘Little Romance’ 还是电影原声带 Sex And The City 选播之一！这是她的空间 Myspace，你可以在last.fm在线听下你喜不喜她的类型！

Discovered Jason when he had released his first albumMr. A-Z in 2006, and since then, his music is pleasure to listen to. Friends saw Jason performed in HK last month, and said it was an amazing concert. So we finally arrived Hammersmith Apollo last night, where there were many young fans already standing outside, trying to get the good spots to see Jason. We also lined up before it might get too late.

It started at 7: 30, and surprisingly, Jason came out and introduced the warm-up bands, one was Priscilla Ahn, who also sang with Jason for the song called “Lucky” later on. I like Priscilla’s music and her voice was pretty good.

After 8: 30, the whole concert was full. When Jason came out, fans started getting so crazy to welcome him. He basically sang his latest album – We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. When he and Priscilla were singing “Lucky”, then “I’m Yours”, all the fans were singing together and it was a fantastic atmosphere!

Overall, Jason performed very well, and he gave fans many surprises. We did enjoy his concert and look forwards his new album soon. (Jason cover picture is from Flicker.com)

在2006年发掘Jason出第一专集Mr.A-Z 的时候就喜欢上他的音乐，他的音乐让人感到十分阳光和放松，很有California, 沙滩,享受生活的味道。朋友们都去看他在香港演出，说他的表演超级棒呢。终于等到他在伦敦演出拉，昨晚，很多歌迷6点还没到就在排队，要抢最好的位子看Jason.伦敦演唱会都是一个价钱，只是你选择要站还是要做。所以歌迷都纷纷要提前排队，抢个头位。 我们7点也就排上队，等着开场。

7点半就准时开场，惊奇的事，Jason亲自出来介绍‘热身’队 － 一个叫Priscilla Ahn的吉他女歌手，声音和歌曲都不错。到了8点半，全场的坐位都爆满，当Jason出场时，歌迷尖叫声不断。当他和Priscilla唱 “Lucky” 和 “I’m Yours” 的时候,全场歌迷都纷纷和他一起唱，气氛超好！他主要唱他的最新专集，虽然没有唱很多首我的最爱，但他的表演功和调动歌迷的气氛十分棒。疯狂的歌迷被他的声线迷倒了。我们都期待他另一张新专集。

I have been searching some new music recently, and thanks for my friend Syrinx introduced Mew. Mew is a band from Denmark, established in 1995 with a musical style that is best described as a combination of indie rock and progressive rock (with shoegaze and dream pop influences). I have been listening their music these week and I like their album a lot, and highly recommend to you if you like indie rock.

Best albums: And The Glass Handed Kites and Frengers
Best songs:

You can hear their songs in last.fm here for free or visit their myspace.

最近在找有没有新歌或新专辑刺激下神经，要感谢广州的朋友Syrinx，一个很小就打从心底喜欢英文摇滚！她介绍给我去听Mew的其中一首歌。Mew是95年就成立的丹麦摇滚乐队，他们的音乐类型是indie摇滚加上电子摇滚。这个星期都在听他们的专辑。最喜欢的是我放在封面的2张专辑，里面的歌曲十分喜欢。喜欢indie rock的朋友们，我极力推荐哦。 上面是6首我的最爱也是比听的哦！你们可以上last.fm免费听他们的歌曲，或是去他们的空间 听！

After the Christmas break, school has started, and now it has become very busy with essays and exams again. The weather feels like approaching Spring. I can’t wait to see the spring and summer coming.

Despite the heavy-loaded school works, I still manage to squeeze some time to watch some TV programmes and music for relaxation.

Dexter Season 3

Dexter season three was 5 stars, and actually I love it since the season one came out. It is a cohesive drama with complex characters and stories. Each season has its theme about Dexter. First season is to find out who was Dexter, second season is that Dexter found out who is he and season 3 is what he wants to be. There is an exciting news to know that they are producing the season four. I wonder what is the theme in season four about Dexter?

Battlestar Glactica

Then following the remarkable dramma is Battlestar Galactica – the final season. It will be sad to see the end of the 5 years accompany. It has many perspectives to see different layers of people’s personalities, with political bureaucracies, power, moral choices, conflict, emotion, and the hope to survive. It was a fantastic TV series. The stories sometime are complicated, dark, even depress in season three, however it shows people never give up their hopes. And It does portray many aspects of multifaceted human being. This is one of the reason I like this TV drama. “We” are complicated.

Skins 2009

I Watched 2008 Skins last year. At the beginning, I thought it was one of those stereotypes teenage stories. However, it did surprise me that the story uses about 6 characters who is around 15 to 20 years old, describe the complex emotional problems of the modern young generation. It is a period for them to find out who they are and what they want to be. I guess everyone has the same experience when they grow up. They are passionate, energetic, and even troublesome. They sometime make mistakes, but they are still learning and the most important thing is to discover themselves. This is the story of skins. Of course, stories are basic on teenage in the UK, it might be a different culture as we grow up

Music – Lily Allen

New album “It’s not me, it’s you” 4 stars out of 5. There are only few songs I think they are ok, the rest is very nice. Recommended!

The killers – Day & Age

It’s not new anymore, few months old now. The song “human” is controversy about the lyrics, but it is a very nice song and album! Good value!

I discovered Sia Furler while we watched last episode of the TV series “Six Feet Under” a year ago. The song “Breath Me” is unforgettable and wonderful ending for the TV series. Thereafter, I have been listening Sia’s since then. Sia was one of the vocals in Zero 7 previously and went solo in 2005.

In Shepherds Bush Empire night on 9 Oct, the concert set decorated with toys and fluorescent, I guess it matches her third album’s image – funky and cartoonish. At the beginning, surprisingly, Sia and her band members all dressed up in a halloween skeleton outfit approaching the stage. Sia sang the most from the album “Some People Have Real Problems”, including Destiny and The Pageant of the Bizarre wrote for Zero 7. Sia used her popular hit ” Breath Me” end the show. The fans were so enthusiast with big applauses and on-call, and Sia moved into tears in the end.

Sia has a gorgeous, dusky voice, sometimes it reminds me as a Jazz vocalist. I enjoyed the concert and so pleased to see her performance.

I recommend her best album “Some People Have Real Problems”to you, especial “Breath Me”, “Sunday”, “The Pageant of the Bizarre” and “Soon We’ll be Found” – they are my favorites.

Here is her amazing music video of this song in Youtube: Sia-Soon We will be Found

Go to see more pictures of the concert in Flickr by Preamble . The cover picture was taken by him too.

I have been using lastfm for almost a year and I love it so much. last.fm is a UK base internet radio for music lovers to listen music, or explore similar artists. All you need to do is to apply for an account and add all your favorite artists in to the library. The system will look at your music taste and introduce more good music to you. You might find that other users will recommend various music to you as well.

The web site is stylish and very easy to use! Besides, it also has HK and Taiwan popular artists in Chinese.

I use it to play music when I surf the internet. I know there are a lot of similar websites, but I highly recommend this one to you.

用了lastfm这个在线音乐网站一年了, lastfm是一个英国十分流行的internet播放器，它让我爱不释手，几乎一上网就习惯要打开它，作为我音乐的背景。网站设计十分时髦，新型和使用超级简单。你要登记一个账户，然后找寻你喜欢的音乐歌手，系统会跟你介绍类似你喜欢的歌手，让你接触更多你喜欢的音乐；也有些歌迷会介绍好听的歌曲或歌手给你。

它不仅有英文歌手，还有中文歌手介绍，我极力推荐给爱音乐的你。