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| Pitchfork |
 The story of Suede splits well into two acts: the first version of the band, with guitarist Bernard Butler, and the second version of the band, with Butler gone and replaced by Richard Oakes, as well as keyboardist Neil Codling. The first version of the band released two albums, the crackling, sexually aggressive debut and the grotesque, brilliant, and dark follow-up, Dog Man Star, made as Butler and the rest of the band were pulling apart. The original version of the band fed on the tension between its two songwriters, Butler and vocalist Brett Anderson, and the records it made were harrowing and complex, both musically and lyrically.When the band reconstituted after its messy split with its guitarist, Anderson was in no mood to make another Dog Man Star. It's a difficult kind of record to follow up-- to come back with something that aimed for the same epic sweep and catharsis of that album would have ensured failure. Instead, when Anderson began to write with his new partners, he sought to change almost everything. The new Suede would be a very different band from its predecessor, even though it had the same singer and rhythm section. The new pieces had a lot to say about that. Oakes and Codling immediately began writing new material for the band, and Anderson found that what they were writing fit well with the new direction he hoped to take the band in. It wasn't a clean stylistic break, necessarily. Oakes had found his way into the band by sending a demo tape to the Suede fan club; when Anderson overheard drummer Simon Gilbert listening to it, he thought it was an old Butler demo, and the 17-year-old guitarist vaulted to front of the long line of people auditioning to be Suede's newest member. Codling came to the band more conventionally: He was Gilbert's cousin, and the new songs they'd been working on immediately after Oakes joined required keyboards, so he was hired. This new three-way creative partnership was considerably less volatile than the Anderson/Butler pair, and partly as a result, the music lost its dark edge....full text |
| Sputnikmusic |
| The 90s were a great decade for music over in jolly old England. Britpop bands such as Blur and were forging new paths, using the palette provided by forerunners such as The Smiths, The Jam, among others. Older groups, Pulp for instance, were finally receiving due commercial success. While it’s no secret that the UK has played host to many of the greatest musical acts of the 20th century, there was no denying that the 1990s were a fitting end to a revolutionary century. However, of all of these acts, one stood tall as the most popular and successful, and as the least well-receipted in North America: Suede. Originally known as The London Suede, Suede helped to define Britpop as what it is today, inspiring countless artists through their music and accolades. From their early management at the hands of comedian Ricky Gervais (who would go on to fame with The Office), to the guest drumming of Mike Joyce (formerly of The Smiths), to their various line-up changes, Suede were constantly evolving. Throughout the course of their career, each successive release would showcase new songwriting influence from the revolving cast of members’ inspirations. Of these, their third album, 1996’s Coming Up, features the best mix of Suede’s talent and their creativity. Coming Up, the group’s second of three number one debuts in the UK, injected more 70s glam rock elements into their sound, resulting in an album that was two parts David Bowie and one part The Smiths. Coming Up was the first album to feature guitarist Richard Oakes (a seventeen year-old prodigy of sorts, nicknamed “Little Dickie” by the press), who replaced Bernard Butler, and keyboardist Neil Codling. Suede employed many new songwriting techniques into Coming Up, infusing them with new instrumental sounds. The result was a diversified piece of pop, with a hint of sleaziness, that would spawn five hit singles....full text |
| Bbc |
| "Pick a fight with Suede, you gonna pick a fight with the Suede fanbase," warned Matt Lucas on Shooting Stars in 1997. Leave aside the fact that Lucas was then dressed as a menacing man-baby: the truly surreal thing about this pop culture nugget is its target. Suede, suburbia’s moodiest, druggiest misfits, were now so mainstream-famous that they could be knowingly mocked on primetime, thanks to their biggest album yet, the hit-rammed, melody-overloaded Coming Up. Fifteen years later, it seems obvious that Britpop’s John the Baptists would rise from the grave to claim some of the rewards being lavished on lesser lights like Kula Shaker and Shed Seven, but it wasn't at the time. Despite their punchy 1993 debut generating a whirlwind of hype, the loss of wunderkind guitarist Bernard Butler and the sprawling darkness of 1994’s subsequent Dog Man Star read like a two-part commercial suicide note. Replacing Butler with a teenage fanboy and the drummer’s cousin was hardly encouraging. Yet amongst the B sides, lost songs and demos lovingly collected in this third lavish re-issue from the Suede back catalogue (the compilers clearly taking Matt Lucas’ threat seriously) lies the first clue that everything was about to go magically right. Together, a 1994 B side, was the first collaboration between Brett Anderson and new guitarist, Richard Oakes: its shamelessly poppy ebullience, fizzy guitars and breezy bubblegum vocal created a blueprint for the album which followed....full text |
| Onemagazine |
| Pregatiti-va garderoba pentru vara viitoare, le-au spus designerii fashionistelor si fashionistilor la saptamana modei de la Milano. Asa ca intre doua cocktailuri pe plaja sau la piscina, incepeti sa luati notite pentru garderoba barbatului de langa dumneavoastra. Daca este pasionat de sporturi ar face bine ca anul viitor sa-i placa golful. Prada l-a interpretat si reinterpretat si le propune domnilor curajosi combinatii de carouri si flori, de bejuri si culori tari, toate accesorizate cu sepci de golf si genti cu flori in care crosele sunt mai mult un accesoriu. Poate ca nu va spune "nu" in fata acestor provocari, dar nu pot sa garantez ca acelasi lucru se va intampla cu jachetele sau pantofii batuti cu pietre care completeaza tinutele Prada. Vezi aici prezentarea casei Prada Si Vivienne Westood promoveaza sportul. Colectia de primavara-vara 2012 este marcata de Jocurile Olimpice de la Londra, asa ca tricourile au fost imprimate cu torta olimpica, atleti din Grecia antica sau medalii de aur. La capitolul costume, Vivienne are a creat atat pentru barbatul clasic cat si pentru cei care prefera o tinuta casual. Un costum ca la carte este, in viziunea ei, insotit de vesta pe sub sacou. Amatorii de tinute mai lejere vor fi o adevarata aparitie vara viitoare: pantaloni harem la costum, tricouri in loc de camasi si curele colorate. Vezi aici colectia Modelele casei Alexander McQueen au fost coborate de pe o scena indie-rock. Sarah Burton propune carouri si dungi in nuante de alb si negru, presarate cu nuante de rosu, galben sau albastru. Un look rock studiat, cu accente glam in sacouri cu flacari, animal print sau pantaloni aurii. Vezi aici prezenatrea...full text |
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