2005 Demon Days

Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
FLAC | 332 MB | program: Exact Audio Copy | no covers, no log, no cue

Demon Days is the second studio album and a concept album[1] by Gorillaz, released on 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 24 May in the United States. The album features contributions from De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina Topley-Bird, Roots Manuva, MF DOOM, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde, Shaun Ryder, Dennis Hopper, the London Community Gospel Choir and the Children's Choir of San Fernandez.

Elvis Costello - The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos [DVD] (2005) {Demon Vision}
DVD9 -> 7.26 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | Dolby AC3, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch | ~ 155 m | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 58 Mb | 5% repair rar | Subs: English, Deutsch, Francais, Italiano, Espanol, Portugues
© 2005 Demon Vision / Warner | 5051011 1532-2-8
Rock / Alternative Rock / Indie / Contemporary Pop

This DVD, a unique collection of the visual works of Elvis Costello, boasts a grand total of 27 videos and includes material rarely seen since the original release of the singles they supported. From his first Radar Records single in 1978, "I Don't Want To Go To (Chelsea)," to his final video for Warner Bros., "13 Steps Lead Down" (from 1994's Brutal Youth), this is a must purchase for all serious Elvis Costello enthusiasts and fans alike. EC’s promo videos in chronological order and four songs that were never issued as singles at all. The six Warner Brothers videos have never been commercially available before. Each video features a commentary from Elvis Costello himself.

To open this oddball supergroup's debut, Paul Simonon hints at "Guns of Brixton," and when Tony Allen's flex rhythms come in, there's a shadow of Fela Kuti, too. Then Damon Albarn's slow grit of a voice enters–framed by Simon Tong's flecked guitar. And collectively, The Good, the Bad, & the Queen is quickly sui generis, adamantly different than anything you think you've heard. A band with this much power has at least two options: to cut loose raucously or to mute their overt power for a more covert, dub-inflected atmospheric potency. Smartly, Albarn and his crew opt for the half-light of elastic bass lines, the clouds between the parentheses of drums–the covert. It's not until "Kingdom of Doom," the erstwhile 'single' of the album, that motion expands beyond the languorous. And even then, Tony Allen largely sits out. You get the full flush of Simonon and Allen on "Three Changes" shuffling time even while holding the tempo to a dubbish gait. It's not Blur, the Clash, Fela, the Verve, or Gorillaz. It's more than just names on albums.

The fifth work of the project, consisting of vocalist Gary Barden (ex-MSG, ex-STATETROOPER и ex-PRAYING MANTIS) and guitarist Michael Voss (DEMON DRIVE, CASANOVA, MAD MAX, ex-BONFIRE). Calling on the help of such personalities as Tommy Denander (RADIOACTIVE) and Mike Bar (ex-SISTERS OF MERCY), the band recorded pretty strong material for all fans of the melodic hard rock of the European school.

Blur dissolved slowly so it follows that their reunion was protracted – a halting reconvening that produced understated singles and excellent concerts spread out over a period of six years. Finding a headlining appearance at Japan's Tokyo Rocks festival canceled in the summer of 2013, the band holed up in a Hong Kong studio for five days, producing several reels of jams they abandoned until guitarist Graham Coxon decided to shape them into songs with the assistance of producer Stephen Street, the collaborator behind their greatest albums of the '90s. It's an unwieldy history for The Magic Whip, a record that's casually confident and so assured in its attack it feels like a continuation, not a comeback.