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changeset 184:6508aef37131
Update home page with Ancient Winds quotes.
| author | Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com> |
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| date | Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:01:25 -0600 |
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| files | madeira/templates/index.html |
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--- a/madeira/templates/index.html Fri Jan 15 22:17:58 2016 -0600 +++ b/madeira/templates/index.html Sat Jan 16 15:01:25 2016 -0600 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <p>On these pages you will find the latest news from the band, show dates, songs & videos to download, photos, and merchandise information.</p> <p>Please also visit The Madeira on <a href="http://facebook.com/themadeira">Facebook</a> and - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMadeiraSurf">YouTube</a>. + <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMadeiraSurf">YouTube</a>. Send us email at: <a href="mailto:themadeira@themadeira.net">themadeira@themadeira.net</a>.</p> <br class="clearfix"> </div> @@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ <a href="/buy/"> <img src="http://themadeira.net/media/photologue/photos/AncientWindsCover.png" alt="Ancient Winds Cover" title="Ancient Winds" - class="img-rounded img-responsive" /></a> + class="img-rounded img-responsive center-block" /></a> + <br> + <img src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sg101.user.photos/wy5EAHwFRP6NMNa8uXJ75Q.jpg" + alt="Pipeline Magazine's 2015 Album of the Year" + title="Pipeline Magazine's 2015 Album of the Year" + class="img-rounded img-responsive center-block" /> </div> </div> <!-- ################################################# --> @@ -48,6 +53,39 @@ <div class="col-md-5"> <blockquote> <p>“ + It's difficult to imagine, but The Madeira just keep getting better + and better... The guitar sounds are utterly superb, the playing is + spot on, the band is as tight as anything, the arrangements are top + notch and, in [lead guitarist] Ivan [Pongracic] and rhythm guitarist + Patrick O'Connor, they have two terrific tunesmiths... Occasionally, I + get this terrible fear of not being able to convey in print just how + good an album is - and this is one such example. Doh!!! Ancient Winds + is fully deserving of our Album of the Year award for 2015, just go + buy it! + ”</p> + <small>Alan Taylor, <a href="http://www.pipelinemag.co.uk/">Pipeline Instrumental Review</a> (UK) 99</small> + </blockquote> + </div> + <div class="col-md-4"> + <blockquote> + <p>“ + Ancient Winds stands like a giant above all other releases from 2015. + In fact, I might go so far as to say it's the greatest surf album of + all time. [T]hey are a group whose members are some of the greatest + instrumentalists in their (or any) genre and the songwriting is + unparalleled... The album plays out like an epic, taking the listener + on a heroic journey not unlike that of Odysseus. I absolutely love the + music, the concept, and even the beautiful artwork which would look + positively stunning on a record sleeve, hint hint. + ”</p> + <small>Chad Shivers, <a href="http://southernsurfstomp.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-best-of-2015-list-kind-of.html">Southern Surf Stomp</a></small> + </blockquote> + </div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-5"> + <blockquote> + <p>“ Again the band pushes the boundaries of the surf genre... and the result is a truly stunning album. This time out the Madeira seem more driven, like a band on a mission, and as a result "Ancient Winds" is @@ -58,6 +96,29 @@ <small><a href="http://reviewsbyslam.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-madeira-ancient-winds-2015.html">Slams Reviews</a></small> </blockquote> </div> + <div class="col-md-3"> + <blockquote> + <p>“ + The whole album is huge, has a legendary feel to it, and bounding it together is a relentless pulsating rhythm. + ”</p> + <small>Hunter King, Runner-up for "Gremmy Awards 2015: Best Modern Instro Record 2015", + <a href="http://www.stormsurgeofreverb.com/content/gremmy-awards-2015-best-modern-instro-record">Storm Surge of Reverb</a></small> + </blockquote> + </div> + <div class="col-md-4"> + <blockquote> + <p>“ + In their new material, the American instrumental surf music quartet + added various mythological references to its arid, aquatic world and + crystal clear sound. The result is a story told through songs without + the need for words. + ”</p> + <small>Rodrigo Herrero, "THE BEST FOREIGN ALBUMS OF 2015", + <a href="http://musicainclasificable.blogspot.mx/2016/01/los-mejores-discos-extranjeros-del-2015.html">Musica Inclasificable (Mexico)</a></small> + </blockquote> + </div> + </div> + <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4"> <blockquote> <p>“ @@ -75,9 +136,7 @@ <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Winds-The-Madeira/product-reviews/B013KUL0AU/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#">Amazon Review</a></small> </blockquote> </div> - </div> - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-md-6"> + <div class="col-md-5"> <blockquote> <p>“ If any album this year was burdened by enormous expectations, it @@ -93,7 +152,7 @@ <small><a href="http://musicainclasificable.blogspot.mx/2015/09/resena-madeira-ancient-winds-double.html">Musica Inclasificable</a></small> </blockquote> </div> - <div class="col-md-6"> + <div class="col-md-3"> <blockquote> <p>“ The Madeira take listeners on a journey around the Mediterranean and @@ -106,6 +165,24 @@ </blockquote> </div> </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2"> + <blockquote> + <p>“ + Using classic surf music as its primary touchstone, Ancient Winds still sounds utterly contemporary. + The Madeira takes surf guitar tropes and adds edge, darkness, complexity... There’s no kitsch here, no hokum or + retro, only a serious band that unpacks some serious chops and also works the riffs in a gleefully satisfying way, + suggesting Moorish Spain as channeled through a Fender Twin Reverb... [T]he Ancient Wind’s appeal: a record where + you can land on any track and find a great cut, where the reverb and amplification are so saturated they push the + riffs close to the edge, folding them inward until they almost disappear into a beautiful Kashmir cloud... + Here is the rumble of Link Wray and the speed of Dick Dale, a raw danger that deserves greater exposure and + acknowledgement in mainstream rock... [T]he artistry and musicianship on display on Ancient Winds shows there are + other shores the surf can land on. Here be dragons, indeed. + ”</p> + <small>Craig Breaden, <a href="http://progarchy.com/2016/01/03/impressions-of-the-madeiras-ancient-winds/">Progarchy</a></small> + </blockquote> + </div> + </div> </div> <!-- ################################################# --> <div class="row"> @@ -201,7 +278,7 @@ </p> <p> <a href="http://guitarplayer.com/march2014"> - <img src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sg101.user.photos/39efb6b4dbb44a7ba0959e7a442e53dd.jpg" + <img src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sg101.user.photos/39efb6b4dbb44a7ba0959e7a442e53dd.jpg" alt="Guitar Player March 2014" title="Guitar Player March 2014" class="img-responsive img-thumbnail" /> </a> </p>