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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: brennser on December 07, 2005, 10:43:00 am
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Elefant - also a downloadable mp3 on the site
http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/elefant/blackmagicshow/index.html (http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/elefant/blackmagicshow/index.html)
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The Shins Get Stoned
Indie darlings bring late-night psychedelia to next album
Despite the boost the Shins received from being featured in last year's indie buzz film, Garden State, the Portland, Oregon-based rockers are insisting on creating their third album, the follow-up to 2003's Chutes Too Narrow, at their own pace. "I told SubPop, 'We go on tour so consistently that when we get home we're not rarin' to jump into the studio, OK?'" recalls singer-songwriter James Mercer.
That's not to say the band hasn't been getting it done. The Shins -- Mercer, drummer Jesse Sandoval, keyboardist Marty Crandall and bassist Dave Hernandez -- laid down drum tracks with producer Phil Ek (Modest Mouse, Built to Spill) this September in Seattle, and are finishing their album in Mercer's home studio. They hope to release the album -- either under the title Wincing the Night Away or Sleeping Lessons, both references to Mercer's crippling insomnia -- next summer.
"I've been mixing mikes to get really weird sounds," says Mercer, who has yet to write most of the album's lyrics. "That's probably the last thing I do." But Mercer will allow that the songs on the "twenty-five-percent complete" album chronicle "human-condition stuff." "One song is about the Fifties, when all of these modern conveniences were being invented -- like microwave ovens," he explains. "People predicted that we wouldn't work as much, but we work just as much, just more efficiently. Human life is about enjoying it, and this American worth ethic prevents people from really experiencing life."
Sonically, Mercer is exploring new territory, with more synth, piano and finger-picked guitar than on previous records. And where their creative process is concerned, the band wants to return to the laidback feel of recording their debut. "Oh, Inverted World, was a lot of sitting around with headphones on, smoking pot at five in the morning," Crandall confesses. "Sometimes it's crap, and other times it's great." Mercer adds, "Instead of mixing in a hurry, we want to get back to the ability to treat each sound with special effects and have it be a more atmospheric-sounding record. We really think of ourselves as a psychedelic band. That's the shit we listen to."
Or, as Hernandez puts it, "Our roots are getting high and listening to Pink Floyd."
Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/8909366/theshins?rssfeed=musicnews&rnd=1133719099130&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872)
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The new Elefant song sucks...if I wanted to listen to circus music, I'd go to the f*cking circus...
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NEW RECORD:
A Blessing And A Curse
Due out: April 2006
Producer: David Barbe
Mixed by: John Agnello
Studio: Fidelitorium in NC and Chase Park Transduction in Athens, GA
The Drive-By Truckers have just finished up their seventh record in the studio. A Blessing And A Curse is tentatively scheduled to come out in April of 2006 on New West. The record was recorded at Mitch Easter's studio, the Fidelitorium, in NC and at producer, David Barbe's studio, Chase Park Transduction, in Athens, GA. David Barbe once again oversaw the producing and John Agnello mixed the record.
NEW KONG:
Patterson has posted a new song he recorded in his living room last week, titled "King Kong '76". You should go take a listen and read what he has to say, before the hype of the movie takes over... http://www.pattersonhood.com/ (http://www.pattersonhood.com/) : < http://www.pattersonhood.com/> (http://www.pattersonhood.com/>)
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THE JENNY LEWIS ALBUM WILL BE ON ALL OF YOUR TOP 10'S.
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Originally posted by you be betty:
THE JENNY LEWIS ALBUM WILL BE ON ALL OF YOUR TOP 10'S.
OK THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, SCREAMING 15 YEAR OLD GIRL!!
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It's pretty decent, but nothing earth shattering. As a country chanteuse, she's no Patsy Cline. Or even Neko Case for that matter.
Originally posted by you be betty:
THE JENNY LEWIS ALBUM WILL BE ON ALL OF YOUR TOP 10'S.
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Rhett Miller - Believer due Feb. '06. It's all about sex. Yup.
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by you be betty:
THE JENNY LEWIS ALBUM WILL BE ON ALL OF YOUR TOP 10'S.
OK THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, SCREAMING 15 YEAR OLD GIRL!! [/b]
ANY TIME, CREEP.
I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELEASE FROM SIMON DAWES AND A NEW PHANTOM PLANET ALBUM. I HEARD SOME OF THE NEW STUFF LIVE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY FINALLY FOUND A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN THE LATEST ALBUM AND THE OLDER ONES.
THIS IS STARTING TO GIVE ME A HEADACHE.
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His wife is pregnant with their second child. I see a future of no more sex for Rhett Miller.
Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
Rhett Miller - Believer due Feb. '06. It's all about sex. Yup.
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LOL :)
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
His wife is pregnant with their second child. I see a future of no more sex for Rhett Miller.
Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
Rhett Miller - Believer due Feb. '06. It's all about sex. Yup.
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Originally posted by you be betty:
Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by you be betty:
THE JENNY LEWIS ALBUM WILL BE ON ALL OF YOUR TOP 10'S.
OK THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, SCREAMING 15 YEAR OLD GIRL!! [/b]
ANY TIME, CREEP.
I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELEASE FROM SIMON DAWES AND A NEW PHANTOM PLANET ALBUM. I HEARD SOME OF THE NEW STUFF LIVE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY FINALLY FOUND A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN THE LATEST ALBUM AND THE OLDER ONES.
THIS IS STARTING TO GIVE ME A HEADACHE. [/b]
1F U 7H1NK TH4T W4S B4D W41T UN71L W3 ST4R7 74LK1NG 1N L33T!!1 LIK3 0MG!!
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by you be betty:
Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by you be betty:
THE JENNY LEWIS ALBUM WILL BE ON ALL OF YOUR TOP 10'S.
OK THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, SCREAMING 15 YEAR OLD GIRL!! [/b]
ANY TIME, CREEP.
I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELEASE FROM SIMON DAWES AND A NEW PHANTOM PLANET ALBUM. I HEARD SOME OF THE NEW STUFF LIVE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY FINALLY FOUND A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN THE LATEST ALBUM AND THE OLDER ONES.
THIS IS STARTING TO GIVE ME A HEADACHE. [/b]
1F U 7H1NK TH4T W4S B4D W41T UN71L W3 ST4R7 74LK1NG 1N L33T!!1 LIK3 0MG!! [/b]
L0l0L0l0L0l!!11 0mG, u S0 D1dN't jUsT g0 tH3Re!!!!111 r0TfLmAo!!!111eleven
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
1F U 7H1NK TH4T W4S B4D W41T UN71L W3 ST4R7 74LK1NG 1N L33T!!1 LIK3 0MG!!
Thanks for taking me to Brokeback Mountain last night, I had a blast.
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133T (http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1601805/) Jeopardy.
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Mike Ness says another solo album likely, perhaps less of a country direction and perhaps "more in a Bob Dylan direction. Who knows. As long as it's better than the last one." Everybody was afraid to ask him to clarify.
And surprisingly, Ness said that "Sex Love and Rock and Roll" is not the last Social D album. There were songs that weren't finished for the last album and they wrote while on tour over the last year. Don't hold your breath for the next one though - what's the average between SxDx albums, 5-6 years?
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New album from Richard Ashcroft should be be great. The songs I've got so far are great.
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Mike Ness and Bob Dylan in the same sentence? That's very fun.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
1F U 7H1NK TH4T W4S B4D W41T UN71L W3 ST4R7 74LK1NG 1N L33T!!1 LIK3 0MG!!
Thanks for taking me to Brokeback Mountain last night, I had a blast. [/b]
The pleasure was all mine?
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Joey Burns Talks New Calexico Album
Jonah Flicker and Amy Phillips report:
Ennio Morricone's fantasy house band, Calexico, have some surprises in store for their fans when the follow-up to 2003's Feast of Wire comes out this spring. Due April 11 on Quarterstick, their longtime label, Garden Ruin seeks to cement Calexico's reputation as more than just "that indie rock band with Mariachi horns".
"I guess it kind of sounds different from previous records," frontman Joey Burns told Pitchfork earlier this week. "The Southwestern element is downplayed more on this release. It's focusing more on the songs themselves. There's no instrumentals on this record."
Burns said that Calexico's desire to branch out was inspired by working with Iron & Wine and Neko Case (the band appears on her forthcoming album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood), as well as touring with Wilco. "It's helped us reconnect to the music scene in the States more, and I can see where in the past our music and our style has maybe been hard for people to identity with here, especially outside of the Western states. So having gotten to tour with Wilco and Iron & Wine, and playing festivals like Bonnaroo, has helped us play to bigger audiences and [ask], ??What is about us that makes us different?' and 'What else do we have to offer that hasn't been highlighted before?'" "Listening to bands like Iron & Wine and Sufjan Stevens, digging into this tradition of singer/songwriters from the States, has had a big influence," Burns said. "I wanted to put down the nylon string guitar and pick up the steel string guitar, which may sound like a small factor, but for me, what you gravitate towards as far as what you're going to write songs on really does have an influence as far as where the songs are going to go."
The lyrics on Garden Ruin have more of a liberal political bent than the usual Calexico fare. "Touring a lot in Europe has presented a lot of questions to the band," Burns explained. "How do you feel about your government? Your country's choice for president? What's going on outside the international boundary lines? Living close to the border of Mexico, being born in Montreal, Canada-- these things kind of make you think outside of the TV box and what's being said and what's being focused on. So I think all things have an influence at some point on your life and eventually it kind of settles into your writing and your experiences as you get older, travel about, do music."
Garden Ruin tracklist:
01 Cruel
02 Yours and Mine
03 Bisbee Blue
04 Panic Open String
05 Letter to Bowie Knife Version 2
06 Roka
07 Lucky Dime Version 1
08 Smash
09 Deep Down Version 1
10 Nom de Plume
11 All Systems Red
In addition to the new album and their work on the new Neko Case record, Calexico have other collaborations planned, including work with Gotan Project and singer/songwriter Marianne Dissard (who appeared on Calexico's 2000 album Hot Rail.
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On New Year's Day (and only New Year's Day) you can download a song from the upcoming album.
http://www.blessingandacurse.com/ (http://www.blessingandacurse.com/)
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
NEW RECORD:
A Blessing And A Curse
Due out: April 2006
Producer: David Barbe
Mixed by: John Agnello
Studio: Fidelitorium in NC and Chase Park Transduction in Athens, GA
The Drive-By Truckers have just finished up their seventh record in the studio. A Blessing And A Curse is tentatively scheduled to come out in April of 2006 on New West. The record was recorded at Mitch Easter's studio, the Fidelitorium, in NC and at producer, David Barbe's studio, Chase Park Transduction, in Athens, GA. David Barbe once again oversaw the producing and John Agnello mixed the record.
NEW KONG:
Patterson has posted a new song he recorded in his living room last week, titled "King Kong '76". You should go take a listen and read what he has to say, before the hype of the movie takes over... http://www.pattersonhood.com/ (http://www.pattersonhood.com/) : < http://www.pattersonhood.com/> (http://www.pattersonhood.com/>)
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They had that DBT download on Xmas day too, but I missed it. I'll make sure to get it on New Years Day.
I'm not sure how I feel about the comments about the new Calexico. I'm not a fan of Iron and Wine or Sufjan.
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JUNE 2006
THE CHARLATANS have revealed more details about their upcoming new studio album.
The band entered Hook End Manor Studios in Oxfordshire with producer Jim Lowe last month (July 18) to begin work on the LP ?? expected to be called ??Simpatico??.
Tracks set to be included on the record include ??For Your Entertainment??, ??N.Y.C. (There??s No Need To Stop??), ??The City Of The Dead?? and ??For All Others??.
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Release date: April 18th
Rock trio Secret Machines has finalized the track list for its second Reprise album, "Ten Silver Drops." In the same vein as its nine-song 2004 predecessor, "Now Hear Is Nowhere," the new set spreads eight songs over 45 minutes, including the eight-minute psychedelic epic "Daddy's in the Doldrums."
The Band's Garth Hudson contributes an accordion solo on "I Want To Know," while piano and layered vocals power the album-closing power ballad "1,000 Seconds."
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
They had that DBT download on Xmas day too, but I missed it. I'll make sure to get it on New Years Day.
I don't want to spoil it for you...but...
<img src="http://images.wwbw.com/products/full/Jupiter/34995.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Has horns in it, or it blows? Or both?
Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
They had that DBT download on Xmas day too, but I missed it. I'll make sure to get it on New Years Day.
I don't want to spoil it for you...but...
<img src="http://images.wwbw.com/products/full/Jupiter/34995.jpg" alt=" - " /> [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Has horns in it, or it blows? Or both?
It doesn't blow. But it also does not strike me as one of their best songs. It's a Patterson Hood song - and I think my biggest complaint would be that he sounds 'uninspired.'
Unless my ears are deceiving me - it sounds like they are adding a variety of instrumentation - a barrage of horns @ the end.
They are definitely all grown up now.
I'll never forget my DBT indoctrination: It was my first @ SXSW. And it was my first gig of the first evening. It was one those rare unexpected musical events where you literally stand in awe of what you lucked upon. It was basically a live rendering of Alabama Ass Whuppin'. They were selling homemade copies of this project they were working on: Southern Rock Opera. It took me weeks to figure out what I had witnessed. I really miss that version of the band.
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Reposted from the other "Albums in 2006" thread that I mistakenly created (sorry!):
I note the Janurary 10th Kill Rock Stars release of The Gossip's new album: Standing in the Way of Control (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=95157696&s=143441). More dance-y, less garage-y than their previous stuff. Not sure I like it as much as 2003's Movement (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008XS3A), but it's growing on me.
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The Stills record and Richard Ashcroft should be coming out soon...I think the French Kicks and Walkmen will also release records this year...who knows..maybe even Interpol by fall...
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David Gilmour "On an Island" in March
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I'm too lazy to research dates now but off the top of my head, I'm looking forward to the following:
Fleeting Joys
Trespasers William
Dead Heart Bloom
Hinterland
God Is An Astronaut(EP)-['06 but I already have a copy]
The Voices
She, Sir
Monster Movie
Experimental Aircraft
Air Formation
Televise
Never Lose That Feeling (Vol. 2)
Hope Chest
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Clearlake
Secret Machines
Ted Leo
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and maybe the Built to Spill finally?
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Ah, how could I forget!?
The Flies
This is Sean Cook's (Spiritualized & Lupine Howl) new band.
It hasn't been released yet but will be soon. Somehow they found me and offered to send me a copy and I'm loving most of it. Of course, I'm a very big Lupine Howl fan. It's kind of laid back and settled like their latest work but there's something more exciting about it that sounds more like LH's earlier works. Maybe more of a blend between the various LH releases but with a new band. Kind of Bluesy at times like their earlier sounds but not as wild sounding. Nice production too.
This one is for you LazerGuidedMelodies, wherever you are. ;)
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Tool
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The Tyde
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Our new record, "Three's Co." comes out in the UK on March 13th. It's our third long player, recorded in Los Angeles in early 2004. It features special guests Conor Deasy (The Thrills) and Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) on vocals and bass, respectively. Look out for a 12" vinyl single featuring remixes from James Figurine (DNTEL) and DJ Nobody.++
Tracklist:
1. Do It Again Again
2. Brock Landers
3. Separate Cars
4. Too Many Kims
5. Glassbottom Lights
6. The Lamest Shows
7. Ltd. Appeal
8. County Line
9. Aloha Breeze
10. The Pilot
11. Don't Need a Leash
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i just bought my first CD of the year (2006 release anyway)
Wolfmother's s/t disc.
i guess you would call it prog. rock they are from Austrailia. its pretty decent so far.
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Originally posted by brennser:
The Tyde
recorded in Los Angeles in early 2004.
Erm. That was two years ago, is this twice B-sides?
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Cornelius will finally put out a new CD in 2006
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by brennser:
The Tyde
recorded in Los Angeles in early 2004.
Erm. That was two years ago, is this twice B-sides? [/b]
erm, how the hell would I know, maybe its a typo on their site - maybe they didn;t have a deal/money/time off from their jobs to promote
jesus - I thought you would be happy with the news!!
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from another part of their site
The Tyde??s third album, Three??s Co., recently completed at VisionQuest Studios in Los Angeles, is slated for release in March of 2006
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anyone know when the new Streetlight Manifesto album comes out?
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Buzzcocks
The latest in a fresh line of full-lengths since the band reunited over a decade and a half ago, Flat-Pack Philosophy hits U.S. stores on March 7 (a day earlier in the UK). The Buzzcocks' eighth studio LP will be released by Cooking Vinyl, and is the follow-up to their acclaimed 2003 self-titled album on U.S. indie touchstone Merge Records.
Pitchfork recently caught up with founding Buzzcock Steve Diggle, who spoke at length about what longtime fans can expect with the band's upcoming release.
"There's a lot of vibe and energy in this new album," Diggle said. "That's what people seem to be saying to me. There's a lot of classic hallmarks of the Buzzcocks style taken through to the modern age. We're rocking better than ever at the moment."
Flat-Pack's first single, "Wish I Never Loved You" will be issued February 20, backed by the b-sides "Don't Matter What You Say" and "Orion". The title track is currently streaming on the band's MySpace page (in case you're in need of musical salvation on your next dateless Saturday night). The album's full tracklist is as follows, punks.
Buzz cuts:
01 Flat-Pack Philosophy
02 Wish I Never Loved You
03 Sell You Everything
04 Reconciliation
05 I Don't Exist
06 Soul Survivor
07 God, What Have I Done
08 Credit
09 Big Brother Wheels
10 Dreamin'
11 Sound of a Gun
12 Look at You Now
13 I've Had Enough
14 Between Heaven and Hell
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Surely the album of the year
Dev2.0 (http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/Song-Albums/devo20/)
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I guess nobody knew.
Originally posted by skarider:
anyone know when the new Streetlight Manifesto album comes out?
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I guess nobody else cares.
Originally posted by skarider:
anyone know when the new Streetlight Manifesto album comes out?
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fixed.
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Arctic Monkeys eye record debut
The Arctic Monkeys' album could become the fastest-selling debut album in recorded chart history, after selling more than 100,000 on its first day.
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not sold 118,501 copies, outselling the rest of the top 20 albums combined.
It is expected to sell over 350,000 copies by the end of the week, breaking Hear'Say's five-year-old record.
"We knew day one sales were going to be big, but nobody expected them to be this huge," said HMV's Phil Penman.
The retail chain's head of music added: "It's as if they had won the X Factor, but achieving the same kind of sales without the benefit of a massive TV audience."
The Sheffield band built up a substantial fan base via the internet, before they were signed to Domino Records in June 2005.
Their debut single I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor topped the charts last October.
Follow-up When The Sun Goes Down gave the band a second number one last Sunday, and current sales figures put them in line to simultaneously top the album and singles charts this weekend.
The album has already sold more in one day than the debut efforts from Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand sold in their first week.
NME nominations
"They're well on their way to having the first million-selling album of 2006," said Mr Penman.
"If it continues to sell at this rate, there's even a danger shops could sell out by the end of the week."
Hear'Say's Popstars holds the current record for a debut album, selling 306,631 copies in its first week in 2001.
Earlier on Tuesday, the band picked up four nominations at next month's NME Awards, including best British band, new band, live band and best track.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/4643436.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/4643436.stm)
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has anyone picked up the new Clearlake (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CR7RFM/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_4/002-3250013-2035202?%5Fencoding=UTF8) album yet? Just curious....
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I have neither of these, but I think each are coming through town in the next month or two -- New CD reviews from the NY Times:
The Gossip
Standing in the Way of Control
(Kill Rock Stars)
On a pair of short, raucous albums, "That's Not What I Heard" and "Movement," this Arkansas-raised garage-punk trio made a furious and sometimes thrilling racket. The guitarist, known as Brace, unleashed a series of scraping, strutting pint-sized riffs, while the singer, Beth Ditto, howled and moaned, evoking everything from 1990's hard core to 1960's girl groups.
On "Standing in the Way of Control," the band's third album, the music simmers as much as it boils, especially on the title track, a slow-building four-minute song with a pared-down disco beat. (By this band's standards, four minutes is epic.) And "Eyes Open" is two minutes of shivery fear and longing; it could be a postpunk sequel to "I Walk the Line," by another singer from the band's home state. This is a transitional album: many of the songs seem underwritten without all that noise on top; sometimes it sounds as if the band is still trying to figure out what to do with its tense, restrained new sound. In fact, one of the best songs is one of the punkiest: an angular, three-minute feminist anthem called "Fire With Fire." KELEFA SANNEH
Test Icicles
For Screening Purposes Only
(Domino)
Britain is full of bands that turn their influences into a sound that's stylish and coherent; this is a British band (although two of the three members were born in America) that would rather make a mess. This debut album is full of giddy, omnivorous dance-punk songs: you can hear the expected new-wave precursors, but also more unexpected ones, like the Armenian-American freak-metal band System of a Down.
This is music that tries to be over-the-top and uncool: too hard, sometimes. But more often the songs are too contagious and exuberant to dislike, even the ones with self-mocking (but not quite inaccurate) titles like "Party on Dudes (Get Hype)." The band had a British hit with "Boa vs. Python," a furious little blast of hard-rock new wave. And "All You Need Is Blood" cheerfully shows off the group's short attention span: there's no way to predict the grime-inspired electronic beat that arrives, uninvited but not unwelcome, at the end of the song. KELEFA SANNEH
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How about the Capes? Anyone have an opinion on them yet?
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John Cale Produces New Alejandro Escovedo Album
Zach Vowell reports:
Good news: On May 2, Backporch Records will release The Boxing Mirror,
Alejandro Escovedo's first new solo album since 2000. Even better news
(in case you haven't heard yet): Escovedo has for the most part overcome
the Hepatitis C that left him collapsed on a Phoenix stage in 2003.
Thanks to the generosity of family, friends, and fellow musicians,
Escovedo has been able to fund his treatment and recovery despite his
lack of health insurance. (The 2004 Escovedo tribute album Por Vida,
featuring Lucinda Williams, Calexico, the Jayhawks, Son Volt, Steve
Earle, and many others, sure helped.)
Now that he's back in the game, Escovedo has enlisted one of his more
famous friends, John Cale, to produce The Boxing Mirror, which the pair
recorded with Escovedo's touring band in Los Angeles late last year. The
album will feature 11 new Escovedo songs, but has 12 tracks in all. If
you just go by the story the tracklist tells, it looks like Escovedo had
to settle a disagreement between John Cale and Larry Goetz (who,
incidentally, worked on Cale's 2005 effort Black Acetate) by including
both of the soundman's mixes of "Take Your Place".
Tracks:
01 Arizona
02 Dearhead on the Wall
03 Notes on Air
04 One True Love
05 The Ladder
06 Break This Time
07 Evita's Lullaby
08 Sacramento & Polk
09 I Died a Little Today
10 Take Your Place (John Cale mix)
11 The Boxing Mirror
12 Take Your Place (Larry Goetz mix)
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I love this idea:
Although no specific plans have been settled on, Casale says it "would be funny as hell" for Devo 2.0 to make an unannounced appearance at a regular Devo show at some point. "I think the greatest thing would be if they came out and did the exact same set we're about to do," he says with a laugh. "And then we come out and do it. I like that idea. By the time the audience sees us old guys, it's like, 'No! Bring back the kids!'"
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Surely the album of the year
Dev2.0 (http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/Song-Albums/devo20/)
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Drive By Truckers news:
It's been pushed up! A BLESSING AND A CURSE US RELEASE DATE: APRIL 18
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The new Trespassers William album will be out on February 28th. I can't wait for this one.
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How about these guys?
Here are the names of bands that flitted through the mind of a music critic while listening to the Capes' debut album, Hello: the Buzzcocks, Wire, Oasis, the Beatles, the Kinks, the Beach Boys, Squeeze, the Beatles (again), the Jam, the Kinks (again), the Beach Boys (again). That is august company, of course, and it is also indicative of the Capes' music, which is catchy, guitar-based pop/rock that edges toward punk/new wave rock, but also boasts enough keyboard blips to show greater musical sophistication, along with occasional harmonies to sweeten things and often clever lyrics declaimed in clear British accents. In the mid-'60s, many of these tracks could have been hit singles; in the late '70s, they could have set clubs pogo-ing. In the 2000s, they can admittedly sound somewhat retro at times, but the Capes manage to reinvent their influences for their own purposes and play with enough conviction to make this infectious music their own. And they throw enough odd ingredients into the mix (the Japanese "chat" in "Shinjuku Hi-5," the eerie synth riffs in "Francophile [Ver 1.5]") to give the songs individual character. The Capes are not just pale imitators of previous generations of British rock bands, even if they bring many of those bands to mind. They accomplish the feat of taking an utterly familiar style and coming up with something new.
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The Raconteurs (Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al...)
Two songs streaming on their website:
http://www.theraconteurs.com/ (http://www.theraconteurs.com/)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
How about these guys?
I heard them last year. Not bad, but not much to differentiate them from dozens of other retro Brit bands either.
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Just ordered myself of copy of Guitar Loops by J. Spaceman. It just came out on Ashley Wales and John Coxon's label Treader. Very excited for this.
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So what is it about the Arctic Monkeys that DOES differentiate them from the other retro British bands? Why are they getting so much attention?
Originally posted by ggw?:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
How about these guys?
I heard them last year. Not bad, but not much to differentiate them from dozens of other retro Brit bands either. [/b]
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Originally posted by ggw?:
The Raconteurs (Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al...)
Two songs streaming on their website:
http://www.theraconteurs.com/ (http://www.theraconteurs.com/)
Even aftering listening to those songs via crappy laptop speakers this record is going to be SUPERB.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
So what is it about the Arctic Monkeys that DOES differentiate them from the other retro British bands? Why are they getting so much attention?
duh! they have the newest album!!!!
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
So what is it about the Arctic Monkeys that DOES differentiate them from the other retro British bands? Why are they getting so much attention?
Originally posted by ggw?:
[qb] Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
[qb] How about these guys?
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It's a little more than the new album. They just charted with the highest debut ever in the history of the British charts. 360,000 sold in one week. That's huge over there, sort of like a million seller over here. What makes them different? A number of things:
1. the way they get so much attention about 8-12 mos ago. Internet releases. No label, no big-time manager, they did it all themselves.
2. they are VERY young but the lyrics are much better than your run-o-the-mill Brit band. Kids really got into the lyrics.
3. Their 1st show in London had to be moved to a bigger venue 3 times. Created a HUGE buzz. And they lived up to the expectation. Not just another retro band.
4. In the few interviews they've done, they've come across as humble and kind of awshucks. Not what the Brits are used (Gallagher Bros. sayng they'll be bigger than the Beatles.)
Anyway, not saying they are the best thing ever. But they are not just like all the over-hyped bands. They did it differently wihtout knowing any better.
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See the Artic Monkey's thread for more info. I just saw that the NYT did an article on Sunday. Called them "brilliant".
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But I meant musically, how are they any different? I guess it's those high quality lyrics.
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Now Is The Time! -POLYSICS (http://www.aaaanime.com/cds.asp?view=item&code=TOF024)
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What ever are you referring to, you net-nanny, you?
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well i could delete my post and make you look kinda foolish...
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The Features have a new blog (http://www.thefeatures.com/blog/) where they are posting demos for the new album.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
The Raconteurs (Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al...)
Two songs streaming on their website:
http://www.theraconteurs.com/ (http://www.theraconteurs.com/)
I see that you posted this before me, ggw. Sorry for the duplication on the "Listening" thread. I've now listened to the songs and like them. Good to hear both Jack and Brendan singing together.
I also like the retro web site.
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This could be interesting for thier cover of Air alone who Roger toured with. Great website with lots of streaming audio also...
Moog Cookbook - Bartell
Due to popular demand, the classic synthesizer space duo have finally released ALL their unheard songs. These are rare and unreleased tracks - Remixes, TV and Movie work, European/Japan-only releases, funny cover songs of hit records (of course), and even original music they wrote themselves!
Contains Moog Cookbook covers of songs by: T.Rex, AIR (French Band), Shonen Knife, Klaus Nomi, Cheap Trick, Foo Fighters, The Eels, and more!
This is an official release from the Moog Cookbook, not a bootleg. It contains full-color CD artwork featuring unseen photos and track listings, professionally mastered and packaged. Be the first on your planet to own one!
As of now this offering is ONLY available at Roger's site.
Stay tuned there's a lot more exciting news being prepared for transmission to you!
http://www.rogerjosephmanningjr.com/ (http://www.rogerjosephmanningjr.com/)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
well i could delete my post and make you look kinda foolish...
It only looks foolish on substandard machines, like yours.
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Kosmo, that Air remix is brillant. It originally appeared on the All I Need single. They took the classic original and turned it into dirty porno funk. I used to blast it in college all the time out my head.
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Did I already post this? Charlatans have demos of three new songs (http://www.myspace.com/thecharlatans) on their Myspace page.
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First single from the next Josh Rouse album. Very Joe Pernice-ish. Love the Spanish town scenes. Can't wait for my vacation in March.
http://media.nettwerk.com/mov/JoshRouse_QuietTown.mov (http://media.nettwerk.com/mov/JoshRouse_QuietTown.mov)
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sweet - thanks rhett
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
First single from the next Josh Rouse album. Very Joe Pernice-ish. Love the Spanish town scenes. Can't wait for my vacation in March.
http://media.nettwerk.com/mov/JoshRouse_QuietTown.mov (http://media.nettwerk.com/mov/JoshRouse_QuietTown.mov)
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No U.S. release date scheduled as of yet . . .
NEW ALBUM: 'MEDS'
On 13 March Virgin Records will release Placebo??s new album, ??Meds??. The track listing is as follows:
1. Meds
2. Infra-red
3. Drag
4. Space Monkey
5. Follow The Cops Back Home
6. Post Blue
7. Because I Want You
8. Blind
9. Pierrot The Clown
10. Broken Promise
11. One Of A Kind
12. In The Cold Light Of Morning
13. Song To Say Goodbye
??Meds?? will be Placebo??s first studio album since 2004??s ??Sleeping With Ghosts??, which went Top 10 in the UK and sold 1.4 million copies worldwide. In that time Placebo have gone from strength to strength selling out 10,000 capacity arena dates all over south and central America (Q Magazine witnessed this spectacle in Mexico, awarding it a 4-out-5 rating and describing it as ??a dancefloor rammed with screaming teenagers, wobbling under the weight of 15,000 pogoing bodies.?), and playing to a sold out Wembley Arena to celebrate the release of their Singles Collection, Once More With Feeling, where they were joined on-stage by Robert Smith for a version of The Cure??s ??Boys Don??t Cry?? and their very own, ??Without You I??m Nothing??.
Recorded over an eight week period at London??s RAK Studios, ??Meds?? marks the return of a very confident band who after 10 years together keep growing in stature. The first single from the album, ??Because I Want You??, is an urgent, impassioned plea to not give up on love; three-and-a-half minutes of joyous pop, reminiscent of the band??s early work and a strong indication of what to expect from the rest of the album. For this album the band returned to their roots, stripped away the layers and got to the heart of being a live, confident rock band. This they??ve achieved with the help of producer Dimitri Tikovoi, who insisted they had to make their first record again and try everything. As Brian put it: ??We allowed space for the songwriting to shine through rather than show up how clever we were and how good we??ve gotten at using the studio. We were going for simplicity rather than elaboration.?
The result is not just a molten, souped-up raw roar of a record, but also Placebo??s most human collection to date. Here are tales of fragile souls freaking out because they??ve forgotten to take their medication (??Meds??, which features VV of The Kills), of the blear-eyed shame of the bathroom mirror in a narcotic comedown dawn (??Cold Light Of Morning??), of ??your friends who are making extremely bad lifestyle choices? (??Song To Say Goodbye??), a beautiful, thoughtful ballad (??Follow The Cops Back Home??), and mysterious, haunting songs (??Space Monkey??). Here are stories - subtly unfolded - of loss, confusion, revenge, love, addiction and dependence.
The band will launch their world tour in S.E. Asia next month, at the Bangkok 100 Rock Festival, and arrive in the UK in April. They play Rock Am Ring/ Rock Im Park in Germany, 2nd and 4th June, co-headline the Friday night at the Isle of Wight Festival with The Prodigy on 9th June and then headline Nova Rock Festival in Austria on June 16th and Interlaken Festival, Switzerland, on June 17th. UK tour dates to be announced soon.
??Meds?? will be preceded by the single ??Because I Want You?? on 6 March.
Placebo are one of the UK??s most successful bands of the last 10 years, having sold one million albums in the UK and 6 million worldwide.
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Originally posted by ggw?:
The Raconteurs (Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al...)
Two songs streaming on their website:
http://www.theraconteurs.com/ (http://www.theraconteurs.com/)
I see that you posted this before me, ggw. Sorry for the duplication on the "Listening" thread. I've now listened to the songs and like them. Good to hear both Jack and Brendan singing together.
I also like the retro web site. [/b]
Here (http://locker.uky.edu/~mcjord2/Raconteurs%20-%20Steady%20as%20She%20Goes.mp3) is an mp3 of "Steady as She Goes"
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Here (http://locker.uky.edu/~mcjord2/Raconteurs%20-%20Steady%20as%20She%20Goes.mp3) is an mp3 of "Steady as She Goes"
Thanks!
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I am very excited to have read this just today!!!!
Guess there will be a tour and hopefully they will come to Sonar. ;)
new Mudhoney Album (http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/01/3107.cfm)
Mudhoney Expose Themselves To A Billion Suns
Tuesday January 31, 2006 @ 06:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
Mudhoney
It's one thing for a Seattle-based band to have survived the fall of the grunge scene relatively unscathed, but it's quite another for that same band to still be making well-respected garage-punk and psychedelic rock after 18 years. Mudhoney's sound hasn't changed to follow trends, and they continue their formula on their 10th album, Under A Billion Suns.
The record, which will be released on March 7 by Sub Pop, was produced by Phil Ek, Johnny Sangster and Tucker Martine. While the music made by singer Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, drummer Dan Petersand Australian bassist Guy Maddison is as loud as ever, Under A Billion Suns is said to be more political in its lyrics than previous works.
Mudhoney, comprised of former members of Green River and The Melvins, were one of Sub Pop's earliest bands and helped put the fledgling Seattle label on the map. Sub Pop released their self-titled album in 1989 and Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge in 1991 before the group moved up to the majors to record four LPs for Reprise. The band returned to Sub Pop for their last album, 2002's Since We've Become Translucent.
Here are the songs you'll find Under A Billion Suns:
"Where Is The Future?"
"It Is Us"
"I Saw The Light"
"Endless Yesterday"
"Empty Shells"
"Hard On For War"
"A Brief Celebration Of Indifference"
"Let's Drop In"
"On The Move"
"In Search Of"
"Blindspots"
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Stream the new Destroyer album (http://www.mergerecords.com/jukeboxes/destroyer/)
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Just finished mixing the new album which is gonna be called HANG LOVE. We're pretty damn psyched on it and are even more psyched to tour the fucker but first we have to tend to the garden for a few months. You know how it is.
http://www.burningbrides.com/ (http://www.burningbrides.com/)
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There's a Manilow renaissance? Oy, look what Rod Stewart started. Though I never knew Manilow went away! Even I admit he's no real singer, I just was young enough to fall prey to the stuff he wrote back in the day.
New CD's
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Barry Manilow
"The Greatest Songs of the Fifties"
(Arista)
The inexplicable Barry Manilow renaissance continues on "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties," which hit the pop chart at No. 1 last week. In Mr. Manilow's 1970's heyday, no one imagined that his modest voice would give him a second career as an interpreter. But he hasn't been writing songs lately.
Like other aging pop stars, he has already made albums of Tin Pan Alley standards, with chutzpah enough to redo an album of Frank Sinatra favorites. Now he's on to the 1950's, which, some people may remember, gave birth to rock 'n' roll. Not in the Manilow universe: this is an album of ballads, all of which reached No. 1 in much better versions. Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Dinah Washington, Tommy Edwards and Frankie Avalon have no worries.
The new versions orchestrate the songs as pure old-fashioned easy listening. There's no yearning, no mischief, no lust ?? just an unctuous diligence; the only dramatic tension is whether Mr. Manilow will go flat before the next note. Strings are slathered on thickly, horns are muted and any drums are a distant rustle. A listener could almost escape into the sticky-sweet perfection of the arrangements, but then along comes Mr. Manilow, right up front and earnestly trying to emote, which for him means laying on the vibrato.
He doesn't bring on guests who might outsing him except for a version of "Sincerely" with Phyllis McGuire, who sang it in 1955 with the McGuire Sisters. They were one of the white groups that covered 1950's R&B hits in blander, better-selling versions, yet Ms. McGuire still sounds friskier than he does. He is presenting the illusory 1950's of conservative mythology: placid, cozy, chaste and oblivious. Even if rock 'n' roll hadn't arrived, those years couldn't have been this dull. JON PARELES
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I was flipping through the channels recently, and there was Manilow doing a horrible, horrible version of some song one one of those skate with or dance with celebrity shows. Did I mention how horrible it was?
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Has anyone heard any of these yet? Opinions?
The Elected -- Sun, Sun, Sun
Clearlake -- Amber
The Subways -- Young for Eternity
The Minus 5 -- The Minus 5
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I was kind of hoping you had picked it up....
Originally posted by ggw?:
Has anyone heard any of these yet? Opinions?
The Elected -- Sun, Sun, Sun
Clearlake -- Amber
The Subways -- Young for Eternity
The Minus 5 -- The Minus 5
Originally posted by brennser:
has anyone picked up the new Clearlake (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CR7RFM/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_4/002-3250013-2035202?%5Fencoding=UTF8) album yet? Just curious....
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Originally posted by brennser:
I was kind of hoping you had picked it up....
I will probably pick it up this week anyway.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Has anyone heard any of these yet? Opinions?
The Elected -- Sun, Sun, Sun
The Subways -- Young for Eternity
I've had The Subways album for a while. It has grown on me and I'm going to see them when they come. They aren't my favorite British band right now but they are still raw and interesting. I think it would add a lot if they had another band member. As for The Elected, I listed to a couple of songs on iTunes last night and liked them a lot. I'm probably going to buy the album. It struck me as full, rich and melancholic.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Clearlake -- Amber
i have this album and i like it a lot. I have only listened to it a couple times, but it was better than i expected. just doesnt seem as drab as Cedars, some of the songs even rock out. I just didnt get that with Cedars...to me , this was surpisingly good.
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perhaps no one has mentioned, Placebo's new disc comes out in March, supposed to be very very good, and even has a song where Molko sings with Michael Stipe...should be interesting, i am pirating it as we speak, but dont worry you naysayers, i will buy it when it comes out :)
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
perhaps no one has mentioned, Placebo's new disc comes out in March, supposed to be very very good, and even has a song where Molko sings with Michael Stipe...should be interesting, i am pirating it as we speak, but dont worry you naysayers, i will buy it when it comes out :)
I pirated it a while back. The first songs are great, as they get slower, they get worse. Not their best effort.
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Is anybody familiar with this guys work?
Vinicius Cantuária
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/vinicius_cantuaria_silva/ (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/vinicius_cantuaria_silva/)
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Ambulance LTD - New English EP, March 14
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New shearwater album out in May
We've finished the new album, called Palo Santo. It was produced and recorded by Craig Ross here in Austin, and we're very, very excited about it. Check the shows page for tour dates (more in the near future). We'll also be posting more information about the record soon, but in the meantime, here's the track list:
1. la Dame et la Licorne
2. Red Sea, Black Sea
3. White Waves
4. Palo Santo
5. Seventy-four, Seventy-five
6. Nobody
7. Sing, little birdie
8. Johnny Viola
9. Failed Queen
10. Hail, Mary
11. Going is Song
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According to Amazon, Hard-Fi's Stars of CCTV is finally getting a US release on March 14th, as is Editors' The Back Room on March 21st.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Has anyone heard any of these yet? Opinions?
The Elected -- Sun, Sun, Sun
The Subways -- Young for Eternity
I own and enjoy both of these. I probably enjoy the Subways more, but I've also owned it a lot longer. I also enjoy the Hard-Fi album.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Stream the new Destroyer album (http://www.mergerecords.com/jukeboxes/destroyer/)
Thanks for this, ggw. Are you going to that show?
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Eef Barzelay from Clem Snide has a new solo album coming out called Bitter Honey, I think it is out next week. Here is a track: http://www.spinartrecords.com/media/mp3/EefBarzelay-Honey.mp3 (http://www.spinartrecords.com/media/mp3/EefBarzelay-Honey.mp3)
Also I believe Clem Snide are in the studio finishing a new album.
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Dead Heart Bloom
this whole album is now available for download, except for Folsom Prison Blues
http://www.deadheartbloom.com/html/music.htm (http://www.deadheartbloom.com/html/music.htm)
I like the new messiah track a lot
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Originally posted by ggw?:
Stream the new Destroyer album (http://www.mergerecords.com/jukeboxes/destroyer/)
Thanks for this, ggw. Are you going to that show? [/b]
It's a tough call between Destroyer/Magnolia Electric and the Editors. I'm going to procrastinate on the decision.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
It's a tough call between Destroyer/Magnolia Electric and the Editors. I'm going to procrastinate on the decision.
Yeah, I had already bought a Destroyer/Magnolia ticket, so I'm going to catch the Editors in Baltimore 4/1.
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New Tilly and the Wall, May 23rd (http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.3007.html)
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I was really excited for Jenny Lewis, but didn't find the album to be all that great. So, now my hopes are resting on the May release of "Honey from the Tombs" by Amy Millan and Emily Haines' September solo release.
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Too country for you?
Originally posted by kmb187:
I was really excited for Jenny Lewis, but didn't find the album to be all that great. So, now my hopes are resting on the May release of "Honey from the Tombs" by Amy Millan and Emily Haines' September solo release.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Too country for you?
Actually, no. My favorite song off the album is "Rise Up With Fists," which I think is probably one of the purer country songs. I just wasn't blown away by some of the less full (sound-wise) songs, like the title track. I haven't really listened to it much since buying it, so it will probably grow on me, but for now it's not my favorite. I'm still seeing her live next month.
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Muse album details emerge
Internet rumours reveal May release
Muse are expected to release the follow-up to 2003's 'Absolution' in May.
According to Internet rumours, the band's fourth studio album will hit the US on May 16.
'A Crying Shame' will be the first single to be lifted from the as-yet-untitled LP, Rollingstone.com reports.
However, a spokesperson for Muse has yet to confirm release details for the UK.
from: http://www.nme.com/news/muse/22262 (http://www.nme.com/news/muse/22262)
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YIPEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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HECK YES!!
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Don't know if it has been posted already:
The Vines - Vision Valley due out sometime in April. Probably no tour with Craig Nichols illness. Two songs I have heard are good - "Gross Out" and "Don't Listen To The Radio"
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The Sounds have a new album coming out on 3/21
They are touring with Morningwood (ack!) in April. No DC/Baltimore date, but there is a 3-day gap between Atlanta and Philly.
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You can get a free one year subscription to Paste Magazine if you preorder the new Josh Rouse cd off of his website by 3/19. The bad news is that shipping and handling is $6 for the cd. on top of the $15 price.
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Originally posted by brennser:
I was kind of hoping you had picked it up....
Originally posted by brennser:
has anyone picked up the new Clearlake (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CR7RFM/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_4/002-3250013-2035202?%5Fencoding=UTF8) album yet? Just curious....
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I've had it about a week now. It's good. It doesn't have quite the range that 'Cedars' does, but it does well staying in that comfortable middle area. If you thought 'Cedars' was an A album, you'll probably find 'Amber' earns a B+.
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Eagles of Death Metal
TV on the Radio
Radiohead
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Dylan, Springsteen Prep New CDs
Both legends are hitting the studio, launching tours
Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are both planning new albums for 2006 -- and each will likely launch a tour as well. Dylan has just begun work on his thirty-first studio disc, and Springsteen is wrapping up his first-ever CD of cover songs, focusing on music from the repertoire of folk icon Pete Seeger.
On January 31st, Dylan arrived at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, New York, with his current touring band. For the next four days, according to Bardavon's executive director, Chris Silva, the band rehearsed new material. "It was experimental, all kinds of different licks," Silva told the Poughkeepsie Journal. "They would get into one thing, and they would go over it and over it. Then they would change gears."
Dylan -- who kicks off a tour on April 1st in Reno, Nevada, that will include a performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival later that month -- then moved the operation to Manhattan to lay down his new tunes. His previous studio album, 2001's acclaimed Love and Theft, was also cut in New York, in just two and a half weeks at Sony Music Studios, with Dylan producing under the name Jack Frost.
Meanwhile, sources familiar with the Springsteen project say that he has nearly completed his covers album, which has the working title The Seeger Sessions and will include both Seeger-penned tunes and American standards the folk patriarch helped popularize. Seeger, 86, is the author of folk classics such as "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
One source says that this project began in 1998, when Springsteen recorded the protest anthem "We Shall Overcome" for the Seeger tribute album Where Have All the Flowers Gone? There have been two recording sessions since, and Springsteen is likely to hit the studio once more.
On the new disc, Springsteen is backed by a small group featuring his wife, Patti Scialfa, E Street Band violinist Soozie Tyrell and other New Jersey musicians playing largely traditional folk instruments like mandolin and banjo. "The Tom Joad tour [from 1995 to 1997] helped me realize I like to play a lot of different ways," Springsteen told Rolling Stone last year. "I love playing with the E Street Band, I love playing by myself, and at some point I'll probably stumble onto something that might work for a small band." The album is due out in May, and Springsteen is planning to tour this spring, backed by the musicians who recorded the disc.
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Anyone know if there's a release date for the new Peaches record?
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http://www.myspace.com/sidnsusie (http://www.myspace.com/sidnsusie)
MATTHEW SWEET AND SUSANNA HOFFS GET GROOVY ON NEW DUETS ALBUM FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
Under the Covers Vol. 1
New ??60s Pop Primer CD Features 15 Hand-Picked Favorites From The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Zombies, The Who, Neil Young, And More ?? In Stores April 18th
LOS ANGELES, CA ?? Two of pop music??s darlings ?? Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles - have joined voices in celebration of one of the most important eras in pop music. Featuring 15 of the duo??s favorite pop tunes from the 1960s, Under The Covers Vol. 1 combines popular hits and obscure gems from such important names in music as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Who, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Zombies, The Mama??s And The Papas, The Left Banke, The Bee Gees, The Marmalade, Fairport Convention, Love, The Stone Poneys, and The Velvet Underground. Sweet and Hoffs, each with a stunning and highly distinguishable voice of their own, mingle melodies and tones for new, unique harmonies that truly reflect the sounds of the time. Shout! Factory will release Under The Covers Vol. 1 on April 18th
Matthew ??Sid? Sweet and Susanna ??Susie? Hoffs have always been fans of each other??s work, performing guest vocals at each others concerts a few times throughout the years, and collaborating with comedian Mike Myers as members of Austin Powers?? on-screen band Ming Tea in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Austin Powers in Goldmember. Now Sweet and Hoffs explore a classic era of pop music together for the first time, on Under The Covers. The down to earth feel of the record reflects the ease of the sessions; recorded entirely at Sweet??s home facility, Lolina Green, the work was a true labor of love, done, as they both put it, ??purely for the fun of it!? The newly formed duo wanted to start with a few of their favorite, though lesser known tracks: ??She May Call You Up Tonight? by ??60s baroque rock band The Left Banke, ??The Warmth Of The Sun? by The Beach Boys, and the melancholy ballad ??Who Knows Where The Time Goes?? by British folk-rock group Fairport Convention, among others. They also threw in a few more well-known songs from the era; Neil Young??s ??Cinnamon Girl,? Pete Townsend??s ??The Kids Are Alright,? and John Phillips?? ??Monday, Monday? were on the short list. Sweet and Hoffs, both Lou Reed fans, also added ??Sunday Morning? from The Velvet Underground & Nico. Of course no ??60 music collection would be complete without a selection from The Beatles, so the Sweet/Hoffs consensus was ??And Your Bird Can Sing? from Revolver. And, one exception to the rule requires mentioning; the Bee Gee??s ??Run To Me,? actually came out in 1971.
A ??60s pop primer of sorts, Under The Covers Vol. 1??s 15 songs span a wide range of genres ?? from rock to folk to pop ?? but all have that unmistakable ??60s vibe. It??s obvious that Sweet and Hoffs have put their own stamp on these covers, individually and collectively, but have done so with a sense of respect and admiration for the original versions and composers. On Under The Covers Vol. 1 Sweet and Hoffs pay homage to arguably the most important decade in pop music by inserting their own musical personalities and unique harmonies for a fresh and new sound. Dig it.
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Kristin Hersh will be releasing a new solo album this year
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Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
Ted Leo
Demos from new album (http://youaintnopicasso.blogspot.com/2006/02/ted-leo-releases-two-new-demos.html)
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As announced on their website, Scotland's Camera Obscura have a new album coming this summer. It's called Let's Get Out Of This Country and contains echoes of The Ronettes, the breezy 60's AM pop sounds of The Association and even Lloyd Cole in the mix. In fact, here's a new song, clearly inspired by Mr. Heartbreaker himself. I guarantee that you will be chained to this album when it comes out.
And Mr Cole will also be releasing an album this year (have I posted this already?)
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Two more Dinosaur Jr. albums get reissued PLUS a live set from 93. Cool!
Billboard.com
February 28, 2006, 10:35 AM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Rhino has set a May 16 release date for expanded reissues of Dinosaur Jr.'s first two major-label albums, 1991's "Green Mind" and 1993's "Where You Been," Billboard.com has learned. The same day, the label will also issue "Live at CBGB: The First Acoustic Show," chronicling a 1993 performance by vocalist/guitarist J Mascis at the legendary New York venue.
Having reached a new level of success with the 1988 album "Bug" and its single "Freak Scene," "Green Mind" ushered Dinosaur Jr. up from the indie rock ranks. The single "The Wagon" became the group's first entry on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, peaking at No. 22.
This new edition is expanded with the B-sides "Turnip Farm" and "Forget It," plus a cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Hot Burrito #2" with backing vocals by actor Matt Dillon
Dinosaur Jr.'s next album, "Where You Been," is its best-seller, having shifted more than 256,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set spawned the enduring Modern Rock Hit "Start Choppin" (No. 4). It is expanded here with an unreleased live take on "Hide" recorded by late BBC Radio icon John Peel, an alternate version of "Keeblin'" and a 10-minute live rendition of "What Else Is New."
As for the acoustic album, 10 of its 12 tracks have never been released. Mascis runs through familiar cuts like "Thumb," "Flying Cloud" and "Get Me" while also digging into the band's back catalog for early favorites like "Repulsion" and "Quest." The set will be limited to 5,000 copies and sold only at select independent music retailers.
After reuniting in 2005, Dinosaur Jr.'s original lineup (Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow, drummer Murph) will be back on the road this spring for a three-week tour that kicks off March 29 in Dallas.
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Secret Machines have a new song being streamed and apparently you can grab the entire album from itunes, etc.
http://thesecretmachines.com/ (http://thesecretmachines.com/)
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From Secretly Canadian (http://www.secretlycanadian.com/news.php):
JASON MOLINA to release second solo record.
In the tradition of his Pyramid Electric Co release, Jason Molina has recorded a solo album with engineer, Jim Zespy at his studio, The Projects in Bloomington, Indiana called Let me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go. This will only be available at his upcoming live shows and will be officially released later this year.
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<img src="http://www.thehandcuffs.com/images/mfar.jpg" alt=" - " />
The Handcuffs (ex- Big Hello, Elvis Brothers) first CD comes out, stiffer than Morningwood's for sure.
http://www.thehandcuffs.com/music.php (http://www.thehandcuffs.com/music.php)
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Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
and maybe the Built to Spill finally?
I heard the demos.
Meh. 'Going Against Your Mind' is the best 10 minute song I've heard in a while, but the rest of the demos are a little flat and inconsistent. Perhaps that will get fixed on the proper release.
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ugh.. Roger Joseph Manning still isn't giving US fans any physical product love for his new CD "Solid State Warrior", it's coming out on CD in Japan but for the US market he's continuing the digital delivery method with Cordless records. a method which is still mac unfriendly...
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oops my bad... cordless partners with iTunes, still DRMed only releases bite
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Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
Rhett Miller - Believer due Feb. '06. It's all about sex. Yup.
Stream it (http://music.aol.com/songs/new_releases_full_cds?defaultTab=6)
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Snow Patrol have announced that they will release their eagerly-awaited fourth album, 'Eyes Open', on 1 May.
Billboard reports that the album will be preceded by the single 'You're All I Have' on 24 April.
Among the songs on the 11-track album is 'Set the Fire to the Third Bar', a duet between Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody and Martha Wainwright.
Among the other guests who appear on the album are Ken Stringfellow of The Posies and Big Star, Iain Archer and The Vaselines' Eugene Kelly.
The full tracklisting for the album is:
'You're All I Have'
'Hands Open'
'Chasing Cars'
'Shut Your Eyes'
'Beginning to Get to Me'
'You Could Be Happy'
'Make This Go on Forever'
'Set the Fire to the Third Bar'
'Headlights'
'Open Your Eyes'
'Finish Line'
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didn't know Snow Patrol had turned into a Rap act...
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Originally posted by brennser:
Among the other guests who appear on the album are Ken Stringfellow of The Posies and Big Star
Oh my goodness, oh my goodness.
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<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000CDT2ZO.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" alt=" - " />
Just got my copy of this release. I'm loving the Led Zep, Darkness & Motorhead! (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CDT2ZO/qid=1142285474/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-3380543-7652052?s=music&v=glance&n=5174)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
didn't know Snow Patrol had turned into a Rap act...
you should hear their version of Crazy In Love. :eek:
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Roxy Music (with Eno) (http://www.tinymixtapes.com/2006_03_01_archivenews.htm#114284323959449390)
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The Raconteurs will release their full length album entitled Broken Boy Soldiers via Third Man Records/V2 Records on May 16th.
The track listing in full:
1. Steady, As She Goes
2. Hands
3. Broken Boy Soldier
4. Intimate Secretary
5. Together
6. Level
7. Store Bought Bones
8. Yellow Sun
9. Call It A Day
10. Blue Veins
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
didn't know Snow Patrol had turned into a Rap act...
first single /video here (http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/?id=2d052616-2b61-4fd8-87bd-68019a48295b&delivery=stream)
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Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
didn't know Snow Patrol had turned into a Rap act...
first single /video here (http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/?id=2d052616-2b61-4fd8-87bd-68019a48295b&delivery=stream) [/b]
This album release -- which is now April 9 -- was hyped EVERYWHERE in Austin. Most bars had plastic 16 oz water cups listing the album and release date.
Saw them at Stubbs -- the sound was awful. Not sure how the album will be...next time, NO shows at Stubbs.
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Originally posted by Bags:
This album release -- which is now April 9 -- was hyped EVERYWHERE in Austin.
That's a Sunday.
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I'm curious about the new Dears and the Stills record...
heard the new Morrisey and it's rather same-ole same-ole...the new Flaming Lips didn't blow me away either...
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Originally posted by Fico:
I'm curious about the new Dears...
New Dears tune - There Goes my Outfit (http://locker.uky.edu/%7Emcjord2/the%20dears%20-%20there%20goes%20my%20outfit.mp3) from youaintnopicasso.com
Originally posted by Fico:
the new Flaming Lips didn't blow me away either...
Agreed.
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Originally posted by Bags:
This album release -- which is now April 9 -- was hyped EVERYWHERE in Austin.
That's a Sunday. [/b]
I meant MAY 9. Sorry...
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ggw almighty one....any news or clips for the new Stills record?
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Originally posted by Fico:
ggw almighty one....any news or clips for the new Stills record?
One new song; two old.
http://www.3hive.com/2006/03/the_stills.php (http://www.3hive.com/2006/03/the_stills.php)
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Originally posted by ggw?:
New Dears tune - There Goes my Outfit (http://locker.uky.edu/%7Emcjord2/the%20dears%20-%20there%20goes%20my%20outfit.mp3) from youaintnopicasso.com
I love, love, love this. Thanks for the link!
Did someone mention that a new Dears album was about to be released? Anyone have additional info?
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New Ed Harcourt material this year
The Beautiful Lie is the title of my new record which should hopefully be coming out in the early stages of the summer. I originally made two albums last year intending for them both to be released simultaneously, but the idea was scrapped so we combined both records to make this one. There'll probably be another record with the left-over songs later in the year or in 2007.
Track-listing for 'The Beautiful Lie' is as follows:
WHIRLWIND IN D MINOR
VISIT FROM THE DEAD DOG
YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK
THE LAST CIGARETTE
SHADOWBOXING
LATE NIGHT PARTNER
REVOLUTION IN THE HEART
UNTIL TOMORROW THEN
SCATTERBRAINE
RAIN ON THE PRETTY ONES
THE PRISTINE CLAW
I AM THE DRUG
BRAILLE
GOOD FRIENDS ARE HARD TO FIND
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Skye (ex-Morcheeba singer) has her solo debut coming out this year, but will probably never see the light of day on this side of the pond. Nice full length tracks over at that one site...
http://www.myspace.com/myskyesite (http://www.myspace.com/myskyesite)
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FINALLY! Info on the new Peaches record:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-04/04.shtml#peaches (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-04/04.shtml#peaches)
July 11th release date.
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skye or who ever maintains her myspace page left me comment that th cd is due out in the US in june with a tour to promote it...
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Primal Scream Prepare New Album
James Gregory reports:
Break out Bob Barker's leather jacket, because screamadelic Brits Primal Scream are getting ready to take another spin of the stylistic wheel. Their new album, Riot City Blues, due out June 5 on Columbia in the UK.
The disc will be the band's first set of new material since 2002's justly overlooked Evil Heat, and will see the once-vital quartet ditching the aggro-dance of their last two LPs for a return to the Stones-fueled rock of their third disc, Give Out But Don't Give Up. Singer Bobby Gillespie recently explained to NME, "I think we're one of the best live bands in the world and I wanted to capture that. The last two albums we've been loops and drum machines, for this record we wrote euphoric rock n roll songs and I wanted to capture that euphoria and I think we did it."
I'm imagining a pesky Famiy Circus-style ghost named Bac-ta-Basiks roaming around the studio. That poor Jeffy can't catch a break!
Riot City Blues features guest stints by Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Warren Ellis (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds), and Echo and the Bunnyman guitarist Will Sergeant. The record's first single, "Country Girl", will be released May 22.
Come together:
01 Country Girl
02 Nitty Gritty
03 Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar
04 When the Bomb Drops
05 Little Death
06 The 99th Floor
07 Boogie Disease
08 Dolls
09 Hell's Comin' Down
10 Sometimes I Feel So Lonely
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Not quite an album yet, but the revamped De Novo Dahl have posted three new songs on their website. They continue to do what they do best which is well crafted pop, if these three new songs are any indication DND ver 2.0 will be fab.... Now if they could only keep a steady keyboard player in the group
http://www.denovodahl.com/ (http://www.denovodahl.com/)
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This could be a very interesting album.... Been listening to Graceland lately and WOW is that a great record vastly better than most of chart topping crude being released these days.
Simon Ready To 'Surprise' With Eno
March 28, 2006, 10:30 AM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
After several years of work, Paul Simon is finally ready to share his long-awaited collaboration with producer Brian Eno (U2, Talking Heads) with the listening public. The 11-track project, dubbed "Surprise," will be released May 9 in North America via Warner Bros. and a day earlier internationally.
Among the songs set to appear on "Surprise" are "Sons and Daughters," "How Can You Live in the Northeast," "Outrageous" and "Father and Daughter," Simon's contribution to 2002's "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" which was nominated for the best original song Academy Award.
Guest appearances include guitarist Bill Frisell, drummer Steve Gadd and pianist Herbie Hancock, whose 2005 album, "Possibilities," featured a new recording with Simon of the latter's "I Do It for Your Love."
"Surprise" is Simon's first studio album since 2000's "You're the One," which debuted at No. 19 on The Billboard 200 and has sold more than 505,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The lone live date on Simon's schedule at present is a May 7 appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. A small-venue show in London is in the works to coincide with the new album's release date but details have yet to be announced.
According to a spokesperson, tours are in the works for both summer and fall. Simon will also perform on the May 13 episode of NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
Here is the track list for "Surprise":
"How Can You Live in the Northeast"
"Everything About It Is a Love Song"
"Outrageous"
"Sure Don't Feel Like Love"
"Wartime Prayers"
"Beautiful"
"I Don't Believe"
"Another Galaxy"
"Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean"
"That's Me"
"Father and Daughter"
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002237435 (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002237435)
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All I have to say is the Rancouters album had better be good as I just preordered a pile of cds and vinyl...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Been listening to Graceland lately and WOW is that a great record vastly better than most of chart topping crude being released these days.
that's probably a desert island disc for me ... thank god for digital media, you can take thousands of songs to a desert island now!
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<img src="http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/warner_music/images/donald_fagen/pack_sml.jpg" alt=" - " />
It sounds like the last Steely Dan album. All the songs are rather unrecognizable from one another...just one endless jazzy bebop.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
All I have to say is the Rancouters album had better be good as I just preordered a pile of cds and vinyl...
It's good.
I've had it since last week. I gave it one spin then and was a bit underwhelmed. It stayed in the glove compartment until my commute today.
It's a slow grower. Steady as She Goes is by far the catchiest track. There is a lot of downtempo stuff; shades of 70's power rock; some balladry; a smidge of late-60's psychedelia. Some of it sounds like outtakes from Get Behind Me Satan reworked for a full band.
I'll give it 7.9 Z's off the bat, but reserve the right to revise that score.
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New song from Peaches: http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/listen_to_this/you_must_listen_to_this_peaches_goes_pee_pee_on_fergie_20060417.php#comments (http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/listen_to_this/you_must_listen_to_this_peaches_goes_pee_pee_on_fergie_20060417.php#comments)
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anyone listened to the new Ministry album yet?
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Originally posted by brennser:
anyone listened to the new Ministry album yet?
Has it even come out yet? I thought it was May 2nd. I did get the new RevCo CD and am very happy with it so far. A couple of songs I could do without, but mostly catching one's.
My opinion of course.
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its available as an advance download from emusic
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by brennser:
anyone listened to the new Ministry album yet?
Has it even come out yet? I thought it was May 2nd. I did get the new RevCo CD and am very happy with it so far. A couple of songs I could do without, but mostly catching one's.
My opinion of course. [/b]
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Originally posted by brennser:
its available as an advance download from emusic
[/QB][/QUOTE]
Guess I'll have to wait til May 2nd then, my downloading knowledge usually consists of me getting many forms of viruses, so I just gave up.
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I really can't wait for Air Formation's new CD! Heard that it's a bit different and all in a good way but haven't heard anything as of yet. If it's anything like their last EP with the song For The Hours, then I know I'll be fully delighted. For The Hours was the Best Song of 2005 on The Trans-Atlantic Underground. It's such an incredible song.
Also, the Never Lose That Feeling: Volume Two release has been postphoned until maybe September so as not to conflict with other AC30 releases. This is going to be just as good if not better than Volume One. I've been given the Hammock MP3 of Black Metallic, which is on this new one and it is just as good, if not better, than Catherine Wheel's original version.
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
New shearwater album out in May
2 tracks -
http://misrarecords.com/shearwater/downloads/Shearwater_Seventy-four_Seventy-five.mp3 (http://misrarecords.com/shearwater/downloads/Shearwater_Seventy-four_Seventy-five.mp3)
http://misrarecords.com/shearwater/downloads/Shearwater_White_Waves.mp3 (http://misrarecords.com/shearwater/downloads/Shearwater_White_Waves.mp3)
good stuff
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Listen (http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23233/) to the new Neil Young album
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Holy shit its good! Neil's one angry Canadian mofo right now - more power to him!
Originally posted by brennser:
Listen (http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23233/) to the new Neil Young album
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From: "The Dears" <information@thedears.org>
Sometime a little while ago, we completed our third full length album. We are really proud and are very much looking forward to everyone playing the crap out it. As clich? as this may sound, it's by far the 'best work we've ever done.' But seriously, it doesn't sound like anything else and it's pretty relentless. As (I think) we've mentioned before, it is somewhat of a stripped down, raw affair. There is french horn in 2 songs and and saxophone in another. Though there is some mellotron-ny stuff, there are no real violins, violas or cellos. I guess that means that we're no longer "orchestral". Send complaints to gfy@thedears.org. Anyway, we recorded it in the splendour of our Parc X Manor (MTL) over the winter, mixed it in Greenpoint (Brooklyn, NYC) in March, and the final cut of the master arrived last week from Masterdisk (Manhattan, NYC). We've sent it around to our record companies and they tell us that they like it. Phew. Now they are going to do whatever it is they do !
to get the album into your hands. We are just putting the final touches on the artwork and then that's it.
The album is called GANG OF LOSERS. Here are the song titles, in order:
01. SINTHTRO
02. TICKET TO IMMORTALITY
03. DEATH OR LIFE WE WANT YOU
04. HATE THEN LOVE
05. THERE GOES MY OUTFIT
06. BANDWAGONEERS
07. FEAR MADE THE WORLD GO 'ROUND
08. YOU AND I ARE A GANG OF LOSERS
09. WHITES ONLY PARTY
10. BALLAD OF HUMANKINDNESS
11. I FELL DEEP
12. FIND OUR WAY TO FREEDOM
The album's title comes from a running joke that Benvie started a couple of years ago while we were on tour. Then after thinking about the phrase a lot more, it got all serious and became a bit of metaphor for this whole...thing. Anyway, thanks Benvie. The album clocks in at 48 minutes and you can drop a laser on that s**t as of the end of August 2006. Expect a single by June-ish. Maybe even a video for it. I think.
For now, you can hear "Fear Made The World Go 'Round" at http://www.myspace.com/thedears (http://www.myspace.com/thedears) until Monday.
We've been trying out the new stuff in rehearsal and though the first couple of times were pretty brutal, we are finally starting to sound like a band again. We've got a few new pieces of gear to go with the new songs. Nat and Val are sporting a pair of pretty wicked slick Roland X6 keybards. I'm using a Korean Epiphone Casino for the most part (I've retired my '66 Jazzmaster) and I picked up a new analogue delay pedal from Moog. I also picked up a Roland AX7 'gui-board' or 'key-tar' which I play with our old SH-32 synth brain. Somehow, that thing is still with us; she's seen a thousand gigs and will likely see a thousand more. Astounding. French has a really loud Ampeg bass amp. I mean, it's loud. George ran out of drums to hit so he added a floor tom. As for Krief and his Stratocaster; from his cold dead hands...
We're doing a little warm-up gig at a small club around town tonight before we head down to Coachella this weekend. New songs + new gear x haven't played a gig in several months = could totally suck. At any rate it'll be interesting.
Here are some other shows coming up:
April
30 - Coachella Valley Music Festival, Indio, California (part of the festival with Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Metric, Wolf Parade, Depeche Mode, Scissor Sisters, The Go! Team, Mogwai, Massive Attack, Bloc Party, Madonna, and many more)
May
22 - Tulip Festival, Ottawa, Canada (with Malajube, and more)
June
10 - Sydney, Australia (TBC)
25 - Wireless, London, England (part of the festival with Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Gang of Four, Thomas Dolby(!) and more)
29 - Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Montr?al, Canada (at Metropolis)
July
1 Canada Day, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada
August
19 - V Festival, Stafford, England (part of the festival with Radiohead, Beck, Bloc Party, Fatboy Slim, and more)
20 - V Festival, Chelmsford, England (part of the festival with Radiohead, Beck, Bloc Party, Fatboy Slim, and more)
22 - Dublin, Marlay Park (with Morrissey, The Dandy Warhols, The Magic Numbers)
We are also planning a tour of Canada for the month of September. We haven't toured here proper in like 2 years. Shameful.
I think that's it for now. Looking forward to seeing you all soon, somewhere.
Murray (on behalf of The Dears)
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
The Features have a new blog (http://www.thefeatures.com/blog/) where they are posting demos for the new album.
From the Features Blog:
Update
May 1st, 2006
This past week was one of the most difficult ever for us as a band. We had to make an incredibly hard decision that has a direct effect on our future. Earlier this week our record label offered us a chance to record a cover song for a large corporation to be used in a commercial. In addition to using the song in the commercial they wanted us to put it on our record and potentially use it as a single. We turned down the offer(knowing the probable consequences), and our record label dropped us. Needless to say, this came at a bad time since we were a week away from recording our next record. At the moment we are weighing all of our options and still plan on recording next month. We will release another record, we just are not sure with what record label. We promise to keep you up to date with new information and as always check back here for new show dates and content.
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thats a real bummer re: the features
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
thats a real bummer re: the features
At least they have their pride. :roll:
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Delgado's Peel Sessions release on it's way...
The Delgados
Chemikal Underground?s founding fathers (and sister) will be releasing their 29 track (yes, 29) Peel Session album on the 12th of June. The double album contains the following tracks as well as a hefty dunt of liner notes and at the proposed retail price of £10.00 it?s a must for enthusiasts and beginners alike.
Disc 1
1. Lazarwalker
2. Blackwell
3. I've Only Just Started To Breathe
4. Primary Alternative
5. Under Canvas Under Wraps
6. 4th Channel
7. Teen Elf
8. Sucrose
9. Everything Goes Around The Water
10. The Arcane Model
11. Pull The Wires From The Wall
12. Mauron Chanson
13. Repeat Failure
14. Don't Stop
15. Blackpool
16. The Weaker Argument Defeats The Stronger
Disc 2
1. No Danger
2. Make Your Move
3. Accused Of Stealing
4. Aye Today
5. Mr Blue Sky
6. California Uber Alles
7. Matthew And Son
8. Last Rose Of Summer
9. Parcel Of Rogues
10. I Fought The Angels
11. Ballad Of Accounting
12. Is This All That I Came For?
13. Everybody Come Down
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Also if you sign up for Emma Pollock's email list you get access to a nice demo from her forthcoming solo record
http://www.emmapollock.com/ (http://www.emmapollock.com/)
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+++ gnarls barkley
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
thats a real bummer re: the features
At least they have their pride. :roll: [/b]
I think you mean dignity.
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New Nouvelle Vague on it's way... Just try and guess where two new songs can be heard at :D it's a real toughie this one so think real hard... it's so hard in fact i'll just give you the answer....
http://www.myspace.com/nouvellevague (http://www.myspace.com/nouvellevague)
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http://www.myspace.com/thetyde (http://www.myspace.com/thetyde)
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Thom Yorke solo album!! (http://www.ateaseweb.com/news/archive/2006/05/thoms_album_the.php)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Delgado's Peel Sessions release on it's way...
They are not together anymore, right? What a shame.
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i picked up this new album
<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000ECWY6C.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V57014651_.jpg" alt=" - " />
its.....interesting.....
Orson (http://www.orsonband.com/orsonband.htm)
from CD Times (http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=2286)
Like the Scissor Sisters before them, L.A. five-piece Orson are attempting to crack the UK before their home country, and with an album as good as Bright Idea, it??s no wonder there is a furious bidding war erupting between a host of UK major labels to sign them.
With a sharp, contemporary look, Orson grab the limelight even before their music ?? a heady mix of rock, pop and retro soul - is heard. So it??s a good thing that the punchy, quirky and undeniably commercial songs on Bright Idea more than live up to the hype.
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Hopefully we'll see the new Von Bondies CD tentatively titled "Love, Hate, and then there's you" which I hope they keep because it's a great title...
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Solo record from Idlewild's singer
Roddy's solo project!
Check out Roddy's solo project at www.robbywoomble.com (http://www.robbywoomble.com) His debut solo album will be released by Pure Records on July 24th of this year!
Here's a bit of info from the site, but check it for more:
Five of the eleven songs that make up 'My Secret is my Silence' were written with Roddy's Idlewild band mate and co-songwriter, guitarist ROD JONES, two with the album's producer (and BBC radio 2 folk musician of the year 2003) JOHN McCUSKER, two with childhood friend and singer in Glasgow's alternative folk band Foxface, MICHAEL ANGUS and one with acclaimed borders based folk singer KARINE POLWART. "These are songs that would have never lived with Idlewild, but are still very much a part of me. Being able to write with Rod, and John and Karine and Michael made me feel (for two weeks) like I was part of a new band, and this allowed me to feel free to describe myself in a way I've wanted to for a long time, in a context I was completely comfortable with, and I think it shows"
The album, recorded in South Yorkshire over nine days in March 2006, features a band made up of all the songwriters, as well as drummer DAVID GOW and bassist AILIDH LENNON (who is also Roddy's wife) from the Scottish band SONS AND DAUGHTERS. As well as appearances from some of folk music's most accomplished players, flautist MICHAEL McGOLDRICK, accordionist ANDY CUTTING and guitarist IAN CARR and popular folk singers KARINE POLWART, KATE RUSBY and DAVE BURLAND.
'My Secret is my Silence' is an album full of stories about language and communication, about nature and the people that surround us and make our environment. Inspired as much by the poetry of Robert Frost and George MacKay Brown as by the time Roddy has spent up in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, which has long been the source for many Idlewild songs and albums.
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
Thom Yorke solo album!! (http://www.ateaseweb.com/news/archive/2006/05/thoms_album_the.php)
pssstt... (http://killyourcoworkers.blogspot.com/)
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Originally posted by amnesiac:
Thom Yorke solo album!! (http://www.ateaseweb.com/news/archive/2006/05/thoms_album_the.php)
pssstt... (http://killyourcoworkers.blogspot.com/) [/b]
Yeah, the entire album was available to download on the atease message board this morning, but has now been removed. As tempting as it is, I think I'm gonna wait til the actual cd comes out and listen to it in its entirety.
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Crooked Fingers singer / songwriter / frontman Eric Bachmann will be releasing his first proper solo album, To the Races, on August 22nd in North America and October 2nd in Europe / the United Kingdom, via our friends at Saddle Creek Records.
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In a message to their fan email list last week, the Decemberists announced the first details of their forthcoming Capitol Records debut. It's called The Crane Wife and it's coming out October 3.
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Has anyone heard either of the following?
Zero 7, "The Garden"
Cheap Trick, "Rockford"
A friend mentioned that the Cheap Trick album is getting raves as an album as good as their early classics. I haven't read anything myself yet.
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The allmusic review of the Cheap Trick album basically said it was their first good album since 1979. The losing streak has been broken.
Originally posted by Bags:
Has anyone heard either of the following?
Zero 7, "The Garden"
Cheap Trick, "Rockford"
A friend mentioned that the Cheap Trick album is getting raves as an album as good as their early classics. I haven't read anything myself yet.
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new Akron/Family album in Sept
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Jose Gonzales does vocals on at least some of the new Zero 7.
Someone mentioned the newest Phoenix album. Their use/misuse of English idioms amuses me.
New Guster soon. The video (http://www.guster.com/splash060518/video.html) for "One Man Wrecking Machine" is excellent. It has puppet-y things.
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the new 'mats compilation got a 5 star rating in rolling stone ... 5 stars in rolling stone is definitely a tough barrier to break, they'll give an album 3.5 stars and call it "amazing"
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Good thing they were on a major label for part of their career. You don't get a five star review in Rolling Stone unless you're on a major label.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
the new 'mats compilation got a 5 star rating in rolling stone ... 5 stars in rolling stone is definitely a tough barrier to break, they'll give an album 3.5 stars and call it "amazing"
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Dylan Surveys 'Modern Times' On New Album
June 13, 2006, 10:10 AM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Bob Dylan will break a five-year hiatus from the studio later this summer with his 44th album. Due Aug. 29 via Columbia, the 10-track "Modern Times" was recorded earlier this year with Dylan's touring band.
It's the follow-up to 2001's "Love and Theft," the No. 5 debut of which was Dylan's best showing on The Billboard 200 since 1979's "Slow Train Coming." The set has sold more than 757,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"Modern Times" includes such tracks as "When The Deal Goes Down," "Spirit on the Water," "Thunder on the Mountain" and "Workingman's Blues," according to Columbia.
Dylan, who recently began hosting his own "Theme Time Radio Hour" on XM Satellite Radio, is not currently on the road, having wrapped a six-week North American tour last month in Hollywood, Fla.
In other Dylan news, Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" won the grand prize and the arts documentary prize last night (June 12) at the 27th Banff Rockie Awards in Banff, Alberta.
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Brent Best's new band (ex-SLOBBERBONE).
The new band is basically SBone minus the tall bass player & with the addition of 2 new members. This could be good...VERY GOOD:
Hey All,
The album is done and, if I do say so myself, oh-so worth the wait. Jubilee Dive will be available on July 25th. But for those of you who need a little something to get you through the next month, here's a chance to practice your eye-hand coordination and get a download.
http://newwestrecords.com/thedrams/ (http://newwestrecords.com/thedrams/)
Also, the tour dates are starting to solidify. The band will be hitting most of the country in the next six months, so everyone should get themselves a chance for a little Drams Live. And there are plans to send them across the ocean for a visit too. Check the website for frequent updates: www.thedrams.com. (http://www.thedrams.com.)
Talk to you soon.
Amy
(manager-type person)
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Man, I really hated the Drams when I saw them earlier in the year.
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Man, I really hated the Drams when I saw them earlier in the year.
hate hate hate hate hate
grumble grumble grumble
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Man, I really hated the Drams when I saw them earlier in the year.
REALLY?!?
Why? Is the music that much different than SB?
'Cause that song streaming on their site sounds like the 'Bone. Just a little less country.
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Can't really pinpoint it. I thought it sounded bland, generic, and uninspired. I remember thinking the music and his voice didn't really gel for me. I always preferred the more countrified stuff SB did, didn't care for the more classic rock-ish final album at all.
Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Man, I really hated the Drams when I saw them earlier in the year.
REALLY?!?
Why? Is the music that much different than SB?
'Cause that song streaming on their site sounds like the 'Bone. Just a little less country. [/b]
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I didn't realize it was a requirement to love every album released in order to be a music fan. In my mind, if you're really a music fan, you're going to hate 95% of what is released.
Originally posted by the sonick:
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Man, I really hated the Drams when I saw them earlier in the year.
hate hate hate hate hate
grumble grumble grumble [/b]
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And I will add that I saw the High Strung on the bill with the Drams, and thought they were fantastic.
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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Can't really pinpoint it. I thought it sounded bland, generic, and uninspired. I remember thinking the music and his voice didn't really gel for me. I always preferred the more countrified stuff SB did, didn't care for the more classic rock-ish final album at all.
That's cool - I know you really liked SBone - so your opinion carries some extra weight here.
I think you should revisit Slippage. I agree that it's not their best. But there is also some excellent stuff. The second half is actually quite countrified. I think my biggest problem with Slippage is the production. Very slick. the record would benefit by sounding (production-wise) like Barrel Chested.
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New Lemonheads will be released by Vagrant Records on September 26.
Track listing for The Lemonheads:
Black Gown
Become The Enemy
Pittsburgh
Let's Just Laugh
Poughkeepsie
Rule of Three
No Backbone
Baby's Home
In Passing
Steve's Boy
December
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Bob Pollard's 2nd post-gbv solo album due out October 10th and will be called "Normal Happiness"
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Bob Pollard's 2nd post-gbv solo album due out October 10th and will be called "Normal Happiness"
speaking of pollard... how is the Keene Brother CD and how easy is it to buy?
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you talkin about this?
http://www.emusic.com/album/10910/10910904.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/10910/10910904.html)
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Bob Pollard's 2nd post-gbv solo album due out October 10th and will be called "Normal Happiness"
speaking of pollard... how is the Keene Brother CD and how easy is it to buy? [/b]
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no this one and if it's on amazon it wont be hard to track down, thought it might be a direct order type cd...
<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000FTCES2.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V66819709_.jpg" alt=" - " />
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They aren't really new albums, but the first two Wrens albums, which have been held hostage by the record company, are currently available again through the Wrens' website.
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It is pretty decent, maybe a little bland for my tastes. Other Pollard fans seem to really like it.
If you dont want to use amazon, I normally order all Pollard stuff through Luna http://robertpollard.net/luna.html (http://robertpollard.net/luna.html) , a record store in Indiana that releases all of Pollard's side projects.
Here is a track off of it: http://gbv.com/sounds/deathoftheparty.mp3 (http://gbv.com/sounds/deathoftheparty.mp3)
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anyone remember the Frank and Walters?
'Renewed Interest In Happiness' release in September
Tracks included will be
Come On,
Keep The Faith,
City Lights,
Changed My Way Of Thinking,
Hold On
Fight,
Learned To Love,
Summertime,
Guilty,
You Are The Greatest,
Johnny Cash,
Country Boy,
Miles & Miles
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via pitchfork
Our little Vagrant friends the Hold Steady will release their first album, Boys and Girls in America, October 3 on the emo powerhouse. Judging by the album's name, it looks as if they're fitting right in over there!
The follow-up to last year's Frenchkiss release Separation Sunday was produced by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Bob Dylan), tracked at Hoboken's Water Music, overdubbed at Williamsburg's Atomic Records, and mixed at NYC's Magic Shop. Extensive!
We're listening to the album right now. It's pretty great.
Tracklist:
01 Stuck Between Stations
02 Chips Ahoy!
03 Hot Soft Light
04 Same Kooks
05 First Night
06 Party Pit
07 You Can Make Him Like You
08 Massive Night
09 Citrus
10 Chillout Tent
11 Southtown Girls
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Luke Haines solo album
Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop - Album release date: 16th October.
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Anyone know The Takeovers?
<img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FMH8A8.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V66819874_.jpg" alt=" - " />
Amazon keeps trying to bundle it with The Keene Brothers...
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Takeovers is a Pollard side project, it is:
Chris Slusarenko-ex gbv bassist
Sam Coomes - Quasi
Dan Peters - Mudhoney
Pollard
I have not listened to it yet, but here is a track
http://gbv.com/sounds/fairlyblackingout.mp3 (http://gbv.com/sounds/fairlyblackingout.mp3)
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A couple great blasts from the past,The Loud Family and Don Dixon, have new records out on 125 Records. The Loud Family formerly Game Theory release their first new record in six years. Check 'em out at
http://www.125records.com/index.html (http://www.125records.com/index.html)
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<img src="http://www.mutablemusic.com/images/archaea.jpg" alt=" - " />
Yes, that Dan Joseph (9353): (http://www.forcedexposure.com/bin/search.pl?search_string=MUTABLE+17525&searchfield=exkeyword)
"Mutable Music is pleased to announce the debut release by composer and hammer dulcimer virtuoso Dan Joseph. Entitled Archaea, the recording consists of three recent extended chamber works performed by The Dan Joseph Ensemble: Tom Chiu (violin), Michael Lowenstern (clarinet), Danny Tunick (percussion), Marija Ilic (harpsichord), Loren Dempster (cello) and the composer on hammer dulcimer. Influenced most directly by the first generation minimalists, Joseph's works bring a welcome new voice to the idiom with his unique sense of timbre, intricate rhythms and unexpected formal turns. Equal parts East coast and West coast, Appalachian and Balkan, rock and baroque, his style is characterized by its immediate beauty, positive spirit and exhilarating drive."
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The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely (August 22)
This will probably be in my top five albums of the year.
Now It's Overhead - Dark Light Daybreak
Now It's Overhead has more than once evoked the term "dreamy." Dark Light Daybreak is not exactly an exception ?? it's awash in the band's signature moody layers and wall of guitar. But if the previous two records were dream-like, Dark Light Daybreak is more akin to waking up.
Providing by one turn a desert-highway soundtrack, by another, a heartrending nostalgia for a moment just past the edge of memory, Dark Light Daybreak is sharp around the edges, with each song's elements being as distinct as the whole. A syncopated beat pops against an insistent bass line. The comforting patter of a keyboard is unsettlingly punctuated by overdriven, discordant voices. And throughout, Andy LeMaster's reedy vocals, as diverse an instrument as any on the album, are as true in a fragile harmony as they are on a soaring, cathartic chorus. Whether delivering an acidic indictment or a hopeful sentiment, voice combines with lyrics to speak the collective experience of individuals.
Now It??s Overhead's latest offering sees LeMaster's seasoned production skills synthesizing songwriting and recording; letting space and clarity serve as a thread of tension that runs through the album, unifying songs that range from stark to symphonic, buoyant to tragic. The range of Leverett's drumming and the variations of Taylor and Fink's vocals shine through, adding to each song the expertise of musicians who stand back, listen, then bring exactly what needs to be there. Dark Light Daybreak runs the songwriting gamut, leaving not a moment to be missed.
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth (September 5)
I'm probably the only one on here looking forward to this album. ^_^
M. Ward - Post-War (August 22)
Gin Blossoms - Major Lodge Victory (August 8)
The Damnwells - Air Stereo (August 15)
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Fuck Yeah!!!!
New Cathal Coughlan Album Sept 21
http://cathalcoughlan.com/news/ (http://cathalcoughlan.com/news/)
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Stream the new Black Keys tune:
Your Touch (http://streamos.nonesuch.com/wmedia/nonesuch/blackkeys/a_fl_the_black_keys_magic_potion_2_your_touch_128.wax)
Edit: Stream a few of 'em (http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys)
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Originally posted by brennser:
Fuck Yeah!!!!
New Cathal Coughlan Album Sept 21
http://cathalcoughlan.com/news/ (http://cathalcoughlan.com/news/)
Think he'll play around here? I'd go see him.
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XTC's Partridge Combs Archives For Mammoth Box
August 28, 2006, 3:45 PM ET
Greg Prato, N.Y.
XTC leader Andy Partridge recently combed his vaults and discovered an exorbitant amount of rarities and outtakes, resulting in the Oct. 10th release of the nine-disc box "The Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album." Spanning Partridge's career, the set features alternate versions of many XTC favorites, unreleased tracks and also unfinished material that Partridge revisited and completed for this release.
"Working on this stuff took many years," Partridge tells Billboard.com of the box, due via his own Ape House label. "I just kept writing -- who knows what's going to fall out? It was recorded in spare bedrooms, the kitchen, the attic and of course my now infamous garden shed. Pop songs, radio jingles, film and TV music, or just plain old goofing about."
Partridge rediscovered many forgotten tracks in the process. "'I Don't Want To Be Here' for one," he says. "Lots of folks love this song but XTC was pretty democratic, so if someone didn't go for a tune, it got binned. 'Everything' was another. One of the most touching lyrics I ever wrote -- in the toilet. 'The Bland Leading the Bland' -- so proud of this autobiographical rallying call to end that boring donut mentality. You can kind of see why I just didn't want these songs collecting dust and going unheard. We threw away better material than most bands made a career out of."
Among his other favorites: "Wonder Annual" ("I always thought XTC should have recorded this surprisingly structured psychedelic slice"), "End of the Pier" ("It would have made a great out-of-season seaside companion piece to 'Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her'") and "2 Rainbeau Melt" ("Some of my favorite-ever lyrics matched to a trippy improvised soundscape. It arrived too late for the 'Wasp Star' album").
Partridge also helped assemble the packaging, which he modeled after a child's stamp album. "How better to represent a large and diverse set of home recordings than to depict them as a series of imaginary stamps?," he says.
The artist has a number of other projects in the works, the first of which will be "a double-disc set of purely improvised music called 'Monstrance.' My partners in one-take, overdub-free, unrehearsed crime are Barry Andrews -- ex-XTC keys man from way back -- and [drummer] Martyn Barker. Let's face it, nothing short of capital punishment is going to stop me making music."
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003053983 (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003053983)
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Stream the new Black Keys tune:
Your Touch (http://streamos.nonesuch.com/wmedia/nonesuch/blackkeys/a_fl_the_black_keys_magic_potion_2_your_touch_128.wax)
Edit: Stream a few of 'em (http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys)
Strange Desire is a GREAT BKs tune.
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Originally posted by brennser:
Fuck Yeah!!!!
New Cathal Coughlan Album Sept 21
http://cathalcoughlan.com/news/ (http://cathalcoughlan.com/news/)
Think he'll play around here? I'd go see him. [/b]
alas, the chances are slim to none, in fact live appearances by CC are few and far between these days - he does have a US label, Stop Pop and Roll and played a gig in Boston and one in NYC a few years ago so never say never
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Classic right here...
THE ROOTS
game theory
<img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/bboydesigner/gametheory_thumb.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Here is a track from Robert Pollard's second post-gbv solo album, Normal Happiness. Due out October 10th.
Supernatural Car Lover (http://gbv.com/sounds/supernaturalcarlover.mp3)
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Anyone hear the new Blowoff record yet? Thoughts?
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:)
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Wowee Zowee: The Sordid Sentinels Edition (http://www.matadorrecords.com/pavement/)
On November 6 we will be releasing the third in our biannual Pavement deluxe reissue series: Pavement's third album, 'Wowee Zowee,' expanded per our previous deluxe double packs, with a thick perfect-bound booklet and much, much more to be announced shortly (along with a complete track listing and a special surprise).
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
Wowee Zowee: The Sordid Sentinels Edition (http://www.matadorrecords.com/pavement/)
On November 6 we will be releasing the third in our biannual Pavement deluxe reissue series: Pavement's third album, 'Wowee Zowee,' expanded per our previous deluxe double packs, with a thick perfect-bound booklet and much, much more to be announced shortly (along with a complete track listing and a special surprise).
this is going to be all kinds of awesome. the first two reissues were fantastic and everybody konws that WZ is the best pavement record. actually, very few people know that, but i'm one of the enlightened ones.
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from Torr...
Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) will release his solo album in mid-Nov in the UK - no US release date
hes also playing some shows in Ireland and England including 2 night at the Point Depot in Dublin which amzes me - I had no idea he was that 'big' to have two nights at the Point (8,500 capacity)
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NEW I AM KLOOT ALBUM RELEASE - 30TH OCTOBER 2006
I AM KLOOT are set to release a new album on the Skinny Dog label on the 30th of October. 'BBC RADIO 1 JOHN PEEL SESSIONS' brings together eleven tracks that they recorded at Maida Vale studios for the late DJ's Radio 1 Show in 2001 and 2003. The album features alternative versions of songs from their debut 'Natural History' and the follow up, 'I Am Kloot' together with exclusive unreleased material. Album Track Listing: Storm Warning, Twist, Titanic, 86 TV s, Stop, From Your Favourite Sky, Life In A Day, This House Is Haunted, Proof, Strange Without You & Coincidence.
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new BC Camplight (http://www.bccamplight.com/main.php) album in November....their first one was excellent....an overlooked gem
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Anyone hear the new Pere Ubu record yet?
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damien rice finally releases a follow-up
new album '9' due for release in Ireland on Nov 3rd, UK & Europe Nov 6th, USA Nov 14th
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Originally posted by bearman:
Anyone hear the new Pere Ubu record yet?
It's on eMusic, as an FYI
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Boris Yeltsin album came out not long ago.
Broom Info
Broom is a gem, it sparkles when it rocks, has hooks galore and should make a lasting impression once its left your player. Need a musical reference point? Think the Shins, Pavement, of Montreal, Elliott Smith. The few folks that have got their hands on the disc became instant fans. In comes a slew of kind words. Spin Magazine says, ??...could succeed the Shins as the band that ??will change your life'?, while the SF Weekly declares, ??One of those rare albums where every song is crafted, delicious, and essential.?
LP format of Broom includes three bonus songs.
Release Date
10/24/2006
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Has anyone heard the "new" Beatles disc Love ? Any thoughts? Amazon doesn't have any sound clips. It's dirt cheap though.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Has anyone heard the "new" Beatles disc Love ? Any thoughts? Amazon doesn't have any sound clips. It's dirt cheap though.
I figured what the hell and bought it. I like it pretty well. I don't see why some people are saying that it's a dramatic reconstructing of the songs. In some cases, some instrumental tracks are removed or added, and there's a little mash-up involved on a couple tracks. But mostly, it's a nice compilation of mostly later-era Beatles songs, with modern production whizzies added. In fact, played on a good stereo, the sound quality is really excellent.