Any day now....
Here's Beck playing "Modern Guilt" from the forever forthcoming new Album of the same name at some club somewhere.
God, it's awesome.
Well, that didn't work.
16 years ago
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Go on, go there.
Hi eleanor,
As I know you're the only one reading this, here's a link to your blog.
:)<3
It's a wonderful blog.
As I know you're the only one reading this, here's a link to your blog.
:)<3
It's a wonderful blog.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
I want this CD
Release it NOW, Beck....
Go to www.beck.com everyday like I do, and look for news.
I can't wait. Please, don't make me wait.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Nine Inch Nails Give it Away, Give it Away, Give it Away NOW on their website.
That kook Trent Reznor and his band of industrial techno metal whingers collectively known as Nine Inch Nails have released their new album- entitled "The Slip"- for free on da webz.
Rezzy, as the band's frontman shall now and forever be known, is no great fan of the record industry. When on tour in Australia last year, he was angered to see that his album, "Year Zero", was priced at around $35, while fellow Universal Music Group artist Avril Lavigne's CD, entitled "Songs for caving your head in with a spade"*, was only $20 packaged with a free, all expenses paid trip to Ibiza and a voucher for a frontal lobotomy**. Responding to the abhorrently large price to pay for the complete CD package, Reznor commented that "as a reward for being a 'true fan' (for buying the CD) you get ripped off". At one of his Australian dates, Reznor even asked the crowd to "Steal and steal and steal some more (music) and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin'" as a protest to his label, Interscope.
Nine Inch Nails left Interscope in October of last year, declaring himself a "free agent"
Nine Inch Nails released an album of instrumental tracks, called "Ghosts I-IV", last month, part of which was free to download from the band's official website. Now, following a single released seemingly out of the blue entitled "Discipline"-again free from the website- Nine Inch Nails have released the album from whenst it came. You can download "The Slip" in a number of different digital formats (high quality mp3, Apple Lossless files, FLAC, or the massive WAV version, which clocks in at about 1.2 GB!!!) from http://theslip.nin.com
I've got in in MP3, not needing stupidly detailed quality and fearing that it would be crap.
It isn't, as it happens. I haven't the time to tell you about it now, so if you're interested in free doom goth electro metal of the highest quality, go to the link above NOW.
*It was actually called this, I swear.
**A slight lie- it wasn't for a FREE frontal lobotomy, just a heavily discounted one.
Monday, April 21, 2008
The Raconteurs is Out
So why don't you own it yet?
It's pretty damned awesome. And they sprung it on us really quick, Radiohead style.
The new album is called "Consolers of the Lonely", and is by my calculations twice as big as their debut, "Broken Boy Soldiers", which I've talked about before. It also seems that they've thrown more money at it this time around, judging by the fact that everything here seems incredibly polished (not "from poland"-ed... God, that was AWFUL) and shiny.
And so, so wonderful. The title track opens this mother with a typical Jack White blues boogie and then slides effortlessly into Brendan Benson's lyrics, displaying not a little White Stripes flair... and then BAM!!! Jack White makes his vocal debut 1:16 in, screaming his Jack White lungs out and slowing the whole song to a simmering Jack White groove, at which I actually giggled with delight. Ahem.
The rest of the album takes a similarly rocking tone, albiet with some distinctly Jack and Brendan turns. Lead single "Salute Your Salution" is merely good at first then rocking towards the end, the piano-y ballads "Pull This Blanket Off" and "You Don't Understand Me" work extremely well, and the zany and utterly rocking "Five on the Five" is nothing if not outstanding.
The stand out track, though, is the overblown, Benson driven western anthem "The Switch and the Spur", which is destined surely to be a spectacle at gigs, what with its epic breakdowns, blues solos and mexican horns.
All in all, this album is an outstanding follow-up to an outstanding debut. The band does not fall into the trap of treading on identical ground to the White Stripes, and in that regard this album is wholly original and outstanding. Every song is an essential listen, combining psychadelia, blues, piano pop and hard rock- creating a veritable milkshake of pop perfection. Five freaking stars.
It's pretty damned awesome. And they sprung it on us really quick, Radiohead style.
The new album is called "Consolers of the Lonely", and is by my calculations twice as big as their debut, "Broken Boy Soldiers", which I've talked about before. It also seems that they've thrown more money at it this time around, judging by the fact that everything here seems incredibly polished (not "from poland"-ed... God, that was AWFUL) and shiny.
And so, so wonderful. The title track opens this mother with a typical Jack White blues boogie and then slides effortlessly into Brendan Benson's lyrics, displaying not a little White Stripes flair... and then BAM!!! Jack White makes his vocal debut 1:16 in, screaming his Jack White lungs out and slowing the whole song to a simmering Jack White groove, at which I actually giggled with delight. Ahem.
The rest of the album takes a similarly rocking tone, albiet with some distinctly Jack and Brendan turns. Lead single "Salute Your Salution" is merely good at first then rocking towards the end, the piano-y ballads "Pull This Blanket Off" and "You Don't Understand Me" work extremely well, and the zany and utterly rocking "Five on the Five" is nothing if not outstanding.
The stand out track, though, is the overblown, Benson driven western anthem "The Switch and the Spur", which is destined surely to be a spectacle at gigs, what with its epic breakdowns, blues solos and mexican horns.
All in all, this album is an outstanding follow-up to an outstanding debut. The band does not fall into the trap of treading on identical ground to the White Stripes, and in that regard this album is wholly original and outstanding. Every song is an essential listen, combining psychadelia, blues, piano pop and hard rock- creating a veritable milkshake of pop perfection. Five freaking stars.
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