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Post by lunatic96 on Feb 19, 2005 19:32:18 GMT -5
The new Spoon album is pretty good. I don't see it knocking off Girls Can Tell as their best album, but it's still pretty good.
The new Sleater-Kinney is fairly disappointing.
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Post by ScottsyII on Feb 19, 2005 19:38:04 GMT -5
Wow... I'm suprised that Sleater - Kinney would be disappointing... in what way??!
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Post by NdY on Feb 19, 2005 21:33:01 GMT -5
The Spoon's a'ight.
So the SK is disappointing... after all the bitching and moaning from them about the leak? Lame-o.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 20, 2005 10:39:48 GMT -5
IT'S OFFICIAL! (Last updated: 2/17)
Devils & Dust due on April 26
Well, as he said during the Blood Brothers documentary, it's the part Bruce hates, because now things are official. But it's the part we love. Springsteen's 19th album, Devils & Dust will be released on April 26. Not an E Street Band project, the album features the primary trio of Springsteen, Steve Jordan (drums), and Brendan O'Brien (bass). Produced (as The Rising was) by O'Brien, the new album was recorded at Thrill Hill Recording Studios in Los Angeles and New Jersey with additional engineering at Southern Tracks in Atlanta.
The track listing is:
1. Devils & Dust
2. All the Way Home
3. Reno
4. Long Time Comin'
5. Black Cowboys
6. Maria's Bed
7. Silver Palomino
8. Jesus Was an Only Son
9. Leah
10. The Hitter
11. All I'm Thinkin' About
12. Matamoras Banks
Speaking to Larry McShane of the Associated Press this week about the forthcoming album, Springsteen said, "A lot of it is set in the west, in what feels like a rural setting." In that sense, and judging by the song titles, it would seem to share much with 1995's The Ghost of Tom Joad. But while we're anticipating a return to that storytelling vein, don't look for Tom Joad II; our impression is that this record will go in more different directions (including a fair share of rockage), with a fuller sound as opposed to the more uniform folk fare of Tom Joad. Still, according to McShane, the album is a "quieter, more acoustic affair than The Rising... pedal steel guitar, harmonica and violin fill in the sparse, rootsy arrangements."
As for the songs: "Long Time Comin'" and "The Hitter" will be familiar to those who followed the Tom Joad solo acoustic tour a decade ago, as songs that Bruce performed live but never released. He told McShane, "I was so excited after playing on that tour, I'd get off the stage and go write. Then I put those songs on the shelf for a while, until I had a chance to revisit them." That older material is mixed with newer songs, such as the title track, written as the war in Iraq began. "All the Way Home" isn't as old as some have suspected; although the song shares a title with one Springsteen wrote on Southside Johnny's 1991 Better Days album, Rolling Stone is reporting that this is "an entirely different song." Thematically, Springsteen described Devils & Dust to McShane as "the individual stories of people wrestling with their demons... It's about people working through their confusions, sometimes well and sometimes tragically." Read the full Associated Press story.
The tour: The official press release from Shore Fire Media also says that Springsteen is planning to tour to accompany the release of the album, and that "details will be announced shortly." For now, it's looking like anyone who missed the intimate acoustic tour that started ten years ago this fall will get another chance to witness Bruce in that kind of setting. According to the AP, Springsteen isn't yet sure whether he'll be playing solo or with a small band, but in either case the tour will be "an acoustic affair... targeting theaters and smaller venues." Dates are being planned in Europe as well as the U.S.
- Updated February 17, 2005
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Post by pattentank24 on Feb 21, 2005 14:43:55 GMT -5
Spoon: The NEXT Group everyone can agree matters at Rolling Stone Castaways
We played the new Ravonettes single
"Love In A Trash Can" last night and the phone lines went crazy,I haven't seen a response like this since we debuted Modest Mouse "Float On" last year
Just thought I mention it
Bruce Springsteen had been sighted all over town,I didn't realize it was for a new album though
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Post by pattentank24 on Feb 21, 2005 14:53:55 GMT -5
The new Doves is par so far with "last broadcast, I hope they can get a Coldplay like response from the mass American audiences
Ndy- I agree with you on LCD it's intial listening are wearing off on me with Daft Punk/Tribulations still the standouts and you can't say anything negative about the bonus disc
It just seems to not have the staying power of say "Gotham" or "Echoes"
Did Anybody hear the new Electric Six Album "Senor Smoke"?
I was very dissapointed after I enjoyed FIRE,Hopefully it will get better if I give a couple more chances.
The Stars album is I believe either not widely available or import only hence the release date
Couple Thoughts
-Embrace- sounds like Noel Gallagher
-Blue Merril- is the best Chris Martin soundalike I have ever heard he's a clone I swear Listen to "Standing In The Sun" you'd shit when you find out it's not Coldplay
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Feb 21, 2005 15:53:37 GMT -5
We played the new Ravonettes single "Love In A Trash Can" last night and the phone lines went crazy yay. |
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Post by rockysigman on Feb 21, 2005 19:32:11 GMT -5
Just bought my first 2005 album, Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now. Still sinking in, but I think I highly recommend it.
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Feb 25, 2005 8:52:40 GMT -5
Patten, did you guys get just the new Raveonettes single or the whole 4 track promo EP? The other tracks on the EP are equally delicious.
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Post by ScottsyII on Feb 25, 2005 10:34:58 GMT -5
I seem to have soft spot for the Raveonettes myself.... I liked quite a few singles from their last album quite a bit... they seem to be quite a catching melodic little outfit... well worth looking into!
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Post by pattentank24 on Feb 25, 2005 13:36:04 GMT -5
Weeping- we got just a single with a sleeve listing the release date in that typical lazy promotional indie way
Most of my promos end up with me burning a mix of new singles and picking and choosing what I think should be played amongst the group
If your unaware what I'm talking about
I work in Sportstalk radio and have friends who host college radio shows and even have helped out on the air on commercial alternative radio in which a friend of mine hosts a NEW Music Show which consists of the latest songs b-sides etc..
That Stars album(Set Yourself On Fire)
is amazing I am so jealous of it
It's the album I was always wanted to make
It came out 2004 I saw on arts&crafts(Broken Social Scene's label)
But my promo lists it at being released later in March
So I haven't decided if it's on my 2004 list or 05
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Post by pattentank24 on Feb 25, 2005 14:12:04 GMT -5
2005 Roster Reviews AS OF TODAY
Trail of the Dead- Worlds Apart (7)
Bright Eyes Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (6)
M83- Before The Dawn Heals Us (8)
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (9)
The Chemical Brothers- Push The Button (7)
LCD Soundsystem Disc 1 (6) Disc 2 (9) Overall (7)
The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute (8)
Doves- Some Cities (8)
Electric Six -Senor Smoke (5)
Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak (7)
Tori Amos- The BeeKeeper (6)
EP
Fiery Furnaces- EP (9)
2004/ I heard in 05
Stars- Set Yourself on Fire (10)
Death From Above 1979- You"re A Woman I'm a Machine (8)
Hope of the States- The Lost Riots (9)
The Dears- No Cities Left (9)
Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous (8)
Dizzee Rascal- Showtime (7)
My Rating System
10-Classic You'll never tire of it
9- One of the best albums of the year
8- Great Album can listen to the whole thing straight without skipping
7- A Couple of knockout tracks and a solid album
6- You enjoy the majority of it ,and can see where it's trying to go artistically, yet something is missing
5- One or two standouts and mostly filler
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Post by pattentank24 on Feb 26, 2005 7:21:54 GMT -5
Top 10 songs in Atlanta This Week
10.Embrace- Ashes
9. Garbage- Why Do You Love Me
8. Doves- Sky Starts Falling
7. Chromeo- Needy Girl
6. Kings of Leon- Day Old Blues
5. Secret Machines- Girl From The North Country
4. Fiery Furnaces- Single Again
3. Raveonettes- Love In A Trash Can
2. Louie the XIV- Illegal Tender
1. Stars- Reunion
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Post by pattentank24 on Feb 26, 2005 8:48:47 GMT -5
10.  Trail of the Dead-Worlds Apart(7) last week (5 weeks) 9.  Tori Amos- The Beekeeper(-) (debut) 8.  The Chemical Brothers- Push The Button(5) last week (4 weeks) 7.  Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Wake It's Morning(3) last week (5 weeks) 6.  M83- Before The Dawn Heals Us(4) last week (5 weeks, 2 @ #1) 5.  LCD Soundsystem-s/t(1) last week (3 weeks, 1 week @ #1) 4.  The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute(2) last week (2 weeks ) 3.  Doves- Some Cities(10) last week (2 weeks) 2.  Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak(-) (debut) 1.  Stars- Set Yourself on Fire(-) (debut, first album to debut @ #1) AMAZING ALBUM,the Best thing I have heard since Turn on The bright Lights,It's a keeper The Headphone Hall of Fame Pick Of the Week  Damien Rice- O |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Mar 1, 2005 15:31:34 GMT -5
Stuff I have liked over the last couple of weeks:
• Mars Volta: Frances the Mute
• Giorgio Moroder: From Here to Eternity
• Mogwai: Government Commissions
• Eluvium: Talk Amongst the Trees
• The Octopus Project: One Ten Hundred...
• The Slits: Cut
that new stars record is really quite fantastic
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