Aren’t there supposed to be good albums coming out now? For the second week, I find myself looking at a list of new releases not containing a single title I feel worthy of my hard-earned $10 bucks. That’s not to say the rest of you won’t find something to enjoy, though. So here are a couple of this week’s key releases. Some of you, like me, are still old school enough that we don’t buy albums digitally (actually, more people […]
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Ending My Weekend with…Vampire Weekend
…No, I couldn’t think of a better headline. Oftentimes when I listen to records, I wonder what the artist or band I’m listening to would sound like live. Even though we live in an era where you can easily see bands perform on late-night TV or on one of a million video networks or any site cool enough to be able to host live performances, there’s nothing that can really compare to having a band playing in the same room […]
New Release Report 9/14/10: The Floodgates Open
The last couple of weeks have been pretty quiet on the new release front. Well, folks, brace yourselves. ‘Cause there’s a TON of stuff coming out this Tuesday and for the next several Tuesdays. Let’s jump right into it, huh? Linkin Park occasionally gets lumped in with the whole nu-metal movement, which is kinda sad, because I think Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda have more musical talent in their pinkie fingers than Fred Durst has in his whole body. At […]
New Release Report 8/24/10: Teenage Dream or Adult Nightmare?
I don’t TOTALLY hate Katy Perry. You have to know someone to hate them, and I don’t know the woman personally. So there’s that. Otherwise, she just seems like an exploitative whore for fame-kinda like GaGa without the talent. So needless to say, I won’t be picking up Katy’s latest release, “Teenage Dream” today. However, I’m pretty sure a couple hundred thousand folks will, injecting some life into the music industry, which has been running on fumes for most of […]
New Release Report 8/10/10: YAWN?
Why am I even bothering to write one of these up this week? Ain’t jack dookie in record stores this week. I often wonder why the folks that schedule release dates don’t spread the wealth a little more. Weeks will go by with minimal new release action, then there’ll be a day when 5 or 6 albums that I want come out. Seems like it’s either feast or famine. Oh, that guy Mike Posner (whoever the hell he is) has […]
New Release Report: Something to Crow About?
Another kinda slow week for music buying, at least if you like what I like. Here are some highlights. Sheryl Crow “100 Miles from Memphis”-As I have mentioned in a previous post, I haven’t really dug Sheryl’s last couple of albums. However, the smooth first single “Summer Day” has me anticipating a Sheryl album more than I have in at least a decade. Keith Richards and Justin Timberlake both guest here, and she covers Citizen Cope’s “Sideways”. She also gives […]
Tighten Up Your Fight Game: Check out The Black Keys' New Video
The Black Keys are one of those bands that’s been on my radar for quite some time. I’ve just never really built up the interest to fully investigate them-till now. I’ve heard very good things about their new album “Brothers”, and after checking out this awesomely hilarious video for “Tighten Up” (which is a kick-ass song independent of the video), I marched my ass to the local record emporium to pick up a copy. I do have one qualm about […]
Never Too Late for a "Holiday": Vampire Weekend's New Video
I was originally gonna post this video before Memorial Day, with the timing of the video’s release and the actual holiday weekend, it seemed like the logical thing to do. Sometimes the best laid plans fall short, however, and now I’m posting the new video from my favorite new-ish band (that I’m going to see in a couple of months…sweet!) while everyone’s in mid-week slumber mode. Anyway, “Holiday” is a jaunty little song, perfect for beach trips and summer cookouts. […]
New Release Report 6/1/10: You Don't Know Jack
OK. I lie. If you’ve heard even one Jack Johnson record, you probably know him pretty well. The mellow Hawaiian surfer dude has very quietly become probably the most popular male pop/rock singer in the country not named John Mayer. And he’s done it without dating any celebrities, making an ass of himself in print media, or even having a hit song at radio. He definitely has a certain appeal. A lot of folks-myself included-occasionally need to hear music that […]
Chart Stalker 5/27/10: Exile on My TV
The biggest news on this week’s album chart? A TV show. The second biggest news? A 40-year old album. First things first. “Glee: The Music: Showstoppers” bows atop the Billboard 200 this week, with 136,000 copies sold. It’s the second chart-topper to boast the “Glee” brand in the past 6 weeks. The hit FOX show is now a true phenomenon, with no end in sight. A distant second goes to the reissue of the Rolling Stones’ 39-year old classic “Exile […]
"Dear God": Thanks for Allowing The Roots to Put Out a New Record
Straight up. I love The Roots. Even if I didn’t think ?uestlove might be my Blerd brother from another mother, I’d still dig the band. Hell, they make Jimmy Fallon tolerable, and that is a tall, tall order. Previewing the June release of “How I Got Over”, the Philly band’s 9th studio album, check out “Dear God 2.0”, a slight re-imagining of a track originally written and performed by indie rock supergroup Monsters of Folk that was released last fall […]