My apologies to all of you who look forward to this Tuesday service, but this is one of those weeks where it's going to take more than this list of new releases to motivate me.
Things are miserable enough, I don't dare listen to a new record of gloom from Antony & The Johnsons, or the nails on a blackboard twee of Belle & Sebastian.
While I did enjoy Badly Drawn Boy's debut and his excellent soundtrack to the film "About A Boy," I haven't been on his bus for ages.
Sufjan Stevens? Feel free to dig in, but I'm still not over Stevens' tribute to the
BQE.
Am I the only one not following Darius Rucker's country career?
If I had to pick two releases that I'm interested in giving some time, they would be the Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez collection, which also includes 4 new tracks, and The Orb with David Gilmour. I do love Gilmour's guitar playing, and this record has the potential to sound a bit like "Meddle."
But here's what's out today, anyway.
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS- SWANLIGHTS
BADLY DRAWN BOY- IT'S WHAT I'M THINKING: PHOTOGRAPHING SNOWFLAKES
BELLE & SEBASTIAN- WRITE ABOUT LOVE
BLUE FLOYD- LIVE AT BIRCH HILL
OLD 97S- GRAND THEATRE (VOLUME ONE)
THE ORB FEATURING DAVID GILMOUR- METALLIC SPHERES
BUY IT--->http://www.amazon.com/Metallic-Spheres-featuring-David-Gilmour/dp/B003YWUTKM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286890503&sr=1-1
DARIUS RUCKER- CHARLESTON SC, 1966
SUFJAN STEVENS- AGE OF ADZ
CHIP TAYLOR & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ- THE NEW BYE & BYE
BUY IT--->http://www.amazon.com/New-Chip-Taylor-Carrie-Rodriguez/dp/B003ZU8TKK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1286890468&sr=1-1
7 comments:
Bummer, I was hoping for another Clapton record. He could name it "Eric" and one of the songs could be called "Daybed".
I'm really enjoying the new Lobos and - dare I say - that Neil Young album is really pretty fine. I don't think "collection of demos" does it justice...strikes me as more than that.
"Nails on a blackboard twee" - very succinct.
Better luck next week, Sal.
I do not get Belle and Sebastian on any level whatsoever. There -- I've said it and I'm glad.
And I'd rather listen to a medieval peasant having his eyes gouged out with a burnt stick than to encounter another song by that Anthony guy ever.
Sal,
Any week with a Chip Taylor / Carrie Rodriguez release is not a bad one...even with only 4 new songs.
See Chip Taylor with Kendall Carson at Hill Country Barbecue, Fri. 10/22/10...
And see Meanstreets have a few cold ones....
Sal,
What's your the pre - release thoughts on the Leon Russell / Elton John CD ? Is the bru - ha - ha justified ?
Leon is one of my musical hero's....the other guy gives me the creeps....
I bet you knew that....
Re: Leon/Elton
Don't get your hopes up.
What about the Old 97's?
Have to admit, I was hoping for more Clapton too.
They sound like he knocks them out in a couple of days.
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