Goodie Bag 9/17
In a new segment to obviate media, updated every Sunday, five new (or fairly new) tracks you NEED to hear. Of course, they are all available to download. Enjoy. Comment. Rejoice.
Elton John - Tinderbox -A cut straight off of his new The Captain and The Kid disc due September 19. The album is a sequel to 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy. This is his finest effort in well over a decade, dare I say since the 1987 surgery that drastically deepened his singing voice.
Beck - Cell Phone's Dead - Beck's got a new album out October 3rd. "Already?!" You say. Yeah, I was surprised too. Pretty quick turnaround from March '05's Guero. A 'hip-hop' record produced by Radiohead knob-twiddler Nigel Godrich, is one I'm really looking forward to, though I've never fully been impressed by an entire Beck record yet. I'm hoping that this is the one. Besides, the blank cover with the included sticker sheets to make your own is the best packaging idea since Sgt. Pepper came with all of those cut outs.
Elliott Smith - True Love (demo) - "All I need is a safe place to bleed... is this where it's at?" From the recently-surfaced From A Basement On A Hill sessions. Production supposedly by Jon Brion. Depressed much?
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla - Okay, not super new, but new enough. I find it amazing how Sigur Ros can express emotions through music and still not sound like anything else I've ever heard in my entire life. In the Children of Men trailer.
I'm From Barcelona - Oversleeping - Think Polyphonic Spree, but not as creepy. This 30 member collective (who's not from Barcelona, strangely enough) created an album of perfect pop songs. This is the one that immediately got my attention. And come on, who doesn't like huge choruses?
Elton John - Tinderbox -A cut straight off of his new The Captain and The Kid disc due September 19. The album is a sequel to 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy. This is his finest effort in well over a decade, dare I say since the 1987 surgery that drastically deepened his singing voice.
Beck - Cell Phone's Dead - Beck's got a new album out October 3rd. "Already?!" You say. Yeah, I was surprised too. Pretty quick turnaround from March '05's Guero. A 'hip-hop' record produced by Radiohead knob-twiddler Nigel Godrich, is one I'm really looking forward to, though I've never fully been impressed by an entire Beck record yet. I'm hoping that this is the one. Besides, the blank cover with the included sticker sheets to make your own is the best packaging idea since Sgt. Pepper came with all of those cut outs.
Elliott Smith - True Love (demo) - "All I need is a safe place to bleed... is this where it's at?" From the recently-surfaced From A Basement On A Hill sessions. Production supposedly by Jon Brion. Depressed much?
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla - Okay, not super new, but new enough. I find it amazing how Sigur Ros can express emotions through music and still not sound like anything else I've ever heard in my entire life. In the Children of Men trailer.
I'm From Barcelona - Oversleeping - Think Polyphonic Spree, but not as creepy. This 30 member collective (who's not from Barcelona, strangely enough) created an album of perfect pop songs. This is the one that immediately got my attention. And come on, who doesn't like huge choruses?
