Nothing is all that new for me musically, but I thought that I'd mention a couple of albums that came out today that would probably be worth checking out. First, there's the one that I mentioned a few posts back, Nada Surf's "Lucky" and then there's Hot Chip's "Made in the Dark" which has gotten four stars from Rollingstone. Sometimes Rollingstone misses the mark, but I know that I liked Hot Chip's last album "The Warning." I'm using a lot of "quotes" today. What's up with that?
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - if you haven't seen it, you should. It's the true story of a guy who has an accident, ends up communicating only in blinks, and has a vivid imagination (and even writes books). Anyway, it's a good flick and the main reason why I'm writing about it at the moment is because there's a song that I keep going back to listen to from its soundtrack. And that song would be Don't Kiss Me Goodbye from Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle. If you want to buy just the song, you're SOL because Amazon (more likely the music label) won't sell it by itself (you have to buy the whole soundtrack). While the whole soundtrack is pretty good and has some cool stuff by The Dirtbombs and U2, I don't know if it's worth the dough. I think this is why Limewire is alive and well. Since I don't know the legality of posting mp3s on this blog (I don't know how other blogs get away with it), I'll post a youtube video which features the song. The video ain't the great, but neither is this blog. :-P
Yeah, I don't care who wins the big game. On one hand it would be cool to see the Giants win, but on the other hand, it would be cool to witness a team go 19-0. So yeah, whatever.
Anyway, musically, I'm listening to Vampire Weekend at the moment (currently the song Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa) and while I haven't listened to all of the digital download (via Amazon's super easy mp3 store - Sorry iTunes, but I want DRM-free music damn it! - and yes, I know that it's the music companies who are keeping Apple from having DRM-free tracks, which is a bunch of crap) so far so good. I've seen the Vampire Weekend album around but never really thought about them until I caught them on Letterman the other day. I'm digging the album because the songs don't all sound the same and some of the lyrics are really catchy.
By the way, if you want to get the new MGMT album, it's also now available as a digital download for less than $6. If they would have had it on the Amazon sooner, it would have saved me $6. Grrrrr
Hut hut hike!
(holy shit, I hope that Tom Petty doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction)
As much as I hate to admit that myspace is a good way to stay in the know with music (at least mainstream stuff), I have to admit that it's not too shabby. My example of this is their promotion of the forthcoming album "Lucky" by Nada Surf. Not only do they have videos they have a bunch of tunes as well. Even though it's the usual comment when someone mentions Nada Surf, they really are underrated and underheard. I still love the song Killian's Red from their 2002 release, "Let Go." Check it out if you get the chance.
