Albums you are looking forward to in 08!!!

Check your pm's in oh…half an hour?

thanks…sounds good so far…

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Check your pm's in oh…half an hour?

Originally posted by kosmo:
anyone see that rhino is re-issuing all the Replacement Twin Tone era releases with bonus tracks?

http://rhino.com/artists/controller.lasso?artist=thereplacements&p=RHfpg

and those bastards have released an Collectors Edition of Love - "Forever Changes"

with 77 minutes of new material

tis a bit annoying that they can't just do this sort of thing the first time instead… i.e. issue the expanded and deluxe editions at the same time

That 77 minutes of bonus material sounds inessential. Alternate mixes are usually indistinguishable from the originals. And "tracking highlights" is code for "musical bloopers." "Forever Changes" is my favorite album of all time but I'm not buying this crap. Until someone digs up some live tracks from the Da Capo era, my money's staying in my wallet.

So the American version of Boris' Smile pales in comparison to the Japanese one. The Japanese mix has this nice thick coating of fuzzy dirt on it that the US one completely lacks and replaces it with some rearrangements of a couple tracks that actually make them worse, placing a few formulaic guitar solos in them. "Statement," for example, is a piece of shit when compared to its Japanese counterpart "Message." The Japanese version is also more cohesive and has a nice flow whereas the US one has songs that begin and end very abruptly. The American version is also roughly 20 minutes shorter; the Japanese copy contains one more song ("You Put Up Your Umbrella") and has a longer "bonus track." It's the same "Bonus Track" on both but the American one is edited down by around 4 minutes. Edit: "Message" is a good 4-5 minutes longer than "Statement." And this may be a petty complaint but whose bright idea was it to rename "Next Saturn" to "My Neighbor Satan?" I'm typically a huge fan of Southern Lord but they really dropped the ball here. Who knows where I could score a Japanese copy without paying through the nose?

Originally posted by kosmo:
anyone see that rhino is re-issuing all the Replacement Twin Tone era releases with bonus tracks?

http://rhino.com/artists/controller.lasso?artist=thereplacements&p=RHfpg

and those bastards have released an Collectors Edition of Love - "Forever Changes"

with 77 minutes of new material

tis a bit annoying that they can't just do this sort of thing the first time instead… i.e. issue the expanded and deluxe editions at the same time

It could be worse. If I'm not mistaken, almost every Elvis Costello album has been (or is planning on being) released FIVE different times on CD from various labels with various bonus tracks, etc.

Brian

New album by The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
I'm really digging it.

Good to see MES is still alive and 'chopping up rare red squirrels with hedge-clipper'

I can't believe the RSPCA is both this gullible and has nothing better to do.

Apparently "You Put Up Your Umbrella" is on the American version of Boris' Smile; just wasn't on the promo copy.

Thanks for the heads-up on the Fall album!

Anyone have an opinion on the upcoming Weezer?
I'm late to the thread and 5 pgs. behind, but I'm curious about Weezer and REM; looking forward to DCFC.

I'm about halfway through the new Supergrass and I'm digging it. Good stuff.

Originally posted by Greer Zoller:
Anyone have an opinion on the upcoming Weezer?

The first 8 songs of the new Weezer album are out and about. I'm not a huge fan of the band but the new songs are pretty damn great. Catchy as all hell, and pretty rocking. I spun the blue album and Pinkerton a LOT back in the day, but didn't listen much to the following 3 albums. But this new one is going to be pretty awesome. Troublemaker is a great song, as is The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived.

Snailhook and Julian are probably the only two others who'd care about this but:

"Brand new album from Raccoo-oo-oon! RTB will do the CD and Not Not Fun will do a 2xLP of it. The recording is already done and is absolutely fantastic!
76 minutes… 76 minutes! More all over the place, more all over everything. Spaced out prog-madness, just beyond everything. Be prepared. Just waiting
for the artwork etc. I think it's safe to say that you can expect this one in July… More detailed information soon."

Sonic Youth Sets Track List for Starbucks Comp

May 21, 2008, 4:40 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Sonic Youth has finalized the track list for its compilation "Hits Are for Squares," due June 10 exclusively in Starbucks stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., as well as online.

In addition to the exclusive Sonic Youth track "Slow Revolution," the limited-edition CD features Sonic Youth songs, handpicked by Radiohead, Chloe Sevigny, Dave Eggers, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Beck, Flea, David Cross and other enthusiasts. Participants have also written about their selections for the liner notes.

"I guess, for some, Sonic Youth represents something that they don't really equate with Starbucks," Moore told Billboard last year. "But I kind of like the absurdity of it. Sonic Youth has always, in a way, made itself available to the super mainstream."

"In a way, Sonic Youth has a branded name," he continued. "People know the name, but not necessarily our music, which might be a little too outsider for some. And when they do hear a little something, it doesn't tell the whole story. I thought it would be interesting to have a CD available in a store like Starbucks where the casual consumer can sort of have access to [our music] more readily."

"From my experience nothing gets you going like putting on 'Teenage Riot' at full volume … 0 to 60, standing still," Vedder writes of his choice. "Play it twice and you will have cleaned the house and shoveled the walk. In a car you'll find yourself doing 95 and getting pulled over before the first chorus."

Sonic Youth has a few shows lined up this summer, including a July 4 gig with the reunited Feelies at New York's Battery Park.

Here is the track list for "Hits Are for Squares:"

"Bull in the Heather," selected by Catherine Keener
"Sugar Kane," selected by Beck
"100%," selected by Mike D
"Kool Thing," selected by Radiohead
"Disappearer," selected by Portia De Rossi
"Superstar," selected by Diablo Cody
"Stones," selected by Allison Anders
"Tuff Gnarl," selected by Dave Eggers and Mike Watt
"Teenage Riot," selected by Eddie Vedder
"Shadow of a Doubt," selected by Michelle Williams
"Rain on Tin," selected by Flea
"Tom Violence," selected by Gus Van Zant
"Mary-Christ," selected by David Cross
"World Looks Red," selected by Chloe Sevigny
"Expressway to Yr Skull," selected by Flaming Lips
"Slow Revolution," exclusive new Sonic Youth recording

If you're into Fela Kuti or Afro beat.

Seun Kuti's first album, Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt80 is really worth checking out.

He's keeping the Kuti legend going strong. I'm digging it more than anything Femi has done so far.

Can't wait for the July 7th show at 9:30.

Did they add the "selected by" part so that it will sell more?

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Sonic Youth Sets Track List for Starbucks Comp

May 21, 2008, 4:40 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Sonic Youth has finalized the track list for its compilation "Hits Are for Squares," due June 10 exclusively in Starbucks stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., as well as online.

In addition to the exclusive Sonic Youth track "Slow Revolution," the limited-edition CD features Sonic Youth songs, handpicked by Radiohead, Chloe Sevigny, Dave Eggers, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Beck, Flea, David Cross and other enthusiasts. Participants have also written about their selections for the liner notes.

"I guess, for some, Sonic Youth represents something that they don't really equate with Starbucks," Moore told Billboard last year. "But I kind of like the absurdity of it. Sonic Youth has always, in a way, made itself available to the super mainstream."

"In a way, Sonic Youth has a branded name," he continued. "People know the name, but not necessarily our music, which might be a little too outsider for some. And when they do hear a little something, it doesn't tell the whole story. I thought it would be interesting to have a CD available in a store like Starbucks where the casual consumer can sort of have access to [our music] more readily."

"From my experience nothing gets you going like putting on 'Teenage Riot' at full volume … 0 to 60, standing still," Vedder writes of his choice. "Play it twice and you will have cleaned the house and shoveled the walk. In a car you'll find yourself doing 95 and getting pulled over before the first chorus."

Sonic Youth has a few shows lined up this summer, including a July 4 gig with the reunited Feelies at New York's Battery Park.

Here is the track list for "Hits Are for Squares:"

"Bull in the Heather," selected by Catherine Keener
"Sugar Kane," selected by Beck
"100%," selected by Mike D
"Kool Thing," selected by Radiohead
"Disappearer," selected by Portia De Rossi
"Superstar," selected by Diablo Cody
"Stones," selected by Allison Anders
"Tuff Gnarl," selected by Dave Eggers and Mike Watt
"Teenage Riot," selected by Eddie Vedder
"Shadow of a Doubt," selected by Michelle Williams
"Rain on Tin," selected by Flea
"Tom Violence," selected by Gus Van Zant
"Mary-Christ," selected by David Cross
"World Looks Red," selected by Chloe Sevigny
"Expressway to Yr Skull," selected by Flaming Lips
"Slow Revolution," exclusive new Sonic Youth recording

I wonder if he does Fela songs live.


There are many I'd love to hear.

This should be good:

Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh duo album out on Drag City july 22nd!

Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh are known to open-eared music listeners for their collaborations with other artists â?? artists with names such as Ghost,
Espers, Damon & Naomi, Fursaxa, Tom Rapp, Lukas Ligeti, Bert Jansch, among many others. By collaborating with each other, they've made one of the most
beautiful recordings either one of them has yet participated in.

They first met at a festival in the United States in 2006. Batoh presented Helena with a handmade bamboo instrument; short on spare celli, she gave him
a copy of her solo CD. Afterwards, they stayed in touch. At some point Helena suggested an improvised musical collaboration. Batoh wrote back and said:
"Actually I'm too busy now to think about music…if my idols Moondog, Henry Cowell or Toru Takemitsu wanted me, I'll refuse their orders."

Several weeks later he had a change of heart. He contacted Helena and said that he felt they should record not improvisations only, but songs as well. Helena
made a demo of some Scandinavian folk songs that she remembered in her spirit from growing up in northern Sweden, thinking that maybe they'd record one.

The recording session was held in Tokyo over four days in December 2007. For instruments fans, this session might be a treasure. So many strings were used:
6- and 12-string guitar, banjo, cello, hurdy-gurdy, harp, contra bass, chappa Tibetan bells, Kin (Buddist metallic bowl), timpani, bass marimba, vibraphone,
thunder sheet and on and on.

Six of the traditional Swedish traditional tunes were reconstructed, along with Batoh's arrangement of "Death Letter," a classic Son House delta blues song.
Additionally, a European medieval tune was addressed in their own arrangement and expressions. "Zeranium," a dreamy folk tune that Batoh wrote for Damon
& Naomi (they didn't use it), was re-arranged for this session as well.

New Lil Wayne is finally out and about.


Haven't listened yet.