Released cds this week

Fleet Foxes - Self Titled
Wonderful harmonies...you can hear the ghost of Brian Wilson on this CD. A glorious blend of British Folk with Indie Pop sensibilities.

Sam Phillips - Don't Do Anything
One of the great under-rated singers and/or performers of music around. She is lovely. Go ahead...take a listen and fall in love then start on her back catelog. How is she not on the radio? Well even if she isn't on the radio she should at least get a few spins on shuffle on you iPod.

Aimee Mann - Smilers
A "Grabber" of a CD: meaning she doesn't make you work hard to listen or "get it". "Grabber" the opposite of a "grower". "Grower" being a cd you need to listen to a CD few times before you think "damn this is one fine cd". She helps you along with big, poppy hooks and brilliant,bright production. Luckily she is on the radio. Thank you 80s one hit wonder.

Dr John - The City that Care Forgot
He is one pissed off musician. He is also a great musician with famous friends like Eric Clapton and Willie Nelson. He is a New Orleans guy so one guess as to the "City" that Care forgot.

Also
The Futureheads - This is Not the World. They have a nice Clash sound with that post punk dance beat thing going on too. Just download a few key tracks. You'll be fine with that. Radiohead - Best of... really?!? I know it's just a money grab but c'mon if you are friend of Radiohead you already own their hits. Throw the people a bone. Give them B sides or something. A bit silly unless you really, really need all the best known Radiohead tunes in one case. Or maybe your burner is acting funny or you are a bit too lazy.

More later
Bro

Rehash/ Re-Release/Re-Buy?

Almost nothing new out there but for Rap...and I don't really do Rap. I will let someone else telling you about that. It's not that I don't like Rap I do have RUN DMC's Chritmas tune and a few others on my iPod like the Beastie Boys and some DMX. Damn if that man doesn't get you going. Oh I've got Blondie too. She kinda rapped on that one song once. Anyway Rap...not really me.

So let's hear it for the boxset. I guess it's Chritmas time and if you were going to buy me one boxset released today it would have to be

"Oh By the Way" by Pink Floyd.
All 16 albums from "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" to "The Division Bell" - all the original artwork, including the inner sleeves. The one major bummer is no extras, it does have a collage poster of Storm Thorgerson's artwork for the band, plus a pair of coasters. If it just had that one extra CD of extra tracks this would be perfect. Oh and by the way which one is Floyd?

EMI tries to get back at Radiohead with the Radiohead Boxset

The Stones release yet another hits package. "Rolled Gold." I can't believe that people don't already own every one of these songs but maybe you want to introduce a young one? I don't know.

And another live DMB this time "live at Piedmont Park". Great version of one of my favorite of theirs "The Dreaming Tree" clocking in at 15:28.

And I know I have buried the headline (kinda) but NEXT now has a store. Now you can look good and feel good.

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Bro, Chris Bro

A couple cool videos...

Here's a fan video for Radiohead's "All I Need," composed entirely of footage from the 1996 French film, Microcosmos.




The video was made by J. Tyler Helms, who also did this great video for Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage," created with footage taken from Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West.




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HelperMonkey

FREE RADIOHEAD...

or pay whatever you want.

Radiohead is brilliant. On so many levels but now you can a new level of cool. They will be offering their new cd as pay what you want. I love it. Thank you boys. And more... REACTION

Another high-profile manager said he was still trying to process the boldness of the Radiohead venture. “My head is spinning, honestly,” said Kelly Curtis, who represents Seattle-based Pearl Jam. “It’s very cool and very inspiring, really.”.....

.....Curtis, the Pearl Jam manager, said that years on a major label roster established the Radiohead brand and made it possible for it to buck the system.

"It's the newer bands I really feel sorry for," Curtis said.

Pearl Jam and other groups with intense followings, such as the Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., Metallica and Nine Inch Nails, will probably learn the most from Radiohead's experience, Curtis said. "Everyone will keep an eye on this because this is the most exciting thing we've seen to this point."

and a pretty cool discussion going on at Bob Mould's blog.