From Billboard magazine - Modern rock outfit Modest Mouse will return Dec. 19 with its highly anticipated new Epic album, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank."
It's the follow-up to the band's 2004 mainstream breakthrough, "Good News for People Who Love Bad News," which has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The new album was recorded at Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, Miss., and, as previously tipped here, features the contributions of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Marr has since become an official member of Modest Mouse and will tour with the band in the future.
....Sweet Tea Studios sounds familiar .... but Johhny what are you doing?
...and new from the "What The Fuck? Department"
...and new from the "What The Fuck? Department"
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
Adding a grain of continued relevance to his career perhaps? I heard about this a few months ago and think Marr's move is pretty brilliant, actually. Haven't heard much Modest Mouse but I think they are pretty cutting edge.
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I wouldnt call Modest Mouse cutting edge, more like decidedly "meh" indie rock. I thought he was doing quite well with his own band "the Healers".Adding a grain of continued relevance to his career perhaps? I heard about this a few months ago and think Marr's move is pretty brilliant, actually. Haven't heard much Modest Mouse but I think they are pretty cutting edge.
What he SHOULD do is quit fannying about with 2nd division college bands and start writing songs with his old mucker Morrissey again.
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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Hard to disagree, but I just don't think Moz would ever do it, nor ever forgive him for ending the Smiths. But maybe with time the healer...
Who exactly are Modest Mouse? It's a true shame that while the Moz continues to inspire and entertain, Marr has largely wasted his solo career. A few low-key collaborations, but where's anything remotely reflecting the genius that made The Smiths the combo they were? Nowhere. Can't think of one memorable thing to tank alongside any moment of Smiths genius. Healers just sounded average to me, though haven't heard much. It's almost as if he's recognised that he can't do it without Moz.
Who exactly are Modest Mouse? It's a true shame that while the Moz continues to inspire and entertain, Marr has largely wasted his solo career. A few low-key collaborations, but where's anything remotely reflecting the genius that made The Smiths the combo they were? Nowhere. Can't think of one memorable thing to tank alongside any moment of Smiths genius. Healers just sounded average to me, though haven't heard much. It's almost as if he's recognised that he can't do it without Moz.
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They had a hit with the song "Float On", which was rather catchy, but I doubt it will last long - I mean how long was Marr in The Pretenders, or The The?Who exactly are Modest Mouse?
That song "On the Corner" the Healers do is great ... but in the end he's never gonna find a better collaborator that Mozzer, so why not?
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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Love the last two Modest Mouse records, and this strikes me as great news for people who loved Good News for People Who Love Bad News. Best news since Johnny Marr joined The The for Dusk.
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Now I actually quite like "the Walkmen" but the news that having completed their new album they have recorded a note for note recreation of the Harry Nilsson, Lennon produced classic "Pussy Cats" for release Oct 24 begs the questions, WHAT THE FUCK? and WHY???
Now I actually quite like "the Walkmen" but the news that having completed their new album they have recorded a note for note recreation of the Harry Nilsson, Lennon produced classic "Pussy Cats" for release Oct 24 begs the questions, WHAT THE FUCK? and WHY???
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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Well, at the wedding, the first thing you should say to him is, "Pussy Cats is a great fucking album as it is and doesnt need to be remade by ANYONE, ... its SACRILEGE I TELL YA!!", then flounce off and be forever known to him as Her Mad Cousin Grace.cause the lead singer's marrying my cousin next month in NYC!
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
I dunno.. for fun?
It's a covers album, only rather than covering various artists or songs they're covering an entire album note-for-note. I don't see anything wrong with that. Mary Lee's Corvette did the exact same thing (though it was live) with Blood on the Tracks a few years ago. I'm sure they're not out to prove the earlier Pussy Cats album irrelevant. Plus as you said The Walkmen are a good group. It'd be different if Christina Aguilera decided to redo Pet Sounds and it ended up being a smash hit.
Chances are the only people who are going to notice this Walkmen release are Walkmen fans and the fringe audience, so may as well let them have some fun.
It's a covers album, only rather than covering various artists or songs they're covering an entire album note-for-note. I don't see anything wrong with that. Mary Lee's Corvette did the exact same thing (though it was live) with Blood on the Tracks a few years ago. I'm sure they're not out to prove the earlier Pussy Cats album irrelevant. Plus as you said The Walkmen are a good group. It'd be different if Christina Aguilera decided to redo Pet Sounds and it ended up being a smash hit.
Chances are the only people who are going to notice this Walkmen release are Walkmen fans and the fringe audience, so may as well let them have some fun.
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But the thing is, that Mary Lee's Corvette wasnt a re-creation as such - her versions were in some cases radically different to Dylans originals.
If you listen to the Walkmen's version of "Many Rivers To Cross" it reproduces the sound/arrangement/instrumentation/vocal exactly.
Thats what I see as being pointless, unless they are trying to learn how it was done, in which case go ahead , but why release it?
Christina doing Pet Sounds Id like to hear!
If you listen to the Walkmen's version of "Many Rivers To Cross" it reproduces the sound/arrangement/instrumentation/vocal exactly.
Thats what I see as being pointless, unless they are trying to learn how it was done, in which case go ahead , but why release it?
Christina doing Pet Sounds Id like to hear!
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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Here's something that actually belongs here:
New Beck Album Denied U.K. Chart Eligibility
October 04, 2006, 5:45 PM ET
Chris M. Walsh, N.Y.
Beck's new Interscope album, "The Information," could sell a million copies next week and still not be considered for placement on the U.K. album chart. The U.K.'s Official Chart Company (OCC) has ruled that the album contains cover art and packaging that give it an "unfair advantage" and therefore will not be eligible to chart in the region.
The unique packaging includes four random sticker sets designed by artists handpicked by Beck, allowing fans to customize their own album covers.
"It's an unconventional package, but it shouldn't be penalized for that," says Beck. "Any art on a CD is an incentive to buy and listen. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. The response from the fans has been so strong, and that is the most important thing."
The problematic packaging will not provoke an omission from any Billboard chart, according to director of charts/senior analyst Geoff Mayfield.
New Beck Album Denied U.K. Chart Eligibility
October 04, 2006, 5:45 PM ET
Chris M. Walsh, N.Y.
Beck's new Interscope album, "The Information," could sell a million copies next week and still not be considered for placement on the U.K. album chart. The U.K.'s Official Chart Company (OCC) has ruled that the album contains cover art and packaging that give it an "unfair advantage" and therefore will not be eligible to chart in the region.
The unique packaging includes four random sticker sets designed by artists handpicked by Beck, allowing fans to customize their own album covers.
"It's an unconventional package, but it shouldn't be penalized for that," says Beck. "Any art on a CD is an incentive to buy and listen. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. The response from the fans has been so strong, and that is the most important thing."
The problematic packaging will not provoke an omission from any Billboard chart, according to director of charts/senior analyst Geoff Mayfield.
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Time Being? Really? It's been out in Canada since May. Not that I have it yet, being the idiot I am! But I bet you could order it from here for not too much.Mechanical Grace wrote:The latest Ron Sexsmith record came out in the UK in, what, August? July? It comes out here in JANUARY.
No wonder the poor guy doesn't sell a lot of records!
WTF????
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Best to order off a UK site, Amazon, or HK-based CD-WOW, if they have it, or from north of the border. I'd send you a copy, but you know I have a moral obligation to Ron and his royalties. I only give a Tower of Ron to encourage future sales, e.g. to chums who I'm getting to come to the forthcoming gig here.
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£7.99, free delivery.
A very beautiful record. Not quite as consistent as Retriever, it drifts a bit in the second half, but still classic Ron.
A very beautiful record. Not quite as consistent as Retriever, it drifts a bit in the second half, but still classic Ron.
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So kind of you to offer! Seriously, for the extra 2 bucks, I'll think I'll buy the import from my beloved Newbury Comics, which saves me so much money on music it's not even funny.Otis Westinghouse wrote:£7.99, free delivery.