i just had rumor confirmed that ray lamontagne is indeed set to release his third full-lenth studio album on rca records september 9th. unlike his two previous works, which were both pretty stripped down solo creations, gossip in the grain will feature ray joined by his traveling band members, bassist jennifer condos and bassist eric heywood. he is also joined on two tracks by singer songwriter leona naess. having seen ray perform live with condos and heywood, i am so incredibly excited to see what they are able to put together in the studio. lamontagne is one of the few artists that can say absolutely nothing in a live performance and still have the entire audience captivated for the duration of the set. so be excited about more great music coming your way. and do not miss an opportunity to see lamontagne live.
tracklisting:
1. let it be me
2. hey me, hey mama
3. sarah
4. i still care for you
5. winter birds
6. meg white
7. achin’ all the time
8. henry nearly killed me (it’s a shame)
9. a falling through
10. gossip in the grain
if the gnarls barkley cover i posted a few weeks ago wasn’t enough to convince you to buy all of his records, this video surely will.
i just found out that a friend of mine had made a cd and didn’t tell me. so i foolishly assumed that it wasn’t gonna be that great. boy was i wrong. this short little ep is the real deal. he fits the singer/songwriter label and his sound is best described as acoustic-folk. the way he sings and plays reminds me a lot of colin hay post men at work. for those of you who have never heard of colin hay, and only know him through his work as the lead singer of the 80′s band men at work, you should definitely check him out. but only do that after stopping in and listening to cass harris. even though it’s just his voice and an acoustic guitar, the songs aren’t lacking at all. simple though they may be, he pulls off a very full sound in each recording. i also really enjoy his songwriting a lot. each song has a bit of a story-telling aspect to it, which i am a huge fan of. so seriously check it and order a cd. or if you can wait a couple of weeks, it will be available on itunes pretty soon. all of four for the road can be heard at cassharrismusic.com
also, for those interested, cass is in the middle of recording an album of theme songs he has written over the past seven years for new life ranch. this pic was taken in east hall studio in fayetteville, ar.
here’s an example of the genius of the man from the land down under.
so i was definitely obsessed with the blue album back in junior high, but for the most part have been disappointed with anything they have done since then. i have basically just enjoyed their catchy radio singles until they annoy the crud out of me a couple of weeks later, which i am sure is what will soon happen to this new song off of their third self-titled and color coated album (the red album). but the reason i am choosing to write about this song isn’t because i think weezer has totally redeemed themselves and come out with a praiseworthy album, but rather i want to give them props for making an awesome video that actually has a decent message.
“i do the things that i wanna do, i ain’t got a thing to prove to you”
going along with this line out of the chorus, they decided to ask a handful of people who have become semi-famous from youtube. and the majority of them, not because they did anything awesome, or spectacular. most of them just made a fool of themselves and we have enjoyed laughing at them the past several years. so if you are a big youtube junkie, or if you are curious to hear the new weezer single, check out this new video.
My name is Cody Bromley, and I’ve actually been hiding behind the scenes here for quite some time now, and Nathan finally gave me the green-light to come out into the open and start blogging.
So I’m here for a fun new regular treat.
Remix Wednesday.
In keeping with the overall tone of the website I wanted the first song I picked to be something a little more indie-folk-pop-ish. So I dug, and dug through all my remixes, and I found the perfect song.
Helicopter (Original Version) by Bloc Party
Helicopter (Whitey Remix) by Bloc Party (removed 2/13/09)
So today, if you’ve never had a chance to hear it, I introduce you to the Whitey remix of this glorious song. What makes this remix stand out isn’t so much changes to the overall song, for which very few seem to even be present, but rather that it changed the emphasis inside the song from the guitar to the drums. A few howling wolves and owls thrown in feel a little obtuse, and unnecessary but are also pretty fun.
I yearn for you to enjoy this chance to enjoy a song a second time.
And I hope your ears bleed a second time. Ω
