Conor Oberst posted a new song from his forthcoming album, Outer South, on his web-site to be streamed. Click here to listen to “Slowly (Oh So Slowly).” Sounds like he is going to continue one with The Mystical Valley Band for at least one more record, which is great news for us.
New Leonard Cohen Album
If you head on over to NPR you can stream in its entirety the double disc collection Live in London by Leonard Cohen. This is a great introduction for anyone who’s only interraction with Cohen’s music is the Rufus Wainwright cover of his epic “Hallelujah” found on the Shrek soundtrack.
The Killers Cover Bright Eyes
The Killers will relaese their song Spaceman off of their new record Day & Age as a single on April 14th. Which wouldn’t be noteworthy at all, but for the cover of the very country Bright Eyes song, ” Four Winds” that was recorded for the B-side.
Where The Wild Things Are
The trailer for the new Spike Jonze interpretation of possibly the greatest children’s book ever, Where the Wild Things Are was released last week, and it looks awesome. That partly due to how awesome Wild Thing looks, and then also because of the sweet version of The Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” that is playing in the background.
Stereogum premiered a new Death Cab For Cutie record, The Open Door EP. Each day last week they would post one of the five tracks that were recorded during the Narrow Stairs process, but are definitely not outcasts. My favorite might be the last track, which is the only unoriginal track of the bunch, a stripped down demo of “Talking Bird.”
The Killers have decided to jump the gun, but releasing their third studio album tomorrow instead of sticking with the traditional Tuesday release. Maybe they are just as excited for us to hear the album as we are to get to listen to it. Expect nothing but pure yet slightly ridiculous 80′s influenced synth-pop fun from these guys. Flowers has yet to write a song I didn’t enjoy. But don’t look to these guys to be inspired, rather just let them help you throw a killer dance party. No pun intended.
Death Cab For Cutie – Somthing About Airplanes Deluxe Edition
Also coming out this week is the deluxe reissue of Death Cab For Cutie’s debut studio album, Something About Airplanes. This double-disc is being released by Barsuk to celebreat the 10th anniversary of the original album’s release. The first disc will contain the original album in its entirety. And then the second disc has seven songs from the bands first ever seattle show. It is a great buy for any Death Cab fan at only $12. By the way if the only album you own by DCFC is Plans, you’re not considered a fan.
Death Cab For Cutie – Champagne From a Paper Cup (removed 2/13/09)
i really enjoyed watching this video. i love it when either a song or a video tells a story, and i especially love it when they correspond the way they do in this one. with as much music as i listen to, unfortunately a lot of times i really miss a lot of what is going on in a song. i love to give a song, no an album, my undivided attention. some people think it is weird, but i love to curl up on the couch or go for a walk with nothing on my mind but listening to music. with as much as i have going on in my life right now, it is getting harder and harder to have those times. so i am forced to make the music merely a secondary activity, something that merely adds to what i am doing. now i don’t dislike that at all, but you end up missing a lot of the song. you miss certain sounds and you usually end up missing the meaning and purpose of the song. that is what happened to me with this fantastic single off of death cab for cutie’s most recent album, narrow stairs. i had listened to it over and over, but i had no idea what the song was about, that is until i saw this great video directed by autumn de wilde. the video is nothing spectacular, but i really appreciated it because it helped draw me in and allowed me to focus on the incredibly sad lyrics of this song. i found the lyrics and video very interesting, but i have somewhat mixed emotions about the message it sends. i get pretty frustrated with a lot of the messages being given to us by the media and hollywood in regards to love. now i understand this song, because that was one of my biggest fears back when i was dating was that i would end up settling or somehow end up with “the wrong person for me.” while i don’t suggest just going out there and taking no thought into who you choose as a spouse, at the same time i don’t think that there is one person out there that was pre-chosen for you and if you don’t wait and find that person that you screwed up. i think that what makes that person “the one” is that you chose them to be “the one.” love is a choice, not a feeling. it just makes me sad when i see all these people out there petrified of marriage because they are so concerned about finding “the one.” i think if they just spent more time focusing on loving the people that they are with that they would have a lot less to worry about.
by the way i am a fan of narrow stairs. hopefully a full review of the album will come in the future. but for now enjoy this great video.
