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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems like a lot of bands are going back to their roots, or successes. When U2 finally made it onto the Glastonbury stage this year their set list was a homage to the 20 year old Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree numbers. Counting Crows recently re-released their breakthrough debut August And Everything After as a live album. Countless other bands have recently re-formed, often to play their most successful albums in their entirety.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So it comes as no surprise that Smashing Pumpkins, and front man Billy Corgan, who have struggled recently with new releases should fall back upon the beginning and breakout of their fame - 1991’s debut album: Gish and their phenomenal follow up release - 1993’s Siamese Dream.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These two deluxe re-issues are beautiful presentations. Each comes with the following:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Deluxe versions of Gish and Siamese Dream will each include a bonus disc of rare and previously unreleased audio content.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Deluxe versions of Gish and Siamese Dream also contain a never-before-released live show from the Metro in Chicago on DVD. The 10-song live show in the Gish package is from 8/25/90; the 17-song live show in the Siamese Dream package is from 8/14/93. Both DVDs feature introductions by Joe Shanahan, owner of the Metro in Chicago.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. The Gish bonus disc will include brand new Butch Vig mixes of the original Sub Pop single tracks “Tristessa” and “La Dolly Vita.”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Housed in special lift-top box packaging, the deluxe versions feature liner notes and track by track commentary from Billy Corgan, never-before-seen collages and photos, postcards and more.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The boxes really are a treasure trove for a Pumpkins fan packed with more information about the records than you could possibly ask for. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smashing Pumpkins had always been popular in their native Chicago and had built up a large following through Gish, but when gruge and indie music took off in the early ‘90s they had a chance to become superstars. As Billy Corgan explains in the expansive booklet, the record company wanted to re-release Gish for the masses but Corgan stubbornly explained that what they really needed was a new album. He had better learn to write some pop songs. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was a good choice. Revising </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gish</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> now, confirms that it starts off with good songs like </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Siva</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rhinoceros</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> but pads the rest out with filler material. It has the roots of the Pumpkins - big guitars, good riffs and Darcy Wretzky’s strong basslines. It was only the start of Corgan’s songwriting journey. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The booklet intricately chronicles the difficult writing and recording of Siamese Dream. An album which almost destroyed the band, and almost ended Billy Corgan’s life, as sung about on Today.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Siamese Dream was and still is an excellent album. The remastering vividly brings the hits to life adding punch, emphasis and energy to already great recordings. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cherub Rock</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has to be one of the greatest album openings ever with that timeless riff building and building before finally exploding. The rest of the album has many familiar hits - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Disarm</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rocket</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, all sounding better than ever.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The rarities will please devoted Smashing Pumpkins fans and is an interesting diversion but will probably not use up much of your airwaves after an initial listen. A lot of the demos have been featured before on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pisces Iscariot</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and there are some other versions - such as a 6 minute version of Siamese Dream itself, and some instrumental songs called USA and USSR.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The DVD however is well worth a watch. Never before released it shows the band at the Metro club in Chicago at the launch for Siamese Dream. While the picture quality isn’t great, the sound recording is perfect and shows a high energy, moshing sweaty performance. Billy Corgan is relaxed, chatting to the crowd and plays some wonderful solos. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All in all these deluxe versions are a must for any Smashing Pumpkins fans (Siamese Dream especially) and if you have never listened to the Pumpkins before they may well be a good introduction. But try their greatest hits record - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rotten Apples </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">first. </span><br />
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Lucky Now has a new music video:<br />
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North American tour dates:
10/10 Los Angeles, CA - Masonic Temple
10/11 San Diego, CA - Balboa Theater
10/13 Big Sur, CA - Henry Miller Library
10/14 San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theater
10/15 Napa, CA - Uptown Theater
10/17 Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio
10/18 Sacramento, CA - Crest Theatre
10/20 Eugene, OR - The Shedd
10/21 Seattle, WA - Benaroya
12/2 Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Music
12/4 Baltimore, MD - Lyric Opera House
12/6 New York, NY - Carnegie Hall
12/8 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
12/10 Toronto, ON - Winter Garden Theatre
12/11 Chicago, IL - Cadillac Palace
12/13 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre<br />
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USA TODAY DEBUTS
"INVISIBLE RAIN" LIVE IN-STUDIO VIDEO
WATCH IT NOW <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-10-05/exclusive-ryan-adams-music-video/50671558/1">HERE</a>:
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Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire<br />
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Ryan Adams' new record, Ashes and Fire is out Monday and I think you should listen to it.<br />
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I know, he has tested his fans a lot in the past. His emphasis has seemed to be more on quantity than quality since his first two epic releases - Heartbreaker and Gold.<br />
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2010's III/IV only confirmed that suspicion. iTunes tells me that I have only listened to two of the songs on that record twice, and I'm a big RA fan! I was concerned we had lost the old Ryan.<br />
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Early reports are that Ashes & Fire is a real return to form.<br />
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As you probably know a while back Ryan declared that the Cardinals had broken up and that he had quit music for good. Thankfully he hasn't. What he has done is sobered up, cleaned up and found his head.<br />
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This record comes from a much more peaceful place without a lot of the negativity that could be felt on "29" and "Love is Hell. That's not to say that this is a chipper album, but rather that it is mature.
The big guitars have gone and the acoustic guitar is back. Almost all the songs feature Ryan and his guitar with some sparse piano and occasional accompaniments. It allows his voice and songwriting to shine through. Producer Glynn Johns has got the best out of him.<br />
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The single, "Lucky Now", is also the stand out track on the album. On it Ryan adresses the death of his former Cardinals band mate and also looks back over the years and how he is changed when he sings:<br />
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"I don't remember were we wild and young?/<br />
All that has faded in the memory/<br />
I feel like somebody I dont know/<br />
Are we really who we used to be?/<br />
Am I really who I was?"<br />
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It is an exceptional track, but unfortunately the whole album does not live up to that standard. It is good, but not as good as he has made in the past.<br />
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The album opens with a great number, "Dirty Rain" which sounds like it could, with a bit of fiddle, be a Whiskeytown track. Equally it could have come from Jacksonville City Nights. Norah Jones again makes an appearance which leads to more comparisons with City Nights. Next up is the title track which steps it up a gear before the second best song - "Come Home". Sung over a fingerpicked guitar it features a beautifully simple refrain sung through Ryan's hushed delicate vocals as a little pedal steel fills out the sound.<br />
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Elsewhere "Chains of Love" is great and Rocks is solid but a lot of the other songs blur into each other without necessarily grabbing your attention.
It is not as good as Heatrbreaker or Gold but it certainly shows Ryan Adams heading in the right direction. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and will continue to. I hope it represents a return to Ryan's strengths and perhaps the next record will rise above his already considerable achievements.<br />
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Bushmills Irish Whiskey is close to my heart, as just down the road from where I grew up. It is one of the oldest names in spirits with more than 400 years of distilling tradition behind it.
A while ago it collaborated with musicians in a program known as "Since Way Back". Well Since Way Back is back.
This time Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, actor Elijah Wood, and the return of electrofunk duo Chromeo to its family. "Since Way Back" was initially developed in early 2009 to celebrate the close friendships and camaraderie shared between lifelong friends in New York. This expansion also signals the launch of "Since Way Back" in Los Angeles with new friends Brendan and Emmett Malloy, music, television and film directors who have directed videos for bands including Oasis, The White Stripes, and Blink 182; and well-known graphic design artist Geoff McFetridge of the Beautiful Losers exhibition. In Boston, founders of local authoritative sneaker shop Bodega have joined the group; and Brooklyn rapper, songwriter and producer Theophilus London and Michael Williams - founder of renowned style blog A Continuous Lean will return to represent New York.
"Since Way Back" is inspired by the heritage of Bushmills Irish Whiskey and its longstanding tradition of recognizing enduring kinship. The initiative celebrates the lives and brotherly relationships of artists and influencers across the world, and collaborates with each to produce creative, inspired content that reflects each of his passions. Upcoming content will include custom pieces of music and art developed by each group, and will serve as an additional venue to remind others to please drink responsibly. Check out www.facebook.com/BushmillsUSA for additional announcements and collaborations throughout the year.
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It has been compared to Heartbreaker in that it is mostly acoustic but really it sounds like a lot of the Jacksonville City Nights material coupled with some Love as Hell material, but not as dark.
You can listen to it for yourself:<br />
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Due out Oct. 11 on PAX-AM/Capitol, Ashes & Fire has already received much praise. Those who listen to Ashes & Fire from the official site (ashesandfire.com) will also have access to stream four additional songs (not on the album), including "Come Home" ( In-Studio Acoustic Version), "Rocks" (In-Studio Acoustic Version), "Wasted Years" (In-Studio Acoustic Iron Maiden cover NEW recording) and "Down in a Hole" (Alice in Chains/previous 7" b-side).
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ashes & Fire on iTunes<br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/ashes-fire/id461786018" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://itunes.apple.com/us/<u></u>pre<wbr></wbr>order/ashes-fire/<u></u>id461786018</a><br /><br />*Limited Edition deluxe packages are available directly from Pax-Am records here<br /><a href="http://ashesandfire.kungfustore.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://ashesandfire.<u></u>kungfustor<wbr></wbr>e.com/</a><br /><br /><br />Watch a Live In-Studio Performance of Title Track "Ashes & Fire"<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/RyanAdams" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/<u></u>RyanAda<wbr></wbr>ms</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Read a great interview with Ryan speaking about his past on speedballs and booze to cleaning up and recording what might be the best album of his career.
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/22/ryan-adams-things-got-broken">Read it here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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It's been a while in coming (I'm not counting III/IV as it wasn't a 'proper' album, rather a series of outtakes, and not a very good series at that) but Ryan Adams finally has a new album.<br />
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It's not a Cardinals record, it's not a 'it's actually Ryan Adams & The Cardinals but the record company thinks it will sell better if we leave the Cardinals out of the title like Easy Tiger record, it is in fact just Ryan. Mostly acoustic.<br />
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Think Heartbreaker.<br />
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That's right, Heartbreaker.
Probably Ryan Adams at his best.<br />
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Ashes & Fire was produced by Glyn Johns, a legendary producer renowned for his work with the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Who and The Rolling Stones. You have probably heard of his son son Ethan who produced previous Ryan Adams albums Heartbreaker, Gold and 29.<br />
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He has pedigree.<br />
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The press release claims that "From the slow burning stunner of an opener "Dirty Rain" through the infectious shuffle of the title track and irresistible harmonies of "Lucky Now," to the closing lament of "I Love You But I Don’t Know What To Say," Ashes & Fire is arguably the most cohesive and beautiful album of Adams' distinguished career."<br />
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A review is coming soon, and from what I've heard of the album I have no reason to disagree.<br />
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LISTEN<br />
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In studio acoustic version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xvVSoeT1mA&feature=relmfu">Ashes & Fire</a>:
In studio acoustic version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Zcwdsl9fc&feature=relmfu">Dirty Rain</a>:<br />
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Invisible Riverside
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Lucky Now
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Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire is out October 11 on PAX-AM/Capitol.
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It's called Inni and as a treat you can download "Festival" live from the album<a href="http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/inni/festivalmp32.html"> HERE</a><br />
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The track list is as follows:<br />
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Svefn-g-englar<br />
Glósóli<br />
Ný batterí<br />
Fljótavík<br />
Vid spilum endalaust<br />
Hoppípolla<br />
Med blódnasir<br />
Inní mér syngur vitleysingur<br />
E-Bow<br />
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CD2<br />
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Sæglópur<br />
Festival<br />
Hafsól<br />
All Alright<br />
Popplagid<br />
Lúppulagid<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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There are now two music videos, one for Calgary, one of the best songs on the album, and the other for Holocene.<br />
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I found the Calgary video amusing, it's quite amateurish, like the director had been watching a lot of Sigur Ros videos, perhaps a bit grandiose. <br />
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Anyway, enjoy them.<br />
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Calgary<br />
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<a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/tv/#/music-videos/1708-bon-iver/2861-holocene/">Holocene</a><br />
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The double CD, III/IV is out now.<br />
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Will have more later<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Apparently the next U2 album, Songs Of Ascent may be coming sooner, rather than later. According to Paul McGuinness it could be before May, when the next North American tour starts.<br />
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Great.<br />
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You can get plenty of rumours about <a href="http://www.atu2.com/newalbum/">it here at @U2</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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(Asthmatic Kitty - 2010)<br />
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So at long last a new Sufjan record. We feared it may never come. Sufjan had hinted before that he didn’t see the point in writing songs any more. He had moved into grand orchestral compositions (the BQE - a whole record about a road), and guesting and arranging on many albums (including The National - High Violet).<br />
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No, The Age of Adz is not another 50 states album. That was enough of a millstone to hang around one’s neck. He never intended to complete the project anyway, it was all for press.<br />
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So what is it? Well first the good news - it is songs in the usual sense of the word - verse chorus verse (almost). But the (perhaps) bad news is that it’s all electronic. Gone are the acoustic instruments and in are the drum loops, instead we are treated to verse, chorus, bridge, backbeat. Gated reverb. Autotune. Space echo.<br />
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It’s all inspired, not by an american state, but by the apocalyptic paintings of outsider artist Royal Robertson (1930-1997), whose work is used for the album cover and interior design. As such it features a song about snake-skinned aliens descending from the skies. Sufjan appropriately locks himself in the toilet before erupting in religious fervour: "I must do the right thing! Get right with the Lord!" <br />
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This reference is interesting. Sufjan is adored by evangelicals as he has in the past created beautiful songs depicting Abraham, the Transfiguration and death on a cross (To Be Alone With You). However on this album, (I Want To Be Well) full of his trademark sincerity he uses an expletive, screaming “I’m not f**king around”. I’m sure he’s not but it will be interesting to see what reaction this provokes amongst some quarters.<br />
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But the new record - The Age of Adz - is it good? Should you buy it? How does it compare to the timeless brilliance of Illinois? <br />
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Well the answers to those are probably:<br />
1 - Yes, in places brilliant, in others not so much.<br />
2 - It’s a Sufjan record. Of course. <br />
3 - Different, at least at first glance.<br />
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It opens with “Futile Devices”, a delicate hushed guitar song which was just what the doctor ordered, nothing scary there. Next up is the standout track of the album - “Too Much”. Sufjan, reckoning that he’s got you to track 2 without too much issue decides to make a statement of intent. Drum loops roll, synth go, layer upon layer - check. It sounds different to the previous records since Enjoy Your Rabbit but it is simply painting the same painting with a different colour. At the heart of the song is a good melody, a catchy hook, and trademark backing vocals. It’s a great song.<br />
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The Age of Adz is characteristically a very clever album. As we have come to expect the tracks are full of great syncopation, rising layers and terrific melodies but it is intentionally challenging listening in places. Think of listened to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco) it takes quite a few listens to get past the distracting beeps and bops and to find the songwriting at the centre. It ends with “Impossible Soul “ a 25-minute piece, that amalgamates elements of folk, hip hop and anything else Sufjan could find on the recording studio floor. <br />
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I Walked, is another example, it opens with a drum loop and keyboard, but proceeds to tell a delicate story. The whole album deals with the personal and primal: love, sex, death, disease, illness, anxiety and suicide conveyed not obliquely, but with urgency and immediacy. Perhaps it is easier to speak of such things with a loud drum loop over the top.<br />
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Good artists challenge you, to follow them, to move, not to rest on what is comfortable. Sufjan does this, and I’m glad he does but, am I the only one disappointed that there isn’t more banjo?<br />
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Here is a Tuesday Treat for you all. For a limited time you can listen to the entirety of the forthcoming Sufjan Stevens record - the Age of Adz - for free.<br />
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To do so, courtesy of NPR click here: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><a href="" style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">http://n.pr/c7NTuM</a></span><br />
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<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span><span>And if you don't have time for that check out the Single - Too Much. This was the song that Sufjan has been airing on his recent tours. </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span><span>“<b>Too Much (Short Version)</b>”</span><br />
<a href="http://asthmatickitty.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b99b26102810d538744c3fa2&id=0a700f32c9&e=b8ff5b693d" style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://asthmatickitty.com/go/<wbr></wbr>too-much-short</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/benfolds">Due out Sept 28th and streaming in full here</a><br />
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Ben Folds used to be a great artist. Perhaps he still is, but somehow he seems to have lost his way for a bit. I remember when every college dorm seemed to be playing Whatever and Ever Amen.<br />
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He's back, this time with Lonely Avenue, a collaboration with English novelist Nick Hornby. Lonely Avenue will be released September 28 on Nonesuch Records. The album features music and vocals by Folds and lyrics by Hornby, with string arrangements by one of the most influential pop string arrangers of all time, Paul Buckmaster (David Bowie, Elton John, Leonard Cohen). <br />
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Apparently it's been made made specifically to be listened to on vinyl. It was recorded on 2-inch tape and will be available on audiophile-grade vinyl, cut with the Direct Metal Master process at Abbey Road Studios and pressed at Pallas Manufacturing in Diepholz, Germany. Don't worry you can still download it or get a CD.<br />
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The idea to create an album of Folds' unique pop songwriting sensibilities with Hornby's insightful prose was conceived during a dinner conversation between the two friends one night in 2009. After that, Hornby began regularly emailing lyrics to Folds, who then turned them into Lonely Avenue's 12 musical short stories. The songs touch on subject matter ranging from a mother with a child in the hospital over New Years Eve to the work of Doc Pomus, lyricist of countless `50s and `60s pop hits.<br />
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Ben Folds first found mainstream success as the leader of the critically acclaimed platinum selling Ben Folds Five. He has gone on to have a very successful solo career, recording three studio albums in addition to a pair of records documenting his renowned live performances and a remix record. Folds also recently released Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, a collection of his songs performed by college groups. In 2009 Folds was featured as a judge on NBC's a capella competition The Sing Off (a role he will reprise later this year on the show's second season), and earlier this year Folds' viral Chatroulette video became a YouTube sensation, garnering almost five million views when he joined a video chat with an unsuspecting online companion live during a show in Charlotte, NC. Folds previously collaborated with Hornby on a song for the Folds-produced William Shatner album, Has Been, which the Huffington Post called "one of the few records in recent memory that dared to tell the unvarnished truth about the human condition." In addition he has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart, and four sold out nights with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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The album will also be released on 180g vinyl.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><a href="http://mog.com/MOG_Features/blog/2106929"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction (25th Anniversary Edition) (2CD, digital)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Disc One: digitally remastered original album</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">1. Feeling Gravity's Pull</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">2. Maps and Legends</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">3. Driver 8</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">4. Life and How To Live It</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">5. Old Man Kensey</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">6. Can't Get There From Here</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">7. Green Grow The Rushes</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">8. Kohoutek</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">9. Auctioneer (Another Engine)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">10. Good Advices</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">11. Wendell Gee</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Disc Two: "The Athens Demos"</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">1. Auctioneer (Another Engine) [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">2. Bandwagon [demo version] [final version was B-side to "Can't Get There From Here"]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">3. Can't Get There From Here [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">4. Driver 8 [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">5. Feeling Gravity's Pull [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">6. Good Advices [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">7. Green Grow The Rushes [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">8. Hyena [demo version] [album version appeared on Life's Rich Pageant]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">9. Kohoutek [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">10. Life and How To Live It [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">11. Maps and Legends [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">12. Old Man Kensey [demo version]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">13. Throw Those Trolls Away [demo version] [previously unreleased]</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">14. Wendell Gee [demo version]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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