1. Wolfmother has a new album coming out soon (October 13th) entitled Cosmic Egg. I would have to say that this is one of the albums I am most looking forward to hearing in late 2009. Wolfmother's, Andrew Stockdale, has the vocal ability of a young Robert Plant. He can sustain extremely powerful notes with little to no strain on his vocals. I must say that when this band went on hiatus after their last album I was very disappointed. It's been a long time since they've done anything new.
So anyway, I was very excited when I was rummaging through the interweb and stumbled upon the following videos on RollingStone.com. These videos are Andrew Stockdale playing an exclusive, acoustic set in Rolling Stone's studios. No backing instruments, just him and his stringbox playing two NEW songs off of the upcoming album. Also, if you haven't heard their first single, "New Moon Rising", you must hear it...it fucking rocks! Check it out on their website.
2. The first two legendary NYC farewell concerts have already wrapped up for Nine Inch Nails. They played Saturday night at the Bowery Ballroom and on Sunday night at the Webster Theater. I wanted to go to one of these shows real bad since I missed their "farewell" concert at Bonnaroo this year. However, all 3 of these NYC shows sold out in pre-sale and were exclusive to NIN fan club members...which I am not. You know that Trent Reznor is gonna go all out for these shows. They are all being taped...I'm guessing for an upcoming DVD (NIN DVD's kick major ass)!The set lists for both shows are pretty incredible...including the band playing the entire Downward Spiral album from beginning to end on Sunday night. Check out pics, videos, and setlists for the shows over at BrooklynVegan. NIN will finish their NYC shows on Tuesday and Wednesday with back to back sets at Terminal 5.
3. If anyone is interested in going to see Heaven and Hell (Tuesday at the WAMU Theater at MSG) ...more importantly with Coheed and Cambria...tickets are going 1/2 price. I would do anything to go see Coheed again, but I'm not going to pay 60 bucks to go see them play an opening act for Ronnie James Dio's Black Sabbath...thats bullshit...Heaven and Hell should be opening for them. Nothing against Dio or Tony Iommi, but what's Black Sabbath without Ozzy? If interested buy tickets here.
4. Other good concerts coming to the Hartford area this week..
Thursday, August 27th
Heaven and Hell w/ Coheed and Cambria - Chevrolet Theater
Saturday,August 29th
Blink 182 w/ Weezer and Taking Back Sunday - Comcast Theater
Counting Crows w/ Michael Franti & Spearhead, Augustana - Mohegan Sun
5. If you haven't heard any songs from Them Crooked Vultures (Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones, Josh Homme's new supergroup)...check out some footage of their surprise European shows at Spin.com.
6. Weezer has a new song coming out off of their upcoming album Raditude. The song is called "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" (hahahahahaha...awesome). Apparently, the song made it's way onto YouTube the other day and then quickly found it's way off the website. It's amazing how this happens almost every week now...somebody rips a song from a recording studio, posts it on YouTube, then it gets taken down a couple days later. Same thing happened with Pearl Jam's new single, "The Fixer", which is now only available on the Ten Club website. If I was a professional musician I'd probably be pretty pissed, but I'm not...therefore, I'm cool with it. Either way, a new Weezer album sounds pretty good to me.
7. Speaking of Pearl Jam's upcoming album Backspacer...here is what Spin.com had to say about it...
"Even the requisite restrained ballads feel renewed: “The End” finds Vedder
channeling Cat Stevens, backed by a string and brass ensemble. Then there’s
the towering anthem “Amongst the Waves,” which could bring “Alive” fans
back to the fold. It even expands on that song’s theme, moving from grudging
survival to jubilant exuberance (“I’ve put away my early grave”). For the
first time in years, Pearl Jam are seizing the moment rather than wallowing in it."
I don't know about you, but I can't wait to hear "Amongst the Waves".
8. For those of you who love countdown lists...here is a pretty cool one. The website Pitchfork has created a list of the Top 500 Songs of the 2000's (thanks to Brandon on this cool find). The Top 20 is pretty solid until you get into the Top 5...which is absolutely horrific and his justifications still do no justice. If this guy seriously thinks that "Bombs Over Baghdad" is the best song of the decade he should seriously stop writing about music...permanently. I'm totally serious...I detest this guys music taste if his Top 5 is truly what is marked down...it's borderline insulting. I love Outkast and the song brings back awesome memories of my Freshman year of college, but seriously?! I'll file this under "practical jokes" and move on...
NOTE: Other practical jokes on list...M.I.A. with 2 songs in the Top 50. Ever heard her live? When you do you'll understand...
That's all I got for now...
Concert Video of the Week
This video comes from this past summer at Bonnaroo 2009. This is Phish playing "Punch You in the Eye" on Friday night. Despite this being one of my favorite Phish songs, I picked this because of the amazing Glow Stick war...check it out...it's one of the coolest things I've seen at a show...there were literally thousands upon thousands...
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