The playback of "Pretzelbodylogic" revealed a song with a crunching, hard rock guitar and a sing-song chorus — "Pretzelbodylogic is so much fun/Dreaming of each other on each others' tongue." There's a brief, screaming guitar solo and a heavy emphasis on Ford's heavy, John Bonham-style drums. After some technical difficulties, they spun another Plectrumelectrum song called "Funk N Roll," a party chant featuring the sped-up vocal effect Prince often used in the Sign O The Times/Black Album days, and a rave-up/break-down section slightly reminiscent of "Let's Go Crazy."
Athens band Drive-By Truckers returns next week with their twelfth full-length album English Oceans, a 13-song composition written by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley and recorded with longtime producer David Barbe [Sugar].
Listen to English Oceans in the player above and decide for yourself. The album is set for release on March 4 via ATO Records.
I was just coming in here to bitch about how there hasn't been an album I liked yet this year, then I listened to that Black Lips LP. Nice.
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
My younger brother released a solo album on iTunes today. He self-produced it in his basement, did it all himself except the mastering. He shot a video for one of the songs with a friend of his, pretty basic but kind of cool.
Bob Mould has confirmed June 3 as the U.S. release date for his all-new studio album, Beauty & Ruin, via Merge Records.
Described as “a compact epic,” Beauty & Ruin packs a staggering lifetime’s worth of emotion and experience into a 36-minute package sure to be hailed as a landmark addition to Bob’s formidable body of work.
As with 2012’s Silver Age, Beauty & Ruin finds Bob joined by his stalwart band of bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster, who will be backing Bob at this year’s SXSW
The Howie Weinberg Mastering Studio posted this picture on Friday of Isaac and Howie Weinberg which could point to that. Mastering is the stage at which a final mix is made from which all copies will eventually be produced.
Liking "Augustines" new self titled, self released album despite a lot of it sounding the same. When they were "We Are The Augustines" they released "Rise Ye Sinking Ships" which was bleak but great. Nice to hear them in 2014 showing some optimism. Solid rocknroll.
