Hips don’t lie, and neither does Up Close and Personal, the career-spanning, double CD/DVD from London indie-rockers, South. The DVD features over 60 minutes of live footage, music videos, and behind the scenes clips. The CD includes new versions of “Paint the Silence” and “Loosen Your Hold”, and two brand new songs.
Asi es perfecto track listing:
Safety In Numbers
Something and Nothing
Autumn Morning
Bizarre Love Triangle
Paint the Silence
You Are One
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Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette hits theaters today. The soundtrack features Gang of Four, The Strokes, New Order and The Cure – anachrony at its finest. Be the first to solve this super tricky word scramble below, and we will send you a copy of the soundtrack, and some other MA-related swag (including Marie Antionette nail polish, whoa!) Please send all scramble entries to usounds AT gmail DOT com.
Super tricky Word Scramble:
EAMRI OTANTEINTE
Here’s the track listing for the soundtrack:
DISC 1
01. “Hong Kong Garden” – Siouxsie & The Banshees
02. “Aphrodisiac” – Bow Wow Wow
03. “What Ever Happened” – The Strokes
04. “Pulling Our Weight” – The Radio Dept.
05. “Ceremony” – New Order
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This hairstyle = easier than it looks
Just in time for Halloween! Send us a picture or video of yourself dressed as PJ Harv, and the best entry will win a copy of PJ Harvey – The Peel Sessions 1991-2004. Winners will be judged by a global panel of usounds staff members. Please send all entries to: usounds AT gmail DOT com.
Anticipated FAQ’s:
Q: Do pets dressed as PJ Harvey qualify?
A: Absolutely.
Q: Can we dress like John Peel instead?
A: Why not.
Good luck!
Continuum Books have published a book about Neutral Milk Hotel (as part of their eclectic 33 1/3 series about great albums) by Kim Cooper. NMH broke up in 1998 shortly after the release of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, an album that continues to sell over 25,000 copies a year. Cooper’s book delves into Neutral Milk’s relationship with Elephant 6, the evolution of NMH as a band, songwriting and tours, unpublished recordings, and part of the reason Mangum went MIA. Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3) available on paperback HERE.
Alkalis are bases, but not all bases are alkali
V2 Records will release a collection of new material from Alkaline Trio in early 2007. The Chicago band’s line up is Matt Skiba on guitar and vocals, Dan Andriano on bass and vocals and Derek Grant on drums. V2 says, “Their seventh record will continue on with their signature sound; a combination of two voices creating the balance of lyrical hell and pop heaven.”
Matador Records will release the super mega remastered version of Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition on November 7th. 50 tracks! 2 CD’s! 64-page book! Eighteen unreleased recordings! Nine non-album b-sides! Compilation tracks! Comprehensive translation for the song “Best Friend’s Arm”! Not really, but that would be nice.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01 We Dance
02 Rattled by the Rush
03 Black Out
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The Cars Unlocked, the new live DVD/live CD will hit stores on October 17th. This DVD was produced by RIC OCASEK, and chronicles the group’s multi-platinum heyday and unearths over twenty never-before-seen performances. Unlocked also features candid behind-the-scenes footage, and a bonus live CD featuring an additional fourteen performances.
Be the first to email usounds at gmail dot com with ‘CARS’ in the subject line, and all this could be yours. (US and Canada only please.)