The new Citizen Cope video for Back Together features big Clarence strolling down a bridge for 3 minutes and 3 seconds. The only way this video could be any better would be if Greenwood were reflecting on 19th century pioneer life and floating down the river Oregon Trail style accompanied by 6 oxen and a sudden onset of dysentery while encountering friendly or hostile Native Americans.
The concept of ambiguity in music is a strange thing. When used properly it is capable of providing an intended audience with a sense of profundity simply by offering concise, generalized sentiments. There even seems to be some sort of magic to this concept. It’s as if for a moment your logical mind just decides to turn itself off as an awful breakup cliché almost makes you feel like balling your eyes out. However, banking on this ambiguity as lyrical genius idea doesn’t always leave you on the steadiest ground. Most songs that traffic in ambiguity end up feeling just that, ambiguous.
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Ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon will have a new album called Love Travels at Illegal Speeds November 11th on EMI UK/Parlophone. Produced by Stephen Street (who was responsible for Blur’s Parklife and Modern Life is Rubbish), Love Travels at Illegal Speeds, is Coxon’s fourth album in the US and his sixth solo effort overall. Check out the Coxtastic audio stream for Standing On My Own and look for a full album review on USOUNDS soon.
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Zach, Philip, and Chris seem to have lost their appetites after drowning a guy in the tub upstairs.
Atypical Athens, GA rock band, Summer Hymns, have been working on their new album Backward Masks for over four years. The album will be released November 21st on Misra. Check out the mp3’s for Pity And Envy and Start Swimming.
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So Divided – the new album from …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be available in stores on November 14th. However, if you’re jonzing for some new Dead right now, the entire album is now streamable on the sensation known as MySpace. Stay tuned for another stunning USOUNDS review of So Divided soon!
According to Matador Records, not one, but TWO mp3s are posted on the website in connection with Pavement’s upcoming deluxe release “Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.” The first, for those new to Pavement, is “Rattled By The Rush,” the initial single from back in Nam.
The second, “Heckler Spray/In The Mouth Of A Desert,” isn’t even on the album and comes from Pavement’s long-lost live album. Check them both out HERE!
The return of Cash will probably continue for the next 10 decades, so prepare yourself for the newest installment which happens on November 14th with the release of Johnny Cash – At San Quentin: Legacy Edition.
Audio Streams:
Walk The Line (Live)
San Quentin (Live)