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  • New Music In Stores & Online: 9/23/08: Kings of Leon, Pussycat Dolls, TV on the Radio and More!!!

    Kings of Leon's new album, "Only by the Night"

    This week’s lineup of releases includes a couple of bands right on the verge, a couple of vets returning after lengthy absences, and a couple of bands trying to capitalize on their first hit. Let’s take a look at the line-up.

    Kings of Leon “Only By The Night”

    I love Kings of Leon. I made that fairly clear in a post a while back. So “Only by the Night”, their fourth album, is highly anticipated by me…and I suppose quite a few other people too, since each album they’ve released has been progressively more buzzworthy than the one before it. The first single, “Sex on Fire” is awesome, so hopefully this’ll be yet another Southern-fried slab of funk/rock/swampy stuff that’s perfect to smoke a bowl to. If these guys and My Morning Jacket go on tour together, how much pot would be consumed at that concert?

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  • Nightwood’s “The Bikeriders”: Fresh New Video

    A few weeks ago, I introduced you to a Canadian trio called Nightwood. These Canucks (two chicks and a dude) bring back the glory days of Nineties female-fronted alternative rock. A little Breeders, a little Hole, a little Sleater-Kinney with some Liz Phair (pre-sellout) thrown in. Very good stuff.

    Well, they’ve just shot and released a brand new video for the song “The Bikeriders”, and it’s quite the titillating clip-it would be perfect for “120 Minutes”-if “120 Minutes” still existed and MTV actually played videos nowadays. Shot in arty black and white, the video features shots of the trio rocking out (watch out for Eric, the drummer’s unruly hair) amid (ooohhhhh) chicks making out and (ahhhhh) gratuitous ass shots.


    The Bikeriders – NIGHTWOOD from Nightwood on Vimeo.

    And you can check out Nightwood’s website here.

  • The Sunday Seven: Owe Me Back Like You Owe Your Tax

    This week’s seven is being brought to you during commercial breaks for the Emmy Awards, which is surprisingly funny and entertaining this year.

    Ah, and if anyone would like to do a Guest Sunday Seven, please let me know. Let’s get busy.

    Track 1: “The Blast (live)” by Talib Kweli & Erykah Badu

    This is a live version of Kweli’s hit taken from “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party”, a show I actually had an invite to and skipped. Because it was raining and I’m a lazy bastard. I regretted going for a while, and then while sitting in the movie theater watching the movie version, I realized I had a much better view of what was going on at the show than I would have had I actually gone to the show.

    This version has more energy than Kweli’s studio version on “Reflection Eternal”, and Badu is a nice touch on the chorus. He’s a little husky here, but he sounds energetic, something he didn’t when I saw him in an underwhelming performance opening for the Beastie Boys three years ago.

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