Music Pictures And Notes 9/20/10

Congratulations to Eddie Vedder on his marriage this past weekend but even cooler than that was Tim Robbins being his best man. Grunge lives!

I just thought that this was a really cool picture. The original Lennon's with the second incarnation. I wonder what they were talking about...hmmmm.

As far as I'm concerned, a match made in heaven. What if they really hooked up? Instead of sex you think they would just beat each other up? Sounds hot. I think she'd probably kick his ass however.

Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Freddy Mercury

Very exciting news out of movieland...Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) will be portraying Freddy Mercury, the former Queen lead singer who died of AIDS in 1991, in a movie about his life. The picture will apparenlty focus on the beginnings of the band and run through their incredible performance at Live Aid 1985, but not touch on his final years when he succumbed to the dreaded desease. I guess I can live with that. Here's the link to the Rolling Stone story if you want to read it, http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/205562

Rolling Stone Names The 25 Best Record Stores...At Least What's Left Of Them

That's PREX right there...or Princeton Record Exchange, one of my favorite records stores in the whole world and I say treasure it while you can. It's a dying breed and is the kind of place where you really discover music. It is sad to imagine that entire generations of people will never really know what that experience feels like. You know because it's so much easier to just sit on your ass and look at a computer screen...now that's real discovery! I'm sorry but buying your cd's at Walmart or Best Buy don't count either. Before I go into some sob story about how music is no longer as personal as it once was I will just say that you should check out this link, http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/28431/201795, and see the 25 best record stores in the country as far as Rolling Stone Magazine sees it. And me as well.

Music Released This Past Week Thats On My Radar Or Already On My iPod

Of Montreal's False Priest happened upon record stores and computer screens this week to, so far, rave reviews. This is what I have come to expect from this outfit from Atlanta, Ga or should I say this is what I expect from Kevin Barnes, the mastermind of the band. Fantastic electronic, disco, funk and psychadelic grooves explode into your ears for a truly unique experience every single listen. It also doesn't hurt that my new favorite artist, Janelle Monae, guests on the album as Kevin Barnes guested on her last album. I was also very intrigued to find out the Mr. Barnes has an interesting side project called Blikk Fang in which he collaborates with Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT. Tap on this link to hear a couple of their demos, http://www.purevolume.com/blikkfang. I think it rocks, seriously dude.

Also hitting your neighborhood spin shop is the new record, Lisbon, from the New York band The Walkmen. The Walkmen have been putting out solid records now for the last decade or so even if they can't shake some of the U2 comparissons, which I think are overblown, so they like U2, big whoop. I really felt that their last record was a true stepping stone as they seem to be coming to an important point in the bands musical career. Gotta go run out and pick it up soon cause 30 seconds on iTunes ain't cutting it.

Now I have already had The Drums as being released prior on this blog but that was only in digital form. On Tuesday the physical cd dropped into stores and officially became it's release date. It's really good, check it out.

There was also another significant release that happened this week but I am not at liberty to mention it even if I did give it a listen and it didn't actually sound bad at all. However there are moments when ones principals have to outweigh their addictions, in this case music being mine, where one has to simple say enough is enough. Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me. What do I do when they fooled me three times? I still can't believe they named their album after a clothing company...p.s. it's Weezer

Thom Yorke Plays A New Radiohead Tune 'Give Up The Ghost'

Ok the audio ain't all that great but anytime there's a chance to hear new Radiohead material it's certainly worth a listen. I am sure by the time it's recorded for the new album it'll probably sound a bit different...did I just say album? Oh man I can't wait for a new Radiohead album! It will also be interesting to see how Radiohead markets the album this time out, whether they simply go the traditional route or give it away for the pay-what-you-will as they did for 'In Rainbows,' thru their website.

What To Make Of B.o.B.? Covers Vampire Weekend And MGMT With Janelle Monae

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This is pretty interesting and I especially like that a so-called Hip Hop artist or rapper is covering some rock tunes and showing his love of music.

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