OK, I Really Gotta Update Now
Matthew Sweet has updated his web site and announced a release date for Sunshine Lies, his next album. Two tracks can be sampled at the web site, and more are available at his myspace site. So far I’m very partial to Byrdgirl, which is one song more attached than I became to his last album.
Joie Calio from Dada released three tracks to mp3.com back in 2001 from a project that, at the time, he was calling Candy Apple Black. Those sessions form the basis of Happiness in Hell, an album released under the band name X Levitation Cult. The three mp3.com tracks are on the album, with different mixes that I can’t quite get used to after six-plus years. But the rest of the album is really good power-pop.
R.E.M.’s show at the Mann Center – which included Eddie Vedder guesting on Begin the Begin and Johnny Marr on Fall on Me – is easily my favorite of the five performances I’ve seen. I was pretty impressed with opening act The National as well, but I’m trying to figure out if their studio recordings have the same vibe that appealed to me live.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.