Jul 25 2005
Station Approach
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new contender for Album of the Year.
Last week, via cyberspace and the internerd, I was handed a copy of the new Elbow album, Leaders of the Free World and it has totally fucking blown me away. Just so good. I know lots of people that dug on Asleep in the Back but were rather unimpressed with Cast of Thousands, and if that was you, you'll LOVE this new one. Leaders... is like a melange of the first album with all the good bits of the second album added for seasoning. It's a total jam/prog tour de force, with heavy grooves and soaring vocals. There are two monster singles on here, Lose Myself and the title track. The percussion parts on this record sound like the Orcs marching on Helm's Deep, but there is still alot of tender, down tempo moments as well. This band has been slept on in a big way, both here and abroad, but this should be the record that gets people to sit up and take notice. You heard (about) it here first.
The Futureheads are ready to hit the studio. Sweet.
Henry Rollins spoken word tour dates.
MIA tour dates. [via Brooklyn Vegan]
Brett Easton Ellis tour dates! But no DC? Boo!
New iBook's and Mac Mini's on the way? All signs point to yes.
US edges Panama in the Gold Cup final. That's soccer people.
The Pacers signed Sarunas Jasikevicius. They are scary good now. Depending on what Miami does this off-season, the Pacers might be the favorite in the East. Their big weakness last year was their point guard situation and now that's sorted. Plus madman Artest is back. Wow.
I'm glad someone is pointing out the ridiculous amount of money Larry Brown will be making next year if he signs a big contract with the Knicks. If they do sign LB, they'll be paying four head coaches next year, two of whom aren't even with the team anymore.
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Comments
Yeah, and Larry Legend is said to be making a run at Antoine Walker as well, although given how he was in the playoffs, I'm not sure that's an all-good thing.
However, this signing could make Dale Davis and James Jones (or as NBATV calls him, "Jumaine" Jones) available to you, if you so desire.
Posted by: Bob Cook at July 25, 2005 4:02 PM
DJ Leaf,
The Elbow track is actually called "Forget Myself," not "Lose Myself." Just a quick point of clarification for your invaluable awareness campaign of one of the best bands out there.
Posted by: Hemingway at July 25, 2005 4:51 PM
I posted a couple tracks from the new Elbow album a few weeks ago.
http://torr.typepad.com/weblog/2005/07/download_a_coup_2.html
Enjoy.
Posted by: Torr at July 25, 2005 6:34 PM
oh, can we have a little mp3 goodness of elbow pleasy please?
Posted by: melina at July 26, 2005 1:45 PM
