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First Listen: Neko Case, 'The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight...'
hide captionNeko Case's new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, comes out Sept. 3. Emily Shur/Courtesy of the artist Neko Case's new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, comes out Sept. 3. "Reveal myself when I'm ready / I'll reveal myself invincible soon," Neko Case sings in "Ragtime," the mid-tempo ballad which closes her new record, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. A brilliantly funny and outspoken character, Case has spent the past few years peeling the varnish off her persona. Recorded with an assortment of her favorite collaborators — including producer Tucker Martine, longtime backup singer Kelly Hogan, M.
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LISTEN: Stream Anna Von Hausswolff's LP
Next week, City Slang are giving Anna von Hausswolff's second album of dark-hued, cinematic pop Ceremony a worldwide release. Listeners in her native Sweden, where it's already out, will have already wrapped their ears around it, but for the rest of us we're pleased to host a full stream of the album - listen below: Says von Hausswolff of the album: “I didn’t just want Ceremony to be a collection of songs. I wanted it to be like a film, with every single part connected to the other, with shifting moods and settings, but a thread holding all the tracks together. She recorded part of her follow-up to 2010's Singing From The Grave in her hometown of Gothenburg, making use of the Annedalskyrkan cathedral's organ, as evident on the sweeping sprawl of 'Deathbed' - have a watch of the video below: SEPTEMBER Sat 21 - Amerikaans Theater, Brussels, Belgium Fri 27 - Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg, Germany
10 musicians influenced by Bob Dylan who are better than Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan may be the most overrated performer in the history of popular music. This is especially impressive since he’s often great; a talented songwriter with a quick wit and (at least early in his career) an ability to assimilate diverse styles without compromising his own vision. These strengths, though, were accompanied by real weaknesses. As a singer, he mimicked the roughness of roots sources without capturing their nuance or power, often resulting in self-parody. As a lyricist, he had a tendency to mistake Beat poet doggerel bathos for profundity. Inevitably, given his status as ultimate awesome courageous rock God, Dylan has influenced just about everybody. Jimi Hendrix, “Wait Until Tomorrow” This is probably the least controversial suggestion on the list; Hendrix is one of the few performers whose reputation approaches the stratospheric heights of Zimmerman’s. Neil Young, “Ambulance Blues” Or alternately you could see “On the Beach” as the perfect Dylan album.
Lana Del Rey 'Ultraviolence' Album Review | Album Reviews
Three years ago, Lana Del Rey seemed to hatch into existence as a fully formed provocateur: She has introduced previously untasted flavors to pop music (her slow, torchy genre of choice might best be described as "Calvin Klein Eternity commercial") and shaped herself into as crafty a video star as Lady Gaga, making her racy, mysterious clips a core part of her brand. Using vintage references like they were bargain-bin lipsticks, she's been called an idiot and a savant. The fact that nobody has been able to verify which camp she belongs to – added to her outsize influence on stars like Lorde and Miley Cyrus – makes her one of the most compelling performers of our time. 2012's Born to Die, Del Rey's major-label debut, is a woozy collection of siren songs that mimics Peggy Lee's gauzy romanticism by way of Mazzy Star. Two years later, Del Rey is still a sad tomato. Ultraviolence is a melancholy crawl through doomed romance, incorrigible addictions, blown American dreams.
First Listen: Steve Martin And Edie Brickell, 'Love Has Come For You'
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's first album together, Love Has Come for You, comes out April 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's first album together, Love Has Come for You, comes out April 23. Audio for this feature is no longer available. For all his wry self-deprecation, Steve Martin has never been a musical tourist: The actor, comedian and author has been passionate about the banjo for decades, and trotted it out on stage at every opportunity in the years leading up to his decorated recording career. Martin's impeccable taste in collaborators — most notably the pros in The Steep Canyon Rangers — merits admiration on several fronts, starting with the fact that, if he couldn't hold his own next to the best players around, fans would surely notice. If Love Has Come for You gives Brickell's profile a boost, that'll be all the more reason to celebrate a record whose charms were already plentiful.
Got A Girl: A Musical Match Made In Hollywood
hide captionGot A Girl formed after Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and Mary Elizabeth Winstead met on the set of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Michael Donovan/Courtesy of the artist Got A Girl formed after Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and Mary Elizabeth Winstead met on the set of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Chance encounters can lead to profound changes in people's lives. Just ask actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She was shooting Scott Pilgrim vs. the World opposite Michael Cera when one of the film's music consultants befriended her. That person happened to be Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, the hot-shot producer known to pop and hip-hop fans for his work with Gorillaz and Del the Funky Homosapien. The newly formed duo just released its first album, I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now, which draws on the members' shared love for 1960s French pop.
GOTYE LYRICS - Somebody That I Used To Know
[Gotye:] Now and then I think of when we were together Like when you said you felt so happy you could die Told myself that you were right for me But felt so lonely in your company But that was love and it's an ache I still remember You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness Like resignation to the end, always the end So when we found that we could not make sense Well you said that we would still be friends But I'll admit that I was glad it was over But you didn't have to cut me off Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing And I don't even need your love But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough No you didn't have to stoop so low Have your friends collect your records and then change your number I guess that I don't need that though Now you're just somebody that I used to know Now you're just somebody that I used to know Now you're just somebody that I used to know [x2] Somebody (I used to know) Somebody (Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
