Now you can hear Ben Folds pulling a Randy Newman by soundtracking an animated movie. Stream the full Over the Hedge Soundtrack at AOL. A reworked Rockin' the Suburbs is an interesting choice considering the original's less-than-kid-friendly lyrics. Any excuse to use William Shatner I guess.
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Stream the new Keane here. Man, I'm underwhelmed. Why would a guitarless band try so hard to sound driven by guitar? Stereogum calls it second-rate U2. He must be feeling charitable today.
Wow. Didn't expect it to be soooo good, but the new Jon Auer solo CD Songs From the Year of Our Demise is just that. And it blows away anything he's done with the Posies and Big Star recently. It's delightfully mellow and calming, simply the perfect album for my life right now. It might be yet another song with "sun" in the title, but Sundown is nearly perfect itself (I'm a sucker for well-used sha-la-las). Seek this one out, even if you're a casual Posies fan. Not Lame has it of course with previews, but it's a bit pricey. Haven't seen it pop up on iTunes yet.
Auer is an "underrated guitarist ... in top form here" according to this review.
Also, did you know Queen Latifah was a Posies fan? Neither did I.
Apple sticks to its guns and keeps iTunes tunes at $.99.
Speaking of iTunes, the free download this week is the steady as it goes Steady, As She Goes by the Raconteurs, featuring Brendan Benson and Jack White getting all acousticky. Get it while she's free.
And finally, coming soon to the iTunes Music Store near you ... Des Moines music?!
Radiohead to tour the Americas of the North! Road trip to Chi-town anyone?
Ben Folds is releasing new music. How about that?
So, another Internet-only EP? Nope.
Ok, a new single from Songs for Silverman? Nah.
Hmm, did he do something else with Shatner? Sorta.
Oh, so he's releasing five new tunes on the soundtrack to the animated movie Over the Hedge, which will include a special version of Rockin' the Suburbs featuring Capt. Kirk and a cover of the classic Clash tune Lost in the Supermarket? Naturally. And you can pre-order a copy here and get it autographed. Spiffy. If you're a bum, you can wait until it's in stores May 16.
UPDATE: sure enough, the autographed copies are gone (I get the email from Mr. Folds today telling me to pre-order and check the damn site tonight to find out the autographed ones are all gone - figures), but you can get an AWESOME mini-poster of Over the Hedge. It'll come in the form of a goddamned non-autographed booklet that'll fit neatly into the jewel box that will also hold the CD. Holy shit, what will they think of next?
