audio by genre rock
Collective Soul - Back to Rawk?
3:55 minutes (7.19 MB)
After what seemed like an eternity between Blender and Youth, Collective Soul have been putting out albums on a very regular basis. It appears we'll have their latest album - another self-titled - on August 25th.
Two songs are already up for download on iTunes and Amazon, the light and breezy "Staring Down" and the rip-roarin' "Welcome All Again". I prefer the latter, which is quite reminiscent of "Where the River Flows". Who wouldn't want more of that?
You can pre-order the album here. You can also purchase the two singles:
Welcome All Again: iTunes | Amazon
FYI, it's cheaper on Amazon.
Here's a full track list:
1. Welcome All Again
2. Fuzzy
3. Dig
4. You
5. My Days
6. Understanding
7. Staring Down
8. She Does
9. Lighten Up
10. Love
11. Hymn For My Father
Oh, and yes - I realize the album art is lame. Can't win 'em all.
Buy their music: Amazon | iTunes
Visit them online: Official | Myspace
Stray Palace - New From Black Lab's Paul Durham
3:07 minutes (5.57 MB)
Not much gets me more excited than a new Black Lab album. Unfortunately, this isn't a new Black Lab album. Stray Palace - the new side-project from Black Lab's Paul Durham - is the next best thing.
Now, I could ramble on for days about the greatness of Black Lab and they're massively underrated Your Body Above Me and See the Sun, but that's a post for another day. For now, settle back and enjoy Stray Palace.
I suppose I misled a bit by saying we have an album on our hands here. The Stray Palace EP is, in fact, just an EP. Six songs of Paul Durham's majestic songwriting, with a bit more electronica and funk than you'll normally see on a Black Lab record. While Electronica isn't normally my thing, Paul has always seemed to be able to pull of the electronica elements with rock to make some pretty stellar sounds.
Take the attached "Hungry" - it's not quite something you'd normally see on a Black Lab record. It brings the funk, and demands that you shake it. I suggest you oblige. This is a roll your windows down and pump it to 11 song. Crank it & love it. Thank me later.
Download the EP: Amazon | iTunes
Right as Rain by Adele
3:17 minutes (4.14 MB)
If you were lucky enough to see Adele's performance at this year's otherwise mostly forgettable Grammy's, you witnessed a very talented semi-unknown stand up and nonchalantly give a stellar performance, and then walk away with two Grammy awards.
So Adele's music has been at the back of my mind for some time now, and not just because of the super-hummable "Chasing Pavements." Check out "Right as Rain" from her debut album 19; it's got some funk, some awesome "ooooh"s, and a serious woman scorned. I dare you not to sing along with the chorus after a single listen. Consider it a double dare.
I'm writing this to you in reverse...
4:10 minutes (3.87 MB)
For those of you who have been living under a rock the last few months: Spoon put out a new album. It's called Transference. Better late than never, eh? Take a listen to the single, Written in Reverse.
Buy the new album, Transference.
