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What to Download: New Music on iTunes
Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. In addition to the songs and albums below you can now download a second volume of the Sex and the City soundtrack.
Link Time! 7/22
- Cinematical wonders if male movie reviewers are sexist when it comes to reviewing Mamma Mia!
- GiveMeMyRemote has a clip from the recent Daily Show episode in which Ed Helms made a reappearance.
- Stereogum tells us about a new track by Cold War Kids, "Something Is Not Right With Me."
- According to MTV Movies Blog, Val Kilmer claims he invented Austin Powers's "Mini Me."
- Katie Couric has said that sexism is more common than racism, and Brooke Hogan is not helping this matter at all; CitizenSugar has the scoop.
- Popwatch says that fake book, Love Letters of Great Men, actually will be available in bookstores soon.
- TV With MeeVee continues to investigate all the seasons of The X-Files in anticipation of this weekend's new movie.
- Pitchfork's "review" of the latest album by Black Kids cracks me up.
Free Downloads! Six Covers by the Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids already won me over with a stellar debut album, Robbers & Cowards, and the awesome interview the band did for BuzzSugar. But now, the boys from Long Beach have done something even cooler: They've posted free MP3s of six cover songs that the band played at a recent breast-cancer benefit show.
The very eclectic set includes CWK's version of songs by Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and more.
Song of the Day: Cold War Kids, "Hang Me Up to Dry"
After posting my interview with Cold War Kids, I couldn't resist featuring one of my favorite tracks from the band's 2006 album, Robbers & Cowards, as today's Song of the Day. On "Hang Me Up to Dry," the musicians build an ultra-catchy pop song with fishing-reel sound effects and almost frighteningly awesome riffs.
Band Interview: Cold War Kids
No band in 2006 benefited from the power of the Internet like Cold War Kids. On Downtown Records, the same label that brought us breakout hit Gnarls Barkley, the band got so much praiseworthy press early on that it was playing Lollapalooza before its first album even hit stores.
Remarkably, the album, Robbers & Cowards, totally lives up to the hype, with a collection of storytelling songs that blend rock and roll with noise collages.
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