What to Download: New Music on iTunes

BuzzSugar — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:45:19 -0700

Tuesdays are big in entertainment-ville: 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. Here are today's selections:

The story teller: Here's an interesting fact about singer-songwriter Mason Jennings: he recorded two Bob Dylan songs for the movie I'm Not There that were lip-synched by Christian Bale. He's known for simple lyrics and down home pop-folk melodies and if you ever wondered what smooshing Beck's voice with Ryan Adams melodies would be like, well I think this is what you'd get. His new album is palatable for a broad audience. My favorite tracks include Going Back to New Orleans and I Love You and Budda Too.

The Hills are alive with these guys' music: Odds are, when Heidi is making sad-eyes out of an airplane window or LC and Lo are staring blankly at each other after Audrina leaves the room, a Carolina Liar song is playing. This kind of poppy rock isn't usually my cup of tea, but songs like Beautiful World (featured on The Hills) off of their new album are alright. Many of you enjoyed their track I'm Not Over, which can currently be heard in the Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz comedy What Happens in Vegas.

Two more after the jump, so read more.

Electronic indie fun: Amazon just told me that people who bought Ladytron's new CD, Velocifero also purchased Portishead and Goldfrapp, and that sounds about right. I really like the new track titled Tomorrow.

Not Aaron Carter, the other guy: This young'un scored a major hit with his single Beautiful Soul a little while ago which was poppy and fun. But Jesse McCartney's new album surprised me and sounds more like something Usher would do than anything else. Check out It's Over. Sounds like a whole new person, right? Maybe that's why he titled his album Departure.

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What to Download: New Music on iTunes