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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. Here are today's selections:
My heroes: The Gym Class Heroes' new album is a little less edgy than previous LPs (sounds like they've started to enter Black Eyed Peas territory) but I'm still digging it.
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All right, September is here! Let the good times roll! I know that sounds awfully cheery given the end of Summer, but from an entertainment perspective, this time of year is exciting.
Song of the Day: "Lost Coastlines," Okkervil River
Admittedly, Okkervil River has made it onto my song of the day feature quite a bit. But every time the band releases a new song, there's just no way for me to resist it. When I heard this first track from Okkervil's upcoming fifth album, The Stand-Ins, I interrupted about a dozen or so of my friends' days with an email that implored them to stop and take a listen to this.
Music Video: Okkervil River, "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe"
I already posted the MP3 of "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe," but if you're still not listening to Austin's Okkervil River, maybe this awesome music video will convince you.
For the first single off of the new album, The Stage Names, the band heads into a '70s era motel room dominated by a flickering TV set, a Honeymooning couple, and some retro porn stylin'. All the while, frontman Will Sheff and the rest of the dudes are scattered about, strumming guitars, drinking wine, and pounding on a typewriter.
Song of the Day: Okkervil River, "The Stage Names"
Amid the slew of highly anticipated albums this year, I keep forgetting to get excited about Okkervil River's latest, The Stage Names, which hits stores today. But if the Austin band's other records are any indication, this album is one that will keep me company for quite some time. I find Okkervil River's blend of heartbreaking tenderness and raw angst nearly impossible to resist.
Song of the Day: Okkervil River, "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe"
If you're partial toward angsty rock-anthem melodrama and elegantly grungy vocals but you haven't yet been introduced to Okkervil River, allow me to play matchmaker. Since its outstanding 2005 album Black Sheep Boy, this Austin band has hovered somewhere between below the radar and above. As its name suggests, Okkervil River has an earthy, fierce folk sound, but it's filtered through the eyes of "a kid in the big city," like the one frontman Will Sheff sings about on "Our Life Is Not a Movie."
Song of the Day: Okkervil River, "The President's Dead"
I often find myself revisiting Okkervil River's 2005 album, Black Sheep Boy, so I was psyched to see the band release a single this year to hold me over until its next full-length. I finally got a chance to hear the title track from the vinyl-only release, The President's Dead, and I'm sort of torn. On the one hand, it has all of the delicate acoustic melodrama and seething rock outbursts I've come to expect from Okkervil River, but I miss the more opaque lyrics of the band's other work.
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