New York Dolls - Cause I Sez So (2009)

The New York Dolls’ second album since their reactivation five years ago is the return of Todd Rundgren as producer. Rundgren was behind the boards for their paradigm-shifting New York Dolls ’73 debut, and the group — whose sole still-breathing members from that first run are singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain — were wise to offer him a rematch. Unlike 2006’s uneven One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This, ’Cause I Sez So is not faux retro, and neither does it overreach in order to speak to 2009. It’s just solid, classic Dolls, with all the swagger, muscle, righteous kitsch, and ballsy defiance you expect, plus some new twists.

Listen their new songs on NYD myspace.

Download:
New York Dolls - Cause I Sez So

Soon to be hits

Superman High Lyrics R. Kelly	Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Lyrics Lady GaGa
I Don't Really Care Lyrics Ne-Yo	Boss Chick Lyrics Rasheeda
Kinda Like A Big Deal Lyrics Clipse	Masquerade Lyrics Backstreet Boys
If It Means Alot To You Lyrics A Day To Remember	Radar Lyrics Usher
No Denyin' Lyrics David Banner	I Wanna Know You Lyrics David Archuleta

Best records of 2009

I love music lists, here comes my favorite records in the first half of 2009.

1. Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
2. John Foxx And Robin Guthrie - Mirrorball
3. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - S.T
5. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
6. Asobi Seksu - Hush
7. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
8. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
9. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
10. Fastball - Little White Lies
11. John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
12. Peter Bjorn and John - Living Things
13. Robyn Hitchcock - Goodnight Oslo
14. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
15. Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart
16. The Rifles - The Great Escape
17. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
18. Franz Ferdindand - Tonight
19. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Out Of Noise
20. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Passion Pit- New Single

The first single from Passion Pit, 'Sleepyhead' was hard to digest. Eventually it won me over, but not before some concerted effort to understand its complexity. I fell in love with this new single in the first 5 seconds. This a beautiful song, and suddenly I find myself anticipating Passion Pit's LP release instead of eyeing it as an alien substance.

'Manners' is out via Frenchkiss Records on May 26th.

Tracklist: 1. Make Light, 2. Little Secrets, 3. Moth's Wings, 4. The Reeling, 5. Eyes As Candles, 6. Swimming In The Flood, 7. Folds In Your Hands, 8. To Kingdom Come, 9. Sleepyhead, 10. Let Your Love Grow Tall, 11. Seaweed Song

Passion Pit- Moth’s Wings

Manic Street Preachers - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time

The Manics releases their first single from the newest record Journal For Plague Lovers. The Band returns to their roots, providing great rock and roll music.

I read that most of Zines say good things about the new record. Of Course, it's not the best album of them. If you say like this, i can say that you have never listened to their The Holy Bible, Everything Must Go. After the Umbrella cover, or after Send Away the Tigers, Jackie Collins Existential Question Time is the best thing they have done. 7/10

Uncut - "A brave compelling record stands shoulder to shoulder with The Manics best" ****

to listen "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" go their The Manics Myspace page.

John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Mirrorball

The long-awaited collaboration album between John Foxx and Robin Guthrie, entitled Mirrorball will be released through Metamatic Records (distributed by Universal) on Monday the 4th of May, 2009.

Layers of echoes and reverberations are explored on Mirrorball so that Guthrie's unique guitar work merges with Foxx's abstract, often improvised vocals. I have listened Mirrorball, the record is something like heaven music.

listen:
John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Estrellita

John Foxx / Robin Guthrie - Estrellita - MirrorBall at Youtube

John Foxx Myspace | Robin Guthrie

The Horrors - Primary Colours

It's been two years, but finally The Horrors are back. 'Who Can Say' is taken from the brand new album 'Primary Colours', set for release on May 4th. Primary Colours is the second The Horrors, music journalist Mike Diver commented that the album was "set to be one of the year's best" and that it was "wholly worth all the hype that’s attracted to its unexpected brilliance".

Tracklist:
1. Mirror's Image
2. Three Decades
3. Who Can Say
4. Do You Remember
5. New Ice Age
6. Scarlet Fields
7. I Only Think Of You
8. I Can't Control Myself
9. Primary Colours
10. Sea Within A Sea

listen:
The Horrors - Who Can Say

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High Ratings:
Culturedeluxe (9/10) read
Drowned In Sound (9/10) read
Gigwise.com (9/10) read