New music this week--The Black Keys

[Ryall]

Man, did anyone else pick this disc up this week? I love this thing. It's kind of stripped-down electric blues that sounds like it could have been recorded 40 years ago.

These guys get compared to the White Stripes some (two-peice band, white people playing blues-inflected music), another "The" band...but it's really not valid at all. I love the new STRIPES, but this...this one's just stuck in my CD player lately. Really good disc. Finally.

And I didn't buy it this week, but is this now the THIRD time GODSMACK has made the exact same CD?

The JAYHAWKS disc ain't bad, either.

[Zens_7s]

Thinkfreakness is great! I loved the last CD (The Big Come Up) by The Black Keys so I had to pick this up. The whole CD is so gritty and raw you feel like you are sitting in a smoke filled bar. "Have Love Will Travel" may be my fav of the week.

I am suprised to hear that people compare them to The Stripes. I don't see any similarity there. Elephant is a great album too, maybe one of the best to come out in the last few years. There is variety in the music, a quality which seems to be missing from most groups now.
Where else can you get a cover of "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" and "Black Math" in the same CD.

The Jayhawks CD doesn't break any new ground, but I still like it. Maybe they appeal to my midwestern roots. I was glad to have them include the bonus CD with some live cuts and demos. The first song by the Jayhawks I ever heard was "Waiting for the Sun" done live on a Chicago radio station. The version on Rainy Day Music was really great too.

Strange that I did pick up all three of these. But I also grabbed Lucinda Williams new CD too...the lyrics on Those Three Days are classic break-up mix tape matieral.

[Ryall]

>Thinkfreakness is great! I loved the last CD (The Big Come Up) by The Black Keys so I had to pick this up. The whole CD is so gritty and raw you feel like you are sitting in a smoke filled bar. "Have Love Will Travel" may be my fav of the week.

Damn, I guess I just missed them playing out here, too. So the first disc is also worth picking up?

>I am suprised to hear that people compare them to The Stripes. I don't see any similarity there.

Nor do I--I think it's just a couple uninventive critics who see a two-piece band, a band called The [Color} [Noun] and a retro sound. But they're nothing alike, except that I love both these new discs.

>Strange that I did pick up all three of these. But I also grabbed Lucinda Williams new CD too...the lyrics on Those Three Days are classic break-up mix tape matieral.

How's the rest of that one? I'm not a huge fan--I like her but never enough to buy anything so far, but I'm just reading a review in SPIN (it got an A) and I'm intrigued by that one, too.

Finally some decent music out this year--the first couple months mostly sucked.

[Dave]

Well i've never heard of the Black Keys, but i'm giving them the Limewire treatment right now to see if it's something i'll dig. As i do enjoy the White Stripes.

Did anyone pickup the Re-release of Sonic Youth's "Dirty" that came out on tuesday? It's got a bunch of extra's (B-sides & Instramentals that later developed into finished album tracks). If you guys like that kind of stuff i highly recommend checking it out.

Walker

[Squall91]

Did you review the new Yo La Tengo? I forgot if you did or not...

[Zens_7s]

>So the first disc is also worth picking up?>
Absolutely. This is the disk Riding With the King should have been. Classic but hot. Very hot.

>How's the rest of that one? I'm not a huge fan--I like her but never enough to buy anything so far, but I'm just reading a review in SPIN (it got an A) and I'm intrigued by that one, too.>
Same as usual, a few real gems and a great deal of nothing. I think she experiments on her audience too much. I will copy the tracks I like (Those Three Days, Righteously) and pass it on. She is a great songwriter, but she cares little about polish. In some cases it fits. The last album had great cuts (I Can't Let Go, I Lost It, Still I Long For Your Kiss) that fit her sparse vocals. It takes a special moment for her harsh voice to feel right, and this CD is not it. Borrow it; don't buy it.

A? Not an A (humble opinion).

[Razorback]

Godsmack? Don't they just print new covers on old songs?

RB

[Luciferous]

I'm just biding my time until the new Tomahawk album comes out.