Every Tuesday is an exciting new day for music! Here are a few
selections worth checking out (or avoiding), with links to articles,
reviews, videos and anything else the Internet could provide...Happy
Listening!
New Releases.
Soundgarden - 11/13
Spotify:
Soundgarden – King Animal
Review:
MTV.com
Is it 1992? Sadly, it is not. But the sound of Chris Cornell's voice takes me back to a time when my ears were ruled by rock n' roll. Pure and simple. I do enough nostalgia ranting so I will spare you my hostile bitching about the music (if you can call it that) of today. What I am more than happy to write about is the fact that it's 2012 and Soundgarden has released their first album in 16 years,
King Animal. And it's fucking good. I wouldn't say it's their best, but I think it absolutely has the right to exist and is an album Soundgarden can be very proud of (No Doubt/Green Day, I hope you're taking notes). At almost 50, Cornell sounds completely amazing. I close my eyes and see a 20 year old kid with long hair, no shirt, long shorts, wearing Docs rocking out on stage in the movie
Singles. It's as if time has left his voice unchanged.
In addition to Cornell. Matt Cameron. Kim Thayil. Ben Shepard. After 28 years as a band, the members have remained relatively unchanged, going through some growing pains early on. The lineup that gave us Badmotorfinger and Superunknown, is the lineup that gave us King Animal. So it should come as no surprise that this album is rockin. There is no mistaking this album for anyone but Soundgarden. The album feels neither old nor new. It simply feels like Soundgarden. And I have to say, it's good to have them back...
Tracks: By Crooked Steps, Bones of Birds, Attrition, Halfway There
Anticipation.
Rihanna - 11/20
Alicia Keyes - 11/27
Solange - 11/27
