One of the two of the writers of this blog doesn’t own a record player, so the significance of the upcoming “Vinyl Saturday” is lost on him. For the one that does, and for all of you out there who do own a record player, then June 20th is your next chance to snap up limited 7″s from Wilco and Modest Mouse.
Put on by the same folks who work on the now annual Record Store Day, Vinyl Saturday will feature fresh wax from not only Wilco and Modest Mouse, but also 7″s from Green Day, Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn, and Al Green, among others.
The Wilco record will feature an A-Side from their upcoming album Wilco (The Album) entitled “You Never Know” and a B-Side entitled “Unlikely Japan” – which is an early version of “Impossible Germany” from Sky Blue Sky.
As for Modest Mouse, their 7″ is the next in their series leading up to their August release of No One’s First & You’re Next, and it will contain the tracks “Autumn Beds” and “Whale Song.” The first in their 7″ series – “Satellite Skin” – is out now. The vinyl is sold out, but you can still get the tracks through iTunes.
Check the Record Store Day website for participating stores in your area.
Modest Mouse – Satellite Skin (mp3) from the forthcoming No One’s First & You’re Next
Here are some things we didn’t get around to posting this past week.
1. Paul Banks, lead singer of Interpol, will release a solo album under the name Julian Plenti on August 4. While you probably knew that already, maybe you didn’t hear the first song off of it.
Julian Plenti – Fun That We Have (mp3) from the forthcoming Julian Plenti Is…Skyscraper
2. Kings of Leon will be playing the MTV Movie Awards. It’s no longer cool, or even ironic, to like them now that MTV has attached themselves to the band.
3. There’s a new Modest Mouse EP set to be released in August as well, entitled No One’s First & You’re Next. Leading up to that, the band is supposedly releasing a series of 7″ singles, the first of which is set to come out on May 26. Here’s the first track.
Modest Mouse – Satellite Skin (mp3) from the forthcoming No One’s First & You’re Next
4. If you hadn’t noticed, the much-anticipated, much-leaked Phoenix album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, is for sale on iTunes, two weeks prior to its official release.
Today’s installment of my 1000 Minutes Project has me looking back over what I’ve already posted, and feeling a little bit surprised that I’ve not even knocked out a tenth of my allotted time. In addition to my surprise, I’m proud we’ve made it to ten weeks of doing this. The project has spawned at least one fan that we know of, and maybe it’s made you think a bit about the importance of the music in your life. Or maybe not.
I’m feeling sentimental today. Let’s get after the tunes.
19. Modest Mouse – Missed the Boat (4:26) from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (mp3) [Time Remaining: 926:52]
Modest Mouse purists will probably berate me for this choice. There are certainly songs that are more representative of the band’s quirky style, these purists I have invented would argue – something off of The Moon and Antarctica perhaps? And while they are undoubtedly correct, the sentiment expressed in this particular song reminds me to be appreciative of the time/family/friends with which/whom I have been blessed. Not that I need a Modest Mouse song to do so, but it’s just so crushingly perfect when Isaac sings: “I know this of myself/we’ve listened to more of life’s end gong than the sound of life’s sweet bells.”
20. Alex Lloyd – Bus Ride (mp3) from Watching Angels Mend (4:31) [Time Remaining: 922:21]
“Bus Ride” is a mixtape staple of mine. I mean, really – what woman wouldn’t love a guy who meant it when he said, let alone sang:
“If you want to take the world on now I will be right there beside you. And if you wanna sleep the whole day through I will be right there beside you?”
I was listening to the song recently when my girlfriend called me out on that last part because I hate sleeping in. (Gasp!) Doesn’t matter. I’d do it if she really wanted, but I wouldn’t be happy about it.
Listen. The song builds and builds until just after the three minute mark, when it finally becomes overwhelming. And you can feel it right in your chest.
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