2 posts tagged “led zeppelin”

There was a lot of music that was released last Tuesday. The reason? They're preparing for Black Friday.

I should explain to the people outside of the US, "Black Friday" is the biggest shopping day (the day after Thanksgiving). Sometime the sales for that one crucial day would turn profit for a business for the rest of the year. There's some debate on where the term came from, but I think it is from a business standpoint of turning the "red" (losses) into "black" (profit).

Sadly, I have already spent over $250 on music and DVDs in the past week.   I keep telling people: You have to spend money to save money.

So here are some of the albums that were released last Tuesday (November 13th):

The Killers - Shadowplay 1 comment THE KILLERS - SAWDUST Wait, didn't they just release an album ? I guess Sam's Town was released in October 2006, but funny, it seems like yesterday... Just so you know, this only has a few new material, most of Sawdust are B-Sides and rarities. The gem of the CD is actually "Shadowplay", a Joy Division cover (the song first appeared on the Control Soundtrack). PS, that cover looks creepy.

AFI - Girl's Not Grey AFI - I HEARD A VOICE: LIVE FROM LONG BEACH ARENA My brother's favorite band is releasing a live album. But WAIT! It's not new (do you see a trend here?), the audio CD is actually the audio soundtrack of the DVD of I Heard a Voice, which was released sometime last year. If you're a hardcore AFI fan, sure, you gotta buy it. If you've already own the DVD, here's my advice to you: get a DVD audio ripper and just rip the audio from the DVD to MP3. You've already paid for it once, I don't see why you'd have to pay for it again.

The Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy THE GOO GOO DOLLS - GREATEST HITS VOL 1: THE SINGLES Also released last Tuesday was the Goo Goo Doll's Greatest Hits. This is their first "greatest hits" CD, having been together for over 21 years. Did everyone catch the Transformers movie ? Did you know they had a hit song on that soundtrack? With the indication of "Volume 1", you know that Volume 2 will compile rarities, B-Sides and random songs. It's set for release in 2008 (probably around the same time next year).

Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown 2 comments LED ZEPPELIN - MOTHERSHIP Not to be outdone by The Goo Goo's Greatest Hits, is Led Zeppelin's Greatest Hits CD, Mothership. Although this looks like a pretty good compilation for LZ, unfortunately, they have previously released other similar compilations: Remasters, Led Zeppelin (Box Set, Vol. 1), and The Complete Studio Recordings.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet - The Militia Marches In 1 comment PRIDE & PREJUDICE SOUNDTRACK Jean-Yves Thibaudet's score for the 2005 film, based on the Jane Austen novel, comes bundled with the gift set for the DVD re-release last Tuesday. The soundtrack is all instrumental and the track that really stood out is "The Militia Marches in", which features flutes. Admittadly I have not seen the movie, but apparently hot-girl Keira Knightley was nomiated for an Oscar in her role. I have been in love with her since "Bend it Like Beckham".

Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm 1 comment BOB DYLAN - DYLAN This wasn't released last Tuesday, but it was released very recently. I only wanted to mention it because it's a 3-disc set that collects some of the best Dylan tunes. There's already a few greatest hits and collection, so if you're happy with those, there's no need to upgrade to this release. I saw that they have "Maggie's Farm" on this collection, so I'm dedicating this to Maggie.

Off in the near distance are:

Gorillaz - People 2 comments GORILLAZ - D-SIDES I was relieved to find out that this doesn't contain any G-Sides (which I already owned). This D-Sides compiles all the B-sides and remixes for their last album, Demon Days. It's set to be release on November 20th, just a few days before my birthday. I must confess the deluxe set looks really sweet.

Amy Winehouse - F--k Me Pumps 3 comments AMY WINEHOUSE - FRANK Again, not a new album, but her debut album. It was released in the UK in October 2003, but never made its way over to the US. Well finally the CD is finally being released on November 20th. Let's hope the singer's drug & alcohol problems are behind her so that she can record new material for a future album.

 11/17/2007 09:12:16  vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com www.weheartmusic.com

Update 11 Sep 2007, 11:08pm: Marco Mahler have decided to offer his entire album to download for free on his website!  If you like the album, please recommend it or donate. 

In the latest W♥M Podcast, I spoke with Trevor from Ariel Publicity.

We got to see Trevor's views on traditional media (Television, Radio, & Newspaper) versus internet media and where he thinks it's heading.

I also asked what some of the bands he's working with that he enjoys and I thought I'd break them down for you with a brief biography and song.

♥ Marco Mahler
www.marcomahler.com

We've previously mentioned Mahler before.  This is a New York singer/songwriter. His lyrics are inspired by Bob Dylan and his amazing guitar work inspired by Bert Jansch. You can hear his inspiration to Jansch's "Angie" in Mahler's "Otmar Elmer", so check it out if you haven't read my previous post on Mahler.

♥ Lez Zepplin
www.lezzeppelin.com

These are an all-girl Led Zeppelin tribute band. They recently released a self-titled debut album last July, produced by Eddie Kramer (who's also worked with Zeppelin).

I have always thought that "Lez" was alluring to Lesbian, and it's just a really clever name.

Hopefully I can do a proper writeup on them later down the road, they've already been featured in Spin, CNN, and the Times. Plus, as you know, I am a huge cover lover.

You can hear even some more Robert Plantesque styling at their myspace.

♥ Adam Von Baron
www.vonbaronmusic.com

I ended the interview with Von Baron's "In My House", which has a Yanni feel to it. It's a very easy-listening. We don't feature too many New Age-type of music, so this may be a first for W♥M.

Reading his biography, he's been performing and recording music for over twenty years.  He's currently based out of Honolulu, Hawaii.

I thought this interview turned out really well.  It was originally over 30 minutes, but I've condensed and edited it down to about 10 minutes (my goal is to keep the podcast less than 15 minutes). 

I'm hoping to do random interviews with different people in the music industries as a feature. Anywhere from marketing, record companies owners, other bloggers, traditional media, to musicians. As a critic and consumer, I actually really enjoy hearing what they have to say about the field they work in and how the internet have affected them.

So, once again, I just wanted to thank Trevor for taking his time out to chat with us. If you are in the music industry and are interested doing a very short Q&A session with us, please send me an email. I have a few musicians that are lined up to talk to us, but please keep in mind that I don't want the podcast format to just be interviews so they may appear only as weekly or semi-weekly specials.

Hopefully our regular showrunner, Ryan, will be back today, so we'll get his insight on the Bestival Festival.

 September 11, 2007 7:43 AM  vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com www.arielpublicity.com