Okkervil River- Stage Names (Vinyl) MeduzaThis record dynamites the moss covered castle walls of 2005's BLACK SHEEP BOY to let in the glaring sun. Riddled with characters real and fake, with the relics of high culture and the crumpled up trash of low culture, THE STAGE NAME is a cinemascopic take on the meaning of entertainment in the modern world. Reverberant with echoes of Motown snap and girl group pop, redolent with ripe whiffs of dirty rock'n'roll, shining with the shimmy of Bo Diddley,
We Damn the Night
vitriol for our crazy-making culture wars
Summer Jam
The Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up (Radio Edit)
The album was part of Vangelis' desire to shorten the distance between inspiration and realization of musical composition
B3 Tilda Swinton
occasional drums and Munroe's extraordinary voice
while pulling those songs closer to the sonic world of Spiritual Front for example by adding strings and horn parts
Bonus material including demos
includes "Let's Change The World" (Joseph Williams/Steve Lukather) that delivers a welcome dose of hope and optimism
Teenie's Blues
McEntire's new album Every Acre grapples with those themes-themes that encompass grief