This has been a glorious week. First Sufjan released an EP (8 songs, and a full 60 minutes of new music) last week and today even more good news. On October 12th Sufjan Stevens will release his first full length studio album since 2005. It will be titled The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) and the album is largely introspective in nature. Gone is the folk narrative and historic tales. Here Sufjan will turn the lens upon himself and let his musical imagination trip out on whatever he finds entertaining. Just listen to the first track. [...]
From somewhere beyond the poetic grave Sufjan has seen fit to grace us all with a brand new EP. There are only eight tracks on the album but it totals just a shade under a full hour of newly recorded music. For the impatient types amongst you, fear not, you can buy or stream the entire album at Sufjan's website . mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Heirloom The album starts off with a track that Sufjan was experimenting with last year on his brief (much too brief) tour of the midwest. It's [...]
It's a good day for BOTR (Best of the Remix). Why not. If you'd like to check out past volumes just click here . mp3 : Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone (Tom Molloy Remix) I received an advance copy of Calvin Harris' debut album awhile back and I didn't really like anything on it. This beat heavy remix goes a long way to salvaging my mental image of him. mp3 : Chris Brown Annie Designer Drugs - Kiss Anthonio (White Panda Remix) I'm not sure what [...]
Recently the four boys in Mumford and Sons found themselves in the cozy recording/broadcasting studios of the best Australian radio station, Triple J , on their program aptly named Like a Version. (shot disclaimer; Triple J is the only Aussie radio station I've ever heard of). Well as part of this program Mumford and Sons decided to cover a great song by White Lies. It's an interesting banjo and modern folk take on what is essentially a rather dark anthemic rock song. Have a listen yourself. mp3 : Mumford and Sons - Unfinished Business (White Lies [...]
I wade through my inbox about once a week and it's fairly rare that anything really catches my attention amidst the various detritus I'm sent from PR firms, myspace kids, and random self promoters. About once every other month, however, I am pleasantly surprised by an email that is short, to the point, well written, and contains a little musical gem. This time around the email came from Marcus Knutsson and essentially said "Last saturday when we rehearsed and recorded some new stuff, we did a cover of National's Bloodbuzz Ohio. Its shot with my videocamera in my [...]
If you took a few British boys, told them to mix together the pop sensibilities of All American Rejects and Phoenix, then for good measure throw in the insanely catchy beats of !!! and a little zest of Postal Service and you'll probably find Two Door Cinema Club. And if you look closely you'll find the best pop album that has been released so far this year. And if you really scrutinize the album you'll be even more impressed that Tourist History ( amazon ) ( itunes ) is the debut album for this trio. mp3 [...]
For those of you who are completely in the dark Disney is making a sequel to the cult classic Tron. The previews, and literally everything else surrounding the December launch of the movie, have been stellar so far. Mind bendingly stellar. As would only be appropriate for a movie of this tech nerd credibility the producers of the film somehow got the dynamic duo of Daft Punk to write the music for the film. From the few leaked tracks that skittered around the internets recently it appears as if the boys are definitely influenced by current soundtracks (most notably Hans [...]
At some point over the last three months I lost track of this brilliant album. This album that will probably sit at or toward to the top of most year end lists five months from now. The odd part is that I literally listened to this album on repeat for over a full month. I listened to it so much that my fiance (now my wife) groaned every time we took my car anywhere because it was literally all The National all the time. So what happened? And why review it now when it's a already old news? [...]
Just a quick note; I'm getting married tomorrow so The World Forgot will be dormant for about 12 days. If you'd like to leave a comment feel free to leave your favorite marriage quote (mine would be "Let's have a marriage. Let's have a marriage license."), or mention your favorite wedding related song and I'll give it a listen upon my return. Until then, enjoy the music. + more music @ twf hype elbows amazonmp3 itunes
One of my favorite dirty rock (and/or bar bands) of the last five years has been Deer Tick. I've been to both of their shows that were close enough for me to drive to and I've thoroughly enjoyed their particular brand of what I can only describe as the second coming of the Lynyrd Skynyrd era. Recently they've released a new album entitled The Black Dirt Sessions ( amazon ) ( itunes ) and the first single I've had a chance to listen to is really the epitomy of their sound. mp3 : Deer Tick [...]
So it's a Friday, and the World Cup is in full swing, and if you're like me that means you really don't care about much else (let alone writing a new post for your little blog). And even though I'm more than thrilled to watch the US v Ghana game tomorrow followed by the England v Germany game on Sunday I'm still taking time to post a few random cover songs that have caught my attention over the past month or so. You are very very welcome. mp3 : Crooked Fingers - Under Pressure (Queen Cover) [...]
If you've been trolling the internet over the past month or so you've most likely stumbled upon a smattering of tracks off the upcoming Arcade Fire album The Suburbs which is due out later this year. To be honest, after hearing the tracks, I'm not nearly as excited for the full album as I used to be. Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's that we've been spoiled already this year with gorgeous albums from The National and Jonsi (amongst others), but I'm not sensing the underlying brilliance that I was hoping for. I do hope that I [...]
At long last another installment of Best of the Remix. As before this is a random collection of remixes that I personally find enjoyable. Some are, by default, better than others. Enjoy the music and if you're looking for the rest of the series click here . mp3 : 2pac vs TV on the Radio - Me Against The World (Dave Wrangler Remix) For some reason I have been absolutely in love with a recent string of mashups that combine classic hip hop rhymes with indie/modern rock. This mix is almost flawless. [...]
If you can remember all the way back to 2009 the Dessner brothers (from The National) helped out Red Hot Organization with a little compilation album entitled Dark Was The Night ( amazon ) ( itunes ). To be honest it's ok if you've forgotten this slice of music as, well, most of it was largely forgettable. One song that still catches my ear from time to time is Cello Song. mp3 : The Books (feat Jose Gonzalez) - Cello Song (Nick Drake Cover) To be fair the remainder of the [...]
Florence and The Machine have always pulled at my ears due to the copious amount of quality remixes their songs produce. Although, for whatever reason, I haven't really found myself listening much to their original work. That might all change if they keep putting out emotional covers of brilliant songs. Postcards from Italy is easily the most recognizable Beirut track and Florence and The Machine provide a mostly straightforward interpretation of the song complete with ukulele and plaintive vocals. mp3 : Florence and The Machine - Postcards from Italy (Beirut Cover) In the [...]
In certain situations math can be a tricky subject. In this case it's rather straightforward. B.o.B. + Rivers Cuomo = Outkast. Ok, that might be an oversimplification. It might be more B.o.B. + Rivers Cuomo = Andre 3000 + Weezer. Yeah, that feels better. All cheeky quips aside does anyone else notice that B.o.B. on this track sounds uncannily like Andre 3000? If you didn't know better (or if you remove the "Hi, my name is B.o.B." vocal from the start of the track) you could almost find yourself believing this was arguably the better 1/2 of Outkast [...]
Josh Ritter has a new album and I'm still confused as to what I really think of it. I've put it on repeat in my car and I don't really know what to say. At times the album is absolute genius. The opening three tracks are solid from the instrumental opener Curtains, through the pop folk buildup of Change of Time, and continues into what is arguably the best song on the album (maybe even the best song released this year), track three The Curse. From this point on, unfortunately, the album takes random lefts and rights seemingly at will. [...]
Bear with me as I continue to upgrade the underlying structure of TWF behind the scenes. Yes, most of those changes don't affect you at all. Yes they are important. Yes they do take away from me being able to blog about music. Yes a brand new look is coming to this page (it's time to step out of the dark... soon). In other news CuDi is amazing. I'm not a huge fan of the section during which Chip Tha Ripper is allowed to talk (although it is growing on me), but other than that small segment this [...]
I've been absent from this hallowed hall for far too long now. I do apologize, but I've been busy. I'm attempting to cobble together a massive playlist for an upcoming wedding reception and that (along with the latest album from The National) has monopolized most of my music listening time. Fortunately I stole some time back over this past week to listen to a handful of random songs strewn about here and there on the web. Even more fortunately for all of us I stumbled upon two covers that Metric have done that are worth a listen. [...]
I'm glad that earlier this year I was mistaken about the fate of one of my favorite bands. I had heard (or read) that they were going on a possibly permanent hiatus as band members were concentrating on families, other careers, and generally having a life outside of a bio-fuel powered touring bus and running an environmentally friendly record label. Fortunately for all of us they've recorded a new album, entitled Running With The Wolves, which is due out on August 17th of this year. Even more fortunately for us they've already released an EP this year that [...]
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Daft Punk – “Horizon” (Japan-Only Bonus Track)
