The Current Music Blog: August 17, 2006 Archive

Rock Criticism: Still Some Fight In The Old Dog

Posted at 6:27 AM on August 17, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis

Not everyone is crazy about the band Voxtrot, nor its new disk "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives." This young fellow down in Georgia says:

"The tracks are brutally simple. Chord changes are not only predictable, but also uninteresting, and the monotonous rhythms don't seem to help at all."

Well, as refreshing as it is to read music critics taking an active, anti-sycophantic posture, we hear our mother tut-tutting: If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all! Anyway, this is Information Age of Interconnected Interwebs! Don't listen to Georgia, go refresh your memory and judge for yourself.

A Remake Nobody Knew They Wanted

Posted at 12:28 PM on August 17, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (20 Comments)

The Walkmen have finished work on a unique project: They recorded a song-for-song recreation of the 1974 album "Pussy Cats" by Harry Nilsson. That album was notable because it was produced by John Lennon during his "lost weekend," which was actually more of an 18-month bender. "Pussy Cats" makes it pretty clear that Nilsson and Lennon were having an awfully good time, and the word is that The Walkmen recaptured that spirit nicely--without ever having to hookup with and then separate from Yoko Ono.

Also: Listen to a preview from The Walkmen's remake here.

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