Monday Music Junkie (Labor TuesDay Edition)
BY ANDY VIHSTADT
Separated at Birth
Is there some kind of weird beard contest going on at Sub Pop Records? If so, Sam Beam’s got competition. Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses return next month with Cease to Begin. Download the album opener, “Is There a Ghost,” at The Glorious Hum.
Sam Beam might be hiding iron and wine in there.
Ben Bridwell toasts the indie bristles.
Phony Rappers
MF Doom’s West Coast fans are pissed. Accusations have been circulating that the rapper lip-synched and/or used a body double for some of his California appearances last month. Get the skinny at Byron Crawford's site, and if you haven’t lost all respect for the masked villain, hit this Wikipedia entry for an MP3 of “Angels,” from Doom’s perpetually upcoming Swift and Changeable collab with Ghostface.
MF Doom faces allegations of mad villainy.
Fix continues after the jump.
How We Don't Operate
Gomez: grey enough.
Despite attaining long overdue success in America, British band Gomez looks like it's veering off course. Its latest tune, “Moon and Sun,” appears exclusively on the upcoming Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack (hitting stores next week) and reeks of prime-time drama. Head to Stereogum and listen at your own risk.
Ritual de lo Rehabitual
Get thee to a nunnery!
Last week, Amy Winehouse’s father-in-law made a plea to her fans to boycott her. His reasoning, of course, is that she’ll eventually run out of money and won’t be able to feed the monkey. I’ll oblige this strange cause with a Winehouse cover by some other monkeys instead.
Arctic Monkeys -- “You Know I’m No Good”
Gumbo UK
CDP skirts success.
Cajun Dance Party hasn’t wrapped up its debut album yet, but the London youngsters are keeping their next-big-thing status in check by releasing their second single, “Amylase.” It isn’t quite as catchy as “The Next Untouchable,” which you can download courtesy of Stereogum.
Cajun Dance Party -- “Amylase”
Cajun Dance Party -- “The Next Untouchable”
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Chrome Anniversary
Cheers to Frank Yang’s Chromewaves, which celebrates five years this week. I check it religiously for the MP3 of the Week, and so should you. This week, download the Yeah Yeah Yeahs doing an acoustic version of Bjork’s “Hyper-Ballad.”
The List
9/11
Animal Collective -- Strawberry Jam (Domino)
Elvis Costello -- My Aim is True (Deluxe Edition) (Hip-O)
Dirty Projectors -- Rise Above (Dead Oceans)
Black Francis -- Bluefinger (Cooking Vinyl)
The Go! Team -- Proof of Youth (Sub Pop)
The Good Life -- Help Wanted Nights (Saddle Creek)
Grayskul -- Bloody Radio (Rhymesayers)
Hot Hot Heat -- Happiness Ltd. (Reprise)
Love -- Live in L.A. (Snapper)
Mono -- Gone (Temporary Residence)
Oakley Hall -- Follow You (Merge)
Pinback -- Autumn of the Seraphs (Touch & Go)
Jonathan Rice -- Further North (Reprise)
Shout Out Louds -- Our Ill Wills (Merge)
Simian Mobile Disco -- Attack Decay Sustain Release (Interscope)
Kanye West -- Graduation (Def Jam)
9/18
The A-Sides -- Silver Storms (Vagrant)
Crystal Method -- Vegas (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) (Geffen)
The Donnas -- Bitchin’ (Purple Feather)
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) -- Spirit if… (Arts & Crafts)
Fog -- Ditherer (Lex)
Havoc (Mobb Deep) -- Kush (Nature Sounds)
Ben Lee -- Ripe (New West)
Ministry -- The Last Sucker (Megaforce)
The Polyphonic Spree -- Live from Austin, TX (New West)
Rogue Wave -- Asleep at Heaven’s Gate (Brushfire)
Thurston Moore -- Trees Outside the Acadamy (Ecstatic Peace)
9/25
Athlete -- Beyond the Neighborhood (Astralwerks)
Devendra Banhart -- Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL Recordings)
The Cave Singers -- Invitation Songs (Matador)
Foo Fighters -- Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace (RCA)
Iron and Wine -- The Shepherd’s Dog (Sub Pop)
Matt Pond PA -- Last Light (Altitude)
Mum -- Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy… (Fat Cat)
Office -- A Night at the Ritz (New Line)
PJ Harvey -- White Chalk (Island)
Jill Scott -- Real Thing: Words & Sounds 3 (Hidden Beach)
Stars -- In Our Bedroom After the War (Arts & Crafts)
Supagroup -- Fire for Hire (Mrv)
Will.I.Am -- Songs About Girls (Interscope)
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