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Warning: The writing's on the wall. It won't go away.
I'm listening to a copy of Invaders Must Die, the upcoming album of those most ferocious of break-beat electro monsters, The Prodigy.
Do I need to say anything more? It's a beast. The beats are nostalgic and razor-sharp cutting edge, with no souls spared in the bass. The homage to their older tracks (circa Music For The Gilted Generation is ever present - a step that all decent fans have been awaiting a long time. Samples in Take Me To The Hospital and Warrior's Dance could easily fit in well on M4TGG or Experience. But the sound isn't a rehash - more a natural progession. It's off the gawdamn hook.
Let me know if you'd like a listen - though I expect all who do to buy it come Feb 23rd. And see them live - you won't regret it.
In other music news, big ups to the guys at the Grammy's for recognising how truly amazing Radiohead's In Rainbows is (it picked up Best Alternative Album), along with the accolades for Daft Punk's Alive 07 (Best Dance Album/Best Dance Recording for Harder Better Faster Stronger), which may well be the best live electronic set ever. Period.
The other awards were fairly run-of-the-mill - though Led Zepp's Robert Plant picking up Record of The Year came as a surprise - I was sure Coldplay had that in the bag. Not that I really care. Awards for music, like talking about music, is like dancing about architecture, or so Mr. Costello would have you believe.
3 comments:
Agree on In Rainbows. Other thoughts on wins:
I LOVE that Robert Plant/Alison Krauss album. That is seriously awesome. Such an underdog win. Well in a way. They're both kinda legendary.
And yay Daft Punk. Though that song is seriously old to be winning now. Thanks, Kanye. Well, and Alive 2007.
Also pleased about John Mayer getting some love for Continuum, cause that's a solid album. And well, Sex on Fire from KOL is a good win.
Juno Soundtrack :) :) And Peter Gabriel's song for Wall-E :) :) :)
Not a bad year.
I thought the same thing about HBFS - but then I realised it's the version off Alive, which is really different. Really good different. Like, possibly the best track on an amazing album. It's that big.
Tim, can you hook a brother, I mean cousin, up? You know that I'm way too square to find good music withoug help. Send it over, PLEASE!
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