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New Brian Wilson Streaming Online, New Verve Also Streaming (and Kinda Sucks)

I haven’t heard it yet, since I’m typing this very post from work and the tyrants have firewalled all streaming content, but you probably can (and should) go on and czech the new Brian Wilson jam That Old Lucky Sun from now until Sept. 1 (the day before its release). And, for whatever reason, it’s USA Today that has the jump on this. So go here and let me know how it is. I’ll be right here.

While you’re groovin’ high, I suppose you can also peruse all the hawtttt celebrity gossip USA Today is wont to publish. The article has a nice little timeline available to read so you can get to know B Dubs a little better, though it curiously omits the most fun part of his life – flipping out and building a sandbox around his piano. I hope that That Old Lucky Sun is awesome, but being released to USA Today first doesn’t bode well for its potential awesomeness.

I actually had the pleasure of hearing Brian Wilson speak at a panel during the CMJ Music Marathon 2004 in New York City, right before the Smile sessions were released. He seemed like a nice man. Though he was the keynote speaker that day, he didn’t say much. At all. Whatsoever. Van Dyke Parks did most of the talking, and he would occasionally lean over to Brian and say “isn’t that right, Brian.” “Yes, yes, I remember that. Very fun. Making music. Fun.” It was weird. But it was awesome, too.

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The Verve is back? Where was I?

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I’m a little late on this one, but fucking hell, The Verve is dropping a new record in two weeks! Shit! I would run outside naked and do my happy prance, but it’s Orange Alert right now and I’m scared. The album is called Fourth, because as you know, psych rock and shoegaze dudes just can’t do any better these days (Darker My Love’s new album is 2, Dungen’s forthcoming is called 4, and the next Brian Jonestown record will be Dos Equis). Regardless of the moniker, this dystopian world we live in, in which dongcore bands like the Ting Tings are just tres awesome, needs a group like the Verve to be resurrected a la the Phoenix to plow some motherfuckers over with Twin Reverb Combos. You can pre-order it now. Continue reading ‘The Verve is back? Where was I?’

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