My head is spinning round...
Really, Scarlett Johansson, what are you thinking? When I first heard that you were doing a Tom Waits covers record, I thought the idea was kinda cool, admittedly. But now that I’ve heard the title track from your soon-to-be-released Anywhere I Lay My Head, I’m not quite sure what to think. I mean, I appreciate that you love Mr. Waits just as much as we do, but the atmosphere you’re going for just doesn’t quite seem to fit – the whole super-slick electrohipster vibe you’ve got going on seems to me like it’d be better suited for another Sofia Coppola soundtrack than for Waits’ distinctly retro sound. Anyway, feel free to give it a listen here and tell us what you think.
In other not-so-recent news (which, come to think of it, probably wasn’t even news in the first place), the latest Gnarls Barkley is awesome – perhaps, dare I say, even more so than St. Elsewhere (gasp!). As for the latest Destroyer, on the other hand, I wouldn’t be in a hurry to pick that one up if I were you – those of you who were put off by the over-mellowness of Challengers, Dan Bejar’s last record with The New Pornos, will probably feel roughly the same way about Trouble in Dreams. On the bright side, tthough, the warm weather is finally here, which can only mean that summer concert season is just around the corner! If only there were some legendary indie rock bands from Britain touring in...oh, right. GET EXCITED FOR RADIOHEAD!
