ABOVE: Daughter of Dez
Hello readers, sorry for the quiet around here these days. I will get some good new stuff up soon. After the explosively exciting Presidential List, I thought I needed to let my reader(s) catch their breath.
I'm pretty stoked about some upcoming music releases on the horizon. Hopefully at least a couple of them will live up to expectations. Kings of Leon have a new one coming out, as does Pete Yorn. Coldplay is supposed to release a new record before the end of the year. I am particularly excited about some new product from a couple of Dez favorites, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Neil has a new one coming out in about 10 days called Le Noise, and I am quite excited about this one. Produced by Daniel Lanois, it features Neil alone, playing acoustic and electric with some heavy treatments courtesy of Lanois. I've heard snippits, and it sounds really promising and a bit out there. I'll give you a review in about 10 days.
Springsteen is finally releasing his long promised remastered/box set of the Darkness on the Edge of Town-era in November. This could be huge for Springsteen fans. It will have three CDs and three DVDs. The CDs include a remastered version of the Darkness on the Edge of Town album, plus two discs of previously unreleased tracks from the same period. Those knowledgable in Bossology will note that after Born to Run in 1975, Bruce was legally prevented from releasing new material for a three year period due to a lawsuit with his former manager. He recorded a mountain of music in those years that has never seen the light of day, and so here it finally is. He put some great tracks out on the 4-disc set Tracks, but that was just a taste. By many accounts, this material is epic, classic Born to Run-esque Springsteen. He himself said that had he been legally able, this is the stuff that would have been put out on a quicker follow-up album to Born to Run, before he changed sonic directions with what eventually would be DOTEOT. He had over 70 songs he was considering for DOTEOT. As for the DVD's, there is the requisite documentary and commentary. But the real prize is a full show from Houston captured on the 1978 Darkness tour. The Darkness tour has long been acknowledged as his most vital and exciting tour, and now we've got a full show on DVD from that legendary jaunt. And in Houston, no less!
ABOVE: Here is a studio version of "Fire" that will be on the new set(a longtime live staple, but I dig this more subdued, groovy studio version).
Anyway, here's some more Daughter of Dez...
ABOVE: "What do you mean you don't like the new Springteen tunes?"
