Why burn your bridges when you can blow your bridges up? I've been enjoying M. Ward's Transistor Radio, his fourth album, recently thanks to a friend's recommendation. I'm not sure I've heard anything that pulls off old-timey American as successfully as this since another Merge Records release, Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. Like that record, Transistor Radio sounds like summertime and is practically dripping with a classic sound. I find it hard not to like. See here and here for real reviews.
Listen to “Fuel For Fire”
Side note: This record also happens to represent another filesharing success story for my pals the at the RIAA. As I mentioned, a friend brought it up while we were talking music recently. The name stuck in my mind and I eventually downloaded the MP3s. I listened to the album for about a week before I decided I should get a hold of it. I found that Merge was offering a bundle of both Transistor Radio and M. Ward's previous album, Transfiguration of Vincent, for a discounted price. What the hell, I thought, and decided to add a copy of The Clientele's Lost Weekend EP. Merge threw in a sharp little album poster as well.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that M. Ward is currently on tour but is (of course) not playing here in DC. He is however playing in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 9th. So, if any of yous feels like driving me up there, you know, I wouldn't be opposed or anything.
2 comments:
I looked up M. Ward on Limewire and got a lot of hits for Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell." In other developments, I've really been liking All Night Radio's song, "Daylight Till Dawn" and Codeseven's "Alt.wave."
Cracks me up, your comment about the RIAA. It is funny, the amount of hand wringing and teeth gnashing about filesharing and in reality, a lot of it is just the best marketing there is.
Just to think how everybody must have acted when cassette tapes first hit the scene, after all. NOBODY WILL EVER PURCHASE MUSIC AGAIN!
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