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Sounds like instead of summoning The Cars, they now, also, want to be Lou Reed’s solo career.
3.953 out of 5
I’m not at SXSW again this year. I’m actually at my computer… completely sober with no one from the recording industry anywhere in my immediate proximity.
Check back tomorrow for more exciting updates.
Xfm.co.uk and The Charlatans have teamed up to make the new Charlatans album, “You Cross My Path”, available for free download. The entire album. Click here to get your virtual hands on it.
A hard format version of the album will also include bonus live and studio tracks and a poster for your bedroom wall. You can pre-order that here.
While you’re waiting for your download to complete, check out the video for the latest single, “Oh, Vanity!”
(I still can’t call them The) Verve is touring the US this spring. I saw them after A Storm In Heaven was released in Boulder for $9. I don’t think anyone will be that lucky this time around.
The Verve Live
04.25.08 - Indio, CA (Coachella)
04.26.08 - Las Vegas, NV (Pearl Concert Theater)
04.28.08 - New York, NY (WaMu Theater at MSG)
04.29.08 - New York, NY (WaMu Theater at MSG)
Let’s just pretend that the main selling point of the ZT Amplifiers Lunchbox (and it’s big brother, the Future Amp) isn’t it’s massive output for it’s size. (”The Lunchbox puts out 121dB from a box only 8″x9″x4″ with a 6.5″ driver. It looks like a cute little practice amp, but it is a serious, professional amp that can keep up with a live drum kit. The Future Amp, at 22 lbs, can fill the shoes of a 2×12, 80 lb. amp, save space in your car and save your back at the same time.”).
Forget that the secondary selling point that the Lunchbox is listed on the ZT Amplifiers site for $249. (or $449 for the Future Amp, which is twice the size w/ a 130 db output)
Pretend those geeky stats and ridiculously low prices didn’t exist. Here’s what I, representing the larger consumer base of the United States, am drawn to about the Lunchbox: It’s made out of a Goddamn metal lunchbox. Seriously. Look at the picture. It’s got the plastic handle and metal lock at the top.
With a look straight out of Muji or Ikea, these amps will look just as cool on the carpeted floor of your practice space as they will sitting on your KLUBBO coffee table. (Ok, I just wanted an opportunity to write the words “KLUBBO coffee table.”)
Ready to plug your guitar into a container that used to hold a thermos? You’ll have to wait. The FAQ on the ZT Amps site says: “As much as we would love to sell you a ZT amp right now, we cannot. Our amplifiers will not be available until late Spring 2008.” You may have to wait longer to walk into a brick and mortar store to purchase one as the main target market is in China. Given the looks, the price and the output, I wouldn’t expect China to be their only market. This thing has the potential to become the new standard in practice amps.
“The World’s Greatest Music Collection” is up for auction on Ebay. While the name may be very subjective and the premise alone could spark pages of debate on blogs like… oh, I dunno… say, Superstarcastic.com, it is a pretty impressive collection of LPs and CDs (what, no cassettes or 8-tracks or Reel-to-Reels?).
On the collection’s website, current owner, Paul Mawhinney, claims that there are 3 million records (45s, 78s, EPs and LPs) and 300,000 CDs spanning all genres.
By Apple’s advertised estimations, it would take 150 160 GB iPods to store the touted 6 million songs available in this auction. That would cost you $52,350 before tax and shipping. Which is nothing really if you can afford $3 million in recorded materials. If you can hack that, you’ll be happy to know that you’ll currently be the only bidder.
