Get an early taste of Wilco’s new album Sky Blue Sky on their site where they offer the track “What Light”, an obvious reference to the Velvets. I heard a part of another song as well as snippets of the whole album on this past Thursday’s edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats the with the infamous Robert Christgau, Will Hermes and former WFMU DJ Meredith Ochs about the new Wilco album, and latest offerings by Modest Mouse, Fountains of Wayne and Bright Eyes. I haven’t heard the new Modest Mouse album yet, which has been out for a couple weeksbut I am looking foward to as well as all of these new releases. The NPR crew also play a very funny country song by Elizabeth Cook which by the title“Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman” you can get a sense of what it’s all about.
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Wilco New Song: “What Light”
Published by March 25th, 2007 in Random, Free Tracks and 2007. 1 Comment
Terry Gross interviewed Colin Meloy of The Decemberists on Fresh Air today. I’ve read some good interviews with him before and think he’s an interesting guy but he wasn’t very engaging on the show. Gross’ best interviews are when her guests’ answers lead to other avenues of discussion. With Meloy it seemed like she’d toss him a question and he’d dutifully answer it, but in such a way that it closed the topic. Next question, please. Not that he came across as aloof or anything. He just wasn’t a very good conversationalist. The interview also felt really padded with song samples and an extended clip from The Colbert Report (in reference to the recent “Rock and Awe: Countdown to Guitarmageddon” episode.)
You can listen to the interview here.
Terry Gross interviewed Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand today on NPR’s Fresh Air. He recently put out a book called Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand, which compiles the columns he wrote for The Guardian about the different places the band ate at around the world and his gastronomic insights.
I’m not a big Franz Ferdinand fan but thought it was a fantastic interview. Kapranos is very personable and articulate. He talked about the various jobs he’d had in restaurants prior to forming the band, read some passages from his book, and told anecdotes about some of foods the band had partaken in during their travels. He talked equally as much about how the band formed and the song writing process. And of course Terry asked great questions and managed their conversation expertly.
You can listen to the interview here.
