Trip hop bad boy, Tricky, returns with his first full-length of new material in five years! Knowle West Boy named for the neighborhood in which he [Tricky] grew up is being widely held as a return to form. Indeed, online magazine, musicOMH.com, states the songwriting on 'Knowle to be on a par with Tricky's work from his groundbreaking debut, Maxinquaye some of it, anyway. The earlier return of fellow trip hop pioneers, Portishead (in April) with their third studio album, Third also after a long hiatus makes Tricky's reappearance all the more welcome. The sound of Bristol is back though I remain quite anxious for a new album from Massive Attack!
Knowle West Boy will be released on July 7 in the U.K, and is slated for a September 9th U.S. release. The album will be released on Tricky's own Brown Punk label in conjunction with the Domino Records.
Billboard is reporting that the title of Grace Jones' forthcoming album will be Hurricane, not "Corporate Cannibal" a song from the album as previously reported. Erroneous information about the album's title was reported on the website of the Tivoli Gardens theme park in Copenhagen, Denmark; Jones had performed at the amusement park on June 22, 2007 and the site had listed her upcoming full-length as being titled, Corporate Cannibal.
Hurricane is slated for an October 27 release in the U.K. on the indie Wall of Sound label.
A very dear friend of mine, Chris, sent me this today the fantastically brilliant "I'm Voting Republican". Straightforward and to the point, this viral video has been causing a stir for a little while now. I'm running a tad late posting it, but I just felt it was too good to pass up (and not share).
"I'm Voting Republican" is at once good for a laugh, but also thought-provoking!
