Tuesday Stroll

The Elite Five

2. Tegan + Sara: The Con

Let me get the name dropping out of the way first; Chris Walla, of Death Cab For Cutie, produced this; Matt Sharp of the Rentals, though more people would remember him as the early bassist of Weezer, one of the dudes from A.F.I. is on this, as well as Jason Mcgerr from Death Cab For Cutie. Aside from that, it has been said that this album is more reminiscent of earlier work like 2000's This Business Of Art, but also there are rumors of a synth-driven track as well as one that borders on hip hop. Not sure about shelling out the dough before you hear it? The whole album has been on their myspace page for a while (not to mention the fact that it was leaked almost two months ago).

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Is Is

Obviously having a penchant for repeating repeating the same words, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are dropping their third EP this week. Haven't heard of the previous ones, the S/t and Machine EPs, that's probably because they came out before Fever To Tell brought them moderate popularity. The Is Is tracks date back to before Show Your Bones came out, and the disc will come with a special night-vision video of a live show, which will add some value to the five-songs-in-seventeen-minutes album. *This album came out last week.

4. Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton: What Is Free To A Good Home?

Hot on the heels of the Metric re-release a few weeks ago, this is an EP of a lot of out-takes from the Knives Don't Have Your Back sessions. It has a TodorK remix of 'Mostly Waving' but it may be the same as the one on Knives.

5. Sebadoh: Freed Man

Hot on the heels of the successful re-release of III by Domino last year and the recent reunions of both the original Sebadoh line-up and Dinosaur Jr. Lou Barlow and Co. are back from the 90's again with a re-release of their first album, 1989's Freed Man. As if the original 31 tracks weren't enough, Domino was nice enough to toss in another 21 tracks. Maybe Lou just needs some money, but then again hey, you totally cried to the acoustic version of 'Rebound' when you were dumped by your highschool girlfriend.

Remember Me?

6. Puddle of Mudd: Famous

...NOT ANYMORE YOU'RE NOT!

7. Silverchair: Young Modern

Similar to the album I just mentioned, I know that the members of Silverchair are no longer young and that their sound is most likely not very modern at all. But a redeeming note, Van Dyke Parks has apparently composed the orchestration that is on the album, and I'm sure all the readers know how much of a Joanna Newsom fan that I am so... yeah.

Not My Bag - Maybe Yours?

8. K-Os: Collected

I have found very little info on this album, it isn't even mentioned on his website or myspace profile, nonetheless it is some sort of a remix album by the looks of it. Maybe he is being discrete because he realized that he acted like nearly every other rap artist when he said that Exit would be his last album, then put out three more as well as a DVD. Probably not, but that's my guess.

9. Hanz Zimmer: The Simpsons: Movie Soundtrack

I really don't get why soundtracks sell so well. I mean sure the ones that are actually just a various artist compilation are reasonable if someone doesn't want to bother with the other dozen-or-so filler tracks on any of the band's full albums, but the scores from movies, I don't know. Even like the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter soundtracks are alright for people who are really down with new age stuff. This will probably be a good album for taking samples though, as orchestral cartoon songs are sweet in hip hop beats. Hey, is there anyone who hasn't tried to take their copy of Songs In The Key Of Springfield to a used record store yet?