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Mute Math play Letterman

Mute Math stopped by Letterman this past Thursday evening for a performance of Backfire from their new album Armistice.  We've yet to hear the new album, but we're pretty anxious.  Big fans of the band's debut, as well as the Spotlight EP.

Madonna reveals career retrospective track list for "Celebration"

Folks always seem to find it interesting that we know a thing or two about Madonna tracks.  We actually know a good deal about the old School Madonna material.  The first album, definitely, stuff from the Virgin era and the two films to launch around that time (Vision Quest and Desperately Seeking Susan), yep.  Anything beyond, well here and there.  We love Ray Of Light and there are some great moments from Confessions. 

The early 80's stuff is just so classic.  Favorite track from the earlier days?  Burning Up, hands down. We were obsessed with NYC as a kid and early Madonna kinda fit into the whole scene we tried to follow.

Anyway, the point of this post is to mention the upcoming Madonna greatest hits collection titled Celebration due 9/29.  You've probably heard the new single of the same name. A second new track, Revolver (featuring Lil' Wayne), will also be included. 

The set, which is available as a 2-disc or one disc version, does a pretty good job of covering Madonna's career from start to finish.  Everyone has an opinion and of course everyone feels something was left off, or should have been left off. 

We would have like to seen Gambler and Physical Attraction included.  Where's Angel? Even Causing A Commotion would have been an interesting choice. 

A pretty hefty DVD version is also available.  Some exclusions here as well, but overall pretty thorough. 

Have a look:

CD 1:
01) Hung Up
02) Music
03) Vogue
04) 4 Minutes
05) Holiday
06) Everybody
07) Like A Virgin
08) Into The Groove
09) Like A Prayer
10) Ray Of Light
11) Sorry
12) Express Yourself
13) Open Your Heart
14) Borderline
15) Secret
16) Erotica
17) Justify My Love
18) Revolver

CD 2:
01) Dress You Up
02) Material Girl
03) La Isla Bonita
04) Papa Don't Preach
05) Lucky Star
06) Burning Up
07) Crazy For You
08) Who's That Girl
09) Frozen
10) Miles Away
11) Take A Bow
12) Live To Tell
13) Beautiful Stranger
14) Hollywood
15) Die Another Day
16) Don’t Tell Me
17) Cherish
18) Celebration

Madonna Celebration DVD Track Listing:

1) Burning Up
2) Lucky Star
3) Borderline
4) Like A Virgin
5) Material Girl
6) Crazy For You
7) Into The Groove
8) Live To Tell
9) Papa Don’t Preach
10) True Blue
11) Open Your Heart
12) La Isla Bonita
13) Who’s That Girl
14) Like A Prayer
15) Express Yourself
16) Cherish
17) Vogue
18) Justify My Love
19) Erotica
20) Deeper and Deeper
21) Rain
22) I’ll Remember
23) Secret
24) Take A Bow
25) Bedtime Story
26) Human Nature
27) I Want You
28) You’ll See
29) Frozen
30) Ray Of Light
31) The Power Of Good-Bye
32) Beautiful Stranger
33) American Pie
34) Music
35) Don’t Tell Me
36) What It Feels Like For A Girl
37) Die Another Day
38) Hollywood
39) Love Profusion
40) Hung Up
41) Sorry
42) Get Together
43) Jump
44) 4 Minutes
45) Give It 2 Me
46) Miles Away
47) Celebration

Damn it, we are still kind of mad about Gambler being left off.  Check it:

Friendly Fires shop and open up their bags for all to see

The four mates from Friendly Fires paid a recent shopping trip to Amoeba.  The guys were kind enough to sit down with the staff to shoot an episode of Amoeba's What's In My Bag? 

You wanna know the answer?  Then watch the below.  We love these segments.  It's always interesting to see who buys what and why:

The return of The Cranberries

The Cranberries will put an end to their seven year "break" and reform for an upcoming tour.  All four original members will hit the road in the U.S. later this year.  European dates are being routed for 2010.  They also promise new materiel in the live set which will eventually lead to a new studio album. 

Dolores O'Riordan had this to say on the band's official site:

"I've decided to reunite with my former band members in The Cranberries and we will be writing new songs and performing tracks off my new album as well as our greatest hits during the shows. I'd love to see you out there."

Interesting how the news breaks the same day O'Riordan's second solo album, No Baggage, hits the shops.  Imagine that.

It's funny that during the band's heyday we never got into them.  It was only years later that we sort of connected to a few of the songs here and there.  Although, Zombie was always in heavy rotation.  I think we ran that import CD single into the ground. 

Exact dates are expected soon. 

Live version of Zombie (from Paris) recorded in 1999, below:

Unwrapping Born Ruffians

We finally got around to purchasing Red, Yellow & Blue from the Born Ruffians today. 

The plastic is coming off and the record is hitting the turntable.

Love the artwork above.

Check the guys out during their 2008 in store at Soundscapes in their hometown of Toronto, below.

Barnacle Goose is up first, followed by the excellent Little Garçon:

Peter Murphy continues "Secret Covers" project with David Bowie and Joy Division

Speaking of covers below, we completely forgot to mention Peter Murphy's second installment in his series of "secret covers". 

He first tackled John Lennon's Instant Karma, which we reported on here. 

He then unleashed a very, well, Peter Murphy version of David Bowie's Space Oddity.  Listen below.

Next up, a live take on the Joy Division classic Transmission.  The recording was taken from Murphy's  NYC show at the Highline Ballroom last month. 

Instant Karma and Space Oddity are available now on iTunes, Transmission will be for sale shortly.  No physical releases are planned at this time.

We are big, freaky fans for covers so keep em' coming. 

Brookville cover The The classic

The nice thing about music is that there's always something to discover, old or new.  We caught the Brookville set a few week's back when they opened for Trachcan Sinatras at the Troubadour, and we were pretty impressed.  Never heard of them, but we of course knew of Andy Chase (from Ivy and Paco) and Brookville just happens to be one of his many projects. 

Anyway, the point of this post is to shed some light on Brookville's stellar take on The The's Slow Emotion Replay.  Great live, and just as great recorded.  The track appears on Brookville's second album, Life In The Shade. A softer take on the original. 

Chase will release the third Brookville album, Broken Lights, on September 29th. 

Listen below, and man, this really makes us yearn for some classic Matt Johnson:

The Bravery map out North American trek

The Bravery step outside of the abandoned church they've been recording/living in for a North American tour kicking off in Las Vegas on September 18th.  The guys play The Wiltern here in LA on November 5th and The Warfield in SF on the 6th.  The Bravery's third studio album is due in November. 

Sep 18 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - BUY TIX
Sep 19 - Santa Barbara, CA - West Beach Festival - BUY TIX
Sep 20 - Tempe, AZ - Tempe Beach Park - Fall Frenzy Festival - BUY TIX
Oct 1 - Denver, CO Ogden Theatre - BUY TIX
Oct 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line - BUY TIX
Oct 4 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre - BUY TIX
Oct 5 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews - BUY TIX
Oct 6 - Toronto, ON - Opera House - BUY TIX
Oct 8 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 - BUY TIX
Oct 9 - Boston, MA - House of Blues - BUY TIX
Oct 10 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA - BUY TIX
Oct 11 - Washington, CD - 9:30 Club - BUY TIX
Oct 13 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva - BUY TIX
Oct 14 - Charlotte, FL - Amos' Southend - BUY TIX
Oct 16 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Culture Room - BUY TIX
Oct 17 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing - BUY TIX
Oct 18 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues Orlando - BUY TIX
Oct 20 - Atlanta, GA - CW Center Stage - BUY TIX
Oct 21 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre - BUY TIX
Oct 23 - Austin, AZ - Emos - BUY TIX
Oct 24 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live - BUY TIX
Oct 25 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues - BUY TIX
Oct 27 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up - BUY TIX
Oct 28 - Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theatre - BUY TIX
Oct 30 - San Bernardino, CA - Stingers - BUY TIX
Nov 1 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues - BUY TIX
Nov 2 San Diego, CA - House of Blues - BUY TIX
Nov 3 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre - BUY TIX
Nov 5 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern - BUY TIX
Nov 6 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield - BUY TIX
Nov 8 Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom - BUY TIX
Nov 9 Seattle, WA - Showbox @ Market - BUY TIX
Nov 11 Vancouver, BC - Venue - BUY TIX

Movin'

We are in the middle of a major move so posting is off the table until next week.  Sorry for the lack of updates.  We will be back soon. 

Back to boxes. 

Check it: Dave Gahan photo graces Depeche Mode site

Freaking fantastic shot of Dave Gahan now appearing on the official Depeche Mode site.

Photography in general, but especially in music, is another of our great passions.  This would make a nice addition to our expanding collection of music-based photos for our future "music room".