"Steal Your Heart Away"

Big Boi gives name to new album...Stream Japandroids "Celebration Rock" on NPR...The Killers share new album title as well...Exile on Main Street...

Well, let's start this off with Big Boi. It's been a hot minute since he released his last solo album, Sir Lucius Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. And that album was a nice representation of Big Boi's personality, outside of his work with Andre 3000. You can read a review for that album that I wrote for the Daily Texan here. Moving along...Big Boi has announced that he's coming out with another solo album, to be titled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. Umm...okay. I'm sure the album will be good, though the title doesn't inspire too much confidence, but what's in a name? Right? So, be on the lookout for more news on that one, and you can hear stand-out track, "You Ain't No DJ," from his previous solo effort below:



In other news, Japandroids are streaming their entire new album, Celebration Rock on NPR. I haven't gotten a chance to listen to it yet, but I fully intend to. If not, I can just buy it next week. You can listen to the album here.

Lastly, The Killers have also announced the name to their upcoming album. The album is going to be called Battle Born. I'm sure whatever they come out with will be somewhat better than that "Are we human or are we dancer" bullshit. Sorry, Killers fans, but they certainly dropped the ball on their last release. I've never been too much of a Killers fan to begin with, but Flowers and company have come out with some notable songs in the past, and I'm not talking about "Mr. Brightside" either, though it did work well for some head-bopping and sing-along parties in the backseat. Personally, I've always favored "All These Things That I've Done," which you can hear below:



LISTENING: I've spent the better part of my weekend listening to The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. I bought this album a couple of years back after reading a riveting feature in Rolling Stone about the making of this album in a mansion in Paris. A lot of drugs went into the making of this album, and isn't most excellent rock n' roll made this way? Sorry for those straight-edge rockers who think differently, but there is a sense of mysticism concerning drug-addled music that is hard to puncture. Either way, this album is excellent. I've always appreciated The Rolling Stones, and I've always tried to make it a point to familiarize myself with their work more... and this is the album to do that. Tracks like "Rocks Off," "Casino Boogie," and "Torn and Frayed," show their power, their vulnerability, and their prowess as excellent rock musicians. But, you don't need me to poison your eyes and ears with my thoughts. Listen for yourself. You can hear another stand-out track, "Ventilator Blues," below:



That's all. PEACE.