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TV on the Radio’s second trek through San Diego in support of Nine Types of Light in the calendar year was a much tighter affair than May’s outing at 4th & B. Though the soundman once again had trouble with Tunde Adebimpe’s vocals bleeding into the overall mix, the Greek theater setting of Open Air was far more suited to the Brooklynites’ expansive art rock compositions.
Alex Turner and Matt Helders from Arctic Monkeys sat down with John Norris for an in-depth interview. Turner goes as far as saying he thinks the new album coming out Aug 25th is “more like ‘ours’ in a way” and
Drowned in Sound posted a song-by-song recap of Humbug, and writer Sean Adams concludes:
“Probably not the album your average Oasis fan would want them to make (they won’t find it unlistenable, it’s no Liars-like ear-fuck). Possibly not the classic rock album that will assure them an Iron Maiden like future. Definitely an interesting clusterfuck of textures, ideas, time changes and production suss, topped off with Mr. Turner’s lyrical dexterity. The whole record (’cept ‘Cornerstone’) inhabits a haunting, misty, murky swamp land but it’s hardly some brash metal record that the Black Sabbath mentions in interviews hinted at or a meddling Josh Homme could easily have attempted to turn it into. Humbug sounds resolutely head and shoulders above most indie-rock records released this year and is certainly the sound of a band doing as they please, …
Saturday the folks at All Points West were treated to two new Arctic Monkeys songs, “Potion Approaching” and the debut of “Conerstone.” It goes a little something like this:Tell me where’s your hiding place. Worried I’d forget your face? And I’ve asked everyone, I’m beginning to think ‘Did I dream you all along?’… I smelled your scent on the seatbelt, I kept my shoulders to myself. Hmm. Well, I don’t know about that seatbelt thing, but it sounds really great. Most songs have some incomprehensible lyrics anyway, and I prefer the accent!
The wait is almost over for the new Arctic Monkeys Humbug due out Aug 25th on Domino, and the studio version of “Crying Lightning” debuted today. Just incendiary.
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