2008 Woodie Awards
Beacon Quick Picks
Music
Jonathon Gabso
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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YOKO ONO; YES, I'M A WITCH; AVAILABLE NOW
John Lennon's widow serves up a fascinating structural approach for her first album since 2001's Blueprint For A Sunrise. Instead of making Yes, I'm A Witch "her" album, per se, it is actually a Yoko retrospective, with each track hand-picked and remixed by its own alt-rock household name. Remixers include Cat Power, Le Tigre, The Apples in Stereo, Porcupine Tree, The Polyphonic Spree, The Sleepy Jackson and the ever-so-eloquent Peaches. At the end of the day, rest soundly knowing once and for all that Yoko was actually a witch all along.
AQUEDUCT; OR GIVE ME DEATH; AVAILABLE FEB. 20
Speaking of John Lennon, the fact that the term "Working Class Hero" is attributed to him rather than Aqueduct mastermind David Terry is confounding. A regular guy from sunny Oklahoma, if you ran into Terry on the street you'd think he was the guy that changed your tires last week. However, on his follow-up to 2005's brilliant I Sold Gold, he's serving up more of the bedroom-rock gems built for stadiums that rock like Weezer covering Mates of State covering The Flaming Lips. With hooks. Lots and lots of hooks.
John Lennon's widow serves up a fascinating structural approach for her first album since 2001's Blueprint For A Sunrise. Instead of making Yes, I'm A Witch "her" album, per se, it is actually a Yoko retrospective, with each track hand-picked and remixed by its own alt-rock household name. Remixers include Cat Power, Le Tigre, The Apples in Stereo, Porcupine Tree, The Polyphonic Spree, The Sleepy Jackson and the ever-so-eloquent Peaches. At the end of the day, rest soundly knowing once and for all that Yoko was actually a witch all along.
AQUEDUCT; OR GIVE ME DEATH; AVAILABLE FEB. 20
Speaking of John Lennon, the fact that the term "Working Class Hero" is attributed to him rather than Aqueduct mastermind David Terry is confounding. A regular guy from sunny Oklahoma, if you ran into Terry on the street you'd think he was the guy that changed your tires last week. However, on his follow-up to 2005's brilliant I Sold Gold, he's serving up more of the bedroom-rock gems built for stadiums that rock like Weezer covering Mates of State covering The Flaming Lips. With hooks. Lots and lots of hooks.
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