Whoo-hoo! Laugh at me all you want but I really (and I mean REALLY!) dig The Cardigans. So, the news that their new album “Super Extra Gravity” is gonna be released on October 17 is some pretty sweet news. Interesting album cover, isn’t it? Yeah … and … the first single has been leaked to the net!

Wanna hear it? I knew you did …

The Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to be Nicer [4.9 MB]

Yes. That’s actually the song’s name.

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES RE-RELEASE ENTIRE CATALOGUE

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES’s entire album back catalogue has been digitally re-mastered and will be reissued over the next year.

The series will kick off with the re-release of debut ‘The Scream’ on October 3.

The album will also come backed with a second CD of period rarities.

Originally released in November 1978, ‘The Scream’ featured the tracks ‘Switch’, ‘Jigsaw Feeling’ and a cover of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter.’

The second bonus CD will include the first ever release of the early Banshees live favourite ‘Make Up To Break Up’, the two 1978 John Peel sessions, the band’s first two single ‘Hong Kong Garden’ and ‘Staircase (Mystery)’ as well as five prototype tracks from ‘The Scream’, recorded at Pathway Studios.

The full tracklisting for the reissued ‘The Scream’ is:

Disc One
‘Pure’
‘Jigsaw Feeling’
‘Overground’
‘Carcass’
‘Helter Skelter’
‘Mirage’
‘Metal Postcard’
‘Nicotine Stain’
‘Suburban Relapse’
‘Switch’

Disc Two
‘Make Up To Break Up’ (Riverside Session)
‘Love In A Void’ (Peel Session)
‘Mirage’ (Peel Session)
‘Metal Postcard’ (Peel Session)
‘Suburban Relapse’ (Peel Session)
‘Hong Kong Garden’ (Peel Session)
‘Overground’ (Peel Session)
‘Carcass’ (Peel Session)
‘Helter Skelter’ (Peel Session)
‘Metal Postcard’ (Pathway Session)
‘Suburban Relapse’ (Pathway Session)
‘Staircase (Mystery)’ (Pathway Session)
‘Mirage’ (Pathway Session)
‘Nicotine Stain’ (Pathway Session)
‘Hong Kong Garden’ (7′ Single Version)
‘Staircase (Mystery)’ (7″ Single Version)
[via Silence Is A Rhythm Too]

The next single off Nine Inch Nails’ “With Teeth,” the ultra-peppy “Only,” is currently being prepped for release. You can check out the video (featuring a Powerbook and iTunes!) or download remix-able versions of the song as well. Remember back when “The Hand That Feeds” was released for some Garageband fun? Well, “Only” comes in several formats so you Windows (ugh!) users can get in on the fun as well.

Whoo! I have been a wee bit Goldfrapp obsessed as of late. So the news that the new album, “Supernature,” will be released in about a month makes me all smiley. I recently bought the “Wonderful Electric” dvd and really, really dig it. Two discs containing live shows at Somerset House (“Black Cherry” Tour) and at Shepherd’s Bush Empire (“Felt Mountain” Tour). Good stuff, indeed!

In the meantime, get down to a shimmery, pulsating, disco influenced Goldfrapp B-Side. I can boogie. All. Night. Long.
Goldfrapp – Yes Sir

‘Cause today I am all about some melancholy.
Goldfrapp – Deep Honey

Come take this hand at twilight’s door
I’ll meet you there we’ll share the moonlit floor
Through the driving rain, colours run in veins
Ozone fills the air, two figures disappear
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Lands End (Live, 1986)

I feel so sappy, happy, wacky today. It’s been rainy and gloomy outside … but who cares! The past couple of weeks have been pretty great. Yeah. I actually even used the “L” word today.

Damn, damn, damn.

I have had this song on my brain ever since I woke up this morning. Here it is sung by my favorite jazz singer/pianist, Shirley Horn.
Shirley Horn – You Go To My Head [8.4 MB]

My favorite tune off the new Nine Inch Nails is the track “Only.” It kicks.

I’m becoming less defined, as days go by
Fading away, well you might say I’m losing focus
Kinda drifting into the abstract in terms of how I see myself

Sometimes, I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes, I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes, I can see right through myself

Less concerned, about fitting into the world
Your world that is, cause it doesn’t really matter anymore (no, it doesn’t really matter anymore)
No, it doesn’t really matter anymore
None of this shit really matters anymore

Yes I am alone but then again I always was
As far back as I can tell, I think maybe it’s because
because you were never really real to begin with
I just made you up, to hurt myself

I just made you up to hurt myself
Yeah, and I just made you up to hurt myself
I just made you up to hurt myself
Yeah, and I just made you up to hurt myself

And it worked
Yes it did!

There is no you, there is only me
There is no you, there is only me
There is no fucking you, there is only me
There is no fucking you, there is only me

Words: Reznor

As most Mac Nerds know, Trent Reznor is the coolest man on the planet. Over at the official Nine Inch Nails site you can download a package containing all parts of the new single “The Hand That Feeds” and play with it on your computer (if you have a Mac and Garageband 2.0). What fun! I messed around with it for just a little bit last night. I now offer, for your listening pleasure, my first attempt giving Mr. Reznor a helping hand.
NIN – The Hand That Feeds (Bare Bones Mix) [3.3 MB]~

For those of you, like myself, who are impatient little bastards … you can now give the new Nine Inch Nails a listen over at myspace.com. “With Teeth” hits stores next Tuesday (May 3rd.)

Plus you can pick up some sweet wallpapers (for your home or office machine) over at the offiical NIN site.