It’s A Sweet, Sweet Thing

It’s been a long time coming but the debut album from Toronto based Sweet Thing is finally here (as bandmate and drummer Tyler put it “Today’s the last day we don’t have an album”).

Pick up the iTunes LP for some cool extra content, or if you have a hankering for the physical album, Amazon.ca would be happy to hook you up.

Oh, and the band just launched their official site, so be sure to swing by there as well.

New Release from The Chemical Brothers

 The Chemical Brothers have pushed the evnelope once again.  Not only are they releasing their 7th album on June 8th, they have teamed up again with long time visual collaborators, Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall to create films that correspond with the 8 tracks on the upcoming album, “Further”.

The Chemical Brothers will perform the album and air Smith and Lyall’s new films in their entirety during their four sold-out shows at the Roundhouse (May 20-23^rd), as well as during a gig at the Sonar Festival and other select festivals in Europe.  The films will only be seen in sequence during the dates mentioned. The Roundhouse shows will be the first chance to hear the album anywhere. After the gigs, the films will featured on a special edition DVD release and on an iTunes LP.

New Norah Jones Available in “The Fall”

Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones has announced the title and release date of her upcoming album, The Fall, her fourth studio album which will be released by EMI’s Blue Note Records on November 17. Jones has also revealed the cover artwork for the album, which features a portrait by photographer Autumn De Wilde.

Jones was the surprise guest performer at Apple’s “It’s Only Rock n’ Roll” press conference yesterday in San Francisco. Her breakout album Come Away With Me is one of the first albums to be released in the iTunes LP format, a new feature of iTunes 9 that reinvents the visual experience of the record album through live performance videos, lyrics, artwork, liner notes, interviews, photos, album credits and more. After being introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Jones performed “Come Away With Me” and also debuted “Young Blood,” a new song from The Fall.

Jones has taken a new direction on the The Fall, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris and Richard Julian. King also helped Jones put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer).

Since coming on the scene in 2002, Jones’ has sold a collective 36 million albums worldwide. Her three studio albums, 2002’s eight-time Grammy Award-winning Come Away With Me, 2004’s Feels Like Home, and 2007’s Not Too Late have each topped the Billboard top 200 album charts in the U.S. and gone to No. 1 around the world. All three have been certified multi-platinum, while Come Away With Me has been certified diamond.

The track listing for The Fall is as follows:

1. Chasing Pirates (Norah Jones)
2. Even Though (Norah Jones/Jesse Harris)
3. Light As a Feather (Norah Jones/Ryan Adams)
4. Young Blood (Norah Jones/Mike Martin)
5. I Wouldn’t Need You (Norah Jones)
6. Waiting (Norah Jones)
7. It’s Gonna Be (Norah Jones)
8. You’ve Ruined Me (Norah Jones)
9. Back To Manhattan (Norah Jones)
10. Stuck (Norah Jones/Will Sheff)
11. December (Norah Jones)
12. Tell Yer Mama (Norah Jones/Jesse Harris/Richard Julian)
13. Man Of The Hour (Norah Jones)

While we’re talking about Norah…

Her debut album Come Away With Me is one of the first handful of albums to be released in the new iTunes LP format and now looks and sounds better than ever!  This new version includes an exclusive interview with Norah, handwritten lyrics, set lists, ticket stubs, tour-book photos and much more.  Click here to head on over and pick up the new iTunes LP of this amazing album.