Let's talk about new albums from Tori Amos, Avril Lavigne, and Trent Reznor.
My apologies for being somewhat behind on all manner of pop music news. I got into a nasty car accident on the 7th when my tire blew. The car is a total loss but I’m in one piece. So in between the horrors of car shopping, I’ll be getting caught up on pop music news & features for you. Let’s get caught up, shall we? It’s Tuesday so there’s new stuff on sale!
Tori Amos – American Doll Posse
I’m a huge fan of Tori and have been from the start. Maybe I’m dating myself here, but her first album was my first CD. Yeah, that was a long time ago.
You can pre-order her new album on iTunes right now. It’s not out until May 1. But if you buy on iTunes now as I have, you can get “American Doll Posse” in a deluxe version. This means you get to download the lead-off single “Big Wheel” right now and the rest will download on the 1st. You also get two behind-the-scenes videos and an enhanced digital booklet. Do you even read the digital booklets? I don’t. I should, but I forget about them. I like “Big Wheel” because it’s just classic Tori. She definitely keeps with the franchise sound on this one. Can’t wait to hear the whole album.
Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing
Today Avril Lavigne gifts us with “The Best Damn Thing,” containing to single “Girlfriend” which is infectious. I love it; what a great pop song. I like to blast it on our JBL speakers to annoy my tough-guy boyfriend. Apparently everyone else likes “Girlfriend” just as much – it’s #2 on the iTunes singles list right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI
Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero
Nince Inch Nails is also gracing us with a new album today. I’m downloading “Survivalism” right now off the NIN website. Trent Reznor has put it up there in Apple Garage Band format for not only your downloading pleasure but your production pleasure as well.
In an age where DRM is a daily buzzword, you can take this song in its multitrack pieces and rearrange it. You can deconstruct it, reconstruct it, remix it, rap over it, turn it into a country melody (as if that were possible), or whatever you can think of to do with it. Later on you can come back to the NIN website to find out about how to upload it.
As an audio production geek, I really just want to see how Trent Reznor mixed this song in Garage Band. Maybe I’ll screw around with it myself. Or not. But the point is that I can screw around with Trent Reznor’s production. I grew up on Nince Inch Nails. This is so cool!
Survivalism in Garage Band:
