Recent singles from some big names show that all the life in the music biz is purely with the indies now.
Wilco, now self publishing on their own label, come with a fine effort 'I Might ' that has a cool b-side in ' I Love My Label' , it's a nice pressing, sounds very good, and well priced (I think I paid $6 for mine, and that's in valuable Canadian dollars, not the quickly fading USD).
On the other hand, Coldplay have returned with more of the bed-wetters favorites - 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall ' is apparently produced by Eno, but sounds like it's trying to be 'Viva La Vida' (which I quite liked, despite how long it took me to find a pressing that was even slightly passable) but it's really just a dressed up cheesy pop tune like Bay City Rollers with a bit of cool synth sounds. Clever title and lyrics showing just what masterful poets the boys are, true romantics. Destined to be in heavy rotation at your local Wal-Mart in a few years.
A shitty pressing, digitally ugly sound taken from a bad flac file emailed directly to the cheapest pressing plant EMI's beancounters could find, complete with a super cool die cut sleeve to make you think you're getting something that has a bit of value, and costing about double what the fine Wilco single is going for- this is a sure hit.
Then we have EMI refugees Radiohead, who turn up with a 12 incher of remixes - Little By Little and Lotus Flower - from their recent 'King Of Limbs' and this is exactly why EMI and Coldplay are so lame and wrongheaded. Radiohead hit a dead end, and instead of doing like Coldplay and trying to repeat the formula and become a cheese act, they took a total left turn and made themselves interesting. These are very good, very heavy remixes that add dimensionality to the Radiohead originals, well mastered for vinyl, pretty good pressing, packaging a bit of a let down but it cost me less than the Coldplay 7 inch, well worth the money.
So there we have it. A great 7 inch from Wilco that is in the mould of the 60's single, a lame 7 inch from Coldplay that is an EMI accountant release, and a truly fascinating 12 inch of Radiohead remixes.
Pass on the Coldplay and pick up the Wilco and Radiohead. EMI today are owned by an American bank, and operated like an American bank - and you just know that means screwing the customers every time they can.
A shitty pressing, digitally ugly sound taken from a bad flac file emailed directly to the cheapest pressing plant EMI's beancounters could find, complete with a super cool die cut sleeve to make you think you're getting something that has a bit of value, and costing about double what the fine Wilco single is going for- this is a sure hit.
Then we have EMI refugees Radiohead, who turn up with a 12 incher of remixes - Little By Little and Lotus Flower - from their recent 'King Of Limbs' and this is exactly why EMI and Coldplay are so lame and wrongheaded. Radiohead hit a dead end, and instead of doing like Coldplay and trying to repeat the formula and become a cheese act, they took a total left turn and made themselves interesting. These are very good, very heavy remixes that add dimensionality to the Radiohead originals, well mastered for vinyl, pretty good pressing, packaging a bit of a let down but it cost me less than the Coldplay 7 inch, well worth the money.
So there we have it. A great 7 inch from Wilco that is in the mould of the 60's single, a lame 7 inch from Coldplay that is an EMI accountant release, and a truly fascinating 12 inch of Radiohead remixes.
Pass on the Coldplay and pick up the Wilco and Radiohead. EMI today are owned by an American bank, and operated like an American bank - and you just know that means screwing the customers every time they can.
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