The Download Downlow
by Mike ConklinFischerspooner
‘Just Let Go’
iTunes (99 cents)
You thought they’d just go away, didn’t you? No dice, folks. Everyone’s favorite electro-clash pioneers are back, and all we can do is hope they don’t cause a resurgence of second-rate imitators like they did last time. With its steady, pulsating rhythm and infectious melody, ‘Just Let Go’, is good enough to warrant it, so be afraid.
John Bonham
Drum Outtakes
These 23 tracks of nothing but Bonzo’s thunderous percussion have only recently surfaced, though they purportedly date back to the recording of In Through The Out Door. There are hints of classic tracks including ‘When the Levee Breaks’, and ‘All of My Love’, but the real gems are found when Bonham leisurely hammers out the kind of massive beats that will make amateur drummers quit (or at least forget about Neil Peart for a minute) and your buddy with a sampler drool.
Heston Rifle
‘Can You Guess How Much That Guy Weighs?’
Ernestjenning.com (FREE)
You may not have heard NYC’s Heston Rifle yet, and that’s fine. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Just download this track from their upcoming full-length, What to do at Time of Accident, and revel in the dreamy, instrumental noise-rock glory of it all. That way, when the record comes out in a few months, you’ll be a step ahead of everyone else.
Elliott Smith
‘I Don’t Think I’m Ever Gonna Figure it Out’
iTunes (99 cents)
Just looking at the title of this brilliant track, there’s a temptation to look at in a broad sense, as in, “I’m never going to figure out how the world operates,” which he obviously never did. But in actuality, Smith seems to be talking about a girl, and it’s delivered with such cutting sincerity that for him, there probably wasn’t much of a difference
