FrigidRoses
07-06-2007, 07:30 PM
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/15-07/pl_playlist
1 Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
The Web is full of crap (duh). And until recently, Ryan Adams was adding to the pile: Last year he streamed from his Web site 18 experimental albums — more than 200 tracks — including a lo-fi Christmas collection with gems like "Jaques Cousteau, Punch Him in the Nuts." Thankfully, Adams has bid farewell to the absurd with Easy Tiger (Lost Highway), his ninth major-label release in seven years. Here, the Grammy-nominated troubadour is back in vintage form: jangly guitars, banjo, piano, and an easygoing twang that's self-assured and sincere. If only more ProTools-happy musicians used the Web as a receptacle for the kind of self-indulgence that can ruin a good album.
1 Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
The Web is full of crap (duh). And until recently, Ryan Adams was adding to the pile: Last year he streamed from his Web site 18 experimental albums — more than 200 tracks — including a lo-fi Christmas collection with gems like "Jaques Cousteau, Punch Him in the Nuts." Thankfully, Adams has bid farewell to the absurd with Easy Tiger (Lost Highway), his ninth major-label release in seven years. Here, the Grammy-nominated troubadour is back in vintage form: jangly guitars, banjo, piano, and an easygoing twang that's self-assured and sincere. If only more ProTools-happy musicians used the Web as a receptacle for the kind of self-indulgence that can ruin a good album.