A few words before I drive my sister down to Long Beach:
I haven't forgotten about you guys, don't worry. I've actually had a post in my head for 2 weeks regarding
Tori Amos' Summer of Sin Tour, but have yet to type it out. And I've got so much to say, too!
But I'm here to tell you about more pressing news... NEW MUSIC! Ah yes, don't you just love the smell of freshly opened CD jewel cases in the morning? As you should already know (if you don't, then I think it's about time for you to climb out from under that rock),
Fiona Apple's
Extraordinary Machine will be hitting the shelves in a record store near you this Tuesday. Finally. You can actually stream the entire album on her
MySpace page, but I imagine they'll take it down once the album is out. The promotion of the album via MySpace has been nothing short of fabulous and the girl is getting more traffic than the 405 freeway during rush hour. I'm more than thrilled about the attention the girl is getting, but it makes me apprehensive about what the crowd is gonna be like at the Tower Sunset CD signing this Thursday. More on that later...
Other gals hitting the shelves are
Sheryl Crow with
Wildflower which came out a week or two ago (I'm seriously about to whack that girl over the head with her own 1996 album to remind her what good music sounds like), and
Liz Phair with
Somebody's Miracle. I don't really care
who's miracle it is, but there's gonna have to be one if Liz plans on taking back her crown as "Miss Indie Queen USA". No clue on what's gonna come out of
Miracle, but I'm not holding my breath. At least Fiona's holding her own weight.
Reviews to come from all three albums. Keep an eye out.
