Apparently, Franz Ferdinand pretty much took over Westport yesterday.
It started early, with a KRBZ 96.5 FM-sponsored "Kegs and Eggs" acoustic show at the Firefly.
According to reports, people began waiting outside at 6 a.m. or earlier. I'm not sure when they began letting folks inside, but they had to turn some away. The lucky ones got to nosh on a breakfast buffet and get drinks at the bar -- and then go to work and throw up in their cubicles.
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I once read an article in Rolling Stone where they called Collective Soul this generation's 38 Special. Rabbit is the name of their new album.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Internet Leaks EP hits iTunes today. Yes, it's a digital-only release previewing the next "Weird Al" full-length, which will hopefully see release sometime next year. The five-song EP has "Whatever You Like," which is the most spot-on TI parody ever, as well as "Craigslist" and "Ringtone." You can grab that sucker right here.
On Tuesday, I was complaining that the Japanese release of the new Arctic Monkeys' album, Humbug, got a cover of the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' classic song, "Red Right Hand." Even though terribly overused in movies and television shows -- it worked in Scream and The X-Files, now it's just tired -- "Red Right Hand" is still pretty boss hoss.
Well, Domino Records' most recent e-mail tipped me off to a video of the band doing the song live, and the audio's pretty damn good, so here it it, for you
