Hey, check this site out. You can download the various recording tracks from Radiohead's 'Reckoner' (one of my favorite songs off "In Rainbows"), and remix it, and then upload it. And you can listen to all the remixes from other fans, and vote on them.
It's a little bit bogus, because you have to pay to get the recordings, and listening to the top remixes, I think Radiohead did just fine with their own final version! But it's a cool idea.
Once in awhile I'm caught off guard and don't realize a record is coming out til the day it's released. I'm pretty sure that's what happened the last time Jeff Hanson released an album. Back with a third record Madam Owl, Jeff Hanson expands a bit more beyond the sound he's crafted over the last 2 albums, Son and a self-titled.
At first, you may be confused...is that a guy? I can't tell? Is it? ya, no..yes I'm positive. His name is Jeff after all. If you can handle a falsetto, then you can handle him. Beyond the acoustic guitar driven tracks of cd 1 & 2, Madam Owl delves into the full band throughout most of the cd.
My favorite addition is the trumpet! I love a good song with trumpet. And this one's got two tracks with it. One reminds ya of the Legends of Brass playing at the Mercyhurst College, only more mellow. The other sounds like a low-fi soft hit's jazz trumpet, that make sense?
Sometimes Jeff breaks through the falsetto and a little Jeremy Enigk styling can be heard playing through the Enigk-esque arrangements.
So if you're looking for some nice rock, acoustic or otherwise, check him out. Here's some more songs on myspace. The following video comes from his second album.
