Gold Star for Lobster Boy!
So Entertainement Weekly has published its list of the "25 most-anticipated albums of the fall" list, and frankly, Planetarium is more than a little embarrassed by the large number of records from the list that we're interested in. Our indie cred took a big hit after reading this list. But by the same token, most of these artists are actually good, not just a guilty pleasure-type thing. We thought we'd share a few of the more promising ones:
- Eminem- Encore: Come on, even your Mom is probably curious to hear what this is gonna be like. Hmmmm, let's see, if history teaches us anything, it's that if all your work so far has been awesome, then this will be, too. No, wait- history tells us you'e due for a misstep.
- U2 - Not yet titled: Give them their props. okay? "Beautiful Day" is an amazing song, and if the new album has even one song that good on it, then Planetarium is damn glad they're still making music.
- Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People: We're gonna go out on a limb here: there is NO WAY this will not be good. You heard it here first- when Dan the Automator and Prince Paul get together, the result is more gorgeous than a barrel of snot dumped on Donald Rumsfeld's head.
- Tom Waits - Real Gone: Admittedly, you either love him or hate him; but since Planetarium falls squarely in the former camp, we could really give a rat's ass what you think.
- De La Soul - The Grind Date: If you're a regular here, you know that one of our favorite pastimes has been speculating about the next De La Soul record, and understandably so: it's like Nirvana coming out with a new record, or possibly the Beatles. When you've reinvented a genre consistently and simultaneously managed to stay not only relevant but in the top echelons of the field, especially in hip-hop, well, you're doing something right.
And that short list doesn't even include new Destiny's Child, new Talib Kweli, new Superchunk, and many more. Damn, that's some money.