Brother Sport

Come one come all, a studio version of "Brother Sport" from Animal Collective's next record Merriweather Post Pavilion (due out on Domino January 20) has surfaced via some French radio. Sounds even better than the high-quality live versions I've heard, even better than it sounded in person at All Points West. What's strange is that it's an album closer, the end of a highly anticipated record at that, the summation of the entire record released before any of the tracks leading up, no clue as to whether it's indicative of the rest of the sound or not. Good choice. You can't find it on ye olde internet anymore cos the WEBSHERIFF is on the prowl and posting it here is a no-go so.. gotta wait til January 20.

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Brian Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets (1973) has been bowling me over the past couple days. I've never gotten too into the whole "Glam" thing, but I do have an appreciation for the Davids Bowie and Byrne, and stuff like this keys you in not only to who those artists were successful, but why those artists made great, timeless music. My infatuation with Eno began towards the beginning of college listening to his ambient work, namely Ambient 1: Music For Airports. I continued on to Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and will forever make an effort to further familiarize myself with his work.

Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

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David Byrne's still performing the Songs of Brian Eno and David Byrne at Northampton's Calvin Theatre December 2, so get on that.