June 26, 2007

What this episode covers

Did you check out The New York Times's drug tell-all on Ryan Adams? He nearly checked out on us early, so we're giving his new album, Easy Tiger, double play time this week. And for good reason -- this is the focused singer-songwriter breakthrough that he's been trying to put out for the last three years. While his duet with Sheryl Crow is a bit overdone, the song "Oh My God, Whatever, Etc." is worth your buck on iTunes as is his Neil Young-esque "Goodnight Rose." Next, although repetitive, is the Automatic Automatic, who are simply "The Automatic" in Europe but duplicate their name in America. (Yeah, it didn't make sense to us either.) But we do understand their new single, "Raul"; British teens have already declared it a summer hit. The Beastie Boys are also back with a new album, Suco De Tangerina, an all-instrumental, no-rapping record that features hits straight out of Starsky and Hutch, like "The Cousin of Death." It's so funky, you won't even notice they're not rhyming. Last, be sure to check out the new single from Kelly Willis, "Don't Know Why."

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