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i think they've gotten better with each album. Some Cities is so underrated. i think it's clearly their best stuff. for example, i'd put the song Snowden against anything on Last Broadcast. that's one of their classics.

i would say a leak is imminent...probably within a few days. i think journalists finally have copies now and reviews are popping up

i heard it through a link on stereogum.com but don't know if it's still active or not. it's a cool song. the version on the album will be much better though, more expansive and dense sonically. i actually think this record has the potential to be pretty great. i've heard preview clips of each song and it sounds impressive. if you are a fan of the band, i don't see how you could be disspointed. what other band with their longevity is even attempting to make fresh music? here's a review for Ireland's Hot Press.... Hot Press U2 No Line on the Horizon **** Keep On Moroccan in the F

it's not the title track...it's the alternate version that appears as a b-side to Get On Your Boots single.

fair enough. we'll see how it turns out. i am sure pitchfork already has it's 4.9 rating penciled in, even before hearing it. i dig the croon though...he uses it on one of my all time favorite u2 songs - So Cruel. that's an amazing track.

i think the previews are very promising. and his voice sounds pretty good to me...after all, he's almost 50 years old. he's not going to sound like 1985 - Pride in the Name of Love - Bono. anyway, i'd take his voice any day over some of these yelpy, whiny voices of the pitchfork endorsed indie bands.

1. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren 2. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner 3. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 4. The Brothers Karamazov - Fydor Dostoevsky 5. The Road - Cormac McCarthy

it certainly is...must have listened to it like 10 times already.

i just heard the single, Kingdom of Rust, on BBC 1 Radio.... an amazing, beautiful song. I know I'll have to listen several times to really rank it, but first impression is that it is one of their best ever. I can't wait to hear CD quality. i am sure they'll be mp3's floating around before too long.

http://www.doves.net/ you can download the album opener, "Jetstream," from their new website.

Just got this email from Doves - I can't wait for this. I loved the last one, Some Cities. Anybody else a fan? "Hello Just wanted to start by letting you all know we've finally finished our new album & after a week of compiling the track order & other details I can confirm we're all made up with it, we reckon its our most diverse record yet. Looking forward to it being out there for people to listen to(will be released sometime in April) We're also looking forward to being released from our doves bunker & to being fully integrated back into society & playing live

i think the lyrics are really good...certainly more abstract this time around, with some cool imagery. no way this is the best song on the album. i've heard the so called "beach clips" and the songs Magnificent and Unknown Caller are amazing even with the poor audio quality.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/down...ur-boots-stream ...interesting, even those pitchfork geeks like it. it's decent. at first, it sounds like another Vertigo rehash but there's much more going on here. it's the obvious choice for a single...most of the songs on the album are 5 plus minutes in length.

"All night I lay on my pillow and pray For my boss to stop me in the hallway Lay my head on his shoulder and say Son, I've been hearing good things" "I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr. November I'm Mr. November, I won't fuck us over" sucks we have to wait at least another year for a new album.

yeah, i've heard the Christmas song, but the link i posted is for a song off the new album. i like the minimalist style of guitar playing on the Christmas song. however, bono's vocals, at least in the beginning, could have been better.

http://media.u2.com/flash/highlights/FatherBrianEnoDrums.swf although you can just barely hear the song in the background, pretty cool drumming... i have a feeling it's going to be a very different and potentially great record, especially with Eno and Lanois' songwriting input. Edge confirmed that one song is over 7 and half minutes long.

i am a big fan of Andrew Bird and will buy the album when it comes out...in the meantime, can anyone help me out with a PM? It would be much appreciated. Thanks

i don't know if it's playing in many places, but the movie Slumdog Millionaire is pretty great. I think it's one of the best movies I've seen in 2008, and i wouldn't be surprised if it gets an Oscar nomination.

if you do get the time to read Lehane, i would certainly recommend The Given Day. but to fully appreciate his development as an author, you may want to start with his earlier works. his best after The Given Day is clearly Mystic River, followed by Shutter Island (mind twisting mystery that is soon to be a Scorcese movie).

Brothers K became, rather unexpectedly (I am not a huge baseball fan), one of my favorite books of all time...you can't help but fall in love with the family.

while i will reserve final judgment until i hear the proper studio versions, at least two of the clips sound like potential classics (i am talking clips 1 and 4 for those who have listened). clip 1 has an unconventional chorus sung by what sounds like three or four people (probably Eno and Lanois joining Bono and Edge) and ends with a beautiful 2 minute guitar solo clip 4 has a majestic, Unforgettable Fire feel to it...nice atmosphere and a really cool guitar sound. definitely a darker, meloncholy feel to this one, at least more so than what was on the last two albums.

is there any band out there in which someone says, "man, their new stuff is so much better than the old albums..."? i can think of one band that gets better - Radiohead. In Rainbows is amazing -right up there with OK Computer. I am hoping the new U2 will be a return to glory. i've heard some clips on youtube and it sounds promising, but the audio quality is pretty poor (recorded outside Bono's villa in France) i haven't heard all of the Portishead album, but the few that i've heard are good - somewhat of a departure from their distinctive sound.

i am a die hard fan of the Italian national team, and i have to say that Spain deserved it. Italy played very well defensively, but did little else...we were inconsistent throughout the tournament, and there was never any team chemistry. the absence of Cannavaro and Pirlo was huge. congrats to Spain...beware of Russia though. this is a different team than the one that lost 4-1. they are peaking at the right time. i agree that there was a lot of diving today, but Spain is equally guilty. i've been playing soccer my whole life, and it's my favorite sport, but this is what bothers me the

i generally do not like Coldplay and thought X&Y was terrible, but this new one isn't bad at all. thanks in large part to Brian Eno. i like how they veered away from standard song structures, and the lyrics are a bit better this time. I hope Eno can do a good rehab job on U2's sound for the new album.

the most powerful and moving novel i've read in years. in my view, it's a modern classic. but all of his books are well worth reading. i am looking forward to the film version coming out in November with Viggo Mortensen as the father. it's by the dude who directed The Proposition, a great Australian western.