Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill Photo: Tina Korhonen/Retna
Kings of Leon: Unsurprisingly Psyched, Exuberant
The latest MP3s to hit the blogs.
1. Kings of Leon, “Woo Hoo”
In two syllables, Tennessee’s most articulate garage rockers sum up what life is probably like for a member of Kings of Leon. [Born by the River]
2. My Morning Jacket, “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” (Donovan cover)
The Louisville reverb slingers cover the sixties folkie in a terrific advertisement for drugs. [I Guess I’m Floating]
3. Super Furry Animals, “Baby Ate My Eightball”
The Welsh weirdos impress yet again on a new song about the dangers of mixing infants with pool tables. [8/1]
4. Fiery Furnaces, “Pricked in the Heart”
Brooklyn siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger return with more excellent psychedelic nonsense. [Said the Gramophone]
5. Sparklehorse feat. Thom Yorke, “Wish You Were Here” (Pink Floyd cover)
For this cover, Thom Yorke recorded his backing vocals over a cell phone — and you thought his solo album sounded phoned-in. [Faronheit]
6. Destroyer, “Rivers”
Dan Bejar’s lyrics are so obtuse that this new track could very well be about the lead singer of Weezer and we’d never know it. [Rawkblog]
—Lane Brown