Now that the thinking-about-a-good-title-for-this-post part is over, I've got some downloads and then some great news for ya'll.
*downloads* Dare You To Move, Happy Is A Yuppie Word and Oh! Gravity. were performed by Switchfoot at Rhapsody, and those mp3s are courtesy LOBH.
*news* As reported by Matt on the tagboard/switchBoard, the album now stands tall at #1 on iTunes' top albums chart, while also being featured under "New Releases" and "What's Hot" on iTunes' front page. Does anyone remember at what position NIS peaked on iTunes' chart? I'd really like to know, so I can put this success in perspective. I thought I'd capture the moment for those who don't use iTunes (click to enlarge):
In other news, "Oh! Gravity." has climbed up to #36 on the Alternative charts. Keep calling in and requesting, these drops make the ocean.
A post on the main boards reports that a handful of songs off "Legend of Chin" were played on, uh, America's Next Top Model.
*album review* The Associated Press has written what is probably just the kind of review you've been hoping for. But this means much more than that. AP isn't one site--they're a company that does press releases. Which means, hundreds of papers, magazines, and websites use their material. If you ask Google, it'll show you evidence of at least 60 sites as of now, where this same review has been posted. Pick any one of those sites and see for yourself why its just the kind of review you'd want pasted all over the internet.
And, regarding HM Magazine's review I mentioned in my previous post, I realized a trend: they hated The Beautiful Letdown, tolerated Nothing is Sound, and now they love the new album.
A boardie (swft rules) posted about a Switchfoot bench in LA that he got into a picture with:
*video* A live video of Awakening may just be the icing on the cake. Or maybe the album's Billboard opening position will take care of that... soon.Labels: album reviews., downloads, news, pictures., videos. |
Argh, thank you for the motherload. Billboard standings, please? I'm pretty sure NIS never made a huge appearance on iTunes. Otherwise people would've made a big stink about it and I don't recall smelling it.