| Sunday, January 21, 2007 |
| An ode to humoUr, courtesy The Real SeanJon. |
Alright, its about time I updated ya'll on what's been going on in the Switchfoot world. Much of this might be old news to some of you, but here goes...
The guys are featured on Walmart's Soundcheck, which includes an interview and 5 songs performed live in their studio, along with glowing reviews of the band and the songs - "Dirty Second Hands", "American Dream", "Awakening", "Oh! Gravity" and the goosebumps-inducing "Let Your Love Be Strong". I love how Jon goes "when we're fighting for the le-le-le-le-le-le-lexus" on "American Dream". You can buy the MP3s from that site, and you can download an mp3 of the interview here. (Thanks LOBH.)
TotalAxxess.com has now put up what was the most entertaining interview with the guys I'd ever heard.
Thanks to stonewall10, we have an mp3 download of the Letterman performance.
Switchfoot is up for Artist of the Month at MSN Music. Too bad they think this is the band's third album, but this was a sweet review nonetheless:
San Diego's Switchfoot write thoughtful, inventive rock music with a decidedly spiritual bent. Their last album, "Nothing Is Sound," continued to bridge their faith-inflected lyricism to the rock community at large, thanks to the radio hit "Stars," which seriously is one of the best hard rock/pop hits of the last few years. Their new album, "Oh! Gravity." dropped (get it?) on the day after Christmas, and represents exactly the kind of stylistic experimentation every rock band in the world should be doing on third albums.
Please, and I say please, go vote for them, and as many times as you can. Its weird, initially Switchfoot was comfortably in the lead, way ahead of the rest, then it seemed like someone went on a voting rampage, 'cause, good ol' Harry began giving Switchfoot good competition, until the Shins came running out of nowhere (they were 2% when Harry and Switchfoot were both in the 45-50% range), smacked Harry and Romey on their heads, raced ahead of all the pretty boys, and suspiciously stopped 1% ahead of the rest of the pack. Anyway, despite these theatrics, I request you to go vote, and as many million times as you can.
The guys are gonna be on TV (Jay Leno) on the 23rd, mark your calendars, don't miss it.
Switchfoot have added "Awakening" and "American Dream" on their MySpace. Add it to your MySpace page (if you have one, that is. If you don't, good on you, don't give in to peer pressure like I did.) Its a great way to show your Switchfoot pride.
Here's your chance to design the switchfoot.com banner, or if you prefer, get a phone call from the band. But if, like me, you lack the skills, you can vote for your favourite. If you can't be bothered to look through them all, vote for Cassie (she does the graphics for this site). Because either way you might end up voting for her, she's just that good.
"Oh! Gravity." was #41 on Billboard 200 in its second week, and #58 currently on its third week. Not too surprising, considering there haven't been any big singles yet. Its really about time they released another single. "Oh! Gravity." is at the doorstep of alternative's top 40 (it peaked at #36 and is #41 currently), but its been hovering in that range for far too long and doesn't look like its gonna get a lift, unless another single comes along.
I got to have an early listen to Relient K's 11-minute track "Deathbed" from their upcoming album, which features Jon's vocals. I'll just suffice to say the song is worth way more than 99 cents, and Jon claims to be the way, the truth, and the life. Don't ask me about that, I guess you'll just have to wait till its released. :P
*humour & randoms* Jon and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek fame are teaming on a project titled "The Real SeanJon", which I'm terribly excited about, because it might mean more songs like "Revenge" and "Betrayal". But right now I can't get past the hilarity of the title. For those fortunate souls who don't know their pop culture, Diddy started a clothing line called "SeanJohn" (his real name is Sean John Combs), and this title is obviously poking fun at that, and the website even mimicks the SeanJohn logo's font. Gotta love these guys... for more than just the amazing music, eh? (I hear an emphatic "yes", especially from the girls.)
PS: Yes Vicky, I like to spell it the Canadi--er--British way. Its The Real Way. ;)Labels: downloads, humour and randoms., interviews., news |
posted by phil @ 3:06 AM  
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phil, you're such a hoot. are you getting enough sleep? hehe! oh, you posted at 3:06am (your time?). i guess not. :o)
thanks for the update, though. it was massive.
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It's alright, Phil. I said I like it... I want to be British so it's all good.
Is the Total Axxess int. any different than the one we heard a month or so ago? Now it's just up for download from the actual site, right? That is also my favorite Switchfoot interview. MILWAUKEE!!!
Oh, I think the title of The Real SeanJon is also poking fun at Eminem's hit in which he sings, "Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?" I could be wrong though. Im super excited to hear that!
Will Deathbed be available for download? If not, can we get it off Itunes? And when will it be up? I know it's amazing, can't wait to hear it! I never really get it though when artist's sing the words that Jesus spoke, it always sound like they're saying it for themselves. I'm sure I won't mind if Jon does it though. Heh.
Thanks for some Switchfoot news finally, Phil!!
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All I have to say is more power to SeanJon. It's so rad. They need more info, I need more info.
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Hey Phil! Thanks for mentioning me! lol (im joberooni on the boards)
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Hey Phil! Thanks for mentioning me! lol (im joberooni on the boards)
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I think the oh gravity single was released in mid-october, somewhere around the 26th or so. It's not quite been 3 months.
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^well, does it have to be 3 months until another one's released?
@vicky
it should be up on iTunes for download once the album's released sometime in March.
MILWAUKEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
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^^^Haha...
You should feature this band that Gellie told me about...What Made Milwaukee Famous. They are really good.
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By "I got to have an early listen to Relient K's 11-minute track "Deathbed", you mean you downloaded the leak don't ya? [shake's head]
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^haha no.. i didn't download the leak, someone offered to send me the song (i didn't even ask!) so i gladly obliged :) its the only song i've heard from the album.
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phil, you're such a hoot. are you getting enough sleep? hehe! oh, you posted at 3:06am (your time?). i guess not. :o)
thanks for the update, though. it was massive.