The Payload #1 Posted on February 8th, 2009 by Rich Belize
Four mp3s strapped to the back of a bomb. My bomb. Welcome to the Payload.
Antony and the Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing
Last month the unmistakable Antony Hegarty released The Crying Light, his third full length and the follow up to his excellent Mercury prize winning I Am a Bird Now (2005). While I Am a Bird Now was stuffed with cameos and collaborations- Devendra Banhart, Lou Reed, and Rufus Wainwright come to mind- The Crying Light is distinctly Mr. Hegarty’s show. Here is the lead single ‘Epilepsy is Dancing’.
Antony and the Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing
Benjy Ferree – Fear
There are concept albums and then there are concept albums. Rock and roller Benjy Ferree dedicates his latest album Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee to the tragic memory of Bobby Driscoll, the forgotten child actor who played Peter Pan in the 1953 Disney feature and after brief success eventually fell into a life of drugs and passed away at age 31, poor and homeless. Are you depressed yet? Don’t worry, the story is much more bleak than the music.
Foals – Balloons
Dance punk! Dance punk! Dance punk!
Julie Doiron – No More
No more! No more! Wait…I want more!
