according to billboard:
JAY-Z, LINKIN PARK 'MASH-UP' TOPS ALBUM CHART
The seemingly odd pairing of a multiplatinum artists from the rap and
rock worlds takes an underground concept to the pinnacle of the
mainstream as "MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z/Linkin Park:
Collision Course" bows atop The Billboard 200 this week. The Warner
Bros./Roc-A-Fella CD/DVD set sold 368,000 copies in the United States,
according to Nielsen SoundScan.
harghghghghgh. mash ups, the genre clover loves to hate, played up, played out, grey albumed, now selling 400k bc the Brothers Numb threw some aggro-garbage over those delicious beats.
IN OTHER NEWS: Awesome album alert
i just popped in Jennifer Gentle's "Valende" and it's AMAZING italian psych-folk, meandering, lush, incredibly recorded whisper vocals over acoustic guitars and little pastoral bells. Perfect moment among the new weird America to drop this - actually well thought out, moody, mature gem of a record.
well, the devendra continuum is the faux raw, but there is some polish to j. newsom and vetiver. i suppose it has a more classic psych sound, very analog to the more modern digital recording feel of the others. maybe they're looking backward a bit, but i appreciate the period-detail!
question then: are the other records in the weirdo-folk realm you mention *not* well thought-out? maybe more intuitive-seeming or something like that?