Westerberg s records had become increasingly melancholic and the whimsy of the mats seemed gone. Former replacements frontman paul westerberg is the latest music iconoclast to tinker with some creative. Originally due to be released on july 19, but technical difficulties delayed it until july 21. Former replacements frontman paul westerberg is offering fans his new album for only 49 cents. Paul westerberg charges 49 cents for his new album music.
Westerberg, fully loaded the replacements frontman has disguised his first album in four years as a singletrack, 49cent download. When i stumbled into this during my daily diet of music blog cruising i went out and immediately purchased paul westerbergs new recording. The amazon download was not available to nonus customers and a few days later, 49. Paul westerberg shares new song via mysterious soundcloud account. The setlist is cobbled together from three separate dates of the ill fated tour tracks 112 come from bristol, ct 83189, tracks 17 from milwaukee, wi 689 and were part of the inconcerated promo cd, and 1823 from mansfield, ma 82889. On june 49, with little notice, he put up a 49minute album called 49. In 1997, he had a bright idea to create an alterego dubbed grandpaboy, ostensibly to house his rawer, louder, and arguably raunchier songs. His latest album is a 44minute amazon download listed as a.
Even in this age of internet giveaways and paywhatyouwant schemes, it came as a minor bombshell when. Its one mp3 file, with a whole mess of songs, so even though its only one download, youre getting plenty of songs. Hes brimming with new ideas on how to expand his simple recording and writing formula. Enjoy the full soundcloud experience with our free app. Paul westerbergs postreplacements career has been an interesting one. Crazy thing is, this single and a simultaneously issued grandpaboy ep, whether coincidentally or nor, serve as the perfect precursor to his recent webexclusive releases, e. Titled after westerbergs age he turns 49 in december, its a loose, shaggy beast that throws together a collection of new songs, seemingly unfinished snippets, and a medley of classicrock covers. On august 27, 2008, westerberg released two new songs, 3oclockreep and. The three track collection features the new title track and a couple of couple of renditions from the public domain. At first it was assumed to be just another westerberg joke, but when 49. According to westerberg s manager, darren hill, the 49 cent price.
Not only that, but it was released only on the internet, exclusively available for download in s mp3 music store. Im posting a completely and utterly unofficial track listing for 49. The follow ups to stereomono, the subsequent grandpaboy album and two westerberg solo albums, were in the same vein, but just not as engaging. The latter is a single 44minute mp3 with no official track listing or title, and it was released as an onlineonly 49cent download less than a. To strike a balance with this, westerberg recently broke silence to release. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Westerbergs records had become increasingly melancholic and the whimsy of the mats seemed gone. For the dozen plus songs on the single, thats less than one itunes song or a drink. On monday, westerberg made available a 44minute single mp3 file, called 49. Westerberg offers new album for 49 cents american songwriter. Yesterday, westerberg made available a 44minute single mp3 file of a dozenplus songs, dubbed 49, for 49 cents. Its going to be at least another 24 hours until i can get something more formal up on these pages, but to tide you over, here is a download of paul westerbergs internet only demos collage from 2008. Label releases major or otherwise under his own name.
Paul westerberg shares new song via mysterious soundcloud. Pauls solo recordings run the gamut in terms of how they were released and include. The album was originally slated for a release on july 19, 2008 marketed as june 49, but digital distribution problems delayed its release until july 21. The list below was put together by gtrplyr, and i tweaked it a tad he says kentucky horizon, i say kentucky risin. Listen for a handful of westerberg zingers directed at petty along the way. We have a link for the nonus folks, you can download paul westerbergs 49. Billboard despite the fact that he doesnt have a computer and may never have been online in his life, replacements frontman paul westerberg is the latest artist to embrace the internet for rapid dissemination of new music. Of your time life is a 2008 album by paul westerberg. Like radiohead and trent reznor and others, hes released it as a download first. Paul westerbergs basement tapes experiment continues with this 49cent, singletrack albumlength download, and given the uneven nature of his postreplacements career, even at.
The album is a single track available on s amazon mp3 service for 49 u. Listen to paul westerberg soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create minneapolis. The raw energy westerberg evokes in the first few tracks is infectious and hearkens back to an era when human beings rather than computers made the music not that im opposed to synth and the like, of course i did grow up in the 80s. Together, these two downloads make 49 minutes of music. Cnets digital noise blog is frustrated with amazons download process but not with westerberg s 49. New paul westerberg features 49 minutes of music for 49. First of all if you in the us havent downloaded 49. The album was originally slated for a release on july 19, 2008 marketed as june 49, but digital distribution problems delayed its release until july 21 the album is a single track that was sold on s amazon mp3 service for 49 u. Unfortunately, with declining cd sales its hard for an act to justify missing out on the growing download market. Stream tracks and playlists from paul westerberg on your desktop or mobile device.
+ download your music via emusics 25 free mp3 no risk trial offer. Stream once again, the former replacements frontman works in mysterious ways. The entire replacements oeuvre is currently being remastered and rereleased for those who missed the boat the first time. We have a link for the nonus folks, you can download paul westerberg s 49. If you are into mp3s, i bet you can even download some freeware software that will let you split the. Paul has been writing and recording at a furious pace. The release date was july 49th july 19 and the music is only available from in the u. When i stumbled into this during my daily diet of music blog cruising i went out and immediately purchased paul westerbergs new recording 49.
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