As Brian’s been treading water this week and clearly relating to our readership, it’s been a week where our ethos has taken a left turn.  I’ve been in Advance Placement English Teacher Boot Camp all week, and I’ve barely had a second to lie down, much less prop my feet up and fire out 800 words on any proper reviews this week.  That’s not good, either, as some great albums were released on Tuesday.  I also had originally planned on making The Wooden Birds show, Crocodiles show (with Brian), and Cotton Jones show.  None of these have happened, and I suppose I wanted to pop my head out and show that I still have a pulse.  To all my groupie, weather beaten rocker chicks beating down my door, please don’t worry.  I’ll be giving wordgasms as scheduled when next week begins….

Two important emails that hit my inbox yesterday have zero to do with one another, but piqued my interest off the bat.  I’ve heard the unreleased Buckley track and it’s (as expected) really good.  The Elton John and Bernie Taupin written “We All Fall in Love Sometimes” was previously unreleased but makes its entrance into the Buckley/Public transaction by way of the film soundtrack for My Sister’s Keeper. The film hits the theaters this Friday and includes a pretty good tracklist, including songs from Regina Spektor and Pete Yorn.  “We All Fall in Love Sometimes” exhibits Buckley’s gentle delivery, but the fact that it’s written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin gives it an interesting spin.  The wandering Buckley paired with the tuneful songwriters leave us with a track with a lot of nuance.  On one vein I can envision Elton John singing this, but it’d be a whole lot different, as Buckley’s introspective delivery uniquely brings the lyrics to life.  Pick up the entire soundtrack on itunes and enjoy the new Buckley material.  It’d be nice to imagine there’s a whole collection of unreleased songs that will slowly make its way into the ether.  Unfortunately, we never got enough from him.

Jeff Buckley – We All Fall in Love Sometimes

On completely unrelated matters, Music Fest Northwest just announced its tentative and early lineup and got it out to the bloggers for posting.  The formidable Portland festival is taking place September 16-19, and at first glance, this list is obnoxiously solid.  Our plans for the Pitchfork Festival are still a little unclear at the moment, but James and I wrangled a little about my opinion that this lineup is better.  Beach House, Richard Swift, Viva Voce, John Vanderslice, Pink Mountaintops, and so many others are listed below. Sunny Day Real Estate also will continue its reunion with a most probable headline performance.  If you’re anywhere near the Portland area, it would be a travesty if you’re not snagging these tickets when they go on sale.  For me, it may even warrant a plane ticket to get out there and enjoy the festival.  Grab tickets by going to the MFNW website to get info on this lineup and on how to get your passes.

For now, I’ll go back to my daily grind and conference attendance.  Look for our weekly hodge-podge tomorrow from James and our more usual review-based posts as all the nonsense dies down this week!

MFNW Tentative Lineup (more will be added):

Sunny Day Real Estate
Explosions In Sky
Bad Brains
Girl Talk
The Get Up Kids
Will Sheff (of Okkervil River)
Dirty Three
Monotonix
Mudhoney
Frightened Rabbit
Twilight Sad
Dillinger Four
Swollen Members
Grand Duchy
Beach House
John Vanderslice
The Long Winters
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Pink Mountaintops
OM
Portugal The Man
Viva Voce
The Builders and The Butchers
Langhorne Slim
Bobby Bare Jr.
Chairlift
Loch Lomond
Team Dresch
Erase Errata
J.D. Twitch (Optimo)
Eluvium
Youth Group
Titus Andronicus
The Zeros
Mount Eerie
Trash Talk
Despise You
Crom
Japanther
Mayer Hawthorne & The County
Grouper
Richard Swift
Austin Lucas
Amazing Baby
Brother Reade
Love Language
Anders Parker
The Morning Benders
The Miniature Tigers
Common Market
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Say Hi
Rocky Votolato
Cymbals Eats Guitars
Copy
Red Fang
Saviours
Norfolk & Western
Nurses
Explode Into Colors
Portland Cello Project
Guidance Counselor
Fences