YYYs acoustic Little Shadow

Slow day here at SITKOT, yes? It's too nice outside to be blogging. Or reading blogs for that matter. If you do feel like getting your read on with some weblogs, maybe check out some of the competition via the Pittsburgh Music Blog Reader. There are several good ones in town.

So, everyone's loving It's Blitz this week, except for those folks who can't get over the absence of Nick Zinner's axe. I'll admit that I was among them at first, but I've come around. I'd like some guitar on there, sure, but it's still a very solid record.

Here's a lovely acoustic version of "Little Shadow." Still no guitars, though.

Download:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Little Shadow" (acoustic) (Mediafire Link)

It’s Blitz / It’s Windy As Hell

Apropos of what’s happening in our world this afternoon, I offer a few downloads and suggest to you that:

No. 1, the wind is indeed howling, and days like this always get “Isis” stuck in my head (unfortunatley, Jack White skips over that key lyric in this cover version, but whatever); and

No. 2, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who, incidentally, I first heard when they opened for the Stripes) announced some details about their next record.

Of note: it will be called It’s Blitz; production duties will be shared/divvied up by David Sitek of TV On the Radio and Nick Launay, who produced the YYY’s last studio effort; the band promises a “different” sound; and the cover art is pretty cool (see above).

Downloads:
White Stripes – “Isis” (Dylan cover) (Mediafire link)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Isis” (Mediafire link)