video: "Friends" by Cracker with Patterson Hood

The simplest of simple videos as far as concept goes, but with fucking MTV having shot itself in the foot over the past 15 years by replacing videos with those STUPID fucking shows, it's just good to see a goddamn music video.

This is the mellowest and only song on Cracker's new album ("Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey") that has that classic Cracker-style twang they do so well. It jumped out at me when I first bought the album as a standout track. The rest of the record is much more rocking, built around some cool classic -ock influenced riffs. It's damn good. Check out "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with Me", "Time Machine", and "Hey Brett (You Know What Time it is)", in addition to the previously mentioned "I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right". Be sure to turn. it. up.

Listen up: Cracker - "I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right"

Cracker has some really great records, so great that I consider them to be classic albums ("Kerosene Hat" and "Cracker" for instance). But even their less-popular albums are worth listening to. Every song isn't stellar, but there are some really good songs mixed in. Their new album "Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey" probably won't fit into the classic category with the records mentioned above but there's some really good stuff on it. You may have heard the single "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" which is quite good (watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_HtYcmHpEM). You may not have heard "I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right", but it rocks very hard. Check it out.

I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right - Cracker



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_HtYcmHpEM

Listen Here: Cracker - "It Aint Gonna Suck Itself"

Cracker is one of the great, modern day American rock bands. Smart, often scathing lyrics, scores of extremely catchy songs and perfectly placed smatterings of light twang mix nicely with David Lowry's wit and view of the world (I'll write more about Cracker in the future). I don't own their entire catalog, but I guess they put out an album called "Countrysides" which I assume is meant to be Cracker's take on country - or at least countryish - songs (frankly, the 2 songs I've heard from it don't sound that much different than Cracker's normal style). And the song "It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself" is really good (and I love that weird keyboard part). Check it out here* (and listen to "Duty Free" while you're at it):



www.myspace.com/countrysidessongscracker



* Cracker has done something very cool with their myspace page. They've created a separate myspace page for each of their albums, and they're easily linked to on their main myspace page. That way you can click around and preview songs off each album to get a feel for that record. God, it seems so obvious. With every band jockeying for the listeners ear these days, I can't believe stuff like this isn't a more common practice.