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. Label releases major or otherwise under his own name. Listen to paul westerberg soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create minneapolis. Westerberg offers new album for 49 cents american songwriter. Listen for a handful of westerberg zingers directed at petty along the way. Yesterday, westerberg made available a 44minute single mp3 file of a dozenplus songs, dubbed 49, for 49 cents. On monday, westerberg made available a 44minute single mp3 file, 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. On august 27, 2008, westerberg released two new songs, 3oclockreep and. The amazon download was not available to nonus customers and a few days later, 49.
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. New paul westerberg features 49 minutes of music for 49. Stream tracks and playlists from paul westerberg on your desktop or mobile device. When i stumbled into this during my daily diet of music blog cruising i went out and immediately purchased paul westerbergs new recording. Cnets digital noise blog is frustrated with amazons download process but not with westerberg s 49.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. According to westerberg s manager, darren hill, the 49 cent price. The entire replacements oeuvre is currently being remastered and rereleased for those who missed the boat the first time. Its one mp3 file, with a whole mess of songs, so even though its only one download, youre getting plenty of songs. 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. When i stumbled into this during my daily diet of music blog cruising i went out and immediately purchased paul westerbergs new recording 49. The three track collection features the new title track and a couple of couple of renditions from the public domain. Paul westerberg shares new song via mysterious soundcloud account. His latest album is a 44minute amazon download listed as a. Originally due to be released on july 19, but technical difficulties delayed it until july 21.
Westerbergs records had become increasingly melancholic and the whimsy of the mats seemed gone. First of all if you in the us havent downloaded 49. 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. Im posting a completely and utterly unofficial track listing for 49. If you are into mp3s, i bet you can even download some freeware software that will let you split the. The release date was july 49th july 19 and the music is only available from in the u.
On june 49, with little notice, he put up a 49minute album called 49. Paul has been writing and recording at a furious pace. 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. For the dozen plus songs on the single, thats less than one itunes song or a drink. The album is a single track available on s amazon mp3 service for 49 u. Stream once again, the former replacements frontman works in mysterious ways. Like radiohead and trent reznor and others, hes released it as a download first. Former replacements frontman paul westerberg is offering fans his new album for only 49 cents. Former replacements frontman paul westerberg is the latest music iconoclast to tinker with some creative. 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. Not only that, but it was released only on the internet, exclusively available for download in s mp3 music store. Pauls solo recordings run the gamut in terms of how they were released and include.
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. 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. + download your music via emusics 25 free mp3 no risk trial offer. Of your time life is a 2008 album by paul westerberg. To strike a balance with this, westerberg recently broke silence to release. We have a link for the nonus folks, you can download paul westerbergs 49. At first it was assumed to be just another westerberg joke, but when 49. The list below was put together by gtrplyr, and i tweaked it a tad he says kentucky horizon, i say kentucky risin.
Paul westerbergs postreplacements career has been an interesting one. We have a link for the nonus folks, you can download paul westerberg s 49. Hes brimming with new ideas on how to expand his simple recording and writing formula. Paul westerberg shares new song via mysterious soundcloud. The minnesotabased rocker has increasingly gravitated toward independent, experimental, basement. 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. 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. Together, these two downloads make 49 minutes of music.