2006-02-03 - 11:33 a.m. And then there's Arab Strap, whose new album is lovelorn and defiant and quite gritty. The centerpiece for me is a 7-minute epic called "There is No Ending," which features martial drumming and a vaguely Gaelic feeling, like something they'd play over the closing credits of a bio-pic of some Scottish folk hero. But if mourning and grief is more your thing, you could do a lot worse than Rosanne Cash's latest, Black Cadillac. There's a surprising lack of ballads here, and lots of neat stuff like the snaky title track, and "Radio Operator," a dark little country-shuffle. And furthermore, because who couldn�t use a little more Toto in their life: You supply the night, baby, I'll supply the love You supply the night, baby, I'll supply the love I see a horseman in the sky, it makes me turn and wonder why I hear the same old fourteen reasons, must be the changin' of the seasons Chorus: I met the girl across the sea, she saved my life and came with me A tender night of dark persuasion, could be my first and last occasion Chorus: (Instrumental break) Chorus repeats 2x: Baby, I'll supply the love, baby, I'll supply the, I'll supply the love thoughts? (2 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact