Monday Music Junkie: Eels, Charlatans, Verve, Gomez, Kravitz and more

BY ANDY VIHSTADT

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The Eels are kicking off 2008 time-capsule style. Along with the Essential Eels Vol. 1 2CD/DVD greatest hits collection, the band will releasing Useless Trinkets (also 2CD/DVD), an all-inclusive anthology of B-sides and rarities that makes the cache of import singles I’ve been collecting just that — useless trinkets. Get the inside story here.

Both are scheduled for January 15. In the meantime, brush up on E’s pre-Eels days with a ton of downloadable goodness here, courtesy of the Runout Groove.

On the House

Roger Sargent, 2006

The Charlatans UK will probably be pegged as biters, even though the band announced its free album giveaway on the same day as Radiohead. No title for LP10 as of yet, but you’ll be able to get the whole thing at no cost at XFM sometime in early 2008.

Until then, here’s the first single.

The Charlatans UK: “You Cross My Path” MP3