Ryan Adams isn't quitting music after all - Mr. Mandy Moore puts new songs online

April 13, 6:16 AMPop Culture ExaminerDominic Patten

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Sounds like marriage has been very good to Ryan Adams.

Less than a month after the unconventional and ultra talented singer-songwriter-author tied the knot with actress-singer Mandy Moore, he’s kicked over his own claims of a temporary retirement from music and posted some brand new tracks online. The first indication that something was up was when Adams, who broke up his band the Cardinals earlier this year, announced via his Twitter account that he’s still “taking it slow, but gonna play some quiet music with new pals next week"

Well, the man who helped invented alternative country with his former band Whiskeytown and his solo career resurrected his pseudo metal side project Werewolph did just that. Adams put up three new tunes that can be best partially described as "goth new wave metal." Under the gaze of a pink pentagram pizza, the just over two minute eerie bursts of "Dead People Unite," "Evil Weekend" and "Mega Wizards" are streaming towards a potential new direction for Ryan Adams. A direction the varied musician has, as he has a tendency, already shown he’s well on the way to mastering.

Click here to hear Ryan Adams' new streaming Werewolph tracks

That might not be the only Ryan Adams musical offering this month. According to a post on his Twitter account on April 12, he got together with some friends to "discuss newjams today." If you live in LA, don't be surprised to see and perhaps even hear Adams show up at wife Mandy Moore's April 25th show at the Largo at The Coronet.After all, it is billed as Mandy “and Friends.” Ms. Moore was at the Largo on April 11, sans Ryan, checking out Mike Viola in the small room while former Jayhawks Mark Olson and Gary Louris played in the venue's larger room. As Mandy Twittered on April 12th, she "had such a blast watching my buddy mike viola at largo last night. it was an honor to sing a few of our songs in the middle of his set too." In that vein, check out Ms. Moore/Mrs. Adams charming Twittering, blogging and photography here at her website ... nice one on giving up the smokes, Ryan, hang in there. 

And Ryan, thanks for the tunes. There's no doubt, you may be one of the most prolific songwriters around but you can also be one of the best and the more daring. In a world of too much of the same old same old, that’s real craftsmanship and skill.