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June 30, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 6-30-2009: Levon Helm, Brad Paisley, Wilco
Levon HelmAfter 25 years between releases, Electric Dirt is the second Levon Helm album in three years. Dirt Farmer was an excellent album, and this is intended as a continuation of the idea. But whereas the last album was pretty distinctly acoustic and country, this album looks to fold back in a little more electricity and blues. He does an excellent version of Huey Long's famous "King Fish" campaign song that'll make you forget all about Randy Newman. One of the two songs on the album which he composed is "Growing Trade," which gives some reflection on the mixed feelings of an old farmer who has taken to raising marijuana. A body definitely needs to hear this record.

I can't quite remember any of his songs, but Brad Paisley has sold a buttload of records, so maybe I'm missing something. He's back this week with a new album, American Saturday Night. Maybe it's not just mediocre generic modern commercial country music.

Soon to be hits
Hold My Heart Back Lyrics
Michael Johns
Loba Lyrics
Shakira
Billie Jean Lyrics
Michael Jackson
Bad Lyrics
Michael Jackson
Scream Lyrics
Michael Jackson
Childhood Lyrics
Michael Jackson
Heal The World Lyrics
Michael Jackson
Dirty Diana Lyrics
Michael Jackson
Death Of Autotune Lyrics
Jay-Z
You Rock My World Lyrics
Michael Jackson
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:

Brad Paisley photoLevon Helm
Electric Dirt
Vanguard
Roots Rock, Country-Rock

Moby
Wait for Me
Mute
Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Ambient Techno

Brad Paisley
American Saturday Night
Arista
Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country

Rob Thomas
cradlesong
Atlantic
Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Wilco
Wilco (The Album)
Nonesuch
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock

Ace Hood
Ruthless
Def Jam
Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap

Jon Balke/Amina Alaoui/Jonhassell/Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche/Bjarte Eike
Siwan
ECM
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Composition, Modern Creative


beastie boys - hello nasty
Beastie Boys
Hello Nasty
Grand Royal/Capitol
Alternative Rap, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Underground Rap

Dave Brubeck
Essential Standards
OJC
Cool, West Coast Jazz

Ossie Davis
A Voice Ringing O'er the Gale! The Orato
Smithsonian/Folkways
Spoken Word


Beastie Boys and boom box
Delain
April Rain
Roadrunner
Progressive Metal, Goth Metal, Power Metal

Ensemble devotio moderna
Loff unde ere (Praise and Glory): Music from Medingen Convent
Cantate
Medieval Vocal Music

Bill Evans
Essential Standards
OJC
Post-Bop, Ballads

Fine Arts Quartet
Faure: Piano Quintets
Naxos
Post-Romantic Chamber Music

Elliot Goldenthal
Public Enemies [Score]
Decca
Original Score, Soundtracks, Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Blues

Vince Guaraldi
Essential Standards
OJC
Mainstream Jazz, Cool, Latin Jazz, West Coast Jazz

Robin Guthrie
Angel Falls
Darla
Experimental Ambient

David Jaurequi
Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi
David Lynch
Post-Rock/Experimental, Alternative Pop/Rock

Jefferson Airplane
The Woodstock Experience
Sony Legacy
Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Album Rock, Pop/Rock


Janis Joplin 1969 mugshot
Janis Joplin
The Woodstock Experience
Sony Legacy
Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll

Eleni Karaindrou
Dust of Time (Music for the Film by Theo Angelopolous)
ECM
Original Score, Film Music

Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage [2009]
Roadrunner
Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Grindcore

Joseph Levine
American Ballets
EMI Classics
Modern Ballet Music

Maino
If Tomorrow Comes...
Atlantic
Underground Rap, East Coast Rap

Leslie Mendelson
Swan Feathers
Rykodisc
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Nouvelle Vague
NV3
Peacefrog
French Pop, Euro-Pop

Ted Nugent
Motor City Mayhem: 6,000th Concert
Eagle
Album Rock, Hard Rock

Michael Schųnwandt
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Naxos
Modern Symphonies

Evan Parker/Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
The Moment's Energy
ECM
Improvisation, Structured Improvisation, Modern Composition

Art Pepper
Essential Standards
OJC
Cool, West Coast Jazz, Bop

Santana
Woodstock Experience
Sony Legacy
Latin Rock, Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock

Andy Sheppard
Movements in Colour
ECM
Modern Creative


Sly Stone image
Sly & Family Stone
The Woodstock Experience
Sony Legacy
Psychedelic Soul, Pop/Rock, Funk, Soul

Stephen Sondheim
Road Show
Nonesuch
Musicals, Show Tunes

Rod Stewart
A Night on the Town [Collector's Edition]
Stiefel Entertainment/WB
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, AM Pop

Rod Stewart
Atlantic Crossing [Collector's Edition]
Stiefel Entertainment/WB
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, AM Pop

Tanya Tucker
My Turn
Time Life
Contemporary Country, Country-Pop

Twisted Sister
Stay Hungry: 25th Anniversary Edition
Rhino
Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Various Artists
Now That's What I Call the 80s, Vol. 2
Sony
Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Dance-Rock, Club/Dance, Contemporary R&B

Various Artists
Now, Vol. 31 [US]
Sony Legacy
Pop, Dance-Pop, Pop-Rap, Contemporary R&B

Whitesnake
Slide It In [25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] [Bonus Tracks] [CD/DVD]
Geffen
Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Hair Metal

Whitesnake
Slip of the Tongue [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] [Bonus Tracks] [CD/DVD]]
Geffen
Pop-Metal, Hair Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock

Johnny Winter
The Woodstock Experience
Sony Legacy
Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Album Rock, Hard Rock

Wu-Tang Clan
Playlist: The Very Best of Wu-Tang Clan
Legacy
East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop

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posted by Al at 6/30/2009 03:25:00 PM

June 23, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 6-23-2009: Pete Yorn, Ginuwine, The Lemonheads
There's not one damned thing in the new CD releases that looks the least bit interesting to me. I can't even work myself up to snarky comments over any of this dross.

On the other hand, it's the first week of summer. Get away from the computer and the record stores and malls, and go have a nice picnic with some groovy Chuck Berry or James Brown albums that you already own.

New tracks
What's Happening Lyrics
Yung Berg
Keyz Lyrics
Trey Songz
Eyes On Me Lyrics
Clipse
Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) Lyrics
All Time Low
Every Girl Lyrics
Lil' Wayne
Lol Lyrics
Trey Songz
Turn It Up Lyrics
Pixie Lott
Cross My Mind Lyrics
Ludacris
Much Better Lyrics
Jonas Brothers
Like Me Lyrics
Lloyd
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

Bjork
Voltaic [CD/DVD]
Nonesuch
Experimental Rock, Electronica, Alternative Pop/Rock, Club/Dance

Ginuwine
A Man's Thoughts
Notifi/Asylum/Warner Bros.
Contemporary R&B, Adult Contemporary R&B

The Lemonheads
Varshons
The End
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

The Mars Volta
Octahedron
Warner Bros.
Progressive Metal, Experimental Rock, Post-Hardcore, Punk Metal, Neo-Psychedelia

Regina Spektor
Far
Warner Bros.
Anti-Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Spinnerette
Spinnerette
Anthem
Alternative Pop/Rock

Pete Yorn
Back & Fourth
Columbia
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock

Alexisonfire
Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Vagrant
Post-Hardcore

Astra
The Weirding
Metal Blade
Neo-Prog

The Bats
The Guilty Office
Hidden Agenda
New Zealand Rock, Indie Rock

Bibio
Ambivalence Avenue
Warp
Indie Electronic, Post-Rock/Experimental

Jay Brannan
In Living Cover
RCA
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Tom Brosseau
Posthumous Success
Fatcat
Indie Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter

Chase Long Beach
Gravity Is What You Make It
Victory
Ska-Punk

Cher
3614 Jackson Highway
Atco
Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock, AM Pop

Climax Blues Band
Back to Back: Sense of Direction/Stamp Album [Bonus Tracks]
Fuel 2000
Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Soft Rock

Al Cohn/Joe Newman/Freddie Green
Mosaic Select: Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green
Mosaic
Mainstream Jazz, Bop

Shawn Colvin
Live
Nonesuch
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk

Christina Courtin
Christina Courtin
Nonesuch
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Deer Tick
Born on Flag Day
Partisan
Lo-Fi, Alternative Folk

Def Leppard
Adrenalize [Deluxe Edition]
Island/Mercury
Pop-Metal, Hair Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Def Leppard
Pyromania [Deluxe Edition]
Island/Mercury
New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal, British Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Dinosaur Jr.
Farm
Jagjaguwar
Indie Rock

Dream Theater
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Roadrunner
Neo-Prog, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal

Kurt Elling
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman
Concord
Vocal Jazz, Vocalese, Post-Bop, Ballads, Modern Creative

Eryn Non Dae
Hydra Lernaia
Metal Blade
Progressive Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal

Fast Life Youngstaz
Jamboree
Def Jam
Southern Rap, Party Rap

Cartin Finch
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Deutsche Grammophon
Baroque Keyboard Music arranged for Harp

Foreign Born
Person to Person
Secretly Canadian
Indie Rock

David Frizzell/Shelly West
The Very Best of David Frizzell & Shelly West
Varese Fontana
Honky Tonk, Country-Pop, Traditional Country

Elizabeth Futral
Bach: Solo Cantatas
Lems
Baroque Vocal Music

Future of the Left
Travels with Myself and Another
4AD
Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Punk Revival, Noise-Rock

Girls at Our Best
Pleasure
Happy Birthday
New Wave

Goatwhore
Carving out the Eyes of God
Metal Blade
Death Metal/Black Metal

God Help the Girl
God Help the Girl
Matador
Indie Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Stefan Goldmann
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps [Stefan Goldmann Edit]
Tapete
Modern Ballet Music Remixed

Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul [Bonus Tracks]
Stax
Memphis Soul, Funk, Soul

Patterson Hood
Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)
Ruth St
Alternative Country-Rock, Americana

Hot Chocolate
Every 1's a Winner
EMI
Pop/Rock, Funk, Disco

Jets Overhead
No Nations
Ada/Vapor
Dream Pop, Shoegaze

Michael Johns
Hold Back My Heart
Downtown
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Blue-Eyed Soul

Elisabeth Leonskaja
Chopin: Piano Works [Hybrid SACD]
MDG Gold
Romantic Keyboard Music

Love Is All
Last Choice
What's Your Rup
Indie Pop, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Noise Pop

The Marvelettes
Forever: The Complete Motown Albums, Vol. 1
Motown/Hip-O Select
Pop-Soul, Motown

Eugene McGuinness
Eugene McGuinness
Domino
Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter

John Mellencamp
Life Death Love and Freedom [Deluxe Tour Edition] [CD/DVD]
Hear Music
Heartland Rock, Roots Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock

Tift Merritt
Buckingham Solo
Fantasy
Alternative Country, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Americana

Mount Eerie
Dawn
Buenaventura Press
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Pop/Rock

Alexi Murdoch
Away We Go
Nettwerk
Soundtracks, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, British Folk

Laura Nyro
Mother's Spiritual
Columbia
Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock

Brian Olive
Brian Olive
Alive
Garage Punk, Indie Rock

Maria Joao Pires
Chopin
Deutsche Grammophon
Romantic Keyboard Music

Original Soundtrack
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Abko
Soundtracks, Album Rock, Film Music, Alternative Pop/Rock

Original Soundtrack
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [Original Soundtrack]
Warner Bros.
Punk-Pop, Post-Grunge, Hard Rock

John Powell
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs [Score]
Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks

R.E.M.
Reckoning [Deluxe Edition]
A&M
American Underground, College Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock

Royal City
Royal City
Asthmatic Kitty
Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Country-Rock

The Sa-Ra Creative Partners
Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
Ubiquity
Contemporary R&B

Spooky Tooth
Lost in My Dream: An Anthology 1968-1974
Esoteric
Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock

Sunset Rubdown
Dragonslayer
Jagjaguwar
Indie Rock

Al B. Sure!
Honey I'm Home
Hidden Beach
Adult Contemporary R&B

Otis Taylor
Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs
Telarc
Contemporary Blues, Electric Country Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Blues

Tonic
A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic
Polydor
American Trad Rock, Post-Grunge, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Tortoise
Beacons of Ancestorship
Thrill Jockey
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Instrumental Rock

The Woggles
Tempo Tantrum
Wicked Cool
Garage Punk, Garage Rock Revival, Instrumental Rock

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posted by Al at 6/23/2009 02:16:00 PM

June 16, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 6-16-2009: Spinal Tap, Jonas Brothers, George Harrison
Lord help us, but Spinal Tap are Back from the Dead this week. This set includes something like five new songs with re-workings of Tap classics, ie "(Funky) Sex Farm." Plus, I'm to understand that the packaging has super cool Tap figures and a diorama and such. For new music, this is probably the place to start.

Jonas BrothersThe Jonas Brothers are making hay while the sun shines with Lines, Vines and Trying Times. According to the record company product description at Amazon, it "showcases an incredible musical journey by the Jonas Brothers, as well as their growth as songwriters and musicians. They've incorporated horns into several songs, as well as harmonicas and peddle steel guitars." Wow - horns AND harmonica! That's like, experimental and stuff.

Let It Roll: The Best of George Harrison is the first solo all career inclusive best of set. I tend to find a whole album at a time of solo Harrison a bit much to listen to, but there are some classics among these 19 songs.

Recent songs
Don't Need You Lyrics
Letoya Luckett
Much Better Lyrics
Jonas Brothers
It's You Lyrics
Tweet
Houstatlantavegas (Remix) Lyrics
Drake
We Be Steady Mobbin Lyrics
Lil' Wayne
Black Keys Lyrics
Jonas Brothers
Before The Storm Lyrics
Jonas Brothers
Closer Lyrics
Kings of Leon
I Like It Lyrics
Nicole Wray
Obsessed Lyrics
Mariah Carey
Get your own here.


Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

George Harrison and Lorne MichaelsGeorge Harrison
Let It Roll: The Best of George Harrison
Capitol
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Jonas Brothers
Lines, Vines and Trying Times
Hollywood
Pop/Rock, Teen Pop

Spinal Tap
Back from the Dead
A2M
Song Parody, Musical Comedy, Hard Rock

Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
Tell No Lies
Real World
Afro-Pop, Worldbeat

Among the Oak & Ash
Among the Oak & Ash
Verve Forecast
Americana, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock

The Avengers
Avengers
CD Presents
American Punk, Hardcore Punk, Punk

Big Star
#1 Record/Radio City [Bonus Tracks]
Fantasy
Proto-Punk, Pop/Rock, Power Pop

Deanna Bogart
11th Hour
Vista
Piano Blues, Jazz Blues, Modern Electric Blues

Brokencyde
I'm Not a Fan But the Kids Like It
Breaksilence
Pop-Rap

Michael Buble
Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden [CD/DVD]
Reprise
Vocal Jazz, Adult Contemporary, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop

Rodney Carrington
El Nino Loco
Liberty/Capitol
Country Comedy, Contemporary Country

Dave Douglas/Brass Ecstasy
Spirit Moves
Greenleaf
Post-Bop

Will Downing
Classique
Concord
Contemporary R&B

Ha Ha Tonka
Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South
Bloodshot
Americana, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock

Don Henley
The Very Best of Don Henley
Geffen
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter

Hilltop Hoods
State of the Art
Universal
Underground Rap, Alternative Rap

Incubus
Monuments & Melodies
Epic
Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Metal

The Legends
Over and Over
Labrador
Noise Pop, Indie Pop

Gunar Letzbor
Antonio Bertali: Prothimia Suavissima, Parte Seconda
Arcana
Baroque Chamber Music

Major Lazer
Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Downtown
Dancehall, Ragga, Club/Dance

Christian McBride & Inside Straight
Kind of Brown
Mack AvenueStraight-Ahead Jazz, Post-Bop

Clara Rodriguez
Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno
Nimbus
Post-Romantic Music for Piano

Stefano Scodanibbio
John Cage: Dream
Wergo
Contemporary Chamber Music

Herwig Zack
Essentials: Work for Solo Violin
Avie
Baroque, Post-Romantic & Modern Music for Violin

Andy Pratt
Live at the Village Underground 2003
Renaissance
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Daryle Singletary
Rockin' in the Country
Koch
Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country

The Sippy Cups
The Time Machine
Snacker Disc
Children's Rock, Sing-Along

Charlene Smith
Feel the Goodtimes
Warner Bros.
Garage/House, Club/Dance, House

Tim Sparks
Little Princess
Tzadik
Jewish Music, Klezmer, Jewish Folk, Contemporary Instrumental

Street Sweeper Social Club
Street Sweeper Social Club
SSSC
Rap-Metal, Rap-Rock

Tiny Masters of Today
Skeletons
Mute
Punk Revival, Indie Pop

Various Artists
Chess in Concert: Live From Royal Albert Hall
Reprise
Musicals

Various Artists
Kidzapalooza
Koch
Childen's Pop, Sing-Along

Various Artists
Pleasure is the Law
Boston
Romantic, Modern & Contemporary Chamber Music

Rhonda Vincent
Destination Life
Rounder
Contemporary Bluegrass, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Country-Pop

The Wallflowers
Collected: 1996-2005
Interscope
American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Hank Williams, Jr.
Red, White and Pink-Slip Blues
Curb
Outlaw Country, Southern Rock, Contemporary Country, Traditional Country

Holly Williams
Here with Me
Mercury
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Masada Quintet
Stolas: The Book of Angels, Vol. 12
Tzadik
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Composition

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posted by Al at 6/16/2009 04:36:00 PM

June 09, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 6-9-2009: Chickenfoot, Tracey Lawrence, Black Eyed Peas
The big name item this week is an eponymous supergroup album from the newly minted Chickenfoot. It features two alum of Van Halen - Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, along with fancy guitar whiz Joe Satriani. On the one hand, while Joe Satriani has always had great technical instrumental facility, he has never been as memorable as prime Eddie Van Halen. On the other hand, at this point Satriani has not destroyed himself with booze, and can still play as good as ever.

Thus, on the basis of a couple of listens, I'd say this is the best Van Halen record in about 20 years. I'm not particularly impressed with the song compositions, but is fancy songwriting what a likely fan of this outfit is really looking for? Even as a skeptic of this kind of stuff, I consider it fairly listenable.

Tracey Lawrence swims against the modern country music grain this week with a gospel album, The Rock. Haven't heard the album, but titles like "Where Heaven Is" and "The Book You Never Read" sound more interesting than he pre-processed country food product engineered for commercial country radio.

The Black Eyed Peas are back with their fifth album of vacuity, The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies). "Boom Boom Pow" is a big #1 hit single. Why escapes me, but knock yourselves out if you're into it.

Hottest tracks
Shattered Lyrics
Backstreet Boys
Fly With Me Lyrics
Jonas Brothers
Not Now Lyrics
Little Boots
Dear John Lyrics
Amerie
D.o.a Lyrics
Jay-Z
Cashville Solid Lyrics
Young Buck
Betcha She Don't Love You Lyrics
Monica
Beat Again Lyrics
JLS
Invented Sex Lyrics
Trey Songz
Summer Girl Lyrics
Stereos
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
Interscope
Pop, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop, Pop-Rap

British Sea Power
Man of Aran [CD/DVD]
Rough Trade
Original Score, Film Music, Indie Rock

Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot
Ear
Arena Rock, Hard Rock

Kasabian
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
RCA/Red Ink
Indie Rock, Britpop

Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller
Shout Factory
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock

Mos Def
The Ecstatic
Downtown
Underground Rap, East Coast Rap, Alternative Rap, Political Rap

Sonic Youth
The Eternal
Matador
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental

Ada
Adaptations: Mixtape #1
Kompakt
Club/Dance, Techno, House

Trey Anastasio & Don Hart
Time Turns Elastic
Rubber Jungle
Experimental Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock

Anti-Flag
People or the Gun
Side One Dummy
Punk Revival, Hardcore Punk

The Autumn Offering
Requiem
Victory
Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal

Kristof Barati
Niccoln Paganini: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Berlin Classics
Romantic Violin Concertos

Gemma Bertagnolli
Respighi: Liriche da camera
Stradivarius
Modern Music for Voice & Piano

Black Sabbath
The Best of Black Sabbath [Universal]
Universal
Album Rock, British Metal, Heavy Metal

The Blackout
The Best in Town
Epitaph/Ada
Screamo, Alternative Metal, Emo-Pop

Busdriver
Jhelli Beam
Anti
Underground Rap

Chicks on Speed
Cutting the Edge
Chicks on Speed
Indie Electronic, Electronica, Club/Dance

DAT Politics
Mad Kit
Chicks on Speed
IDM, Glitch, Experimental Techno, Chiptunes

Will Dailey
Torrent, Vols. 1 & 2 [CD/DVD]
BS
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Darkness Dynamite
The Astonishing Fury of Mankind
Metal Blade
Alternative Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal

Deerhunter
Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Kranky
Dream Pop, Indie Rock

Dredg
The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Dredg
Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge

Elizabeth & the Catapult
Taller Children
Verve Forecast
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop

Ferenc Fricsay
Brahms: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2
Audite
Romantic Orchestral Music

Peter Holsapple/Chris Stamey
Here and Now
Bar/None
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

The Horse's Ha
Of the Cathmawr Yards
Hidden Agenda
Indie Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter

Iron Maiden
Flight 666
Sony Legacy
British Metal, Heavy Metal

Joan of Arc
Flowers
Polyvinyl
Indie Rock, Experimental Rock

Kidz Bop Kids
Greatest Hits
Razor & Tie
Childen's Pop, Teen Pop, Sing-Along, Pop/Rock

Tracy Lawrence
The Rock
AGR Television
Gospel, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Honky Tonk

Liechtenstein
Survival Strategies in a Modern World
Slumberland
Indie Pop

The Lonely H
Concrete Class
The Control Group
Indie Rock, Indie Pop

The Low Anthem
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Nonesuch
Neo-Traditional Folk, Americana

Lullatone
Songs That Spin in Circles
Audio Dregs
Indie Electronic, Indie Pop

Marcolini Quartet
Franz Krommer: String Quartets
Avi Music
Classical Chamber Music

Teena Marie
Congo Square
Stax
Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B

Meatloaf in Rocky HorrorMeat Loaf
Blind Before I Stop
Wounded Bird
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Miike Snow
Miike Snow
Downtown
Indie Pop, Euro-Dance

The Nite-Liters
A-Nal-Y-Sis
RCA
Funk, Soul, Instrumental Rock

Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg
Originis: Nadja and the Assads Live from Brasil
NSS Music
Modern & Contemporary Chamber Music

Original TV Soundtrac
Weeds: Music from the Series, Vol. 4
Lionsgate
TV Soundtracks

Pelican
Ephemeral
Southern Lord
Doom Metal, Stoner Metal

Placebo
Battle for the Sun
Vagrant
Neo-Glam, Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk-Pop

Pleasure P
The Introduction of Marcus Cooper
Atlantic/WEA
Contemporary R&B

Ricky Skaggs
Waitin' for the Sun to Shine [CD/DVD]
Skaggs Family
Progressive Country, Progressive Bluegrass

Todd Snider
The Excitement Plan
Yep Roc
Americana, Alternative Country, Roots Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter

Trailer Choir
Off the Hillbilly Hook
Show Dog Nashville
Contemporary Country

Darryl Worley
Sounds Like Life
Stroudavarious
Contemporary Country

Yung L.A.
Futuristic Leland
Interscope
Southern Rap, Gangsta Rap

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posted by Al at 6/09/2009 02:42:00 PM

June 02, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 6-2-2009: Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Iggy Pop
Elvis Costello and Emmylou HarrisElvis Costello is back this week with Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. It is his first acoustically based album since King of America in 1986, perhaps his finest album. Like that classic, this was produced by T Bone Burnett, who also gets co-writing credits on two tracks. This album includes new country string arrangements of a couple of old and lesser Elvis songs. It also includes "I Felt the Chill," co-written with Loretta Lynn. It also includes a Bing Crosby waltz, "Changing Partners." It is currently as high as #5 in Amazon best sellers.

Iggy Pop refrigerator magnetPreliminaires is the new album by Iggy Pop, apparently containing jazzy and French flavors. He as much as sings "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)" in French. I find this curious, in that he seems barely intelligent enough to speak intelligibly in his native English. Groovy album cover though.

1970 image of Neil YoungNeil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 is a big ol' honkin' comprehensive eight CD set. It goes back to his first recordings in Canada with the Squires, through Buffalo Springfield and CSNY and Harvest. This bad boy includes some 40 previously unreleased songs, and all kinds of poster and notes and goodies.


Upcoming music
.Paparazzi Lyrics
Lady GaGa
Something Like That Lyrics
Ryan Leslie
Panic Switch Lyrics
Silversun Pickups
Get Involved Lyrics
Ginuwine
Here We Go Again Lyrics
Demi Lovato
How You Love Me Now Lyrics
Hey Monday
This Hot Lyrics
Adrienne Bailon
Eyes For You Lyrics
Esmee Denters
Secret Lyrics
Ciara
Shut Up And Love Me Lyrics
Demi Lovato
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:

Elvis Costello
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Hear Music
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Country-Folk

Dave Matthews Band
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King
RCA
Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Iggy Pop
Preliminaires
Astralwerks
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Rancid
Let the Dominoes Fall
Epitaph
Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Ska-Punk

Neil Young photoNeil Young
Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972
Warner Bros.
Album Rock, Folk-Rock, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock, Pop/Rock

Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall
Virgin Classics
Baroque, Romantic & Modern Keyboard Music

Ryan Bingham/The Dead Horses
Roadhouse Sun
Lost Highway
Americana, Country-Folk

Blank Dogs
Under and Under
In The Red
Indie Rock, Lo-Fi

Jeff Buckley
Grace: Live Around the World
Sony Legacy
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Marshall Crenshaw
Jaggedland
429
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Demos
Atlantic/Rhino
Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Da Zoo
Da' Zoo
Sony Music Latin
Pop, Latin Pop, Dance-Pop

Ronnie Earl
Living in the Light
Stony Plain
Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Soul-Blues, Electric Blues

Eels
Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire
Vagrant
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Walter Egan
Wild Exhibitions
Renaissance
Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Soft Rock

Emery
...In Shallow Seas We Sail
Tooth & Nail
Screamo, Alternative Pop/Rock

Franz Ferdinand
Blood
Domino
New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Hoots and Hellmouth
The Holy Open Secret
Mad Dragon
Alternative Country-Rock, Roots Rock, Country-Rock, Jam Bands, Indie Pop

Freddie Hubbard
Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969
Blue Note
Hard Bop, Post-Bop

J Dilla
Jay Stay Paid
Nature Sounds
Left-Field Hip-Hop, Midwest Rap, Underground Rap

Eva Leon
Turina: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; El poema de una sanluquena
Naxos
Modern Music for Violin & Piano

Julie London
Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter
DRG
Traditional Pop, Torch Songs, Cool

The Meatmen
Cover the Earth
Meat King
Hardcore Punk, Punk

Kent Nagano
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 [Hybrid SACD]
Sony
Post-Romantic Symphony

Paolo Nutini
Sunny Side Up
Atlantic
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Iain Quinn
Variations on America
Chandos
Modern & Centemporary Organ Music

Steve Reich
Reich: Four Organs; Phase Patterns
Felmay
Contemporary Chamber Music

Willy Porter
How to Rob a Bank
Weasel
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Soft Rock

Louis Prima
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!/Swingin' Pretty
DRG
Traditional Pop, Jump Blues, Dixieland, Early R&B

Jerry Reed imageJerry Reed
When You're Hot 1967-1983
Raven
Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan

Duke Robillard
Stomp! The Blues Tonight
Stony Plain
Jazz Blues, Modern Electric Blues

Perry Robinson
Two Voices in the Desert
Tzadik
Contemporary Jazz

Sad Day for Puppets
Unknown Colors
Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Noise Pop

Frank Sinatra caricatureFrank Sinatra
Classic Sinatra II
Capitol
Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Standards, Swing, Ballads, Vocal Pop, Big Band

The Sounds
Crossing the Rubicon
Original Signal
Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival

Taking Back Sunday
New Again
Warner Bros.
Emo, Post-Hardcore

311
Uplifter
Volcano
Rap-Rock, Rap-Metal, Funk Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock

Unladylike
Unladylike Radio
Def Jam
Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap, Pop-Rap

Various Artists
Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock
Rhino/Cotillion
American Trad Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Boogie Rock, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Political Folk, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Funk

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posted by Al at 6/02/2009 02:28:00 PM

May 26, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 5-26-2009: Marilyn Manson, Mandy Moore, Michelle Shocked
Marilyn Manson is quite disturbingIn 2001, The Onion parodied Marilyn Manson as conducting a "boo" tour in an ineffectual effort to continue outraging the public:
Linda Schmidt was preparing to drive her daughter Alyssa to a Girl Scouts meeting when she found Manson standing on her porch draped in sheep entrails.

"I knew who he was, but I was kind of busy and didn't really have time to chat," Schmidt said. "He just kept standing there staring at me, expecting me to react in some way."

Added Schmidt: "I tried to be nice and humor him a little. I said, 'Yesiree, that sure is some shocking satanic imagery, no doubt about it. And that one eye with no color in the pupil, very disturbing. I'd sure like to suppress that.' I mean, what do you say to Marilyn Manson?"

The anti-christ incarnate Brian Warner is back this week with The High End of Low. Considering that he's never made a listenable song and he's more intellectually vacuous than the Spice Girls or even the Dixie Chicks, I'll have to admit to not having listened to this album.

But just on the basis of the song titles, I'd venture an educated guess that this guy is now far beyond even the powerful satirical reach of The Onion. "I Want to Kill You Just Like They Do in the Movies" and "Arma-goddamn-motherf*&^in-geddon" sure sound like a threat to my petty little bourgeois worldview. I'll probably be up all night thinking how I can deny his horrible truths.
Mandy Moore
Ryan Adams' wife has a new album out. Amanda Leigh is the new album from Mandy Moore. She's been making records now for 10 years. Good for her.

The new Michelle Shocked album is Soul of My Soul. It has been described as mostly an album of more or less pop oriented love/relationship songs. Of course, you couldn't very well have an album from ol' girl without some cheesy left wing braying. To that end, you might start with "Ballad Of The Battle Of The Ballot And The Bullet Part I: Ugly Americans." Apparently George Bush was a really bad guy. Thanks for clueing us up there, honey.

Coming music hits
No Boundaries Lyrics
Adam Lambert
That's Just What I Like Lyrics
Paradiso Girls
Break Up Lyrics
Scarlett Johansson
!Viva La Gloria! Lyrics
Green Day
With You Lyrics
Chris Brown
Might Just Blow It Lyrics
Young Jeezy
Room Service Lyrics
Pitbull
Alive Lyrics
Black Eyed Peas
Ego Lyrics
Beyonce Knowles
Seasons Of Love Lyrics
RENT
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
Warp
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental

Marilyn Manson
The High End of Low
Nothing
Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal

Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh
Storefront
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Glassnote
Indie Rock, Alternative Dance

A's
The A's/A Woman's Got the Power
American Beat
Power Pop, New Wave

Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Yep Roc
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock

Beausoleil/Michael Doucet
Make the Veiller
Fuel 2000
Traditional Cajun, Zydeco

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Eating Us
Graveface
Indie Electronic, Indie Pop

Bloodhorse
Horizoner
Translation Los
Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal

Boyz II Men
Cooleyhighharmony [Expanded Edition]
Motown
Contemporary R&B, New Jack Swing, Adult Contemporary R&B

James Brown
The Singles, Vol. 7: 1970-1972
Hip-O Select/Polydor
Funk, Soul

Dave Brubeck
Time Out [50th Anniversary Legacy Edition]
Sony Legacy
Cool, West Coast Jazz

The Gary Burton Quartet Revisted
Quartet Live
Concord
Post-Bop

Bury Your Dead
It's Nothing Personal
Victory
Hardcore Punk, Death Metal/Black Metal

City Center
City Center
Type
Indie Electronic, Indie Pop

Crash Kings
Crash Kings
Motown
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, American Trad Rock

Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Concert
Fantasy
Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Country-Rock

Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival Covers the Classics
Fantasy
Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, AM Pop

Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain [50th Anniversary Legacy Edition]
Sony Legacy
Cool

Dimitri from Paris/The Idjut Boys
Night Dubbin'
K7
Post-Disco, Club/Dance, Contemporary R&B, Funk

Thomas Dolby
The Singular Thomas Dolby
EMI
New Wave, Synth Pop, Pop/Rock

Electrik Red
How to Be a Lady, Vol. 1
Def Jam
Contemporary R&B, Pop, Dance-Pop

Sammy Hagar
Street Machine [Bonus Tracks]
Rock Candy
Arena Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop-Metal, Album Rock

Philippe Herreweghe
Bach: Mass in B minor
Virgin
Baroque Choral Music

Hillsong United
a_CROSS//the_EARTH: Tear Down the Walls
Columbia
Praise & Worship, Alternative CCM

The Intelligence
Fake Surfers
In The Red
Experimental Rock, Noise-Rock, Lo-Fi

Kronos Quartet
Floodplain
Nonesuch
Contemporary Chamber Music

Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Complete Liberty Singles
Collectors' Choice Music
AM Pop

Lil' Flip
Certified
Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap

Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas II
Eskimo
Ambient Techno, Experimental Techno, Experimental Rock

Andrew Litton
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6; The Tempest; Romeo and Juliet
Virgin Classics
Romantic Orchestral Music

Julian Marley
Awake
Tuff Gong
Contemporary Reggae

Master Musicians of Bukkake
Totem One
Conspiracy
Improvisation, Worldbeat, Avant-Garde

Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um [50th Anniversary Legacy Edition]
Sony Legacy
Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde, Progressive Jazz

Neaera
Omnicide: Creation Unleashed
Metal Blade
Death Metal/Black Metal

Noisettes
Wild Young Hearts
Mercury UK
Indie Rock

Xiayin Wang
Scriabin: Piano Music
Naxos
Classical Keyboard Music

Tito Puente
Dance Mania [Legacy Edition]
Sony Legacy
Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mambo, Latin Jazz

Mason Ruffner
Mason Ruffner/Gypsy Blood
American Beat
Rock & Roll, Memphis Blues

Scratch
Loss 4 Wordz
Gold Dust
Underground Rap

Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
What Have You Done, My Brother?
Daptone
Retro-Soul, Black Gospel

Michelle Shocked
Soul of My Soul
Mighty Sound
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Sarah Siskind
Say It Louder
Request/Thirty Tigers
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk

Slakah the Beatchild
Soul Movement, Vol. 1
BBE
Left-Field Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul

Luciana Souza
Tide
Verve
Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova

Sunn 0)))
Monoliths and Dimensions
Southern Lord
Doom Metal, Experimental Rock, Noise, Experimental, Heavy Metal, Avant-Garde

Super Furry Animals
Dark Days/Light Years
Rough Trade
Britpop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Pop

Various Artists
The Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney
Yep Roc
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock

Various Artists
Mark O'Connor: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
OMAC
Contemporary Chamber Music

Various Artists
Not Given Lightly: A Tribute to Giant Golden Book of New Zealand's Alternative Music
Morr Music/M.M.
Indie Pop, Indie Electronic, Indie Rock

Various Artists
Twenty First Century Twenty First Year
Luaka Bop
Psychedelic Soul, Foreign Language Rock, Brazilian Pop, Tropicalia, Obscuro, Samba, Latin Pop, MPB, Neo-Psychedelia

Johnny Winter
The Johnny Winter Anthology
Shout
Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Boogie Rock, Arena Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Electric Blues

Wand
Hard Knox
Ecstatic Peace
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock

Jenny Owen Youngs
Transmitter Failure
RCA/Nettwerk
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Zap Mama
ReCreation
Heads Up
Acappella, Afro-Pop, Worldbeat, World Fusion

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posted by Al at 5/26/2009 04:32:00 PM

May 19, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 5-19-2009: Tori Amos, Eminem, Steve Martin
Tori Amos photoHaving pretty much disappeared up her own bellybutton with the last couple of high concept albums, Tori Amos returns this week with Abnormally Attracted to Sin. It would appear to be something of a return to the crazy concept of just writing a batch of good songs. It is the #4 album currently at Amazon.

Eminem's Relapse is the #2 album at Amazon. It is his first album in several years. This guy SO needs some new frickin' material. This "We Made You" is probably the worst excuse for a song I've ever, ever heard from the guy.

Wow, a guest shot from Jessica Simpson! Calling down the biggest talent around to work with, huh? And this tuneless and hookless "song" is so completely instant ramen noodles Eminem - pointless random cracks about random boring celebrities of the moment.

Plus, the utterly and totally self-referential absorption of his words is just stupid, especially when his recent life experience is so stupid and goddam cliched. Why in the world would a single person want to hear about Eminem re-marrying the ex and have a multi-year relapse into drug addiction? As a rather greater artist put it in his "Rehab" song, "I've seen this flick before and it gets boring." The Slim Shady shtick has been thoroughly, 110% run into the frickin' ground. The poor dead cow has been beaten into a putrid and decomposing pulp no longer recognizable as a cow. Plus, this BS sounds increasingly stupid as he edges toward middle age.

In the range of actual tunes and musicianship, herald again this week the regular release on Rounder of Steve Martin's The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo.

These 15 songs are all Martin compositions, many of them instrumentals. "Daddy Played Banjo" is a beautiful and sad lament, and "Late for School" is a wonderous delight. In his 60s, Steve Martin has finally released the album he's waited all his life for. Perhaps he'll get us maybe one more before he dies, which will likely be in less than another 60 years. This is MUCH better use of his talents than most of the BS cotton candy family comedy films.

Featured Songs
Evacuate The Dancefloor Lyrics
Cascada
Ok You’re Right Lyrics
50 Cent
Glamour Girl Lyrics
Electrik Red
We Made It Lyrics
Wyclef Jean
Beautiful Lyrics
Eminem
Silly Boy Lyrics
Rihanna
It's All Road Lyrics
T.I.
After Disaster Lyrics
Lil' Wayne
Ruthless Lyrics
Ace Hood
Take You Down Lyrics
Drake
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

Tori Amos
Abnormally Attracted to Sin
Universal Republic
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Busta Rhymes
Back on My B.S.
Universal Motown
Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap

Eminem court photoJarvis Cocker
Further Complications
Rough Trade
Indie Rock, Britpop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Eminem
Relapse
Aftermath/Interscope
Hardcore Rap

Iron & Wine
Around the Well
Sub Pop
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi

Method Man/Redman
Blackout! Vol. 2
Def Jam
Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap

John Luther Adams
John Luther Adams: The place we began
Cold Blue Music
Contemporary Music for Electronics & Tape

Artango
Metropole / Un soir
Virgin Classics
Contemporary Chamber Music

Au Revoir Simone
Still Night, Still Light
Our Secret
Indie Pop, Indie Electronic, Dream Pop

Beach Boy Brian Wilson eating lunchThe Beach Boys
Summer Love Songs
Capitol
AM Pop, Surf, Early Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, Pop/Rock

Ed Bruce
The Tennessean/Cowboys and Dreamers
Hux
Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Traditional Country

Johnny Burnette
Johnny Burnette and More Kings of Rockabilly
Primo
Rockabilly, Rock & Roll

CIV
The Complete Discography
Equal Vision
Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock

CKY
Carver City
Roadrunner
Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge

Carbon Leaf
Nothing Rhymes with Woman
Vanguard
Jam Bands, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Roots Rock

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Firstborn Is Dead
Mute
Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock

Nick Cave
From Her to Eternity [Bonus Tracks/Bonus DVD]
Mute
Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock

Nick Cave
Kicking Against the Pricks [Bonus Tracks/Bonus DVD]
Mute
Alternative Pop/Rock

Nick Cave
Your Funeral...My Trial [Bonus Tracks/Bonus DVD]
Mute
Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock

Kenny Chesney
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
BNA
Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist

Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood
Live from Madison Square Garden
Reprise/Duck
Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Album Rock, Pop/Rock

Dane Cook
Isolated Incident
Comedy Central
Observational Humor, Standup Comedy

The Curious Mystery
Rotting Slowly
K
Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock

The Datsuns
Head Stunts
Cooking Vinyl
Garage Punk, Hard Rock

Drama
Gangsta Grillz: The Album, Vol 2
AMG/Grand Hustle/Atlantic
Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap

Drop Nineteens
Delaware
Cherry Red
Shoegaze, Alternative Pop/Rock

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
Palace and Stage
Side One Dummy
American Trad Rock, Alternative Country-Rock

Emerson String Quartet
Intimate Letters
Deutsche Grammophon
Modern Chamber Music

Family Force 5
Dance or Die with a Vengeance
Transparent
Rap-Rock, Rap-Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock

The Field
Yesterday and Today
Kompakt/Anti
Ambient Techno, Experimental Techno, Techno

Jim Ford
Big Mouth USA: The Unissued Paramount Album
Bear Family
Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock, Pub Rock

Johnny Griffin
The Best of Johnny Griffin
Riverside
Hard Bop

Headless Heroes
The Silence of Love
Headless Heroes
Indie Pop

Hot Chip
A Bugged Out Mix
New State
Indie Electronic, Indie Rock, Alternative Dance

Mat Kearney
City of Black and White
Aware/Columbia/Inpop
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Lenny Kravitz
Let Love Rule [20th Anniversary Edition]
Virgin
Album Rock, American Trad Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll

Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard
'Em Are I
Rough Trade
Alternative Folk, Anti-Folk

Frank London/Lorin Sklamberg
Tsuker-Zis
Tzadik
Jewish Music

Joe Lovano Us Five
Folk Art
Blue Note
Post-Bop

Jason Lytle
Yours Truly, The Commuter
Anti
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock

Steve Martin
The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo
Rounder
Contemporary Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass

Susanna Malkki
Michael Jarrell: Cassandre
Kairos
Contemporary Opera

The Oak Ridge Boys
The Boys Are Back
Spring Hill
Country-Pop, Country-Rock

Original TV Soundtrack
True Blood [Original TV Soundtrack]
Elektra
Swamp Blues, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock, Soundtracks, New Orleans R&B, Alternative Pop/Rock, Country-Rock

U.S. (United Soul)
U.S. Music with Funkadelic
Westbound
Funk

Passion Pit
Manners
Columbia/French Kiss
Indie Electronic, Indie Pop

Roberto Juan Rodriguez
Timba Talmud
Tzadik
Jewish Music, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hebrew, Son, Rhumba, Klezmer, Latin Folk, Mambo, New York Salsa, Salsa, World Fusion

Savath & Savalas
La Llama
Stones Throw
Post-Rock/Experimental, Downtempo, Indie Electronic

Polly Scattergood
Polly Scattergood
Mute
Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Settle
At Home We Are Tourists
Epitaph
Emo-Pop, Punk-Pop

Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hyaena [Bonus Tracks]
Polydor/Universal
College Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, Dance-Rock

Siouxsie & Banshees
Kiss in the Dreamhouse [Bonus Tracks]
Polydor/Universal
College Rock, Post-Punk, Goth Rock

Siouxsie and the Banshees
Nocturne
Polydor/Universal
Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Punk

Siouxsie and the Banshees
Tinderbox [Bonus Tracks]
Polydor/Universal
College Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, Dance-Rock

Wadada Leo Smith & Jack DeJohnette
America
Tzadik
Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Free

Ruben Studdard
Love Is
Hickory/19
Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B

The Tractors
Trade Union
Koch
Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country, Roots Rock, Country-Rock

Pat Travers
Travelin' Blues
Blues Bureau
Blues-Rock

John Vanderslice
Romanian Names
Dead Oceans
Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter

Kate Voegele
A Fine Mess
Myspace/Interscope
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

The Warlocks
The Mirror Explodes
Tee Pee
Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

Faron Young
Here's Faron Young/Occasional Wife
Hux
Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Country-Pop, Traditional Country

Hermas Zopoula
Espoir
Asthmatic Kitty
Afro-Pop

John Zorn
Alhambra Love Songs
Tzadik
Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Pop

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posted by Al at 5/19/2009 04:55:00 PM

May 12, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 5-12-2009: Green Day, Steve Earle, Louvin Brothers
Steve Earle has a new album Townes, consisting of his interpretations of 15 songs by his hero Townes Van Zandt, including "Pancho and Lefty." Van Zandt was considered a country songwriter, and Earle started as country, leaning more toward folk in recent years. Nonetheless, this album (currently as high as #11 at Amazon) was produced by the Dust Brothers and features the guitar talents of Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

The #1 album at the moment is 21st Century Breakdown, the first studio album in five years from Green Day. It is the followup to American Idiot, which for reasons incomprehensible to me was a huge hit and sold over 10 million copies. It was even well regarded critically - presumably for the ignorant anti-The Louvin Brothers say that satan is realAmerican sentiments expressed. This album is said to represent more of a big statement 70s arena rock Queen influence rather than the Who based power pop of the last album.

The most likely thing that I would spend money on this week is the re-mastered version of the Louvin Brothers 1956 album Tragic Songs of Life on Rounder. Along with the original 12 songs, this includes four bonus gospel recordings.

Fresh news
Clouds Over California Lyrics
DevilDriver
Who In Da Club Lyrics
DMX
Everything Lyrics
Michael Buble
Teaser Lyrics
Kardinal Offishall
More Than Friends Lyrics
Mario
Silly Boy Lyrics
Rihanna
Test Lyrics
The Academy Is...
Why Are U Lyrics
Amerie
Re Up Lyrics
Jeannie Ortega
Dead Flowers Lyrics
Miranda Lambert
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

Steve Earle
Townes
New West
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Alternative Country-Rock

Green Day
21st Century Breakdown
Reprise
Punk-Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Revival, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Maximo Park
Quicken the Heart
Warp
Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Britpop

Paul Wall
Fast Life
SwishaHouse/Asylum
Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap, Dirty South, Southern Rap

The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Their Very Best
Varese Fontana
Country-Rock, Soft Rock

Anvil
Forged in Fire
Attic
Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash

Apartment House
Peter Garland: String Quartets
Cold Blue Music
Contemporary String Quartets

Arctic Monkeys
At the Apollo
Warner Bros.
Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Better Than Ezra
Plays Paper Empire
Better Than Ezra
American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Kaoru Bingham
Chopin: 24 Preludes; Busoni: Ten Variations on a Chopin Prelude; Mompou: Variations on a theme of Chopin
Meridian
Romantic & Modern Keyboard Music

Bricolage
Bricolage
Slumberland
New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Pop

Cam'ron
Crime Pays
Diplomatic Man/Asylum
Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap

Children
Hard Times Hanging at the End of the World
Kemado
Heavy Metal

The Church
Untitled #23
Second Motion
Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative Pop/Rock

The Stanley Clarke Trio
Jazz in the Garden
Heads Up
Contemporary Jazz, Mainstream Jazz

The Crystal Method
Divided by Night
Tiny e
Electronica, Club/Dance, Funky Breaks

DJ Vadim
U Can't Lurn Imaginashun
BBE
Left-Field Hip-Hop, Underground Rap, Downbeat, Ambient Breakbeat

James Luther Dickinson
Dinosaurs Run in Circles
Memphis Int'l
Contemporary Blues, Memphis Blues

Candy Dulfer
Funked Up!
Heads Up
Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Instrumental Pop, Jazz-Pop

Jeremy Enigk
OK Bear
Lewis Hollow
Chamber Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Hanne Hukkelberg
Blood from a Stone
Nettwerk
Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental

Kid606
Shout at the Doner
Tigerbeat6
Experimental Techno, IDM

Kiki
Kaiku
Bpitch Control
Club/Dance, Techno, Left-Field House, Techno-Dub

The Louvin Brothers
Tragic Songs of Life
Rounder
Traditional Country, Close Harmony, Traditional Bluegrass

Manic Street Preachers
Journal for Plague Lovers
Sony BMG Europe
Indie Rock, Britpop, Alternative Pop/Rock

Meat Puppets
Sewn Together
Meat Puppets
Alternative Pop/Rock

Alecia Nugent
Hillbilly Goddess
Rounder
Contemporary Bluegrass, Alternative Country

University New Mexico Wind Symphony
Fascinating Ribbons
Summit
Modern & Contemporary Music for Wind Ensemble

Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand the Rain
The Right Stuff/Hi
Memphis Soul, Soul, Pop-Soul

Peppermint Trolley Company
Beautiful Sun
Now Sounds
Sunshine Pop, AM Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Bubblegum

Prins Thomas
Live at Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Club/Dance, Ambient Techno, Left-Field House, Techno, Disco, Prog-Rock/Art Rock

Hikaru Utada
This Is the One
Island
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Japanese Pop, Club/Dance

Various Artists
Kitsune Tabloid
Kitsune
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Indie Rock

Various Artists
Marc Blitzstein: First Life -- Rare Early Works
Other Minds
Modern Chamber Music

Various Artists
Phil Kline: John the Revelator
Cantaloupe Music
Contemporary Chamber Music

Wooden Birds
Magnolia
Barsuk
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Indie Pop

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posted by Al at 5/12/2009 04:46:00 PM

May 05, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 5-5-2009: New York Dolls, Jewel, Cracker
Jewel Kilcher photoHaven't actually heard any of this new stuff, but the most likely listenable item would be from Jewel, a little something different. She's recorded an album of Lullaby songs for children on the Fisher Price label. This consists of 10 new Jewel compositions, plus five standards, including "Over the Rainbow." I don't know if this would be a great artistic statement, but should at least be listenable. If nothing else, it would probably be superior to some damned Barney album or such for your chillen.

The New York Dolls have a new album this week, 'Cause I Sez So. They were a proto-punk band that released two albums in 1973 and 1974, neither one of which was worth a damn. David Johansen made at least somewhat more interesting and listenable records under his Buster Poindexter personnae.

But they were considered forerunners of punk rock a couple of years before the Ramones et al, and some people inexplicably thought they were something special. Then again, a lot of people think that Mariah Carey is good. Personally, I'd rather listen to Mariah Carey, even though she's the official Public Enemy #1.

Anyway, lacking anything else to do with their lives, part of the Dolls band has regrouped. This is their second new album in three years, and reunites the band with Todd Rundgren, producer of their debut album. Again, in fairness, I haven't heard this album. It could possibly be 10x better than their debut, and thus minimally worth hearing - but I'm not holding my breath.

Between Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, David Lowery has come up with exactly ONE truly memorable song, "Low." But that's one more classic than most bands come up with, including some that have sold a lot more records.

Cracker is back with a new album, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey. There's a live performance video of the single "Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out with Me" on the Amazon page. It's minimally listenable, if you've got a jones for generic American rock.

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Rasheeda
Back From Alone Lyrics
Paula Deanda
No Denyin' Lyrics
David Banner
Diamonds Lyrics
Christina Milian
Flash Back Memories Lyrics
Game
Black Heart Inertia Lyrics
Incubus
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:

Ciara
Fantasy Ride
Laface
Contemporary R&B, Pop

Ben Harper and Relentless7
White Lies for Dark Times
Virgin
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

The Horrors
Primary Colours
XL
Indie Rock, Shoegaze

New York Dolls
'Cause I Sez So
Rhino
Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Outer South
Merge
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock

Peaches
I Feel Cream
XL
Indie Electronic, Electro-Techno

The Vaselines
Enter the Vaselines
Sub Pop
Indie Pop, Twee Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock

Akron/Family
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
Dead Oceans
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock

Paul Carrack
I Know That Name
Carrack UK
Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary

Toni Childs
Keep the Faith
Hanalei Music
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Chrisette Michele
Epiphany
Def Jam
Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B

Cracker
Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
429
American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock

The Devil Wears Prada
With Roots Above and Branches Below
Ferret
Heavy Metal, Alternative CCM

Dollar
Shooting Stars: The Dollar Collection [Bonus Tracks]
Castle
Pop/Rock, New Wave

Double Dagger
More
Thrill Jockey
New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock

Electric Owls
Ain't Too Bright
Vagrant
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop

Fischerspooner
Entertainment
FS Studios
Neo-Electro, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance

The Gallows
Grey Britain
Reprise/Wea
Post-Hardcore, Punk Revival

Richard Goode
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos
Nonesuch
Romantic Keyboard Concertos

Joel Harrison
Urban Myths
Highnote
Post-Bop

Jon Hopkins
Insides
Double Six/Domino
IDM, Ambient Techno, Experimental Techno

Stefan Irmer
Sigismund Thalberg: Piano Music
MDG
Romantic Keyboard Music

Jewel
Lullaby
Fisher Price
Lullabies

Gidon Kremer
The Berlin Recital
EMI Classics
Romantic, Post-Romantic and Modern Music for Violin & Piano

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Lonely Street
Rounder
Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Bluegrass-Gospel

Ralphie May
Austin-Tatious
Image
Standup Comedy

Mika Miko
We Be Xuxa
PPM
Punk-Pop, Indie Rock

Miriodor
Avanti!
Cuneiform
Avant-Prog, Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Experimental Rock

NOMO
Invisible Cities
Ubiquity
Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental

Anna Netrebko
Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Deutsche Grammophon
Romantic Opera

David "Fathead" Newman
The Blessing
Highnote
Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Blues

Tara Jane O'Neil
A Ways Away
K
Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental

Ol' Dirty Bastard
All in Together Now Raw: A Tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard
Iceman
Underground Rap, Hardcore Rap, Alternative Rap

The Pink Mountaintops
Outside Love
Jagjaguwar
Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

RZA
The World According to RZA: Instrumentals
Think Differently Music Group
Hardcore Rap, Underground Rap

Rodriguez
Coming from Reality [Bonus Tracks]
Light in the Attic
Singer/Songwriter

El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Cryptomnesia
Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Experimental Rock, Space Rock

Rusted Root
Stereo Rodeo
Adrenaline
Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

St. Vincent
Actor
4AD
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop

Shout Out Out Out Out
Reintegration Time
Normals Welcome
Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance

Frank Sinatra
Live at the Meadowlands
Concord
Vocal Jazz, American Popular Song, Vocal Pop

Rick Springfield
My Precious Little One
Adrenaline
Lullabies

Yusuf
Roadsinger
UMe
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

The Toxic Avenger Musical
The Toxic Avenger Musical
Time Life
Musicals, Cast Recordings

Ike & Tina Turner
The Archive Series, Vol. 5: Pushin'
Yellow
Funk, Soul, Rock & Roll

Ike & Tina Turner
The Archive Series, Vol. 6: Rollin'
Yellow
Funk, Soul, Rock & Roll

Various Artists
2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage and Psychedelia from USA and Destination Record
Sundazed
Garage Rock

Various Artists
541, Vol. 3: Music from Stanford
Innova
Contemporary Chamber Music

Various Artists
The Best of Crest Records: Rockin' & Rollin'
Yellow
Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Scott Walker
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Lakeshore
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock

Muddy Waters
The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981
Raven
Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues

Elliott Yamin
Fight for Love
Hickory
Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul, Pop

Years
Years
Years Music
Indie Electronic, Ambient House

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posted by Al at 5/05/2009 03:49:00 PM

April 29, 2009

 

Charlie Schulze - A Family Remembrance
I noticed a story from April 25 where a 70 year old man in Florida died saving two boys from drowning in some ocean rip tides. My thought was that if going out like that doesn't get you into heaven, then not much would.

Turns out that Mr Schulze was a cousin to a pal of mine, who wrote me with memories of his beloved family member that I want to share with you. Take it away, Cousin Lou:
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My cousin, Charlie Schulze, died this past weekend, on Saturday, April 25. Because of the selfless way in which he died, I feel compelled to talk about him, to share a little of Cousin Charlie with my friends.

I won't pretend that Charlie and I were particularly close. He was at least 20 years older than me, and lived in the Washington, D.C. area, while I have spent the better part of my life in Ohio.

But, for the relatively few times that Charlie and I spent time together as adults, I have to say he was always great to be around, and I always looked forward to seeing him. The phrase most often used to describe him was "big-hearted."

Charlie was my mother's sister's son. Due to some family issues, including his mother's premature death while he was barely a teen, in many ways, Charlie saw Aunt Norma as the primary mother figure in his life. Certainly, few sons have ever loved a mother more than Charlie loved his Aunt Norma.

Charlie was gregarious and generous, always the life of a party. In fact, parties seemed to break out wherever Charlie might be.

He overcame dyslexia and became a successful attorney. He worked hard, and he played hard. He made lots of money, and he spent lots of money - on himself, on his family, on his friends, basically, anyone in his proximity.

If you attended Norma's 90th birthday party last July, you almost surely met Charlie. He was the one who composed and read the long tribute poem to his beloved Aunt Norma. He likely offered to buy you a drink as well. Charlie and his longtime girlfriend, Helen, were responsible for the beautiful orchid plant that you would have passed in the receiving line.

Charlie died a true hero. He and Helen were walking along Pompano Beach in Florida when they saw two boys struggling in rough waters, one about forty yards out. The closest lifeguards were several blocks away. Without hesitation, Charlie dove in and pulled the two youngsters close enough to shore for others to help. They survived, not even needing a trip to the hospital.

Unfortunately, the effort proved to be too much for Charlie. Medical reports show that Charlie's exertion during the rescue triggered a fatal heart attack. It was remarkable that Charlie was able to bring both boys far enough that others could help. I suspect that, once he knew the boys were safely in others hands, he just let go. Efforts to revive him were in vain. Charlie was gone.

Family members were stunned as word of Charlie’s death spread. It seemed almost inconceivable that a heart so big could have stopped so abruptly. As we discussed Charlie's life, and his unexpected and untimely death, we concluded that if Charlie could have picked his way to go, going out saving two young lives would have been his choice. It was selfless, and it was heroic.

So, I hope my friends now know a little more about my Cousin Charlie, how he lived his life, and how he risked it - and ultimately sacrificed it - to save others.

If you're so inclined, offer a little prayer for Charlie and his family.

After that, please take a moment to raise your glass to Cousin Charlie, a man who lived life to the fullest, up to the very end. I think Charlie would appreciate that.


Cousin Lou Best
Bowling Green, OH


posted by Al at 4/29/2009 04:19:00 PM

April 28, 2009

 

New CD Album Releases, 4-28-2009: Bob Dylan, Ben Folds


Ben Folds picture
The current #15 album in the land according to Amazon consists of various campus vocal groups doing acapella renditions of Ben Folds songs. Thus it is called University A Cappella!. It was put together by Ben Folds himself. It's just the kind of cheesy thing that shouldn't work, but probably does. Think again of his little mind meld with William Shatner a few years back. I'm just disappointed that the song lineup does NOT include "The Battle of Who Could Care Less" or "Rockin the Suburbs" "Hiroshima" or the best record of 2008, "The Bitch Went Nuts[fake]."


serious young Bob Dylan
The #2 Amazon album this minute is Together Through Life, billed as Bob Dylan's 46th album. Listening to previews, he hasn't got any voice left to sing with. More importantly, I haven't heard a memorable TUNE out of Dylan since Infidels in 1983. Every bit of these new songs sounds like generic blues, and not a hint of a hook. Still, he wrote "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" and "Neighborhood Bully," so that kinda halfway rates him at least half a listen.

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Ne-Yo
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Ne-Yo
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Lady GaGa
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Rick Ross
Weightless Lyrics
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Katrina Graham
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Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:

BARGER'S ROCK BOUTIQUE


the freewheelin' bob dylan
Crocodiles
Summer of Hate
Fat Possum
Noise Pop, Indie Rock

Bob Dylan
Together Through Life
Columbia
Album Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Folk-Rock

Mike Jones
The Voice
Asylum
Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap

Sweet
Action: The Sweet Anthology
Shout! Factory
Glitter, Bubblegum, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Interstellar Guru and Zero
Homeopathic
Experimental Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock


pastel Bob Dylan
Johnny Adams
Essential Recordings: The Great Johnny Adams Jazz Album
Rounder
Southern Soul, Vocal Jazz, New Orleans R&B

Ape School
Ape School
Counter
Acid Folk, Post-Rock/Experimental

The Audition
The Audition
Victory
Emo, Punk-Pop


smiling Bob Dylan?
The Black Crowes
Warpaint Live
Eagle
American Trad Rock, Southern Rock, Blues-Rock

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Essential Recordings: Flippin' Out
Rounder
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Modern Delta Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues

BARGER'S SOUL BOUTIQUE


r&b great Ruth Brown belting one out
Ruth Brown
Essential Recordings: Ms. B's Blues
Rounder
Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Blues, Contemporary Jazz

Solomon Burke
Essential Recordings: It Don't Get No Better Than This
Rounder
Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Country-Soul, Soul

Jason Michael Carroll
Growing Up Is Getting Old
Arista
Contemporary Country

Johnny Copeland
Essential Recordings: Down on Bended Knee
Rounder
Electric Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues


Ruth Brown image
Don Covay
Super Bad
The Great American
Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Soul, Early R&B

Diamond Watch Wrists
Ice Capped at Both Ends
Warp
Indie Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia

Donovan
Live Troubadour
The Great American
British Folk-Rock, Psychedelic Pop

Tim Easton
Porcupine
New West
Alternative Country, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Americana


Exodus
The Most Beautiful Dream
Metal Mind
Prog-Rock/Art Rock

Leon Fleisher
Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester; Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" Ondine
Post-Romantic & Modern Orchestral Music

Ben Folds
University A Cappella!
Epic
Acappella, Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter

Rumon Gamba
Vincent d'Indy: Orchestral Works, 2
Chandos
Post-Romantic Orchestral Music


Ruth Brown contemplating the joys of a mean,evil man
Elina Garanca
Bel Canto
Deutsche Grammophon
Romantic Opera Arias

Melody Gardot
My One and Only Thrill
Verve
Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop

The Green Pajamas
Poison in the Russian Room
Hidden Agenda
Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Paisley Underground, Power Pop

Ted Hawkins
Essential Recordings: Cold and Bitters Tears
Rounder
Soul-Blues, Contemporary Blues, Acoustic Blues

Heaven & Hell
The Devil You Know
Rhino
Album Rock, British Metal, Heavy Metal

Immaculate Machine
High on Jackson Hill
Mint
Indie Rock, Pop Underground

Jacques Loussier
Jacques Loussier Plays Bach [The 50th Anniversary Recording]
Telarc
Bop

John McLaughlin
Five Peace Band Live
Concord
Jazz-Rock, Post-Bop, World Fusion

Moderat
Moderat
Bpitch Control
Experimental Techno, Club/Dance, Alternative Dance

Melissa Morgan
Until I Met You
Telarc
Vocal Jazz

NOFX
Coaster
Fat Wreck Chord
Skatepunk, Punk-Pop, Punk Revival

Tracy Nelson
Essential Recordings: The Soul Sessions
Rounder
Soul-Blues, Soul

NewFoundRoad
Same Old Place
Rounder
Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Emo-Pop

Michala Petri
Michala Petri: 50th Birthday Concert
OUR Recordings
Baroque, Romantic, Modern & Contemporary Music for Recorder

Antoni Wit
Krzystof Penderecki: Utrenja
Naxos
Contemporary Music for Voices, Chorus & Orchestra

Paper Route
Absence
Universal
MotownIndie Rock, Indie Electronic

Pilot Speed
Wooden Bones
Wind-Up
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Quireboys
Homewreckers and Heartbreakers
Jerkin' Crocus
Hard Rock

Collin Raye
Never Going Back
Time Life
New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country

Duke Robillard
Essential Recordings: Rockin' Guitar Blues
Rounder
Contemporary Blues

Silver Mountain
Universe
Roadrunner
Heavy Metal

Los Straitjackets
The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets
Yep Roc
Surf Revival, Garage Rock Revival

Thee Oh Sees
Help
In The Red
Garage Punk, Lo-Fi

Tosca
No Hassle
G-Stone/K7
Downtempo, Ambient Dub, Trip-Hop

Various Artists
Stax: The Soul of Hip-Hop
Stax
Soul, Smooth Soul, Memphis Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Disco, Funk, Early Pop/Rock, Early R&B

Sylvie Vartan
Irresistiblement: Sylvie Vartan 1965-1968
RPM
French Pop, Pop/Rock

The Veronicas
Hook Me Up [Bonus Track]
Sire/London/Rhino
Teen Pop, Pop/Rock, Punk-Pop

Loudon Wainwright III
Essential Recordings: One Man Guy
Rounder
Contemporary Folk, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Eric Woolfson
Woolfson Sings the Alan Parsons Project that Never Was
Limelight
Album Rock, Soft Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Pop/Rock

Young Idea
With a Little Help from My Friends
Rev-Ola
AM Pop, Sunshine Pop, British Invasion, Baroque Pop

Young Love
One of Us
Island/Fontana
Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival

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posted by Al at 4/28/2009 09:48:00 PM

April 23, 2009

 

Morrissey's Music Is Murder

Howdy neighbors, just want to have a friendly little two minute hate for Steven Patrick Morrissey, lead whiner of the Smiths and an icon of, I guess, goth types for a generation. Finding myself reading accounts of his 2009 Coachella appearance and noting that said accounts left me wanting to bring the pimp hand down on Morrissey. I think there are basically three points to it.

Morrissey photoFirst of all, Morrissey's music just totally sucks donkey nads. There are a lot of good bands that just aren't really to my taste, but the Smiths are not among them. They just weren't any good. Having heard nearly all the Smiths records, and probably half of Morrissey's solo output - having been a college boy during the Smiths time in the 80s and having TRIED to listen to them repeatedly - for all that, I can remember exactly one song of his career.

There's just hardly anything memorable about Morrissey's songs - regardless of how many chumps have bought his records. There's precious little in the way of basic hooks, much less any memorable melodic development. Nor is there much noteworthy in any of the arrangments or performance from this bland Smiths band. Their contemporaries in Duran Duran worked about skin deep, and hardly anyone would accuse them of being great artistes. But even the gibberish "Union of the Snake" was catchy and had a beat - as did a lot of their songs. They can at least claim basic competence as pop songwriters, and creators of some hot dance grooves. What was the Smith's big hit single again?

So I was not surprised to read accounts of Morrissey's recent Coachella performance, to find that his big centerpiece was the Smith's song "Girlfriend in a Coma." That was the one song of his that I myself can remember, the one thing in his lousy catalog that might constitute a legitimate pop song. I can at least halfway remember how this goes after a couple of years not hearing it. There is something at least vaguely mistakable for a real song there.

But this brings me to the second point of my hatey-hate against Morrissey. This song is one of the most pathetic pieces of poopie lickin' self-pity ever in a pop song. It always just struck me as damned convenient that Morrissey would have a girlfriend who was in a coma - that way he wouldn't have to actually have sex with her.

His entire personnae seems pathetic and disgusting to me, what an actually talented songwriter like Ben Folds might describe as "unearned unhappiness." Whining and misery and sanctimonious judgment have been Morrissey's artistic stock in trade. And he doesn't even have interesting music or arrangements to express his petty misery. Why would someone want to listen to such tuneless misery? He insists that Meat Is Murder, but I'm telling you that Morrissey's music is murder.

Then there was the Coachella moment that gave me the minor epiphany. At a huge rock concert, they have vendors selling hotdogs and hamburgers and such. This of course was deeply offensive to this militant vegetarian (there's a passive-aggression thing for ya). But after taking a check to play such an event, he nonetheless has to go on a little cheesy rant against his paying customers.
"I can smell burning flesh," Morrissey said, but the crowd wasn't quiet enough, so he repeated it. "I can smell burning flesh, and I hope to god it's human." Uh, come again? He made a series of gagging noises, sung a bit more. Then: "The smell of burning animals is making me sick," he said, gagging again. "I can't bear it!"

Listen to what he's saying. "I hope to God it's human." This isn't a statement of love or concern for poor suffering cows and pigs. It's an undisguised statement of hatred for humanity. He really would be happy to find that Soylent Green is made out of people. Good.

Somebody want to tell me again why I'd give a damn about this tuneless, miserable, hateful little bitch?
Morrissey Meat Is Murder billboard


posted by Al at 4/23/2009 11:39:00 PM

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