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June 06, 2006
New Album Releases, Week of 6-6-2006 We got some pretty good action going in new releases this week. The big Kahuna of the menu is the Allen Toussaint/Elvis CostelloRiver in Reverse. Elvis and the Katrina survivor wrote five new songs, to go with Elvis singing Toussaint classics as the author plays piano on it all.
Cheap Trick has a new album for the hometown, Rockford. I"ve found it too painful to sit all the way through recent Cheap Trick albums, but this one is getting exceptionally good marks. Tom Johnson, for one, will tell you that this is their best album in 20 years.
Ice Cube has a new joint as well, Laugh Now, Cry Later. Given the Boston controversy around the specific phrase, I'm curious what Brother Cube might have to say about "Stop Snitchin'."
In the archive material, there's a particularly choice jazz label retrospective, starring their first signing in 1961, John Coltrane in The House That Trane Built: Story of Impulse Records.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
AFI decemberunderground Interscope Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Revival, Emo, Goth Rock, New Wave, Hardcore Punk
Cheap Trick Rockford Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Pop/Rock, Power Pop, Hard Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock
Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint River in Reverse Verve Forecast Retro-Soul, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, New Orleans R&B, Singer/Songwriter, Modern Electric Blues, Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock, New Orleans Blues
Live Songs from Black Mountain Epic/Red Ink Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock
Smoosh Free to Stay Barsuk Indie Rock
Amps for Christ Every Eleven Seconds 5 Rue Christine Appalachian Folk, Experimental Rock, Traditional Scottish Folk, Lo-Fi, British Folk, Electro-Acoustic, Electronic
The Au Pairs Stepping Out of Line: The Anthology Castle Post-Punk, New Wave
Be Your Own Pet Be Your Own Pet [Ecstatic Peace!/Universal] Ecstatic Peace!/Universal Noise Pop, Indie Rock
Art Blakey Holiday for Skins Blue Note Hard Bop
The Bottle Rockets Zoysia Bloodshot Alternative Country-Rock, Roots Rock
Holly Brook Like Blood Like Honey Warner Bros./Machine Shop Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
William Brown Swing Along: The Songs of Will Marion Cook Albany Modern Vocal Music
Camera Obscura Let's Get Out of This Country Merge Indie Pop
Cracker Greenland Cooking Vinyl American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince The Very Best of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince Jive/Legacy Pop-Rap, Urban, Hip-Hop, Comedy Rap, Golden Age
EMO Ensemble Maasta of the Earth Alba Contemporary Choral Music
Gil Evans The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Blue Note Modern Big Band, Cool, Progressive Big Band
Donavon Frankenreiter Move by Yourself Lost Highway Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Jam Bands
Head Automatica Popaganda Warner Bros. Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
(hed) pe The Best of (hed) Planet Earth Jive/Legacy Rap-Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Punk Metal
Andrew Hill Pax Blue Note Avant-Garde Jazz, Hard Bop, Modern Creative
Hot Tuna Keep on Truckin': The Very Best of Hot Tuna RCA Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Folk-Rock
Ice Cube Laugh Now, Cry Later Lench Mob West Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap
Kottonmouth Kings Koast II Koast Suburban Noize Rap-Metal, Alternative Metal
Ray Manzarek Love Her Madly Oglio Soundtracks, Electronica, Original Score, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Techno
Mojave 3 Puzzles Like You 4AD Indie Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Charlotte Mueller Woman's Work: Music for Solo Piano MSR Post-Romantic and Modern Piano Music
The New Cars It's Alive Eleven Seven Pop/Rock, New Wave, Arena Rock, Album Rock
Paul Oakenfold A Lively Mind Maverick House, Club/Dance, Progressive Trance, Trance
Original Soundtrack Cars [Original Soundtrack] Disney Soundtracks
Jean-Luc Ponty Canteloupe Island Beat Goes On Fusion, Structured Improvisation, Modern Composition, Avant-Garde
Portastatic Who Loves the Sun Merge Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Film Music
Psapp The Only Thing I Ever Wanted Domino Experimental Rock, Electronica, Alternative Pop/Rock, Bossa Nova, Post-Rock/Experimental
John Ralston Needle Bed Vagrant Indie Pop, Indie Rock
The Ramones Greatest Hits Rhino American Punk, New York Punk, Punk, College Rock
Lou Rawls The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another Capitol Vocal Jazz, Pop-Soul
Scanners Violence Is Golden Dim Mak Indie Rock
Marvin Sease Candy Licker: The Sex & Soul of Marvin Sease Jive/Legacy Retro-Soul, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues
Sarah Silverman Jesus Is Magic Interscope Blue Humor, Standup Comedy, Musical Comedy, Observational Humor
Frank Sinatra, Jr. That Face! Rhino Vocal Jazz, Big Band, Traditional Pop, American Popular Song
Sound Team Movie Monster Capitol Indie Rock
Survivor The Best of Survivor Volcano Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Arena Rock, Hard Rock
Various Artists The House That Trane Built: Story of Impulse Records Impulse Experimental Big Band, Cuban Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Standards, Progressive Jazz, Modal Music, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Blues, Third Stream, West Coast Jazz, Modern Big Band, New Orleans Jazz, Classic Jazz, Early Creative, Hard Bop, Modern Free, Latin Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Ballads, Progressive Big Band, Bop, Modern Creative
The Wailin' Jennys Firecracker Red House Neo-Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk
Scott Walker The Drift 4AD Experimental, Avant-Garde, Experimental Rock
Katharine Whalen Dirty Little Secret M.C. Retro Swing, Vocal Pop
Whodini Funky Beat: The Best of Whodini Jive/Legacy Golden Age, Old-School Rap, Urban, Hip-Hop
Zero 7 The Garden Atlantic Ambient Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Downbeat
