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March 14, 2007
New Album Releases, 3-13-2007: The Roches, Graham Parker, Uncle Earl This week we get Moonswept, the first proper new album in over a decade from the Roche sisters, Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy. Ten of the fourteen songs are new Roche sister compositions. They are a highly under appreciated act, particularly the awesome eponymous album. They've written some outstanding songs, but most especially there's nothing else like their unique family vocal harmonies.
Don't Tell Columbus is the latest from Graham Parker, one of the original apostles of the English 70s punk/new wave reformation movement. He's well past his artistic prime, but he can still squeeze off a sharp song now and again. Anyway, it's just good to see him still looking healthy and pissed off.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
The Fratellis Costello Music Fallout/Drop The Gun/Island Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
Metheny Mehldau Quartet Quartet Nonesuch Fusion, Post-Bop, Modern Creative
The Roches Moonswept 429 Contemporary Folk, Alternative Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Progressive Folk, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock
Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 [CD/DVD] Reprise Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock
Agnostic Front/Discipline Working Class Heroes Knockout Punk Metal, Hardcore Punk
Buddy Alan Owens The Best of Buddy Alan Owens [Sundazed] Sundazed Bakersfield Sound, Country-Pop
Aqualung Memory Man Columbia Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Auto Interiors Let's Agree to Deceive Our Best Friends Rykodisc Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic
The Buckaroos The Best of the Buckaroos Sundazed Bakersfield Sound, Country-Pop, Honky Tonk
Canned Heat/Henry Vestine Human Condition Revisited/I Used to Be Mad! (But Now I'm Half Crazy) SPV Boogie Rock, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues
Yue Deng Claus Ogermann: Works for Violin & Piano Decca Contemporary Chamber Music
Dokken From Conception: Live 1981 Rhino Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Hair Metal
Fats Domino Sentimental Journey: Live at the University of New Orleans SPV New Orleans R&B, Rock & Roll, R&B
Mitch Easter Dynamico Electric Devil Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, College Rock
8ball & MJG Ridin High Bad Boy Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap
Girl Authority Road Trip [CD/DVD] Zoe Teen Pop, Adult Contemporary
Jimmy Giuffre 3 The Life of a Trio: Saturday Owl/Sunnyside Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Chamber Jazz
The Goldebriars Straight Ahead! Collectors' Choice Music Folk-Pop, Pop, Sunshine Pop
Tommi Hakala Toivo Kuula: Tule, armaani (Come, My Love) Ondine Modern Vocal Music
Jeff Healey Adventures in Jazzland STP Classic Jazz
Jeff Healey Among Friends STP Classic Jazz
I Am Robot and Proud Catch/Spring Summer Autumn Winter Darla Indie Electronic, IDM
Jennifer Koh Schumann: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano Cedille Romantic Chamber Music
Legend Moonshine [Bonus Tracks] Repertoire Pub Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
Lloyd Street Love The Inc/Universal/Motown Contemporary R&B, Urban
Stick McGhee New York Blues and R&B 1947-1955 JSP R&B, Jump Blues, Electric Blues
James McMurtry Best of the Sugar Hill Years Sugar Hill Americana, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Garrick Ohlsson Justin Dello Joio: Two Concert Etudes; The March of Folly; Sonata for Piano Bridge Contemporary Chamber and Piano Music
Andrew Russo Dirty Little Secret Endeavour Contemporary Piano Music
Various Artists Hollywood Hits: 70 Years Of Memorable Movie Music Shout! Factory Movie Themes, Musicals, Show Tunes
Graham Parker Don't Tell Columbus Bloodshot Singer/Songwriter
Artimus Pyle Artimus Venomus Cleopatra
Jon Rauhouse Steel Guitar Heart Attack Bloodshot Western Swing Revival, Americana, Cocktail
Rich Boy Rich Boy Interscope Southern Rap
Bessie Smith Queen of the Blues Volume 1 JSP Classic Jazz, Classic Female Blues
Rosie Thomas These Friends of Mine Sing-a-long Contemporary Folk, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Type O Negative Dead Again SPV/Steamhammer Goth Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Uncle Earl Waterloo, Tennessee Rounder Neo-Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk
Various Artists If You Ain't Got the Do-Re-Mi Smithsonian/Folkways Appalachian Folk, Folksongs, Folk-Blues, String Bands, Political Folk, Traditional Folk, Old-Timey, Acoustic Blues
Various Artists Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration Stax Memphis Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Pop-Soul, R&B, Soul
Chuck E. Weiss 23rd & Stout Cooking Vinyl Roots Rock, Beat Poetry
