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April 08, 2008
New CD Album Releases, 4-8-2008: Nine Inch Nails, Was Not Was, The Rubber Soul Project, POD After a big week of new releases last, this week has pretty nearly nothing of obvious note. Ghosts I-IV is a new release from Nine Inch Nails, 55 instrumental tracks on 4 CDs. These are apparently essentially demo sketch books of Reznor's half-assed sonic doodles. Some of them got developed and turned into songs, but most of them just never went anywhere. I take it as a sign of the level of Reznor's commitment to the material that he didn't bother to come up with names for the tracks.
The most promising new album might be Boo! by Was (Not Was). It's been some years since the dance floor absurdity of "Walk the Dinosaur." Do they still got the goods?
Don't know if there are any songs to back up the conceit, but The Rubber Soul Project on Loud Folk Records gets points for high concept. They concoct an album of original songs based on reputed titles of unreleased Beatle songs. One thing though: there really have been at least scraps of Beatle songs with a couple of these titles circulating among bootleggers, including for example "All Together on the Wireless Machine."
POD was one of the lead purveyors of the dreaded rap-rock craze a decade ago or so. They are back this week with When Angels and Serpents Dance. This is their seventh album, and reunites them with their original guitarist Marcos Curiel. By this point, they have apparently largely given up the hip hop element, playing as more of a traditional guitar band.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
The Breeders Mountain Battles 4AD Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
The Duke Spirit Neptune You Are Here Indie Rock
Foals Antidotes Sub Pop/Transgressive New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock, Math Rock
Tapes 'n Tapes Walk It Off XL Indie Rock
Ashes Divide Keep Telling Myself It's Alright Island Records Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock
Asia Acoustic and Electric Fuel 2000 Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock
Eric Avery Help Wanted Dangerbird Alternative Pop/Rock
David Axelrod Seriously Deep Polydor Obscuro, Experimental Big Band, Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk
Marcia Ball Peace, Love & BBQ Alligator Modern Electric Blues
Michael Burks Iron Man Alligator Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Blues-Rock
Hayes Carll Trouble in Mind Lost Highway Americana, Roots Rock
Karan Casey Ships in the Forest Compass Contemporary Celtic, Folk-Pop, Celtic Pop, Celtic Folk, Irish Folk, Celtic Fusion
Clinic Do It! Domino Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock
Dark Meat Universal Indians [Bonus Tracks] Vice Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Dead Child Attack Quarterstick Indie Rock, Alternative Metal
Marie Digby Unfold Hollywood Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock
Elephant Man Let's Get Physical Bad Boy/VP Contemporary Reggae, Dancehall, Ragga
Fleet Foxes Sun Giant EP Sub Pop Indie Rock
For Against Shade Side Sunny Side Words on Music Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Gibson Brothers Iron and Diamonds Sugar Hill Contemporary Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Contemporary Folk
Gran Ronde Secret Rooms Filter U.S. New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock
Robert Kelly Just the Tip Comedy Central Standup Comedy
Jennifer Koh String Poetic Cedille Modern and Contemporary Music for Violin & Piano
Yvonne Loriod Olivier Messiaen - Never Before Released Jade Modern Keyboard, Chamber & Orchestral Music
Man Man Rabbit Habits Anti Experimental Rock, Indie Rock
Ellis Marsalis An Open Letter to Thelonious Elm Standards, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop
Colin Meloy Colin Meloy Sings Live! Kill Rock Stars Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
The Microphones Glow, Pt. 2 [Bonus Disc] K Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Lo-Fi
Thurston Moore Sensitive/Lethal No Fun Productions Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Peter Moren The Last Tycoon Quarterstick Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Neva Dinova You May Already Be Dreaming Saddle Creek Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock
The New Bloods The Secret Life Kill Rock Stars Experimental Rock, Indie Rock
Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV Null Industrial, Experimental Ambient, Dark Ambient, Alternative Pop/Rock, Industrial Metal
Jim Noir Jim Noir Barsuk Indie Pop, Indie Electronic
Old Haunts Poisonous Times Kill Rock Stars Indie Rock, Garage Rock Revival
Orlando Consort Scattered Rhymes [Hybrid SACD] Harmonia Mundi Medieval & Contemporary Vocal Music
Lara St. John Lara St. John Plays Hindson, Corigliano & Liszt [Hybrid SACD] Ancalagon Romantic and Contemporary Music for Violin & Orchestra
James Otto Sunset Man Warner/Reprise Contemporary Country
P.O.D. When Angels and Serpents Dance INO/Columbia Rap-Metal, Alternative Metal
Ray J All I Feel KR Urban Contemporary R&B, Urban
The Rubber Soul Project The Rubber Soul Project Loud Folk Tribute Albums
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Pershing Polyvinyl Indie Pop
Richard Swift Richard Swift as Onasis Secretly Canadian Garage Rock Revival, Lo-Fi
Various Artists Steve Reich: Daniel Variations Nonesuch Contemporary Choral & Chamber Ensemble Music
Was (Not Was) Boo! Rykodisc Dance-Rock, Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop
After a big week of new releases last, this week has pretty nearly nothing of obvious note. Ghosts I-IV is a new release from Nine Inch Nails, 55 instrumental tracks on 4 CDs. These are apparently essentially demo sketch books of Reznor's half-assed sonic doodles. Some of them got developed and turned into songs, but most of them just never went anywhere. I take it as a sign of the level of Reznor's commitment to the material that he didn't bother to come up with names for the tracks.