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August 19, 2008
New CD Album Releases, 8-19-2008: David Byrne, Glen Campbell, Ice Cube Big Love: Hymnal is David Byrne's instrumental score to the second season of the HBO show Big Love, along with some new Byrne songs - his first since 2004. "I had an idea to base my scoring loosely on Mormon hymns. That would presumably hint at the unspoken spiritual underpinnings that motivate many of the characters' actions - or justify them, in some characters' cases. I got hymnals and Mormon Hymns CDs, read up on the Mormon Church and began to practice writing 'fake' hymns."
Coming from David Byrne, this might be interesting - though you'd generally obviously prefer actual religious music rather than an academic approach to any idea of gospel music.
Meet Glen Campbell seems like an odd title for a new album somewhere near 50 years into a career. He's working with modern pop songs, including Tom Petty's under appreciated classic "Walls." Not that it will make you forget Bono, but from the samples, "All I Want Is You" sounds most interesting. It gets at a different flavor from U2 with Campbell's classic production sound, with the folksy picking and string arrangement.
Raw Footage is the newest joint by Ice Cube. As one of the original Niggas With Attitude, his musical act has mostly been noteworthy for his scary Negro shtick, which you can see in the typically cartoonish cover photo. In fairness though, he's had a couple of worthwhile songs out of maybe a dozen and a half albums. "It Was a Good Day" was actually worthwhile. But I'm hearing nothing hear that sounds like any kind of real song.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim Virgin Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Music Tapes Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes Merge Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
Jennifer O'Connor Here with Me Matador Indie Rock
Andrew Russo Mix Tape Allegro Contemporary Piano Arrangements
Ragna Schirmer Joseph Haydn Revisited Berlin Classics Classical Music for Keyboard
Outrageous Cherry Wide Awake in the Spirit World: The Best of Outrageous Cherry Wicked Cool Indie Pop, Pop Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock
Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema Blue Note Post-Bop, Modern Creative
John Pizzarelli With a Song in My Heart Telarc Vocal Jazz, Standards
Pram The Moving Frontier Domino Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Dream Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line Barsuk Indie Rock, Chamber Pop
The Royal We The Royal We Domino Indie Pop
Xavier Rudd Dark Shades of Blue Anti Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Aussie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Urban Folk
Wanda de Sah Brasil '65/Softly! DRG Bossa Nova, Samba, Latin Pop, Lounge
Shwayze Shwayze Geffen Pop-Rap
Starling Electric Clouded Staircase Bar/None Chamber Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock
Big Love: Hymnal is David Byrne's instrumental score to the second season of the HBO show Big Love, along with some new Byrne songs - his first since 2004. "I had an idea to base my scoring loosely on Mormon hymns. That would presumably hint at the unspoken spiritual underpinnings that motivate many of the characters' actions - or justify them, in some characters' cases. I got hymnals and Mormon Hymns CDs, read up on the Mormon Church and began to practice writing 'fake' hymns."