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May 26, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 5-26-2009: Marilyn Manson, Mandy Moore, Michelle Shocked In 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. 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.
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
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
Michelle Shocked