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April 27, 2010
New CD Album Releases, 4-27-2010: Drawn Together soundtrack, Mary Chapin Carpenter The only real new album that looks even vaguely interesting is The Age of Miracles by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Haven't heard any of this, but she's about something. I don't think of her as a big commercial powerhouse, but I note that this CD is as high as #2 at Amazon.
Other than that, the fun new thing is Drawn Together: The Uncensored Soundtrack CD. I don't know that it's great Art, but there were some fun and catchy songs in this evil tv series. Hearing it just as music, I'm particularly amused with the Disney princess ballad parody "Black Chick's Tongue." Imagine Ariel re-writing "Part of Your World" after a hot makeout session with the black chick from Josie & the Pussycats. Note that this release of the late series co-incides with the straight to DVD release of The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:
Bullet For My Valentine Fever Jive Records Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Screamo, Punk Metal
Mary Chapin Carpenter The Age of Miracles Zoe Records Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Country-Folk, Contemporary Country
Gogol Bordello Trans-Continental Hustle RED Distribution Punk Revival, South/Eastern European Traditions, Gypsy, Ukranian, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Obscuro
Hole Nobody's Daughter Mercury Grunge, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. In 0 To Infinity Important Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Alpha Rev New Morning Hollywood Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo Sub Pop Records Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Gisele Ben-Dor Revueltas: La Coronela Naxos Modern Music for Orchestra
Big Audio Dynamite This Is Big Audio Dynamite Columbia Dance-Rock, College Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock
B.o.B The Adventures of Bobby Ray Atlantic Alternative Rap, Dirty South, Pop-Rap, Hardcore Rap
Jim Brickman Never Alone Savoy Contemporary Instrumental, Solo Instrumental, Adult Contemporary
Eric Clapton Rarities Edition: 461 Ocean Boulevard Polydor Album Rock, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Blues-Rock
Miranda Cosgrove Sparks Fly Sony Music Teen Pop
Cuarteto LatinoAmericano Encores: Salazar, Saenz, Golijov, Gutierrez Dorian Modern & Contemporary Music for String Quartet
Daddy Yankee Mundial El Cartel Reggaeton
Dion I Put Away My Idols/Kingdom In the Street Ace Records Rock & Roll, Contemporary Christian, Christian Rock, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel, CCM
Dion Velvet & Steel Word/Epic Rock & Roll, Contemporary Christian, CCM
Drowning Pool Drowning Pool [2010] Eleven Seven Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Post-Grunge
Melissa Etheridge Fearless Love Island Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Freddy Fender Greatest Hits Fuel 2000
The Flatliners Cavalcade Fat Wreck Chords Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk Revival, Punk/New Wave, Ska-Punk, Hardcore Punk
Peter Frampton Thank You Mr. Churchill Universal Music Enterprises
Frog Eyes Paul's Tomb: A Triumph Dead Oceans Records Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Marvin Gaye I Want You [Rarities Edition] Motown Smooth Soul, Motown, Soul, Funk, Quiet Storm, Disco
Paul Hardcastle Time Machine: Early Recordings 1981-1983 Cherry Pop
Philippe Herreweghe Stavinsky: Monumentum; Mass; Symphonie de Psaumes Penta Tone ClassicsModern Music for Chorus & Orchestra
Hot Club Of Detroit It's About That Time Mack Avenue Continental Jazz, South/Eastern European Traditions, Gypsy, Standards
Howling Wind Into the Cryosphere Profound Lore Heavy Metal, Black Metal
Jahcoozi Barefoot Wanderer BPitch Control Downtempo, Club/Dance
Juan MacLean DJ-Kicks !K7 Left-Field House, Club/Dance, House
Katrina & the Waves Katrina & the Waves [Bonus Tracks] Capitol/EMI Records Punk/New Wave, New Wave
Katrina & the Waves Katrina & the Waves 2 [Bonus Tracks] Attic Records Punk/New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, New Wave
Carole King The Essential Carole King Legacy Brill Building Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter, AM Pop
Lali Puna Our Inventions Morr Music Indie Electronic, Indie Pop
The Lodger Flashbacks Slumberland Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Lonestar Party Heard Around the World Time/Life Music Contemporary Country
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More from the Road [Rarities Edition] MCA Records Album Rock, Southern Rock, Hard Rock, Boogie Rock, Arena Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social Side One Dummy Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Meat Loaf Rarities Edition: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell MCA Records Album Rock, Arena Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal
Jo Dee Messina Unmistakable: Love Curb Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Mr. Mister Broken Wings OldGold
Mono/The Wordless Music Orchestra Holy Ground: NYC Live Temporary Residence Experimental Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Mushroom Naked, Stoned, & Stabbed Royal Potato Family Records Avant-Prog, Prog-Rock, Improvisation, Acid Folk, British Psychedelia, British Folk-Rock, Acid Rock, Euro-Rock, British Folk, Experimental, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
The Mynabirds What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood Saddle Creek Records Indie Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Anna Netrebko In the Still of Night [Prestige Edition] Deutsche Grammophon Romantic & Post-Romantic Songs for Voice & Piano
Leif Segerstam Rautavaara: Before The Icons A Tapestry of Life Ondine Contemporary Music for Orchestra
Original Soundtrack Why Did I Get Married Too? Malaco Soundtracks, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm, Soul, Reggae-Pop
Anders Osborne American Patchwork Alligator Records Blues-Rock, Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso, New Orleans Blues
The Pack A.D. We Kill Computers Mint Records Inc. Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Blues, Blues-Rock
Brian Posehn Fart and Wiener Jokes Relapse Records Standup Comedy, Comedy
Kimberley Rew Bible of Bop [Bonus Tracks] Press
Saint Etienne Finisterre Beggars Banquet Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Indie Electronic
Saint Etienne Tiger Bay [UK] Warner Bros. Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Electronica, Britpop
Small Black Small Black Jagjaguwar Indie Electronic, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Something Corporate Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate Geffen Emo-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk-Pop
Starkey Ear Drums and Black Holes Planet Mu Records Dubstep, Club/Dance, Garage
Sugar & Gold Get Wet! Antenna Farm Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative Pop/Rock
Livingston Taylor Last Alaska Moon Chesky Contemporary Folk, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock
Ten Years After Now Ten Years After Regional Blues, British Blues, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock
Jacky Terrasson Push Concord Jazz Straight-Ahead Jazz, Piano Jazz, Modern Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop
Prins Thomas The Greatest Tits, Vol. 1 Full Pupp Club/Dance
Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History Glass Note New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative/Indie Rock
Ty Special Kind of Fool BBE British Rap
Unnatural Helpers Cracked Love & Other Drugs Hardly Art Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Mark Van Hoen Where Is the Truth City Centre Offices Ambient, Experimental Ambient, Downbeat
Various Artists Punk Goes Classic Rock Fearless Records Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Punk Revival, Alternative/Indie Rock
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico [Rarities Edition] Polydor Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Proto-Punk, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Alternative Pop/Rock
Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931 to 1943 Varese Sarabande Jive, Early Jazz, Stride, Swing, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument
New CD Album Releases, 4-20-2010: Merle Haggard, AC/DC, Willie Nelson The main likely couple of worthwhile new albums this week are from the old hands of country. Over his long career, Willie Nelson has substantially personally broadened and re-defined Country Music. These are mostly fairly straight ahead acoustic arrangements of country, folk and blues standards. I don't know when he's written a particularly memorable new song recently, but as a singer he has definitely aged like vintage wine. Glad to hear him singing stuff like "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down."
I Am What I Am is Merle Haggard's 875th album. Haven't heard anything from it, so can't say anything about it one way or another.
AC/DC don't seem to want to put out a proper greatest hits album, but seem to like throwing out hashed up re-packaging of their oldies for cheesy movie soundtracks, in this case Iron Man 2 [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD].
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:
AC/DC Iron Man 2 [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD] Sony Aussie Rock, Album Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Film Music, Soundtracks
Willie Nelson Country Music Rounder Country
The Apples in Stereo Travellers in Space and Time Yep Roc Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Roky Erickson True Love Cast Out All Evil Anti Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Glee Cast Glee: The Music, the Power of Madonna Sony Music Entertainment TV Soundtracks, Cast Recordings, Soundtracks
Merle Haggard I Am What I Am Vanguard Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Shelby Lynne Tears, Lies and Alibis Everso Alternative/Indie Rock, Americana, Alt-Country, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Country
Kate Nash My Best Friend Is You Geffen Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Sweet Apple Love & Desperation Teepee Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Hard Rock
Airbourne No Guts. No Glory. Roadrunner Aussie Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Alcest Ecailles de Lune Prophecy Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Dream Pop, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Heavy Metal
Original Broadway Cast American Idiot [Original Broadway Cast] Warner Bros./Reprise/Maverick Cast Recordings, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk-Pop
Anarbor The Words You Don't Swallow Hopeless Emo, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk-Pop
Aqualung Magnetic North Verve Forecast Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Baby Dee A Book of Songs for Anne Marie Drag City Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Singer/Songwriter
David Ball Sparkle City Koch Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Progressive Country
David Benoit Earthglow Peak Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Contemporary Jazz, Acid Jazz
Blunt Mechanic World Record Barsuk Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
V.V. Brown Travelling Like the Light Island Pop, Neo-Soul, Dance-Pop
Caribou Swim Merge Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Alternative Dance
Circa Survive Blue Sky Noise Atlantic Emo, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Revival, Post-Hardcore
Patsy Cline Sweet Dreams: The Complete Decca Studio Masters 1960-1963 Hip-O Select
Cypress Hill Rise Up [Clean] Priority Latin Rap, West Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
John Denver Live at Cedar Rapids 12/10/87 Collectors' Choice
Destroyer City of Daughters Merge Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Destroyer Streethawk: A Seduction Merge Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Chamber Pop
Destroyer Thief Merge Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Chamber Pop
Devin the Dude Suite #420 Koch Southern Rap
Ella Fitzgerald Standards: Great Songs/Great Performances Verve
New CD Album Releases, 4-13-2010: Tom Lehrer, Jeff Beck, Natalie Merchant Not much big and new this week, but let's just take a minute to dig on the genius of The Tom Lehrer Collection. This collection features 26 cuts, largely recorded in the 1960s. This has pretty much all the obvious cuts. By his count, for being such a well known name over many years, he only published 37 songs.
Best of all, this comes with a bonus DVD including live 1967 performances in Oslo of, among other classics, "The Masochism Tango" and my personal springtime anthem "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park." Sweet.
"If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while." - Tom Lehrer
Emotion & Commotion is the first new album from Jeff Beck in seven years. I wouldn't think of Beck as a big time commercial artist, but I note that he is as high as #4 currently at Amazon.
The #1 seller at Amazon at the moment is Leave Your Sleep from Natalie Merchant. This two CD set is based on musical adaptations of 19th and 20th century British and American poetry. What I'm hearing sounds pretty listenable, though I'm not sure how memorable any of it will prove to be. It has just a little bit of Renaissance fair flavor to it, but not to a stilted degree.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Jeff Beck Emotion & Commotion Rhino Album Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Jazz-Rock, Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock, Blues-Rock
Jason Castro Jason Castro Atlantic Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow Sony Music Emo, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Punk-Pop
MGMT Congratulations Sony Music Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Natalie Merchant Leave Your Sleep Nonesuch Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Traditional Folk
Tony Allen Secret Agent World Circuit Afro-Beat, West African, Nigerian, African Traditions, Funk
Antena Bossa Super Nova LTM Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Bobby and Blumm A Little Big Sound Of A Handshake Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Ambient Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock
Harlan T. Bobo Sucker Goner Records Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Braid Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5 Divot Records Emo, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Laura Bell Bundy Achin' and Shakin' Mercury Nashville Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Cancer Bats Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones Good Fight Post-Hardcore, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal
The Nels Cline Singers Initiate Cryptogramophone Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
The Contrast God of Malfunction Wicked Cool
D.R.I. Crossover: Millennium Edition Beer City Records
Disappears Lux Kranky Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Dosh Tommy Anticon Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Lila Downs y la Misteriosa Lila Downs y la Misteriosa en Paris: Live a FIP World Village South American Traditions, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Cumbia, Latin Folk
Cesaria Evora Radio Mindelo: Early Recordings Columbia/Sony Western European Traditions, African Traditions, West African, Morna, Fado, Cape Verdean
Family Rise...The Very Best of Family Rebecca Art Rock, British Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Prog-Rock, Blues-Rock
Liza Ferschtman Works for violin solo by J. S. Bach & Ysaye Challenge Classics Baroque & Post-Romantic Violin Music
Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin Jane Birkin/Serge Gainbourg: Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus Universal Distribution Baroque Pop, French Pop, Cabaret, French Rock, French, Western European Traditions
Gucci Mane The Burrrprint 2 HD Asylum Dirty South, Gangsta Rap
Matthew Hawtin Once Again, Again Plus Records Ambient Techno, Techno
Margarita Hohenrieder Margarita Hohenrieder Plays Schumann & Mendelssohn Bartholdy Solo Musica Romantic Chamber Music
The Incredible String Band The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion Hannibal British Folk-Rock, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
The Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Hannibal British Folk-Rock, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
The Incredible String Band The Incredible String Band Sepia Tone British Folk-Rock, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
The Incredible String Band Wee Tam & the Big Huge Collectors' Choice Music British Folk, British Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
Johann Johannsson And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees Type Sound Art, Experimental Electronic, Indie Electronic
Jonas Kaufmann Jonas Kaufmann Sings Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner Decca Classical & Romantic Opera Arias
Kaki King Junior Rounder Guitar Virtuoso, New Acoustic, Alternative Folk, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Progressive Folk, Indie Rock
Legendary Shack Shakers Agri-dustrial Colonel Knowledge Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Psychobilly, Punk Blues, Alternative Country-Rock
Tom Lehrer The Tom Lehrer Collection Shout! Factory Comedy
Little Claw Spit and Squalor Swallow the Snow Ecstatic Yod Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Madness Seven Virgin Records Punk/New Wave, Ska Revival, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Mantler Monody Tomlab Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Soul, Soul
matt pond PA The Dark Leaves MRI Associated Labels Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Natalie Merchant Selections From Leave Your Sleep Nonesuch Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Traditional Folk
Raul Midon Synthesis Decca Records Neo-Soul, Soul
Stanton Moore Groove Alchemy Telarc Jazz Jazz-Rock, New Orleans R&B, Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Murs/9th Wonder Fornever SMC Records Underground Rap
The Ocean Heliocentric Metal Blade Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
Bryn Terfel Bad Boys Deutsche Grammophon Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic, Modern & Contemporary Opera Arias
Yuja Wang Transformation: Stravinsky, Scarlatti, Brahms Deutsche Grammophon Baroque, Romantic & Modern Piano Music
Original Soundtrack The Hot Spot APO (Analogue Production Orig Soundtracks
Christian Prommer Drumlesson Zwei !K7 Clubjazz, Club/Dance, Electro-Acoustic
Rafter Animal Feelings Asthmatic Kitty Records Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Revolting Cocks Got Cock? Megaforce Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Carrie Rodriguez Love and Circumstance Ninth Street Opus Americana, Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock
Sightings City of Straw Jagjaguwar Experimental Rock, Noise-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Iggy & the Stooges Raw Power Sony Music Distribution Detroit Rock, Album Rock, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Subhumans Same Thoughts Different Day Alternative Tentacles
The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt Dead Oceans Records Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Prins Thomas Prins Thomas Full Pupp Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative Dance
Steve Vai Where the Other Wild Things Are: Live in Minneapolis Favored Nations Records
Woe of Tyrants Threnody Metal Blade Death Metal, Heavy Metal
New CD Album Releases, 4-6-2010: Bobby McFerrin, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Slash There's some bigger names, but way the most likely sounding new thing that you might need to hear this week is Vocabularies from Bobby McFerrin. This is an artist who has never gotten the respect he deserves even for his hit, the now 20+ year old "Don't Worry, Be Happy." That was a beautiful and memorable song, and he has been consistently interesting and listenable.
This new album is his first in some eight years, and obviously meticulously constructed. The record company verbiage suggests that he used 50+ singers recorded by ones and small groups to get some 1400 total vocal tracks. I don't know about all that, but it surely sounds like something I need to hear more of.
Sharon Jones has never been a big name, but she's a real honest to G-d soul singer, a rarity today. Plus, she made the best song of 2004. That should rate some interest.
Slash has an eponymous solo album this week. Dig the co-creator of "Welcome to the Jungle" and other GnR classics, but Saul doesn't have anything jumping out of the previews that sounds like a real song.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
David Bowie David Bowie Deram Contemporary Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Britpop
Dr. Dog Shame, Shame Anti Alternative/Indie Rock, American Trad Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jakob Dylan Woman + Country Columbia Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings I Learned the Hard Way Daptone Records Deep Funk Revival, Funk, Soul
Slash Slash DHI Album Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Peter Wolf Midnight Souvenirs Verve Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Retro-Soul, American Trad Rock, Americana, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Soul
5 Browns The 5 Browns in Hollywood Koch Film Music Arranged for Pianos
Melissa Auf der Maur Out of Our Minds Phi Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Awesome Color Massa Hypnos Ecstatic Peace! Alternative/Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Noise-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
BoDeans Mr. Sad Clown 429 Records Heartland Rock, Roots Rock
Solomon Burke Nothing's Impossible E1 Entertainment Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Country Soul, Soul
John Butler Trio April Uprising ATO
Kimberly Caldwell Without Regret Vanguard Pop Idol
Max Emanuel Cencic Handel: Opera Arias Virgin Classics Baroque Opera Arias
Ray Charles Genius + Soul=Jazz Concord Big Band, Soul Jazz
Codeine Velvet Club Codeine Velvet Club Island Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Rita Coolidge The Lady's Not for Sale/Fall into Spring/It's Only Love Raven Soft Rock, Country-Rock
Julian Cope Peggy Suicide [Deluxe Edition] Island Alternative/Indie Rock, Chamber Pop, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, Dream Pop, Space Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop, Lo-Fi, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Psychedelic, Rock & Roll
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors Rhino
David Byrne/Fatboy Slim Here Lies Love Nonesuch Records Club/Dance
Fleetwood Mac Perfect In Every Way Varese Sarabande British Blues, Blues-Rock
GBH Perfume and Piss Hellcat Records Punk/New Wave, Hardcore Punk, Punk Metal, Heavy Metal, British Punk, Anarchist Punk
Vivian Green Beautiful Koch Records Adult Contemporary R&B
Growing Pumps! Vice Music Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Noise-Rock, Experimental Electro
Harlem Hippies Matador Garage Punk, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jeff Healey Last Call Stony Plain Dixieland
High Places High Places Vs. Mankind Thrill Jockey Records Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Propellor Time Satorial College Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Ikonika Contact, Love, Want, Have Hyperdub Dubstep, Club/Dance
Luther Ingram Absolutely the Best of Luther Ingram: If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right Varese Sarabande Soul, Smooth Soul, Southern Soul, Country Soul
Javelin No Mas Luaka Bop Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock
Jonsi Go XL Recordings Ltd. Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Angelique Kidjo Oyo Razor & Tie Music African Traditions, Afro-Pop, Worldbeat, Afro-Beat, World Fusion
Madonna The Sticky & Sweet Tour Warner Bros. Club/Dance
Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can Astralwerks Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, British Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock
Bobby McFerrin Vocabularies Emarcy Vocal Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Acappella, Modern Composition
Mi Ami Steal Your Face Thrill Jockey Alternative/Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Indie Rock, Glitter, Punk/New Wave, Hardcore Punk
Monster Movie Everyone Is a Ghost Graveface Records Ambient Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dream Pop
Murder by Death Good Morning, Magpie Vagrant Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
New CD Album Releases, 3-30-2010: Erykah Badu, Alan Jackson, Usher, Joan Armatrading There are a lot of big names with new albums this week, but Erykah Badu is the one making the ink. She has a new album New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. She actually had a hit with "On and On" once, but it's been a little slow sense. Or at least I for one can't remember any other song she's done, and I know I've heard a couple of her albums.
That being the case brings us to the desperate need for publicity that became the famous "Window Seat" nude video shoot at Daley Plaza in Dallas. Sad to see ol' girl reduced to working the pole, but what're you going to do? A gal's got to earn a living. Of course, I'm just kidding. I realize that this was not just desperate whoring but a Serious Political Statement that simply required her to take off all her clothes in public for the camera. On the hopefully more artistically substantive level, This Charming Life is something like the 20th album from Joan Armatrading. I mostly think of Armatrading as being an acoustic folky singer-songwriter, but what I'm hearing from this album sounds surprisingly musically aggressive. It surely merits a good listen.
Freight Train is the 18th album from Alan Jackson. I like the guy and all, but for the life of me I don't see why people (or women) are so enamored of him, as most of his records pretty much sound near exactly the same.
I would otherwise have little interest in the cheap and cheesy r&b drama of Usher, except that he was characterized and parodied so lovingly well in The Boondocks episode "Tom and Sarah and Usher" that just getting to type his silly name gives me pleasure. The Boondocks are just that good. Actually had me listening to frickin' R Kelly at one point.
Oh yeah, his new album is called Raymond v Raymond. It is his seventh album. Dig this record company spiel: "Raymond v Raymond takes you on a journey through the dichotomy of man." That promo shtick is more interesting than anything in the previews of the actual album.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh Universal Motown Adult Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B
Black Francis Nonstoperotik Essential Music & Marketing Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Dum Dum Girls I Will Be Sub Pop Records Noise Pop, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs Medicine County Transdreamer Records Punk Blues, Alternative/Indie Rock
Alan Jackson Freight Train Sony Music Distribution
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll: The First Ten Years Shout! Factory Garage Punk, Blues-Rock, Electric Blues, Rock & Roll
Usher Raymond v Raymond LaFace Contemporary R&B, Pop
.38 Special Authorized Bootleg: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York 1/29/85 A&M Album Rock, Southern Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock
Geri Allen Flying Toward the Sound Motema Music Piano Jazz, Modern Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative
Annuals Sweet Sister Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Joan Armatrading This Charming Life Savoy Jazz Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Mulatu Astatke Steps Ahead Strut
Barenaked Ladies All in Good Time Raisin' Records Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Black Tambourine Black Tambourine Slumberland Noise Pop, Indie Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Carmen Bradford Duke Ellington: Queenie Pie Longhorn Music Modern Opera
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Good Son [CD/DVD] Mute Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Henry's Dream [CD/DVD] Mute Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Tender Prey [CD/DVD] Mute Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock
Donnacha Costello Before We Say Goodbye Poker Flat Recordings Minimal Techno, Ambient Techno, Club/Dance
Deru Say Goodbye To Useless Mush Records Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Left-Field Hip-Hop, Ambient, Experimental Ambient
Thomas Dybdahl Thomas Dybdahl PIAS Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock
E-40 Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift Heavy On the Grind West Coast Rap, G-Funk, Gangsta Rap
E-40 Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift Heavy On the Grind West Coast Rap, G-Funk, Gangsta Rap
Elephant9 Walk The Nile Rune Grammofon Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Progressive Jazz, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn Evelyn Eleven Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Thomas Fehlmann Gute Luft Kompakt Ambient Techno, Techno, Experimental Techno
Genia Gabriel Prokofiev: Piano Book No. 1 Nonclassical Contemporary Piano Music
The Go Find Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight Morr Music Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Amy Grant Somewhere Down the Road Sparrow Records Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Contemporary Christian, CCM
The Grascals The Famous Lefty Flynn's Rounder Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass
Helloween Unarmed: Best of 25th Anniversary Steamhammer UK Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Jackson 5 J Is for Jackson 5 Motown Contemporary R&B, Soul, Quiet Storm, Disco, Funk
Jawbreaker Unfun [Bonus Tracks] Shredder Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk-Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
King's Singers Pachelbel: Vespers Signum UK Baroque Vocal Music
The Living Sisters Love to Live Wel Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Mae (A)fternoon Cell Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Emo-Pop
Letta Mbulu Naturally Beat Goes Public World Fusion
Edwin McCain The Best of Edwin McCain Time/Life Music Alternative/Indie Rock, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Amy MacDonald A Curious Thing MERCURY UK Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset Performs Froberger Naive Baroque Keyboard Music
Elizabeth Wallfisch Pierre Rode: 24 Caprices en forme d'etudes CPO Romantic Music for Violin
Method Man/Ghostface Killah/Raekwon Wu Massacre Def Jam Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap
Christian Scott Yesterday You Said Tomorrow Concord Jazz Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop
Slow Club Yeah So Indie Pop, Twee Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Angus & Julia Stone Down the Way Nettwerk Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock
Turin Brakes Outbursts Cooking Vinyl Records Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
New CD Album Releases, 2-23-2010: Mose Allison, Chuck Berry, Snoop Dogg, Hall & Oates The most interesting proposition this week is Chuck Berry Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings (1969-1974). These four CDs include 71 recordings made back home at Chess after several years at Mercury. His first record back was the classic "Tulane" and this includes his only full fledged #1 single, "My Ding-a-Ling."
Mose Allison - author of such classics as "The Summertime Blues" - is back this week with The Way of the World - his first album in 12 years. What I've heard sounds pretty groovy.
More Malice is a supplemental soundtrack follow up to Snoop Dogg's movie Malice N Wonderland. It contains five new songs, besides various remixes and whatnot.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Mose Allison The Way of the World Anti Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Vocal Jazz, Jazz Blues, Piano Blues
Chuck Berry Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings (1969-1974) Hip-O Select Rock & Roll, Early R&B
The Bird and the Bee Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Blue Note Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & the Cairo Gang The Wonder Show of the World Drag City Indie Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alt-Country
She & Him Volume Two Merge Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Snoop Dogg More Malice [CD/DVD] Priority West Coast Rap, Contemporary R&B, Gangsta Rap
The 13th Floor Elevators 7th Heaven: Music of the Spheres: The Complete Singles Collection Snapper Garage Rock, Psychedelic
Absolute Ensemble Absolute Zawinul Sunnyside Modern Composition
Archie Bronson Outfit Coconut Domino Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Bettie Serveert Pharmacy of Love Second Motion Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Justin Bieber My World 2.0 Island Pop, Teen Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B
Joe Bonamassa Black Rock Premier Artists American Trad Rock, Blues-Rock
Bonobo Black Sands Ninja Tune Downbeat, Ambient Breakbeat
The Courteeners Falcon UME Imports
Dead Meadow Three Kings Xemu Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis Sem Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal
Jimmy Donley The Shape You Left Me In Bear Family Rockabilly
Drink Up Buttercup Born and Thrown on a Hook Yep Roc Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock
Angele Dubeau Arvo Part: Portrait Analekta Contemporary Chamber Music
Jimmy Edwards Love Bug Crawl Bear Family Rockabilly, Early Pop/Rock
Jack Elliott At Lansdowne Studios, London Bear Family Folk Revival, Traditional Folk, Folksongs
Goldfrapp Head First Mute Electronica, Club/Dance
Dave Holland Pathways Dare2 Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative
Kid606 Songs About Fucking Steve Albini Important Experimental Techno, IDM, Techno
Kleenex/Liliput Live Recordings, TV-Clips and Roadmovie [DVD] Kill Rock Stars Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Punk
Let's Wrestle In the Court of the Wrestling Let's Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Smiley Lewis Rocks Bear Family Early R&B, New Orleans R&B, Jump Blues, Electric Blues, Rock & Roll
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad Telarc Modern and Contemporary Music for Guitar Quartet and Orchestra
Love Is All Two Thousand and Ten Injuries Polyvinyl Indie Pop, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Noise Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Mindy McCready I'm Still Here Linus Entertainment Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Monica Still Standing RCA Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B
Original Soundtrack Greenberg Virgin Alternative/Indie Rock, Soundtracks, New Wave
Original Soundtrack Hot Tub Time Machine Rhino Soundtracks Original Soundtrack The Runaways Atlantic Soundtracks
Carl Perkins Whole Lotta Shakin'/On Top T-Bird Rockabilly, Rock & Roll
Pet Shop Boys Pandemonium Live [CD/DVD] Caroline Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop
Elvis Presley On Stage RCA AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Quadron Quadron Plug Research Downtempo, Contemporary R&B
Radar Bros. The Illustrated Garden Merge Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Paul Revere & the Raiders The Complete Columbia Singles Collectors' Choice Frat Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Bubblegum, Psychedelic
Jamie Saft A Bag of Shells Tzadik Modern Creative, Soundtracks
School Gyrls School Gyrls Island Teen Pop, Dance-Pop
Scorpions Sting in the Tail Universal Album Rock, Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Seabear We Built a Fire Morr Music Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Serena Maneesh S-M 2: Abyss in B Minor 4AD Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Alternative Pop/Rock, Noise Pop, Noise-Rock
The Unthanks Here's the Tender Coming Rough Trade British Folk, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock
Various Artists Giacinto Scelsi: Tre Canti Popolari; Due Componimenti Impetuosi Sub Rosa Contemporary Piano and Vocal Music
Various Artists Now, Vol. 33 [2010] [Bonus Tracks] Universal/EMI Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Country, Dance-Pop, Pop Idol, Contemporary R&B
New CD Album Releases, 3-16-2010: The White Stripes, Graham Parker We interrupt your usual weekly album update column with this urgent communique from Generalissimo Alberto Barger of the White Stripes Nation Revolutionary Council:
Patriots and comrades, we have another communique from our Dear Leader and El Presidente for Life Jack White. He and Queen Meg spent a good part of 2007 campaigning for victory up North in Canada, playing largely in far flung small towns who had never been exposed to the teachings of Jesus or the White Stripes Nation.
These have now been released as an album communique Under Great White Northern Lights so that all the troops of Jack White and the Seven Nation Army can be heard by all who have ears to listen. The Celtic sounds of Icky Thump have been spread through to other songs in these arrangements, notably the "Little Ghosts."
While these performances make for a very good CD, you would most likely be wanting to order the DVD of these groovy concerts so that you can look and see and properly feel the groundswell of support for the upcoming revolution in which the failed fascism of the Obama regime is swept aside in favor a true leader of the people.
Viva la revolucion!!!
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Drive-By Truckers The Big To-Do ATO Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Southern Rock
New CD Album Releases, 3-9-2010: Jimi Hendrix, Broken Bells, Gorillaz Definitely Jimi Hendrix is the big enchilada this week. Valleys of Neptune is a whole hour worth of previously unreleased studio recordings. Most of them were cut with the Jimi Hendrix Experience as parts of a possible follow up to Electric Ladyland.
Broken Bells is a collaboration of James Mercer from the Shins and Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse. I haven't heard this, but Mr. Burton was co-creator of the greatest pop song of the decade, so that alone rates a close hearing.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Broken Bells Broken Bells Columbia Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks Fat Cat Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Gorillaz Plastic Beach Virgin Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Rap, Underground Rap
Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune Legacy Recordings
Liars Sisterworld Mute Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Pavement Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement Matador Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Noise Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Josh Rouse El Turista Yep Roc Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Brazilian Traditions, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Western European Traditions, Spanish Folk
Serj Tankian Elect the Dead Symphony Warner Bros. Classical Crossover, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Alberta Cross The Broken Side of Time Pias/Arc Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Aloha Home Acres Polyvinyl Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Lawrence Arabia Chant Darling Honorary Bedouin Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Chamber Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia
The Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night Jagjaguwar Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Beat the Devil's Tattoo Vagrant (Us) Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock
Ruben Blades Greatest Hits [2010] Fania New York Salsa, Salsa, Tropical, Latin Pop
The Bundles The Bundles K Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Callahan, Chasen That Was Then This Is Now Columbia Christian Rock, Contemporary Christian, CCM
The Chieftains/Ry Cooder San Patricio Hear Music (Starbucks) Traditional Irish Folk, Mexican Traditions, Irish Folk, Son, Ranchera, Norteño, Mariachi, Latin Folk, Sonero, Celtic
Jason Collett Rat A Tat Tat Arts & Crafts Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Bing Crosby The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56 Mosaic Vocal Jazz, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, American Popular Song
Joshard Daus Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Glor Classics Romantic Choral Music
Demon Hunter The World Is a Thorn Tooth & Nail Alternative Metal, Contemporary Christian, Alternative CCM, Heavy Metal
The Fleshtones It's Super Rock Time!: The I.R.S. Years 1980-1985 Raven American Underground, Garage Rock Revival, Jangle Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Flexible Music FM New Focus Recordings Contemporary Chamber Music
Four Year Strong Enemy of the World Motown Alternative/Indie Rock, Emo, Punk-Pop, Heavy Metal
Free Energy [Rock] Stuck on Nothing DFA Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer Warp Left-Field Hip-Hop, Electronica
Ben Harper/Relentless 7 Live from the Montreal International [CD/DVD] Virgin Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced [CD/DVD] Experience Hendrix Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Acid Rock, Rock & Roll
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love [CD/DVD] MCA Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Acid Rock
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland [CD/DVD] Experience Hendrix Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Acid Rock
Jimi Hendrix First Rays of the New Rising Sun [CD/DVD] MCA Records Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Boogie Rock
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits Experience Hendrix Album Rock, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Soul, Acid Rock, Soul
JJ JJ Nº 3 Secretly Canadian Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Greatest Hits [Blackheart] Blackheart Album Rock, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Arena Rock
Miles Kurosky The Desert of Shallow Effects Shout! Factory Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks Matador Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Ludacris Battle of the Sexes DTP Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap
The Method Actors This Is Still It Acute Post-Punk, New Wave
Anais Mitchell Hadestown Righteous Babe Alternative Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Folk
The Morning Benders Big Echo Rough Trade Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Anne Sofie von Otter Ombre de mon amant Archiv Produktion Baroque Vocal Music
Aki Takahashi Morton Feldman: Trio Mode Records Contemporary Chamber Music
Simon Trpceski Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 Avie Post-Romantic Piano Concertos
Peter, Paul and Mary Peter Paul and Mary with Symphony Orchestra: The Prague Sessions Warner Bros.
Selena La Leyenda Capitol/EMI Latin Mexican Traditions, Tejano, Adult Contemporary, Latin Pop, Dance-Pop
Titus Andronicus The Monitor XL New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Violent Soho Violent Soho Ecstatic Peace! Punk-Pop, Garage Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock
David S. Ware Saturnian: Solo Saxophones, Vol. 1 AUM Fidelity Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz
White Hinterland Kairos Dead Oceans Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Year Long Disaster Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed Volcom Entertainment Hard Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
New CD Album Releases, 3-2-2010: Peter Gabriel, Blake Shelton, Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack Not much that looks real promising in new releases this week. Just on general marketing tie ins, the big enchilada is probably Danny Elfman's inevitable soundtrack album for the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland movie.
For reasons that are not entirely obvious to me, some people regard Peter Gabriel as a major artist. One of the top ways you can tell he's an Important Artist is that he generally seems to put out about one record every 10 years or so. Ex-Lax might help get his stuff moving. Still, he made a couple of sharp pop singles 20ish years ago.
Anyway, he's back this week with Scratch My Back. At that, it's an album of covers, so he doesn't even have the excuse that he's been slaving over the compositions. These are apparently all orchestral arrangements, with no guitar or drums. Bowie's "Heroes" seems pretty common, but I am glad to see someone covering "The Boy in the Bubble."
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Athlete Black Swan Universal International Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jamie Cullum The Pursuit Verve Forecast Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Singer/Songwriter
Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back Real World
Little Boots Hands Elektra Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Dance-Pop
Rogue Wave Permalight Universal Republic Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop
Blake Shelton Hillbilly Bone Warner Bros. Nashville Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist
4Hero/DJ Marky The Kings of Drum + Bass BBE Jungle/Drum'n'bass, Club/Dance
Black 47 Bankers and Gangsters United Opportunity Celtic Rock, Bar Band, Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Michael Bolton One World One Love Universal
Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan to Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater Emarcy Vocal Jazz, Standards, Contemporary Jazz
Chillum Chillum Sunbeam Prog-Rock
Citizen Cope The RainWater LP Rainwater Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Clogs The Creatures In the Garden of Lady Walton Brassland Post-Rock, Experimental, Ambient, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Easton Corbin Easton Corbin Mercury Nashville
DJ Khaled Victory Koch Hardcore Rap, Southern Rap
Raheem DeVaughn The Love & War MasterPeace 1228/Jive/Zomba Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
Jason Derulo Jason Derulo Warner Bros. Urban
Danny Gokey My Best Days RCA Contemporary Country
Golden Triangle Double Jointer Hardly Art Post-Punk, Psychedelic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Groove Armada Black Light OM Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance, Club/Dance
Guitar Shorty Bare Knuckle Alligator Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues
John Hiatt The Open Road New West College Rock, Heartland Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Americana, Country-Rock, Roots Rock, Punk/New Wave, New Wave
The Holmes Brothers Feed My Soul Alligator Contemporary Gospel, Gospel, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Contemporary Blues, Southern Gospel, Black Gospel, Modern Blues, Retro-Soul, Blues Gospel, Soul
Jaguar Love Hologram Jams Fat Possum Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Jose James Blackmagic PIAS Clubjazz, Neo-Soul, Contemporary Jazz, Soul
Paavo Jarvi Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 RCA Romantic Symphony
Shooter Jennings & Hierophant Black Ribbons Rocket Science Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Dorian Keilhack Per Norgard: Der gottliche Tivoli Dacapo Contemporary Opera
The Library Is on Fire Magic Windows, Magic Nights (Fill in the Blank) Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
Lifehouse Smoke & Mirrors Geffen Alternative/Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge
Russian National Orchestra Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites PentaTone Classics Post-Romantic Orchestral Music
Robert Sadin Art Of Love: Music of Machaut Deutsche Grammophon Medieval Chamber & Vocal Music
Yuri Temirkanov Verdi: Requiem Signum UK Romantic Choral Music
Original Soundtrack Alice in Wonderland Walt Disney Original Score, Film Music, Soundtracks
Emma Pollock Law of Large Numbers Chemikal Underground Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
The Ruby Suns Fight Softly Sub Pop Indie Pop, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Sonoi Sonoi Low Transit Industries Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Indie Electronic, Ambient Pop
Texas Tornados !Esta Bueno! Bismeaux Roots Rock, Tex-Mex
These New Puritans Hidden Domino New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Original Soundtrack Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey Savoy Jam Bands, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Soundtracks, Roots Rock
Various Artists Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria Soundway Nigerian, African Traditions, West African
Various Artists Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert Rounder
Various Artists Shifting Sands: 20 Treasures From the Heyday of Underground Folk Sunbeam Records British Psychedelia, British Folk-Rock, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
A Weather Everyday Balloons Team Love Contemporary Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock
Josiah Wolf Jet Lag Anticon Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Yellow Swans Going Places Type Experimental Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
New CD Album Releases, 2-23-2010: Johnny Cash, George Jones, Plimsouls This week we get American VI: Ain't No Grave. This sixth release is billed as the final installment of Johnny Cash's American Recordings with Rick Rubin. I haven't heard this yet, but I can pretty well guarantee that this is hot stuff. There was some kind of chemistry between Cash and Rubin that brought out Johnny's highest artistic ambitions at the end of his life. All five of the previous albums have been excellent. Indeed the first American Recordings album was probably the best record Johnny Cash ever made.
George Jones: The Great Lost Hits are two CDs of recordings from 1965 to 1972 for Musicor Records. They have been tied up in litigation and unavailable in any form for some years.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new CD album releases:
Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig Nonesuch Records Regional Blues, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Piedmont Blues, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditional Folk, String Bands, Modern Acoustic Blues
Johnny Cash American VI: Ain't No Grave Lost Highway Records
George Jones George Jones: The Great Lost Hits WEA Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Country-Pop, Traditional Country, Progressive Country
Joanna Newsom Have One on Me Drag City Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Plimsouls Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal: October 31, 1981 Whisky a Go Go Alive Naturalsound Records College Rock, Punk/New Wave, Alternative/Indie Rock, Power Pop, New Wave
Quasi American Gong Kill Rock Stars Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Various Artists Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox Merge Records Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, New Zealand Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Xiu Xiu Dear God, I Hate Myself Kill Rock Stars Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Alkaline Trio This Addiction Epitaph Records Punk Revival, Punk-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Andrew W.K. Close Calls with Brick Walls/Mother of Mankind Dope Entertainment Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Martha Argerich Argerich plays Chopin Deutsche Grammophon Romantic Piano Music
Balmorhea Constellations Western Vinyl Records Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Cindy Blackman Another Lifetime Four Quarters Entertainment Straight-Ahead Jazz, Post-Bop
The Blues Brothers Made in America Atlantic/WEA Soul, Retro-Soul
The Brian Jonestown Massacre Who Killed Sgt Pepper? A.
David Broza Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt S-Curve
Sarah Buxton Sarah Buxton Lyric Street Country-Pop
Charlie Byrd The World of Charlie Byrd Columbia Brazilian Traditions, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova, Bop, World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Standards, Swing
A Certain Ratio Force Creation Dance-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Clem Snide The Meat of Life 429 Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock
Deadstring Brothers Sao Paulo Bloodshot Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Americana, Alternative Country-Rock
Georgia A. Muldrow/Declaime SomeOthaShip Mello Music Group Underground Rap, Political Rap
EPMD Strictly Business Priority Golden Age, Big Beat, Electronica, Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap
Eazy-E Eazy-Duz-It Ruthless West Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap
Efterklang Magic Chairs 4AD Post-Rock, Experimental Ambient, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Electric President The Violent Blue Fake Four Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock
Eluvium Similes Temporary Residence Experimental Ambient, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Flatt & Scruggs/The Stanley Brothers Flatt & Scruggs and The Stanley Brothers JSP Records Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Country-Pop
Dan Fogelberg Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings from the West Full Moon Soft Rock
The Fugs Be Free: The Fugs Final CD, Pt. II Kindred Rhythm Comedy Rock, Rock & Roll, Protest Songs
Robin Guthrie Sunflower Stories Darla Records Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Merle Haggard Kern River/Chill Factor American Beat Records Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
High on Fire Snakes for the Divine Koch Records Stoner Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Hot Tuna Double Dose Edsel Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
Fela Anikulapo Kuti Black Man's Cry Shanachie Afro-Beat, Afro-Pop, Nigerian, African Traditions, West African, Highlife
Hector Lavoe Greatest Hits [2010] Fania New York Salsa, Salsa, Tropical
Hector Lavoe La Voz: A Man and His Music Fania New York Salsa, Salsa, Tropical
Alan Licht/Loren Connors Into the Night Sky Family Vineyard Experimental Rock, Experimental, Free Improvisation, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
David Lloyd-Jones Sir Arthur Sullivan: Ivanhoe Chandos Post-Romantic Opera
Lonelady Nerve Up Warp New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Madlib Madlib Medicine Show No. 2: Flight to Brazil
Madlib Miles Away: The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble Stones Throw Fusion, Electric Jazz, Clubjazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
Master P Ghetto D No Limit Records Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap
Daniel Merriweather Love & War Sony Music Distribution Urban, Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul, Soul
Milow Milow Universal Distribution
Holly Miranda The Magician's Private Library XL Recordings Ltd. Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Essra Mohawk Essra Mohawk Asylum Art Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Essra Mohawk Primordial Lovers Reprise Art Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Sandy Hurvitz Sandy's Album Is Here at Last! Bizarre Planet Entertainment Art Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Moreland & Arbuckle Flood Telarc International Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock
Mutiny Within Mutiny Within Roadrunner Records Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal
My Dying Bride Angel and the Dark River/Darkest Eyes [CD/DVD] Snapper Doom Metal, Goth Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal
Nazareth Loud 'N' Proud Eagle Rock Album Rock, Hard Rock
Carrie Newcomer Before & After Rounder Records Contemporary Folk, Progressive Folk
Terry Riley Terry Riley: Autodreamographical Tales Tzadik Contemporary Chamber Music
Gerard Schwarz William Schuman: Symphony No. 8; Night Journey; Variations on 'America' Naxos Modern Orchestral Music
Morgan Page Believe RCA Records Progressive House, Club/Dance, House
Jackie Paris The Jackie Paris Sound EastWest Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Bop
Past Lives Tapestry of Webs Suicide Squeeze Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Lucky Peterson Heart of Pain JSP Records Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Electric Blues, Soul-Blues
John Pizzarelli Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington Telarc Distribution Vocal Jazz, Standards, Swing, American Popular Song, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Neo-Bop
Helen Reddy Ear Candy/We'll Sing in the Sunshine Raven Records Soft Rock
Terry Riley Terry Riley: Autodreamographical Tales Tzadik Records
The Rocket Summer Of Men and Angels Island Emo, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Jack Rose Luck in the Valley Thrill Jockey
Diana Ross Touch Me in the Morning Motown Motown, AM Pop, Pop-Soul, Soul
Sambassadeur European Labrador Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Not much big and new this week, but let's just take a minute to dig on the genius of The Tom Lehrer Collection. This collection features 26 cuts, largely recorded in the 1960s. This has pretty much all the obvious cuts. By his count, for being such a well known name over many years, he only published 37 songs.
