I'm waiting for official release dates for the new Mountain Goats album (as yet untitled) and the new Counting Crows album, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, both tentatively scheduled for early 2008.
The Counting Crows are doing half rock, half country on this release, and there are rumors of a two-disc set (I guess every musical group does one eventually). I was pretty happy with Hard Candy and can't wait to hear what new tricks they have up their sleeves.
The Mountain Goats have, for the first time in eleven years, recruited two members of the Bright Mountain Choir for backing vocals on the new album, which makes me hope for pretty female harmonies a la "Noctifer Birmingham." Also, one of the song titles is "How to Embrace a Swamp Creature," which makes me hopeful that John Darnielle has finally written the monster-themed album he's been hinting at for a while.
What albums are you all looking forward to?
Full Version: Most Anticipated of 2008
QUOTE (FloridaGirl @ Nov 14 2007, 03:16 PM) 
What albums are you all looking forward to?
Chinese Democracy.
Yeah right.
Cat Power- Jukebox 1/22/08
Also Song for Bobby will be released this week on I-tunes. It's about Bob Dylan and is one of only 2 originals on the new album.
From Matador Records web site-
Also Song for Bobby will be released this week on I-tunes. It's about Bob Dylan and is one of only 2 originals on the new album.
From Matador Records web site-
QUOTE
Today we announce the final sequence for Cat Power’s upcoming ‘Jukebox’ album, to be released on January 22. The names below indicate the best known performer of the original songs, who are not necessarily the songwriters:
1. New York (Frank Sinatra)
2. Ramblin’ (Wo)man (Hank Williams)
3. Metal Heart (Cat Power *)
4. Silver Stallion (The Highwaymen)
5. Aretha, Sing One For Me (George Jackson)
6. Lost Someone (James Brown)
7. Lord, Help The Poor And Needy (Jessie Mae Hemphill)
8. I Believe In You (Bob Dylan)
9. Song To Bobby (Cat Power **)
10. Don’t Explain (Billie Holiday)
11. Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin)
12. Blue (Joni Mitchell)
* original version on the ‘Moon Pix’ album
** first appearance of this song
In addition, there will be a limited-edition silver foil deluxe package with a bonus disc containing the following 5 songs:
1. I Feel (Hot Boys)
2. Naked, If I Want To (Moby Grape)
3. Breathless (Nick Cave)
4. Angelitos Negros (Roberta Flack)
5. She’s Got You (Patsy Cline)
1. New York (Frank Sinatra)
2. Ramblin’ (Wo)man (Hank Williams)
3. Metal Heart (Cat Power *)
4. Silver Stallion (The Highwaymen)
5. Aretha, Sing One For Me (George Jackson)
6. Lost Someone (James Brown)
7. Lord, Help The Poor And Needy (Jessie Mae Hemphill)
8. I Believe In You (Bob Dylan)
9. Song To Bobby (Cat Power **)
10. Don’t Explain (Billie Holiday)
11. Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin)
12. Blue (Joni Mitchell)
* original version on the ‘Moon Pix’ album
** first appearance of this song
In addition, there will be a limited-edition silver foil deluxe package with a bonus disc containing the following 5 songs:
1. I Feel (Hot Boys)
2. Naked, If I Want To (Moby Grape)
3. Breathless (Nick Cave)
4. Angelitos Negros (Roberta Flack)
5. She’s Got You (Patsy Cline)
!!!
I had no idea!! Add that to my short itty bitty list!
Tina Dico - Count to Ten
Cat Power - Jukebox (yay!)
QUOTE (kent @ Nov 14 2007, 11:53 AM)
Cat Power- Jukebox 1/22/08
I had no idea!! Add that to my short itty bitty list!
Tina Dico - Count to Ten
Cat Power - Jukebox (yay!)
Tift Merritt has a new one coming out February 26! 
Sounds like it should be interesting:
The Story of Another Country
Laundry was dirty, suitcases were wearing thin, and so was I. I had lost count of the miles I had traveled. I had been traveling a very long time. Life was in disarray, left accidentally on an airplane, misplaced along with old ticket stubs or maybe left back at home, which was no longer very easy to find. Somehow, in desperation, I had decided to take myself to Paris. It was the only thing I was sure of. I was going to take myself to Paris and rent a flat with a piano for two weeks. Maybe everyone knew that I was going to stay awhile, deep down. Deep down, I wasn’t sure I was ever going home.
A taxi had spilled me, my luggage and guitar into a very small street in Paris. I packed us all into a tiny pre-war elevator but could barely get the door closed. Four flights up, a blond woman named Cecile handed me her keys. She was sleeping at a friend’s place while letting her apartment to me and promised to come back to take me out for drinks. She was surprised I was young. "Only old women from America rent my apartment all by themselves," she told me. As the door closed behind her, I wondered what I would do with myself now. I hadn’t woken up in the same city for two weeks in at least a year. I only knew one other person in Paris. Well, two, now that I had met Cecile.
Cecile did indeed come around to buy me a drink at the café downstairs. Cecile was a journalist who had put herself though school as a jazz singer. She knew every single Joni Mitchell lyric, and we laughed like children for hours in the street. Christian, the one other person I knew in Paris, whom I had really only met once through a friend, took me in, too. He lived just around the corner in an apartment above a very large Foie Gras sign. He would lean out the window and wave and shout my name whenever I came over. His salon was always full of people drinking white wine wanting to teach me swear words or feed me things I had never tasted. We kept a dictionary close by in case we found words or feelings we could not explain to each other. Mostly, though, I played Cecile’s piano. I played slowly, at first, with a certainty that I had nothing to say. But I kept finding myself back there, plucking a melody, again and again, until the neighbors yelled at me. I couldn’t stop. And I definitely wasn’t going home.
I somehow managed to find another apartment with a piano. It was a studio, so the piano was right by the bed. The best sleep I have ever known was sleeping beside that piano. One morning, I woke up with my hands clutching that piano. Days were wonderful there, too. I wore the same clothes nearly every day. I would take a coffee in the street, say hello to the good people in the little wine store across from my door, walk the gardens, sit in the church up the street. St. Sulpice was dark and cool and beautiful. Its ceiling was as far away as the sky. I would sit for as long as I could watch the tourists look wordlessly around the church, wondering what they were looking for. Sometimes I would just sit quietly wondering what I was looking for. There was nearly always someone sleeping in the back pews with a piece of newspaper over their face. Once, a homeless woman came in with a bag of peaches. She didn’t think anyone had seen her, and she huddled over in her chair and ate the peaches with the light in her hair and on her face. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Sunlight came through the rose windows at the church ceiling, and I would watch that light from the deepest place within me. I would light a candle, the kind you could buy for one euro, and then I would go home to work.
I guess sometimes you do have to go very far from home and get very lost to realize that life is all around you and shouting at you to take its many good things with you. I don’t know if it was the church, the piano, the markets full of figs and fresh milk, the funny faces you make when you are trying to explain yourself in a foreign language, or the things you cannot take for granted when you are far from home by yourself with just a few words in your pocket. I cannot explain what happened except to say there were never enough hours in a day to write, and there was always kindness close at hand. I wrote songs. I played piano. I wrote stories. I took pictures. One day I wrote so much that I convinced myself that I must be dying. Otherwise, how could I possibly write so much? How could there be so much inside to say? It was the happiest I have ever been.
When I did come home from Paris, I had the seeds of this record in my notebook. Over the course of the next year or so, I returned to Cecile’s piano several times. Christian’s brother Patrice helped me practice the lyrics to Mille Tendresses before debuting them at a small Paris show. He scolded me very sweetly while we sang and danced around the room. But there were other places now, other towns and many hands that helped me sing these songs and grow this record very gently. Like a postcard having taken the long way around from some place far away and deep inside, I send these songs to you and thank all the dear people who have helped us both on our way.
Sounds like it should be interesting:The Story of Another Country
Laundry was dirty, suitcases were wearing thin, and so was I. I had lost count of the miles I had traveled. I had been traveling a very long time. Life was in disarray, left accidentally on an airplane, misplaced along with old ticket stubs or maybe left back at home, which was no longer very easy to find. Somehow, in desperation, I had decided to take myself to Paris. It was the only thing I was sure of. I was going to take myself to Paris and rent a flat with a piano for two weeks. Maybe everyone knew that I was going to stay awhile, deep down. Deep down, I wasn’t sure I was ever going home.
A taxi had spilled me, my luggage and guitar into a very small street in Paris. I packed us all into a tiny pre-war elevator but could barely get the door closed. Four flights up, a blond woman named Cecile handed me her keys. She was sleeping at a friend’s place while letting her apartment to me and promised to come back to take me out for drinks. She was surprised I was young. "Only old women from America rent my apartment all by themselves," she told me. As the door closed behind her, I wondered what I would do with myself now. I hadn’t woken up in the same city for two weeks in at least a year. I only knew one other person in Paris. Well, two, now that I had met Cecile.
Cecile did indeed come around to buy me a drink at the café downstairs. Cecile was a journalist who had put herself though school as a jazz singer. She knew every single Joni Mitchell lyric, and we laughed like children for hours in the street. Christian, the one other person I knew in Paris, whom I had really only met once through a friend, took me in, too. He lived just around the corner in an apartment above a very large Foie Gras sign. He would lean out the window and wave and shout my name whenever I came over. His salon was always full of people drinking white wine wanting to teach me swear words or feed me things I had never tasted. We kept a dictionary close by in case we found words or feelings we could not explain to each other. Mostly, though, I played Cecile’s piano. I played slowly, at first, with a certainty that I had nothing to say. But I kept finding myself back there, plucking a melody, again and again, until the neighbors yelled at me. I couldn’t stop. And I definitely wasn’t going home.
I somehow managed to find another apartment with a piano. It was a studio, so the piano was right by the bed. The best sleep I have ever known was sleeping beside that piano. One morning, I woke up with my hands clutching that piano. Days were wonderful there, too. I wore the same clothes nearly every day. I would take a coffee in the street, say hello to the good people in the little wine store across from my door, walk the gardens, sit in the church up the street. St. Sulpice was dark and cool and beautiful. Its ceiling was as far away as the sky. I would sit for as long as I could watch the tourists look wordlessly around the church, wondering what they were looking for. Sometimes I would just sit quietly wondering what I was looking for. There was nearly always someone sleeping in the back pews with a piece of newspaper over their face. Once, a homeless woman came in with a bag of peaches. She didn’t think anyone had seen her, and she huddled over in her chair and ate the peaches with the light in her hair and on her face. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Sunlight came through the rose windows at the church ceiling, and I would watch that light from the deepest place within me. I would light a candle, the kind you could buy for one euro, and then I would go home to work.
I guess sometimes you do have to go very far from home and get very lost to realize that life is all around you and shouting at you to take its many good things with you. I don’t know if it was the church, the piano, the markets full of figs and fresh milk, the funny faces you make when you are trying to explain yourself in a foreign language, or the things you cannot take for granted when you are far from home by yourself with just a few words in your pocket. I cannot explain what happened except to say there were never enough hours in a day to write, and there was always kindness close at hand. I wrote songs. I played piano. I wrote stories. I took pictures. One day I wrote so much that I convinced myself that I must be dying. Otherwise, how could I possibly write so much? How could there be so much inside to say? It was the happiest I have ever been.
When I did come home from Paris, I had the seeds of this record in my notebook. Over the course of the next year or so, I returned to Cecile’s piano several times. Christian’s brother Patrice helped me practice the lyrics to Mille Tendresses before debuting them at a small Paris show. He scolded me very sweetly while we sang and danced around the room. But there were other places now, other towns and many hands that helped me sing these songs and grow this record very gently. Like a postcard having taken the long way around from some place far away and deep inside, I send these songs to you and thank all the dear people who have helped us both on our way.
A few more that might be of interest to some-
1/8
Sia- Some People Have Real Problems
2/19
Allison Moorer- Mockingbirds
Mostly covers, produced by Buddy Miller
Gary Louris- Vagabonds
(of Jayhawks fame)
2/26
Cowboy Junkies- Trinity Revisited- apparent US release
Tift Merritt- Another Country
1/8
Sia- Some People Have Real Problems
2/19
Allison Moorer- Mockingbirds
Mostly covers, produced by Buddy Miller
Gary Louris- Vagabonds
(of Jayhawks fame)
2/26
Cowboy Junkies- Trinity Revisited- apparent US release
Tift Merritt- Another Country
I'm looking forward to...
* Steve Lukather's first solo album in 10 years.
* Aimee Mann's new album, which apparently is "done, but not coming out until March." Aimee, you're independent...you could release the damn thing tomorrow...but I digress.
* Marillion
* U2
* Kathleen Edwards
* Portishead
* The Charlatans
* Doves
* The Black Crowes
* Steve Lukather's first solo album in 10 years.
* Aimee Mann's new album, which apparently is "done, but not coming out until March." Aimee, you're independent...you could release the damn thing tomorrow...but I digress.
* Marillion
* U2
* Kathleen Edwards
* Portishead
* The Charlatans
* Doves
* The Black Crowes
QUOTE (kent @ Nov 14 2007, 04:53 PM)
Cat Power- Jukebox 1/22/08
'Kim Taylor's should be out sometime in 2008. The songs I've heard that are potential album-makers (Lamb, Either Way, Roses, If I Am Wrong) are every bit as good as the IFLAFL batch...maybe a little more soulful.
Good luck, KT, at the Cincy Entertainment Awards on Sunday
Good luck, KT, at the Cincy Entertainment Awards on Sunday
QUOTE (keith from ny @ Nov 14 2007, 04:29 PM)
Tift Merritt has a new one coming out February 26! Sounds like it should be interesting:
The Story of Another Country
Laundry was dirty, suitcases were wearing thin, and so was I. I had lost count of the miles I had traveled. I had been traveling a very long time. Life was in disarray, left accidentally on an airplane, misplaced along with old ticket stubs or maybe left back at home, which was no longer very easy to find. Somehow, in desperation, I had decided to take myself to Paris. It was the only thing I was sure of. I was going to take myself to Paris and rent a flat with a piano for two weeks. Maybe everyone knew that I was going to stay awhile, deep down. Deep down, I wasn’t sure I was ever going home.
A taxi had spilled me, my luggage and guitar into a very small street in Paris. I packed us all into a tiny pre-war elevator but could barely get the door closed. Four flights up, a blond woman named Cecile handed me her keys. She was sleeping at a friend’s place while letting her apartment to me and promised to come back to take me out for drinks. She was surprised I was young. "Only old women from America rent my apartment all by themselves," she told me. As the door closed behind her, I wondered what I would do with myself now. I hadn’t woken up in the same city for two weeks in at least a year. I only knew one other person in Paris. Well, two, now that I had met Cecile.
Cecile did indeed come around to buy me a drink at the café downstairs. Cecile was a journalist who had put herself though school as a jazz singer. She knew every single Joni Mitchell lyric, and we laughed like children for hours in the street. Christian, the one other person I knew in Paris, whom I had really only met once through a friend, took me in, too. He lived just around the corner in an apartment above a very large Foie Gras sign. He would lean out the window and wave and shout my name whenever I came over. His salon was always full of people drinking white wine wanting to teach me swear words or feed me things I had never tasted. We kept a dictionary close by in case we found words or feelings we could not explain to each other. Mostly, though, I played Cecile’s piano. I played slowly, at first, with a certainty that I had nothing to say. But I kept finding myself back there, plucking a melody, again and again, until the neighbors yelled at me. I couldn’t stop. And I definitely wasn’t going home.
I somehow managed to find another apartment with a piano. It was a studio, so the piano was right by the bed. The best sleep I have ever known was sleeping beside that piano. One morning, I woke up with my hands clutching that piano. Days were wonderful there, too. I wore the same clothes nearly every day. I would take a coffee in the street, say hello to the good people in the little wine store across from my door, walk the gardens, sit in the church up the street. St. Sulpice was dark and cool and beautiful. Its ceiling was as far away as the sky. I would sit for as long as I could watch the tourists look wordlessly around the church, wondering what they were looking for. Sometimes I would just sit quietly wondering what I was looking for. There was nearly always someone sleeping in the back pews with a piece of newspaper over their face. Once, a homeless woman came in with a bag of peaches. She didn’t think anyone had seen her, and she huddled over in her chair and ate the peaches with the light in her hair and on her face. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Sunlight came through the rose windows at the church ceiling, and I would watch that light from the deepest place within me. I would light a candle, the kind you could buy for one euro, and then I would go home to work.
I guess sometimes you do have to go very far from home and get very lost to realize that life is all around you and shouting at you to take its many good things with you. I don’t know if it was the church, the piano, the markets full of figs and fresh milk, the funny faces you make when you are trying to explain yourself in a foreign language, or the things you cannot take for granted when you are far from home by yourself with just a few words in your pocket. I cannot explain what happened except to say there were never enough hours in a day to write, and there was always kindness close at hand. I wrote songs. I played piano. I wrote stories. I took pictures. One day I wrote so much that I convinced myself that I must be dying. Otherwise, how could I possibly write so much? How could there be so much inside to say? It was the happiest I have ever been.
When I did come home from Paris, I had the seeds of this record in my notebook. Over the course of the next year or so, I returned to Cecile’s piano several times. Christian’s brother Patrice helped me practice the lyrics to Mille Tendresses before debuting them at a small Paris show. He scolded me very sweetly while we sang and danced around the room. But there were other places now, other towns and many hands that helped me sing these songs and grow this record very gently. Like a postcard having taken the long way around from some place far away and deep inside, I send these songs to you and thank all the dear people who have helped us both on our way.
Sounds like it should be interesting:The Story of Another Country
Laundry was dirty, suitcases were wearing thin, and so was I. I had lost count of the miles I had traveled. I had been traveling a very long time. Life was in disarray, left accidentally on an airplane, misplaced along with old ticket stubs or maybe left back at home, which was no longer very easy to find. Somehow, in desperation, I had decided to take myself to Paris. It was the only thing I was sure of. I was going to take myself to Paris and rent a flat with a piano for two weeks. Maybe everyone knew that I was going to stay awhile, deep down. Deep down, I wasn’t sure I was ever going home.
A taxi had spilled me, my luggage and guitar into a very small street in Paris. I packed us all into a tiny pre-war elevator but could barely get the door closed. Four flights up, a blond woman named Cecile handed me her keys. She was sleeping at a friend’s place while letting her apartment to me and promised to come back to take me out for drinks. She was surprised I was young. "Only old women from America rent my apartment all by themselves," she told me. As the door closed behind her, I wondered what I would do with myself now. I hadn’t woken up in the same city for two weeks in at least a year. I only knew one other person in Paris. Well, two, now that I had met Cecile.
Cecile did indeed come around to buy me a drink at the café downstairs. Cecile was a journalist who had put herself though school as a jazz singer. She knew every single Joni Mitchell lyric, and we laughed like children for hours in the street. Christian, the one other person I knew in Paris, whom I had really only met once through a friend, took me in, too. He lived just around the corner in an apartment above a very large Foie Gras sign. He would lean out the window and wave and shout my name whenever I came over. His salon was always full of people drinking white wine wanting to teach me swear words or feed me things I had never tasted. We kept a dictionary close by in case we found words or feelings we could not explain to each other. Mostly, though, I played Cecile’s piano. I played slowly, at first, with a certainty that I had nothing to say. But I kept finding myself back there, plucking a melody, again and again, until the neighbors yelled at me. I couldn’t stop. And I definitely wasn’t going home.
I somehow managed to find another apartment with a piano. It was a studio, so the piano was right by the bed. The best sleep I have ever known was sleeping beside that piano. One morning, I woke up with my hands clutching that piano. Days were wonderful there, too. I wore the same clothes nearly every day. I would take a coffee in the street, say hello to the good people in the little wine store across from my door, walk the gardens, sit in the church up the street. St. Sulpice was dark and cool and beautiful. Its ceiling was as far away as the sky. I would sit for as long as I could watch the tourists look wordlessly around the church, wondering what they were looking for. Sometimes I would just sit quietly wondering what I was looking for. There was nearly always someone sleeping in the back pews with a piece of newspaper over their face. Once, a homeless woman came in with a bag of peaches. She didn’t think anyone had seen her, and she huddled over in her chair and ate the peaches with the light in her hair and on her face. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Sunlight came through the rose windows at the church ceiling, and I would watch that light from the deepest place within me. I would light a candle, the kind you could buy for one euro, and then I would go home to work.
I guess sometimes you do have to go very far from home and get very lost to realize that life is all around you and shouting at you to take its many good things with you. I don’t know if it was the church, the piano, the markets full of figs and fresh milk, the funny faces you make when you are trying to explain yourself in a foreign language, or the things you cannot take for granted when you are far from home by yourself with just a few words in your pocket. I cannot explain what happened except to say there were never enough hours in a day to write, and there was always kindness close at hand. I wrote songs. I played piano. I wrote stories. I took pictures. One day I wrote so much that I convinced myself that I must be dying. Otherwise, how could I possibly write so much? How could there be so much inside to say? It was the happiest I have ever been.
When I did come home from Paris, I had the seeds of this record in my notebook. Over the course of the next year or so, I returned to Cecile’s piano several times. Christian’s brother Patrice helped me practice the lyrics to Mille Tendresses before debuting them at a small Paris show. He scolded me very sweetly while we sang and danced around the room. But there were other places now, other towns and many hands that helped me sing these songs and grow this record very gently. Like a postcard having taken the long way around from some place far away and deep inside, I send these songs to you and thank all the dear people who have helped us both on our way.
Can't wait for this! I've been listening to Tift since Bramble Rose, and we saw her with Brad Rice on lead in Birmingham, during the summer of 2006, and she was fantastic. Really sweet girl!
QUOTE (WalrusOct9 @ Nov 14 2007, 09:01 PM)
I'm looking forward to...
* Steve Lukather's first solo album in 10 years.
* Aimee Mann's new album, which apparently is "done, but not coming out until March." Aimee, you're independent...you could release the damn thing tomorrow...but I digress.
* Marillion
* U2
* Kathleen Edwards
* Portishead
* The Charlatans
* Doves
* The Black Crowes
* Steve Lukather's first solo album in 10 years.
* Aimee Mann's new album, which apparently is "done, but not coming out until March." Aimee, you're independent...you could release the damn thing tomorrow...but I digress.
* Marillion
* U2
* Kathleen Edwards
* Portishead
* The Charlatans
* Doves
* The Black Crowes
Also, ready for new U2 and Kathleen Edwards. She rocks! And U2, well, they're U2 (you don't have to say anything else)...
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois are involved with the new U2 record, and for the first time, were involved during the writing process, so I'm really expecting some great things this time around.
QUOTE (FloridaGirl @ Nov 14 2007, 04:16 PM)
I'm waiting for official release dates for the new Mountain Goats album (as yet untitled) <snip>
Not anymore it's not.
From the Mountain Goats website:QUOTE
... the new album is called Heretic Pride and will be out on February 19th, 2008. These are the songs on it:
1. Sax Rohmer #1
2. San Bernardino
3. Heretic Pride
4. Autoclave
5. New Zion
6. So Desperate
7. In the Craters on the Moon
8. Lovecraft in Brooklyn
9. Tianchi Lake
10. How to Embrace a Swamp Creature
11. Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident
12. Sept 15 1983
13. Michael Myers Resplendent
1. Sax Rohmer #1
2. San Bernardino
3. Heretic Pride
4. Autoclave
5. New Zion
6. So Desperate
7. In the Craters on the Moon
8. Lovecraft in Brooklyn
9. Tianchi Lake
10. How to Embrace a Swamp Creature
11. Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident
12. Sept 15 1983
13. Michael Myers Resplendent
John Darnielle needs to be my new best friend on the basis of this album title alone.
Even though we're in new music purgatory for the next month or two (stupid Christmas...ugh), that hasn't stopped the press releases:
QUOTE
Kathleen Edwards will release her first album in three years come March. "Asking for Flowers," due March 4 via Zoe/Rounder, was produced by the songwriter herself and Jim Scott and features a number of prominent backing players.
Included in the mix is Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Bob Dylan drummer Don Heffington, bassist Bob Glaub (Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen), guitarist Colin Cripps (Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams) and pedal steel player Greg Leisz.
"Some nights I lay awake worrying about the quality of the work I have done, hoping this album won't fall flat on its face from my stubborn insistence that I be overly involved in most of the details," Edwards wrote on her Web site. But she added that the title track "is one of the strongest songs I've ever written, so whatever comes in the future I know that I've been able to do something that I'm proud of."
"Asking for Flowers" will be the Canada native's third studio effort and second for Zoe, following March 2005's "Back to Me." That effort peaked at No. 6 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.
Included in the mix is Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Bob Dylan drummer Don Heffington, bassist Bob Glaub (Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen), guitarist Colin Cripps (Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams) and pedal steel player Greg Leisz.
"Some nights I lay awake worrying about the quality of the work I have done, hoping this album won't fall flat on its face from my stubborn insistence that I be overly involved in most of the details," Edwards wrote on her Web site. But she added that the title track "is one of the strongest songs I've ever written, so whatever comes in the future I know that I've been able to do something that I'm proud of."
"Asking for Flowers" will be the Canada native's third studio effort and second for Zoe, following March 2005's "Back to Me." That effort peaked at No. 6 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.
QUOTE
Black Crowes Enlist For 'War' On New Album
The Black Crowes have wrapped "Warpaint," their first studio album since 2001, and will release it March 4 internationally via their own Silver Arrow imprint, with distribution by Megaforce/Red.
The 11-track set was recorded at Allaire Studios in Woodstock, N.Y., and procued by Paul Stacey. It features the recording debut of new guitarist Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars and keyboardist Adam MacDougall. They join original members Chris and Rich Robinson and drummer Steve Gorman, as well as bassist Sven Pipien.
All of the tracks are Robinson brothers originals, except "God's Got It," which was penned by the Reverend Charlie Jackson.
The Crowes will perform "Warpaint" in its entirety during a spring U.S. run that will begin March 4, with dates to be announced. A world tour will follow, which kicks off March 24 at Australia's Byron Bay Festival.
Here is the track list for "Warpaint":
"Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution"
"Walk Believer Walk"
"O, Josephine"
"Evergreen"
"We Who See The Deep"
"Locust Street"
"Movin' on Down the Line"
"Wounded Bird"
"God's Got It"
"There's Gold in Them Hills"
"Whoa Mule"
The Black Crowes have wrapped "Warpaint," their first studio album since 2001, and will release it March 4 internationally via their own Silver Arrow imprint, with distribution by Megaforce/Red.
The 11-track set was recorded at Allaire Studios in Woodstock, N.Y., and procued by Paul Stacey. It features the recording debut of new guitarist Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars and keyboardist Adam MacDougall. They join original members Chris and Rich Robinson and drummer Steve Gorman, as well as bassist Sven Pipien.
All of the tracks are Robinson brothers originals, except "God's Got It," which was penned by the Reverend Charlie Jackson.
The Crowes will perform "Warpaint" in its entirety during a spring U.S. run that will begin March 4, with dates to be announced. A world tour will follow, which kicks off March 24 at Australia's Byron Bay Festival.
Here is the track list for "Warpaint":
"Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution"
"Walk Believer Walk"
"O, Josephine"
"Evergreen"
"We Who See The Deep"
"Locust Street"
"Movin' on Down the Line"
"Wounded Bird"
"God's Got It"
"There's Gold in Them Hills"
"Whoa Mule"
QUOTE
Mann Is All 'Smiles' On Spring Album
Aimee Mann has just put the finishing touches on her seventh solo album, which she hopes to release in the spring of 2008 on her own Superego label. Mann tells Billboard.com that the new set, titled "Smilers," is "not a concept album" like 2005's "The Forgotten Arm."
It was produced by Paul Bryan, who also helmed her 2006 holiday album "One More Drifter in the Snow," and Mann says that "the sound is a little bit different for me. It's got a lot of Moog (synthesizer) on it (and) sometimes almost sounds like the Cars a little bit. From song to song, everything gets a different treatment."
Mann also notes that "there's no electric guitar at all, which you weirdly don't miss. It's kind of this all-keyboard situation, which is great. It's an interesting amalgamation of sounds."
Bryan plays bass on the album, with Jay Bellerose on drums and Jamie Edwards on keyboards. "I formed a band that was perfect for this project and stuck with it," Mann says. She also incorporates strings and horns on some songs and duets on one track with San Francisco singer/songwriter Sean Hayes.
Mann plans to preview a couple "Smilers" songs on her upcoming holiday tour, which kicks off Thursday (Nov. 29) in Solana Beach, Calif. She'll also be premiering a short comedy film she made with director Michael Blieden which features appearances by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.
"There were a lot of people who were interested in being part of the live show," Mann says, "but they were all either out of town or doing a movie. So there's this kind of cast of stars that for some reason agreed to be in my little, jokey film. I'm excited about that."
Aimee Mann has just put the finishing touches on her seventh solo album, which she hopes to release in the spring of 2008 on her own Superego label. Mann tells Billboard.com that the new set, titled "Smilers," is "not a concept album" like 2005's "The Forgotten Arm."
It was produced by Paul Bryan, who also helmed her 2006 holiday album "One More Drifter in the Snow," and Mann says that "the sound is a little bit different for me. It's got a lot of Moog (synthesizer) on it (and) sometimes almost sounds like the Cars a little bit. From song to song, everything gets a different treatment."
Mann also notes that "there's no electric guitar at all, which you weirdly don't miss. It's kind of this all-keyboard situation, which is great. It's an interesting amalgamation of sounds."
Bryan plays bass on the album, with Jay Bellerose on drums and Jamie Edwards on keyboards. "I formed a band that was perfect for this project and stuck with it," Mann says. She also incorporates strings and horns on some songs and duets on one track with San Francisco singer/songwriter Sean Hayes.
Mann plans to preview a couple "Smilers" songs on her upcoming holiday tour, which kicks off Thursday (Nov. 29) in Solana Beach, Calif. She'll also be premiering a short comedy film she made with director Michael Blieden which features appearances by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.
"There were a lot of people who were interested in being part of the live show," Mann says, "but they were all either out of town or doing a movie. So there's this kind of cast of stars that for some reason agreed to be in my little, jokey film. I'm excited about that."
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (4 CD set)
03.04.08
QUOTE (bivester @ Dec 17 2007, 08:41 AM)
03.04.08
'Can't wait for this one!
this sounds great, i love me some shelby...
Release Date: January 29, 2008
From the Artist
Dusty Springfield was a soulful singer. You can't ever fill her shoes. So I just set out to sing songs we all want to hear again. The road map I followed when cutting these, was the one she made years ago. It was easy. I just sang and let the songs do the work. I'm so glad I did. Dusty inspired it all.
Product Description
Shelby's new album, Just A Little Lovin', was inspired by one of her favorite singers, Dusty Springfield. The album features nine clasic songs associated with Dusty and one stunning original written by Shelby, inspired by Dusty.
Release Date: January 29, 2008
From the Artist
Dusty Springfield was a soulful singer. You can't ever fill her shoes. So I just set out to sing songs we all want to hear again. The road map I followed when cutting these, was the one she made years ago. It was easy. I just sang and let the songs do the work. I'm so glad I did. Dusty inspired it all.
Product Description
Shelby's new album, Just A Little Lovin', was inspired by one of her favorite singers, Dusty Springfield. The album features nine clasic songs associated with Dusty and one stunning original written by Shelby, inspired by Dusty.
QUOTE (bivester @ Jan 2 2008, 09:29 AM)
this sounds great, i love me some shelby...
Release Date: January 29, 2008
From the Artist
Dusty Springfield was a soulful singer. You can't ever fill her shoes. So I just set out to sing songs we all want to hear again. The road map I followed when cutting these, was the one she made years ago. It was easy. I just sang and let the songs do the work. I'm so glad I did. Dusty inspired it all.
Product Description
Shelby's new album, Just A Little Lovin', was inspired by one of her favorite singers, Dusty Springfield. The album features nine clasic songs associated with Dusty and one stunning original written by Shelby, inspired by Dusty.
Release Date: January 29, 2008
From the Artist
Dusty Springfield was a soulful singer. You can't ever fill her shoes. So I just set out to sing songs we all want to hear again. The road map I followed when cutting these, was the one she made years ago. It was easy. I just sang and let the songs do the work. I'm so glad I did. Dusty inspired it all.
Product Description
Shelby's new album, Just A Little Lovin', was inspired by one of her favorite singers, Dusty Springfield. The album features nine clasic songs associated with Dusty and one stunning original written by Shelby, inspired by Dusty.
i've been excited about this since i first heard about it, a couple months ago, bill. she did a show featuring these songs at the belcourt in nashville, a couple months back, that i would have loved to make it to (but unfortunately didn't).
just to whet your appetite, take a look at this and be sure to check out her myspace page (she's got probably minute and a half-long clips of five songs from the new album on there)!
sounds killer!
a new Kris Delmhorst album will be out on 4/15.
looking forward to that, after her wonderful and very underrated Strange Conversation of 2006.
plus a new Weepies in April sometime maybe.
They were the background music for quite a few tv commercials this past Christmas season.
looking forward to that, after her wonderful and very underrated Strange Conversation of 2006.
plus a new Weepies in April sometime maybe.
They were the background music for quite a few tv commercials this past Christmas season.
The Black Crowes releasing new material is always a cause for celebration in the household of jame$, so this is probably the most anticipated.
Portishead is not far behind, as it's been a long, LONG time since Beth Gibbons, et al have emerged from the London gloom to offer any even gloomier delicious trip-hop.
I'm hoping Harry Connick Jr. continues his string of "number/age" albums and releases "40" this year. He was almost 35 when he released "30," so I'm hoping for a slightly more timely release this year.
That's about it right now.
Portishead is not far behind, as it's been a long, LONG time since Beth Gibbons, et al have emerged from the London gloom to offer any even gloomier delicious trip-hop.
I'm hoping Harry Connick Jr. continues his string of "number/age" albums and releases "40" this year. He was almost 35 when he released "30," so I'm hoping for a slightly more timely release this year.
That's about it right now.
"GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS"
TITLE - STILL TBD
LABEL - ACONY
RELEASE DATE - SPRING / SUMMER
GILLIAN WELCH: Everything we've done so far has been David and I doing
duets. It's hard as shit. I've tried to look at this dispassionately,
but I've come to believe that duet music is some of the most highly
arranged music on the planet. You're so exposed, you can't hide behind
anything. We work like most bands. We start playing and when we hit
something that sounds good, we go with that. With these songs, we
start to play them around, and when we hit a lick that's working, we
move in that direction. It's a very unconscious, illogical process.
Invariably, when I do a mic test, I play somebody else's song. That
becomes a textural road map. Last week's was [the Stones] 'You Can't
Always Get What You Want'. We have song titles, but I'm so
superstitious about this stuff. I'd cough them up for you, but it so
happens that a couple of these songs I'm most sure about, I'm unsure of
the titles. As far as the record goes, the working title is just
Record #5"
TITLE - STILL TBD
LABEL - ACONY
RELEASE DATE - SPRING / SUMMER
GILLIAN WELCH: Everything we've done so far has been David and I doing
duets. It's hard as shit. I've tried to look at this dispassionately,
but I've come to believe that duet music is some of the most highly
arranged music on the planet. You're so exposed, you can't hide behind
anything. We work like most bands. We start playing and when we hit
something that sounds good, we go with that. With these songs, we
start to play them around, and when we hit a lick that's working, we
move in that direction. It's a very unconscious, illogical process.
Invariably, when I do a mic test, I play somebody else's song. That
becomes a textural road map. Last week's was [the Stones] 'You Can't
Always Get What You Want'. We have song titles, but I'm so
superstitious about this stuff. I'd cough them up for you, but it so
happens that a couple of these songs I'm most sure about, I'm unsure of
the titles. As far as the record goes, the working title is just
Record #5"
QUOTE (bivester @ Jan 15 2008, 09:43 AM)
"GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS"
TITLE - STILL TBD
LABEL - ACONY
RELEASE DATE - SPRING / SUMMER
GILLIAN WELCH: Everything we've done so far has been David and I doing
duets. It's hard as shit. I've tried to look at this dispassionately,
but I've come to believe that duet music is some of the most highly
arranged music on the planet. You're so exposed, you can't hide behind
anything. We work like most bands. We start playing and when we hit
something that sounds good, we go with that. With these songs, we
start to play them around, and when we hit a lick that's working, we
move in that direction. It's a very unconscious, illogical process.
Invariably, when I do a mic test, I play somebody else's song. That
becomes a textural road map. Last week's was [the Stones] 'You Can't
Always Get What You Want'. We have song titles, but I'm so
superstitious about this stuff. I'd cough them up for you, but it so
happens that a couple of these songs I'm most sure about, I'm unsure of
the titles. As far as the record goes, the working title is just
Record #5"
TITLE - STILL TBD
LABEL - ACONY
RELEASE DATE - SPRING / SUMMER
GILLIAN WELCH: Everything we've done so far has been David and I doing
duets. It's hard as shit. I've tried to look at this dispassionately,
but I've come to believe that duet music is some of the most highly
arranged music on the planet. You're so exposed, you can't hide behind
anything. We work like most bands. We start playing and when we hit
something that sounds good, we go with that. With these songs, we
start to play them around, and when we hit a lick that's working, we
move in that direction. It's a very unconscious, illogical process.
Invariably, when I do a mic test, I play somebody else's song. That
becomes a textural road map. Last week's was [the Stones] 'You Can't
Always Get What You Want'. We have song titles, but I'm so
superstitious about this stuff. I'd cough them up for you, but it so
happens that a couple of these songs I'm most sure about, I'm unsure of
the titles. As far as the record goes, the working title is just
Record #5"
be still my heart...
I really don't know any albums coming out that I'm chomping at the bit for, unless the rumors of a new Ladytron album are true.
QUOTE (Trudes @ Jan 15 2008, 10:47 AM)
QUOTE (bivester @ Jan 15 2008, 09:43 AM)
"GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS"
TITLE - STILL TBD
LABEL - ACONY
RELEASE DATE - SPRING / SUMMER
GILLIAN WELCH: Everything we've done so far has been David and I doing
duets. It's hard as shit. I've tried to look at this dispassionately,
but I've come to believe that duet music is some of the most highly
arranged music on the planet. You're so exposed, you can't hide behind
anything. We work like most bands. We start playing and when we hit
something that sounds good, we go with that. With these songs, we
start to play them around, and when we hit a lick that's working, we
move in that direction. It's a very unconscious, illogical process.
Invariably, when I do a mic test, I play somebody else's song. That
becomes a textural road map. Last week's was [the Stones] 'You Can't
Always Get What You Want'. We have song titles, but I'm so
superstitious about this stuff. I'd cough them up for you, but it so
happens that a couple of these songs I'm most sure about, I'm unsure of
the titles. As far as the record goes, the working title is just
Record #5"
TITLE - STILL TBD
LABEL - ACONY
RELEASE DATE - SPRING / SUMMER
GILLIAN WELCH: Everything we've done so far has been David and I doing
duets. It's hard as shit. I've tried to look at this dispassionately,
but I've come to believe that duet music is some of the most highly
arranged music on the planet. You're so exposed, you can't hide behind
anything. We work like most bands. We start playing and when we hit
something that sounds good, we go with that. With these songs, we
start to play them around, and when we hit a lick that's working, we
move in that direction. It's a very unconscious, illogical process.
Invariably, when I do a mic test, I play somebody else's song. That
becomes a textural road map. Last week's was [the Stones] 'You Can't
Always Get What You Want'. We have song titles, but I'm so
superstitious about this stuff. I'd cough them up for you, but it so
happens that a couple of these songs I'm most sure about, I'm unsure of
the titles. As far as the record goes, the working title is just
Record #5"
be still my heart...
There was talk about this, last year, so shall we pray for summer, everyone?
Jack's Mannequin is my most anticipated album of 2008. Everything in Transit from 2005 is a top 10 all-time favorite.
U2
R.E.M. Accelerate
The Black Crowes
The Waifs (Sun Dirt Water will hopefully be available in the U.S. this year)
OtR Live from Nowhere Volume 3 (of course!)
Bands that are "due" but not heard any plans for:
Kings of Convenience
Better Than Ezra
...Plus the album that I could never predict now that will open up a whole new musical obsession. Can't wait for that!
U2
R.E.M. Accelerate
The Black Crowes
The Waifs (Sun Dirt Water will hopefully be available in the U.S. this year)
OtR Live from Nowhere Volume 3 (of course!)
Bands that are "due" but not heard any plans for:
Kings of Convenience
Better Than Ezra
...Plus the album that I could never predict now that will open up a whole new musical obsession. Can't wait for that!
QUOTE (bivester @ Nov 15 2007, 09:30 PM)
QUOTE (kent @ Nov 14 2007, 04:53 PM)
Cat Power- Jukebox 1/22/08
Today's Target ad in the local paper lists the new Cat Power at $7.98 this week (comes out Tuesday).
QUOTE (pico de gallo @ Jan 20 2008, 02:32 PM)
QUOTE (bivester @ Nov 15 2007, 09:30 PM)
QUOTE (kent @ Nov 14 2007, 04:53 PM)
Cat Power- Jukebox 1/22/08
Today's Target ad in the local paper lists the new Cat Power at $7.98 this week (comes out Tuesday).
Got it through preorder last Wednesday. There's a very very nice poster that came with it.
I've listened to both discs once. There are songs I like and songs I'm not sure about. I'll be interested in hearing other Cat Power fans reactions.
New Alejandro Escovedo out 6-24- Real Animal
from his web site on 1/31-
from his web site on 1/31-
QUOTE
Austin, Texas isn’t known as the “live music capital of the world” for nothing, and you don’t need a SXSW wristband to partake. On any given weeknight, a live music addict wandering 6th Street or South Congress can step through the nearest pub door and find a quick fix of blistering rock and roll — one-off live shows that would shame more anticipated and choreographed productions taking place only on weekends in other cities.
Even by Austin’s standards, though, Tuesday nights in particular must have seemed a bit special of late. Beginning late last year and continuing through January, Alejandro Escovedo took up a Tuesday night residency at the famed Continental Club. During this string of shows, Escovedo and his band sounded muscular, confident, and ready to take to the road.
Of all of the residency shows, however, none were more anticipated than a special show last Friday night, when Escovedo and singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet, who spent the last year writing songs with Escovedo, debuted material from Escovedo’s highly-anticipated release, Real Animal, produced by Tony Visconti.In fact, last Friday’s show not only “debuted material,” but, following a set by Prophet and his band (touring behind Prophet’s 2007 release Soap and Water), Escovedo, Prophet, and band roared through through Real Animal in it’s entirety. The album is scheduled for a June release.
Escovedo is no longer by any means Austin’s Best Kept Secret, but neither is he the household name that he should be. Enter Real Animal, a work that, even in its rough live version, gives promise of appeal to more than just the SXSW faithful: a highly autobiographical work touching on the various phases of Alejandro’s colorful rock life, set to music of the very time it describes.
Standout tracks include the opener, “Always a Friend,” in which Escovedo repeatedly begs a lover to “let yourself go, let yourself show.” The chorus is punctuated with “Oh-oh Oh-oh”’s lifted directly (and presumably intentionally) from David Bowie’s “TVC15,” and the song sounds as though it could have come from that same era.
The balance of the record skips across All Things Escovedo—a stint at NYC’s artist-haunt the Chelsea is chronicled in “Chelsea Hotel,” wherein Escovedo, recalling life immersed in the artist community, observes, “We came to live inside the myth of everything we heard.” History is laid out clearly in “Sensitive Boys,” a track about the punk/glam scene where “nothin’s ever what it seems,” and “Nun’s Song,” wherein guitars pound along over a foundation of orchestral strings, as Escovedo chronicles the Nuns, one of his first bands that met with “a touch of fame.” In “Chip and Tony,” Escovedo reaches all the way back to his start in Rank & File, shouting, “All I ever wanted was a four piece band!”
This live set portends a full studio production rife with harmonies, dueling guitars (the listener is reminded, Prophet can play!), and classic rock vocal fills, thereby matching musical theme to the story.
An upcoming movie is scheduled to be shot in Austin’s famed Las Manitas restaurant by Jonathan Demme, who’s resume includes such concert films as Stop Making Sense, Storefront Hitchcock, and Neil Young: Heart of Gold, as well as Silence Of The Lambs and Philadelphia.
Escovedo’s story has been highly visible in the media in the past couple of years, spurred largely by the release of 2006’s critically-acclaimed The Boxing Mirror, in which Escovedo dealt with his mortality in the wake of a serious health diagnosis, as well as an hour long appearance on Austin City Limits. Real Animal will give the public the entire bio, a life inspired by Iggy Pop, whom Escovedo refers to in his introduction of the title track as “a big influence on my life . . . and I’ve paid for it every day since.”
Story by Mookie Need
Even by Austin’s standards, though, Tuesday nights in particular must have seemed a bit special of late. Beginning late last year and continuing through January, Alejandro Escovedo took up a Tuesday night residency at the famed Continental Club. During this string of shows, Escovedo and his band sounded muscular, confident, and ready to take to the road.
Of all of the residency shows, however, none were more anticipated than a special show last Friday night, when Escovedo and singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet, who spent the last year writing songs with Escovedo, debuted material from Escovedo’s highly-anticipated release, Real Animal, produced by Tony Visconti.In fact, last Friday’s show not only “debuted material,” but, following a set by Prophet and his band (touring behind Prophet’s 2007 release Soap and Water), Escovedo, Prophet, and band roared through through Real Animal in it’s entirety. The album is scheduled for a June release.
Escovedo is no longer by any means Austin’s Best Kept Secret, but neither is he the household name that he should be. Enter Real Animal, a work that, even in its rough live version, gives promise of appeal to more than just the SXSW faithful: a highly autobiographical work touching on the various phases of Alejandro’s colorful rock life, set to music of the very time it describes.
Standout tracks include the opener, “Always a Friend,” in which Escovedo repeatedly begs a lover to “let yourself go, let yourself show.” The chorus is punctuated with “Oh-oh Oh-oh”’s lifted directly (and presumably intentionally) from David Bowie’s “TVC15,” and the song sounds as though it could have come from that same era.
The balance of the record skips across All Things Escovedo—a stint at NYC’s artist-haunt the Chelsea is chronicled in “Chelsea Hotel,” wherein Escovedo, recalling life immersed in the artist community, observes, “We came to live inside the myth of everything we heard.” History is laid out clearly in “Sensitive Boys,” a track about the punk/glam scene where “nothin’s ever what it seems,” and “Nun’s Song,” wherein guitars pound along over a foundation of orchestral strings, as Escovedo chronicles the Nuns, one of his first bands that met with “a touch of fame.” In “Chip and Tony,” Escovedo reaches all the way back to his start in Rank & File, shouting, “All I ever wanted was a four piece band!”
This live set portends a full studio production rife with harmonies, dueling guitars (the listener is reminded, Prophet can play!), and classic rock vocal fills, thereby matching musical theme to the story.
An upcoming movie is scheduled to be shot in Austin’s famed Las Manitas restaurant by Jonathan Demme, who’s resume includes such concert films as Stop Making Sense, Storefront Hitchcock, and Neil Young: Heart of Gold, as well as Silence Of The Lambs and Philadelphia.
Escovedo’s story has been highly visible in the media in the past couple of years, spurred largely by the release of 2006’s critically-acclaimed The Boxing Mirror, in which Escovedo dealt with his mortality in the wake of a serious health diagnosis, as well as an hour long appearance on Austin City Limits. Real Animal will give the public the entire bio, a life inspired by Iggy Pop, whom Escovedo refers to in his introduction of the title track as “a big influence on my life . . . and I’ve paid for it every day since.”
Story by Mookie Need
i grouped a bunch together and added a few more-
2/19
Allison Moorer- Mockingbirds
Gary Louris- Vagabonds
Mountain Goats- Heretic Pride
Mike Doughty- Golden Delicious
2/26
Cowboy Junkies- Trinity Revisited
Tift Merritt- Another Country
Sara Melson- Dirty Mind
3/4
Kathleen Edwards- Asking for Flowers
Black Crowes- Warrant
Caroline Herring- Lantana
Dawn Landes- Fireproof
Jim White- Transnormal Skiperoo w/Ollabelle
3-11
Van Morrison- Keep it Simple
3-18
Sera Cahoone- Only As the Day is Long
3-? Aimee Mann- Smilers
4-? Tina Dico- Count to Ten
4-1 REM- Accelerate
4-15 Weepies- Hideaway
4-22 Kris Delmhorst- Shotgun Singer, and a possible companion EP
6-24 Alejandro Escovedo- Real Animal
plus I've seen 5/13 and also July listed for a new Carrie Rodriguez album
2/19
Allison Moorer- Mockingbirds
Gary Louris- Vagabonds
Mountain Goats- Heretic Pride
Mike Doughty- Golden Delicious
2/26
Cowboy Junkies- Trinity Revisited
Tift Merritt- Another Country
Sara Melson- Dirty Mind
3/4
Kathleen Edwards- Asking for Flowers
Black Crowes- Warrant
Caroline Herring- Lantana
Dawn Landes- Fireproof
Jim White- Transnormal Skiperoo w/Ollabelle
3-11
Van Morrison- Keep it Simple
3-18
Sera Cahoone- Only As the Day is Long
3-? Aimee Mann- Smilers
4-? Tina Dico- Count to Ten
4-1 REM- Accelerate
4-15 Weepies- Hideaway
4-22 Kris Delmhorst- Shotgun Singer, and a possible companion EP
6-24 Alejandro Escovedo- Real Animal
plus I've seen 5/13 and also July listed for a new Carrie Rodriguez album
Word, kent.
I'm on pins for the Mountain Goats album.
I'm on pins for the Mountain Goats album.
QUOTE (FloridaGirl @ Nov 14 2007, 03:16 PM)
The Counting Crows are doing half rock, half country on this release, and there are rumors of a two-disc set (I guess every musical group does one eventually). I was pretty happy with Hard Candy and can't wait to hear what new tricks they have up their sleeves.
You can download two tracks (one from each "side") from the Crows official site. They're...eh. Although I'm kinda bummed the 'Saturday Nights' side of the record (the good part
) only has 6 tracks. "1492" isn't the single, but kind of sounds like a Recovering The Satellites b-side...awesome energy and great that they're trying to rock out a bit, but melodically there isn't much there. "When I Dream Of Michelangelo" isn't bad but sounds like every other acoustic-based song they've ever done. I understand the concept of this record but am skeptical as to how well it will play out....I'd rather just hear them rock out Satellites-style and leave the living-room stuff to someone else, but that's just me. I'm trying to keep an open mind though...one thing CC has been great at is first-singles ("Angels Of The Silences," "Hanginaround," "American Girls"...maybe not the best songs on their respective records but each one damn catchy, rockin' and fun) and that single hasn't been released yet, so we'll see. http://countingcrows.com/digital45.html
Awkward Annie - Kate Rusby (April 15) ... [import] "2007 album from the UK's most popular female Folk artist, her seventh album overall. Features guest appearances from Eddi Reader, Ian Carr, John McKusker, Leon Hunt and others" ... i love Kate! she could sing the phone book and i'd probably buy it.
QUOTE (WalrusOct9 @ Nov 14 2007, 11:34 AM)
QUOTE (FloridaGirl @ Nov 14 2007, 03:16 PM)
What albums are you all looking forward to?
Chinese Democracy.
Yeah right.
From the New York Post today:
QUOTE
Dr. Pepper & Chinese Democracy
March 26, 2008 -- TIRED of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers, and where musicals about high school students pass as rock 'n' roll, Dr Pepper is begging Axl Rose to finally release this year his 17-years-in-the-making album, "Chinese Democracy." The soft drink company's incentive to Axl, the frontman of Guns N' Roses? If he ships the album in 2008, everyone in America - except estranged guitarists Slash and Buckethead - will receive a free can of Dr Pepper. "It took a little patience for us to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, so we completely understand and empathize with Axl's question for the perfect album," said a company spokesperson. Dr Pepper is asking fans to lobby Axl to drop the album already.
March 26, 2008 -- TIRED of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers, and where musicals about high school students pass as rock 'n' roll, Dr Pepper is begging Axl Rose to finally release this year his 17-years-in-the-making album, "Chinese Democracy." The soft drink company's incentive to Axl, the frontman of Guns N' Roses? If he ships the album in 2008, everyone in America - except estranged guitarists Slash and Buckethead - will receive a free can of Dr Pepper. "It took a little patience for us to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, so we completely understand and empathize with Axl's question for the perfect album," said a company spokesperson. Dr Pepper is asking fans to lobby Axl to drop the album already.
*snort*
looking forward to:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Sixpence None the Richer
U2
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Sixpence None the Richer
U2
Just received a pre-ordered (and autographed) copy of April, by Sun Kil Moon. Street date: April 1. This was one of my most anticipated of 2008 and so far it has not disappointed.
Samples can be heard here
Samples can be heard here
Listening to a brand new track from the forthcoming ladytron album. Wow! I just wish I spoke Bulgarian!
Looking forward to these 2 releases next week 6/24
Alejandro Escovedo- Real Animal
The Watson Twins- Fire Songs
Alejandro Escovedo- Real Animal
The Watson Twins- Fire Songs
QUOTE (kent @ Jun 18 2008, 09:47 PM)
Alejandro Escovedo- Real Animal
it's wonderful. he had about 20 copies on the bus w/him @ the show here and said "so, i'm gonna sell 'em." i got one.
QUOTE (shang @ Mar 27 2008, 04:47 PM)
Just received a pre-ordered (and autographed) copy of April, by Sun Kil Moon. Street date: April 1. This was one of my most anticipated of 2008 and so far it has not disappointed.
Samples can be heard here
Samples can be heard here
This is my first Sun Kil Moon cd, and I love it! 'managed to find a copy of Ghosts of the Great Highway since I got April, and I love it, too.
here's some upcoming release dates that may or may not interest you-
JULY 15, 2008
HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant)
JULY 22, 2008
AMY RAY, Didn't It Feel Kinder (Daemon)
AVETT BROTHERS, The Second Gleam (Ramseur) Six-song EP, primarily Scott & Seth duo recordings, as with the first Gleam EP
JULY 29, 2008
RICHIE HAVENS, Nobody Left To Crown (Verve)
TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty Sideman with Conor Oberst and Maria Taylor
AUGUST 5, 2008
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, She Ain't Me (Back Porch) Produced by Malcolm Burn; co-writes with Gary Louris, Mary Gauthier, Dan Wilson, Jim Boquist and others
CONOR OBERST, self-titled (Merge) Bright Eyes leader's first solo album in 13 years
IDA, My Fair, My Dark (Polyvinyl) Seven-song EP with guests Levon Helm, Michael Hurley and Tara Jane O'Neil
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS, Leavetaking (Sarathan) Formerly of Eastmountainsouth
RANDY NEWMAN, Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
AUGUST 12, 2008
BEN WEAVER, The Ax In The Oak (Bloodshot)
PIERRE DE REEDER, The Way It Was (Little Record Company) Solo debut from Rilo Kiley member
AUGUST 19, 2008
DONOVAN FRANKENREITER, Pass It Around (Lost Highway)
GLEN CAMPBELL, Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol) New studio album with covers of songs by the Velvet Underground, U2, Tom Petty, Replacements, John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Foo Fighters, Travis, and Green Day
JENNIFER O'CONNOR, Here With Me (Matador)
JULIANA HATFIELD, How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)
RANDALL BRAMBLETT, Now It's Tomorrow (New West)
TODD SNIDER, Peace Queer (self?) Eight-song cycle
XAVIER RUDD, Dark Shades Of Blue (Anti-)
AUGUST 26, 2008
CATIE CURTIS, Sweet Life (Compass)
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
SONYA KITCHELL, This Storm (Decca/Velour)
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
CALEXICO, Carried To Dust (Touch & Go)
DAMIEN JURADO, Caught In The Trees (Secretly Canadian)
RAY LAMONTAGNE, Gossip In The Grain (RCA)
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
CHARLIE LOUVIN, Steps To Heaven (Tompkins Square)
KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON, Rattlin' Bones (Sugar Hill)
TINDERSTICKS, The Hungry Saw (Constellation)
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk) Produced by Don Was
SEPTEMBER 2008 (DATE TBA)
ANGELA DESVEAUX & THE MIGHTY SHIP, self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
JEM, Down To Earth (ATO)
OCTOBER 7, 2008
JOLIE HOLLAND, The Living And The Dead (Anti-)
LAMBCHOP, OH (Ohio) (Merge)
OCTOBER 14, 2008
SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER, The Dawn Of Grace (Nettwerk) Christmas album
SUMMER 2008 (DATE TBA)
BITTERSWEETS, title TBA (Compass)
DECEMBER 9, 2008
CHARLIE LOUVIN, Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs (Tompkins Square)
JULY 15, 2008
HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant)
JULY 22, 2008
AMY RAY, Didn't It Feel Kinder (Daemon)
AVETT BROTHERS, The Second Gleam (Ramseur) Six-song EP, primarily Scott & Seth duo recordings, as with the first Gleam EP
JULY 29, 2008
RICHIE HAVENS, Nobody Left To Crown (Verve)
TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty Sideman with Conor Oberst and Maria Taylor
AUGUST 5, 2008
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, She Ain't Me (Back Porch) Produced by Malcolm Burn; co-writes with Gary Louris, Mary Gauthier, Dan Wilson, Jim Boquist and others
CONOR OBERST, self-titled (Merge) Bright Eyes leader's first solo album in 13 years
IDA, My Fair, My Dark (Polyvinyl) Seven-song EP with guests Levon Helm, Michael Hurley and Tara Jane O'Neil
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS, Leavetaking (Sarathan) Formerly of Eastmountainsouth
RANDY NEWMAN, Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
AUGUST 12, 2008
BEN WEAVER, The Ax In The Oak (Bloodshot)
PIERRE DE REEDER, The Way It Was (Little Record Company) Solo debut from Rilo Kiley member
AUGUST 19, 2008
DONOVAN FRANKENREITER, Pass It Around (Lost Highway)
GLEN CAMPBELL, Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol) New studio album with covers of songs by the Velvet Underground, U2, Tom Petty, Replacements, John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Foo Fighters, Travis, and Green Day
JENNIFER O'CONNOR, Here With Me (Matador)
JULIANA HATFIELD, How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)
RANDALL BRAMBLETT, Now It's Tomorrow (New West)
TODD SNIDER, Peace Queer (self?) Eight-song cycle
XAVIER RUDD, Dark Shades Of Blue (Anti-)
AUGUST 26, 2008
CATIE CURTIS, Sweet Life (Compass)
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
SONYA KITCHELL, This Storm (Decca/Velour)
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
CALEXICO, Carried To Dust (Touch & Go)
DAMIEN JURADO, Caught In The Trees (Secretly Canadian)
RAY LAMONTAGNE, Gossip In The Grain (RCA)
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
CHARLIE LOUVIN, Steps To Heaven (Tompkins Square)
KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON, Rattlin' Bones (Sugar Hill)
TINDERSTICKS, The Hungry Saw (Constellation)
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk) Produced by Don Was
SEPTEMBER 2008 (DATE TBA)
ANGELA DESVEAUX & THE MIGHTY SHIP, self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
JEM, Down To Earth (ATO)
OCTOBER 7, 2008
JOLIE HOLLAND, The Living And The Dead (Anti-)
LAMBCHOP, OH (Ohio) (Merge)
OCTOBER 14, 2008
SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER, The Dawn Of Grace (Nettwerk) Christmas album
SUMMER 2008 (DATE TBA)
BITTERSWEETS, title TBA (Compass)
DECEMBER 9, 2008
CHARLIE LOUVIN, Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs (Tompkins Square)
New Carrie Rodriguez album 'She Ain't Me' is out this week.
Due August 19th on vinyl. A full-on collaboration with Van Dyke Parks...i have pretty high hopes for this.
::yawn::
seriously, does anybody care about this idiot and what he does anymore?
and on a similiar note, while everone whines about the "dying" industry and the laments about the troubled independent record stores, they continue to go the way of garth...
your collection isn't going to suffer if you are missing and overblown egomaniac's vanity peice or a past-it's-prime art pop band's nostalgia tour cash in video on your shelf...boycott this bullshit!
source: billboard
seriously, does anybody care about this idiot and what he does anymore?
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GNR's 'Democracy' To Be Retail Exclusive?
August 15, 2008
Ed Christman, N.Y.
The June leak of nine allegedly "mastered, finished" tracks from Guns N' Roses' long-delayed "Chinese Democracy" spurred a renewed round of chatter about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally release the 14-years-in-the-making album.
But some concrete signs are finally emerging that the album's release could be imminent. That's because, according to sources, negotiations are underway for "Chinese Democracy" to come out as an exclusive at one of the big boxes -- either Wal-Mart or Best Buy.
Negotiations are also ongoing to have conventional record company distribution, another source says.
Guns N' Roses is now managed by Irving Azoff's Front Line Management, and Azoff is a well-known proponent of issuing albums exclusively through retailers. He released the Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" through Wal-Mart, much to the chagrin of other merchants.
Most recently, it became known that AC/DC's next album will come out exclusively through Wal-Mart. Merchants were particularly incensed that the deal was apparently struck with the blessing of Columbia.
It's unclear who initiated the Guns N' Roses exclusive negotiations -- Front Line or Interscope, the band's label.
Representatives at Front Line and Interscope with knowledge of the situation couldn't be reached for comment by deadline. A Wal-Mart representative says the chain couldn't confirm this fall's exclusives. Best Buy representatives couldn't be reached for comment by deadline.
August 15, 2008
Ed Christman, N.Y.
The June leak of nine allegedly "mastered, finished" tracks from Guns N' Roses' long-delayed "Chinese Democracy" spurred a renewed round of chatter about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally release the 14-years-in-the-making album.
But some concrete signs are finally emerging that the album's release could be imminent. That's because, according to sources, negotiations are underway for "Chinese Democracy" to come out as an exclusive at one of the big boxes -- either Wal-Mart or Best Buy.
Negotiations are also ongoing to have conventional record company distribution, another source says.
Guns N' Roses is now managed by Irving Azoff's Front Line Management, and Azoff is a well-known proponent of issuing albums exclusively through retailers. He released the Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" through Wal-Mart, much to the chagrin of other merchants.
Most recently, it became known that AC/DC's next album will come out exclusively through Wal-Mart. Merchants were particularly incensed that the deal was apparently struck with the blessing of Columbia.
It's unclear who initiated the Guns N' Roses exclusive negotiations -- Front Line or Interscope, the band's label.
Representatives at Front Line and Interscope with knowledge of the situation couldn't be reached for comment by deadline. A Wal-Mart representative says the chain couldn't confirm this fall's exclusives. Best Buy representatives couldn't be reached for comment by deadline.
and on a similiar note, while everone whines about the "dying" industry and the laments about the troubled independent record stores, they continue to go the way of garth...
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Genesis Links With Wal-Mart For Reunion Tour DVD
May 22, 2008 , 11:00 AM ET
Gary Graff, Detroit
Genesis deemed its 2007 reunion tour worthy of a three-disc DVD set because, according to Phil Collins, "we thought something like this, which may never happen again, was worth documenting just in case something good happened."
"When In Rome 2007," due out next month on Rhino and exclusively through Wal-Mart, certainly gives Genesis fans plenty of opportunities to remember the tour.
It features the entire July 14 show shot by director David Mallet before 500,000 fans at Rome's Circus Massimo. A nearly two-hour documentary, "Come Rain or Shine," by director Anthony Mathile, chronicles the tour -- which played 47 dates in Europe and North America -- from conception to finish. Extras include photo galleries and additional interviews with Collins, guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks.
But even as "When in Rome 2007" rolls out, Collins tells Billboard.com the trio is fairly convinced that something like last year's tour will, in fact, never happen again.
"Nothing's planned, anyway," says Collins, who has maintained that he wants to focus on his family and no longer wants to tour. "It's a question of whether there's anything musically, rather than touring, to do. Then there's still possibilities, but we're not discussing it really seriously yet. Rutherford adds, "We're all peddling quite slowly at the moment. I like that phrase."
There remains a possibility of doing a reunion performance of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" with Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, but Collins says that will be "for something special" like a one-off performance rather than a full touring production. Genesis is also considering making archival shows available to fans on its Web site, but Rutherford says the group is proceeding cautiously on that front, too. "You don't want to perceived as trying to flog stuff," he explains.
As for selling "When in Rome 2007" via Wal-Mart, Banks says the company offered a scenario that made sense to Genesis for this project.
"The feeling is that in the States, our records -- we've put out the various box sets and the live album ('Live Over Europe 2007') and everything. They've done OK, but not perhaps as well as we might have hoped," he explains. "We're really proud of this (DVD) and we don't want it to be forgotten about. Wal-Mart puts 100,000 of this DVD out there and feels like it can sell that many, which I think will be an awful lot better than the last few things we've done. You have to look at it that way."
Genesis will be releasing its third box set collection of its original studio albums -- 1970's "Trespass" through 1974's "The Lamb..." -- but there's no word on whether that will be an exclusive retail release as well.
May 22, 2008 , 11:00 AM ET
Gary Graff, Detroit
Genesis deemed its 2007 reunion tour worthy of a three-disc DVD set because, according to Phil Collins, "we thought something like this, which may never happen again, was worth documenting just in case something good happened."
"When In Rome 2007," due out next month on Rhino and exclusively through Wal-Mart, certainly gives Genesis fans plenty of opportunities to remember the tour.
It features the entire July 14 show shot by director David Mallet before 500,000 fans at Rome's Circus Massimo. A nearly two-hour documentary, "Come Rain or Shine," by director Anthony Mathile, chronicles the tour -- which played 47 dates in Europe and North America -- from conception to finish. Extras include photo galleries and additional interviews with Collins, guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks.
But even as "When in Rome 2007" rolls out, Collins tells Billboard.com the trio is fairly convinced that something like last year's tour will, in fact, never happen again.
"Nothing's planned, anyway," says Collins, who has maintained that he wants to focus on his family and no longer wants to tour. "It's a question of whether there's anything musically, rather than touring, to do. Then there's still possibilities, but we're not discussing it really seriously yet. Rutherford adds, "We're all peddling quite slowly at the moment. I like that phrase."
There remains a possibility of doing a reunion performance of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" with Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, but Collins says that will be "for something special" like a one-off performance rather than a full touring production. Genesis is also considering making archival shows available to fans on its Web site, but Rutherford says the group is proceeding cautiously on that front, too. "You don't want to perceived as trying to flog stuff," he explains.
As for selling "When in Rome 2007" via Wal-Mart, Banks says the company offered a scenario that made sense to Genesis for this project.
"The feeling is that in the States, our records -- we've put out the various box sets and the live album ('Live Over Europe 2007') and everything. They've done OK, but not perhaps as well as we might have hoped," he explains. "We're really proud of this (DVD) and we don't want it to be forgotten about. Wal-Mart puts 100,000 of this DVD out there and feels like it can sell that many, which I think will be an awful lot better than the last few things we've done. You have to look at it that way."
Genesis will be releasing its third box set collection of its original studio albums -- 1970's "Trespass" through 1974's "The Lamb..." -- but there's no word on whether that will be an exclusive retail release as well.
your collection isn't going to suffer if you are missing and overblown egomaniac's vanity peice or a past-it's-prime art pop band's nostalgia tour cash in video on your shelf...boycott this bullshit!
source: billboard
The new Gn'R tracks I've heard, despite Axl's entire existence being spent basically being a dick, are really, really ****ing good. I care, although the "retail exclusive" thing is kind of a moot issue. If any artist needs to do a Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails move and put the music out there for free or almost free, it's Axl. There hasn't been a hard rock album as good as Appetite For Destruction in the 20 years since it's release...if Chinese Democracy ends up being really good, the subsequent ticket sales, merch, and licensing would more than make up for the maybe 100,000 sales they'd lose, since I think this is going to be the most heavily pirated album ever, just from people being curious but skeptical about it. He's a dick, but I really enjoyed the Gn'R show I saw in '06 and I'd definitely go again if Axl comes back with some awesome new music.
The Genesis thing though...who's going to buy that besides the diehards anyway? That was a weird exclusive deal. Casual fans don't buy music DVD's. It worked for the Eagles and Journey because for whatever reason, people buy impulse shit at Wal-Mart (Although the Journey thing did prove my theory that the life of the CD can be prolonged if the package has more quality content at a cheaper price). But even when sold everywhere, I doubt Genesis would've sold more than a few thousand copies of that DVD.
They did do a theatrical screening of it the day of it's release and I went though, like a good geeky fanboy...it was really cool on a huge screen with the sound system, but not really the kind of DVD any casual fan needs, especially when there's DVD's available of tours from when they were only kinda old instead of really, really ancient.
The AC/DC thing though...that is just stupid. I see so many kids under 20 with AC/DC shirts, you'd think it was 1980. Anything that makes it harder to get that album heard at this point is incredibly stupid. AC/DC, for whatever reason (aside from they're the most bullshit-free rock band of the last 35 years, regardless of whether you like what they do or not), has the "cool" factor that most classic rock bands don't have (the Eagles couldn't do anything to offend your parents if their lives depended on it). They're the last "cool" classic rock band still making music...Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin aren't exactly going to have a new record out any time this century.
Combined with the fact they haven't put out an album in 8 years and it might actually be good (being produced by Brendan O'Brien), AC/DC might be able to do something most geezer bands can't: get people to listen to their new music. If the songs are good, put them in effing Guitar Hero. The kids I see wearing the shirts don't care what album the song is from, they just like AC/DC. And the new AC/DC song will sound just like all their old songs, and I think people might go for it if they get a chance to hear it. Except the Wal-Mart thing runs completely counterintuitive to that whole concept.
Yes, I know it's farfetched, but I really do believe if any rock band could have a new success using new ways of exposure like video games, it'd be AC/DC. Metallica has a record coming out, but their brand has been so damaged by them releasing albums after 1991 that casual fans probably don't care anymore. The AC/DC brand is stronger than most bands of their era, since they haven't run it into the ground like the Stones or Aerosmith, who's new music is kind of expected to be mediocre even before anyone's heard it.
If the album sucks, none of this will matter, but...what if it's good? It feels like such a frustrating missed opportunity. The rock world needs a band like that more than ever right now.
The Genesis thing though...who's going to buy that besides the diehards anyway? That was a weird exclusive deal. Casual fans don't buy music DVD's. It worked for the Eagles and Journey because for whatever reason, people buy impulse shit at Wal-Mart (Although the Journey thing did prove my theory that the life of the CD can be prolonged if the package has more quality content at a cheaper price). But even when sold everywhere, I doubt Genesis would've sold more than a few thousand copies of that DVD.
They did do a theatrical screening of it the day of it's release and I went though, like a good geeky fanboy...it was really cool on a huge screen with the sound system, but not really the kind of DVD any casual fan needs, especially when there's DVD's available of tours from when they were only kinda old instead of really, really ancient.
The AC/DC thing though...that is just stupid. I see so many kids under 20 with AC/DC shirts, you'd think it was 1980. Anything that makes it harder to get that album heard at this point is incredibly stupid. AC/DC, for whatever reason (aside from they're the most bullshit-free rock band of the last 35 years, regardless of whether you like what they do or not), has the "cool" factor that most classic rock bands don't have (the Eagles couldn't do anything to offend your parents if their lives depended on it). They're the last "cool" classic rock band still making music...Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin aren't exactly going to have a new record out any time this century.
Combined with the fact they haven't put out an album in 8 years and it might actually be good (being produced by Brendan O'Brien), AC/DC might be able to do something most geezer bands can't: get people to listen to their new music. If the songs are good, put them in effing Guitar Hero. The kids I see wearing the shirts don't care what album the song is from, they just like AC/DC. And the new AC/DC song will sound just like all their old songs, and I think people might go for it if they get a chance to hear it. Except the Wal-Mart thing runs completely counterintuitive to that whole concept.
Yes, I know it's farfetched, but I really do believe if any rock band could have a new success using new ways of exposure like video games, it'd be AC/DC. Metallica has a record coming out, but their brand has been so damaged by them releasing albums after 1991 that casual fans probably don't care anymore. The AC/DC brand is stronger than most bands of their era, since they haven't run it into the ground like the Stones or Aerosmith, who's new music is kind of expected to be mediocre even before anyone's heard it.
If the album sucks, none of this will matter, but...what if it's good? It feels like such a frustrating missed opportunity. The rock world needs a band like that more than ever right now.
From Michael Knott's MySpace blog today:
Michael has recorded a new L.S. Underground record with Josh Lory, Jim Chaffin from the Crucified, Matt Biggers, Daniel Sonner and others. It has been in Michael's heart and mind to create an album for the troops, especially those returning from combat. Upon the troops return, some have great difficulty assimilating back into life at home. This record, about PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) or PTSS (Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome), is about helping soldiers in distress to live one more day. Michael feels this is the most important record he has done since, "This is the Healing".
Michael is offering a presale order until October 15 for those who would like to financially help finish and manufacture this album. For $12.00 an album, you will immediately receive a photo copy of a few songs from his lyric book, signed and numbered (in pencil and pen), starting with 1 and so on. You will then receive the finished product following completion around late October to early November. Recommended purchase is one to ten albums. Please pay at PayPal, gerardartwork@yahoo.com.
Michael has recorded a new L.S. Underground record with Josh Lory, Jim Chaffin from the Crucified, Matt Biggers, Daniel Sonner and others. It has been in Michael's heart and mind to create an album for the troops, especially those returning from combat. Upon the troops return, some have great difficulty assimilating back into life at home. This record, about PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) or PTSS (Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome), is about helping soldiers in distress to live one more day. Michael feels this is the most important record he has done since, "This is the Healing".
Michael is offering a presale order until October 15 for those who would like to financially help finish and manufacture this album. For $12.00 an album, you will immediately receive a photo copy of a few songs from his lyric book, signed and numbered (in pencil and pen), starting with 1 and so on. You will then receive the finished product following completion around late October to early November. Recommended purchase is one to ten albums. Please pay at PayPal, gerardartwork@yahoo.com.
All Rebel Rockers - Michael Franti and Spearhead (September 9)
new albums out tomorrow by The Bittersweets, Catie Curtis, Dar Williams, Damien Jurado, and Emiliana Torrini.
Martin Sexton!
New Album "Solo" (if you liked "Live Wide Open" you'll love this record) Live DVD included, bonus band tracks, free download of a sick version of Gypsy - in stores October 14th - Pre-order here after Monday's webcast
Live DVD included
Bonus Band Tracks
Free download
The EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER for Martin's new live album, "SOLO" begins right after the webcast. Yes, that's right, order his new CD at a discount, get it before it's in stores, and add a new tour tee and save 25% (exclusive limited time offer).
To top it off, when you pre-order Martin's new CD you will automatically be entered into our contest to win one of 2 grand prizes - a pair of tickets and backstage passes to a Martin Sexton show of your choice and a personalized autographed item from the store!
Live Martin Sexton Webcast - Monday Sept 15th
New Album "Solo" (if you liked "Live Wide Open" you'll love this record) Live DVD included, bonus band tracks, free download of a sick version of Gypsy - in stores October 14th - Pre-order here after Monday's webcast
Live DVD included
Bonus Band Tracks
Free download
The EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER for Martin's new live album, "SOLO" begins right after the webcast. Yes, that's right, order his new CD at a discount, get it before it's in stores, and add a new tour tee and save 25% (exclusive limited time offer).
To top it off, when you pre-order Martin's new CD you will automatically be entered into our contest to win one of 2 grand prizes - a pair of tickets and backstage passes to a Martin Sexton show of your choice and a personalized autographed item from the store!
Live Martin Sexton Webcast - Monday Sept 15th
a new Lucinda Williams album out 10/14
Little Honey
Track Listings
1. Real Love
2. Circles And X's
3. Tears Of Joy
4. Little Rock Star
5. Honey Bee
6. Well Well Well
7. If Wishes Were Horses
8. Jailhouse Tears
9. Knowing
10. Heaven Blues
11. Rarity
12. Plan To Marry
13. It's A Long Way To The Top
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Little Honey
Track Listings
1. Real Love
2. Circles And X's
3. Tears Of Joy
4. Little Rock Star
5. Honey Bee
6. Well Well Well
7. If Wishes Were Horses
8. Jailhouse Tears
9. Knowing
10. Heaven Blues
11. Rarity
12. Plan To Marry
13. It's A Long Way To The Top
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from amazon-
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From the Artist
"I'm in a different phase of my life, so there are more happy moments on this album," the singer-songwriter says of her ninth studio set. " 'Darkly introspective,' is one phrase people have used to describe a lot of my songs. There are moody songs, but I'm looking outside myself a little bit more. These aren't 'boy meets girl, boy leaves girl, girl gets bummed out' songs -- there's a lot more than that going on."
Product Description
Lucinda Williams has always been adept at painting landscapes of the soul, illuminating the spirit's shadowy nooks and shimmering crannies -- but she's never captured the sun breaking through the clouds as purely as on her new Lost Highway release, Little Honey
The album features a duet with Elvis Costello "Jailhouse Tears" Other guest vocalists include Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton and Charlie Louvin.
"I'm in a different phase of my life, so there are more happy moments on this album," the singer-songwriter says of her ninth studio set. " 'Darkly introspective,' is one phrase people have used to describe a lot of my songs. There are moody songs, but I'm looking outside myself a little bit more. These aren't 'boy meets girl, boy leaves girl, girl gets bummed out' songs -- there's a lot more than that going on."
Product Description
Lucinda Williams has always been adept at painting landscapes of the soul, illuminating the spirit's shadowy nooks and shimmering crannies -- but she's never captured the sun breaking through the clouds as purely as on her new Lost Highway release, Little Honey
The album features a duet with Elvis Costello "Jailhouse Tears" Other guest vocalists include Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton and Charlie Louvin.
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