Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes 98 Degrees on Thursday, Barenaked Ladies on Friday, Christina Aguilera on Monday, and Lyle Lovett on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Jewel on Friday and Merle Haggard on Monday; and Saturday Night Live's season-premiere musical guest this weekend is Eminem.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, October 10:
and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change...
Bare Jr. - Brainwasher (Immortal/Virgin)
Beck - Stereopathetic Soulmanure (Flipside) CD reissue and the first time ever on vinyl - a two-LP set no less, with two bonus tracks - for this 1994 pre-Mellow Gold classic
Jonathan Butler - The Source (N-Coded/Warlock)
Catch 22 - Alone In a Crowd (Victory) pop punk with a three-piece horn section
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Soul Caddy (Mojo/Universal) serving up a distinctively glam sound on their fourth album
Collective Soul - Blender (Atlantic)
The Comas - A Def Needle In Tomorrow (Yep Roc) second album from this Chapel Hill, North Carolina, band mixing up violin, organ, guitar, drums, and a drum machine, samples, loops, and Moog
Corrosion Of Conformity - America's Volume Dealers (Sanctuary/Metal-Is)
DJ Hurricane - Don't Sleep (TVT) after 13 years with the Beastie Boys, his new album sports a huge guest list with Adrock of the Beastie Boys, Money Mark, Xzibit, The Flipmode Squad, Faith Evans, N'dea Davenport of the Brand New Heavies, Talib Kweli, and - dig this - Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland help on a radically reworked cover of the Queen rock anthem "We Will Rock You"
Downset - Check Your People (Epitaph) currently on the Tattoo the Earth tour
E-40 - Loyalty & Betrayal (Jive) with guests Nate Dogg, Ice Cube, and Too Short
Gaza Strippers - 1000 Watt Confessions (Lookout) featuring front man Rick Sims, formerly of the Didjits
Gomez - Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline (Virgin) rarities and B-sides collection
Merle Haggard - If I Could Only Fly (Anti/Epitaph) fantastic return of the country rebel legend taking an unusual walk on the alternative indie label - highly, highly recommended
Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades - Diesel (Slimstyle) new pumped up swing jive
Tony Iommi - Iommi (Divine/Priority) new solo album from the Black Sabbath guitarist featuring guests Phil Anselmo of Pantera, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Billy Idol, Peter Steele of Type O Negative, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, and Henry Rollins
Ja Rule - Rule 3:36 (Def Jam)
The Ladies Man - original motion picture soundtrack (Dreamworks) chock full of 1970s smooth soul like Al Green, Grover Washington Jr., Teddy Pendergrass, and Willie Hutch
Laika and the Cosmonauts - Absurdistan (Yep Roc) reissue of this Finnish-only album from 1997 with bonus tracks
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Epic Legacy) expanded edition featuring a 14-minute live version of the title track
Keb Mo - The Door (550 Music/Epic)
Nonpoint - Statement (MCA) new hard rock from the swamps of South Florida
Nothingface - Violence (TVT)
NRBQ - Scraps (Rounder) remastered re-issue from 1972 with three bonus tracks
Orgy - Vapor Transmission (Elementree/Reprise)
Rasheeda - Dirty South (Motown) with guests Nelly, Kurupt, and Kool Ace
Red Krayola - Blues, Hollers, and Hellos (Drag City)
Robb Roy - Happy (Pure Recordings) featuring a cover of Yaz's "Only You"
Martin Sexton - Wonderbar (Atlantic) with bassist Tony Levin of King Crimson
Slash's Snakepit - Ain't Life Grand (Koch) former Guns N' Roses guitarist's second solo album
Spineshank - The Height of Callousness (Roadrunner)
Stitch - Stitch (Prosthetic/Metal Blade) aggravated groove-metal for the masses
Wallflowers - Breach (Interscope) with guests Elvis Costello, Michael Penn, Frank Black, and Mike Campbell