14
Jun
2005
The smooth stylings of 1960s teen idol Paul Anka are back with Rock Swings, a new album of cover songs aimed at younger ears. Recently reaching number one on the German pop-album charts, this domestic issue on Verve Records features some hard-to-imagine interpretations, with his take on Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" and Van Halen's "Jump.
" More strange mojo is brewed in his spin on Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun," Oasis' "Wonderwall," and The Cure's "Lovecats." Not one to shy from romance, things get low and slow with his groove of Spandau Ballet's "True," Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven," and Lionel Ritchie's "Hello."
· Next week Cleopatra Music's Deadline label is releasing a four-CD box-set companion to the celebrated book on the Sunset Strip scene, Hollywood Rocks. With more than five hours of hair-metal splendor, the album features acts that broke out to the big time, such as Warrant, Poison, L.A. Guns, Great White, and Faster Pussycat, but the real meat is in all the lost bands of the day, from Hollywood Rose, Jetboy, and the Electric Angels to Black Cherry, Motorcycle Boy, and Hellion. If you can make it to Los Angeles on June 22, The Key Club is celebrating the release with a slew of acts and special guests.
· Timed nicely with the return of HBO's phenomenal series Six Feet Under, this Tuesday the Astralwerks Records imprint releases a new soundtrack collection of music titled Everything Ends: Volume Two. Opening with Nina Simone's classic "Feelin' Good," the CD features Coldplay, Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, and an exclusive track by Jem. Three songs were recorded specifically for the television series by The Arcade Fire, Interpol, and the Caesars - who turn in a cool cover of Blue Oyster Cult's fitting "(Dont Fear) The Reaper."
Television Alert:
The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Alanis Morissette tonight, Trey Anastasio of Phish on Friday, and Billy Corgan on Monday; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes the return of the Backstreet Boys on Thursday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien salutes the Caesars on Thursday overnight, The Redwalls on Friday overnight, and Hot Hot Heat on Monday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson boasts Nikka Costa on Thursday overnight, Rilo Kiley on Monday overnight, and Tracy Bonham on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly features Missy Higgins on Thursday overnight and Straylight Run on Friday overnight; Austin City Limits hosts Ben Harper this weekend; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this Saturday is Modest Mouse.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, June 14:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change.
13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (Snapper) reissue with 10 bonus tracks, including an acoustic reading of "Splash 1"
Eric Benet - Hurricane (Reprise)
Bewitched - original motion picture soundtrack (Columbia) featuring a cool mix of classics from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald and modern tracks from Air, R.E.M., and Talking Heads
Tracy Bonham - Blink the Brightest (Zoe) terrific new album featuring the beautiful solo piano piece "Whether You Fall"
Melanie Brown - L.A. State of Mind (Amber Café) import-only new CD from the former Spice Girl
The Churchills - The Odds of Winning (Near) recently heard on the television series Scrubs and Everwood
Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus (DRT) on tour starting next week
Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace (Marthas Music/Reprise) debut solo album from the Smashing Pumpkins founder, featuring a cover of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody" with Robert Smith of The Cure on backing vocals
DJ Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise 4 (Black Hole) two-CD set featuring the superstar DJ's collaboration with Matt Hales of Aqualung in a special Junkie XL remix
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan and The Times They Are A-Changing (Sony Legacy) remastered reissues from 1961 and 1964, featuring original LP artwork and newly discovered session photos
Luke Fair - Original Series OS_0.3 (Bedrock) mix CD featuring Sebastian Leger, Moonbootica, and an exclusive Mongoose 1 track
Norman Finkelstein - An Issue of Justice (Alternative Tentacles)
Flaming Lips - Late Night Tales (Azuli) collection of the band's favorite songs for kicking back in the evening shade, featuring its own wild cover of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army"
Foreign Born - In the Remote Woods (Vagrant)
John Haitt - Master of Disaster (New West) on tour summer with the North Mississippi Allstars
Hawke - Love Won Another (Eighth Dimension) groovy new dreamy beats from producer/DJ Gavin Hardkiss with guest vocalists
Herbie Fully Loaded - original motion picture soundtrack (Hollywood) with music from The Donnas, The Mooney Suzuki, and the film's star, Lindsay Lohan
Chris HIllman - The Other Side (Sovereign Artists) the first new music in seven years from the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers co-founder, featuring a new interpretation of "Eight Miles High"
Hot Karl - The Great Escape (Headless Heroes) double-LP vinyl version of this fantastic CD, with guests MC Serch of the almighty 3rd Base, Ali Abnormal, and Maktubs Reggie Watts
Jamiroquai - Dynamite (Epic) import-only new CD
Mark Knopfler - Live From Shangri-La (Warner Bros) CD EP
Legbone - Different Path (Rock Ridge) chunky, punky riff rock from Dayton, Ohio, featuring the sad but true ditty "Cock Blocked"
Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved (V2) spooky cool, buzzing, and fragile songs from this Stockolm, Sweden, singer-songwriter, with two bonus remixes
Sinead O'Connor - Collaborations (Capitol) collection of duets with Bono, Peter Gabriel, Moby, Jah Wobble, Terry Hall, and more
The Offspring - The Offsprings Greatest Hits (Columbia) available in DualDisc and standard CD
Princess - Princess (Tony Chaos Records) wild two-man band that shakes a cereal box of performance-art noise guitars, crazy beats, and white-boy art-school rap
The Redwalls - De Nova (Capitol) featuring music heard in the HBO series Entourage
Bo Rice - Inside Your Heaven (RCA) CD single from the American Idol runner-up
Santana - All That I Am (Arista)
Some Water & Sun - All My Friends Have to Go (Hefty) new collaboration of Chicago's Slicker and Japan's Spanova
Stutterfly - And We Are Bled of Color (Maverick)
Tan Sleeve - American Blood (Cheft Records) my pick of the week is this monster of songwriting and wit from the duo of Lane Steinberg and Steve Barry, with the time-traveling memories of "When Lindsey Buckingham Shaved His Beard," the white-boy soul of "Condoleezza Will Lead Us," and "American Blood," coming off like a modern day Buffalo Springfield
Satoshi Tomiie - E.S.: Electronic Soul (Saw Recordings) dance-music mix CD with Avenue D, Pastaboys, and Chab
Transplants - Haunted Cities (Atlantic) new from Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Travis Barker of blink-182, with guests Rakaa of Dialated Peoples and B-Real and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill
UB40 - Who You Fighting For? (EMI) all-new import-only album
The Vanity Project - The Vanity Project (Flagship) new side project from Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies and Stephen Duffy
Violent Femmes - BBC Live (Hux) recorded in 1991
various artists - Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime (Cornerstone) with cover contributions from G Love, Camper Van Beethoven, Jack Johnson, No Doubt, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Los Lobos, Fishbone, and more
· Next week Cleopatra Music's Deadline label is releasing a four-CD box-set companion to the celebrated book on the Sunset Strip scene, Hollywood Rocks. With more than five hours of hair-metal splendor, the album features acts that broke out to the big time, such as Warrant, Poison, L.A. Guns, Great White, and Faster Pussycat, but the real meat is in all the lost bands of the day, from Hollywood Rose, Jetboy, and the Electric Angels to Black Cherry, Motorcycle Boy, and Hellion. If you can make it to Los Angeles on June 22, The Key Club is celebrating the release with a slew of acts and special guests.
· Timed nicely with the return of HBO's phenomenal series Six Feet Under, this Tuesday the Astralwerks Records imprint releases a new soundtrack collection of music titled Everything Ends: Volume Two. Opening with Nina Simone's classic "Feelin' Good," the CD features Coldplay, Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, and an exclusive track by Jem. Three songs were recorded specifically for the television series by The Arcade Fire, Interpol, and the Caesars - who turn in a cool cover of Blue Oyster Cult's fitting "(Dont Fear) The Reaper."
Television Alert:
The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Alanis Morissette tonight, Trey Anastasio of Phish on Friday, and Billy Corgan on Monday; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes the return of the Backstreet Boys on Thursday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien salutes the Caesars on Thursday overnight, The Redwalls on Friday overnight, and Hot Hot Heat on Monday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson boasts Nikka Costa on Thursday overnight, Rilo Kiley on Monday overnight, and Tracy Bonham on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly features Missy Higgins on Thursday overnight and Straylight Run on Friday overnight; Austin City Limits hosts Ben Harper this weekend; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this Saturday is Modest Mouse.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, June 14:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change.
13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (Snapper) reissue with 10 bonus tracks, including an acoustic reading of "Splash 1"
Eric Benet - Hurricane (Reprise)
Bewitched - original motion picture soundtrack (Columbia) featuring a cool mix of classics from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald and modern tracks from Air, R.E.M., and Talking Heads
Tracy Bonham - Blink the Brightest (Zoe) terrific new album featuring the beautiful solo piano piece "Whether You Fall"
Melanie Brown - L.A. State of Mind (Amber Café) import-only new CD from the former Spice Girl
The Churchills - The Odds of Winning (Near) recently heard on the television series Scrubs and Everwood
Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus (DRT) on tour starting next week
Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace (Marthas Music/Reprise) debut solo album from the Smashing Pumpkins founder, featuring a cover of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody" with Robert Smith of The Cure on backing vocals
DJ Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise 4 (Black Hole) two-CD set featuring the superstar DJ's collaboration with Matt Hales of Aqualung in a special Junkie XL remix
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan and The Times They Are A-Changing (Sony Legacy) remastered reissues from 1961 and 1964, featuring original LP artwork and newly discovered session photos
Luke Fair - Original Series OS_0.3 (Bedrock) mix CD featuring Sebastian Leger, Moonbootica, and an exclusive Mongoose 1 track
Norman Finkelstein - An Issue of Justice (Alternative Tentacles)
Flaming Lips - Late Night Tales (Azuli) collection of the band's favorite songs for kicking back in the evening shade, featuring its own wild cover of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army"
Foreign Born - In the Remote Woods (Vagrant)
John Haitt - Master of Disaster (New West) on tour summer with the North Mississippi Allstars
Hawke - Love Won Another (Eighth Dimension) groovy new dreamy beats from producer/DJ Gavin Hardkiss with guest vocalists
Herbie Fully Loaded - original motion picture soundtrack (Hollywood) with music from The Donnas, The Mooney Suzuki, and the film's star, Lindsay Lohan
Chris HIllman - The Other Side (Sovereign Artists) the first new music in seven years from the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers co-founder, featuring a new interpretation of "Eight Miles High"
Hot Karl - The Great Escape (Headless Heroes) double-LP vinyl version of this fantastic CD, with guests MC Serch of the almighty 3rd Base, Ali Abnormal, and Maktubs Reggie Watts
Jamiroquai - Dynamite (Epic) import-only new CD
Mark Knopfler - Live From Shangri-La (Warner Bros) CD EP
Legbone - Different Path (Rock Ridge) chunky, punky riff rock from Dayton, Ohio, featuring the sad but true ditty "Cock Blocked"
Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved (V2) spooky cool, buzzing, and fragile songs from this Stockolm, Sweden, singer-songwriter, with two bonus remixes
Sinead O'Connor - Collaborations (Capitol) collection of duets with Bono, Peter Gabriel, Moby, Jah Wobble, Terry Hall, and more
The Offspring - The Offsprings Greatest Hits (Columbia) available in DualDisc and standard CD
Princess - Princess (Tony Chaos Records) wild two-man band that shakes a cereal box of performance-art noise guitars, crazy beats, and white-boy art-school rap
The Redwalls - De Nova (Capitol) featuring music heard in the HBO series Entourage
Bo Rice - Inside Your Heaven (RCA) CD single from the American Idol runner-up
Santana - All That I Am (Arista)
Some Water & Sun - All My Friends Have to Go (Hefty) new collaboration of Chicago's Slicker and Japan's Spanova
Stutterfly - And We Are Bled of Color (Maverick)
Tan Sleeve - American Blood (Cheft Records) my pick of the week is this monster of songwriting and wit from the duo of Lane Steinberg and Steve Barry, with the time-traveling memories of "When Lindsey Buckingham Shaved His Beard," the white-boy soul of "Condoleezza Will Lead Us," and "American Blood," coming off like a modern day Buffalo Springfield
Satoshi Tomiie - E.S.: Electronic Soul (Saw Recordings) dance-music mix CD with Avenue D, Pastaboys, and Chab
Transplants - Haunted Cities (Atlantic) new from Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Travis Barker of blink-182, with guests Rakaa of Dialated Peoples and B-Real and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill
UB40 - Who You Fighting For? (EMI) all-new import-only album
The Vanity Project - The Vanity Project (Flagship) new side project from Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies and Stephen Duffy
Violent Femmes - BBC Live (Hux) recorded in 1991
various artists - Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime (Cornerstone) with cover contributions from G Love, Camper Van Beethoven, Jack Johnson, No Doubt, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Los Lobos, Fishbone, and more
