21
Jan
2003
· This Tuesday brings the solo debut CD from Jesse Malin, and it's one of those magical albums that really digs its teeth in deep with repeated listenings, a neon-cool collection of melodic Americana moments that resonate from the suburbs to the subway.
Built originally from sparse demos of just Malin's voice and Joe McGinty's piano, the songs range from intimate and acoustic to full-snarl and climaxing. Produced by star troubadour Ryan Adams (who also contributes vocals and guitars throughout) the disc also features background vocalist Melissa Auf der Maur of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins. Formerly of the punky D-Generation, Malin shows wicked depth as a pensive songwriter, with hints of Neil Young meeting Johnny Thunders for a cup of coffee outside the Brill Building, tapping their feet, searching for that perfect song. Entitled The Fine Art of Self Destruction and bearing the Artemis Records imprint, the American version of the CD features the bonus track "Cigarettes & Violets" and the hidden track "Brooklyn."
· Time-traveling from the past comes Chris Butler and his new CD, The Museum of Me, due this Tuesday on the Future Fossil Music label. Formerly of Waitresses - made forever famous by their 1980s classic "I Know What Boys Like" - Butler's latest offering of "bent pop" features a novel approach, as the album was recorded primarily on antique and obsolete devices and processes such as original Edison wax cylinders, wire-recording techniques from the 1940s, and do-it-yourself home-recording disc-cutting machines from the 1930s.
Television Alert:
This Friday night The Late Show with David Letterman serves up the first peek of Zwan, the intriguing new project reuniting Billy Corgan with founding Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, with Pat Sweeney of Chavez and David Pajo of Slint; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Nelly tonight, Tonic on Thursday, Sheryl Crow on Friday, and Santana on Tuesday; and Late Night with Conan O'Brien hosts Morcheeba on Friday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, January 28:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Aimee Allen - I'd Start a Revolution If I Could Get Up in the Morning (Elektra) with guests Stephen Carpenter of Deftones and Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle
Biker Boyz - original motion picture soundtrack (DreamWorks) with new music from Papa Roach
Bonnie Prince Billy - Master & Everyone (Drag City) his third album
Jett Brando - Jagged Junktion (Go Kart) featuring members of the Rye Coalition and All Natural Lemon
Ry Cooder - Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch) Cuban soul with Manuel Galban
Culture Club - Culture Club Box Set (Virgin) four-CD set of rarities, re-mixes, and demos
Dirty Vegas - A Night at the Tables (Ultra) mix CD with selections by Underworld, 10 Silo Deep, and Kylie Minogue
Dogwood - Seismic (Tooth & Nail)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Live in Brussels 9.15.2000 (Uin) two-CD set
Erasure - Other People's Songs (Mute) all-covers collection featuring Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" and songs by Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, The Buggles, and The Ronnettes
Furtherwood - She & I (Tooth & Nail)
The Human League - Reproduction, Travelogue, and Love & Dancing/Dare (Astralwerks) re-issues with bonus tracks
Engelbert Humperdinck - Definition of Love (Hip-O) new collection featuring a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
K-OS - Exit (Astralwerks) Canadian rapper's debut of acoustic hip-hop, currently touring with India.Arie
Adrian Legg - Guitar Bones (Favored Nations) all new from the master fingerstyle guitarist
Loose Fur - Loose (Drag City) new from Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, and Glenn Kotche
Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self Destruction (Artemis) debut solo album from the former D Generation vocalist, with producer Ryam Adams and guest Melissa Auf der Maur of Hole
Pigface - Easy Listening (Invisible) with guests Keith Levene of PIL, En Esch of KMFDM, Chris Haskett of the Rollins Band, and Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freaky Styley, The Upliff Mofo Party Plan, and Mother's Milk (EMI/Capitol) re-mastered CD re-issues with bonus tracks
Lou Reed - The Raven (Sire/Reprise) with guests Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, and Willem Dafoe
Mark Selby - Dirt (Vanguard) second album from the Nashville-via-Oklahoma singer-songwriter
Virgil Shaw - Still Falling (Future Farmer) new from the Dieselhead founder featuring guest vocalist Mark Eitzel
Slobberbone - Crow Pot Pie (New West) re-issue of this 1994 CD
The Snowdogs - Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies (Victory) English three-piece that has previously toured with Blink 182 and Less Than Jake, featuring a cover of Paul Simon's "Boy in the Bubble"
Solace - 13 (Meteor City) featuring a cover of Agnostic Front's "With Time"
Somehow Hollow - Busted Wings & Rusted Halos (Victory) new from the former members of Grade
Star Spangled Bastards - Whose War Is It? (Go Kart)
Useless ID - No Vacation from the World (Kung Fu)
various artists - Back 2 the Future '80s (Topaz) featuring electronic artists including DJ Irene and DJ Vicious Vic re-mixing classics such as Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance" and Whitesnake's "Is This Love"
various artists - Bare Essentials: Volume 2 (Naked Music/Astralwerks) classic chill-out from Blue Six, Weekender, Aquanote, and more various artists - Watch How the People Dancing (Honest Jon's/Astralwerks) time travels back to the late 1980s with reggae DJs Unity Sounds
Eammon Vitt - Deserted Music (Self Starter) new from the Karate founder
Bill Withers - Still Bill and Menagerie (Columbia Legacy) re-issues from 1972 and 1977
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea (Reprise) new from Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin of Smashing Pumpkins
· Time-traveling from the past comes Chris Butler and his new CD, The Museum of Me, due this Tuesday on the Future Fossil Music label. Formerly of Waitresses - made forever famous by their 1980s classic "I Know What Boys Like" - Butler's latest offering of "bent pop" features a novel approach, as the album was recorded primarily on antique and obsolete devices and processes such as original Edison wax cylinders, wire-recording techniques from the 1940s, and do-it-yourself home-recording disc-cutting machines from the 1930s.
Television Alert:
This Friday night The Late Show with David Letterman serves up the first peek of Zwan, the intriguing new project reuniting Billy Corgan with founding Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, with Pat Sweeney of Chavez and David Pajo of Slint; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Nelly tonight, Tonic on Thursday, Sheryl Crow on Friday, and Santana on Tuesday; and Late Night with Conan O'Brien hosts Morcheeba on Friday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, January 28:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Aimee Allen - I'd Start a Revolution If I Could Get Up in the Morning (Elektra) with guests Stephen Carpenter of Deftones and Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle
Biker Boyz - original motion picture soundtrack (DreamWorks) with new music from Papa Roach
Bonnie Prince Billy - Master & Everyone (Drag City) his third album
Jett Brando - Jagged Junktion (Go Kart) featuring members of the Rye Coalition and All Natural Lemon
Ry Cooder - Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch) Cuban soul with Manuel Galban
Culture Club - Culture Club Box Set (Virgin) four-CD set of rarities, re-mixes, and demos
Dirty Vegas - A Night at the Tables (Ultra) mix CD with selections by Underworld, 10 Silo Deep, and Kylie Minogue
Dogwood - Seismic (Tooth & Nail)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Live in Brussels 9.15.2000 (Uin) two-CD set
Erasure - Other People's Songs (Mute) all-covers collection featuring Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" and songs by Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, The Buggles, and The Ronnettes
Furtherwood - She & I (Tooth & Nail)
The Human League - Reproduction, Travelogue, and Love & Dancing/Dare (Astralwerks) re-issues with bonus tracks
Engelbert Humperdinck - Definition of Love (Hip-O) new collection featuring a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
K-OS - Exit (Astralwerks) Canadian rapper's debut of acoustic hip-hop, currently touring with India.Arie
Adrian Legg - Guitar Bones (Favored Nations) all new from the master fingerstyle guitarist
Loose Fur - Loose (Drag City) new from Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, and Glenn Kotche
Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self Destruction (Artemis) debut solo album from the former D Generation vocalist, with producer Ryam Adams and guest Melissa Auf der Maur of Hole
Pigface - Easy Listening (Invisible) with guests Keith Levene of PIL, En Esch of KMFDM, Chris Haskett of the Rollins Band, and Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freaky Styley, The Upliff Mofo Party Plan, and Mother's Milk (EMI/Capitol) re-mastered CD re-issues with bonus tracks
Lou Reed - The Raven (Sire/Reprise) with guests Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, and Willem Dafoe
Mark Selby - Dirt (Vanguard) second album from the Nashville-via-Oklahoma singer-songwriter
Virgil Shaw - Still Falling (Future Farmer) new from the Dieselhead founder featuring guest vocalist Mark Eitzel
Slobberbone - Crow Pot Pie (New West) re-issue of this 1994 CD
The Snowdogs - Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies (Victory) English three-piece that has previously toured with Blink 182 and Less Than Jake, featuring a cover of Paul Simon's "Boy in the Bubble"
Solace - 13 (Meteor City) featuring a cover of Agnostic Front's "With Time"
Somehow Hollow - Busted Wings & Rusted Halos (Victory) new from the former members of Grade
Star Spangled Bastards - Whose War Is It? (Go Kart)
Useless ID - No Vacation from the World (Kung Fu)
various artists - Back 2 the Future '80s (Topaz) featuring electronic artists including DJ Irene and DJ Vicious Vic re-mixing classics such as Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance" and Whitesnake's "Is This Love"
various artists - Bare Essentials: Volume 2 (Naked Music/Astralwerks) classic chill-out from Blue Six, Weekender, Aquanote, and more various artists - Watch How the People Dancing (Honest Jon's/Astralwerks) time travels back to the late 1980s with reggae DJs Unity Sounds
Eammon Vitt - Deserted Music (Self Starter) new from the Karate founder
Bill Withers - Still Bill and Menagerie (Columbia Legacy) re-issues from 1972 and 1977
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea (Reprise) new from Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin of Smashing Pumpkins
