19
Feb
2002
· Can a performer play the annual St. Paddy's Day celebration on both sides of the ocean? Well, due to unusual circumstances last year, Shane MacGowan and his Popes were able to do just that, performing in both Dublin and New York City - a live document of which is being released this Tuesday.
Titled Across the Broad Atlantic on the Eagle Records label, the founding member of the Pogues and his new band first played the New York affair, and then in Dublin, as the traditional Irish event was postponed because of the outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease. The 20-track set features lots of Pogues classics such as "Dirty Old Town," "If I Should Fall from Grace with God," and "Fairytale of New York."
· Two founding members of the mysterious Cocteau Twins pop up on the radar next week. On the Instinct label, Robin Guthrie unveils his new Violet Indiana project, a collaborative effort with Mono vocalist Siobhan De Mare. Guthrie's partner in early ethereal adventure, Simon Raymonde, also surfaces Tuesday with his production of the new album from The Czars, The Ugly People vs. The Beautiful People on the Manifesto label. The release is the stateside issue of the critically acclaimed UK sophomore set from the band, originally issued on Guthrie's and Raymonde's own Bella Union imprint. Often referred to as the Colorado Beatles, this Rocky Mountain quartet swells with an emotional folk-rock sound now charged with Raymonde's production skills and crowd-pleasing tours with David Gray, Low, and Dirty Three.
· More songs from the Moulin Rouge film are being released this Tuesday on the Interscope label. This second set features highlights "Like a Virgin," the instrumental version of "Your Song," and Ewan McGregor's "Ascension/Nature Boy."
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Creed tonight, Marc Anthony on Thursday, Alanis Morissette on Friday, and Ryan Adams on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman colors it foxy with Pink on Thursday; and Late Night with Conan O'Brien features the wonderful Loudon Wainwright III on Monday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, February 26:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Brendan Benson - Lapalco (Star Time) with guest Jason Falkner
Bracket - Live in a Dive (Fat Wreck) the second release in the label's new live series featuring a comic-book-style booklet and enhanced video footage
Stephen Bruton - Spirit World (New West) new solo album from Kris Kristofferson's lead guitarist, known for his production work with Alejandro Escovedo and Jimmie Dale Gilmour
James Christian - Stuck on Earth: House Theory (Topaz) new from the resident DJ of Limelight's Future Shock parties
Dick Dale - Spacial Distortion (Sin-Drome) all new from the surf-shred-guitar king with guest Fred Schneider of the B-52's
Dimitri from Paris - After the Playboy Mansion (Astralwerks) follow-up to his A Night at the Playboy Mansion, this time featuring mixing tracks from Grace Jones and Harold Melvin
Dressy Bessy - Sound Go Round (Kindercore) sassy yet classy fuzz pop featuring the delightful vocals of Tammy Ealom
Mattias "1A" Eklundh - Freak Guitar (Favored Nations) solo outing of fret-board wizardry from the Fate guitarist featuring a cover of KISS' "Detroit Rock City"
Few Left Standing - Wormwood (Solid State)
Neil Finn - 7 Worlds Collide (Nettwerk) new from the Split Enz and Crowded House founder, recorded live with guests Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Johnny Marr of The Smiths, and Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
Gorillaz - G-Sides (Virgin) enhanced mini-album featuring B sides, remixes, and rarities
The Reverend Horton Heat - Lucky Seven (Artemis) 14 all new songs including surf, big-band swing, blues, and circa-'77 punk
Injected - Burn It Black (Island) on tour now with Fu Manchu
Big Jack Johnson - The Memphis Barbecue Sessions (MC Records) blues harmonica, acoustic guitars, mandolin, and a slice of cornbread with guests Kim Wilson and Pinetop Perkins
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (Blue Note) label debut from this hot jazz vocalist with guest Bill Frisell
Paul Kelly - Nothing but a Dream (Spin Art) new from the Australian singer-songwriter
Kidney Thieves - Zerospace (Extasy International) industrial-flavored new rawk debut featuring sexy vocalist Free Dominguez and dark cover of Patty Cline's "Crazy"
Eric Lichter - Palm Wine Sunday Blue (Hidden Agenda/Parasol) home-recorded solo debut album from this member of The Green Pajamas
Lasse Lindh - You Wake Up at Sea Tec (Hidden Agenda/Parasol) his first album sung in English
Lisa Loeb - Cake & Pie (A&M) co-written with an array of songwriters including Dweezil Zappa and Randy Scruggs
Biz Markie - The Weekend Warrior (Groove Attack)
Amanda Marshall - Everybody's Got a Story (Columbia)
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (Maverick/Warner Bros.) long-awaited return with guests Me'shell Ndegeocello and Flea
Phantom Planet - The Guest (Epic) featuring actor Jason Schwartzman on drums
Jerry Portnoy - Down in the Mood Room (Tiny Town) new from this blues-harmonica master whose touring résumé includes Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton
Psycho on Da Bus - "Never Satisfied" (PGI/Platform) four-track CD single from Fela Kuti's drummer of 14 years
Steve Roach - Stream & Currents (Projekt) new atmospheric ambient adventures
Roswell - original television series soundtrack (Nettwerk) with The Doves' cover of the Beatles' "Blackbird" and music from Dido, Ash, Sense Field, Coldplay, Travis, and Sarah McLachlan
Royce Da 5'9 - Rock City (Game City/Columbia) with guests Kelis, Eminem, and D-12
The Sunshine Fix - Age of the Sun (Emperor Norton/Kindercore) new pop psychedelia from Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Dross and other Athens, Georgia, members of the Elephant 6 collective
Pete Townshend - Music from "Lifehouse" (Image Entertainment) DVD or VHS document of his performance in 2000 of this legendary "unfinished" rock opera
Underoath - The Changing of Times (Solid State)
various artists - Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters (Smithsonian Folkways) in conjunction with the New York-based Fast Folk magazine, this two-CD set collects classic and rare tracks from Shawn Colvin, Steve Forbert, Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Christine Lavin, and more
various artists - A Fistful of Rock 'n' Roll: Volume 8 (Victory) 18-track document of today's best punk rock compiled by Sal Cazonieri of Electric Frankenstein featuring Datsun, Teenage Frames, Dead City Rebels, and Lord High Fixers
various artists - The Thing That Ate Floyd (Lookout) two-CD or two-LP reissue of this 1988 document of the California punk scene
various artists - Uncorrupted Steel (Metal Blade) 18-track budget-priced sampler featuring Bolt Thrower, Cattle Decapitation, The Fallen, and more
Chuck E. Weiss - Old Souls & Wolf Tickets (Slow River) featuring "Down the Road a Piece" with Willie Dixon
Wu-Tang Presents Killa Beez -The Sting (In the Paint/Koch)
X-Ecutioners - Built from Scratch (Loud) with guests Dan the Automator, Large Professor, Pharaohe Monch, Tom Tom Club, and Biz Markie
· Two founding members of the mysterious Cocteau Twins pop up on the radar next week. On the Instinct label, Robin Guthrie unveils his new Violet Indiana project, a collaborative effort with Mono vocalist Siobhan De Mare. Guthrie's partner in early ethereal adventure, Simon Raymonde, also surfaces Tuesday with his production of the new album from The Czars, The Ugly People vs. The Beautiful People on the Manifesto label. The release is the stateside issue of the critically acclaimed UK sophomore set from the band, originally issued on Guthrie's and Raymonde's own Bella Union imprint. Often referred to as the Colorado Beatles, this Rocky Mountain quartet swells with an emotional folk-rock sound now charged with Raymonde's production skills and crowd-pleasing tours with David Gray, Low, and Dirty Three.
· More songs from the Moulin Rouge film are being released this Tuesday on the Interscope label. This second set features highlights "Like a Virgin," the instrumental version of "Your Song," and Ewan McGregor's "Ascension/Nature Boy."
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Creed tonight, Marc Anthony on Thursday, Alanis Morissette on Friday, and Ryan Adams on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman colors it foxy with Pink on Thursday; and Late Night with Conan O'Brien features the wonderful Loudon Wainwright III on Monday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, February 26:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Brendan Benson - Lapalco (Star Time) with guest Jason Falkner
Bracket - Live in a Dive (Fat Wreck) the second release in the label's new live series featuring a comic-book-style booklet and enhanced video footage
Stephen Bruton - Spirit World (New West) new solo album from Kris Kristofferson's lead guitarist, known for his production work with Alejandro Escovedo and Jimmie Dale Gilmour
James Christian - Stuck on Earth: House Theory (Topaz) new from the resident DJ of Limelight's Future Shock parties
Dick Dale - Spacial Distortion (Sin-Drome) all new from the surf-shred-guitar king with guest Fred Schneider of the B-52's
Dimitri from Paris - After the Playboy Mansion (Astralwerks) follow-up to his A Night at the Playboy Mansion, this time featuring mixing tracks from Grace Jones and Harold Melvin
Dressy Bessy - Sound Go Round (Kindercore) sassy yet classy fuzz pop featuring the delightful vocals of Tammy Ealom
Mattias "1A" Eklundh - Freak Guitar (Favored Nations) solo outing of fret-board wizardry from the Fate guitarist featuring a cover of KISS' "Detroit Rock City"
Few Left Standing - Wormwood (Solid State)
Neil Finn - 7 Worlds Collide (Nettwerk) new from the Split Enz and Crowded House founder, recorded live with guests Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Johnny Marr of The Smiths, and Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
Gorillaz - G-Sides (Virgin) enhanced mini-album featuring B sides, remixes, and rarities
The Reverend Horton Heat - Lucky Seven (Artemis) 14 all new songs including surf, big-band swing, blues, and circa-'77 punk
Injected - Burn It Black (Island) on tour now with Fu Manchu
Big Jack Johnson - The Memphis Barbecue Sessions (MC Records) blues harmonica, acoustic guitars, mandolin, and a slice of cornbread with guests Kim Wilson and Pinetop Perkins
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (Blue Note) label debut from this hot jazz vocalist with guest Bill Frisell
Paul Kelly - Nothing but a Dream (Spin Art) new from the Australian singer-songwriter
Kidney Thieves - Zerospace (Extasy International) industrial-flavored new rawk debut featuring sexy vocalist Free Dominguez and dark cover of Patty Cline's "Crazy"
Eric Lichter - Palm Wine Sunday Blue (Hidden Agenda/Parasol) home-recorded solo debut album from this member of The Green Pajamas
Lasse Lindh - You Wake Up at Sea Tec (Hidden Agenda/Parasol) his first album sung in English
Lisa Loeb - Cake & Pie (A&M) co-written with an array of songwriters including Dweezil Zappa and Randy Scruggs
Biz Markie - The Weekend Warrior (Groove Attack)
Amanda Marshall - Everybody's Got a Story (Columbia)
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (Maverick/Warner Bros.) long-awaited return with guests Me'shell Ndegeocello and Flea
Phantom Planet - The Guest (Epic) featuring actor Jason Schwartzman on drums
Jerry Portnoy - Down in the Mood Room (Tiny Town) new from this blues-harmonica master whose touring résumé includes Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton
Psycho on Da Bus - "Never Satisfied" (PGI/Platform) four-track CD single from Fela Kuti's drummer of 14 years
Steve Roach - Stream & Currents (Projekt) new atmospheric ambient adventures
Roswell - original television series soundtrack (Nettwerk) with The Doves' cover of the Beatles' "Blackbird" and music from Dido, Ash, Sense Field, Coldplay, Travis, and Sarah McLachlan
Royce Da 5'9 - Rock City (Game City/Columbia) with guests Kelis, Eminem, and D-12
The Sunshine Fix - Age of the Sun (Emperor Norton/Kindercore) new pop psychedelia from Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Dross and other Athens, Georgia, members of the Elephant 6 collective
Pete Townshend - Music from "Lifehouse" (Image Entertainment) DVD or VHS document of his performance in 2000 of this legendary "unfinished" rock opera
Underoath - The Changing of Times (Solid State)
various artists - Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters (Smithsonian Folkways) in conjunction with the New York-based Fast Folk magazine, this two-CD set collects classic and rare tracks from Shawn Colvin, Steve Forbert, Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Christine Lavin, and more
various artists - A Fistful of Rock 'n' Roll: Volume 8 (Victory) 18-track document of today's best punk rock compiled by Sal Cazonieri of Electric Frankenstein featuring Datsun, Teenage Frames, Dead City Rebels, and Lord High Fixers
various artists - The Thing That Ate Floyd (Lookout) two-CD or two-LP reissue of this 1988 document of the California punk scene
various artists - Uncorrupted Steel (Metal Blade) 18-track budget-priced sampler featuring Bolt Thrower, Cattle Decapitation, The Fallen, and more
Chuck E. Weiss - Old Souls & Wolf Tickets (Slow River) featuring "Down the Road a Piece" with Willie Dixon
Wu-Tang Presents Killa Beez -The Sting (In the Paint/Koch)
X-Ecutioners - Built from Scratch (Loud) with guests Dan the Automator, Large Professor, Pharaohe Monch, Tom Tom Club, and Biz Markie
