16
Apr
2002
· American Music Club founder Mark Eitzel is mad for covers this Tuesday as his new solo album, Courage & Confidence, is chock full of interesting interpretations by the somber bard. Ten oddly selected songs make up the New West Records release, including his pensive take on Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up," The Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes for You," Andrea True Connection's "More, More, More," Anne Murray's "Snowbird," Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine," and - dig this - Culture Club's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" · Both Robert Plant and Dolly Parton have announced that they too will be dipping into the strange cover waters, with Plant's upcoming album featuring his take on the Jimi Hendrix classic "Hey Joe" (itself a cover), Tim Buckley's "Song of the Siren," and the track "Morning Due," previously recorded by Tim Hardin and Jeff Beck.
The CD, Head First, is due in July and promises an amazing backup band made up of former Cure guitarist Porl Johnson, Portishead keyboardist John Baggot, and Roni Size drummer Clive Dreamer. More mind-bending might be Parton's upcoming Halos & Horns album on the Blue Eye/Sugar Hill imprint, which features her interpretation of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Bread's pensive hit "If."
· Two separate tribute albums saluting The Ramones are slated to be released next month. The punk Radical Records label has announced that its Ramones Forever collection will feature artists from America as well as Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Peru, and Hungary, all bowing down to the Forest Hills, New York, cartoon punks in styles ranging from ska to electronic to lounge to lo-fi. The set will benefit the Joey Ramone fund at the Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Also on the horizon is DV8/Columbia Records' yet-unnamed tribute album, featuring big stars such as Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Static X, Motorhead, Rob Zombie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rancid, The Offspring, and Marilyn Manson (covering "Blitzkrieg Bop" with guitarist Johnny Ramone).
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno hosts Hoobastank on Friday, Jimmy Eat World on Monday, and Shannon McNally on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman welcomes Elvis Costello on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features Ben Kweller on Thursday overnight and Super Furry Animals on Tuesday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn gets funky with Lisa Loeb on Thursday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly sits down with Angie Stone on Thursday overnight, Elton John on Friday overnight, and Course of Nature on Monday overnight; the Country Music Television channel's Crossroads series features Brooks & Dunn and ZZ Top on Sunday; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is P.O.D.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, April 23:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Alfie - Word in Your Ear (Beggars Banquet)
Autopilot Off - Autopilot Off (Island) on tour now with Fu Manchu
Black Tape for a Blue Girl - The Scavenger Bride (Projekt) featuring cellist Julia Kent of Rasputina and Athan Maroulis of Spahn Ranch
Sarah Brightman - Encore (Decca) collection of hits and rarities including an Italian-language version of "Memory" from Cats
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose & Fancy Free (Discipline) two-CD or DVD set from the King Crimson drummer now finding pleasure as an acoustic sax-piano jazz quartet
Brute - Nine High a Pallet (Velocette) reissue of this 1995 debut release from Widespread Panic and Vic Chesnutt
Chelsea Walls - original motion picture soundtrack (Rykodisc) composed and performed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco
Cornershop - Handcream for a Generation (Wiiija/Beggars Banquet) featuring turntablist Rob Swift of the X-ecutioners and Noel Gallagher and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan of Oasis
Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (Island) all new with collaborators Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve
Dark Angel - original television series soundtrack (Artemis) with tracks from Tone Loc, Q-Tip, and Chuck D with MC Lyte
Dishwalla - Opaline (Immergent) simultaneous new CD and DVD release
Florence Dore - Perfect City (Slewfoot) featuring a rhythm section comprised of Dennis Diken and Scott Yoder of The Smithereens
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75 (Columbia Legacy) 11 hot tracks including "Shining Star" and "Happy Feelin'"
Explorers Club - Raising the Mammoth (Magna Carta) Featuring Terry Bozzio, James LaBrie, Steve Walsh, and former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman
John Forte - i, John (Transparent) second solo effort from this former Fugees Refugee Camp rapper with guests Carly Simon and Tricky
The Full Nine - The Full Nine (Mammoth)
Gay Dad - Transmission (Thirsty Ear)
Gomez - In Our Gun (Hut/Virgin) domestic release
Mickey Hart - Over the Edge & Back (Rykodisc) world-music best-of from the Grateful Dead percussionist released as a standard CD or 5.1-channel DVD Audio disc
The High Violets - 44 Down (Reverb)
K's Choice - Almost Happy (Red Ink/Sony) highly anticipated two-CD set, with one studio disc and one live platter
The Knack - Get the Knack, But the Little Girls Understand, and Round Trip (Capitol) re-mastered and expanded reissues
Kodo - Mondo Head (Red Ink) new ringing of the world drum, with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's production of this Taiku drum troupe
Luna - Romantica (Jetset) 12 new tracks featuring new vocalist/bassist Britta Phillips
Lupine Howl - Vaporizer (Beggars Banquet) EP
Masters of the Universe - Protest a Dark Anniversary (Kindercore)
Heather Nova - South (V2)
NRBQ - Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate) 13 tracks collected from the band's many visits to the stage of the West Virginia radio program
Of Montreal - Aldhill Arboretum (Kindercore)
Palomar - Palomar II (Self Starter) perky indie pop from this three-girls-and-one-fellow outfit featuring a cover of Brian Eno's "I'll Come Running"
Primus - Suck on This and Frizzle Fry (Prawn Song/Red Ink) CD reissues featuring their bonus cover of The Residents' "Hello Skinny/Constantinople"
The Promise Ring - Woodwater (Anti) label debut on the Epitaph imprint
Q & Not U - On Play Patterns (Dischord) seven-inch or CD EP produced by Ian MacKaye
Racer X - Snowball of Doom (Shrapnel) live album featuring the original line up of Paul Gilbert, Jeff Martin, John Alderete, and Scott Travis
Toshi Reagon - Toshi (Razor & Tie) featuring guest Chocolate Genius and a cover of The Cars' "Just What I Needed"
Step Kings - 3 The Hard Way (We Put Out Records) on tour now with Ill Nino and Primer 55
Still Breathing - September (Solid State) brutal riffs featuring growl 'n' howl vocals by fem-tough Ms. Dacey
Strung Out - American Paradox (Fat Wreck Chords) the first pressing contains the bonus track "Don't Look Back"
various artists - Dragging the Lake (Side One Dummy) featuring new tracks from Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
various artists - Next Step (Brooklyn Music) continuous-mix CD by breaks DJ Simply Jeff
various artists - Teen Town U.S.A. Volume 4 (Yeaah) 30-track collection of the sound of 1950s and 1960s teen rebellion with artists including Billy Fury, The Shirelles, David Gates, and Phil Spector
Paul Westerberg - Stereo/Mono (Vagrant) first solo music in three years from the Replacements' founder
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
· Two separate tribute albums saluting The Ramones are slated to be released next month. The punk Radical Records label has announced that its Ramones Forever collection will feature artists from America as well as Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Peru, and Hungary, all bowing down to the Forest Hills, New York, cartoon punks in styles ranging from ska to electronic to lounge to lo-fi. The set will benefit the Joey Ramone fund at the Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Also on the horizon is DV8/Columbia Records' yet-unnamed tribute album, featuring big stars such as Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Static X, Motorhead, Rob Zombie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rancid, The Offspring, and Marilyn Manson (covering "Blitzkrieg Bop" with guitarist Johnny Ramone).
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno hosts Hoobastank on Friday, Jimmy Eat World on Monday, and Shannon McNally on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman welcomes Elvis Costello on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features Ben Kweller on Thursday overnight and Super Furry Animals on Tuesday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn gets funky with Lisa Loeb on Thursday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly sits down with Angie Stone on Thursday overnight, Elton John on Friday overnight, and Course of Nature on Monday overnight; the Country Music Television channel's Crossroads series features Brooks & Dunn and ZZ Top on Sunday; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is P.O.D.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, April 23:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Alfie - Word in Your Ear (Beggars Banquet)
Autopilot Off - Autopilot Off (Island) on tour now with Fu Manchu
Black Tape for a Blue Girl - The Scavenger Bride (Projekt) featuring cellist Julia Kent of Rasputina and Athan Maroulis of Spahn Ranch
Sarah Brightman - Encore (Decca) collection of hits and rarities including an Italian-language version of "Memory" from Cats
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose & Fancy Free (Discipline) two-CD or DVD set from the King Crimson drummer now finding pleasure as an acoustic sax-piano jazz quartet
Brute - Nine High a Pallet (Velocette) reissue of this 1995 debut release from Widespread Panic and Vic Chesnutt
Chelsea Walls - original motion picture soundtrack (Rykodisc) composed and performed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco
Cornershop - Handcream for a Generation (Wiiija/Beggars Banquet) featuring turntablist Rob Swift of the X-ecutioners and Noel Gallagher and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan of Oasis
Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (Island) all new with collaborators Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve
Dark Angel - original television series soundtrack (Artemis) with tracks from Tone Loc, Q-Tip, and Chuck D with MC Lyte
Dishwalla - Opaline (Immergent) simultaneous new CD and DVD release
Florence Dore - Perfect City (Slewfoot) featuring a rhythm section comprised of Dennis Diken and Scott Yoder of The Smithereens
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75 (Columbia Legacy) 11 hot tracks including "Shining Star" and "Happy Feelin'"
Explorers Club - Raising the Mammoth (Magna Carta) Featuring Terry Bozzio, James LaBrie, Steve Walsh, and former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman
John Forte - i, John (Transparent) second solo effort from this former Fugees Refugee Camp rapper with guests Carly Simon and Tricky
The Full Nine - The Full Nine (Mammoth)
Gay Dad - Transmission (Thirsty Ear)
Gomez - In Our Gun (Hut/Virgin) domestic release
Mickey Hart - Over the Edge & Back (Rykodisc) world-music best-of from the Grateful Dead percussionist released as a standard CD or 5.1-channel DVD Audio disc
The High Violets - 44 Down (Reverb)
K's Choice - Almost Happy (Red Ink/Sony) highly anticipated two-CD set, with one studio disc and one live platter
The Knack - Get the Knack, But the Little Girls Understand, and Round Trip (Capitol) re-mastered and expanded reissues
Kodo - Mondo Head (Red Ink) new ringing of the world drum, with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's production of this Taiku drum troupe
Luna - Romantica (Jetset) 12 new tracks featuring new vocalist/bassist Britta Phillips
Lupine Howl - Vaporizer (Beggars Banquet) EP
Masters of the Universe - Protest a Dark Anniversary (Kindercore)
Heather Nova - South (V2)
NRBQ - Live from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate) 13 tracks collected from the band's many visits to the stage of the West Virginia radio program
Of Montreal - Aldhill Arboretum (Kindercore)
Palomar - Palomar II (Self Starter) perky indie pop from this three-girls-and-one-fellow outfit featuring a cover of Brian Eno's "I'll Come Running"
Primus - Suck on This and Frizzle Fry (Prawn Song/Red Ink) CD reissues featuring their bonus cover of The Residents' "Hello Skinny/Constantinople"
The Promise Ring - Woodwater (Anti) label debut on the Epitaph imprint
Q & Not U - On Play Patterns (Dischord) seven-inch or CD EP produced by Ian MacKaye
Racer X - Snowball of Doom (Shrapnel) live album featuring the original line up of Paul Gilbert, Jeff Martin, John Alderete, and Scott Travis
Toshi Reagon - Toshi (Razor & Tie) featuring guest Chocolate Genius and a cover of The Cars' "Just What I Needed"
Step Kings - 3 The Hard Way (We Put Out Records) on tour now with Ill Nino and Primer 55
Still Breathing - September (Solid State) brutal riffs featuring growl 'n' howl vocals by fem-tough Ms. Dacey
Strung Out - American Paradox (Fat Wreck Chords) the first pressing contains the bonus track "Don't Look Back"
various artists - Dragging the Lake (Side One Dummy) featuring new tracks from Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
various artists - Next Step (Brooklyn Music) continuous-mix CD by breaks DJ Simply Jeff
various artists - Teen Town U.S.A. Volume 4 (Yeaah) 30-track collection of the sound of 1950s and 1960s teen rebellion with artists including Billy Fury, The Shirelles, David Gates, and Phil Spector
Paul Westerberg - Stereo/Mono (Vagrant) first solo music in three years from the Replacements' founder
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
