28
Oct
2003
· The indie Chrome Peeler Records imprint has just released one of the more novel ideas I've heard in a while, with label honcho Jason Ziemniak reaching out to his favorite musicians and asking them to write an original song based on an assigned song title.
Entitled You've Got Your Orders Volume 1, the album features Nels Cline, House of Low Culture, Mudhoney's Mark Arm, Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano, the Minutemen's Mike Watt, and others answering the call.
· Primus is opening up the digital floodgates with the announcement that soundboard recordings of every show on the band's current tour will be available on the Web site (http://www.primuslive.com) starting November 7. Available in mp3 and FLAC formats, many concerts will be up for grabs 48 hours after the show, complete with downloadable cover art.
· MOE has announced that it has joined Clear Channel's Instant Live program. First tested this past summer on tour with the Allman Brothers Band, Instant Live gives concertgoers the ability to purchase a CD of the show they just attended, just minutes after the show is over. More MOE fun can be had if you make it to the group's Halloween show in Chicago. MOE thrusts its devil horns in the air for a night of heavy-metal interpretations and promises an all-girl AC/DC cover band to open the show.
· This Tuesday RCA Victor is releasing a special CD re-issue of Hair, complete with both Broadway and off-Broadway cast recordings from 1967. Also featured are bonus tracks and interviews with composer Galt MacDermot.
· Another expanded musical favorite was just released last month by Universal: the 25th-anniversary deluxe edition of Grease. The soundtrack features a second disc of re-mixes, medleys, sing-a-long versions, instrumentals, and a sanitized version of "Greased Lightnin'."
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Dashboard Confessional this evening, Mandy Moore on Thursday, and Seal on Friday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Bubba Sparxxx on Friday and Sarah McLachlan on Monday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features The Thrills this evening overnight, Train on Monday overnight, and The Strokes on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly boasts stellastar* on Thursday overnight and Dressy Bessy on Friday overnight; Jimmy Kimmel Live shares the stage with Me First & The Gimme Gimmes on Friday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is OutKast. This Friday is music friendly on the Sundance Channel, as it broadcasts three features: If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowen Story, Mike Gordon's Rising Low, a tribute to bassist Allen Woody, and The Language of Music, a portrait of recording engineer/producer Tom Dowd. Also broadcast in succession later that evening are all four episodes of the channel's Sonic Cinema series, hosted by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 4:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Ryan Adams - llornkcoR (Lost Highway) featuring guests Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and former Hole/Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Der Maur
Against Me! - As the Eternal Cowboy (Fat Wreck Chords)
Afrika Bambaataa - Presents Eastside (Obsessive) two-CD mix of tracks that influenced the old-school hip-hop generation
Bon Jovi - The Left Feels Right (Island) two new songs and acoustic versions of hits
Catch 22 - Dinosaur Sounds (Victory)
Charalambides - Unknown Spin (Kranky) live-to-tape recording
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (Capitol) live CD or DVD from Sydney, Australia this past summer
Curl Up & Die - But the Past Is Not Through with Us (Revelation) 24 minutes of Las Vegas metal-core
Ensign - Love the Music, Hate the Kids (Blackout) 19 covers of punk classics
Firewind - Burning Earth (Leviathan)
The Flower Kings - Meet the Flower Kings (Inside Out) live double CD or DVD
Goldfrapp - "Twist" (Mute) new single featuring a cover of Baccara's disco hit "Yes Sir I Can Boogie"
Guided by Voices - Hardcore UFOs (Matador) 142 songs spread over five CDs and a DVD
Guided by Voices - Best of: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (Matador) 32 tracks from from 1987 to 2003
Trey Gunn - Untune the Sky (Inside Out) retrospective of solo work by the King Crimson guitarist
Howlin' Wolf - When the Sun Goes Down: The Howlin' Wolf Story (Bluebird) DVD release in the When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll series
Inspiral Carpets - Cool as (Mute) singles collection
Bert Jansch - Avocet (Castle/Sanctuary) first time on CD for this album from 1979
Jars of Clay - Who We Are Instead (Essential)
Wyclef Jean - Preacher's Son (J Records) with guests The Edge of U2, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Redman, Scarface, Timbaland, and more
Avril Lavigne - My World (Arista) concert DVD featuring covers of Green Day's "Basket Case" and Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door," and a bonus CD of six unreleased songs
Steve Lawler - Lights Out (Global Underground)
The Lot Six - Major Fables (Tarantula)
J Mascis - John Peel BBC Sessions (Strange Fruit) acoustic and electric demos from the Dinosaur Jr. founder
Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (Arista)
Mediaeval Babes - Mistletoe & Wine (Nettwerk)
Misfits/Balzac - split EP (Rykodisc) with each band covering the other's material
Nebula - "So It Goes" (Liquor & Poker) seven-inch single featuring a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
Nervous Cop - Nervous Cop (5 Rue Christine) featuring drummers from Hella and Deerhoof
P.O.D. - Payable on Death (Atlantic) with new guitarist Jason Truby
Pako & Frederick - Atlantic Breakers (Global Underground)
The Pale - Gravity Gets Things Done (SideCho) from Bellingham, Washington
Phantom Planet - The Guest (Epic) this expanded re-issue of the group's debut album features new artwork, music videos, and four previously unreleased tracks
The Pleased - Don't Make Things (Big Wheel Recreation)
Iggy Pop - Skull Ring (Virgin) with guests Sum 41, Green Day, Peaches, and former Stooges bandmates Ron and Scott Asheton
Mark Robinson - Origami & Urbanism (Teenbeat) his third solo album
Tracy Shedd - Red (Teenbeat) enhanced CD from this tasty singer-songwriter, produced by Mark Robinson of Unrest
Matthew Shipp & William Parker - Sorcerer Sessions (Thirsty Ear Blue Series)
Snapcase - Bright Flashes (Victory) featuring covers of Devo's "Freedom of Choice" and "Gates of Steel"
Space Twins - The End of Imagining (MRI) new experimental pop from Brian Bell of Weezer
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (Jetset) new band from Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters
Symphony in Peril - Lost Memories & Faded Pictures (Facedown) new metal hardcore from vocalist Shawn Jonas of ZAO
Tricky - Back to Mine (DMC) new in this series of personally compiled CDs with insightful liner notes
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - Come Poop with Me (Warner Bros) songs and skits with guests Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, Adam Sandler, and Conan O'Brien
Joe Lynn Turner - JLT (Shrapnel) new solo album from the Rainbow/Deep Purple vocalist
U.S. Maple - Purple on Time (Drag City)
various artists - No More Prisons 2 (Raptivism) political rap project featuring David Banner & Kamikaze, Dead Prez, Chubb Rock, Grandmaster Caz, Krumbsnatcha, and more
Brenda Weiler - Cold Weather (Virt) all new from the critically acclaimed Minnesota singer-songwriter
Wheat - Per Second, Per Second, Per Second ... Every Second (Aware/Columbia) produced by Dave Fridmann and on tour this month with Liz Phair
· Primus is opening up the digital floodgates with the announcement that soundboard recordings of every show on the band's current tour will be available on the Web site (http://www.primuslive.com) starting November 7. Available in mp3 and FLAC formats, many concerts will be up for grabs 48 hours after the show, complete with downloadable cover art.
· MOE has announced that it has joined Clear Channel's Instant Live program. First tested this past summer on tour with the Allman Brothers Band, Instant Live gives concertgoers the ability to purchase a CD of the show they just attended, just minutes after the show is over. More MOE fun can be had if you make it to the group's Halloween show in Chicago. MOE thrusts its devil horns in the air for a night of heavy-metal interpretations and promises an all-girl AC/DC cover band to open the show.
· This Tuesday RCA Victor is releasing a special CD re-issue of Hair, complete with both Broadway and off-Broadway cast recordings from 1967. Also featured are bonus tracks and interviews with composer Galt MacDermot.
· Another expanded musical favorite was just released last month by Universal: the 25th-anniversary deluxe edition of Grease. The soundtrack features a second disc of re-mixes, medleys, sing-a-long versions, instrumentals, and a sanitized version of "Greased Lightnin'."
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Dashboard Confessional this evening, Mandy Moore on Thursday, and Seal on Friday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Bubba Sparxxx on Friday and Sarah McLachlan on Monday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features The Thrills this evening overnight, Train on Monday overnight, and The Strokes on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly boasts stellastar* on Thursday overnight and Dressy Bessy on Friday overnight; Jimmy Kimmel Live shares the stage with Me First & The Gimme Gimmes on Friday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is OutKast. This Friday is music friendly on the Sundance Channel, as it broadcasts three features: If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowen Story, Mike Gordon's Rising Low, a tribute to bassist Allen Woody, and The Language of Music, a portrait of recording engineer/producer Tom Dowd. Also broadcast in succession later that evening are all four episodes of the channel's Sonic Cinema series, hosted by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 4:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Ryan Adams - llornkcoR (Lost Highway) featuring guests Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and former Hole/Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Der Maur
Against Me! - As the Eternal Cowboy (Fat Wreck Chords)
Afrika Bambaataa - Presents Eastside (Obsessive) two-CD mix of tracks that influenced the old-school hip-hop generation
Bon Jovi - The Left Feels Right (Island) two new songs and acoustic versions of hits
Catch 22 - Dinosaur Sounds (Victory)
Charalambides - Unknown Spin (Kranky) live-to-tape recording
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (Capitol) live CD or DVD from Sydney, Australia this past summer
Curl Up & Die - But the Past Is Not Through with Us (Revelation) 24 minutes of Las Vegas metal-core
Ensign - Love the Music, Hate the Kids (Blackout) 19 covers of punk classics
Firewind - Burning Earth (Leviathan)
The Flower Kings - Meet the Flower Kings (Inside Out) live double CD or DVD
Goldfrapp - "Twist" (Mute) new single featuring a cover of Baccara's disco hit "Yes Sir I Can Boogie"
Guided by Voices - Hardcore UFOs (Matador) 142 songs spread over five CDs and a DVD
Guided by Voices - Best of: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (Matador) 32 tracks from from 1987 to 2003
Trey Gunn - Untune the Sky (Inside Out) retrospective of solo work by the King Crimson guitarist
Howlin' Wolf - When the Sun Goes Down: The Howlin' Wolf Story (Bluebird) DVD release in the When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll series
Inspiral Carpets - Cool as (Mute) singles collection
Bert Jansch - Avocet (Castle/Sanctuary) first time on CD for this album from 1979
Jars of Clay - Who We Are Instead (Essential)
Wyclef Jean - Preacher's Son (J Records) with guests The Edge of U2, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Redman, Scarface, Timbaland, and more
Avril Lavigne - My World (Arista) concert DVD featuring covers of Green Day's "Basket Case" and Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door," and a bonus CD of six unreleased songs
Steve Lawler - Lights Out (Global Underground)
The Lot Six - Major Fables (Tarantula)
J Mascis - John Peel BBC Sessions (Strange Fruit) acoustic and electric demos from the Dinosaur Jr. founder
Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (Arista)
Mediaeval Babes - Mistletoe & Wine (Nettwerk)
Misfits/Balzac - split EP (Rykodisc) with each band covering the other's material
Nebula - "So It Goes" (Liquor & Poker) seven-inch single featuring a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
Nervous Cop - Nervous Cop (5 Rue Christine) featuring drummers from Hella and Deerhoof
P.O.D. - Payable on Death (Atlantic) with new guitarist Jason Truby
Pako & Frederick - Atlantic Breakers (Global Underground)
The Pale - Gravity Gets Things Done (SideCho) from Bellingham, Washington
Phantom Planet - The Guest (Epic) this expanded re-issue of the group's debut album features new artwork, music videos, and four previously unreleased tracks
The Pleased - Don't Make Things (Big Wheel Recreation)
Iggy Pop - Skull Ring (Virgin) with guests Sum 41, Green Day, Peaches, and former Stooges bandmates Ron and Scott Asheton
Mark Robinson - Origami & Urbanism (Teenbeat) his third solo album
Tracy Shedd - Red (Teenbeat) enhanced CD from this tasty singer-songwriter, produced by Mark Robinson of Unrest
Matthew Shipp & William Parker - Sorcerer Sessions (Thirsty Ear Blue Series)
Snapcase - Bright Flashes (Victory) featuring covers of Devo's "Freedom of Choice" and "Gates of Steel"
Space Twins - The End of Imagining (MRI) new experimental pop from Brian Bell of Weezer
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (Jetset) new band from Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters
Symphony in Peril - Lost Memories & Faded Pictures (Facedown) new metal hardcore from vocalist Shawn Jonas of ZAO
Tricky - Back to Mine (DMC) new in this series of personally compiled CDs with insightful liner notes
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - Come Poop with Me (Warner Bros) songs and skits with guests Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, Adam Sandler, and Conan O'Brien
Joe Lynn Turner - JLT (Shrapnel) new solo album from the Rainbow/Deep Purple vocalist
U.S. Maple - Purple on Time (Drag City)
various artists - No More Prisons 2 (Raptivism) political rap project featuring David Banner & Kamikaze, Dead Prez, Chubb Rock, Grandmaster Caz, Krumbsnatcha, and more
Brenda Weiler - Cold Weather (Virt) all new from the critically acclaimed Minnesota singer-songwriter
Wheat - Per Second, Per Second, Per Second ... Every Second (Aware/Columbia) produced by Dave Fridmann and on tour this month with Liz Phair
