29
Mar
2005
• Fantômas, the enigmatic band helmed by Mike Patton of Faith No More, is taking a new direction this Tuesday with the release of Suspended Animation on Ipecac Records. While the collective has previously noodled in science-fiction fancies, the new CD is described as a lavishly designed project that dallies in all the sound effects and manic energy of cartoon music. Featuring a 30-page booklet/calendar by pop cartoonist Yoshimoto Nara, the sessions also feature Buzz Osbourne of The Melvins, Trevor Dunn of Mr. Bungle, and Dave Lombardo of Slayer.
• Some intriguing remix interpretations highlight the Crystal Method's release this Tuesday of Community Service II. The Ultra/3AM Records release features the DJ duo's workout on The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues," New Order's "Bizzare Love Triangle," and Smashing Pumpkins' "1979," alongside tracks from UNKLE, Evil Nine, and Uberzone.
• Overdosing at the altar of the cult of celebrity, Justin Moyer of El Guapo and Antelope has donned a black wig, a sparkly cocktail dress, and matching shoes and handbag, re-inventing himself as Edie Sedgwick. Yes, named for the same sad-little-rich-girl icon of Andy Warhol's "beautiful people" posse - and immortalized by The Cult in 1989 with "Edie (Ciao Baby)"; the real Sedgwick overdosed in 1971. Entitled Her Love Is Real ... But She Is Not, the result of all this cross-dressing has just been released by De Soto Records, and Moyer fills the CD with 14 star-struck songs obsessing over a grocery magazine rack of celebrities, from Haley Joel Osment and Lucy Liu to Robert Downey Jr. and Martin Sheen. Like Le Tigre meets Wesley Willis, Moyer's rants and sweaty basement beats are crazy fun, tumbling down the rabbit hole of curved walls plastered with covers of People magazine and candy wrappers, twitching to the paranoia of the electronic whip.
• In other obsessions of thin, pale-faced sweeties, Go Kart Records has announced its new Go Kart Films imprint, soon releasing DVDs of new independent films with its sister horror label, Vital Fluid. The "mockumentary" Far Too Gone, a Spinal Tap-esque winner at a handful of indie film festivals including last year's Golden Gate Fiction & Documentary Festival, stars director Brian Labrecque as a fan who really, truly thinks he is Tori Amos.
• Next week Ropeadope Records is re-issuing to the masses a spattering of lost titles that were once only available through the label's Web site. One highlight is Bane, the "secret" solo project from Mike Gordon of Phish under the name of Joey Arkenstat.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Jimmy Eat World on Thursday; The Late Show with David Letterman features the Kaiser Chiefs this evening, Faith Evans on Thursday, and Lisa Marie Presley on Friday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Josh Groban on Monday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson plays nice with Moby on Monday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly hosts Ozzy Osbourne this evening overnight, The Music on Thursday overnight, and The Allman Brothers Band on Friday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is The Killers.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, April 5:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Backyard Babies - Tinnitus (Liquor & Poker) featuring a bonus 16-track label sampler CD
Brain Donor - Brain Donor (Mister E) new from Julian Cope of Teardrop Explodes
British Sea Power - Open Season (Rough Trade) performing at the Coachella music festival later this month
The Damned - Strawberries: Deluxe (Castle) re-issue of this punk classic from 1982, now with eight bonus tracks
Del the Funky Homosapien - "Time's Up" (Decon) new 12-inch single with Haiku d'Etat
Dirty Projectors - The Getty Address (Western Vinyl) reportedly a rock opera about Don Henley of The Eagles
DJ Skribble - Perfecto Presents: Spring Break (Thrive/Perfecto) new mix CD from the MTV DJ
Doppler, Inc. - Nu Instrumental (Favored Nations) with guests Billy Sheehan and Stuart Hamm
Euphone - V (Record Label) new solo CD EP from Ryan Rapsys, talented drummer of Joan of Arc and Bella Lea
Faith Evans - The First Lady (Capitol) with guest Pharrell Williams
The Fall - A Part of America Therein, 1981 (Castle/Sanctuary) re-mastered re-issue of this live favorite, with bonus tracks and new liner notes by Daryl Easlea
Far from Finished - East Side of Nowhere (Victory) featuring former Street Dogs guitarist Rob Guidottidi and guest Spike Katz of Kings of Leon
Goldfinger - The Best of (Mojo/Jive) CD and DVD
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - XXL (Silverline) with guests Brian Knight, Johnny Mathis and Take 6
Hack & A Hacksaw - Darkness at Noon (Leaf) new solo project from Jeremy Barnes of Neutral Milk Hotel
Steve Hackett & The Underworld Orchestra - Metamorpheus (Inside Out) sweeping and cinematic, this is the Genesis guitarist's fifth classical outing of nylon-string ecstasy
Human Eye - Human Eye (In the Red) "alien punk" from Tim Vulgar of Clone Defect
Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down the Days (Brightside) import-only third album
John Kay - The Lost Heritage Tapes (Rainman) lost sessions from 1976 from the Steppenwolf leader, featuring guests Lowell George and Billy Payne of Little Feat
Phil Krauth - Tight Fit (Teenbeat) new from the founding member of Unrest
James LaBrie - Elements of Persuasion (Inside Out) all new from the Dream Theater vocalist
Nathan Larson - Filmmusik (Commotion) collection of soundtrack work by the Shudder to Think guitarist
Lost City Angels - Broken World (Stay Gold) on tour now with Tiger Army, this is riff-riddled New England anthem punk, giving me shivers of old-school bands such as the Red Rockers and Warrior Soul
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Look (Compass) featuring a duet with Michael McDonald
The O.C. Mix 4 - original television series soundtrack (Warner Bros) with Modest Mouse, the Futureheads, a new Beck song, and a cover of the Oasis classic "Champagne Supernova" by Matt Pond PA
Pain of Salvation - BE (Inside Out) live CD and DVD set
Pepper's Ghost - Shake the Hand That Shook the World (Hybrid) on tour now with Ashlee Simpson
Lisa Marie Presley - Now What (Capitol) featuring a cover of Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" and songs co-written with Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes
Reel Big Fish - We're Not Happy Till You're Not Happy (Jive) featuring a cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution"
The Residents - Animal Lover (Mute) created from treated recordings of various living creatures enjoying sex
Schenker-Pattison Summit - The Endless Jam Continues (Shrapnel) new from the Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker and Gamma vocalist Davey Pattison, featuring covers of classics such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," Layla," and "Dear Mr. Fantasy"
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music and In=Trance (Inside Out) CD re-issues
Self Against City - Take It How You Want It (Rushmore) on tour now supporting this debut CD EP
Snuff - Six of One, Half a Dozen of Another (Fat Wreck) two-CD set packed with rarities and B sides
The Sound of Urchin - The Diamond (Hybrid) with guests James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins and Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister
Strength in Numbers - The Veil (Victory) enhanced with the video for "Time's Not Wasted"
Ultralyd - Chromosome Gun (Load) experimental sounds from Norway
various artists - Everything Comes & Goes: A Tribute to Black Sabbath (Temporary Residence) featuring Four Tet, Racebannon, Ruins, Matmos, and more
• Some intriguing remix interpretations highlight the Crystal Method's release this Tuesday of Community Service II. The Ultra/3AM Records release features the DJ duo's workout on The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues," New Order's "Bizzare Love Triangle," and Smashing Pumpkins' "1979," alongside tracks from UNKLE, Evil Nine, and Uberzone.
• Overdosing at the altar of the cult of celebrity, Justin Moyer of El Guapo and Antelope has donned a black wig, a sparkly cocktail dress, and matching shoes and handbag, re-inventing himself as Edie Sedgwick. Yes, named for the same sad-little-rich-girl icon of Andy Warhol's "beautiful people" posse - and immortalized by The Cult in 1989 with "Edie (Ciao Baby)"; the real Sedgwick overdosed in 1971. Entitled Her Love Is Real ... But She Is Not, the result of all this cross-dressing has just been released by De Soto Records, and Moyer fills the CD with 14 star-struck songs obsessing over a grocery magazine rack of celebrities, from Haley Joel Osment and Lucy Liu to Robert Downey Jr. and Martin Sheen. Like Le Tigre meets Wesley Willis, Moyer's rants and sweaty basement beats are crazy fun, tumbling down the rabbit hole of curved walls plastered with covers of People magazine and candy wrappers, twitching to the paranoia of the electronic whip.
• In other obsessions of thin, pale-faced sweeties, Go Kart Records has announced its new Go Kart Films imprint, soon releasing DVDs of new independent films with its sister horror label, Vital Fluid. The "mockumentary" Far Too Gone, a Spinal Tap-esque winner at a handful of indie film festivals including last year's Golden Gate Fiction & Documentary Festival, stars director Brian Labrecque as a fan who really, truly thinks he is Tori Amos.
• Next week Ropeadope Records is re-issuing to the masses a spattering of lost titles that were once only available through the label's Web site. One highlight is Bane, the "secret" solo project from Mike Gordon of Phish under the name of Joey Arkenstat.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Jimmy Eat World on Thursday; The Late Show with David Letterman features the Kaiser Chiefs this evening, Faith Evans on Thursday, and Lisa Marie Presley on Friday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Josh Groban on Monday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson plays nice with Moby on Monday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly hosts Ozzy Osbourne this evening overnight, The Music on Thursday overnight, and The Allman Brothers Band on Friday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is The Killers.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, April 5:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Backyard Babies - Tinnitus (Liquor & Poker) featuring a bonus 16-track label sampler CD
Brain Donor - Brain Donor (Mister E) new from Julian Cope of Teardrop Explodes
British Sea Power - Open Season (Rough Trade) performing at the Coachella music festival later this month
The Damned - Strawberries: Deluxe (Castle) re-issue of this punk classic from 1982, now with eight bonus tracks
Del the Funky Homosapien - "Time's Up" (Decon) new 12-inch single with Haiku d'Etat
Dirty Projectors - The Getty Address (Western Vinyl) reportedly a rock opera about Don Henley of The Eagles
DJ Skribble - Perfecto Presents: Spring Break (Thrive/Perfecto) new mix CD from the MTV DJ
Doppler, Inc. - Nu Instrumental (Favored Nations) with guests Billy Sheehan and Stuart Hamm
Euphone - V (Record Label) new solo CD EP from Ryan Rapsys, talented drummer of Joan of Arc and Bella Lea
Faith Evans - The First Lady (Capitol) with guest Pharrell Williams
The Fall - A Part of America Therein, 1981 (Castle/Sanctuary) re-mastered re-issue of this live favorite, with bonus tracks and new liner notes by Daryl Easlea
Far from Finished - East Side of Nowhere (Victory) featuring former Street Dogs guitarist Rob Guidottidi and guest Spike Katz of Kings of Leon
Goldfinger - The Best of (Mojo/Jive) CD and DVD
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - XXL (Silverline) with guests Brian Knight, Johnny Mathis and Take 6
Hack & A Hacksaw - Darkness at Noon (Leaf) new solo project from Jeremy Barnes of Neutral Milk Hotel
Steve Hackett & The Underworld Orchestra - Metamorpheus (Inside Out) sweeping and cinematic, this is the Genesis guitarist's fifth classical outing of nylon-string ecstasy
Human Eye - Human Eye (In the Red) "alien punk" from Tim Vulgar of Clone Defect
Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down the Days (Brightside) import-only third album
John Kay - The Lost Heritage Tapes (Rainman) lost sessions from 1976 from the Steppenwolf leader, featuring guests Lowell George and Billy Payne of Little Feat
Phil Krauth - Tight Fit (Teenbeat) new from the founding member of Unrest
James LaBrie - Elements of Persuasion (Inside Out) all new from the Dream Theater vocalist
Nathan Larson - Filmmusik (Commotion) collection of soundtrack work by the Shudder to Think guitarist
Lost City Angels - Broken World (Stay Gold) on tour now with Tiger Army, this is riff-riddled New England anthem punk, giving me shivers of old-school bands such as the Red Rockers and Warrior Soul
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Look (Compass) featuring a duet with Michael McDonald
The O.C. Mix 4 - original television series soundtrack (Warner Bros) with Modest Mouse, the Futureheads, a new Beck song, and a cover of the Oasis classic "Champagne Supernova" by Matt Pond PA
Pain of Salvation - BE (Inside Out) live CD and DVD set
Pepper's Ghost - Shake the Hand That Shook the World (Hybrid) on tour now with Ashlee Simpson
Lisa Marie Presley - Now What (Capitol) featuring a cover of Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" and songs co-written with Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes
Reel Big Fish - We're Not Happy Till You're Not Happy (Jive) featuring a cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution"
The Residents - Animal Lover (Mute) created from treated recordings of various living creatures enjoying sex
Schenker-Pattison Summit - The Endless Jam Continues (Shrapnel) new from the Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker and Gamma vocalist Davey Pattison, featuring covers of classics such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," Layla," and "Dear Mr. Fantasy"
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music and In=Trance (Inside Out) CD re-issues
Self Against City - Take It How You Want It (Rushmore) on tour now supporting this debut CD EP
Snuff - Six of One, Half a Dozen of Another (Fat Wreck) two-CD set packed with rarities and B sides
The Sound of Urchin - The Diamond (Hybrid) with guests James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins and Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister
Strength in Numbers - The Veil (Victory) enhanced with the video for "Time's Not Wasted"
Ultralyd - Chromosome Gun (Load) experimental sounds from Norway
various artists - Everything Comes & Goes: A Tribute to Black Sabbath (Temporary Residence) featuring Four Tet, Racebannon, Ruins, Matmos, and more
