09
Nov
2004
Twenty years after it first raised awareness and funds for African famine relief, the Band Aid Trust is active again, preparing to re-record the mother of all benefit projects, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" later this week with Bono of U2; members of Morcheeba, Coldplay, Travis, and Supergrass; Sir Paul McCartney; Dido; Robbie Williams; and Snow Patrol, with guitar power via The Darkness. Sure to be a hot stocking stuffer with its release on November 29, the project is expected to attract more artists by the time the recording session begins, and monies raised will be directed to the Darfur region of Sudan. Back in 1984, the original single raised more than $10 million and set in motion Live Aid, the historic benefit concert from 1985, back when MTV was exciting and pop stars actually played instruments. This Tuesday Rhino Records and Warner Strategic Marketing are releasing the hard-to-find Live Aid extravaganza as an official four-DVD box set, after finding pirates selling the DVD concert over the Internet. Packed with goodies, highlights include the Band Aid video and the American response, USA for Africa's "We Are the World," and the making-of documentary Food & Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll. Are you old enough to remember where you were when this historic 16-hour broadcast reached nearly 2 billion viewers worldwide? One performance has been snipped from the box set, as the members of Led Zeppelin weren't too keen on how their "reunion" that day went off.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Alicia Keys on Friday, Lenny Kravitz on Monday, and Vanessa Carlton on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Los Lonely Boys on Thursday and Morrissey on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Josh Groban this evening overnight, Beastie Boys on Thursday overnight, R&B legends Sam Moore and Carla Thomas on Monday overnight, and Chingy on Tuesday overnight; and Jimmy Kimmel Live shares the couch with Tommy Lee on Monday overnight and Toby Keith on Tuesday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 16:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Annihilation Time - Annihilation Time (Manic Ride) with cover art by Raymond Pettibon
Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy (Castle/Sanctuary) CD re-issue from 1973, now expanded with bonus tracks
Badlands - The Killing Kind (Victory)
The Beatles - The Capitol Albums: Volume 1 (Capitol) box set
The Black Swans - Who Will Walk in the Darkness With You? (Delmore Recoding Society) fragile American gothic confessions from this Columbus, Ohio, quintet, featuring Noel Sayre on violin
Bon Jovi - 100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (Island) five-CD box set with lots of rarities and DVD footage
David Bowie - Bowie at the Beeb (Virgin)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - original motion picture soundtrack (Geffen) featuring Rufus Wainwright's and Dido's duet "I Eat Dinner," and Will Young's cover of Sade's "Your Love Is King"
Burning Spear - Creation Rebel (Rounder) original sessions from the late 1960s and early 1970s
Cold War - From Russia with Love (Indecision) featuring former members of Throwdown and Scars of Tomorrow
Crippled Pilgrims - Down Here: Collected Recordings 1983-1985 (Reaction) experimental jangle art pop from mid-1980s Washington, DC, scene
Daddy G - DJ Kicks (K7) new mix CD from the Massive Attack member, with tracks from Tricky, Leftfield, the Meters, Barrington Levy, and more
Danny the Dog - original motion picture soundtrack (Virgin) original score by Massive Attack
Dead Boys - Live at CBGB's 1977 (Music Video Distributors) DVD of archival "lost" footage shot by artist Rod Swenson
Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled (Columbia) new release featuring DualDisc technology
The Ducky Boys - Three Chords & the Truth (Thorp) on tour with Dropkick Murphies
Eminem - Encore (Slim Shady/Interscope) in an effort to beat the counterfeiters and file-sharers, this will be rush-released this Friday, and is also available in a limited-edition package with 25 photos and a ringtone
Fear Factory - Bite the Hand That Bleeds (Liquid 8) DVD EP featuring music from the film Saw
The Fight - Nothing New Since Rock 'n' Roll (Repossession) young punk from Dudley, UK
Flaming Stars - Named & Shamed (Alternative Tentacles) fronted by author Max Dechame
Freak Accident - Freak Accident (Alternative Tentacles) new from Ralph Spight of Victim's Family
The Green Pajamas - Ten White Stones (Hidden Agenda) celebrating their 20th anniversary as Seattle psychedelic pop royalty, this album was recorded live in the studio and features a cover of Hank Williams' "I Can't Help It (If I' m Still in Love with You)"
The Hentchmen - Form Follows Function (Times Beach) awesome return of this Michigan garage-rock trio, bristling with raw 1960s hip-shaking fever and searing guitars
Peter Himmelman - My Lemonade Stand (Frinny/Majestic) new children's album
Juiced - original video game soundtrack (Family) with Roni Size, David Holmes, Shystie, The Hellacopters, and more
Mike Keneally Band - Dog (Exowax) new four-piece from this guitar virtuoso and Zappa alumnus
Kottonmouth Kings - The Kottonmouth Xperience (Suburban Noize) featuring a DVD of computer-generated artwork
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Crunk Juice (TVT)
Lit - All Access (DRT) career retrospective DVD
Man Man - The Man in the Blue Turban with a Face (Ace Fu) featuring a kindergarten chorus on one song, this Philadelphia collective plays the vibes like human bones, banging pots and rattlin' pans to a manic theatrical energy where Oingo Boingo rubs shoulders with Screaming Jay Hawkins, and Raymond Scott conducts the Mothers of Invention
Edwin McCain - Tinsel & Tap Shoes: Live at the House of Blues (DRT) CD and DVD combo featuring his cover of Rod Stewart's "Maggie May"
MF Doom - MM..Food (Rhymesayers) with guests Count Bass D and Mr. Fantastik
Osibisa - Osibisa and Woyaya (Beat Goes On) CD re-issues of these two African drumming head-trips from 1971
Pearl Jam - rearviewmirror: The Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (Epic) two-CD set
A Perfect Circle - aMOTION (Virgin) remix CD and live DVD
The Pink Spiders - Hot Pink (CI Records) enhanced CD from this Nashville power-pop Nashville
Rammstein - Reise, Reise (Republic/Universal)
Rusted Root - Live (Touchy Pegg/DKE) featuring a cover of Neil Young's "Powderfinger"
Sky Saxon/The Lairds - "Singer Not the Song"/"Something Happened to Me Yesterday" (Norton) new split seven-inch single in the label's series of older Rolling Stones songs by hip new artists
Sexton Blake - original motion picture score (Expunged) tender and haunting DIY project, composed and performed by Josh Hodges
Skating Club - The Unfound Sound (Kimchee) sleepy sun-bathed pop from the one-man band of Aubrey Anderson, formerly of Difference Engine
Slunt - Slunt (Repossession) five-track CD EP featuring a cover of Romeo Void's "Never Say Never"
Snoop Dogg - R&G: Rhythm & Gangsta (Geffen) with Gap Band founder Charlie Wilson, Nelly, Justin Timberlake, and more
Sonic Solutions Incorporated - Pax Romana parts 1-5 (Azra) down the rabbit hole with this laptop opus of ambient, fractal-bursting dreamscapes
Starline Theorie - Obon (Azra) shimmering with world-beat percussions, this is the second album of moody pop from San Diego
Transmissionary Six - Get Down (FILM Guerrero) third acoustic album from Paul Austin of Willard Grant Conspiracy and Terri Moeller of the Walkabouts
Rufus Wainwright - Want Two (Geffen) CD and DVD set
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Alicia Keys on Friday, Lenny Kravitz on Monday, and Vanessa Carlton on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Los Lonely Boys on Thursday and Morrissey on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Josh Groban this evening overnight, Beastie Boys on Thursday overnight, R&B legends Sam Moore and Carla Thomas on Monday overnight, and Chingy on Tuesday overnight; and Jimmy Kimmel Live shares the couch with Tommy Lee on Monday overnight and Toby Keith on Tuesday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 16:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Annihilation Time - Annihilation Time (Manic Ride) with cover art by Raymond Pettibon
Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy (Castle/Sanctuary) CD re-issue from 1973, now expanded with bonus tracks
Badlands - The Killing Kind (Victory)
The Beatles - The Capitol Albums: Volume 1 (Capitol) box set
The Black Swans - Who Will Walk in the Darkness With You? (Delmore Recoding Society) fragile American gothic confessions from this Columbus, Ohio, quintet, featuring Noel Sayre on violin
Bon Jovi - 100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (Island) five-CD box set with lots of rarities and DVD footage
David Bowie - Bowie at the Beeb (Virgin)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - original motion picture soundtrack (Geffen) featuring Rufus Wainwright's and Dido's duet "I Eat Dinner," and Will Young's cover of Sade's "Your Love Is King"
Burning Spear - Creation Rebel (Rounder) original sessions from the late 1960s and early 1970s
Cold War - From Russia with Love (Indecision) featuring former members of Throwdown and Scars of Tomorrow
Crippled Pilgrims - Down Here: Collected Recordings 1983-1985 (Reaction) experimental jangle art pop from mid-1980s Washington, DC, scene
Daddy G - DJ Kicks (K7) new mix CD from the Massive Attack member, with tracks from Tricky, Leftfield, the Meters, Barrington Levy, and more
Danny the Dog - original motion picture soundtrack (Virgin) original score by Massive Attack
Dead Boys - Live at CBGB's 1977 (Music Video Distributors) DVD of archival "lost" footage shot by artist Rod Swenson
Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled (Columbia) new release featuring DualDisc technology
The Ducky Boys - Three Chords & the Truth (Thorp) on tour with Dropkick Murphies
Eminem - Encore (Slim Shady/Interscope) in an effort to beat the counterfeiters and file-sharers, this will be rush-released this Friday, and is also available in a limited-edition package with 25 photos and a ringtone
Fear Factory - Bite the Hand That Bleeds (Liquid 8) DVD EP featuring music from the film Saw
The Fight - Nothing New Since Rock 'n' Roll (Repossession) young punk from Dudley, UK
Flaming Stars - Named & Shamed (Alternative Tentacles) fronted by author Max Dechame
Freak Accident - Freak Accident (Alternative Tentacles) new from Ralph Spight of Victim's Family
The Green Pajamas - Ten White Stones (Hidden Agenda) celebrating their 20th anniversary as Seattle psychedelic pop royalty, this album was recorded live in the studio and features a cover of Hank Williams' "I Can't Help It (If I' m Still in Love with You)"
The Hentchmen - Form Follows Function (Times Beach) awesome return of this Michigan garage-rock trio, bristling with raw 1960s hip-shaking fever and searing guitars
Peter Himmelman - My Lemonade Stand (Frinny/Majestic) new children's album
Juiced - original video game soundtrack (Family) with Roni Size, David Holmes, Shystie, The Hellacopters, and more
Mike Keneally Band - Dog (Exowax) new four-piece from this guitar virtuoso and Zappa alumnus
Kottonmouth Kings - The Kottonmouth Xperience (Suburban Noize) featuring a DVD of computer-generated artwork
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Crunk Juice (TVT)
Lit - All Access (DRT) career retrospective DVD
Man Man - The Man in the Blue Turban with a Face (Ace Fu) featuring a kindergarten chorus on one song, this Philadelphia collective plays the vibes like human bones, banging pots and rattlin' pans to a manic theatrical energy where Oingo Boingo rubs shoulders with Screaming Jay Hawkins, and Raymond Scott conducts the Mothers of Invention
Edwin McCain - Tinsel & Tap Shoes: Live at the House of Blues (DRT) CD and DVD combo featuring his cover of Rod Stewart's "Maggie May"
MF Doom - MM..Food (Rhymesayers) with guests Count Bass D and Mr. Fantastik
Osibisa - Osibisa and Woyaya (Beat Goes On) CD re-issues of these two African drumming head-trips from 1971
Pearl Jam - rearviewmirror: The Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (Epic) two-CD set
A Perfect Circle - aMOTION (Virgin) remix CD and live DVD
The Pink Spiders - Hot Pink (CI Records) enhanced CD from this Nashville power-pop Nashville
Rammstein - Reise, Reise (Republic/Universal)
Rusted Root - Live (Touchy Pegg/DKE) featuring a cover of Neil Young's "Powderfinger"
Sky Saxon/The Lairds - "Singer Not the Song"/"Something Happened to Me Yesterday" (Norton) new split seven-inch single in the label's series of older Rolling Stones songs by hip new artists
Sexton Blake - original motion picture score (Expunged) tender and haunting DIY project, composed and performed by Josh Hodges
Skating Club - The Unfound Sound (Kimchee) sleepy sun-bathed pop from the one-man band of Aubrey Anderson, formerly of Difference Engine
Slunt - Slunt (Repossession) five-track CD EP featuring a cover of Romeo Void's "Never Say Never"
Snoop Dogg - R&G: Rhythm & Gangsta (Geffen) with Gap Band founder Charlie Wilson, Nelly, Justin Timberlake, and more
Sonic Solutions Incorporated - Pax Romana parts 1-5 (Azra) down the rabbit hole with this laptop opus of ambient, fractal-bursting dreamscapes
Starline Theorie - Obon (Azra) shimmering with world-beat percussions, this is the second album of moody pop from San Diego
Transmissionary Six - Get Down (FILM Guerrero) third acoustic album from Paul Austin of Willard Grant Conspiracy and Terri Moeller of the Walkabouts
Rufus Wainwright - Want Two (Geffen) CD and DVD set
