Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Natalie Merchant this evening, Duncan Sheik on Thursday, Papa Roach on Friday, and Lyle Lovett on Monday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys on Friday and the Dixie Chicks on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien stays up late with The Breeders on Monday overnight and Rubyhorse on Tuesday overnight; and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn is the place to be on Friday overnight, as his special musical guest is Beth Orton.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, August 27:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
The Barbershop - original motion picture soundtrack (Epic) with music from Stingy, Jagged Edge, Amel Larrieux, Ginuwine, and more
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Distance Between (Ultimatum) enhanced CD
Beatnuts - Ya Better Believe It (Landspeed)
Black Crowes - Live (V2) two-CD set from Boston's Orpheum Theater
James Brown - The Next Step (Fome Records) all-new studio album featuring the track "Killing Is Out, School Is In"
Frank Bruno - A Cat May Look at a Queen (Absolutely Kosher)
Johnny Cash - Live at Madison Square Garden (Columbia Legacy) recorded December 5, 1969
Chevelle - Wonder What's Next (Epic) gear-head rawk currently touring with Ozzfest
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (Parlophone/Capitol) featuring the single "In My Place"
Conjure One - Conjure One (Nettwerk) new from Rhys Fulber of Front Live Assembly and Delerium
Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (Epitaph) with Mike Patton of Faith No More
Dixie Chicks - Home (Open Wide/Monument) all new with songs written by Stevie Nicks, Marty Stuart, and Patty Griffin
Eighteen Visions - Vanity (Trustkill)
Eve - Eve-olution (Interscope) with guest Alicia Keys
Jimmy Fallon - The Bathroom Wall (Dreamworks)
Fastball - Painting the Corners: The Best of (Hollywood)
Free Loan Establishments - Ever Been To Mexico? (Shelflife)
Gus Gus - Attention (Moonshine) third album from the widely acclaimed Icelandic media arts collective
Miles Hunt - Miles Hunt Club (Eagle) new from the Wonderstuff front man
Mike Johnson - What Would You Do (Up Records) new solo album from the Dinosaur Jr. bassist, with guests Jim Roth of Built to Spill and Jason Albertini of Duster
Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Leftovers (Fat Wreck Chords) 25 outtakes and B sides
Magnet - Caffeine Superstar (Magnetic) featuring bassist Victor Krummenacher of Camper Van Beethoven and a slow, dreamy cover of The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space (United Musicians)
Ms. Jade - Girl Interrupted (Interscope) with guests Jay-Z and Nelly Furtado
Joan Osbourne - Womanly Hips (Compendia)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (Interscope) with guests Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Dean Ween of Ween, and Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees
Duncan Sheik - Daylight (Nonesuch/Atlantic) featuring a song co-written with Mick Jones of Foreigner
Shimmer Kids Underpop Association - The Natural Riot (Hidden Agenda)
Silverchair - Diorama (Eleven/Atlantic) featuring arrangements with guest collaborator Van Dyke Parks of Beach Boys production fame
Sons of the Never Wrong - 4 ever on (Gadfly) harmonious nu-folk from this two-gal-and-one-fella Chicago trio
Spiritu - Spiritu (Meteor City) excellent syrupy sludge-metal from New Mexico, riding tall in the saddle of a flaming warhorse courtesy of producer Jack Indino, and playing the "toasty" Stoner Hands of Doom Festival in Phoenix this November
Spock's Beard - Snow (Metal Blade) two-CD set with 28-page digi-book
Tipsy - Tipsy Remix Party (Asphodel)
Viva Death - Viva Death (Vagrant) debut from Trevor Keith of Face to Face and Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle
The Washdown - The Washdown (Lookout) CD EP from the Tampa, Florida, band, just off tour with Bratmobile