29
Jan
2002
· Neil Young's new album, Are You Passionate?, is set for release on March 26. The highly anticipated record will feature the single "Let's Roll," written in response to the chilling last words of the September 11 airline passengers who charged the cockpit.
This Thursday night is truly must-see-TV, as Young will reunite with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, just before the quartet kicks off a coast-to-coast tour February 6 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Still feeling chills from Young's haunting rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine" from last year's benefit broadcast, I'm really looking forward to the singer-songwriter's lyrical take on these slippery times.
· This Tuesday brings a new live album from Sade, recorded on last year's crowd-pleasing tour. Entitled Lovers Live, the 13-track set features smooth soul caresses like "Smooth Operator" and "Cherish the Day." Later this month the Epic label will issue a companion DVD/VHS video of the album, expanded to 22 tracks with backstage life, still photos, and the video clip of "King of Sorrow" by director Sophie Muller.
· Underneath the hair-metal fluff of "hard rock" in the 1980s was one significant development in 1984, when the independent Combat Records released Megadeth's debut Killing Is My Business ... & Business Is Good. With sales of more than 15 million, seven Grammy nominations, and countless Kerrang magazine covers, Dave Mustaine's vision of speed metal became a much-imitated element of the art form. Unfortunately, Mustaine's original vision butted heads with Combat, and the label disregarded his original master tapes and issued the incomplete album without his original artwork. This Tuesday the Loud imprint reissues this classic, fully restored and re-mastered. Highlights include the band's label-seeking demos and the original uncensored version of the album's cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." A live two-CD set is due March 19 on the Sanctuary label, featuring cover artwork by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin collaborator Storm Thorgerson.
· Are you perhaps a young lady of low moral fiber and poor judgment who "can't really remember what I did after the Bloodhound Gang concert, but they tell me that I was a lot of fun"? Well, darlin', the Bloodhound boyz might be looking for you. The Republic/Geffen label put the brakes on the release of the band's One Fierce Beer Run home video, because there are 35 mysterious fans who need to sign legal-consent forms. The band's Web site at (http://www.bloodhoundgang.com) features prizes to fuel their search for these unknown faces in the debauchery.
Television Alert:
The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Phantom Planet on Thursday; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn lets Tenacious D loose in his studio Thursday overnight; the terrific new Last Call with Carson Daly sits down with Kid Rock on Friday overnight and LL Cool J on Monday overnight; Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Britney Spears; and the Super Bowl halftime show promises Mariah Carey (backed by The Boston Pops) and U2.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, Feb. 5:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Acid House Kings - Mondays Are Like Tuesdays & Tuesdays Are Like Mondays (Parasol)
Antiseen - Screamin' Bloody Live (TKO) recorded this past year
Daniel Ash - Daniel Ash (Psychobaby) new solo electronic album from the Bauhaus and Love & Rockets founder
Ballboy - Club Anthems (Manifesto) domestic collection of three EPs by this Scottish pop band
David Benoit - Fuzzy Logic (GRP) featuring a contemporary jazz version of Smash Mouth's "Then the Morning Comes"
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise - New Ground (Vanguard)
The Church - After Everything ... Now This (Thirsty Ear) all new
Collateral Damage - original motion picture soundtrack (Varese Sarabande) music by established film composer Graeme Revell, originally an underground icon of audio deviancy in the band SPK
Norman Cook - All Star Breakbeats (Hypnotic/Cleopatra)
Deepsky - In Silico (Kinetic)
Dirty Sweets - Bubblegum Damaged (Rip Off) female-fronted raw punk from Austin, Texas
Dokken - Long Way Home (CMC International) new studio album celebrating the band's 20th anniversary
Echo & The Bunnymen - Live at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (Spin Art) 17 tracks recorded over two nights this past August
Kyle Fischer - Open Ground (Polyvinyl) acoustic solo album from this member of Rainer Maria
Fu Manchu - California Crossing (Mammoth)
Great White - Recover (Dead Line) collection of covers including The Cult's "Love Removal Machine" and AC/DC's "Sin City"
John Thomas Griffith - Aluminum (Valley Entertainment) second solo album from the former Cowboy Mouth
Anthony Stewart Head & George Sarah - Music for Elevators (Beautiful Is as Beautiful Does) collaboration from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Giles and the electronica producer formerly of T.H.C.
Rob Ickes - What It Is (Rounder) solo Dobro guitar album from this top Nashville session player and member of Blue Highway
John Paul Jones - The Thunderchief (Discipline) further audio exploration from the Led Zeppelin bassist with guests Robert Fripp of King Crimson and Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo
Montell Jordan - Montell Jordan (Def Soul) with guests Case and Bishop Eddie L. Long
Chris Thomas King - The Legend of Tommy Johnson, Act 1: Genesis 1900s-1990s (Valley Entertainment) New Orleans guitarist/vocalist featured in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Kung Fu Killers - Game of Death (TKO) six-song EP from this secret band featuring covers of Misfits, Bad Brains, and Black Flag
Life & Debt - original motion picture soundtrack (Tuff Gong) with previously unreleased tracks from Ziggy Marley, Mutabaruka, and Stephen Marley with Bubu Banton
Local H - Here Comes the Zoo (Palm Pictures) with guest Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Jerry Only of The Misfits
Meat Beat Manifesto & Jack Dangers - Pro.File Vol. 1 Remix Collection (Brooklyn Music) breakbeat electronica featuring mixed tracks by David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, and David Byrne
Olivia Newton-John - The Millennium Collection (Hip-O) featuring her very first single, a cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not For You"
Panthers - Are You Down? (Troubleman) Stooges- and MC5-infused political art rock
Kelly Joe Phelps - Beggar's Oil E.P. (Rykodisc) six-track CD from this finger-picking contemporary guitarist
Chan Poling - Calling All Stars (Manifesto) new from the founding member of The Suburbs
Radio 4 - Gotham! (Gern Blansten) alternative dance rock in the vein of Public Image Limited and Primal Scream
Raekwon - R.A.G.U. (Columbia) more hearty sauce from the Wu Tang kitchen
Jonathan Richman - Action Packed: The Best of (Rounder Heritage) 22 tracks covering his seven-album stint on the Rounder label
Shaggy - HotShot Ultramix (MCA) remixes of tracks including "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel"
Tennessee Twin - Free Do What? (Mint) all new from Cindy Wolfe and friends
Tristeza - Mixed Signals (Tiger Style) this remix CD is an atmospheric sensory overload with knob-twisters Styrofoam, Yellow 6, and Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins
various artists - Carolyn Mark & Her Room-Mates Present: A Tribute to the Soundtrack of Robert Altman's Nashville (Mint) featuring Kelly Hogan, the Sadies, Neco Case, and more
various artists - Rock 'n' Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno (Stardust) fantastic 29-track collection of crazy 1950s rebellion and nifty sound vignettes
various artists - Sub Zero: The Essential Chill-Out Collection (Water Music) two-CD international set with A Guy Called Gerald, Goldfrapp, Leggo Beast, Baby Mammoth, and Afterlife
various artists - The Electronic Tribute to Pink Floyd: Volume Two (Vitamin) featuring Galactic Achievement Society, Echocell, Motor Industries, and Dogooder
Velvet Crush - Melody Freaks (Action Musik) demos-and-rarities collection
Walking Wounded - Artificial Hearts (Stone Garden) featuring guests from Social Distortion, Los Lobos, and The Cruzados
· This Tuesday brings a new live album from Sade, recorded on last year's crowd-pleasing tour. Entitled Lovers Live, the 13-track set features smooth soul caresses like "Smooth Operator" and "Cherish the Day." Later this month the Epic label will issue a companion DVD/VHS video of the album, expanded to 22 tracks with backstage life, still photos, and the video clip of "King of Sorrow" by director Sophie Muller.
· Underneath the hair-metal fluff of "hard rock" in the 1980s was one significant development in 1984, when the independent Combat Records released Megadeth's debut Killing Is My Business ... & Business Is Good. With sales of more than 15 million, seven Grammy nominations, and countless Kerrang magazine covers, Dave Mustaine's vision of speed metal became a much-imitated element of the art form. Unfortunately, Mustaine's original vision butted heads with Combat, and the label disregarded his original master tapes and issued the incomplete album without his original artwork. This Tuesday the Loud imprint reissues this classic, fully restored and re-mastered. Highlights include the band's label-seeking demos and the original uncensored version of the album's cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." A live two-CD set is due March 19 on the Sanctuary label, featuring cover artwork by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin collaborator Storm Thorgerson.
· Are you perhaps a young lady of low moral fiber and poor judgment who "can't really remember what I did after the Bloodhound Gang concert, but they tell me that I was a lot of fun"? Well, darlin', the Bloodhound boyz might be looking for you. The Republic/Geffen label put the brakes on the release of the band's One Fierce Beer Run home video, because there are 35 mysterious fans who need to sign legal-consent forms. The band's Web site at (http://www.bloodhoundgang.com) features prizes to fuel their search for these unknown faces in the debauchery.
Television Alert:
The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Phantom Planet on Thursday; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn lets Tenacious D loose in his studio Thursday overnight; the terrific new Last Call with Carson Daly sits down with Kid Rock on Friday overnight and LL Cool J on Monday overnight; Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Britney Spears; and the Super Bowl halftime show promises Mariah Carey (backed by The Boston Pops) and U2.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, Feb. 5:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Acid House Kings - Mondays Are Like Tuesdays & Tuesdays Are Like Mondays (Parasol)
Antiseen - Screamin' Bloody Live (TKO) recorded this past year
Daniel Ash - Daniel Ash (Psychobaby) new solo electronic album from the Bauhaus and Love & Rockets founder
Ballboy - Club Anthems (Manifesto) domestic collection of three EPs by this Scottish pop band
David Benoit - Fuzzy Logic (GRP) featuring a contemporary jazz version of Smash Mouth's "Then the Morning Comes"
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise - New Ground (Vanguard)
The Church - After Everything ... Now This (Thirsty Ear) all new
Collateral Damage - original motion picture soundtrack (Varese Sarabande) music by established film composer Graeme Revell, originally an underground icon of audio deviancy in the band SPK
Norman Cook - All Star Breakbeats (Hypnotic/Cleopatra)
Deepsky - In Silico (Kinetic)
Dirty Sweets - Bubblegum Damaged (Rip Off) female-fronted raw punk from Austin, Texas
Dokken - Long Way Home (CMC International) new studio album celebrating the band's 20th anniversary
Echo & The Bunnymen - Live at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (Spin Art) 17 tracks recorded over two nights this past August
Kyle Fischer - Open Ground (Polyvinyl) acoustic solo album from this member of Rainer Maria
Fu Manchu - California Crossing (Mammoth)
Great White - Recover (Dead Line) collection of covers including The Cult's "Love Removal Machine" and AC/DC's "Sin City"
John Thomas Griffith - Aluminum (Valley Entertainment) second solo album from the former Cowboy Mouth
Anthony Stewart Head & George Sarah - Music for Elevators (Beautiful Is as Beautiful Does) collaboration from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Giles and the electronica producer formerly of T.H.C.
Rob Ickes - What It Is (Rounder) solo Dobro guitar album from this top Nashville session player and member of Blue Highway
John Paul Jones - The Thunderchief (Discipline) further audio exploration from the Led Zeppelin bassist with guests Robert Fripp of King Crimson and Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo
Montell Jordan - Montell Jordan (Def Soul) with guests Case and Bishop Eddie L. Long
Chris Thomas King - The Legend of Tommy Johnson, Act 1: Genesis 1900s-1990s (Valley Entertainment) New Orleans guitarist/vocalist featured in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Kung Fu Killers - Game of Death (TKO) six-song EP from this secret band featuring covers of Misfits, Bad Brains, and Black Flag
Life & Debt - original motion picture soundtrack (Tuff Gong) with previously unreleased tracks from Ziggy Marley, Mutabaruka, and Stephen Marley with Bubu Banton
Local H - Here Comes the Zoo (Palm Pictures) with guest Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Jerry Only of The Misfits
Meat Beat Manifesto & Jack Dangers - Pro.File Vol. 1 Remix Collection (Brooklyn Music) breakbeat electronica featuring mixed tracks by David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, and David Byrne
Olivia Newton-John - The Millennium Collection (Hip-O) featuring her very first single, a cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not For You"
Panthers - Are You Down? (Troubleman) Stooges- and MC5-infused political art rock
Kelly Joe Phelps - Beggar's Oil E.P. (Rykodisc) six-track CD from this finger-picking contemporary guitarist
Chan Poling - Calling All Stars (Manifesto) new from the founding member of The Suburbs
Radio 4 - Gotham! (Gern Blansten) alternative dance rock in the vein of Public Image Limited and Primal Scream
Raekwon - R.A.G.U. (Columbia) more hearty sauce from the Wu Tang kitchen
Jonathan Richman - Action Packed: The Best of (Rounder Heritage) 22 tracks covering his seven-album stint on the Rounder label
Shaggy - HotShot Ultramix (MCA) remixes of tracks including "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel"
Tennessee Twin - Free Do What? (Mint) all new from Cindy Wolfe and friends
Tristeza - Mixed Signals (Tiger Style) this remix CD is an atmospheric sensory overload with knob-twisters Styrofoam, Yellow 6, and Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins
various artists - Carolyn Mark & Her Room-Mates Present: A Tribute to the Soundtrack of Robert Altman's Nashville (Mint) featuring Kelly Hogan, the Sadies, Neco Case, and more
various artists - Rock 'n' Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno (Stardust) fantastic 29-track collection of crazy 1950s rebellion and nifty sound vignettes
various artists - Sub Zero: The Essential Chill-Out Collection (Water Music) two-CD international set with A Guy Called Gerald, Goldfrapp, Leggo Beast, Baby Mammoth, and Afterlife
various artists - The Electronic Tribute to Pink Floyd: Volume Two (Vitamin) featuring Galactic Achievement Society, Echocell, Motor Industries, and Dogooder
Velvet Crush - Melody Freaks (Action Musik) demos-and-rarities collection
Walking Wounded - Artificial Hearts (Stone Garden) featuring guests from Social Distortion, Los Lobos, and The Cruzados
