23
Jul
2002
· After countless years and a few false starts, Axl Rose and his next generation of Guns N' Roses are stepping out into the sunlight next month. No news yet of American tour dates, but the band has announced the new lineup will debut August 17 in Tokyo and weave through England and Belgium for a few weeks.
The band has collected a colorful past, thickened recently with the addition of guitarist Richard Fortus, formerly of Love Spit Love and the Psychedelic Furs. Also backing Rose in this new stage assault are Tommy Stinson of The Replacements, Brian Mantia of Primus, Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails, and Chris Pitman of The Replicants.
· This coming Tuesday Linkin Park is releasing Reanimation, a CD that re-visits and re-interprets the band's entire Hybrid Theory album with the help of more than 20 friends from the hip-hop and electronic landscapes. Striving to stretch the material far from the original sessions are featured artists including Aceyalone, Kutmasta Kurt, Pharoahe Monch, Jay Gordon of Orgy, Black Thought of The Roots, Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5, and Aaron Lewis of Staind. Vinyl purists can also find Reanimation as a limited-edition two-LP set.
· News of the new Duncan Sheik album, due August 27 on the Atlantic imprint, sets the stage for an intriguing collaboration between a blossoming and a seasoned songwriter. The album, Daylight, features "On Her Mind," co-authored with Mick Jones of Foreigner.
· You know the music, but you just can't name exactly where it stuck hard in your memory. Drift back, my friend, and get comfortable in front of your childhood television. Black-and-white or color, it really doesn't matter. Chances are you were well-basted in the crazy, jumping melodies of cartoon classics from the mad genius of Raymond Scott and his orchestra. This Tuesday a new collective calling itself the Raymond Scott Orchestrette releases Pushbutton Parfait, a CD of radical new interpretations of Scott's wild-jive lunacy. The collection of musicians saluting this often-overlooked genius includes players who cite They Might Be Giants, Cab Calloway, David Byrne, and Ben E. King in their backgrounds. The material selected for revision includes Scott's cartoon classics and later electronic compositions.
· The long-awaited soundtrack to the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated Broadway production Topdog/Underdog hits store shelves this coming Tuesday. The MCA issue features new music from principal actor Mos Def, as well as the strange blending of blues and rap selections by Muddy Waters, James Brown, Son House, DMX, Wu Tang Clan, and Jay-Z.
· Two upcoming musical projects of note are funding worthwhile charities. Red House Records is set to release Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown in early September, featuring an all-woman list of contributors. Benefiting The Breast Cancer Fund of San Francisco, the set includes artists ranging from Ani DiFranco and Victoria Williams to Iris Dement and Gillian Welch. Also into the charitable spirit is Blur and Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn, as he shares his travels with the musical people of West Africa's Mali nation. As part of the "On the Line Project" that celebrates life along the zero-meridian line, Albarn met, played, and recorded with many of the area's best musicians for more than 40 hours. Entitled Mali Music and released August 6 on the Honest Jon's Records/Astralwerks label, the CD raises funds for the charity Oxfam.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Jewel on Thursday, the Goo Goo Dolls on Friday, and Lamya on Monday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Weezer on Thursday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features Beth Orton on Friday overnight and Patty Griffin on Monday overnight; and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn plays puddy-cat to musical guest Tweet on Friday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, July 30:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
ABBA - The Definitive Collection (Polydor) new DVD release overflowing with bonus material
Datacyde - Positive Climb (Taciturn Records) mix CD
Deep Forest - Music Detected (Red Ink) all new from the French duo
The Disco Biscuits - Bisco Lives 2 (Hydrophonics) recently recorded on the group's jam-happy spring tour
DJ Bam Bam - Do You Like It Hard? 100% Pure Hardhouse (Topaz)
The Enemies - Seize the Day (Lookout) featuring Neurosis bassist Dave Edwardson
Fear Factory - Concrete (Roadrunner) "lost" recordings from 1991
Filter - The Amalgamut (Reprise)
Flip - Volume (Popularity/Artemis) all-new brash pogo punk on the new boutique label formed by Art Alexakis of Everclear
The Flipsides - Clever One (Pink & Black) pumped-up power pop featuring frontwoman Sabrina Stewart
Fozzy - Happenstance (Megaforce) wide-eyed rock from wrestler Chris Jericho and Stuck Mojo's Rich Ward
The General Store - Local Honey (Not Lame)
Beth Orton - Daybreaker (Heavenly/Astralwerks) highly anticipated new album featuring guests Johnny Marr of The Smiths, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, and The Chemical Brothers
Mummydogs - Mummydogs (Frontier) new from Guy Kyser of Thin White Rope
Graham Nash - Songs for Survivors (Artemis) his first solo album in 15 years
The Natural History - The Natural History (Star Time) EP
Dave Pirner - Faces & Names (Ultimatum Music) debut solo album from the Soul Asylum singer-songwriter with guests keyboardist Billy Preston and guitarist Chris Whitley
Willy Porter - Willy Porter (Six Degrees) featuring the track "All Fall Down," co-written with Ed Robertson of Bare Naked Ladies, and guest musicians Tony Levin of King Crimson and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
Raphi - Cali Quake (Uprok) new from the Tunnel Rats emcee
Sinch - Sinch (Roadrunner)
Snot - Alive! (Hip-O) recorded in 1998, prior to lead singer Lynn Strait's death
String Cheese Incident - On the Road (Sci-Fidelity) three-CD live collection
Linda Thompson - Fashionably Late (Rounder) her first new album in 17 years, reunited with ex-husband Richard on "Dear Mary"
various artists - A Cellarfull of Motown (Motown) two-CD set of 40 rare grooves from the label's archives featuring Barbara McNair, The Contours, Brenda Holloway, and more
· This coming Tuesday Linkin Park is releasing Reanimation, a CD that re-visits and re-interprets the band's entire Hybrid Theory album with the help of more than 20 friends from the hip-hop and electronic landscapes. Striving to stretch the material far from the original sessions are featured artists including Aceyalone, Kutmasta Kurt, Pharoahe Monch, Jay Gordon of Orgy, Black Thought of The Roots, Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5, and Aaron Lewis of Staind. Vinyl purists can also find Reanimation as a limited-edition two-LP set.
· News of the new Duncan Sheik album, due August 27 on the Atlantic imprint, sets the stage for an intriguing collaboration between a blossoming and a seasoned songwriter. The album, Daylight, features "On Her Mind," co-authored with Mick Jones of Foreigner.
· You know the music, but you just can't name exactly where it stuck hard in your memory. Drift back, my friend, and get comfortable in front of your childhood television. Black-and-white or color, it really doesn't matter. Chances are you were well-basted in the crazy, jumping melodies of cartoon classics from the mad genius of Raymond Scott and his orchestra. This Tuesday a new collective calling itself the Raymond Scott Orchestrette releases Pushbutton Parfait, a CD of radical new interpretations of Scott's wild-jive lunacy. The collection of musicians saluting this often-overlooked genius includes players who cite They Might Be Giants, Cab Calloway, David Byrne, and Ben E. King in their backgrounds. The material selected for revision includes Scott's cartoon classics and later electronic compositions.
· The long-awaited soundtrack to the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated Broadway production Topdog/Underdog hits store shelves this coming Tuesday. The MCA issue features new music from principal actor Mos Def, as well as the strange blending of blues and rap selections by Muddy Waters, James Brown, Son House, DMX, Wu Tang Clan, and Jay-Z.
· Two upcoming musical projects of note are funding worthwhile charities. Red House Records is set to release Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown in early September, featuring an all-woman list of contributors. Benefiting The Breast Cancer Fund of San Francisco, the set includes artists ranging from Ani DiFranco and Victoria Williams to Iris Dement and Gillian Welch. Also into the charitable spirit is Blur and Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn, as he shares his travels with the musical people of West Africa's Mali nation. As part of the "On the Line Project" that celebrates life along the zero-meridian line, Albarn met, played, and recorded with many of the area's best musicians for more than 40 hours. Entitled Mali Music and released August 6 on the Honest Jon's Records/Astralwerks label, the CD raises funds for the charity Oxfam.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Jewel on Thursday, the Goo Goo Dolls on Friday, and Lamya on Monday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Weezer on Thursday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features Beth Orton on Friday overnight and Patty Griffin on Monday overnight; and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn plays puddy-cat to musical guest Tweet on Friday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, July 30:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
ABBA - The Definitive Collection (Polydor) new DVD release overflowing with bonus material
Datacyde - Positive Climb (Taciturn Records) mix CD
Deep Forest - Music Detected (Red Ink) all new from the French duo
The Disco Biscuits - Bisco Lives 2 (Hydrophonics) recently recorded on the group's jam-happy spring tour
DJ Bam Bam - Do You Like It Hard? 100% Pure Hardhouse (Topaz)
The Enemies - Seize the Day (Lookout) featuring Neurosis bassist Dave Edwardson
Fear Factory - Concrete (Roadrunner) "lost" recordings from 1991
Filter - The Amalgamut (Reprise)
Flip - Volume (Popularity/Artemis) all-new brash pogo punk on the new boutique label formed by Art Alexakis of Everclear
The Flipsides - Clever One (Pink & Black) pumped-up power pop featuring frontwoman Sabrina Stewart
Fozzy - Happenstance (Megaforce) wide-eyed rock from wrestler Chris Jericho and Stuck Mojo's Rich Ward
The General Store - Local Honey (Not Lame)
Beth Orton - Daybreaker (Heavenly/Astralwerks) highly anticipated new album featuring guests Johnny Marr of The Smiths, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, and The Chemical Brothers
Mummydogs - Mummydogs (Frontier) new from Guy Kyser of Thin White Rope
Graham Nash - Songs for Survivors (Artemis) his first solo album in 15 years
The Natural History - The Natural History (Star Time) EP
Dave Pirner - Faces & Names (Ultimatum Music) debut solo album from the Soul Asylum singer-songwriter with guests keyboardist Billy Preston and guitarist Chris Whitley
Willy Porter - Willy Porter (Six Degrees) featuring the track "All Fall Down," co-written with Ed Robertson of Bare Naked Ladies, and guest musicians Tony Levin of King Crimson and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
Raphi - Cali Quake (Uprok) new from the Tunnel Rats emcee
Sinch - Sinch (Roadrunner)
Snot - Alive! (Hip-O) recorded in 1998, prior to lead singer Lynn Strait's death
String Cheese Incident - On the Road (Sci-Fidelity) three-CD live collection
Linda Thompson - Fashionably Late (Rounder) her first new album in 17 years, reunited with ex-husband Richard on "Dear Mary"
various artists - A Cellarfull of Motown (Motown) two-CD set of 40 rare grooves from the label's archives featuring Barbara McNair, The Contours, Brenda Holloway, and more
