New album releases, week of 6-8-2004
Published June 07, 2004
Most likely gamble for music fans amongst this week's new releases would be an album from Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Transatlantic Ping Pong.
Also promising: a new album from Etta James, Blues to the Bone.
The extremely much hyped GnR loaded supergroup Velvet Revolver have their first album release, Contraband. Don't know if it's any good, but unlike Axl they have at least actually put out a damned record.
Other artists of note with new studio album releases this week include Gene Simmons, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, and Chumbawamba.
This week's major releases, from All Music Guide:
Velvet Revolver Contraband RCA
Styles: Hard Rock
!!! Louden Up Now Touch and Go
Styles: Indie Rock
Gerald Albright Kickin' It Up GRP
Styles: Jazz-Pop, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
The Allman Brothers Band Stand Back: The Anthology Hip-O
Styles: Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Boogie Rock, Slide Guitar Blues, Southern Rock
Antibalas Who Is This America? Artemis
Styles: Afro-Beat, Funk
Bad Religion The Empire Strikes First Epitaph
Styles: Hardcore Punk
Anita Baker A Night of Rapture: Live Rhino
Styles: Urban, Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm
Uri Caine Trio Live at the Village Vanguard Winter & Winter
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative, Post-Bop
J.J. Cale To Tulsa and Back Sanctuary
Styles: Blues-Rock, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Southern Rock
The Calling Two RCA
Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
The Carter Family RCA Country Legends RCA
Styles: Traditional Country, Appalachian Folk
Chanticleer William Byrd: Music for a Hidden Chapel Classical Express
Styles: Renaissance Sacred Choral Music
Chumbawamba Un Koch
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Anarchist Punk
The Corrs Borrowed Heaven Atlantic
Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Celtic Pop
Cowboy Junkies One Soul Now Zoe
Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Danielson Brother Is to Son Secretly Canadian
Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
De La Soul De La Mix Tape: Remixes, Rarities and Classics Rhino
Styles: Alternative Rap, Golden Age, Hip-Hop
Duo Alterno Franco Alfano: Liriche da Tagore (Songs on Rabindranath Tagore) Nuova Era
Styles: Early Twentieth-Century Vocal Music
The Fall 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats Beggars Banquet
Styles: Indie Rock, Post-Punk, College Rock
Jay Farrar Stone, Steel & Bright Lights Transmit
Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Americana
Fastball Keep Your Wig On Rykodisc
Styles: Pop Underground, Punk-Pop
Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto Six Degrees
Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian Pop
The Helio Sequence Love and Distance Sub Pop
Styles: Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Dream Pop
Etta James Blues to the Bone RCA
Styles: Electric Blues
Nina Nastasia Dogs [Touch and Go] Touch and Go
Styles: Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Paul van Nevel Lassus: Il Canzoniere di Messer Francesco Petrarca Harmonia Mundi Franc
Styles: Renaissance Vocal Music
Original Soundtrack Reality Bites [Bonus Tracks] RCA
Styles: Soundtracks
Original Soundtrack The WB's Superstar USA Koch
Styles: Pop/Rock, Teen Pop, Urban, Contemporary R&B
Royal City Little Heart's Ease Rough Trade
Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Jordi Savall Homenatge al Misteri d'Elx - La Vespra Alia Vox
Styles: Spanish Renaissance Mystery Play
SHeDAISY Sweet Right Here Hollywood
Styles: Country-Pop, Contemporary Country
Gene Simmons ***HOLE Sanctuary
Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Sons of the Pioneers RCA Country Legends RCA Nashville/BMG Heritage
Styles: Cowboy, Traditional Country
Spring Heel Jack The Sweetness of the Water Thirsty Ear
Styles: Structured Improvisation, Electronica, Process-Generated, Avant-Garde, Free Improvisation, Modern Free
311 Greatest Hits '93-'03 Volcano
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Rap-Rock, Funk Metal
Glenn Tilbrook Transatlantic Ping Pong Compass
Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Armand Van Helden New York: A Mix Odyssey Tommy Boy
Styles: Club/Dance, House, Neo-Electro, Dance-Pop
Various Artists Hyperstring Trilogy Artemis Classics
Styles: Contemporary Electronic Chamber Music
Various Artists Trojan Suedehead Box Set Sanctuary/Trojan
Styles: Reggae-Pop, DJ, Political Reggae, Rocksteady, Smooth Reggae, Roots Reggae
Jim White Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See Luaka Bop
Styles: Americana, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Folk
Rachael Yamagata Happenstance Private Music
Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
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Go to Lollapalooza this summer. Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey are on the bill on many dates, along with Morrissey, the Flaming Lips, and the Pixies (at a few shows).
If any of you are in New York, you must go since all of those bands are playing.
The Ventura County Fairground dates in LA aren't bad, either, since they have most of those artists.
There are some other decent groups on some dates like Basement Jaxx and others I'm forgetting. Check the website since the acts shift from tour stop to stop and is very uneven for some dates.
That is all.
I'm a little disappointed with the PJ Harvey album. Not sure why since I wasn't really expecting anything.
For anyone who cares, the new Corrs album sounds decent. It's pretty much their typical stuff, doesn't deviate much. So if you enjoy their old stuff, you'll probably like the new one. I suppose if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Thanks Al - this is an excellent ongoing feature.
Glenn Tilbrook's latest post-Squeeze offering, Transatlantic Ping Pong, is an impressive collection of catchy tunes, many of which will become instant "earworms" the second you hear them.
Glenn's made it quite clear that, Squeeze or no Squeeze, music is what he does, what he loves, and what he's very, very good at. (He & Chris Difford did co-write one of the songs on this album, and their continuing compatability is more than evident here.)
I continue to recommend this latest from Glenn to anyone who will sit still long enough to hear me. It's a guaranteed winner!
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Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey will be getting my cash this week. I heard them and Velvet Revolver on VH1.com (via their cool album-preview feature) and while VR seems to be pretty good, it seems like it might wear out its welcome pretty quick. Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey have real long-term potential with me. Glenn Tilbrook is also tempting, but I'll have to hear more of it to decide for certain . . . I'll probably end up buying it anyway.
Boy, after watching the show, WB's Superstar sure is tempting . . . not. Did they not get the appeal of William Hung? We don't want tons of really bad singers - one "making it" is fun just as a joke. A whole album of Hungs? No thank you.