Blogcritics: Comments on 2005 Music Forecast

Comment by fghkd

Sun, 9 Jan 2005 19:42:12 EST

can you say PEARL JAM

Comment by DJRadiohead

Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:18:45 EST

I think Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket fame) is supposed to have an album in Feb. or March. Doves is slated for Feb. Some good stuff on tap.

Comment by Chip Ross

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:00:39 EST

I removed the listing of Garbage and Weezer from the date-specific release calendar as the release dates are uncertain. But I do have them in the final paragraph along with other expected releases without specific dates. Thanks for the update info and keep it coming.

Comment by visualsimplicity

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:38:05 EST

Oh and it's going to be called Bleed Like Me I believe, rather than Hand on a Hard Body.

Comment by visualsimplicity

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:35:06 EST

The Garbage album is slated to be released on April 12th in North America (11th everywhere else). So that's sort of outside of the first part of 2005. I'll remain patient until then though.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:59:13 EST

Hmm, weird. I would have figured some of the Weezer sites, especially the official one, would indicate something positive like this. I won't turn down the offer of new Weezer, of course . . .

Comment by Chip

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:27:23 EST

I saw Weezer listed on a few sites, The Jan date was from Music Target, http://www.musictarget.com/new_releases.shtml Metacritic (no date attached): http://www.metacritic.com/music/upcomingreleases.shtml Also on MTVe, which says "Rivers Caumo did what all fans feared the most. He went back to Harvard. But fear not, geek-punk's superhero is also finding time for his favorite hobby. Weezer's fifth album is near completion and is soon to be released as the band spent months recording it with none other than �ber producer Rick Rubin." They have a cool list of upcoming releases at http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5250

Comment by Eric Olsen

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:05:00 EST

excellent information very much appreciated Chip - thanks! I personally tend to avoid the anticipation-disappointment dynamic by having a very short attention span that is taxed almost to the breaking point by taking in the here and now. But that's just me.

Comment by Tom

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:00:02 EST

January 2005 Weezer - Untitled Where did you find this, Chip? Last I heard they'd dumped everything they'd recorded and were going to record an entirely different album, and had barely even begun doing so. I highly doubt we'll even see a new Weezer album this year, actually.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 02:28:43 EST

Beck is an absolute master of reinvigorating and revitalizing "dead" genres while adding his own ironic yet not satiric flavor to the enterprise. Jack White and Beck together? Wow. ~ Eric B.

Comment by Chip Ross

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 02:21:04 EST

Good additions Lono. The first single from the new Beck is purported to be a gospel inspired tune. Jack White of The White Stripes will appear on another album track too.

Comment by Lono

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:22:03 EST

much goodness will come out this year. Pearl Jam will have a new album, Billy Corgan (of the Smashing Pumpkins) will hae a new album, Courtney Love (of Billy Corgan) will have a new album, Tenacious D will have an album out which will be the soundtrack to their Biopic 'In the pick of Destiny', you can bet that Glenn Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) will probably knock out an album too. it's all good. Especially, as you mentioned, the Foo Fighters. They are putting out a double disc of new original material. One disc will be acoustic, and the other will be electric.

Comment by Eric Berlin

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:09:23 EST

That's a surprisingly strong kick-off to the year, music-wise. I had no idea that a new Beck album was in the offing -- he's one of my favorite artists, period: I don't care if he's mellow, funky, weird, noise-art, singing "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack," etc. Also: I heard on the radio a few years ago that System of a Down had broken up. I thought at the time, "well, there goes that then." I'm glad to see that they're back: they display that "hard music" can include dynamics, good singing, and actual musicianship. Looking forward to the Garbage and especially Weezer as well. Great job on the early '05 music outlook. Eric Berlin Dumpster Bust: Miracles from Mind Trash http://dumpsterbust.blogspot.com

Comment by The Theory

Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:49:19 EST

can't wait for Outkast, System of a Down (!), or Queens of the Stone Age. *sigh*