On the week leading up to the club's final night (closed down by Patti Smith), several shows were held. On October 13, 2006 it was The Bullys, The Dictators, and Sic Fucks. I bet it smelled bad...and sounded bad. I bet it was great.
"You don't know where you going if you don't know where you been" is an aphorism that anyone can and should apply to their life and interests. In regards to music, so many artists and fans are so busy looking for the next new thing that they overlook many gems that resemble the past.
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band second album continues their exploration of country blues. "We come from the same tradition that Charley Patton and Furry Lewis came from." Peyton says." They sang about what they were going through in their time and we're doing the same thing in ours." Their subjects are pulled from their lives and range from missing home cooking in "Mama's Fried Potatoes" to the arrest of a family member in "Your Cousin's on COPS." Besides, you can't go wrong with a band that has a regular washboard player. Give them a listen at their MySpace page.
Here are all of this week's new album releases courtesy of All Music Guide:
Hawthorne Heights
Fragile Future
Victory
Emo, Punk-Pop
Randy Newman
Harps and Angels
Nonesuch
Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Pop
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Merge
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Keith Anderson
C'mon!
RCA
Contemporary Country
Hoyt Axton
Southbound/Fearless
Raven
Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock
The Laurie Berkner Band
Rocketship Run
Two Tomatoes
Sing-Along, Educational
Lewis Black
Anticipation
Comedy Central
Political Comedy, Standup Comedy
Art Blakey & Giants of Jazz
Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1972
Monterey Jazz Fest
Hard Bop
Blue October
Argue with a Tree...
Universal/Brando
Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Jim Boggia
Misadventures in Stereo
Bluhammock
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop Underground
Michael Borgstede
Handel: Suite de pieces pour le Clavecin
Brilliant Classics
Baroque Keyboard Music
Brazilian Girls
New York City
Verve
Downtempo, Downbeat, Club/Dance, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Dave Brubeck
50 Years of Dave Brubeck: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007
Monterey Jazz Fest
Cool, West Coast Jazz
Carla Bruni
Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
Downtown
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, French Pop
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The Six Star Wars Films: New Recordings of the Classic Scores
Silva Screen
Contemporary Film Music
Clinic
Funf
Domino
Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Faint
Fasciinatiion
Blank.Wav
New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock
Lefty Frizzell
Steppin' Out: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Bear Family
Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Mike Gordon
The Green Sparrow
Rounder
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Article comments
1 - Pico
Glen, I listened to the new Randy Newman just this morning and while the arrangements and production are impeccable, it was still very disappointing to me. In the past Newman was able to walk the fine line between sardonic parody and weighty, well constructed compositions. On this record he goes too far over to the parody side. He's doing rambling monologues on nearly every song that robs the listener from enjoying the pretty melodies playing underneath. The last song "Feels Like Home" is his best on the album, mainly because he's playing that one straight.
This is no Sail Away. Newman should have dialed back some on the shtick.
2 - Glen Boyd
Sorry to hear that Pico, but thanks for the heads up. Maybe doing movie work for all these years has led Newman to think that every song requires something extra in the way of a narrative...who knows?
-Glen
3 - Tom Johnson
It's such a slow week that there's not even anything rare on the Legacy Edition of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. It's just a pairing (tripling?) of the album, its counterpart, The Freedom Sessions, and Fumbling Towards Ecstacy Live on DVD with a few videos. It has been graced with a very, very slight remastering that isn't even mentioned on the outside of the packaging, and you have to search for it on the inside (Adam Ayan is listed as mastering the package when Greg Calbi mastered the original albums.) There's not even a write-up in the booklet - it's just lyrics and photos. A great album, to be sure - one of my favorites - but this is really only worthwhile if you're missing something of the three releases and want them all in one place. Or maybe you just want the pictures of the lovely Sarah. Pervs.
4 - Josh Hathaway
Yeah, the barely "rare" Fumbling Towards Ecstacy. I wonder who'd be dumb enough to order that-
Oh, wait a minute.
Never mind. Return to what you were doing. Thank you, drive through.
5 - Mark Saleski
josh, josh, josh...first the Fine Frenzy pics and now Sarah?
tsk, tsk.
6 - Josh Hathaway
The pics in FTE aren't that spectacular, to be honest. She hit her stride with Surfacing.
7 - Tom Johnson
I gotta disagree - that Lilith Fair short haircut was extremely unflattering. Loved seeing the longer hair come back after that. Seeing that shrew on that horrible Jon & Kate + 8 made me think of those sad times with the butch hair.
And, yeah, who would be foolish enough to waste money on that set? (Ahem)
8 - Josh Hathaway
Well, I didn't buy the picture for the haircuts or the pictures either way. I skimmed the book last night as I was listening and put it back in the sleeve.
9 - Mark Saleski
...I didn't buy the picture for the haircuts or the pictures either way
you mean "CD"?
i dunno man, you're sounding more flustered and guilty by the minute.
;-)
10 - Josh Hathaway
Yeah, well I have a perfect defense: I type at 7 damns per minute. You buy Playboy for the articles; I buy CDs for the music.