There's nothing that jumps out of this week's new album releases as being especially promising music. Most interesting sounding pick this week is a stand-up comedy album. I generally don't care about such things, but Christopher Titus made one of the best sitcoms ever, so I might be interested in hearing from The Fifth Annual End of the World Tour on Comedy Central records. It's a two CD set. I'd be interested in hearing what Mr Titus has to say about "These Countries That Hate Us."
I didn't know that Comedy Central had a record label, but this week they also have an album by Joe Rogan whom I do not know from Adam Carolla, though he was apparently on The Man Show. I am amused by his album title though, Shiny Happy Jihad.
In the range of cute album titles, I am also digging on the "psychobilly" Nekromantix Life Is a Grave & I Dig It.
Bright Eyes has something of a reputation, though I don't remember any of their specific songs. They have a new album Cassadaga. I didn't realize they were any kind of commercial force, but I note that they are rated as high as #4 currently in Amazon sales.
In the range of big names who have never made any impression on me with actual music, there is the Grindermen album, which group consists of Nick Cave and most of the Bad Seeds.
There's a big ol' seven CD Collection from Sly and the Family Stone, which I believe covers all their original albums - though somehow they somehow managed to NOT include "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Everybody is a Star" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Blonde Redhead 23 4AD
Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Experimental Rock
Bright Eyes Cassadaga Saddle Creek
Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
CocoRosie The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn Touch And Go
Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Dream Pop, Post-Rock/Experimental, Trip-Hop
Grinderman Grinderman Anti
Punk Blues, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll
Maxïmo Park Our Earthly Pleasures Warp
Indie Rock, Britpop
Laura Veirs Saltbreakers Nonesuch
Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Americana, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Army of Me Citizen Doghouse
Indie Rock
Au Revoir Simone The Bird of Music Moshi Moshi
Indie Pop, Dream Pop
Mig Mig Decca
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Remus Azoitel George Enescu: Complete Works for Violin & piano, Vol. 1 Haenssler
Modern Chamber Music
Alvin Batiste Marsalis Music Honors Alvin Batiste Marsalis Music/Rounder
Modern Creative
The Book of Knots Traineater Anti-
Post-Rock/Experimental
Henry Brant Henry Brant: Meteor Farm Innova
Modern Orchestral Music
Charles Brown An Introduction to Charles Brown Fuel 2000
Urban Blues, West Coast Blues, Piano Blues, R&B
Client Heartland Metropolis
Electronica, Neo-Electro, Indie Pop
Cliff Eberhardt High Above and the Down Below Red House
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Bob French Marsalis Music Honors Bob French Marsalis Music/Rounder
New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans R&B
From Autumn to Ashes Holding a Wolf by the Ears Vagrant
Punk Metal, Hardcore Punk, Screamo, Emo
Lesley Gore Ever Since Engine Company
Adult Contemporary, Pop, Girl Group, Brill Building Pop
Guster Satellite Reprise/Wea
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jana Hunter There's No Home Gnomonsong
Acid Folk
Bob James Angels of Shanghai Universal
Jazz-Pop, Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Instrumental Pop
Stoney LaRue Live at Billy Bob's Texas Smith Music Group
Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country, Country-Rock
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Mahler, Handel & Peter Lieberson
Wigmore Hall
Baroque, Post-Romantic and Contemporary Vocal Music
Limbeck Limbeck Doghouse
Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Love of Diagrams Mosaic Matador
Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Punk-Pop, Punk-Pop
Madlib The Other Side: Los Angeles Deaf, Dumb & Blind
Soul, Funk, Left-Field Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, Underground Rap, DJ, Free Jazz
Nekromantix Life Is a Grave & I Dig It Hellcat
Psychobilly, Punk Revival
Anna Netrebko Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon: Duets Deutsche Grammophon
Operatic Duets
Andreas Scholl Handel: Il Duello Amoroso Harmonia Mundi
Baroque Vocal Music
Original Soundtrack Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Colon the Soundtrack Williams Street
Soundtracks, Alternative Rap, Alternative Metal, Novelty
Panthers The Trick Vice
Punk Revival, Indie Rock
Bucky Pizzarelli/John Pizzarelli Generations Arbors
Swing, Standards
Lou Rhodes Beloved One [Bonus Tracks] Cooking Vinyl
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Joe Rogan Shiny Happy Jihad Comedy Central
Standup Comedy
Rosebuds Night of the Furies Merge
Indie Rock
Shearwater Palo Santo [Expanded Edition] Matador
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Slowcore
Sly and the Family Stone The Collection [Box Set] Sony
Psychedelic Soul, Pop/Rock, Funk, Soul
Little Johnny Taylor Open House Fuel 2000
Northern Soul, Soul-Blues, R&B, Soul
The Terrible Twos If You Ever See an Owl... Vagrant/Poquito
Children's Folk, Sing-Along
Christopher Titus The Fifth Annual End of the World Tour Comedy Central
Standup Comedy, Observational Humor
Various Artists The Gospel Baby Fuel 2000
Southern Gospel, Black Gospel
Various Artists An Introduction to Texas Blues Fuel 2000
Folk-Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Piano Blues
David S. Ware Renunciation Aum Fidelity
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde
Foy Willing & the Riders of the Purple Sage Tumbling Tumbleweeds Varese Sarabande
Cowboy, Western Swing
XBXRX Wars Polyvinyl
Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore
Xiu Xiu Remixed & Covered 5 Rue Christine
Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Article comments
1 - Pico
Looks like Billy Martin and John Medeski's new release got left out of the AMG's list. I'll cover that one here tomorrow.