Brazilian Girls Lazy Lover [EP] Verve
Downtempo, Downbeat
Jon Brion I Heart Huckabees Milan
Film Music, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Soundtracks
Peter Brotzmann/Friis Nielsen/Peeter Uuskyla Medicina Atavistic
Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz
Richard Buckner
Dents and Shells
Merge
Alternative Country, Country-Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Americana
Camper Van Beethoven New Roman Times Vanguard
American Underground, College Rock, Jangle Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Dears No Cities Left SpinART
Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Chamber Pop
Celine Dion Miracle Sony
Adult Contemporary
Amy Grant Greatest Hits 1986-2004 [Bonus CD] A&M
Pop, Adult Contemporary, CCM
The Hidden Cameras Mississauga, Goddam Rough Trade
Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
Hope of the States The Lost Riots Sony Music
Indie Rock
Chris Isaak Chris Isaak Christmas Warner Brothers
Pop/Rock, College Rock
Rene Jacobs Mozart: Cosi fan tutte Harmonia Mundi
Classical Opera
Rolfe Kent Sideways New Line
Original Score, Film Music, Soundtracks
Stephen Layton John Tavener: Schuon Hymnen; The Second Coming; etc. Hyperion
Contemporary Choral Music
Ministry Early Trax Rykodisc
Alternative Pop/Rock, Industrial Dance
Ministry Side Trax Rykodisc
Industrial Dance, Industrial, Alternative Pop/Rock
Moving Units Dangerous Dreams Palm Pictures
Indie Rock
Ali Shaheed Muhammad Shaheedullah and Stereotypes Im
Alternative Rap, Hip-Hop, Jazz-Rap, East Coast Rap
No Doubt Everything in Time Interscope
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
North Mississippi Allstars
Hill Country Revue: Live at Bonnaroo
ATO
Southern Rock, American Trad Rock, Blues-Rock, Roots Rock
Pinback Summer in Abaddon Touch and Go
Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Joe Sample Soul Shadows Verve
Mainstream Jazz
Gerard Schwarz Philip Glass: The Concerto Project, Vol. 1 Orange Mountain Music
Contemporary Orchestral Music
Sum 41 Chuck Island
Punk-Pop, Punk Revival
Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Lost Christmas Eve Lava
Holiday, Christmas, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Twelve Girls Band Freedom: Greatest Hits V2
Instrumental Pop, Orchestral Pop
George Winston Montana: A Love Story RCA
Contemporary Instrumental, Adult Contemporary, Adult Alternative, Solo Instrumental
Yohimbe Brothers The Tao of Yo Thirsty Ear
Hard Rock, Illbient, Turntablism, Dancehall
Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
al, you need to get the Peter Brotzmann disc.
remember the scene in back to the future when he plugs in the guitar and the single power chord anhilates him?
Brotzmann does the equivalent using a saxophone.
it's brutal stuff.
2 - Bill Lamb
Early word on Camper Van's new album is very very good.
They have a reputation as a goofy off-kilter band, but some of their best work is powerful. The new album is a rock opera (not long after Green Day's well-received effort) about a Texas teen disillusioned by a 9/11-type event who becomes a suicide bomber.
3 - Jim Carruthers
The Camper Van Beethoven album is really good. If you liked them before, you'll like them all over again.
How do I know? I've been working on a review for a month, but just haven't gotten off my ass and written it.
Don't let "rock opera" scare you, you wouldn't really notice until somebody told you. Think of it as a Rush album with a horn section and different lyrics.
4 - Al Barger
Not to insult the exports of your fine country Mr Carruthers, but saying that someone's album is like Rush does not send me reaching for my wallet.