New album releases, week of 5-10-2005 - Page 2

Part of: New CDs

Goldie Lookin Chain Straight Outta Newport Record Collection
British Rap, Comedy Rap

The Grass Roots Where Were You When I Needed You Varese Sarabande
AM Pop, Sunshine Pop, Pop, Folk-Rock

Grant Green For the Funk of It Blue Note
Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk

Grant Green Mellow Madness Blue Note
Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk

Hal Hal Rough Trade Us
British Trad Rock, Indie Pop

Robert Earl Keen, Jr. What I Really Mean Koch
Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Progressive Country

Olga Kern Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2; Balakirev: Islamey Harmonia Mundi
Post-Romantic Piano Music

James Superstar Kochalka Our Most Beloved [CD & DVD] Rykodisc
Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Obscuro, Comedy Rock, Punk-Pop, Lo-Fi

Joe Lovano Joyous Encounter Blue Note/EMI
Post-Bop

MC5 Are You Ready to Testify?: The Live Bootleg Anthology Sanctuary
Detroit Rock, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock

Dave Matthews Band Stand Up RCA
Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Utah Phillips Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook AK Press
Political Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Folk

Platinum Pied Pipers Triple P Ubiquity
Urban, Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, Underground Rap

Mikhail Pletnev Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces for Piano Deutsche Grammophon
Romantic Piano Music

Red Byrd A Scottish Lady Mass Hyperion
Medieval Sacred Music

Sloan A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005 [Bonus DVD] Koch
Pop Underground, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Styx Big Bang Theory New Door
Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri and Friends: The Gala Concert EMI Classics
Opera / Vocal

Tindersticks Working for the Man: The Greatest Hits Koch
Chamber Pop

Dwight Twilley 47 Moons DMI
Pop/Rock

Doug Wamble Bluestate Rounder
Post-Bop, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Spirituals, Southern Gospel, Traditional Gospel, Crossover Jazz

Lucinda Williams Live @ The Fillmore Lost Highway
Alternative Folk, Heartland Rock, Americana, Alternative Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

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Live in Los Angeles Shout Factory Alternative Pop/Rock, L.A. Punk, Punk

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  • 1 - BRICKLAYER

    May 10, 2005 at 7:43 am

    I'll be first in line at Best Buy for the New Cattle Decapitation! And the Styx.

  • 2 - Mark Saleski

    May 10, 2005 at 7:56 am

    hey brick, i listened to Meshuggah on the satellite radio this morning. good enough??

  • 3 - BRICKLAYER

    May 10, 2005 at 8:26 am

    Mark,
    Cool, I haven't heard their new one. Did you like what you heard? Me, easing into the day, listening to Guided by Voices "Isolation Drills" at this early hour, gearing up for a Lamb of God marathon once the coffee kicks in!

    Only one hour until the doors open so I can pick up the new STYX. WOOHOO!

  • 4 - Eric Olsen

    May 10, 2005 at 8:33 am

    my son is TOTALLY into the new Lamb of God

  • 5 - BRICKLAYER

    May 10, 2005 at 8:38 am

    Hey Mr. O: Your son may already be down with this, but if not, he may want to check out the newly re-issued Burn the Priest CD, which is the Lamb of God guys before they changed their name to LOG. The name change was a good thing, cause now I can wear their t-shirts to church without hurting Father John's feelings.

    Only 1 hour until the new STYX drops!!!!!!

  • 6 - Eric Olsen

    May 10, 2005 at 8:49 am

    thanks Bricky! his new LOG album assesment: "the breakdowns aren't as awesome but the songs are better"

  • 7 - Timothy Jarrett

    May 10, 2005 at 8:58 am

    I just downloaded the new Spoon (available at eMusic and iTunes). If the rest of the album is anywhere near as strong as the lead single (“I Turn My Camera On”), it should be brilliant.

  • 8 - ClubhouseCancer

    May 10, 2005 at 9:21 am

    The new Spoon is just terrific. It definitely doesn't all sound like "I Turn My Camera On," which is kinda like "Emotional Rescue"-era Stones, except it's actually got soul. The rest of the album is all over the place (it's Spoon, after all), but it's all informed by r 'n' b and a dedication to groovy guitar sounds.

    "I Summon You" is a simple little masterpiece.


    The Joe Lovano is awesome no matter whether the drummer listens to the other guys or not. That fat man saxist is unable to make an uninteresting mainstream jazz album, while it seems like so many of his peers can't make an interestingone.

  • 9 - Tom Johnson

    May 10, 2005 at 2:30 pm

    Mr. BRICKLAYER: Meshuggah's Catch 33 is, to say the least, unrelenting. 47 minutes of one intense song (broken into 13 pieces) can be that way. That said, it's also a pretty intriguing listen that manages to stay interesting throughout its enormous length. I might, however, prefer I just for its relative brevity and intensity.

  • 10 - Al Barger

    May 10, 2005 at 3:17 pm

    Alrighty then Bricklayer, did the Earth move under your feet when you heard the new Styx?

  • 11 - Mark Saleski

    May 10, 2005 at 3:26 pm

    i came this ( ->|<- ) close to buying that new Styx cd a coupla hours ago.

    ..but i could hear that "barger angel" in my ear ".....you'll be sooooorrryyyyyy..."

  • 12 - Al Barger

    May 11, 2005 at 3:38 am

    Don't let me dissuade you from your heart's desire. Granted, ol' Al is skeptical. On the other hand, I've never regretted spending the money on Pat Boone's In a Metal Mood.

  • 13 - BRICKLAYER

    May 11, 2005 at 8:46 am

    Hey Al,
    That new Styx owns my ass!

  • 14 - BRICKLAYER

    May 11, 2005 at 8:48 am

    Yo Tom,
    Cool. I'm gonna have to check that out-if I can ever stop listening to the new Styx, that is.

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