In the way of actual new albums this week, best likely hip pick would be They Might Be Giants' The Spine. They sometimes get dismissed as some kind of novelty act, but they have consistently put out decent actual SONGS for 20 years. Some of their stuff is better than others, but it's always worth a listen.
Paul Simon's solo albums are being re-issued on Rhino with bonus tracks. Mostly, the bonus tracks appear to be demos or alternate recordings. Most such things are less than necessary, to put it mildly. However, these would be alternate takes on Paul Simon classics.
Besides which, there appear to be some actual new songs, or at least ones with which as adamant a Simon fan as myself is still unfamiliar with. This version of Rhymin' Simon, for example, has something called "Let Me Live in Your City."
His most criminally unappreciated classic album Songs From the Capeman comes with a bonus song "Shoplifting Clothes." There should be a whole bunch of other songs from that Broadway musical to work with. Indeed, there should be cast album with ALL the damned songs, and for that matter at least a simple DVD of the Broadway performance.
Jimmy Buffett has officially and finally and beyond all question gone to complete useless seed with his new contemporary country album License to Chill, with guest appearances by every boring contemporary country MOR dumbass he could line up, including Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and George Strait.
This week's major releases, from All Music Guide:
Karel Ancerl Dvorak: Concerto pour violon; Symphonie No. 8 Praga
Post-Romantic Orchestral Music
Beenie Man Back to Basics Virgin
Dancehall, Ragga
Blues Traveler Live on the Rocks Sanctuary
Jam Bands, American Trad Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
Carbon Leaf Indian Summer Vanguard
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Celtic Pop, Folk-Rock, Jam Bands
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