26
Oct
2004
Political enlightenment is the buzz for this coming Tuesday, as three new CDs hope you swing by your favorite record store after voting your conscience. Virgin Records is releasing a eMOTIVe, a collection of politically minded covers by A Perfect Circle, featuring a bonus DVD and a limited edition with a bonus T-shirt. The set list is a fantastic selection of songs about war, peace, love, and greed, and two new originals: "Passive" and "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums." Pulling from all sorts of genres and time periods, highlights include Black Flag's "Gimme Gimme Gimme," Fear's "Let's Have a War," John Lennon's "Imagine," Joni Mitchell's "Fiddle & the Drum," Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' on," Memphis Minnie's "When the Levee Breaks," and Devo's "Freedom of Choice." One terrific choice, Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, & Understanding," also shows up on another Election Day CD and DVD, Serjical Strike Records' Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1. Released on the boutique label owned by Serj Tankain of System of a Down, it features a version of the song by A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan with Chris Cornell of Audioslave and Soundgarden, recorded back on the 2003 Lollapalooza tour. The rest of the album was recorded this past July in Los Angeles with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave, and the Nightwatchmen, Pete Yorn, and Jonny Polonsky. Two other cool covers show up as well - with group jams on Bob Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom" and U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name." Rounding things out Tuesday is a unique approach to the temptations of blanket prejudice during wartime, as Valley Entertainment collects traditional songs from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea in Lullabies from the Axis of Evil. Featuring Middle Eastern and Western singers in ocean-crossing duets, Norwegian producer Erik Hillestad collected international songs of love between parent and child, hoping to shed light on the humanity in all of us. Some of the artists involved include Nina Hagen, Eddi Reader, Sarah Jane Morris, and Rickie Lee Jones.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Skye Sweetnam tonight, Ashlee Simpson on Thursday, the return of Anita Baker on Friday, and The Neville Brothers on Monday; Last Call with Carson Daly hosts Toots & the Maytals this evening overnight, Biz Markie and Dave Navarro on Thursday overnight, and Joseph Arthur on Friday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Eminem.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 2:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
A-Bones - Daddy Wants a Cold Beer ... & Other Million Sellers (Norton) two-CD anthology with rarities
AFI - AFI (Nitro) best-of collection with rarities
Autistic Daughters - Jealously & Diamond (Kranky) new from New Zealand's Dean Roberts, featuring a cover of Ray Davies' "Rainy Day in June"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland (Tee Pee) 15-year retrospective
Christina Carter - Living Contact (Kranky) solo acoustic recordings from the Charalambides member
Jesse Dalton - Country Soul Brother (Stag Records) featuring his must-hear honky-tonk cover of The Cars' "Just What I Needed" and special guests Redd Volkaert and the Antone's Horns
Danzig - Circle of Snakes (Evilive Records) featuring former Prong guitarist Tommy Victor
Fabienne Del Sol - No Time for Sorrows (Damaged Goods) debut solo album of originals and covers from the Bristols vocalist
Steve Earle - Live from Austin Texas (New West) CD or DVD of the full set from his Austin City Limits appearance
Enchant - Live at Last (Inside Out) CD and DVD filmed in the band's hometown of Oakland, California, with two acoustic renditions
GWAR - War Party (DRT) wear your raincoats; the blood fest is back on tour starting next week
The Haints - Hurt & Alone (Springman) slang for "hillbilly ghost," this CD EP is a wicked acoustic alt-country side project of The Groovie Ghoulies, featuring a cover of Daniel Johnston's "Devil Town"
George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years: 1976-1992 (Capitol)
Her Space Holiday - Young Machines Remixed (Mush) with re-mixes by Super Furry Animals, Arab Strap, Stereolab, Matmos, and more
Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer (Southern Lord) produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox, this is the new stoner-doom project from Scott "Wino" Weinrich, formerly of St. Vitus and The Obsessed
KutMasta Kurt - Redneck Games (Waxploitation) rarities and re-mixes scattered with a funky elite: the Beastie Boys, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Linkin Park, Kool Keith, and Blackalicious
John Lennon - Acoustic (Capitol) featuring "Imagine," "Watching the Wheels," "Cold Turkey," and 14 more favorites in rare acoustic settings
John Lennon - Rock & Roll (Capitol) expanded CD re-issue featuring a cover of Lloyd Price's "Just Because"
Live - The Best of Live: Awake (Radioactive) featuring a cover of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line"
Manic Street Preachers - Life Blood (Vertigo) all-new import-only CD featuring the single "For the Love of Richard Nixon"
Aimee Mann - Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (Super Ego/United Musicians) CD and DVD set recorded this past summer
Neal Morse - One (Metal Blade) new solo album from the Spock's Beard founder, with guests Phil Kaeggy and Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy
The New Left - "Let Go" (New Left) new benefit EP from matchbox twenty guitarist Kyle Cook, supporting spinal-cord-injury research
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Hymns (Emergent) collection of world hymns sung in their traditional languages
The Organ - Grab That Gun (Mint) excellent Canadian quintet reminiscent of an all-fem Smiths with 1980s' new-wave touches
The Polar Express - original motion picture soundtrack (Reprise/Warner Sunset) with new music from Josh Groban and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler
The Residents - Commercial Album (Mute) 25th-anniversary DVD issue of this collection of 56 one-minute films based on the album's 40 one-minute songs, now a part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art
The Rolling Stones - Live Licks (Virgin) with a slightly more racy cover on the import edition
Soft Pink Truth - Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth (Teenbeat 6) new from Drew Daniel of Matmos, featuring his "disco" take on classic UK and American hardcore songs by Rudimentary Peni, Minor Threat, Angry Samoans, Crass, and more
Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (Interscope) first single from the upcoming album Love, Angel, Music, Baby
Streetlight Manifesto - Keasbey Nights Part 2 (Victory) featuring Tomas Kalnoky of Catch 22
Throw Rag - Live at the House of Blues (Kung Fu) DVD of bizarre "sailor rock"
Train - Alive at Last (Columbia) featuring a cover of The Faces' "Stay with Me"
Vanishing - Still Lifes Are Failing (Gold Standard Labs) enhanced CD
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Adiccion, Tradicion, y Revolucion (Victory) on tour next week with Big D & The Kids Table
Woven Hand - Consider the Birds (Familyre) new dark, gothic Americana from 16 Horsepower founder David Eugene Edwards, featuring a cover of the traditional "Down in Yon Forest"
Yellowcard - Beyond Ocean Avenue (Capitol) DVD filmed in Philadelphia this past May
Ying Yang Twins - My Brother & Me (TVT) CD and DVD package with television appearances, re-mixes, and guests Nick Cannon and Bone Crusher
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Skye Sweetnam tonight, Ashlee Simpson on Thursday, the return of Anita Baker on Friday, and The Neville Brothers on Monday; Last Call with Carson Daly hosts Toots & the Maytals this evening overnight, Biz Markie and Dave Navarro on Thursday overnight, and Joseph Arthur on Friday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Eminem.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 2:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
A-Bones - Daddy Wants a Cold Beer ... & Other Million Sellers (Norton) two-CD anthology with rarities
AFI - AFI (Nitro) best-of collection with rarities
Autistic Daughters - Jealously & Diamond (Kranky) new from New Zealand's Dean Roberts, featuring a cover of Ray Davies' "Rainy Day in June"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland (Tee Pee) 15-year retrospective
Christina Carter - Living Contact (Kranky) solo acoustic recordings from the Charalambides member
Jesse Dalton - Country Soul Brother (Stag Records) featuring his must-hear honky-tonk cover of The Cars' "Just What I Needed" and special guests Redd Volkaert and the Antone's Horns
Danzig - Circle of Snakes (Evilive Records) featuring former Prong guitarist Tommy Victor
Fabienne Del Sol - No Time for Sorrows (Damaged Goods) debut solo album of originals and covers from the Bristols vocalist
Steve Earle - Live from Austin Texas (New West) CD or DVD of the full set from his Austin City Limits appearance
Enchant - Live at Last (Inside Out) CD and DVD filmed in the band's hometown of Oakland, California, with two acoustic renditions
GWAR - War Party (DRT) wear your raincoats; the blood fest is back on tour starting next week
The Haints - Hurt & Alone (Springman) slang for "hillbilly ghost," this CD EP is a wicked acoustic alt-country side project of The Groovie Ghoulies, featuring a cover of Daniel Johnston's "Devil Town"
George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years: 1976-1992 (Capitol)
Her Space Holiday - Young Machines Remixed (Mush) with re-mixes by Super Furry Animals, Arab Strap, Stereolab, Matmos, and more
Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer (Southern Lord) produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox, this is the new stoner-doom project from Scott "Wino" Weinrich, formerly of St. Vitus and The Obsessed
KutMasta Kurt - Redneck Games (Waxploitation) rarities and re-mixes scattered with a funky elite: the Beastie Boys, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Linkin Park, Kool Keith, and Blackalicious
John Lennon - Acoustic (Capitol) featuring "Imagine," "Watching the Wheels," "Cold Turkey," and 14 more favorites in rare acoustic settings
John Lennon - Rock & Roll (Capitol) expanded CD re-issue featuring a cover of Lloyd Price's "Just Because"
Live - The Best of Live: Awake (Radioactive) featuring a cover of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line"
Manic Street Preachers - Life Blood (Vertigo) all-new import-only CD featuring the single "For the Love of Richard Nixon"
Aimee Mann - Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (Super Ego/United Musicians) CD and DVD set recorded this past summer
Neal Morse - One (Metal Blade) new solo album from the Spock's Beard founder, with guests Phil Kaeggy and Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy
The New Left - "Let Go" (New Left) new benefit EP from matchbox twenty guitarist Kyle Cook, supporting spinal-cord-injury research
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Hymns (Emergent) collection of world hymns sung in their traditional languages
The Organ - Grab That Gun (Mint) excellent Canadian quintet reminiscent of an all-fem Smiths with 1980s' new-wave touches
The Polar Express - original motion picture soundtrack (Reprise/Warner Sunset) with new music from Josh Groban and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler
The Residents - Commercial Album (Mute) 25th-anniversary DVD issue of this collection of 56 one-minute films based on the album's 40 one-minute songs, now a part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art
The Rolling Stones - Live Licks (Virgin) with a slightly more racy cover on the import edition
Soft Pink Truth - Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth (Teenbeat 6) new from Drew Daniel of Matmos, featuring his "disco" take on classic UK and American hardcore songs by Rudimentary Peni, Minor Threat, Angry Samoans, Crass, and more
Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (Interscope) first single from the upcoming album Love, Angel, Music, Baby
Streetlight Manifesto - Keasbey Nights Part 2 (Victory) featuring Tomas Kalnoky of Catch 22
Throw Rag - Live at the House of Blues (Kung Fu) DVD of bizarre "sailor rock"
Train - Alive at Last (Columbia) featuring a cover of The Faces' "Stay with Me"
Vanishing - Still Lifes Are Failing (Gold Standard Labs) enhanced CD
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Adiccion, Tradicion, y Revolucion (Victory) on tour next week with Big D & The Kids Table
Woven Hand - Consider the Birds (Familyre) new dark, gothic Americana from 16 Horsepower founder David Eugene Edwards, featuring a cover of the traditional "Down in Yon Forest"
Yellowcard - Beyond Ocean Avenue (Capitol) DVD filmed in Philadelphia this past May
Ying Yang Twins - My Brother & Me (TVT) CD and DVD package with television appearances, re-mixes, and guests Nick Cannon and Bone Crusher
