27 Apr 2004

Loretta Meets a White Stripe on New Release

By John James
• Although Loretta Lynn is nearing 70, her new album (out this week) is so good it makes my teeth hurt. Packed with 13 new originals, the album is a dream project to Jack White of the White Stripes, who a few years back could have only dreamed of working with the country legend, let alone in a duet on the track "Portland, OR" and playing on, producing, and arranging the entire CD.
20 Apr 2004

Pixies Hit the Road with DVD, Instant CDs

By John James
• On a mini-tour of a dozen dates across North America and the crowning glory of the Coachella Festival in May, the newly re-formed Pixies are pushing west with a technical vengeance, offering a new anthology DVD this Tuesday and a series of "instant gratification" live CDs sold after every night's show.
13 Apr 2004

Book Series Takes on Rock Classics

By John James
• Who says powerful things can't come in small packages? Three new books have just been released in Continuum's "33 1/3" series, waxing profound on three more five-star albums - The Velvet Underground & Nico from 1967, Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures from 1979, and Prince's Sign "O" the Times from 1987.
06 Apr 2004

Benefit Concert Brings Out the Stars

By John James
• With a vibe that recalls the historic Live Aid concerts, last November's benefit concert in Cape Town, South Africa, for AIDS-related social work is getting the royal treatment this Tuesday by Warner International and Rhino Records.
30 Mar 2004

Hung Abuses His Inspiration

By John James
• It looks like the meek will inherit a record deal, with underdog rising star William Hung getting the last laugh. The booted and humiliated American Idol contestant releases his debut album this Tuesday, ready to snuggle up to a place in music history next to other tone-deaf releases by Mrs.
23 Mar 2004

Rolling Stones Get the Tribute Treatment

By John James
• Everything's gone cover crazy as tributes and twisted takes dominate this week's new releases, but one cool compilation is doing it in a slightly different way. This Tuesday the Norton Records imprint releases two more seven-inch 45s in its series of split singles covering early songs by the Rolling Stones, with wicked label art that mocks the band's classic London Records era.
16 Mar 2004

Garcia Impresses on New Acoustic CD

By John James
• Call me a heretic, but in the past I've never been much of a fan of Jerry Garcia's guitar playing with the Grateful Dead. Lordy, Lordy, take me down and dip me in the river of forgiveness. This Tuesday the Acoustic Disc imprint releases another collection of the late artist's recordings with mandolin virtuoso David Grisman from the 1990s, and I'm simply bowled over by the six- and four-string interplay between the two.
09 Mar 2004

New Book Documents a Punk's Life

By Administrator
• Following in the footsteps of fellow punk legends Jello Biafra and Henry Rollins, Canada's most dangerous son, Joey "Shithead" Keithley, is taking the stage this month for spoken-word performances and live gigs by his band D.
03 Mar 2004

No Depression the Good Stuff and Kinks and White Stripes "Diaries"

By Administrator
• No Depression, the magazine that began defining a sound without a home in 1995, has laid its heart out on its sleeve in its first CD, entitled No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Volume One. Call it what you want - Adult Acoustic Alternative, nu-country, or hayseed roots rock - the magazine has championed great music that doesn't quite fit the traditional rock or country radio formats and lifestyles.
24 Feb 2004

New Book Captures Historic Monterey Pop

By John James
• One of rock archeology's greatest finds has been presented in an absolutely gorgeous new softcover book, set in motion when photographer Elaine Mayes found rolls of her own film in a New York attic some 30 years after their original exposure at the Monterey International Pop Festival.

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