26 Jun 2001

Black Is Back with Tenacious D

By John James
• It could not be refused. It will not be denied. And we've waited long enough. The Epic Records label has just announced that the heavily anticipated debut album from Tenacious D is now on schedule for September release.
19 Jun 2001

Experiemental Artists Highlight Laswell's Material

By John M. James

• This Tuesday the Fuel 2000 label issues a savory new retrospective of Bill Laswell's Material collective, one of the 1980s' most intriguing hybrids of avant-funk and jazz. The 13-track CD, simply titled The Best of Material, documents when participants such as Sonny Sharrock, drummer Fred Maher, Chic's Nile Rodgers, Nona Hendryx, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Frith, and Henry Threadgill floated in and out of Laswell's ever-changing electric goo, massaged by his soon-to-be-legendary dub-production wizardry.

12 Jun 2001

Corgan Tries Career as a Sideman

By John James
• Billy Corgan, founder of the Smashing Pumpkins, isn't taking the summer off or resting on his laurels. Look for him to join UK electronic godfathers New Order as a touring guitarist on select dates of Moby's current tour and in support of the upcoming album NEWORDERGETREADY.
06 Jun 2001

Marley gets new life on remasters

By John James
• This Tuesday, Island Records re-issues five classic Bob Marley & The Wailers albums from the 1970s as part of its upgraded-CD-remastering program. All five albums - Catch a Fire, Burnin', Live, Natty Dread, and Rastaman Vibration - feature bonus tracks, complete lyrics, original packaging restoration, and 24-bit digital technology.
29 May 2001

Duo's Album Will Make You Hear Voices

By John M. James

• It's been nine years since the band's last full-length release, but advance word on the upcoming Utah Saints album sounds intriguing, with promises of a variety of guest vocalists - real, sampled, or digitally manipulated.

22 May 2001

Classics Get a Tropical Makeover

By John James
• Canada's Madacy Group has just launched the new "Reggae Rocks" cover series with the release of The Tide Is High: A Tribute To Rock 'n' Roll. The disc is the first of a planned six-CD series that captures the world's greatest reggae bands and artists tipping their hats to a wide range of pop-rock standards.
15 May 2001

XTC Takes Listeners Inside the Music

By John James
• Fans of the delightfully bright pop of XTC should start practicing their "sick day cough" and get ready to huddle up to the stereo for repeated listening of this Tuesday's release of Homegrown, a 20-track collection of demos, song sketches, and alternative takes from last year's Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) sessions.
08 May 2001

Single Paves the Way for Radiohead Album, Tour

By John James
• Lots of tasty singles are bubbling over from the U.K. this month, forward glimpses of things to come with Air's "Radio Number 1" 12-inch and CD five-inch single from their forthcoming full length 10,000 Hz Legend, due May 29.
01 May 2001

Album, Book Keep Navarro Busy

By John James
• Guitarist Dave Navarro is keeping busy with rumors of a Jane's Addiction reunion buzzing about, his new solo album Trust No One due in June, and his debut entry into the publishing world. The Capitol Records album features a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Venus in Furs" and special guests Jon Brion, Matt Chamberlin, and Red Hot Chili Pepper's drummer Chad Smith.
24 Apr 2001

Music Icons Wax Philosophic in New Book

By John James
• For more than 20 years the good folks at San Francisco's RE/Search Publications have documented all things freaky, sexual, and of intellectual interest to followers of alternative pop culture with their coffee-table tomes on body modification, independent fanzines, angry women, and incredibly strange music and film.

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