10
Feb
2004
· Topaz Records has just released a salute to yesterday's hip-hop artistry with the Old School New Style tribute compilation, breathing fresh life into a baker's dozen of classics such as A Tribe Called Quest's "Left My Wallet in El Segundo" and Spoonie Gee's "Love Rap.
" Well-produced with an impressive list of participants, the CD features big hits including Run DMC's "My Adidas," now re-mixed by the X-Ecutioners and Aasim, and Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice," newly toasted by Chubb Rock, but the best tracks reach back for less well-worn grooves. These standout gems, such as Jayo Felony's cover of Eric B. & Rakim's "Microphone Fiend," 40 Glocc's new take on Special Ed's "I Got It Made," and the Old School Crew's love letter to Rockmaster Scott & The Dynamic Three's "Request Line," bring a smile to my face. Bootsy Collins also lays hands on Grandmaster Flash's seminal "White Lines," peppered with rapid-fire rap punches.
· Speaking of cover projects, Valley Entertainment has announced that it will soon issue Sayin' Hello to the Folks, a new album from master songwriter Jules Shear, covering selected "non-hits" by his favorite artists. Some of the tracks from the project include Woody Guthrie's "1913 Massacre," Roger Miller's "Husbands & Wives," the Dave Clark Five's "I've Got to Have a Reason," Todd Rundgren's "Be Nice to Me," and Procol Harum's "Too Much Between Us." As the man who wrote Cyndi Lauper's "All Through the Night," "If She Knew What She Wants," and "If We Never Meet Again," Shear knows a good song when he hears one. A few hits do sneak in, including James Brown's "Ain't That a Groove" and Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime."
· If you were chilled by the atmospheric landscapes built by electronic artist BT for the score of the Charlize Theron film Monster, more explorations and inspirations from the film are due next Tuesday. The DTS Entertainment imprint is releasing a special CD and DVD package of these sessions, with the DVD aiming its six-channel mix directly at home-theater enthusiasts, with a bonus interview with the artists and the theatrical trailer.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Sting tonight, Starsailor on Friday, and JC Chasez on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Eve tonight and Kylie Minogue on Friday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Nickleback this evening overnight, Barenaked Ladies on Friday overnight, and The Shins on Tuesday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn shares the return of Simply Red on Friday overnight and Starsailor on Monday overnight; and Last Call with Carson Daly features cool indie darlings Death Cab for Cutie on Friday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, February 17:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency (SubPop) new psychedelic waves from Jimi Hey and Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks
Bagheera - Twelves (Asian Man) boy-girl debut from St. Louis
Thavius Beck - Decomposition (Mush) featuring guest vocalists Longevity of Darkleaf and Cedric Bixler Zavala of The Mars Volta
Cam'ron - Purple Hayes (Def Jam)
The Casual Dots - The Casual Dots (Kill Rock Stars) new from Christina Billotte of Slant 6 and Kathi Wilcox of Bikini Kill, featuring eight originals and covers of Etta James' "I'll Dry My Tears" and Laverne Baker's "Bumble Bee"
The Casualties - On the Front Line (Side One Dummy)
Challenger - Give the People What They Want in Lethal Doses (Jade Tree) new from members of Milemarker
George Clinton - 500,000 Kilowatts of P-Funk Power (Fruit Tree)
Death in Vegas - Back to Mine (Back To Mine) new in the series of personally selected late-night grooves from Joy Division, Fad Gadget, Cowboy Junkies, Bo Diddley, and more
The Dependables - Klatu Berrada Niktu (Sound City) CD re-issue from the ashes of Blues Magoos in 1971
Chris Difford - I Didn't Get Where I Belong (DRT Entertainment) solo debut from the Squeeze guitarist
Dimitri from Paris - In the House (In the House) two-CD set of house and disco re-mixes
Eagles of Death Metal - Peace, Love, Death Metal (Ant Acid/Ipecac) with drummer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
Evergreen Terrace - Writers Block (Eulogy) featuring one new song and nine covers
The Faraway Places - Unfocus on It (Eenie Meenie) breezy and wonderfully trippy, this experimental pop from the California coastline features members of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Papas Fritas, with Winston Yu of the Boston Philharmonic on violin and Moog
Fly - Fly (Savoy Jazz) new jazz trio comprised of drummer Jeff Ballard, bassist Larry Grenadier, and tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, featuring a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Spanish Castle Magic"
Kim Fowley - Adventures in Dreamland (Weed)
John Wesley Harding - Adam's Apple (DRT Entertainment)
Peter Himmelman - Unstoppable Forces (Majestic/Himmasong) featuring a bonus CD, Himmelvaults II, with 10 previously unreleased songs
Indigo Girls - All That We Let in (Epic) the group's ninth studio album, with guest Joan Osborne, and also available in a special limited edition
Lambchop - Aw Cmon and No You Cmon (Merge) two new, separate albums
Master Plan - Colossus of Destiny (Total Energy) new from Andy Shernoff of The Dictators with Bill Milhizer and Keith Streng of the Fleshtones
Monster Magnet - Monolithic Babies (Steamhammer) with new bassist Jim Baglino
Omar & The Howlers - Boogie Man (Ruf Records) featuring songs written with Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Alejandro Escovedo, and Double Trouble
OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila (Thrill Jockey) new from Yoshimi of the Boredoms
Preston School of Industry - Monsoon (Matador) new jangle-pop delight from the Spiral Stairs alter ego of Pavement's Scott Kannberg, with guests Wilco and Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows
The Proclaimers - Born Innocent (Persevere) all new and touring next month
Rag Men - Rag Men (Eulogy) featuring members of Hatebreed, Madball, and Earth Crisis
Tom Recchien - I Love My Organ (Birdman) new lounge music from the Los Angeles Free Music Society founder
Red Eyed Legends - "High I Feel When I'm Low" (Gold Standard Laboratories) new single from Chris Thomson of Circus Lupus
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wezstun - Blood (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
The Stranglers - Norfolk Coast (EMI)
Superchunk - Crowding Up Your Visual Field (Merge) DVD of videos and a movie created by the band
Twisted Roots - Twisted Roots (Bacchus Archive) CD re-issue from 1981 featuring Pat Smear of The Germs and Paul Roessier of the Screamers
UK Subs - Before You Were Punk: The Best of (Anarchy Music) 28-track compilation featuring a cover of Nirvana's "Stay Away"
Vext - Cast the First Stone (Lakeshore) urban metal from Brooklyn
Vice Dolls - Die Trying (Crosscheck) female-fronted hardcore
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End (Kimchee) terrific label debut with guests Kristen Hersh and Jess Klein
· Speaking of cover projects, Valley Entertainment has announced that it will soon issue Sayin' Hello to the Folks, a new album from master songwriter Jules Shear, covering selected "non-hits" by his favorite artists. Some of the tracks from the project include Woody Guthrie's "1913 Massacre," Roger Miller's "Husbands & Wives," the Dave Clark Five's "I've Got to Have a Reason," Todd Rundgren's "Be Nice to Me," and Procol Harum's "Too Much Between Us." As the man who wrote Cyndi Lauper's "All Through the Night," "If She Knew What She Wants," and "If We Never Meet Again," Shear knows a good song when he hears one. A few hits do sneak in, including James Brown's "Ain't That a Groove" and Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime."
· If you were chilled by the atmospheric landscapes built by electronic artist BT for the score of the Charlize Theron film Monster, more explorations and inspirations from the film are due next Tuesday. The DTS Entertainment imprint is releasing a special CD and DVD package of these sessions, with the DVD aiming its six-channel mix directly at home-theater enthusiasts, with a bonus interview with the artists and the theatrical trailer.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Sting tonight, Starsailor on Friday, and JC Chasez on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Eve tonight and Kylie Minogue on Friday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Nickleback this evening overnight, Barenaked Ladies on Friday overnight, and The Shins on Tuesday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn shares the return of Simply Red on Friday overnight and Starsailor on Monday overnight; and Last Call with Carson Daly features cool indie darlings Death Cab for Cutie on Friday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, February 17:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency (SubPop) new psychedelic waves from Jimi Hey and Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks
Bagheera - Twelves (Asian Man) boy-girl debut from St. Louis
Thavius Beck - Decomposition (Mush) featuring guest vocalists Longevity of Darkleaf and Cedric Bixler Zavala of The Mars Volta
Cam'ron - Purple Hayes (Def Jam)
The Casual Dots - The Casual Dots (Kill Rock Stars) new from Christina Billotte of Slant 6 and Kathi Wilcox of Bikini Kill, featuring eight originals and covers of Etta James' "I'll Dry My Tears" and Laverne Baker's "Bumble Bee"
The Casualties - On the Front Line (Side One Dummy)
Challenger - Give the People What They Want in Lethal Doses (Jade Tree) new from members of Milemarker
George Clinton - 500,000 Kilowatts of P-Funk Power (Fruit Tree)
Death in Vegas - Back to Mine (Back To Mine) new in the series of personally selected late-night grooves from Joy Division, Fad Gadget, Cowboy Junkies, Bo Diddley, and more
The Dependables - Klatu Berrada Niktu (Sound City) CD re-issue from the ashes of Blues Magoos in 1971
Chris Difford - I Didn't Get Where I Belong (DRT Entertainment) solo debut from the Squeeze guitarist
Dimitri from Paris - In the House (In the House) two-CD set of house and disco re-mixes
Eagles of Death Metal - Peace, Love, Death Metal (Ant Acid/Ipecac) with drummer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
Evergreen Terrace - Writers Block (Eulogy) featuring one new song and nine covers
The Faraway Places - Unfocus on It (Eenie Meenie) breezy and wonderfully trippy, this experimental pop from the California coastline features members of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Papas Fritas, with Winston Yu of the Boston Philharmonic on violin and Moog
Fly - Fly (Savoy Jazz) new jazz trio comprised of drummer Jeff Ballard, bassist Larry Grenadier, and tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, featuring a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Spanish Castle Magic"
Kim Fowley - Adventures in Dreamland (Weed)
John Wesley Harding - Adam's Apple (DRT Entertainment)
Peter Himmelman - Unstoppable Forces (Majestic/Himmasong) featuring a bonus CD, Himmelvaults II, with 10 previously unreleased songs
Indigo Girls - All That We Let in (Epic) the group's ninth studio album, with guest Joan Osborne, and also available in a special limited edition
Lambchop - Aw Cmon and No You Cmon (Merge) two new, separate albums
Master Plan - Colossus of Destiny (Total Energy) new from Andy Shernoff of The Dictators with Bill Milhizer and Keith Streng of the Fleshtones
Monster Magnet - Monolithic Babies (Steamhammer) with new bassist Jim Baglino
Omar & The Howlers - Boogie Man (Ruf Records) featuring songs written with Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Alejandro Escovedo, and Double Trouble
OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila (Thrill Jockey) new from Yoshimi of the Boredoms
Preston School of Industry - Monsoon (Matador) new jangle-pop delight from the Spiral Stairs alter ego of Pavement's Scott Kannberg, with guests Wilco and Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows
The Proclaimers - Born Innocent (Persevere) all new and touring next month
Rag Men - Rag Men (Eulogy) featuring members of Hatebreed, Madball, and Earth Crisis
Tom Recchien - I Love My Organ (Birdman) new lounge music from the Los Angeles Free Music Society founder
Red Eyed Legends - "High I Feel When I'm Low" (Gold Standard Laboratories) new single from Chris Thomson of Circus Lupus
Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wezstun - Blood (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
The Stranglers - Norfolk Coast (EMI)
Superchunk - Crowding Up Your Visual Field (Merge) DVD of videos and a movie created by the band
Twisted Roots - Twisted Roots (Bacchus Archive) CD re-issue from 1981 featuring Pat Smear of The Germs and Paul Roessier of the Screamers
UK Subs - Before You Were Punk: The Best of (Anarchy Music) 28-track compilation featuring a cover of Nirvana's "Stay Away"
Vext - Cast the First Stone (Lakeshore) urban metal from Brooklyn
Vice Dolls - Die Trying (Crosscheck) female-fronted hardcore
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End (Kimchee) terrific label debut with guests Kristen Hersh and Jess Klein
