05
Mar
2002
· In San Francisco last week, a magical collective of musicians and promoters held the 10th annual Noise Pop celebration, a loose and loving gathering of tribes, basking in the best of modern music. The six-day affair featured more than 80 artists and bands, including Azure Ray, Beachwood Sparks, Big Star, Daniel Johnston, Death Cab for Cutie, Folk Implosion, Guided by Voices, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Modest Mouse, Paula Frazer, Stratford 4, The Donnas, The New Pornographers, and The Posies.
Well, wipe away your tears if you missed it, young thing, as this Tuesday brings a two-CD set to complement the occasion, courtesy of the fine folks from the Amazing Grease imprint. The package highlights artists that have been part of the Noise Pop family for the past decade, and many of the 43 tracks are exclusive to the set - live, unreleased, or forthcoming from new albums. Represented artists include The Flaming Lips, Guided by Voices, The Fastbacks, Neko Case, Preston School of Industry, Overwhelming Colorfast, Creeper Lagoon, Track Star, Snowmen, The Court & Spark, Stratford 4, Oranger, Superchunk, Spoon, Call & Response, and Beulah. Proceeds benefit the Popular Noise Foundation, a not-for-profit arts foundation hell-bent on preserving the music community of the San Francisco Bay area.
· Music Video Distributors' stunning rap-umentary, entitled Through the Years of Hip-Hop Volume 1: Graffiti, is a joyous salute and celebration of the architects of the scratching, breaking, and cold cuttin' sound. This volume of a planned four-part DVD and VHS series focuses on the art that accompanied the music - aerosol cans of Krylon spray paint that tagged the city, from train cars to brick walls, and eventually the high-class art world. All the greats are represented in interview and commentary - the "writers," the critics, and the players - all pioneers in a truly American urban art form. Seven rare rap videos pad out the film, including Run DMC's "Rock Box," Dana Dane's "Nightmares," and Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two." Highly recommended.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Natalie Imbruglia on Thursday and Ben Harper on Friday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Phantom Planet on Friday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features Brandy on Friday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn gets silly with Tenacious D on Friday overnight and Neil Finn on Monday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly sits down with Static X this evening overnight and Cracker on Monday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is India.Arie.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, March 12:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Bathgate - Dear Rich America: My Story 2 You (Virgin)
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo - Live (Gold Circle) CD, VHS, and DVD release from their tour last summer
Blade II - original motion picture soundtrack (Virgin) featuring collaborations between major hip-hop and electronic stars
Greg Brown - Milk of the Moon (Red House) with guest Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on bass guitar
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose & Fancy Free (Discipline) two-CD or DVD from the King Crimson drummer now finding pleasure leading an acoustic sax-piano jazz quartet
Calibretto 13 - Adventures in Tokyo (Tooth & Nail)
Clinic - Walking with Thee (Dionysus) garage-fueled dub from Liverpool
Clockstoppers - original motion picture soundtrack (Hollywood) featuring a cover of Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" by Sugar Ray
Cornelius - "Drop" (Matador) 12-inch and CD single featuring remixes by Matthew Herbert and Kings of Convenience
Destiny's Child - This Is the Remix (Columbia)
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House (Hellcat) featuring vocalist Brody Armstrong
Drivin N Cryin - Drivin N Cryin (Ichiban) all new featuring a cover of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
Eels - Souljacker (Dreamworks) the first pressing contains a four-track bonus disc
Marianne Faithfull - Kissing Time (Hut) UK import with guests Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, and Jarvis Cocker of Pulp
Flinch - What It Is to Burn (Drive Thru/MCA)
The Frustrators - Achtung Jackass (Adeline) CD and 10-inch vinyl featuring members of Waterdog and Green Day and a cover of The Cars' "Best Friend's Girl"
Funkmaster Flex - 60 Minutes of Funk: The Mixtape Volume V (Loud) with all new music from Alicia Keys & Remy, LL Cool J, D12 & Eminem, Black Rob, and Ja Rule & Cadillac Tah
Paul Gilbert & Jimi Kidd - Raw Blues Power (Shrapnel) new teaming from the Racer X shredder and the Chicago blues legend
Hayden - Skyscraper National Park (Badman) after three years of silence, an all-new album from the dark and moody Canadian singer-songwriter
Henry Cow - Western Culture: Deluxe Edition (East Side Digital) expanded and remastered reissue of this 1978 art-rock classic featuring guitarist Fred Frith
Indigo Girls - Become You (Epic)
Jars of Clay - The Eleventh Hour (BMG)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats - That's Big (Alligator) with cover art by Jon Langford of the Mekons
Bobby McFerrin - Beyond Words (Blue Note) sounds created by his voice but without words
Millencolin - Home from Home (Burning Heart/Epitaph)
Bob Mould - Modulate (Granary) new solo album from the Hüsker Dü founder
N.E.R.D. - In Search of (Virgin)
Resident Evil - original motion picture soundtrack (Roadrunner) featuring Slipknot, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, and Fear Factory
The RZA - The Flood (In the Paint)
Jimmy Scott - But Beautiful (Milestone/Fantasy) with guest Freddy Cole on "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Remy Shand - The Way I Feel (Motown) lush nu-soul influenced by Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye
The Snowdogs - Animal Farm (Victory) London-based brothers Ville and Mat Leppanen, who've recently scored the "single of the week" on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain (Secretly Canadian) their sixth album
Squad Five-O - Squad Five-O (Tooth & Nail)
The Supersuckers - Must've Been Live (Mid-Fi Recordings) featuring guest Audrey Freed of the Black Crowes and a cover of Conway Twitty's "Image of Me"
Fuzz Townshend - Far in (Stinky) new from the Pop Will Eat Itself drummer
Tommy Womack - Circus Town (Sideburn) new solo release from the Government Cheese founder
· Music Video Distributors' stunning rap-umentary, entitled Through the Years of Hip-Hop Volume 1: Graffiti, is a joyous salute and celebration of the architects of the scratching, breaking, and cold cuttin' sound. This volume of a planned four-part DVD and VHS series focuses on the art that accompanied the music - aerosol cans of Krylon spray paint that tagged the city, from train cars to brick walls, and eventually the high-class art world. All the greats are represented in interview and commentary - the "writers," the critics, and the players - all pioneers in a truly American urban art form. Seven rare rap videos pad out the film, including Run DMC's "Rock Box," Dana Dane's "Nightmares," and Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two." Highly recommended.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes Natalie Imbruglia on Thursday and Ben Harper on Friday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Phantom Planet on Friday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien features Brandy on Friday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn gets silly with Tenacious D on Friday overnight and Neil Finn on Monday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly sits down with Static X this evening overnight and Cracker on Monday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is India.Arie.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, March 12:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Bathgate - Dear Rich America: My Story 2 You (Virgin)
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo - Live (Gold Circle) CD, VHS, and DVD release from their tour last summer
Blade II - original motion picture soundtrack (Virgin) featuring collaborations between major hip-hop and electronic stars
Greg Brown - Milk of the Moon (Red House) with guest Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on bass guitar
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose & Fancy Free (Discipline) two-CD or DVD from the King Crimson drummer now finding pleasure leading an acoustic sax-piano jazz quartet
Calibretto 13 - Adventures in Tokyo (Tooth & Nail)
Clinic - Walking with Thee (Dionysus) garage-fueled dub from Liverpool
Clockstoppers - original motion picture soundtrack (Hollywood) featuring a cover of Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" by Sugar Ray
Cornelius - "Drop" (Matador) 12-inch and CD single featuring remixes by Matthew Herbert and Kings of Convenience
Destiny's Child - This Is the Remix (Columbia)
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House (Hellcat) featuring vocalist Brody Armstrong
Drivin N Cryin - Drivin N Cryin (Ichiban) all new featuring a cover of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
Eels - Souljacker (Dreamworks) the first pressing contains a four-track bonus disc
Marianne Faithfull - Kissing Time (Hut) UK import with guests Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, and Jarvis Cocker of Pulp
Flinch - What It Is to Burn (Drive Thru/MCA)
The Frustrators - Achtung Jackass (Adeline) CD and 10-inch vinyl featuring members of Waterdog and Green Day and a cover of The Cars' "Best Friend's Girl"
Funkmaster Flex - 60 Minutes of Funk: The Mixtape Volume V (Loud) with all new music from Alicia Keys & Remy, LL Cool J, D12 & Eminem, Black Rob, and Ja Rule & Cadillac Tah
Paul Gilbert & Jimi Kidd - Raw Blues Power (Shrapnel) new teaming from the Racer X shredder and the Chicago blues legend
Hayden - Skyscraper National Park (Badman) after three years of silence, an all-new album from the dark and moody Canadian singer-songwriter
Henry Cow - Western Culture: Deluxe Edition (East Side Digital) expanded and remastered reissue of this 1978 art-rock classic featuring guitarist Fred Frith
Indigo Girls - Become You (Epic)
Jars of Clay - The Eleventh Hour (BMG)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats - That's Big (Alligator) with cover art by Jon Langford of the Mekons
Bobby McFerrin - Beyond Words (Blue Note) sounds created by his voice but without words
Millencolin - Home from Home (Burning Heart/Epitaph)
Bob Mould - Modulate (Granary) new solo album from the Hüsker Dü founder
N.E.R.D. - In Search of (Virgin)
Resident Evil - original motion picture soundtrack (Roadrunner) featuring Slipknot, Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson, and Fear Factory
The RZA - The Flood (In the Paint)
Jimmy Scott - But Beautiful (Milestone/Fantasy) with guest Freddy Cole on "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Remy Shand - The Way I Feel (Motown) lush nu-soul influenced by Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye
The Snowdogs - Animal Farm (Victory) London-based brothers Ville and Mat Leppanen, who've recently scored the "single of the week" on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain (Secretly Canadian) their sixth album
Squad Five-O - Squad Five-O (Tooth & Nail)
The Supersuckers - Must've Been Live (Mid-Fi Recordings) featuring guest Audrey Freed of the Black Crowes and a cover of Conway Twitty's "Image of Me"
Fuzz Townshend - Far in (Stinky) new from the Pop Will Eat Itself drummer
Tommy Womack - Circus Town (Sideburn) new solo release from the Government Cheese founder
