New Releases
Aerosmith - Rockin' the Joint - Live from the Hard Rock :
1. The Geritol seems to be working, because these folks still seem to be playing catch up to the Stones for length of overstay.
2. Like the Stones, the guitarist is still more interesting than the singer, who seems to get more attnetion because of his ridiculous antics and warped facial anatomy.
3. This album is live, but their music as of late seems quite dead (at least since "Hangmans Jury")
Berlin - 4Play: I like Terri Nunn's voice, and Berlin had glimmers of brilliance in their heyday. I am suspiciious as to what a covers album years after prime will be like, but given what I have read, Nunn does not take herself too seriously, which means she does this for fun and not to rekindle past glory, which may actually result in something decent. I am actually interested in what her take on PRince and Bowie is. And I am sure anyone covering Marilyn Manson is an improvement over MM himself.
Breakestra - Hit the Floor :
'Tis fonky.'Tis featuring at least one guest spot (the Jurassic 5). 'Tis worthy of purchase.
The Talking Heads, America's greatest art-school post-punks, are having their entire studio output reissued with bonus material. All 8 releases: Talking Heads ’77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, Remain in Light, Speaking in Tongues, Little Creatures, True Stories and Naked are being overseen by Jerry Harrison of TH and longtime engineer ET Thorngren. Seeing as David Byrne has long stated he will not reform TH, this is probably the last hurrah to get what may be left in the vaults. Once in a lifetime indeed.
Buckethead opens the coop again and so... Enter the Chicken
I never liked System of a Down (SOAD) as much as their hype grew to. They are ambitious and technically skilled, but largely cold and uninteresting to me. However, the idea of frontman Serj Tankian signing free-range guitarist Buckethead for another release of musical madness, strange concepts and KFC buckets as headwear makes for raising of eyebrows. Apparenytly this album has quite a few guest spots, but I am quite sure it will still be extremely Buckethead, which is to say largely uncategorizable. He is Bill Laswell's secret weapon against the sonically dull, and even Axl Rose could not figure out wtf to do with him (Thank God). This guy makes Primus seem like a Vegas lounge act by comparison.
The most fleet-fingered bassist to come out of Quebec, longtime Uzeb leader Alain Caron is striking out solo with a self-titled. While I have always admired his skill as a bassist, I cannot help but wonder if this will just sound like another Uzeb album, which is to say fusion still somewhat mired in its 80s contrivances.
For reasons that still surprise me --largely because its not even Halloween yet- Faith Evans unleashes on us A Faithful Christmas (I cannot stand Christmas albums. I will faithfully avoid this )
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas: (did I mention I hate x-mas albums)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Off Centre: This is a compilation of rarities and odd and ends from the venerable Jack Dangers, who in this writers opinion, has nevere been accorded his due as the top notch studio jock and sound architect that he is. His work with NIN, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and many others is testimony to his wide range and ability.
Also on the collection of odds and ends tip is Prince Paul (Handsome Boy Modelling School, Vernon Reid, Yohimbe Bros., De La Soul, ect) who drops Hip Hop Gold Dust
Compost is one of the best labels out there, focusing on funk/soul/broken-beat/acid jazz. I have yet to encounter a bad release from these guys, and I am sure Michael Rütten Presents: Soulsearching, The Compost Radio Show - will be also good. I can never recommend enough their Fueled For The Future series.
Smooth Sax Tribute to Norah Jones - The title alone should indicate all the many levels of deep wrongness and evil badness brewing here. Wrongness, badness...
1. The Geritol seems to be working, because these folks still seem to be playing catch up to the Stones for length of overstay.
2. Like the Stones, the guitarist is still more interesting than the singer, who seems to get more attnetion because of his ridiculous antics and warped facial anatomy.
3. This album is live, but their music as of late seems quite dead (at least since "Hangmans Jury")
Berlin - 4Play: I like Terri Nunn's voice, and Berlin had glimmers of brilliance in their heyday. I am suspiciious as to what a covers album years after prime will be like, but given what I have read, Nunn does not take herself too seriously, which means she does this for fun and not to rekindle past glory, which may actually result in something decent. I am actually interested in what her take on PRince and Bowie is. And I am sure anyone covering Marilyn Manson is an improvement over MM himself.
Breakestra - Hit the Floor :
'Tis fonky.'Tis featuring at least one guest spot (the Jurassic 5). 'Tis worthy of purchase.
The Talking Heads, America's greatest art-school post-punks, are having their entire studio output reissued with bonus material. All 8 releases: Talking Heads ’77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, Remain in Light, Speaking in Tongues, Little Creatures, True Stories and Naked are being overseen by Jerry Harrison of TH and longtime engineer ET Thorngren. Seeing as David Byrne has long stated he will not reform TH, this is probably the last hurrah to get what may be left in the vaults. Once in a lifetime indeed.
Buckethead opens the coop again and so... Enter the Chicken
I never liked System of a Down (SOAD) as much as their hype grew to. They are ambitious and technically skilled, but largely cold and uninteresting to me. However, the idea of frontman Serj Tankian signing free-range guitarist Buckethead for another release of musical madness, strange concepts and KFC buckets as headwear makes for raising of eyebrows. Apparenytly this album has quite a few guest spots, but I am quite sure it will still be extremely Buckethead, which is to say largely uncategorizable. He is Bill Laswell's secret weapon against the sonically dull, and even Axl Rose could not figure out wtf to do with him (Thank God). This guy makes Primus seem like a Vegas lounge act by comparison.
The most fleet-fingered bassist to come out of Quebec, longtime Uzeb leader Alain Caron is striking out solo with a self-titled. While I have always admired his skill as a bassist, I cannot help but wonder if this will just sound like another Uzeb album, which is to say fusion still somewhat mired in its 80s contrivances.
For reasons that still surprise me --largely because its not even Halloween yet- Faith Evans unleashes on us A Faithful Christmas (I cannot stand Christmas albums. I will faithfully avoid this )
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas: (did I mention I hate x-mas albums)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Off Centre: This is a compilation of rarities and odd and ends from the venerable Jack Dangers, who in this writers opinion, has nevere been accorded his due as the top notch studio jock and sound architect that he is. His work with NIN, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and many others is testimony to his wide range and ability.
Also on the collection of odds and ends tip is Prince Paul (Handsome Boy Modelling School, Vernon Reid, Yohimbe Bros., De La Soul, ect) who drops Hip Hop Gold Dust
Compost is one of the best labels out there, focusing on funk/soul/broken-beat/acid jazz. I have yet to encounter a bad release from these guys, and I am sure Michael Rütten Presents: Soulsearching, The Compost Radio Show - will be also good. I can never recommend enough their Fueled For The Future series.
Smooth Sax Tribute to Norah Jones - The title alone should indicate all the many levels of deep wrongness and evil badness brewing here. Wrongness, badness...
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