New Releases

Post by **danlo** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:22 am

owing Syl pology...

Damm! I just gave Toxicity another go...BLAMM!!!! It blew my doors off!!!

(guess u have 2 b in the right frame of mind!

Post by **[Syl]** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:17 am

Very true! You gotta be in a pretty energetic but kind of wacky mood to get into it (at least I do).

Post by **Infelice** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:57 am

I just picked up the new Simply Red cd Home. I really quite like it. I was never a big fan in the beginning but now I really enjoy listening to Mick Hucknell's voice. He has a great cover of The Stylistics' You Make Me Feel Brand New.

Post by **Hellfire** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 2:28 am

Has anyone heard the new Radiohead stuff? I keep meaning to get it but it never gets much airplay so I just haven't thought about it.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:12 am

I picked up a "new release"--Led Zeppelin concert footage; rather, the new 2-disc DVD they've got out. It has, I think, 5 concert dates, ranging from 1970, 71, 73, 75, and 79. 79 is my favorite, because they play Kashmir live, and man, the coda at the end of that version is amazing. Also, in the 73 concert at Madison Square Garden, Page was playing in full form. He was playing so good, in fact, you sort of felt like the other band members were looking at him like, "Damn, am I playing with God?!" Overall, the DVDs are the Holy Grail for any Zep fan.

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:52 pm

I think Eve6 is coming out with a new CD... or they already have. I'm not sure. But their new song off it "Think Twice" Is pretty good. Not very heavy though

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:13 am

In Time: The Best of REM came out a few days ago. Looks pretty good. On Nov. 11 Stone Temple Pilots come out with their greatest hits--Thank You.

Post by **kastenessen** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:10 pm

I just love Radioheads new album(not so new anymore)...It's called Hail to the thief...

kasten

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:18 pm

Modest Mouse - Good news for people who love bad news came out a few days ago... it's pretty good. I like it better than some of their other ones.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:02 pm

Bad Religion's The Empire Strikes First is due in a couple of months. I'm excited, despite the daft title. A new album by my favourite of all bands, ever - how could I not be excited? Especially considering the quality of the previous album. Can't wait

Post by **FizbansTalking_Hat** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:02 pm

Ben Kweller - On My Way, his follow up to Sha Sha, so aesome, just picekd it up, cheers.

Post by **FizbansTalking_Hat** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:54 pm

Beastie Boys - 5 Bouroughs, is out fo ra week or so now, and I finally got my copy, so happy. Cheers.

Post by **Byrn** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:18 pm

Lostprophets second album, Start Something, is excellent. I can listen to it from start to finish. Sway and Last Summer are two of my favorite songs. Last Train home is the only single I've heard on the Radio.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:43 pm

Well, Bad Religion has arrived. Not as good as the previous effort, but still good. Sinister Rouge and To Another Abyss would be my choices from the album.

Post by **FizbansTalking_Hat** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:48 am

Also, picked up The Velvet Revolver, and its one of the best rock compition albums out there, a mix of many bands put together and it doesnt sound manufactured, it flows and goes back to the old days of good rock in teh early 90s, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, Metallica (Black Album Period), Ozzie when he could talk, Janes Addiction, a blend of all those hard rock sounds in one cd, its amazing. Throw in some Guns and Roses as well, cheers.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:27 pm

FizbansTalking_Hat wrote:Also, picked up The Velvet Revolver, and its one of the best rock compition albums out there, a mix of many bands put together and it doesnt sound manufactured, it flows and goes back to the old days of good rock in teh early 90s, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, Metallica (Black Album Period), Ozzie when he could talk, Janes Addiction, a blend of all those hard rock sounds in one cd, its amazing. Throw in some Guns and Roses as well, cheers.

You know, I've listened to this 3 times now and still can't decide. There's nothing there that really stinks, it's just that, well, it's just there....an occasional interesting bit but overall, kind of tedious. Perhaps I'm trying too hard to make myself like it.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:34 pm

I just picked up Rush's Feedback and overall find it quite enjoyable. Their version of For What It's Worth is a little weak but if I have one major complaint overall, it's that the release is too damn short.....less than 30 minutes!

Post by **[Syl]** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:10 pm

Really looking forward to hearing the new Tom Waits album. Also Cake and Fatboy Slim.

Good Charlotte
The Chronicles of Life and Death [Life Version]
Epic/Daylight

Good Charlotte's third full-length expands outward from the pop-punk sound that made them stars in 2002. While it still has its share of brashness and rousing choruses, The Chronicles of Life and Death also features flashes of straightforward pop, hip-hop influences, and quieter, more introspective passages that make it the combo's most ambitious and rewarding album to date.
Punk-Pop

R.E.M.
Around the Sun
Warner Brothers

This week, R.E.M. return with their long-gestating thirteenth album Around the Sun. A quiet, meditative record, Around the Sun finds the trio touching on the political activism of Green as well as the personal relationships of Automatic for the People, but sonically, the album is an outgrowth of the professional studiocraft of 2001's Reveal. It's a deliberately mature album, both for better and worse.
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

William Shatner
Has Been
Shout! Factory

In 1968, Star Trek icon William Shatner released his first album, The Transformed Man. A grandiose, histrionic blend of baroque pop, psychedelia and poetry, the album became a cult classic. Now, thirty-six years later, Shatner releases his second album, Has Been. Collaborating with pop singer/songwriter Ben Folds — who produces the entire album and co-writes all but two songs here — Shatner comes up with a record that's every bit as strange as his first, but for different reasons. Where that album was unintentionally funny, Has Been is a mix of deliberate humor and serious, soul-searching introspection. It's an odd, unexpected mix that turns out to be surprisingly compelling.
Celebrity, Musical Comedy, Novelty

Tom Waits
Real Gone
Anti

On an album that is as different from Alice and Blood Money as they were from Mule Variations, Tom Waits alters the tune yet again. With Real Gone, Waits transforms his musical landscape fundamentally: for the first time in his long career he has eschewed the use of keyboards entirely. The result is a nocturnal howl of an album filled with rusty wailing guitars, plodding, warped basses, and primal throbbing rhythms from all manner of mysterious sources.
Experimental Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

C.C. Adcock
Lafayette Marquis
Yep Roc
Modern Electric Blues, Zydeco

Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked for the Holidays
Warner Brothers
Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Stephanie Blythe
Brahms: Alt-Rhapsody; Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Mahler: Der Abschied
Virgin Classics
Romantic and Post-Romantic Vocal Music

Cake
Pressure Chief
Sony
Alternative Pop/Rock

Kimya Dawson
Hidden Vagenda
K
Anti-Folk, Contemporary Folk, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Singer/Songwriter

De La Soul
The Grind Date
Sanctuary
Alternative Rap, Hip-Hop

John Denver
Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits
RCA
Folk-Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Dolorean
Violence in the Snowy Fields
Yep Roc
Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Dream Theater
Live at Budokan
Rhino
Neo-Prog, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Minnie Driver
Everything I've Got in My Pocket
Zoë
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Katrina Elam
Katrina Elam
Universal South
Contemporary Country

Everclear
Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear, 1994-2004
Capitol
Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

The Explosion
Black Tape
Virgin
Punk Revival

Fatboy Slim
Palookaville
Astralwerks
Club/Dance, Electronica, Funky Breaks

Annie Fischer
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Palexa
Classical and Romantic Orchestral Music

Future Leaders of the World
LVL IV
Sony
Post-Grunge

Helmet
Size Matters
Interscope
Alternative Metal

Robyn Hitchcock
Spooked
Yep Roc
College Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Folk-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Hope of the States
The Lost Riots
Sony Music
Indie Rock

I-20
Self Explanatory
Capitol
Southern Rap

Ton Koopman
Bach: Complete Cantatas, Vol. 16
Challenge Classics
Baroque Choral Music

Korn
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Sony
Alternative Metal

Laibach
Anthems
Mute U.S.
Alternative Pop/Rock, Industrial

The Legendary Shackshakers
Believe
Yep Roc
Indie Rock, Psychobilly, Cowpunk, Alternative Country-Rock

Mosquitos
Sunshine Barato
Bar/None
Indie Pop, Bossa Nova

Q and Not U
Power
Dischord
Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock

Quintron
The Frog Tape
Skin Graft
Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock

Kenny Wayne Shepherd
The Place You're In
Reprise
Album Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues

Various Artists
Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground
Rhino
College Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, American Underground, New Wave, Indie Rock, Post-Punk

Various Artists
Mary Had a Little Amp
Epic
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock

Voodoo Glow Skulls
Adiccion, Tradicion y Revolucion
Victory
Ska-Punk, Third Wave Ska Revival

Post by **dANdeLION** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:21 pm

William Shatner - Has Been.

it.

is.

incredible.

I don't freaking believe it, but it is awesome. I can't recommend this
cd enough. You can get a taste of it here: shatnerhasbeen.com/
I would have never believed it was possible, but I really like this cd.

Post by **matrixman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:44 pm

Syl, your dedication to music listening (not to mention your eclecticism) is amazing. Where do you find the time and energy?

Thanks for the heads-up on this new Shatner CD, guys. I must check it out.

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