| Mueller's
Musings:
A Look at April
Not a stellar month for music,
but there are a few interesting releases during the month of May.
On May 7th we get the latest from alt-country star Jim Lauderdale, as well
as two, count 'em, two, discs from Tom Waits. On the 14th there are
a few very important releases. Moby releases "18," the follow-up
to his phenomenal "Play." Also that day is the long awaited Weezer
release "Maladroit," as well as new discs from Van Morrison and Rush. Also
in May are new releases from Havalina, Lauryn Hill, Neil Finn, and Bob
Mould. Something for everyone.
5/7
Belle & Sebastian -
Storytelling soundtrack
The Blamed - Give us Barrabbas
Ray Charles - Thanks For
Bringing Love Around Again
Coal Chamber - Dark Days
Dave Davies (of the Kinks)
- Bug
Fatboy Slim - Live on Brighton
Beach
Grand Funk Railroad - Live:
The 1971 Tour
Corey Harris - Down Home
Sophisticate
Lauryn Nill - Unplugged
(two cds)
Jim Lauderdale - The Hummingbirds
Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley
& the Clinch Mountain Boys - Lost in the
Lonesome Pines.
Loudermilk - The Red Record
My Morning Jacket - Chocolate
and Ice
Sparta - TBA (At The Drive
In spinoff)
Stephen Stills - Turn Back
the Pages: The Best of Stephen Stills (w/ 6
unreleased
songs)
Andy Timmons - Electric
Gypsy
Tuatara - Cinemathique (w/
Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey)
Tom Waits - Alice
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Warren Zevon - My Ride's
Here
Various - When Pigs Fly:
Songs You Thought You'd Never Hear (Devo, Ani
DiFranco, Jackie Chan, Lesley
Gore, etc. doing other people's music)
Various - Recorded Live
at the Second Annual Sacred Steel Convention
5/14
Boxcar Racer - Boxcar Racer
(side project of Blink 182 members)
Cranberries - Treasure Box:
The Complete Sessions 1991-1999
Duraluxe - The Suitcase
Alejandro Escovedo - By
the Hand of the Father
The Get Up Kids - On a Wire
Girls Against Boys - You
Can't Fight What You Can't See
MC5- Human Being Lawnmower
(Best of compilation)
Moby - 18
Van Morrison - Down the
Road
Jeb Loy Nichols - Easy Now
Onelinedrawing - Visitor
Rush - Vapor Trails
Weezer - Maladroit
Various - Alice Cooper Tribute
5/21
Dave Alvin - Out in California
Laurie Anderson - Live at
Town Hall, New York City (two cds)
Marc Anthony - Mended
The Breeders - "Title TK"
(first studio release in 9 years)
Buffalo Tom - Besides
Danko, Fjeld and Anderson
- One More Shot (two cds)
Dio - Killing the Dragon
Neil Finn - One All
Bryan Ferry - Frantic
The Flatlanders - Now Again
Havalina - Space, Love,
& Bullfighting
Phil Lesh and Friends -
There and Back Again
Chuck Loeb - All There Is
MXPX - 10 Years and Running
(Best-of disc)
Pulp - We Love Life
Too Bad Eugene - Mulligan
Townes Van Zandt - Live
at the Old Quarter (re-issue/two cds)
Pete Townshend - Scooped
(two cds of demos, etc.)
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen
Your Teeth (Modest Mouse side project)
5/28
David Johansen & the
Harry Smiths - Shaker
Darius Rucker - Back to
Then (lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish)
The Toasters - Enemy of
the System
6/4
Belle & Sebastian -
Storytelling (first full length in 2 years)
Boyz II Men - tba
Dead Poetic - Four Wall
Blackmail
The Glory Fountain - The
Beauty of 23
Chris Hillman/Herb Peterson
- Way Out West
Kansas - The Ultimate Kansas
Tommy Keene - The Merry
Go-Round Broke Down
Los Lobos - Good Morning
Atzlan
Marah - Float Away With
the Friday Night Gods (featuring Springsteen)
Marley MacLeod - Like Hollywood
(w/members of Jayhawks and Son Volt)
Tift Merritt - Bramble Rose
(Ryan Adams side-man)
Model Rockets - Tell the
Kids the Cops are Here
Plumb - tba
Side Walk Slam - Give Back
6/11
David Bowie - Heathen
Byrds - Byrds Sing Dylan
Ralph Stanley - Ralph Stanley
(on label from Coen Bros. And T-Bone Burnett)
The Tragically Hip - In
Violet Light
Various - Kindred Spirits:
A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash (featuring
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen,
Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Marty Stuart,
Diwght Yoakam, Travis Tritt, Keb' Mo, and Little
Richard, among others)
6/17
16 Horsepower - Folklore
(in Europe on Glitterhouse)
6/18
Ace Troubleshooter - The
Madness of the Crowds
Julia Fordham - Concrete
Love
Ghoti Hook - Retrospective
Joy Electric - Art &
Craft of Popular Music
Loudbomb (Bob Mould) - Long
Playing Grooves (electronic album)
Me Without You - A->B Life
Chuck Prophet - No Other
Love
6/25
Ash - Free All Angels
John Wesley Harding - The
Man with no Shadow
Also In June:
Jellyfish - Fan Club (4-cd
box set)
Morella's Forest - Tiny
Lights of Heaven
7/2
Filter - Amagamut
Various - Songs From the
Penalty Box Vol. 5 (Tooth and Nail artists)
7/9
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- A Jacknife to a Swan
7/16
David Pirner - David Pirner
(first solo effort from Soul Asylum frontman)
The Vines - Highly Involved
7/23
Mark Olson & the Creekdippers
- December's Child
Also in July:
Cush - 2nd Ep (1st in a
3 part series of spiritual recordings)
Solomon Burke - Don't Give
Up on Me (featuring songs written specifically
for Burke by Dylan, Costello,
Waits, Van Morrison, Brian Wilson, Joe Henry
and others)
Bill Mallonee - Fetal Position
(indie release, first solo disc)
Oasis - Chemistry
O-Town - tba
Robert Plant - Head First
8/6
Burlap to Cashmere - tba
Chevelle - Wonder What's
Next
Lifehouse - tba
Victoria Williams - Old
Fashioned (covers of standards)
8/13
Poor Old Lu - The Waiting
Room
Starflyer 59 - Can't Stop
Eating (EP)
8/27
Bleach - Again for the First
Time
Joan Osborne - Womanly Hips
Also in August:
Ted Nugent - Craveman (featuring
Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, and others)
Sleater-Kinney - tba
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (featuring
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Steve Earle,
and members of Dylan's band)
Also This Summer:
Duran Duran - Singles Box
'81 - '84 (12 CD set)
Dave Matthews Band - The
Lillywhite Sessions
The Minus 5 - Down with
Wilco (Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, etc., featuring
members of Wilco)
Ace Troubleshooter - tba
Linkin Park - remix album
(all remixes of previous material, done by Marilyn
Manson, Jay Gordon, Alchemist,
etc.
Chris Stamey - Travels in
the South (from dbs, featuring Ben Folds and
others)
Taproot - tba
Zao - tba
9/10
Element 101 - More Than
Motion
Bob Mould - Body of Song
(acoustic album)
In September:
Rhett Miller - tba (Old
97s front man)
Project 86 - tba
The Baptist Generals - No
Silver/No Gold
10/8
Bon Voyage - The Right Amount
This Fall:
Suptertones - tba (produced
by Charlie Peacock and Brent Bourgeois)
Stay tuned for more…
Ken Mueller
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