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Musings: A Look at August Releases
The heart of the summer is
here and things are heating up in August. On August 6th we'll see
the U.S. release of the wonderful 16 Horsepower disc "Folklore," which
has been out in Europe for about a month. Also of note that day is
the new Victoria Williams disc of old standards. On the 13th it's
the release of Jay Farrar's solo EP, as well as another self-released disc
from songstress Aimee Mann, and a long awaited Poor Old Lu disc.
Highlights for the 20th include two, count 'em, two new discs from Frank
Black and the Catholics, as well as Blindsides debut disc for Elektra.
Also that day is the latest from the Rock and Roll Worship Circus.
And finally, on August 27th we get to hear new discs from Coldplay, Morella's
Forest, and the Black Crowes, as well as a special re-release of POD's
"Satellite" which includes three new songs and an extra DVD of videos and
concert footage.
8/6
16 Horsepower - Folklore
(U.S. release on Jet Set Records)
Rick Danko - Best of
Kevin Fowler - High on the
Hog (w/ Willie Nelson)
Richard X. Heyman - Basic
Glee
LA Symphony - Call
it What You Want
Allison Moorer - Miss Fortune
Victoria Williams - Sings
Some Ol' Songs (Standards)
Various - Total Lee: The
Songs of Lee Hazelwood (featuring Evan Dando, Calexico, Lambchop, Jarvis
Cocker, and others)
8/13
Dag Nasty - Minority of
One
Marianne Faithful - Kissin'
Time
Jay Farrar - ThirdShiftGrottoSlack
(EP) (ex-Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo)
Steve Forbert - More Young,
Guitar Days (unreleased tracks, demos, live songs)
Grits - The Art of Translation
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space
(second self-released disc)
Mary Lee's Corvette - Blood
on the Track
Peter Mulvey - Ten Thousand
Mornings
Nerf Herder - American Cheese
Nickel Creek - This Side
(produced by Alison Krauss
Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr,
Kiss the Child
The Posies - At Least, At
Last (4 cd box set)
James Taylor - October Road
Various - The Angels are
Singing (Rounder Records)
8/20
Frank Black & The Catholics
- Black Letter Days
Frank Black & The Catholics
- Devil's Workshop
Blindside - Silence (debut
on Elektra)
Neko Case - Blacklisted
(featuring Howie Gelb)
The Mekons - O.O.O.H.
Grant-Lee Phillips - Ladies'
Love Oracle
Pulp - We Love Life (U.S.
release)
Rock & Roll Worship
Circus - Welcome to the Rock & Roll Worship Circus
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Sonia Dada - Barefoot Soul
Tegan & Sara - If It
Was You (on Neil Young's Vapor Records)
Travail - tba
Kelly Willis - Easy
8/27
Bleach - Again, for the
First Time
Black Crowes - Live (2 cds)
Johnny Cash - Ballads of
the True West
Johnny Cash - Silver
Johnny Cash - Live at Madison
Square Garden
Johnny Cash - Songs of Our
Soil
Chevelle - Wonder What's
Next
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood
to the Head
Dixie Chicks - Home (featuring
songs by Patty Griffin, Stevie Nicks, and others)
Gordon Gano - Hitting the
Ground (Violent Femmes frontman)
Bob Geldof - Sex, Age, &
Death
Morella's Forest - Tiny
Lights of Heaven
Of Montreal - Aldhill Arboretum
Joan Osborne - Womanly Hips
POD - Satellite (new version
with bonus tracks and DVD)
Queens of the Stone Age
- Songs for the Deaf
Duncan Shiek - Daylight
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (featuring
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Steve Earle, and members of Dylan's band)
Also This Summer:
The Minus 5 - Down with
Wilco (Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, etc., featuring members of Wilco)
9/3
The Baptist Generals - No
Silver/No Gold
The Replacements - re-issues
of first four albums
9/10
Element 101 - More Than
Motion
Radney Foster - Another
Way to Go (w/ Chely Wright, Kim Richey, and Chris Thile of Nickel Creek)
Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall
Bob Mould - Body of Song
(acoustic album)
Bebo Norman - Myself When
I am Real
Soft Cell - Cruelty Without
Beauty (first new album in 18 years)
Speech - Spiritual People
9/17
Ryan Adams - Demolition
(13 demo recordings)
Ceilli Rain - No You-No
Me
Sixpence None the Richer
- Divine Discontent
9/24
Beck - tba
John Fahey - Christmas Guitar,
Volume 1
John McCutcheon - Winter
Solstice
Rhett Miller - The Instigator
(Old 97s front man)
Mortal - Nu-En-Jin
Poor Old Lu - The Waiting
Room
Project 86 - Truthless Heroes
Switchfoot - The Beautiful
Letdown
Butch Thompson & Laura
Sewell - Bethlehem After Dark
Various - Sounds Eclectic
Too (live KCRW - featuring REM, Dido, Coldplay, Starsailor, Nick Cave,
Cousteau and more)
Various - I'm Your Biggest
Fan, Vol. 2 (Tooth & Nail)
In September:
Bjork - best of album
Johnny Cash - American IV:
When the Man Comes Around (w/ Rick Rubin)
Peter Gabriel - Up
Peter Case - Beeline
Santana - Shaman
10/8
Bon Jovi - Bounce
Bon Voyage - The Right Amount
Everclear - Slowmotion Daydream
Starflyer 59 - Can't Stop
Eating (EP)
Two Thirty Eight - You Should
Be Living
10/15
Jets to Brazil - Perfecting
Loneliness
10/22
OC Supertones - Truth and
Soul (produced by Charlie Peacock and Brent Bourgeois)
Various - I'm You're Biggest
Fan, vol. 2 (Tooth & Nail)
Various - 80s Tribute, vol.
1 (Tooth & Nail)
Also in October:
Apples in Stereo - tba
11/5
Too Bad Eugene - Moonlighting
11/19
Burlap to Cashmere - tba
Plumb - tba
Various - Tooth & Nail
Box Set 200
Looking ahead to 2003:
Chris Stamey - Travels in
the South (from dbs, featuring Ben Folds and others)
Stay tuned for more...
Ken Mueller
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