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Musings: A Look at May 2003 Releases
The record industry ups the
ante this month with some seriously hot music. On May 6th there are
new releases from Blur, Unwed Sailor, John Hiatt, Goldfrapp, and an EP
from Sea and Cake. The following week John Hiatt gets the tribute treatment
with a whole lotta artists performing his songs. On May 20th Kings
X has a new album of old songs (don't ask...just check it out), while Starflyer
59 is back with a new lineup and one great disc. Also that day is
the powerpop/folk supertrio of The Thorns, and there are also new
discs from The Pernice Brothers, The Incredible Moses Leroy, and the long
awaited disc from Live. Then, wrapping up the month on the 27th,
some nice live music from Led Zeppelin. This includes a 3-cd set
as well as a double DVD set. These discs present live Zep in a way
that "The Song Remains the Same" never could. Also that day is the
debut disc from Joy Electric's Ronnie Martin's new sideproject, Shepherd.
And rumor has it there could be a new CUSH disc this month...but no official
release date has been given.
5/6/03
Anberlin - Blueprints for
the Black Market
Mark Bacino - The Million
Dollar Milkshake
Janet Bean and the Concertina
Wire - Dragging Wonder Lake
Blur - Think Tank
Paul Brady - Songbook
Brave Combo - Box of Ghosts
Johnny Cash - Greatest!
The Children's Hour - SOS
JFK
Delirious? - Libertad
Elastica- Radio 1 Sessions
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
John Hiatt & the Goners
- Beneath This Gruff Exterior
Isley Brothers - Body Kiss
Jack Johnson - On and On
Etta James - Let's Roll
Walt Kelly with Norman Monath
- Songs of the Pogo (reissue of 1956 album)
Leadbelly - Take This Hammer:
The Complete RCA Recordings
Lefty's Deceiver - Cheats
Martin Lloyd - Marigold
Lonesome Organist - tba
Ashley MacIsaac - Ashley
MacIsaac
Rich Mullins - Here in America
(cd/dvd)
New Pornographers - Electric
Version
Pleasure Forever - After
Public Enemy - Son of a
Bush
Sea and Cake - Glass EP
Serart - Serart
Kate Taylor - Beautiful
Road
Richard Thompson - Old Kit
Bag (w/ limited edition bonus disc)
Ultrabeat - Shine Through
My Life
Unwed Sailor - The Marionette
and the Music Box
Tom Wehrle - Something You
Can't Find
Andrea Zonn - Love Goes
On (w/ Alison Krauss, Amy Grant, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Alison Brown,
etc.)
Soundtrack - Matrix Reloaded
(w/ POD, Deftones, Linkin Park, etc.)
5/13/03
Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Space Girl and Other Favorites
George Clinton and the P-Funk
All Stars - Six Degrees of P-Funk (best of...)
John Eddie - Who the Hell
is John Eddie?
Macy Gray - The Trouble
with Being Myself
Tish Hinojosa - The Best
of: Live
The Klezmatics - Shvaygn
= Toyt
Todd Snider - Near Truths
and Hotel Rooms
Third Eye Blind - Out of
the Vein
Greg Trooper - Floating
Various - It'll Come to
You: The Songs of John Hiatt (w/ Willie Nelson, Patty Griffin, Buddy
& Julie Miller, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, BB King, Nick Lowe, Emmylou
Harris, and others)
5/20/03
Paul Brady - Songbook (DVD
version)
Sarah Brightman - Harem
Cracker/Leftover Salmon
- O Crack Where Are Thou?
Candy Dulfer - Right in
My Soul
Deftones - Deftones
Earth, Wind, and Fire -
The Promise
Sammy Hagar - Hallelujah
Ed Harcourt - From Every
Sphere
Richard Hawley - Lowedges
(guitarist from Pulp)
Kings X - Black Like Sunday
The Incredible Moses Leroy
- Become the Soft Lightes
Less Than Jake - Anthem
Live - Birds of Pray
Lucerin Blue - Tales of
the Knife
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Vicious
Cycle
Nicole Nordeman - Live at
the Door
Pernice Brothers - Yours,
Mine and Ours
Righteous Boy - I Sing Because
of You (Cardigans/Shudder to Think side project)
Seven Places - Lonely for
the Last Time
Staind - 14 Shades of Grey
(w/ limited edition DVD)
Starflyer 59 - Old
The Thorns - No Blue Sky
(new band of Matthew Sweet, Shawn Mullins, Pete Droge)
Ultimate Fakebook - Before
We Spark
5/27/03
Califone - Deceleration
Two
Jools Holland & His
Rhythm & Blues Orch. - Small World Big Band vol. 2: More Friends (f.
Bono, Norah Jones, Robert Plant, etc.)
Led Zeppelin - How the West
Was Won (3-cd live performances from Long Beach in 1972)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
DVD (two discs w/ various live performances)
Vince Neil - Live at the
Whisky - One Night Only
Shepherd - Committing to
Tape (new Ronnie Martin project)
The Yellowjackets - Time
Squared
Also tentative in May:
CUSH - untitled full-length
disc
6/3/03
Eels - Shootenanny!
John Mellencamp - Trouble
No More
Dean Wareham/Britta Phillips
- L'Avventura (Luna side project)
Lou Reed - NYC Man: The
Ultimate Collection
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
6/10/03
Agony Scene - Agony Scene
Bruce Cockburn - You've
Never Seen Everything
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome
Interstate Managers
LPG - The Gadfly
Metallica - St. Anger
Radiohead - Hail to the
Thief
Steely Dan - Everything
Must Go
Waterboys - Universal Hall
(UK only)
6/17/03
East West - Hope in Anguish
The Mars Volta - De-Loused
in the Comatorium (former At the Drive In members)
Holly Nelson - Leaving the
Yard
6/24/03
Everman - Everman
Jay Farrar - Terroir Blues
Grand Incredible - Gi-Gantic
Wtashi Wa - The Love of
Life
Also in June:
Five Iron Frenzy - The End
is Near (final album)
Guster - Keep it Together
The Cure - The Trilogy:
Live in Berlin (DVD)
7/8/03
All Things Bright and Beautiful
- tba (former Luxury frontman Lee Bozeman)
Grand Incredible - Gi-gantic
Juliana Theory - Live: 10/13/2001
7/22/03
Queensryche - Tribe
8/5/03
Bill Mallonee - Perfume
Letter
Also in August:
REM - Best of REM
September:
Sting - tbd
Also arriving in 2003:
Black 47 - New York Town
BoDeans - tba
Burlap to Cashmere - tba
Dashboard Confessional -
A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Fish - Field of Crowes (former
Marillion singer)
Kurt Neumann - tba
Bob Walkenhorst - The Beginner
Stay tuned for more...
Ken Mueller
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