| The
Crossing - June 2010
Beginning with two new songs
from Rush and winding down with the DVD release of the Rush documentary
Beyond a Lighted Stage, we have another solid month of music. Sandwiched
in between is a bluesy new record from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
and a highly anticipated new album from New Jersey upstarts The Gaslight
Anthem. The Cowboy Junkies resurface, The Roots resurface, Sarah MacLachlan
resurfaces, Teenage Fanclub resurface. There's a lot of resurfacing going
on! John Mellencamp releases a not to be missed themed box set that will
have you singing `ain't that America for you and me'. We Are Scientists,
Marah, Stars and The Midwinters make a bid for the surface. U2 rocks southern
California, Bruce Springsteen rocks London and the four DVD box set LIFE
rocks your brain in brilliant crystalline technicolor with God's creation.
What more do you want?
Yea, I know, BP to stop destroying
the Gulf of Mexico. But we won't get into that right now.
Keep your dreams soaring
and your spirits high and maybe we can dream up a better world and turn
it into reality.
Keep your hearts and minds
open. Keep listening, watching, reading and exploring and the answers are
out there.
Maybe, in some small but
not insubstantial way, this list can help.
To find out about any or
all of the below artists, remember to check official websites and fan sites,
myspace, facebook and online retailers such as cdbaby.com and amazon.com
as examples. Print magazines at your local bookstore can be a big help
too. Free fanzines often found at record stores can help also. Your new
favorite band awaits.
Recently released and not
mentioned in last edition:
* Marcus Hummon - Rosanna
(Produced by Darrell Scott.)
* Sarah Jaffe - Suburban
Nature
* Ben Wakeman - I'm Just
the Same as I Was
* Alpha Rev - New Morning
* Toy Soldiers - Whisper
Down the Lane
* The Romany Rye - Highway
1
* Star Again - Warn the
Wise
* The Final Chapter - The
Blackmail EP
* Watson Twins - Live at
Fingerprints
* Josh Ritter - 4 Songs
Live
* Sharon Jones - I Learned
the Hard Way
* Bettye LaVette - Interpretations:
the British Songbook
* Ryan Hadden - Seven
* Lesley Kernochan - The
Pickle Jar
* Johnny Buckeye - S/T
* Grayson Hugh - An American
Record
* Bill Mallonee - Coal Dust
Soul: WPA Vol. 8 (download only.)
* Aimee Mann - Rarities
(download only.)
* Ryan Adams - Orion (download
only.)
* Bad Religion - 30 Years
Live (download only.)
* No Certainty Attached:
Steve Kilbey & The Church (Book by Robert Dean Lurie.)
+ All Time Low - Straight
to DVD
+ Marillion - Out of Season
(3 DVD box set.)
6/1
* Rush - 2 new songs (`Caravan'
and `BU2B' aka `Brought Up to Believe'; downloads only.)
* Jack Johnson - To the
Sea
* Tift Merritt - See You
on the Moon
* Jackie Greene - `Til the
Light Comes
* Paul Weller - Wake Up
the Nation
* Woven Hand - Threshing
Floor
* Hot Hot Heat - Future
Breeds
* Moe - Smash Hits, Vol.
1
* Setting Sun - Fantasurreal
* Hawthorne Heights -Skeletons
* Futureheads - The Chaos
* Good Old War - S/T
* Wintersleep - New Inheritors
* Born Ruffians - Say It
* Steve Howe - Travelling
* Trent Reznor - How to
Destroy Angels (EP; download only.)
* Sister Hazel - Threeve
EP (download only.)
* Townes Van Zandt - Legend:
Very Best of
* Albert King & Stevie
Ray Vaughn - In Session (reissue.)
* Radiohead - In Rainbows
(Deluxe edition.)
+ U2 - 360 Degrees: Live
at the Rose Bowl
+ Alice in Wonderland
+ The Wolfman
+ Life (4 DVD's.)
6/8
* The Roots - How I Got Over
* Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
* Samantha Crain - You (Understood)
* Jewel - Sweet and Wild
(2 CD's.)
* Christina Aguilera - Bionic
* Hanson - Shout It Out
* Yo La Tengo - Here To
Fall: Remixes
* Delta Spirit - History
from Below
* What Laura Says - Bloom
Cheek
* William Fitzsimmons -
Derivatives
* Grace Potter & the
Nocturnals - S/T
* Renee Fleming - Dark Hope
(covers.)
* Dierks Bentley - Up On
the Ridge
* The Midwinters - The Hinges
EP (available 6/9.)
* Those Mockingbirds - No
Symmetry
* The Cringe - Play Thing
* The Dig - Electric Toys
* Delorean - Subiza
* Against Me - White Crosses
* Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer
of the Void
* The Young Veins - Take
a Vacation
* Here We Go Magic - Pigeons
* We Are the In Crowd -
Guaranteed to Disgrace (EP.)
* Nada Surf - If I Had a
Hi-Fi
* Villagers - Becoming a
Jackal
* Rooney - Eureka
* Deer Tick - Black Dirt
Sessions
* Silverstein - Decade:
Live at El Macombo (CD/DVD.)
* Pretty Maids - Pandemonium
* The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
soundtrack
* The La's - Callin' All
(Four CD box set.)
* Steve Winwood - Revolutions:
Very Best of (Four CD box set.)
+ Shutter Island
+ From Paris with Love
+ Caddyshack (Blu-ray.)
6/15
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Mojo
* John Mellencamp - On the
Rural Route 1976-2009 (Themed four CD box set; hits, deep album cuts and
rarities.)
* Cowboy Junkies - Renmin
Park
* The Gaslight Anthem -
American Slang
* We Are Scientists - Barbara
* Sarah MacLachlan - The
Laws of Illusion (CD/DVD.)
* Steve Miller - Bingo (yes,
that Steve Miller; first album in 17 years.)
* Derek Trucks Band - Roadsongs
* Laurie Anderson - Homeland
* Catherine Britt - S/T
* Ed Harcourt - Lustre
* Fefe Dobson - Joy
* In Fear & Faith -
Imperial
* Foals - Total Life Together
* Light Pollution - Apparitions
* Right the Stars - S/T
* The Like - Release Me
* Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic
* Kevin Rudolf - To the
Sky
* Papa Roach - To Be Loved
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- A Time and a Place (4 CD box set: bootlegs 1970-1998.)
+ Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Live at Montreux 1997
+ The Moody Blues - Live
at the Isle of Wight Festival
+ Youth in Revolt
+ When in Rome
+ The Book of Eli
6/22
* Ozzy Osbourne - Scream
* Sarah Harmer - Oh Little
Fire
* Kevin Welch - A Patch
of Blue Sky
* Marah - Life is a Problem
* Stars - The Five Ghosts
* American Hi-Fi - Fight
the Frequency
* Authority Zero - Stories
of Survival
* Kele Okereke - The Boxer
* Jason Moran - Ten
* Robert Randolph &
the Family Band - We Walk the Road
* Grits - Quarantine
* Griffin House - The Learner
* Sia - We Are Born
* Herbie Hancock - The Imagine
Project
* Pierce the Veil - Selfish
Machines
* Vander Plas - The Seraphic
Clockwork
* Front Line Assembly -
Improvised Electronic Device
* Chemical Brothers - Further
* Masters of Reality - Pine
* Cyndi Lauper - Memphis
Blues
* Chris Isaak - Live at
the Fillmore
* Various Artists - Broken
Hearts & Dirty Windows: the Songs of John Prine
+ Dire Straits - Alchemy
(20th anniversary CD/DVD.)
+ Lynyrd Skynyrd - Live
from Freedom Hall (CD/DVD.)
+ Bruce Springsteen &
the E Street Band - London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (2 DVD's.)
+ The Last Station
+ The Lightning Thief
+ Remember Me
+ The Maid
+ She's Out of My League
6/29
* Alejandro Escovedo - Street
Songs of Love
* Jimmy Webb - Just Across
the River
* Dwight Yoakam - Top 10
* Runaway City - Armored
Heart
* Wolf Parade - Expo 86
* Parkway Drive - Deep Blue
* Robby Krieger - Singularity
* Peter Case - Wig
* The Indigo Girls - Staring
Down the Brilliant Dream: Live
* Jakob Dylan & The
Wallflowers - Looking Through You: Another Collection (Covers & Rarities.)
* John Fogerty - Centerfield
(25th anniversary edition.)
+ Ozzy Osbourne - Diary
of a Madman: Live 1982 (CD/DVD.)
+ The Doors - When You're
Strange: A Film about The Doors (CD/DVD.)
+ Rush: Beyond a Lighted
Stage (Career spanning documentary.)
+ Creation
+ The White Ribbon
+ Green Zone
+ The Crazies
+ Hot Tub Time Machine
7/6
* The Innocence Mission -
My Room in the Trees
* Ed Kowalczyk - Alive (LIVE's
front man goes solo.)
* Bret Michaels - Custom
Built
* Steve Poltz - Dreamhouse
+ Brooklyn's Finest
+ The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo
+ A Single Man
7/13
* Sting - Symphonicities
(Sting and Police classics recorded w/the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.)
* Crowded House - Intriguer
* Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse
- Dark Night of the Soul (Many guests.)
* Sun Kil Moon - Admiral
Fell Promises
* The Love Language - Libraries
* Nottingham - Talk to Strangers
* Wolfspring - S/T
* Mystery Jets - Serotonin
* Korn - Remember Who You
Are
* Lonesome River Band -
Still Learning
* Elvis Costello - Pomp
& Pout: the Universal Years
* Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
(20th anniversary edition.)
* R.E.M. - Fables of the
Reconstruction (25th anniversary Deluxe edition.)
+ Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Don't Mess with a Big Band (CD/DVD.)
+ Greenberg
+ The Bounty Hunter
+ Saint John of Las Vegas
+ Chloe
+ Our Family Wedding
7/20
* Marc Cohn - Listening Booth
1970 (Covers of songs released in the year 1970.)
* Sheryl Crow - 100 Miles
from Memphis
* Lillian Axe - Deep Red
Shadows
+ The Runaways
+ Cop Out
+ The Black Narcissus (Blu-ray.)
7/27
* Mark Olson - Many Colored
Kite
* Evans Blue - S/T
* J. Roddy Walston - S/T
* Tony Harnell - Round Trip
(retrospective.)
* Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't
Stand the Weather (Deluxe edition.)
+ Clash of the Titans
+ Repo Men
8/3
* John Mellencamp - No Better
Than This
* The Goo Goo Dolls - Something
For the Rest of Us
* The Arcade Fire - The
Suburbs
* Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust
* Squeeze - Spot the Difference
* Secondhand Serenade -
Hear Me Now
+ The Breakfast Club (25th
anniversary edition.)
8/10
+ Death at a Funeral
8/17
* James - The Morning After
(import; EP.)
* Just Surrender - Phoenix
* Darker My Love - Alive
As You Are
8/24
* Sixpence None the Richer
- Strange Conversation
* Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
* The Eels - Tomorrow Morning
* Land of Talk - Cloak and
Cipher
* Little Big Town - The
Reason Why
+ Mogwai - Burning: Live
8/31
* Richard Thompson - Dream
Attic
* Phil Selway - Familial
(import; drummer of Radiohead.)
* Miles Davis - Bitches
Brew (2 CD's/1 DVD Deluxe edition.)
LYRICS of the MONTH:
At the moment, we'll keep
on with the lyrics. Especially when they are as pertinent as this. (Plus,
I'm kind of in a Rush kick at the moment.)
"Tough times demand tough
talk demand tough hearts demand tough songs demand.
We can rise and fall like
empires
Flow in and out like the
tide
Be vain and smart, humble
and dumb
We can hit and miss like
pride
We can circle around like
hurricanes
Dance and dream like lovers
Attack the day like birds
of prey
Or scavengers under cover
Look in to the eye of the
storm
Look out for the force without
form
Look around at the sight
and sound
Look in, look out, look
around
We can move with savage grace
To the rhythms of the night
Cool and remote like dancing
girls
In the heat of the beat
and the lights
We can wear the rose of romance
An air of joie de vivre
Too tender hearts upon our
sleeves
Or skin as thick as thieves'
Rising falling at force ten
We twist the world and ride
the wind
Look in
Look the storm in the eye
Look out
To the sea and the sky
Look around
At the sight and sound
Look in, look out, look
around
Tough times demand tough
talk demand tough hearts demand tough songs demand."
Neil Peart (Rush), the song
"Force Ten" off the album Hold Your Fire released in 1987.
Happy fathers day to all
the dads out there.
Happy Summer!! Stay cool.
See you in July.
Chris Barlow
cbcrossing@yahoo.com |
