Tuesday Music Guide - June 1, 2010 |
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 CLAY AIKENTried And True www.clayaiken.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Clay Aiken has never sounded more at home than he does singing the lushly arranged classics on his fifth studio album Tried and True - the international pop phenomenon's first album for Decca Records. The bulk of the album - which showcases Aiken's powerful tenor voice and considerable interpretive gifts - is made up of songs from the '50s and '60s that Aiken grew up listening to as a child in Raleigh, North Carolina. For Aiken, Tried and True (so named because he feels the songs have stood the test of time) was about getting back to himself after a career performing more pop-oriented material. "There are a lot of elements to this album that are about me returning to what I'm comfortable with," Aiken says. "I've often joked with friends that I feel like I was born at the wrong time because the person I am and the songs I like to sing are all from earlier eras. To me, older songs are more melodically appealing and beautiful. So doing this album was kind of an opportunity to just be myself. I'm kind of an old soul, so singing gorgeous orchestral arrangements backed by a big band fits me really well."TRACKLISTING:  INFANT SORROWGet Him To The Greek Soundtrack www.infantsorrowband.com Dist: Universal Music Canada RUSSELL BRAND is...Infant Sorrow’s Aldous Snow A FICTIONAL BAND BIO: One of the most influential rock bands of the decade, Infant Sorrow churned out a steady string of hit albums that not only reinvigorated the stagnant rock scene of the late 90s but went on to define a generation. Led by notorious front man Aldous Snow, whose scandalous exploits are well documented on both sides of the Atlantic, Infant Sorrow is widely considered the last truly great rock and roll band. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the legendary multi-platinum "Infant Sorrow: Live at the Greek," the stage is set for an explosive return to form, with a new album and a sold-out show at the Greek Theater, where the fuse was lit a decade ago.TRACKLISTING:  RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINETHE COLLECTION (5 CDs) www.ratm.com Dist: Sony Music Canada As one of the forefather groups of the rock fusion movement in the 1990s, this limited 5CD album box set celebrates Rage Against The Machine’s status as an influential political band in contemporary music. ALBUMS & TRACKLISTINGS:  LAMB OF GODHour Glass www.lamb-of-god.com Dist Sony Music Canada Hour Glass: The Cd anthology is the ultimate lamb of god anthology Containing 3 Discs including 44 hits, rarities, and unreleased tracks or also available: all 6 albums on 180-gram heavy vinyl in a linen wrapped collectors box (Special import). 3 CD SET INCLUDES:  HAWTHORNE HEIGHTSSkeletons www.hawthorneheights.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Platinum selling post-hardcore veterans Hawthorne Heights, return with their 4th studio album. With over 2 million collective albums sold, and a touring track record that includes headlining the Vans Warped Tour and travelling North America with Fall Out Boy, Sum 41 And Offspring, Hawthorne Heights returns with a new label and a fresh take on their polished post-hardcore sound. The first single from Skeletons is “Nervous Breakdown.”TRACKLISTING:  LADIES OF THE CANYONHaunted Woman www.ladiesofthecanyon.com Dist: Warner Music Canada  Ladies of the Canyon are four friends who got together in their living rooms to write and sing songs influenced by their favourite bands – The Eagles, the Band and Fleetwood Mac. Musicians and songwriters Maia Davies (vocals, guitars, mandolin, keyboards), Senja Sargeant (vocals, guitars, mandolin), Jasmine Bleile (vocals, guitars) and Anna Ruddick (electric and upright bass, vocals) have their distinct tone and personality, but when they come together for harmonies, it’s a gorgeous, soaring blend. Their debut full-length album, Haunted Woman was produced by Colin Cripps and includes the first single, “Follow Me Down.”TRACKLISTING:  THE BEAUTIESThe Beauties www.thebeauties.ca Dist: Warner Music Canada The Beauties were formed in 2006 at a tavern in the west end of Toronto. A Sunday night residency (which was initially intended as an informal jam) soon blossomed into sold out shows, week after week. A four-song, self-titled EP quickly established The Beauties as a band to watch out for, earning them coveted support slots with acts such as Broken Social Scene and Alejandro Escovedo. Three years later, with the release of their self-titled debut full-length album they continue to remind the crowds of the tightly-knit seams that stem from rock and roll, as well as confirming the often overlooked truth that there isn’t a single person who will love us like the devil does.TRACKLISTING: RAH RAHBreaking Hearts www.myspace.com/rahrahband Dist: EMI Music Canada Rah Rah, Regina, Saskatchewan’s pop-rock collective releases their new sophomore album Breaking Hearts. It follows up on the widespread industry praise for 2008’s debut album, Going Steady and reinforces the increasing visibility that has accompanied Rah Rah’s relentless tour schedule. Breaking Hearts was recorded and mixed in Montreal by Kees Dekker (Plants & Animals). Don’t let their fresh faces, confetti cannons and constant sugar high fool you, the band are old souls. This young, seven-member ensemble artfully bridge sincerity with the absurd.From the instantly ear-catching album opener “Arrows” to the piano opening of “Lightning”, Breaking Hearts is diverse, direct, duet-filled and the bands best work.TRACKLISTING: BORN RUFFIANSSAY IT Myspace.com/bornruffians Dist: Fontana North If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album Red Yellow and Blue was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, Say It, would be the project they left school to finish — a declaration that they’re smart and ambitious enough to make it on their own, and furthermore, that they’re in it for the long haul. Taking two weeks to record the album, the band finds itself teaming up again with producer Rusty Santos. The Ruffians and co. holed up at Mississauga’s Metalworks studio and loosed the reins on their ambitions, experimenting with Minimoogs and saxophones before eventually scaling much of it back in the mixing process. The result is a very mature album, further amplifying the band’s unique voice and sound, ready to take them as far as they want to go.TRACKLISTING: THE ACORNNo Ghost www.myspace.com/theacorn Dist: Fontana North Free from the emotional weightiness of Glory Hope Mountain’s highly personal material, No Ghost, the new album from Ottawa’s The Acorn features the levity and spontaneity reminiscent of The Acorn’s infamous live shows, all the while showcasing Rolf Klausener’s literate and vivid lyrics. Swathed in Talk Talk-esque spaciousness and atmospheric feedback reminiscent of early Yo La Tengo or Crazy Horse, No Ghost is a fitting soundtrack to both the tranquillity of the country, and the sodium-lamp lit romance of city nights. Recorded at an isolated cottage in Northern Québec last summer, No Ghost is five friends lost in the woods, alone together in the decade's last summer. Swathed spaciousness and atmospheric feedback No Ghost is a fitting soundtrack to both the tranquillity of the country, and the sodium-lamp lit romance of city nights.TRACKLISTING: THE FUTUREHEADSThe Chaos www.thefutureheads.com Dist: F.A.B. The Futureheads’ new full-length album, 'The Chaos', is the band's fourth album and arguably their most riotous to date. Following high-profile tours supporting the likes of The Pixies and Foo Fighters, the four-piece buckled down, penning bold, three minute, heads-down, pop delicacies. 'The Chaos' was recorded over a series of sessions with David Brewis of Field Music and renowned producer Youth. The band has two songs in the new "Rock Band" video game released in March, and will be touring to promote the new album (Toronto date announced - 10 June - Mod Club).  SLEEPY SUNFever www.sleepysun.net Dist: F.A.B. Sleepy Sun is a California band from many Californias. They hail from the rolling oak and sage hills of Sierra Gold Country, The San Francisco Peninsula, where Kesey raged and the Dead were once Warlocks, and the foreversunshine climes of the Southland. They came together - young and garage strutting in the coastal Northern California crucible of Santa Cruz. And there they birthed the Sleepy sound - dead blues shaken alive, razor sharp and ramblin’, soul, sonic science and dead-on pop surgery. Wooden, earthy, stratospheric, and swinging California music of beautiful contrasts for conflicted times. Fever is the honey harmonies and danger wailing of Bret Constantino and Rachel Williams pulled from a tender tangle into steel-strong braid; the wing-onwing guitars of Matt Holliman and Even Reiss in screaming dives and sweet ascending circles; the lowdown served up tough and thundering from drum and bass authorities Brian Tice and Jack Allen. A band working, and a working band - Sleepy Sun’s soaring and soul-stirring live shows are already mowing down audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.  VEARAWhat We Left Behind Vearaband.com Dist: F.A.B. Augusta, GA based pop-punk foursome Veara have some friends in high places. Having toured nationally with kings of the scene The Maine before they even had a record out, Veara were tagged in 2009 by Jeremy McKinnon and Joshua Woodard of hot pop-punk outfit A Day To Remember to be one of the first recorded by their newly formed company Running Man Records. Already championed by readers on popular music site Absolutepunk.net, Veara’s explosive edgy pop-punk riffs and catchy hook driven choruses have made them one of the year’s most promising breakout bands. The band is touring nationally in April with A Day to Remember, playing in front of over 50,000 fans before their debut album even hits stores.
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