Tuesday Music Guide - May 4, 2010 |
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 GODSMACKThe Oracle www.godsmack.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Worldwide, the band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, Godsmack has sold over 19 Million albums. They have had five #1 and seventeen Top 10 Rock radio chart hits during their fifteen-year career. The Oracle is their fifth studio album and features the first single “Cryin’ Like A Bitch.” The album was produced by the band’s own Sully Erna and Dave Fortman.TRACKLISTING:  THE HOLD STEADYHeaven Is Whenever www.theholdsteady.net Dist: Universal Music Canada The Hold Steady, lauded for the scope, depth, truth and heart they bring to chronicling the American rock myth, recently put the finishing touches on Heaven Is Whenever! Recorded in several smaller sessions spread out over a long period of time, the songs on ‘Heaven Is Whenever’ received the benefit of being tested on the band’s recent tours. Following the release of 2008’s critically acclaimed ‘Stay Positive,’ which gave the band it’s highest Billboard chart position to date, The Hold Steady toured relentlessly, playing to some of their biggest audiences to date. The first from the album is “Hurricane J.”TRACKLISTING:  COURT YARD HOUNDSCourt Yard Hounds www.courtyardhounds.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Strictly speaking, it’s only a few feet from stage left or stage right to the center spotlight. But it took Martie Maguire and Emily Robison a couple of decades to move those couple of yards. As the mainstays of the Dixie Chicks since they formed the group in 1989, the sisters have been familiar faces to many millions of fans, yet just a little mysterious in that familiarity, content as they were to cede the lead vocalist position and remain music’s most recognizable “sidewomen.” Chicks fans couldn’t help but hear those ever-present harmonies and wonder if Emily and Martie might ever come out from hiding in plain sight. That’s just what they’ve done in their newly hatched incarnation as Court Yard Hounds, with a gorgeously assured debut album that has the siblings sounding like they’ve been fearless front women all their lives. Robison is the lead vocalist and primary writer on most of the tracks, although Maguire takes over the lead on her own solo composition, “Gracefully.” The new music spans sounds of folk, country, rock and Americana and includes a collaboration with Jakob Dylan on “See You in the Spring.”TRACKLISTING:  BROKEN SOCIAL SCENEForgiveness Rock Record www.brokensocialscene.ca Dist: EMI Music Canada  With the new album, the first record following the acclaimed Broken Social Scene Presents… series, the band decided it was time to try something new. As a core six-piece that had spent most of 2007 and 2008 on the road, drew, Canning, Spearin, Whiteman, Goldberg and Peroff spent early 2009 working on new material in Toronto. The pairing down of the band’s massive personnel list for the first time proved extremely fruitful; they created spacious songs written as a band by a band, resulting in more cohesive, melody-driven compositions than previous BSS output. Recording both in Toronto and Chicago, and working with producer John Mcentire – a musical hero for many of the band’s members – they found a fresh perspective on their own sound; this continued to fuel the creative process, resulting in nearly 40 songs written in and out of the studio, a number of which were put together as the first new Broken social scene record in five years. MORE...TRACKLISTING:  THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERSTogether www.thenewpornographers.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Members of The New Pornographers include five songwriters, one of the very best drummers in all of contemporary music and an in-house filmmaker making the bench strength of the band uncomparable in modern music. Together the band’s fifth album (co-produced by the band and Phil Palazzolo) is comprised of nine A.C. Newman songs and three Dan Bejar numbers, the album features the full eight person line up of Carl, Dan, John Collins, Neko Case, Kurt Dahle, Kathryn Calder, Todd Fancey and Blaine Thurier. The band’s first single is “Your Hands (Together).”TRACKLISTING: JACE EVERETTRed Revelations jaceeverett.com Dist: Universal Music Canada *COMPOSER OF THE TRUE BLOOD THEME SONG! Just “Google” Jace Everett’s name and you’ll find yourself knee-deep in daily media that can’t discuss HBO’s rocketing Golden Globe-honoured drama TRUE BLOOD without mentioning the brilliant opening title montage, devised around the swampy rockabilly come-on of Everett’s “Bad Things.” As a result, over 10,000 viewers seek Everett’s MySpace page daily, gluing him for months to the top spot among Americana artists on the site. And it’s formed an international following that’s eclectic, committed and not to be categorized – much like his music. For this broad fan base, RED REVELATIONS (which includes the theme song “Bad Things”) is the complete and proper-sized helping of the sly wit, mystery, sensuality, drop-dead charisma and musical substance they've enjoyed so much in their weekly cable-cast sample of him.TRACKLISTING:  BONE THUGS-N-HARMONYUni5: The World’s Enemy www.bonethugsnharmony.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Uni5: The World's Enemy, is the bands first release in more than 15 years with all five members in tow. Though Uni5: The World's Enemy updates Bone's signature sound and style into a less abrasive, more reflective incarnation, the group's potency has only been heightened. Although Flesh-N-Bone was arrested in the late 1990s and sentenced to more than a decade in prison, the reunited Bone Thugs-N-Harmony shines throughout Uni5: The World's Enemy. Long-time Bone fans know that one of the group's strengths is its ability to make credible inspirational music. The moody "My Life" and the bluesy "Determination" encourage fans to look for the positive in life and to not give up in the face of adversity.TRACKLISTING:  DEFTONESDiamond Eyes www.gunsrazorsknives.com Dist: Warner Music Canada One of the most respected and enduring forces in modern rock music, Deftones are proud to announce the release of their long awaited new album, Diamond Eyes. The Grammy® Award winning, Platinum-certified band's 6th full-length, was produced and mixed by Nick Raskulinecz (Alice in Chains, Coheed & Cambria, Foo Fighters), and recorded and engineered by Paul"Fig" Figueroa (Alice in Chains, Bad Religion). As expected, Diamond Eyes is a powerful combination of muscular impact and expansive and atmospheric clarity that propels Deftones through their ever-evolving new sonic terrain. The first single from the album is "Rocket Skates".TRACKLISTING:  THE FLAMING LIPS AND STARDEATH AND WHITE DWARFSWith Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing Dark Side Of The Moon www.flaminglips.com Dist: Warner Music Canada The world's most predictably unpredictable band, The Flaming Lips, have teamed up with their Oklahoma City brethren, Stardeath And White Dwarfs to record their own unique take of Pink Floyd's 1973 classic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, under the title of The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins And Peaches. The collaborative project was recorded after several weeks of both bands touring the world together and mutually citing Pink Floyd as one of their favorite bands of all time and The Dark Side Of the Moon as one of their primary influences.TRACKLISTING:  JUSTIN RUTLEDGEThe Early Widows www.justinrutledge.com Dist: Warner Music Canada If Justin Rutledge’s previous releases explored the dark and quiet corners of the heart, his new album, The Early Widows, is a work of illumination. Rutledge offers a collection of songs that look outward and inward, at once weighty and weightless. The album comes out of collaboration with renowned author Michael Ondaatje; the songs are loosely based on Ondaatje’s novel Divisadero. “Be A Man” was co-written with Ondaatje. Anchored in Rutledge’s meticulously crafted lyrics, the songs swell outwards, buoyed by commanding performances from band members Burke Carroll, Blake Manning, David Baxter, and Bazil Donovan. Producer Hawksley Workman MORE...TRACKLISTING:  JOSH RITTERSo Runs The World www.joshritter.com Dist: Outside So Runs the World Away is the sixth full-length album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. Ritter said of the album that it "marks the beginning of a new period in [his] life," and that overall, "the songs are larger and more detailed, and feel to me as if they were painted in oil on large canvasses." Ritter got the title from a line in the third act of Shakespeare's Hamlet.TRACKLISTING:  MINUS THE BEAROMNI Minusthebear.com Dist: Fontana North Minus the Bear have always avoided easy classification, preferring to tread their own inimitable path defined by energy and invention. OMNI, the Seattle-based band’s fourth full-length recording and debut Dangerbird Records release, sees a stunning evolution to their sound and vision. As evinced by the album’s all-encompassing title, Minus the Bear have merged their myriad influences into a sweeping collection marked by its slinky and sensual melding of city-stomping rock and deep funk grooves. That spirit of sonic lasciviousness is mirrored in the album’s raw take on human sexuality – a theme as intricate and elaborate as the band’s extraordinary music. Boldly experimental yet instantly accessible, OMNI is Minus the Bear’s most provocative and potent work to date.TRACKLISTING:  JUSTIN CURRIEThe Great War www.justincurrie.com Dist: Warner Music Canada Justin Currie was still in his teens when he co-founded Del Amitri in his hometown of Glasgow. From 1982 to 2002, the band evolved from resourceful D.I.Y. indie combo to international hitmakers, releasing six much-loved studio albums before amicably parting ways. In 2007, Currie released his solo debut, What Is Love For?, which was acclaimed for its superb songcraft and somber brilliance. On The Great War, Currie returns with a fresh collection of infectious melodies and ingenious wordplay - a combination of dark lyrical themes melded with a newfound optimism. The first single is “A Man With Nothing To Do.”TRACKLISTING:  MARY CHAPIN CARPENTERAge Of Miracles www.marychapincarpenter.com Dist: Universal Music Canada The Age of Miracles is Mary Chapin Carpenter’s third release on Zoe/Rounder Records. Written and recorded over the past three years, The Age of Miracles is a personal exploration of regret and resilience from the world renowned singer-songwriteras well as a larger, more universal expression of wonder at the times we are living in. The record features an incredible line-up of musicians, including longtime collaborator Matt Rollings (piano, B-3 organ) as well as Russ Kunkel (drums), Duke Levine (electric and acoustic guitar) and Glenn Worf (bass). Also featured on the album are guest vocals from Vince Gill and Alison Krauss.TRACKLISTING:  CELINE DIONThrough The Eyes Of The World www.celinedion.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Join Celine in this behind-the-scenes, beyond-the-music documentary as she puts on show-stopping performances of some of her biggest hits as well as some of her favorite songs never before recorded. However, this world tour is different as Celine is traveling with her husband, her 7-year-old son, her mother, and her extended family. Interlacing concert performances with behind the scenes footage, fans will get the chance to really know Celine, her family, and her co-performers as well as those fans that she meets and performs for around the world. Inspirational, moving, honest and surprisingly funny, Celine: Through the Eyes of the World captures Celine’s balance between the demands of an elaborate and extensive year-long worldwide tour and her top priority – caring for and enjoying time with her family. CELINE DIONTaking Chances World Tour: The Concert www.celinedion.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Celine Dion’s sold out Taking Chances World Tour, which took place between February 2008 and February 2009. The 5-continent, 25-country, 93-city tour – Dion’s first in nine years – was wildly successful, selling over three Million tickets. Join Celine from a front row seat as she puts on show-stopping performances of some of her biggest well-known hits. Also see and hear Celine perform some of her favorite songs never before recorded such as “”The Show Must Go On”, and “It’s a Man’s World”.TRACKLISTING: BARBRA STREISANDOne Night Only Barbra Streisand And Quartet At The Village Vanguard www.barbrastreisand.com/ Dist: Sony Music Canada One Night Only is the first and only live club performance ever released by Barbra Streisand. It is available now on DVD and Blu-ray and in a special limited edition DVD/CD combo package available only for the initial release that features a bonus audio Disc on the program. The audio disc is not available separately. This rare show, staged in September 2009 to commemorate The release of Barbra’s historic #1 CD – “Love Is The Answer”– brings Barbra back to her roots. This collaboration with the Grammy®-winning Canadian jazz artist Diana Krall (piano) and her quartet (guitar, bass, drums) brought a refined and sensual poignancy to the album’s spare and subtle accompaniments.TRACKLISTING:  ZAC BROWN BANDPass The Jar www.zacbrownband.com Dist: Warner Music Canada After an eventful year on the charts and on the road, GRAMMY®-Award winning Zac Brown Band has proven that "overnight success" can be years in the making. New fans drawn by the irresistible hit singles, the awe-inspiring musicianship and dynamic live shows might have thought the Zac Brown Band emerged from nowhere. In fact, the band has paid its dues for years and put in its time for just this moment, it may have happened quickly, but it's definitely built to last. Pass The Jar… includes 2 Audio CD's and 1 DVD of Zac Brown Band's performance recorded live at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on October 30, 2009. Guest appearances include Kid Rock, Little Big Town, Shawn Mullins, Joey & Rory, Angie Aparo.TRACKLISTING:  CAROLE KING/JAMES TAYLORTroubadour Reunion Dist: Universal Music Canada Two of the world’s most beloved and celebrated singer/songwriters performing together on the same stage that held their solo debuts over 35 years ago! This historic concert event, filmed in November 2007, is now available for the very first time on a special CD/DVD package! Containing stunning performances of the pair’s most beloved hits Recorded live at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles in HD video and 5.1 audio.TRACKLISTING:  EXTREMETake Us Alive: Boston 2009 extreme-band.com Dist: F.A.B. In the 90's, EXTREME relentlessly toured the world bringing their own brand of funked-up rock to legions of adoring fans. In 2008, following a 13 year hiatus, the band returned to the stage for their 'Take Us Alive' world tour, which encompassed 75 cities and multiple continents in support of their new and groundbreaking record, 'Saudades de Rock'. Recorded at the House Of Blues in Boston (8 Aug. 2009) on the last night of their tour, this performance captures Extreme performing to their hometown fans at the peak of their game with a renewed enthusiasm led by Gary Cherone's spellbinding stage performance and powerful vocals, Nuno Bettencourt's ferocious guitar, Pat Badger's flawless bass and Kevin Figueiredo's pounding drums as well as their trademark, spot on, back up vocals. The 2CD set includes the exclusive bonus track "Ghost".TRACKLISTING:  ASIAOmega www.originalasia.com Dist: F.A.B. Geoffrey Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton - ASIA were rock's first important super-group of the 80s - featuring members from Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and The Buggles. Formed at the dawn of the MTV era, their first release was the best selling album in the world in 1982 and sat at the number 1 spot in the USA for 9 weeks, powered by the classic rock anthem, "Heat Of The Moment" and four other radio hits. Their 1983 sophomore album, 'Alpha', also went multi-platinum and enjoyed several hit singles. During the recording of its third disc, the band splintered, and by the 1990s, only Geoff Downes remained from the original line-up. In 2008, they returned with the first new studio album, 'Phoenix', which had been strongly influenced by the fusion of talents and heritages that the band excited the music world with back in 1982. Now, 'Omega' shows a new renaissance for this amazing group of musicians, which seem to live up to a joie-de-vivre that stands the test of time. As with the most popular of Asia releases, the cover art has been specifically designed for the project by acclaimed artist Roger Dean (Yes, Uriah Heep, etc.).TRACKLISTING:  SLOWDIVEShining Breeze Anthology Dist: F.A.B. 31 track compilation featuring some of the finest works from the highly influential SLOWDIVE. Slowdive was an English alternative rock band that formed in 1989. Signing with Creation, Slowdive's early singles received glowing press and chart placement. The press dubbed them part of "The Scene That Celebrates Itself" - a small, loose, conglomerate of like-minded bands who could be seen at each other's shows, frequently hanging out together within the same circle. This "scene" included Lush, Moose, Swervedriver, Curve, and Blur. This anthology, compiled and annotated by Mojo's Kieron Tyler, is a fine starting point for anyone interested in the works of Slowdive.TRACKLISTING:  OUR LAST NIGHTWe Will All Evolve www.myspace.com/ourlastnight Dist: F.A.B New Hampshire’s Our Last Night enters the next stage of their evolution with We Will All Evolve, the follow up to their 2008 Epitaph debut The Ghosts Among Us. Produced by Andrew Wade, whose work with A Day To Remember provided one of 2009’s major artist breakouts, We Will All Evolve is a giant leap forward for a band who were still in their mid-teens while they recorded their debut. As the band built their profile with tours alongside Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Attack Attack, and Four Year Strong among others they developed their writing to the point where We Will All Evolve announces a band at the peak of their form.TRACKLISTING:  FREE ENERGYStuck On Nothing www.myspace.com/freeenergymusic Dist: EMI Music Canada Free Energy performs melodic, hook-laden rock tunes with a heavy dose of bombastic glam and classic dust. Described by SPIN as “...perfectly tart, semi-glammy, Thin Lizzy-style nugget of summery rock’n’roll, the kind of tune the kids in Dazed and Confused might play loud, with the top down, on their way to party at the moon tower.” and named as one of SPIN’s Top 10 bands to watch for in 2010. Free Energy’s Stuck On Nothing is their debut full-length album and follow up to their Free Energy Ep in 2009.TRACKLISTING:  FINAL FLASHHomeless myspace.com/finalflash Dist: EMI Music Canada The past year has been a whirlwind for newcomers Final Flash. Based in Montreal, the emerging quintet has rapidly made waves with their unique brand of psychedelic folk-rock. Final Flash rapidly caught the attention of fans, local media and programmers, landing shows at CMW, Pop Montreal, the Whistler Canadian Music showcase, as well as Transmission. The young five-piece just put the final touches on their debut album Homeless, produced by Jace Lasek (Besnard Lakes).TRACKLISTING: MARK MASRILa Voce www.markmasri.com Dist: EMI Music Canada La Voce is the debut release from Canadian (Toronto born) Mark Masri. Masri’s soulful tenor is one of the finest voices of his generation, and in addition to his incomparable vocals, Mark is a piano player, songwriter and producer. Mark also co-wrote all but one of the original songs on LA voce, and for the rest of the repertoire, he chose a virtuosic array of songs in six languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic. Guest artists include Amy Sky, Jim Brickman & Jon Secada. The featured track on the album is “Hold On”.TRACKLISTING: THE TEMPTATIONSStill Here www.thetemptations.com Dist: Universal Music Canada On the eve of their 50th anniversary, the Temptations are back with their 49th album, appropriately titled Still Here. Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and winners of Motown’s first Grammy award, the Temptations are iconic masters of pop and soul. Still Here continues the Temptations tradition. Infused with old-school harmony and contemporary touches, the album is executive produced by original Temptation Otis Williams, who produced several tracks on the album. Features “Change Has Come” an energetic tribute to the election of US President Barack Obama and “Shawtyismygirlooyeah”, the modern remake of their classic track “My Girl” TRACKLISTING:
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