Posted in music | new releases on September 18, 2007
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder's debut solo album, the soundtrack to the film Into the Wild, is out this week, along with long-awaited debuts by two singer-songwriters I have followed for some time, Placelessness by Alina Simone and Kismet by Jesca Hoop. Kevin Drew releases his solo debut disc, Spirit If..., as well, and Hard-Fi drops their sophomore effort with the "No Album Art" cover, Once Upon a Time In the West, in the US.
Nothing Is Free by Corn Sister Carolyn Mark is alt-country at its husky-voiced finest, and Fog's Ditherer keeps rocking itself into my CD player...
Discs I haven't heard yet but am highly anticipating include Jamie Cullum's In the Mind of Jamie Cullum, the Green Pajamas' Box of Secrets: Northern Gothic 2, and Jana Hunter's Carrion. Are these worth picking up?
Have I left anything noteworthy off the list? What new music releases can you recommend this week? What should I avoid?
This week's interesting CD releases:
A.A. Bondy: American Hearts [cd]
Acid Mothers Guru Guru: Psychedelic Navigator [cd]
Akron/Family: Love Is Simple [cd]
Alina Simone: Placelessness [cd]
The A-Sides: Silver Storms [cd]
Asleep at the Wheel: Santa Loves to Boogie [cd]
Baron Zen: At the Mall (Remixes) [cd]
Bella: No One Will Know [cd]
Ben Lee: Ripe [cd]
Biffy Clyro: Puzzle [cd]
Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged (with DVD) [cd]
Carolyn Mark: Nothing Is Free [cd]
Chamillionaire: Ultimate Victory [cd]
Crescent: Little Waves [cd]
The Donnas: Bitchin' [cd]
Dropkick Murphys: The Meanest Of Times [cd]
Drug Rug: Drug Rug [cd]
Eddie Vedder: Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild (soundtrack) [cd]
Emmylou Harris: Songbird (box set) [cd]
The Fall: Live at the Kniting Factory [cd]
Firefox AK: Madame, Madame! [cd]
Fog: Ditherer [cd]
For Against: In the Marshes (reissue) [cd]
Gravenhurst: Western Lands [cd]
The Grey Race: Give It Love [cd]
Green Pajamas: Box of Secrets: Northern Gothic 2 [cd]
Hard-Fi: Once Upon a Time In the West [cd]
Harris Newman: Decorated [cd]
Health: Health [cd]
His Name Is Alive: Xmmer [cd]
Iggy Pop: Live San Francisco 1981 (reissue with bonus tracks) [cd]
The Immaculate Machine: Les Uns Mais Pas Les Autres (reissue) [cd]
Jamie Cullum: In the Mind of Jamie Cullum [cd]
Jana Hunter: Carrion [cd]
Jeremy Fisher: Goodbye Blue Monday [cd]
Jesca Hoop: Kismet [cd]
John Coltrane: Interplay (remastered box set) [cd]
Jonah Matranga: And [cd]
Keith Richards: Main Offender (reissue) [cd]
Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos: Live at the Hollywood Palladium (reissue) [cd]
Kevin Drew: Spirit If... [cd]
KT Tunstall: Drastic Fantastic [cd]
Th' Legendary Shak Shakers: Swampblood [cd]
Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends [cd]
Magnet: Simple Life [cd]
Manneqin Men: Fresh Rot [cd]
Mark Knopfler: Kill to Get Crimson [cd]
Mary Gauthier: Between Daylight and Dark [cd]
Matt White: Best Days [cd]
Mick Jagger: The Very Best of Mick Jagger [cd]
Ministry: The Last Sucker [cd]
Motion City Soundtrack: Even If It Kills Me [cd]
Myracle Brah: Can You Hear Myracle Brah [cd]
New Found Glory: From the Screen to Your Stereo Part 2 [cd]
Nyles Lannon: Pressure [cd]
Percee P: Perseverance [cd]
Plasticines: LP1 [cd]
Polyphonic Spree: Live From Austin, TX [cd]
Rogue Wave: Asleep at Heaven's Gate [cd]
Ryan Groff: People in the Midwest [cd]
Schoolyard Heroes: Abominations [cd]
Sleeping States: There the Open Spaces [cd]
Songs of Green Pheasant: Gyllyng Street [cd]
Submersed: Immortal Verses [cd]
Terra Diablo: Deluge Songs [cd]
Thurston Moore: Trees Outside The Academy [cd]
Time of Orchids: Namesake Caution [cd]
Twista : Adrenaline Rush 2007 [cd]
Various Artists: The Acoustic Alternative Album [cd]
Various Artists: Christmas with the Rat Pack [cd]
Various Artists: House M.D. Original Television Soundtrack [cd]
Various Artists: Led Zeppelin - Tribute: 24/7/365 [cd]
Various Artists: Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 (remastered box set) [cd]
Various Artists: The Simpsons: Testify (soundtrack) [cd]
Various Artists: Summer Records Anthology (1974-1988) [cd]
Various Artists: Song of America (3-disc set) [cd]
Various Artists: You Got Yours! East Bay Garage 1965-1967 [cd]
The Vells: Integretron [cd]
White Stripes: You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) (single) [cd]
Willie Nelson: So Much to Do [cd]
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I got "Into the Wild" in the mail yesterday, short album but really good.
Posted by Tremags | September 18, 2007 8:35 AM
eddie's an easy classic. can't wait to listen to more songs off this album.
Posted by puja | September 18, 2007 8:58 AM
Health's s/t long player arrives in stores today.
Posted by debya | September 18, 2007 10:06 AM
I've had Into the wild on repeat for two days. A truly great album.
Posted by Anonymous | September 18, 2007 10:06 AM
Dangit, I see it in your list now. I should drink my coffee before posting.
Posted by debya | September 18, 2007 10:07 AM
Check out Steve Earle's new one.
Posted by Big Dan | September 18, 2007 10:23 AM
firefox ak is great.
finally a stateside release for her.
Posted by mat | September 18, 2007 11:02 AM
not even a boldfaced mention of Les Savy Fav's newest?!?!?!?!?!?!
wtf
Posted by Anonymous | September 18, 2007 11:17 AM
The Jamie Cullum disc is a compilation of tracks he likes from different artists, plus 2 new tracks of his own. Kind of the like Back To Mine series. I didn't know if that was common knowledge or anything, but I didn't expect it... then again, I didn't even know there was a new Jamie Cullum release at all until I saw it in the store this morning! (There were a decent mix of artists on there though.)
Posted by Matt | September 18, 2007 11:18 AM
eddie is a douche
Posted by Anonymous | September 18, 2007 12:04 PM
LETS STAY FRIENDS
LES SAVY FAV
no offense to eddie, but i think they deserve billing (ha, billing) on this post over eddie. or at least a boldfaced mention!
Posted by Anonymous | September 18, 2007 12:59 PM
Akron/family's latest is simply perfect.
Posted by kde | September 18, 2007 2:26 PM
Jesus, I can't stop listening to "Hard Sun" on Eddie's new album. What an amazing song!
Kinda sounds like Rusted Root.
Posted by Drugs Delaney | September 18, 2007 2:59 PM
New Akron/Family is wonderful, like some have already said.
Posted by Anonymous | September 18, 2007 3:49 PM
Is saying it sounds like Rusted Root supposed to make me want to listen to it?
Posted by Anonymous | September 18, 2007 4:25 PM
Nahh, just making an observation. Personally, I was a fan of Rusted Root and never understood why they got so much heat. I thought their last album (Welcome to my Party) went under the radar. I'm also a big percussion guy, so maybe that had something to do with it. Just makes me wonder how much more famous they would have been if Eddie was their lead singer.
Posted by Drugs Delaney | September 18, 2007 4:35 PM
One of the free downloads this week at the iTunes Store is "Rainin' In Paradize" by Manu Chao.
Posted by Anonymous | September 19, 2007 8:59 PM