Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Elvis, Snoop Dogg, Goldfrapp, Leonard Cohen, and Scorpions

March 23, 2010 - 8:51 pm

Goldfrapp's Head First

Here’s a quick look at new music releases for the week of March 23, CHECKITOUT:

Justin Bieber – My World 2.0
Various Artists - Now That’s What I Call Music! 33
Goldfrapp – Head First
She & Him – Volume Two
Snoop Dogg – More Malice
Monica – Still Standing
The Scorpions – Sting In The Tail
Pet Shop Boys – Pandemonium Live [2 CDs]
The Bird And The Bee – Interpreting The Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall & John Oates
Elvis Presley – On Stage February, 1970 [2 CDs]
Joe Bonamassa - Black Rock
Mindy McCready - I’m Still Here
Andrew W.K. – Close Calls With Brick Walls/Mother of Mankind
Soundtrack - Hot Tub Time Machine
Soundtrack – The Runaways
Coco Montoya – I Want It All Back
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
Mose Allison - Way Of The World
Dave Holland Octet – Pathways
Autechre – Oversteps
Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox
Disturbed – The Sickness 10th Anniversary Edition
Soundtrack – Final Fantasy XIII: Limited Edition Box Set [5 CDs]
The Who – Greatest Hits Live
Tom Harrell - Roman Nights
Brotha Lynch Hung – Dinner & A Movie
Inspectah Deck - Manifesto
Bonobo – Black Sands
Saliva – Moving Forward In Reverse: Greatest Hits
Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones
Madlib – Medicine Show No. 3: Beat Konducta In Africa
Amy MacDonald – Curious Thing [Import]
Boyzone – Brother [Import]
Craig David – Signed Sealed Delivered [Import]
Various Artists – London Street Jazz: 1988-2009 21 Years of Acid Jazz Records [Import]
Paul Revere & The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay – The Complete Columbia Singles [3 CDs]
Chuck Berry – Have Mercy: His Comp Chess Recordings 1969-1974 [4 CDs]

Music The Pet Shop Boys

March 9, 2010 - 1:22 pm

Pet Shop Boys

Anyone remember these guys? I have something to get off my chest: As a heterosexual male, I got a lot of crap in my youth for liking the Pet Shop Boys. Still I remained rock-hard and steady in my Showboats, knowing that in between my copy of Olivia Newton John’s Xanadu and the soundtrack to Yentl I could find a copy of the album with “West End Girls” on it. All you haters, laugh if you want but it makes for a kick-ass soundtrack to a game of frisbee football or badminton even if repeated blows to the head have forced you to keep it to yourself on your iPod. The PSB (as aficionados such as myself refer to them) first gained infamy through that aforementioned track, and  with New Order producer Stephen Hague playing on their team, that was all she wrote. Listen to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe reminisce on Red Bull Music Academy Radio. Put on your (Domino) Dancing shoes, young man, and Go West!