Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Nero, Breaking Benjamin, The Cool Kids, and Jeff Bridges

August 16, 2011 - 6:47 pm

Big release week, and too many names to mention — but fresh off his recent appearance at The Troubadour, Jeff Bridges releases his self-titled debut…dubstep young god Nero has Welcome Reality and Dead Can Dance bring you Towards the End (the best I could come up with) — and Matthew Friedberger wants you to Cut it Out. Haha. I’ll try to be more clever next week…see ya…

Jeff Bridges - Jeff Bridges

Breaking Benjamin - Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamins

Nero - Welcome Reality

Speed the Plough – Shine

New Villager – New Villager

Maria Taylor - Overlook

Ana Popovic – Unconditional

The Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles

Guy Clark – Songs and Stories

Matthew Friedberger – Cut it Out

Dead Can Dance - Towards the End (DVD)

Braid – Closer to Closed

Bottle Rockets - Not So Loud

Patrick Doyle - Rise of the Planet of the Apes (OST)

Case Studies - The World is Just a Ship to Fill the World

Fool’s Gold - Leave No Trace

Canon Blue - Rumspringa

Blue October - Any Man in America

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Jay-Z and Kanye, Barenaked Ladies, Trivium, and Arsis

August 9, 2011 - 7:09 pm

The big one out today is Watch the Throne, the new collaboration between Jay-Z and Kanye. It’s getting some fairly positive reviews thus far. Metal masters Trivium release In Waves, Canadian giants Barenaked Ladies are back with Snacktime-exclamation point! and Arsis’ seminal A Celebration of Guilt gets a re-release. That last one’s a must-hear. Til next time kids…

Kanye/Jay-Z - Watch the Throne

The Horrors - Skying

Luke Bryan - Tailgates and Tanlines

Drive A - The World in Shambles

Trivium – In Waves

Barenaked Ladies – Snacktime!

Dom – Family of Love

Pepper Rabbit – Red Velvet Snowball

Arsis – A Celebration of Guilt (Re-Release)

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Moonface, Keb Mo, Nekromantix, and Boston Spaceships

August 2, 2011 - 1:40 pm

The big release this week is the debut of Moonface, the solo project of Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade…Fountains of Wayne will be going strong forever thanks solely to the success of “Stacy’s Mom”…Nekromantix win Best Album Title award with What Happens in Hell, Stays in Hell…and Keb Mo’s new one is The Reflection, already garnering some heavy praise for its warm, bluesy sounds. See ya next week.

Boston Spaceships – Let It Beard

Fountains of Wayne – Sky Full Of Holes

John Hiatt - Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns

The Duke & The King – The Duke & The King

Tig Notaro - Good One

Bury Your Dead - Mosh & Roll

Trace Atkins - Proud To Be Here

O.A.R. - King

Nekromantix – What Happens In Hell, Stays In Hell

Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped

Keb Mo - The Reflection

Greyson Chance - Hold On ‘Til The Night

Direct Hit - Domesplitter

Music New Music Releases from 311, 3 Doors Down, and Imelda May

July 20, 2011 - 1:40 pm

311 are still around (was just enjoying a trip down nostalgia road and listening to Transistor a couple minutes ago, weird), releasing Universal Pulse today; alt-rocksteadys 3 Doors Down keep managing to churn them out; plenty of under-the-radar indie releases with AM and Shawn Lee and Burlap to Cashmere, and the Captain America movie releases its soundtrack.

311 - Universal Pulse

3 Doors Down – Time of My Life

Big Talk - Big Talk

I Was Totally Destroying It - Preludes

Captain America - Original Soundtrack

AM and Shawn Lee – Dark Into Light

Burlap to Cashmere – Burlap to Cashmere

Fink – Perfect Darkness

Imelda May – Inside Out

Pestilence - Doctrine

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases by Comet Gain, Blake Shelton, Memory Tapes, Alkaline Trio, MellowHype, Incubus

July 12, 2011 - 3:40 pm

Alkaline Trio - Damnesia

The big recommendation this week is Memory Tapes’ lo-fi gem Piano Player…in other news, Incubus is still rocking out, this week with If Not Now, Then When?…Alkaline Trio returns with an all-acoustic set of songs called Damnesia…MellowHype is back with BlackenedWhite, what is supposedly the 2nd in a 3-album release in 2 short years…

Comet Gain – Howl of the Lonely Crowd

Blake Shelton – Red River Blue

Incubus - If Not Now, Then When?

Teddybears - Devil’s Music

Alkaline Trio - Damnesia

Jackie-O Motherfucker – Earth Sound System

Memory Tapes – Piano Player

MellowHype – BlackenedWhite

Kasey Chamber – Little Bird

Colbie Caillat – All of You

Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer

SebastiAn – Total

Digitalism - I Love You, Dude

Zomby – Dedication

New York City Tuesday Newsday…New Releases from Beyonce, David Cook, Com Truise, Isis, and Moon

June 28, 2011 - 7:48 pm

Isis

David Cook’s This Loud Morning is getting some great buzz…Billy Ray Cyrus is still putting out records; who knew…and so is Queensryche…Ipecac Records’ beloved Isis is out with a new live album, and Com Truise gets more love with the official release of Galactic Mel. See ya in a week or so…

Beyonce - 4

David Cook - This Loud Morning

Billy Ray Cyrus - I’m American

Curren$y – Weekend At Burnie’s CD

Selena Gomez – Otherwise

Taking Back Sunday – Taking Back Sunday

Queensryche – Dedicated to Chaos

Moon – Caduceus Chalice

Isis - Live III

Big Sean – Finally Famous CD

Com Truise - Galactic Mel

Eilen Jewell - Queen Of The Minor Key

Uncategorized Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Pitbull, Peter Tosh, Devin Townsend, In Flames, and Laura Cantrell

June 21, 2011 - 9:15 pm

Mr. Pit

Here we go…new Pitbull…some re-releases of classic Peter Tosh…Devin Townsend releases the last two albums in a 4-part series, and it’s worth the wait…a lot of metal in the for of Symphony X and Black Dahlia Murder….and Weird Al’s new one is out too…see ya next week with a new one from Limp Bizkit, amongst others…

Pitbull – Planet Pit

Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music

Peter Tosh - Equal Rights/Legalize It

Bon Iver - Self

The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual

Crossfade – We All Bleed

Weird Al Yankovic – Alpocalypse

Jill Scott - The Light of the Sun

Symphony X - Iconoclast

In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading

Devin Townsend - Ghost/Deconstruction

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Flogging Molly, Death Cab for Cutie, Eddie Vedder, and Ozzy

May 31, 2011 - 9:56 pm

Flogging Molly - Speed of Darkness

Melvins release a slew of their recent live shows…Eddie Vedder jumps on the ukulele bandwagon…quasi-emo-ers Death Cab for Cutie follow up with Codes and Keys…Ozzy and Sharon relent and re-issue the first two albums with the original musicians…but most importantly, the new Flogging Molly is out…get it…til next we meet…buh-bye

Black Stone Cherry - Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea

The Melvins - Sugar Daddy Live

The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Flogging Molly - Speed Of Darkness

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz/Diary of a Madman Re-issue

Egypt Central – White Rabbit

Kate Bush - Director’s Cut

Death Cab for Cutie - Codes And Keys

Seapony - Go With Me

Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases From Moby, Danger Mouse, Ben Harper, and Scar Symmetry

May 17, 2011 - 5:37 pm

Moby - Destroyed

A new one from Moby, though it’s getting mixed reviews to say the least…English professors Living With Lions release their new masterpiece…and of course the latest from Metal Mother…Company of Thieves is off and running with their well-received sophomore release…

13 and God -Own Your Ghost

Moby – Destroyed

Damon and Naomi – False Beats And True Hearts

Ben Harper – Give Till It’s Gone

Ruth Gerson - Deceived

Austra - Feel It Break

Company of Thieves - Running From A Gamble

Legend - The Pale Horse

Face To Face - Laugh Now, Laugh Later

Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy

Metal Mother - Bonfire Diaries

Living With Lions – Holy Shit

Scar Symmetry – The Unseen Empire

Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Twin Atlantic, Fleet Foxes, Beastie Boys

May 3, 2011 - 4:38 pm

Twin Atlantic - Free

Twin Atlantic issue their newest, Free, today, after the single “Edit Me” blew up the charts; Fleet Foxes are all the rage with Helplessness Blues; JLo is still around; Beastie Boys give you more of their awesome Sauce; and Fleetwood’s Stevie Nicks is back yet again. Kind of a scarce release week; the A-listers on board make up for it. Next week the emphasis is on the old school, with new cuts from Urge Overkill, The Cars, and others…

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Cat’s Eyes - Cat’s Eyes

Giant Pianoramx - Smooth Danger

Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo

Jennifer Lopez – Love?

Twin Atlantic – Free

Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends

Dredg – Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy

Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams

Colbie Ailat – All Of You

Jennifer Lopez - Love?

Musiq Soulchild - MUSIQINTHEMAGIQ

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2

Have Nots - Proud