Just the Facts, M'am

Down and dirty. Will clean it up soon.

Saturday, June 4
1. MARWOOD – S/T (self-released)
Coming to town on June 29. Post preview, with mini-interview, goes out Thursday.

Friday, June 3
2. BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY – Promo sampler
10 tracks, spanning their career.
Also a presentation DVD.
3. BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY – Live (Big Bad/Vanguard)
Upcoming Post pick, along with local a cappella goofballs (and I mean that lovingly) DaVinci’s Notebook.click here
I put the word out to the label publicist and the band’s manager, seeking info, and got packages with entirely different material from each. Hmmmm…interesting. Management sent the promo sampler and DVD, label PR the double live CD.
4. SCUM OF THE EARTH – Blah…Blah…Blah…Love Songs for the New Millenium
5. MAXIMO PARK – A Certain Trigger (Warp)
Tomorrow’s Killers/Keane show is turning into a mini-festival, with three other acts on the bill – these guys, Regina Spektor, and Louis XIV.
6. INNAWAY – S/T (Some Records)
Out July 5th.

Thursday, June 1
7. OASIS – Don’t Believe the Truth (Epic)
Educated consumers (or suckers) know that the first week an album is out is the best time to buy, since the major chains sell them cheap, starting on new release Tuesday, to get people into the stores. And labels like that since it means strong first week sales and chart placement. Target has the new Oasis dual disc for the same price ($11.99) but Best Buy offered an additional bonus disc with 5 songs recorded live at Chicago’s Metro Theater in 1994. So that’s where I got mine. The Beatles’ homage/rip-offs continue and, though I run lukewarm and cold with these guys, listening to a new Oasis album is pretty much obligatory in My Line Of Work. As obligations go, that’s not bad.
8. SANTANA – The Hits (Columbia)
At $5.99 I couldn’t resist a copy for the reference library. And a good excuse to clear out some old vinyl.
Also picked up another copy of the freebie sampler “I Love That Song,” which won’t count in the total.
Sent:
9.BETTER THAN EZRA – Before the Robots (Song/Artemis)
Post preview posts on Thursday. click here
10. LIZZ WRIGHT – Dreaming Wide Awake (Verve Forecast)
11. EMBRACE – Out of Nothing (Lava/Atlantic)
12. TSAR – Band*Girls*Money (TVT)
13. PUNK-O-RAMA (Epitaph)
14. LEFT ALONE – Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts (Hellcat Records)
15. ZZZ – Palm Reader (PolyVinyl Records)
Publicist described them as a Tim Burton soundtrack on speed. Which basically means Oingo Boingo, no? I heard it, and shades of Romeo Void, too, in the stuttering sax and sassy female vocalist. A pleasant time warp tri back to the New Wave days.
16. SCHOOLYARD HEROES – Fantastic Wounds (NA)

Tuesday, May 31
17. TURIN BRAKES - JackInABox (Astralwerks)
A new, neat discovery. Previously only a name I'd heard about, and assumed was somehow more artsy and less accessible. One of those rare releases that Terry (the hubby) noticed on first play and asked about.
18. KRAFTWERK – Minimum-Maximum (Astralwerks)

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