Popdose: Fall Music Preview: 21 New Releases to Listen For
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
It's going to be a very busy fourth quarter. We could also get a new U2 album if Bono stops having his songs leaked from street-side cellphones. We will have new Metallica music as, I assume, even your great-grandmother knows by now.
As a Calexico fan, "Carried To Dust" looks like a return to their "Feast Of Wire" sound. It's not progress but the rawness of "Garden Ruin" shocked more than they expected. I still have an undying urge for Jenny Lewis even if RK's "Under The Blacklight" was only half good (and Blake Sennett got off the best track, the Mirage Mac channeling "Dreamworld".) And now the rest of those "Gift Of Screws" tracks from Buckingham will be available! I'm grinning like an idiot (as opposed to everything else I do like an idiot.) I wonder if he finally, properly titled my favorite Screws track, "Shuffle Riff."
All of the above will also be on vinyl, kids.
As for the rest, Jackson Browne is assuming Zevon's "Mutineer" look. His pod-person metamorphosis scares me a little. That Queen thing scares me. It scares me a lot. I don't mind that May and Taylor want to keep going. I don't even mind that they picked up Rodgers. But this ain't Queen. This ain't even Flaming Mincer.
For every high point Folds has offered ("Bruised", "Wandering" from the ep's) he's crashed with equal weight (kiddifying "Rockin' The Suburbs" for the Over The Hedge soundtrack) so "Way To Normal" is on a razor's edge for me. May be good. Maybe not. We'll see. Either Jessee or Sledge recently announced his new band and they have a forthcoming release too.
You hit the nail on the head with AC/DC's "Black Ice" though. Why I'm interested is hard to guess. It's going to sound like every other AC/DC circa the (Brian) Johnson Administration, specifically "Back In Black", but that's his high water mark with the band, and possibly their's in terms of sales and success. They couldn't secure the inexplicably stupid Mutt Lange again (cheating on Shania? Did she make you listen to her pre-schtupp?) Instead, they got uber-wunderkind number 3, Brendan O'Brien, who'll surely give it that rough polish he finessed for Pearl Jam all those years.
Damn, I do ramble.
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
I've already pre-ordered the Brian Wilson album via his website, and as a card-carrying Sam's Club member, you can count on me to pick up the AC/DC album from there, and I'm always a sucker for new albums by Lindsey Buckingham and Ben Folds.
As to the others, Rundgren's 2004 album, "Liars," brought me back into his camp - "Afterlife" was one of my favorite songs of that year - so I'm very excited about "Arena." I somehow didn't know about the new Queen album, but, yeah, that's definitely one I'm perversely curious about. I'd also like to hear that Rodney Crowell, having fallen into his camp a couple of years ago.
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
Rundgren is so wildly over the map, I would need a thorough listen-to before I committed money to the thing.
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
If you've never heard "Liars," it was definitely harking back to his old soulful ways. Check out "Afterlife" for proof...
I listened to some of the Lucky Old Sun stream on USA Today's website of all places, and it's decent. It offers a decent approximation of what vintage Brian Wilson songwriting sounds like, but his limitations are still obvious (too much sheen, too much slurring).
The Ben Folds better be damn good, after his awkward and failed attempt to ape early '70s Elton on Songs for Silverman. One of the tracks is called "Bitch Went Nuts", so that's a hopeful sign.
I heard part of the new AC/DC single and it was surprisingly good. The fact that AC/DC can still produce good rock is great and sad at the same time.
I wouldn't touch that Queen abortion if Brian May delivered it to me personally.
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
I was born Six-gun in my hand Mama mia, mama mia.
rwcass
· 1 year ago
To me, "Songs for Silverman" got better upon repeated listens, and the fact that there's a song called "Bitch Went Nuts" on the new album is a bad sign that Folds is retreating. That album cover isn't a good sign either. But I love his hooky melodies, and I can't deny that "Songs for Silverman" didn't have enough of them.
breadalbane
· 1 year ago
Gee, how come "Chinese Democracy" isn't listed here? "Cuz it's defintitely coming out this fall for-sure-we-mean-it-this-time-trust-us.
Surely it's not here because you think that it's an overhyped non-event that will be a crushing disappointment to anyone with expectations of world-re-conquering glory?
Personally, I'll spend my money on the new Crowell. There's also a new Pretenders album due out this fall, with Jim Keltner on drums -- sign me up!
EightE1
· 1 year ago
Dude, that Rundgren artwork looks worse than the Buckingham artwork. MUCH worse.
Looking forward to new Lucinda Williams (though the first thing I've heard isn't doing much for me), Raphael Saadiq, Kings of Leon, and a wicked cool Josh Rouse compilation that Rhino's putting out. Oh, and I heard a new Keane track the other day that sounds promising.
Rob EightE1
drcastrato
· 1 year ago
I'm looking forward to the new Mercury Rev album coming this month.
kshane
· 1 year ago
I'm looking forward to the new Oasis album, "Dig Out Your Soul," which may be out on Oct. 7.
Pup Don
· 1 year ago
If you really want the double disc treatment of Mr. Buckingham's Gift of Screws, buy the last Fleetwood Mac album, Say You Will, delete Stevie's songs and try to imagine his cuts without her backing vocals (or just find a bootleg of the original Gift of Screws demo) and there you have it. I'm being snarky, but I really do love Lindsey's work and am looking forward to this release as well.
Matt
· 1 year ago
The Lindsey artwork looks like a slight remix of the album art for Out of the Cradle.
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As a Calexico fan, "Carried To Dust" looks like a return to their "Feast Of Wire" sound. It's not progress but the rawness of "Garden Ruin" shocked more than they expected. I still have an undying urge for Jenny Lewis even if RK's "Under The Blacklight" was only half good (and Blake Sennett got off the best track, the Mirage Mac channeling "Dreamworld".) And now the rest of those "Gift Of Screws" tracks from Buckingham will be available! I'm grinning like an idiot (as opposed to everything else I do like an idiot.) I wonder if he finally, properly titled my favorite Screws track, "Shuffle Riff."
All of the above will also be on vinyl, kids.
As for the rest, Jackson Browne is assuming Zevon's "Mutineer" look. His pod-person metamorphosis scares me a little. That Queen thing scares me. It scares me a lot. I don't mind that May and Taylor want to keep going. I don't even mind that they picked up Rodgers. But this ain't Queen. This ain't even Flaming Mincer.
For every high point Folds has offered ("Bruised", "Wandering" from the ep's) he's crashed with equal weight (kiddifying "Rockin' The Suburbs" for the Over The Hedge soundtrack) so "Way To Normal" is on a razor's edge for me. May be good. Maybe not. We'll see. Either Jessee or Sledge recently announced his new band and they have a forthcoming release too.
You hit the nail on the head with AC/DC's "Black Ice" though. Why I'm interested is hard to guess. It's going to sound like every other AC/DC circa the (Brian) Johnson Administration, specifically "Back In Black", but that's his high water mark with the band, and possibly their's in terms of sales and success. They couldn't secure the inexplicably stupid Mutt Lange again (cheating on Shania? Did she make you listen to her pre-schtupp?) Instead, they got uber-wunderkind number 3, Brendan O'Brien, who'll surely give it that rough polish he finessed for Pearl Jam all those years.
Damn, I do ramble.
As to the others, Rundgren's 2004 album, "Liars," brought me back into his camp - "Afterlife" was one of my favorite songs of that year - so I'm very excited about "Arena." I somehow didn't know about the new Queen album, but, yeah, that's definitely one I'm perversely curious about. I'd also like to hear that Rodney Crowell, having fallen into his camp a couple of years ago.
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The Ben Folds better be damn good, after his awkward and failed attempt to ape early '70s Elton on Songs for Silverman. One of the tracks is called "Bitch Went Nuts", so that's a hopeful sign.
I heard part of the new AC/DC single and it was surprisingly good. The fact that AC/DC can still produce good rock is great and sad at the same time.
I wouldn't touch that Queen abortion if Brian May delivered it to me personally.
Six-gun in my hand
Mama mia, mama mia.
Surely it's not here because you think that it's an overhyped non-event that will be a crushing disappointment to anyone with expectations of world-re-conquering glory?
Personally, I'll spend my money on the new Crowell. There's also a new Pretenders album due out this fall, with Jim Keltner on drums -- sign me up!
Looking forward to new Lucinda Williams (though the first thing I've heard isn't doing much for me), Raphael Saadiq, Kings of Leon, and a wicked cool Josh Rouse compilation that Rhino's putting out. Oh, and I heard a new Keane track the other day that sounds promising.
Rob
EightE1