Tuesday Music Guide - November 2, 2010 |
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 ELVIS COSTELLONational Ransom www.elviscostello.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Produced By T BONE BURNETT Elvis Costello’s 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane touched on bluegrass, R&B, and Americana – this year Costello’s back with similar sounds and a consistent theme: the financial collapse. The record is led off by the loud electric guitar of Marc Ribot in the left channel and the lap-steel of Jerry Douglas in the right channel. Steve Nieve enters on the Vox Continental organ, while the rhythm section consists of Dennis Crouch on double bass and Pete Thomas on drums. National Ransom is the name of the album and also a rock and roll song, "For the bankrupt times, whenever they may be," as Costello recently described it.  DANNY FERNANDES AutomaticLUV www.myspace.com/dannyfernandes Dist: EMI Music Canada CP Records is pleased to present the sophomore album release from rising R&B artist Danny Fernandes entitled AutomaticLUV. Danny began his career as a dancer and soon honed in on his family’s musical history, taking centre stage with his own music career. His debut album, Intro, reached #1 on iTunes and led to four #1 videos, spawning 2 gold singles, 1 MMVA, 2 Juno nominations, and 7 MMVA nominations. Danny has toured with Akon, Flo Rida, Sean Kingston, and Girlicious in the past 2 years alone. The lead single from AutomaticLUV, “Automatic,” features Juno Award winner Belly. Other album tracks also feature Shawn Desman, Mia Martina, and Marianas Trench.  NEIL DIAMONDDreams www.neildiamond.com Dist: Sony Music Canada On Dreams, Neil Diamond performs a selection of his all time favourite songs of the rock era, paying homage to some of the world’s greatest songs and songwriters. Dreams includes works originally recorded by such legendary artists as The Beatles, The Eagles, Bill Withers, Leonard Cohen and more. Neil interprets the songs in a very personal, unique way. Across a music career spanning nearly five decades, Neil Diamond has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide, won a Golden Globe and a Grammy award.  HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWSSoulsville www.hueylewis.com Dist: Outside Grammy-winners Huey Lewis and The News return with their first album in nine years entitled Soulsville. Recorded at historic Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album features 14 classic songs from the vault of Stax Records, including “Respect Yourself” and “Got To Get You Off My Mind”. Considered to be the preeminent soul music label in America, Stax was home to artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T & The MG’s, and Isaac Hayes, and produced an astounding number of hit records throughout the 1960’s & 70’s. Ably paying tribute to the rich Stax legacy, Huey Lewis and The News, joined by their long time horn section, capture the energy and excitement of this important era. 'Soulsville' re-unites Huey Lewis and the News with co-producer Jim Gaines ('Sports,' 'Fore!') who worked at the Stax studios as a young man and was involved in many of the label's original recordings.  PET SHOP BOYS Ultimate www.petshopboys.co.uk Dist: EMI Music Canada The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most commercially and critically acclaimed bands of the past 25 years. They have achieved 8 platinum, 2 gold and 4 silver albums in the UK alone. Their career has spanned 25 years and is in its 3rd decade. They are as popular as ever, still headlining festivals around the world in 2010. ULTIMATE is a CD with 19 hit songs. The deluxe limited edition package includes a DVD with previously unreleased performances from the BBC as well as their 2010 headlining performance at Glastonbury. This is the first time any of this footage will be available to purchase on DVD and the band will also be recording a commentary which will be added!  BLACK DUBBlack Dub blackdub.jiverecords.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Black Dub, a powerful new group led by celebrated guitarist and producer Daniel Lanois, release their debut album. Black Dub is a distinctive, rock-edged album featuring an outstanding level of musicianship and a soulful, symphonic commentary informed by Jamaican dub culture. Black Dub recorded the album in Los Angeles with a focus on live sessions often done in one take. Lanois recently told Rolling Stone magazine "I had been fantasizing about putting a band together for a long time that would allow me to write music with a funkier angle." The music is accompanied by a series of live “off the floor” videos that Black Dub has been posting on their new website. The eleven tracks on the album include the single “I Believe In You,” the bluesy, sexy “Surely” and the beautiful gospel-like “Caanan.” Two trademark Lanois instrumentals “Slow Baby” and “Sirens” round out the album.  BRAD PAISLEYHits Alive bradpaisley.musiccitynetworks.com Dist: Sony Music Canada After seven studio album releases, multi-platinum selling recording artist Brad Paisley releases his first ever greatest hits package, Hits Alive. This two-disc set includes one disc of studio hits and another of Paisley performing his hits live from his H20 tour. Paisley is a three-time Grammy award winner and the reigning, four-time ACM and three-time CMA Male Vocalist of the Year. With 17 #1 singles under his belt, Paisley releases his new single “Anything Like Me” to country radio to lead the hits collection.  THE PRIESTSNoel www.thepriests.com Dist: Sony Music Canada Global Superstars The Priests – Father Eugene O’Hagan, his brother Martin and their old school friend David Delargy, are amongst the most recognized and successful acts in both the religious and secular worlds, having sold 3 million albums. Noel is The Priests’ third album – produced by Mike Hedges and the follow up to 2009’s Harmony. The album is set to become one of the biggest releases this Christmas, featuring some of the most cherished seasonal songs of all time – including “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and “Ding Dong Merrily On High” – it is a solemnly beautiful record, stately, humble and full of grace.  CHARLIE LOUVINThe Battles Rage On charlielouvin.net Dist: Universal Music Canada Charlie Louvin is the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry, and a member of the world renowned Louvin Brothers. A performer and songwriter whose career in country music has spanned over 60 years and still shows no signs of stopping. It’s easy to compare Louvin’s old style of unmistakably gospel influenced country music to the likes of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings; however it’s infinitely more accurate to say that before Cash, Haggard, and Jennings there was Charlie Louvin – the man who had a dramatic impact on the careers of these three legends in their own right. His newest studio record ‘The Battles Rage On’ is Louvin’s heartfelt love letter to the men and women in military service – 12 songs that provide a searing look at the sacrifices of war, punctuated with the feeling of Louvin’s own experiences as a veteran of the Korean War and a palpably fierce pride in his homeland.  ELLIOTT SMITHAn Introduction to... www.sweetadeline.net Dist: Outside This album features fourteen tracks compiled from all seven of Elliott Smith's albums: Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, Either/Or, XO, Figure 8, From A Basement on the Hill, and New Moon. An Introduction to... is, as the title suggests, intended as an introduction to one of the greatest songwriters of our era. We hope this will enable new generations to learn about Elliott's music by providing a pathway for people to delve more deeply into his immensely satisfying catalog.  THE HIGH DIALSAnthems for Doomed Youth thehighdials.net Dist: Fontana North  Over 7 years and 4 albums, Montreal band the High Dials have turned out a varied repertoire of anthemic 60’s-flavored power-pop, upbeat psych and melancholic folk-rock balladry. The High Dials debuted on NYC-based Rainbow Quartz Records in 2003 with “A New Devotion”, a mishmash of retro-freakbeat sounds and shimmering pop with a hidden lyrical storyline. The album made a fan of Little Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen fame who played them heavily on his syndicated radio show and slotted them in with the Strokes, the Stooges, New York Dolls and other music legends at his Underground Garage Festival in 2004.In 2010, they reunited with Rainbow Quartz, and set about building a home studio in an abandoned (reputedly haunted) Montreal building that once belonged to the Canadian navy. The recordings were mixed by Michael Musmanno (Lilys, Cadence Weapon) in New York City. The resulting album, “Anthems for Doomed Youth” is out November 2, 2010.  N.E.R.D.Nothing n-e-r-d.com Dist: Universal Music Canada NOTHING is the title of the 4th studio album from Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley – collectively, the three musicians-slash-producers-slash-singers-slash-songwriters known as N*E*R*D. (No-one Ever Really Dies). Formed as a concept band in their hometown of Virginia Beach, in 2000, N*E*R*D stands – defiantly – ten years later as a group of musicians who have worked tirelessly to carve out and conquer a new space in an otherwise nebulous musical world. The sound of NOTHING, through its 14 tracks, is decidedly stripped down – like their debut – but no less powerful. Whereas the albums FLY OR DIE and SEEING SOUNDS pumped the volume up with big band rock songs, NOTHING is a rock ‘n roll soul album. The first single, “Hot N’ Fun,” features the Neptunes’ collaborator and friend, Nelly Furtado. It is a bounce-filled, sweaty summer club track that has echoes of old-school roller-skating jams. (Astute music heads may hear a trace of De La Soul influences in the song’s bravado, which Pharrell admits could be the case: “No matter what I do or who I work with, the Native Tongues are in my DNA  ESCAPE THE FATEEscape The Fate www.escapethefate.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Escape the Fate is set to shock the world with an album whose unexpected music is being described as a twisted offspring, blending arena rock reminiscent of the 90's with some new flavor, creating a fresh perspective and making a stamp on what the future for rock is. The group’s third full-length album was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine, Hollywood Undead). The album blends metal and melody, guitar solos and anthemic choruses into an epic sound only hinted at on the group’s previous album, 2008’s This War Is Ours.  MARIAH CAREYMerry Christmas II You www.mariahcarey.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Mariah’s first holiday album “Merry Christmas,”released in 1994, has sold over 12 million copies worldwide (over 6 million internationally) and is the most successful Christmas album of all time! “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is re-recorded In a brand new version for new album. In addition to traditional yuletide fare – “The First Noel,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “O Come All Ye Faithful” and more –MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU also contains four original songs composed by Mariah, including the new single, “Oh Santa,” and many more surprises for the fans. Producers on the new album include American Idol’s Randy Jackson, multi‐platinum hit‐making producer Jermaine Dupri, and James Poyser.
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