Track 10 from his latest album The True False Identity, here’s a video of T Bone Burnett performing “Earlier Bagdad (The Bounce)”. (YouTube)
Notable Releases: 16 May 2006
Powder Burns, The Twilight Singers You may remember Greg Dulli as the driving force behind the late Afghan Whigs. DullisThe Whigs established their credibility by crafting pop-based melodies in an aggressive and theatrical rock format. There was little coincidence that the production credits were positioned as theatrical credits: Dulli imbibes his music with a cinematic […]
Notable Releases: 9 May 2006
In the better late than never category, here are my picks from last week’s class of new releases. Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman, Various Artists    Although he lives in Los Angeles and has built a unparalleled (and Oscar-rich) career writing scores for films scoring films, Randy Newman’s early years were spent writing short […]
Neil Young Released & More, Tom’s Take
From the small amount of music I’ve been able to preview this week it seems to have been a bit lackluster. The charts look to be saying the Kieran Kane, Keven Welch & Fats Kaplin album is something to behold. Unfortunately, I have yet to hear it. Paul Simon is on a different path with […]
Mayer’s Playlist for April 2006
I’ll Be Coming Around, The Bottle Rockets (from the album Bottle Rockets Live in Heilbronn Germany) While we wait for their forthcoming studio release, the Bottle Rockets tease us with this knock-out live release. Essentially a greatest hits collection, it captures the band in fine form during a tour of Germany last year. This track, […]
Pearl Jam Released & More, Tom’s Take
Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Did you see these guys a few weeks ago on Saturday Night Live? They absolutely tore it up! I’ve always felt that if you can play a memorable set on SNL that it says something about you as an artist (one that comes to mind is Elvis Costello & the Attractions […]
Notable Releases: 2 May 2006
The Boxing Mirror, Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo has been lauded by critics (No Depression named him artist of the decade in the 1990’s) and heralded by his peers (on 2004’s Por Vida). After a nearly fatal bout with hepatitis C, Escovedo returns with his first album of original material since 2002’s By the Hand of […]
Preview Neil Young’s “Living With War”
Hot on the heels of Prairie Wind, his acoustic meditation on life and death, Young returns with a scatching commentary on the Bush administration and the Iraqi War. Lest anyone question where Young stands, the opening track lays it out: “Won’t need no shadow man… runnin’ the government. Won’t need no stinkin’ WAR.” Stream Neil […]
Tom’s Pick of the Week, Drive-by Truckers
DBT!… DBT!… DBT!… my favorite rock band since GBV hung the towel over a year ago. The Drive-by Truckers return with their latest release A Blessing and A Curse. While I’m not as emotionally attached to this one as I was 2004’s The Dirty South, I undoubtedly believe this will add yet one more notch […]
Preview The Drive-By Truckers’ “A Blessing and a Curse”
You don’t have to wait until Tuesday to hear the new Drive-By Truckers album. The guitar-slinging masters serve up a fine preview of their forthcoming release: A Blessing and a Curse. A few early test spins show the Trucker’s expanding their sound. Whereas their recent albums have clearly been lyrically and musically inspired by the […]