Street Date Sept. 10: Ani DiFranco, Megadeth
BySep 8, 2002 10:00 PM
Also: Rebecca Lynn Howard, John Doe, Peter Wolf and more.
Also: Rebecca Lynn Howard, John Doe, Peter Wolf and more.
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Ani DiFranco - “So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter” (Righteous Babe)
This double-disc includes 23 songs culled from various concerts from 2000 to 2002. With the exception of two tracks, all of the songs on the new live disc were written after the release of DiFranco’s first live album, 1997’s “Living in Clip.” “So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter” also includes three songs not available on any other albums, including “Self Evident,” which DiFranco penned shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Megadeth - “Still Alive ... and Well?” (Sanctuary)
In late May, Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine announced that he was ending the group due to an arm injury that he suffered. Four months later, Mustaine releases this collection of new live cuts and previously released studio material. Complete album details--including a written message from Mustaine, in which he hints that the group might not be totally defunct just yet--are posted at the band’s official website.
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Rebecca Lynn Howard - “Forgive” (MCA Nashville)
Last month, the soundtrack for the NBC television series “Providence” surfaced, featuring Howard’s track “Forgive.” Now, Howard’s album of the same name--her sophomore effort--surfaces. MCA Nashville is streaming “Forgive” and the song’s companion music video at Howard’s label website.
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John Doe - “Dim Stars, Bright Sky” (iMusic)
Guest vocalists on this acoustic album from X’s singer-bassist include Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers), Jane Wiedlin (Go-Go’s), Juliana Hatfield, and Rhet Miller (Old 97’s). According to Doe’s label, the album “leans toward the singer-songwriter genre more than the alt-rock or alt-country Doe has usually been labeled over his previous four albums.”
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Peter Wolf - “Sleepless” (Artemis)
The former J. Geils frontman’s latest is his first new release in four years. Wolf’s official website features samples from “Sleepless,” while his label’s site features a track-by-track commentary that Wolf wrote. The singer plans to tour behind the album, according to his website.
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Other new releases:
Authority Zero - “A Passage in Time” (Lava/Atlantic)
Bangs - “Call & Response” (Kill Rock Stars)
Broken Spindles - “Broken Spindles” (Tiger Style)
The Brooklyn Cowboys - “Dodging Bullets” (Leaps)
Richard Buckner - “Born Into” (Overcoat Recordings)
John Creamer and Stephane K. - “Bedrock Compiled and Mixed” (two CDs) (Bedrock)
Cross Canadian Ragweed - “Cross Canadian Ragweed” (Universal South)
Cynthia Dall - “Sound Restores Young Men” (Drag City)
Coco de Mer - “Coco de Mer” (Tommy Boy)
Dead to Fall - “Everything I Touch Falls to Pieces” (Victory)
The Detachment Kit - “They Raging. Quiet Army.” (Spin Art)
Dropkick Murphys - “Live on St. Patrick’s Day from Boston, MA” (Epitaph)
Drums & Tuba - “Mostly Ape” (Righteous Babe)
Faultline - “Your Love Means Everything” (Elektra)
Radney Foster - “Another Way to Go” (DualTone)
The Four Bitchin’ Babes - “Some Assembly Required” (Shanachie)
Goapele - “Even Closer” (Red Urban)
Chico Hamilton - “Thoughts of ...” (Koch Jazz)
Gordon Haskell - “Harry’s Bar” (Compass)
Hayden - “Live at Convocation Hall” (Badman)
Richard X. Heyman - “Basic Glee” (Turn-Up)
Holiday Express - “Live” (Oglio)
Dave Holland Big Band - “What Goes Around” (ECM)
Peter Huttlinger - “Naked Pop” (Favored Nations)
Ill Lit - “Wacmusic” (Badman)
In Strict Confidence - “Mistrust the Angels” (Metropolis)
Ivy - “Guest Room” (Minty Fresh)
Doug Kershaw - “Easy” (Spin Art)
Kylesa - “Kylesa” (Prank)
Layo & Bushwacka! - “Night Works” (XL)
Magellan - “Hundred Year Flood” (Ian Anderson guests) (Magna Carta)
John McCutcheon - “The Greatest Story Never Told” (Red House)
Roger Miret & the Disasters - “Roger Miret & the Disasters” (Epitaph)
The Mission UK - “Aura” (Metropolis)
Gary Moore - “Scars” (Sanctuary)
Carrie Newcomer - “The Gathering of Spirits” (Philo)
No Good - “Game Day PBB” (Artist Direct)
Anders Osborne with Monk Boudreaux - “Bury the Hatchet” (Shanachie)
The Pattern - “Real Feelness” (Lookout)
Ellis Paul - “The Speed of Trees” (Philo)
Ralph’s World - “Happy Lemons” (Minty Fresh)
Jordan Rudess - “4NYC” (Magna Carta)
Sahara Hotnights - “Jennie Bomb” (Jetset)
Santana - “Essential Santana” (Sony)
Shade Sheist - “Informal Introduction” (MCA)
The Smokey River Boys - “The Smokey River Boys Sing O Brother” (MCA)
Speech - “Spiritual People” (Artist Direct)
Stick Men with Rayguns - “Some People Deserve to Suffer” (Emperor Jones)
Supreme Beings of Leisure - “Divine Operating System” (Palm Pictures)
T-Model Ford - “Bad Man” (Fat Possum)
Tin Hat Trio - “The Rodeo Eroded” (Atlantic)
Aaron Tippin - “Stars & Stripes” (Hollywood)
Tre Hardson - “Liberation” (Artist Direct)
Vandermark 5 - “Free Jazz Classics Vol. 1 & 2” (Atavistic)
Dave Weckl Band - “Perpetual Motion” (Stretch)
The Wondermints - “Mind if We Make Love to You” (Image Entertainment)
Xmarsx - “Xmarsx” (Atavistic)
Yohimbe Brothers “Front End Lifter” (Ropeadope/Atlantic)
Various artists - “Going Driftless - An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown” (Red House)
Various artists - “Radio Jams Disney 5” (Disney)
Soundtracks and scores:
“The Banger Sisters” (Sanctuary)
“City by the Sea” (Varèse Sarabande)
“Invincible" (Milan)
“The Lathe of Heaven” (Milan)
“Rebecca" (Varèse Sarabande)
“The Transporter” (Elektra)