Everything old is new again with this week’s batch of new releases.
Both Red Hot Chili Peppers and Counting Crows return after three-year
absences, with By the Way and Hard Candy, respectively.
On the harder side, Long Island melodic hardcore outfit Glassjaw release
Worship and Tribute as the follow-up to their 2000 release, Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence. Mighty Mighty Bosstones aim
for a strong comeback with A Jackknife to a Swan.
The LOX’s tough-talking lyrical enforcer Styles drops his long-awaited solo LP, A Gangster and a Gentleman. While the self-proclaimed “hardest rapper out” has been enjoying heavy radio play the past few months with “Good Times,” produced by Swizz Beatz, as well as the Pharoahe Monch-featured “The Life,” he still dishes out underground chunks of funk like “I’m a Ruff Ryder.”
Out Tuesday, July 9:
- Aden – Topsiders (TeenBeat)
- Verden Allen – 20 Year Holiday (Griffin)
- Aphrodite – Aftershock (Gee Street)
- Babalu – Lo-Tech Hi-Fi Spaceblues (Kindercore/EWB)
- Bobby Bare, Jr. – Young Criminals’ Starvation League (Bloodshot)
- Bis – Plastique Nouveau (spinART)
- Bonnie Bramlett – I’m Still the Same (Audium)
- Cass – Spundae Presents (Spundae/Mute)
- Jen Chapin – Open Wide (Purple Chair)
- The Cherry Valence – Riffin’ (Estrus)
- Popa Chubby – The Good, the Bad, and the Chubby (Blind Pig)
- Counting Crows – Hard Candy (Geffen)
- Cousteau – Sirena (Palm Pictures)
- DJ Spooky – Optometry (Thirsty Ear)
- Death by Chocolate – Zap the World (Jetset)
- Joey DeFrancesco – Ballads and Blues (Concord Jazz)
- Echocast – Where the Future Ends (XS)
- Roger Espinoza – Cafe Fuego (New World Music)
- Mary Gauthier – Filth & Fire (Signature Sounds)
- Glassjaw – Worship and Tribute (Warner Bros.)
Read about it … Glassjaw Pulling Double Duty On Warped Tour, Ozzfest
- Ian Gomm – Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart (Gommsongs)
- Kieran Kane – The Blue Chair (Dead Reckoning/Compendia)
- Sharon Katz & the Peace Train – Imbizo (Appleseed Recordings)
- Koop – Waltz for Koop (Palm Pictures/Quango/JCR)
- Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials – Heads Up! (Alligator)
- Jason Loewenstein – At Sixes and Sevens (Sub Pop)
- Lycia – Tripping Back Into the Broken Days (Projekt)
- Magic Slim & the Teardrops – Blue Magic (Blind Pig)
- Roots Manuva – Dub Come Save Me (Big Dada)
- Meat Katie – Presents… Beyond the Darkness (4 Foot 11)
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Jackknife to a Swan (Side One Dummy)
Read about it … Bosstones Look Back For Their Future On Jackknife
- Lynn Miles – Unravel (Okra-Tone)
- Bill Miller – Spirit Rain (Paras Recordings)
- Abra Moore – No Fear (J)
- Orbital – Back to Mine (DMC)
- Dolly Parton – Halos & Horns (Sugar Hill)
- Phillips, Grier & Flinner – Looking Back (Compass)
- The Prom – Under the Same Stars (Barsuk)
- Quixotic – Mortal Mirror (Kill Rock Stars)
- Hugh Ragin – Feel the Sunshine (Justin Time)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way (Warner Bros.)
Read about it … Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Secret Sauce
- Kevin Russell’s Junker – Buttermilk & Rifles (Sugar Hill)
- Six by Seven – The Way I Feel Today (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
- Sixer – Beautiful Trash (BYO)
- The Slip – Angels Come on Time (Rykodisc)
- Smilez & Southstar – Crash the Party (ArtistDirect)
- Gary Stroutsos – Oru: The Natural Order (Paras Recordings)
- Styles – A Gangster and a Gentleman (Interscope)
- Styx – At the River’s Edge: Live in St. Louis (Sanctuary/CMC Int’l)
- Sun Palace – Into Heaven (Drake)
- Superdrag – Last Call for Vitriol (Arena Rock)
- Swan Dive – June (Compass)
- Tabla Beat Science – Live in San Francisco (Palm Pictures)
- Trustcompany – The Lonely Position of Neutral (Geffen)
- Twinemen – Twinemen (Hi-N-Dry)
- Butch Walker – Left of Self-Centered (Arista)
- Bennie Wallace – In Berlin (Enja)
- Kevin Welch – Millionaire (Dead Reckoning/Compendia)
- Dhafer Youssef – Electric Sufi (Enja/Koch)
July 16:
- Joe Cocker – Respect Yourself (Eagle/Red Ink)
- Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Reprise)
- Wayne Kramer – Adult World (MuscleTone)
- Lady May – May Day (Arista)
Read about it … Lady May: Savage Hip-Hop Straight From the Suburbs
- Lil’ Romeo – Game Time (Universal/No Limit)
Read about it … Lil’ Romeo Battles His Evil Twin On B-Ball Court
- Mad at Gravity – Resonance (ArtistDirect)
- Marah – Float Away with the Friday Night Gods (E-Squared/Artemis)
- Mary Mary – Incredible (Columbia)
Read about it … Mary Mary Are Incredible On New LP
- Dave Matthews Band – Busted Stuff (RCA)
Read about it … Dave Matthews Band’s ‘Lillywhite Sessions’ To Be Busted In July
- Jerzee Monet – Love & War (DreamWorks)
Read about it … Jerzee Monet: Workin’ For Her Big Break
- Robert Plant – Dreamland (Universal)
- Pulse Ultra – Headspace (Velvet Hammer/Atlantic)
Read about it … Ozzfest Act Pulse Ultra Lead New Nu-Metal Crusade
- Riddlin’ Kids – Hurry Up and Wait (Aware/Columbia)
- Slum Village – Trinity (Priority/Capitol)
- Space Monkeyz Vs. Gorillaz – Laika Come Home (Astralwerks)
- Starting Line – Say It Like You Mean It (Drive-Thru/MCA)
- Swizz Beatz – Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (DreamWorks)
Read about it … Metallica/Ja Rule, DMX, Eve, Nas Shake Up Swizz Beatz LP
- The Vines – Highly Evolved (Capitol)
Read about it … The Vines: Climbing Their Way To Nirvana
- Various artists – “Austin Powers in Goldmember” (Maverick)
Read about it … Dr. Evil, Dr. Dre Both Lend Remixes To ‘Goldmember’ Album
- Various artists – “Halloween Resurrection” (Varese Sarabande)
- Various artists – “Me Without You” (Epic/Sony Soundtrax/Legacy)
- Various artists – “Reign of Fire” (Varese Sarabande)
July 23:
- Mario – Mario (J)
Read about it … The Next Alicia Keys Might Be A Boy Named Mario
- Public Enemy – Revolverlution (Slam Jamz) Read about it … Public
Enemy Leading A Revolverlution With Interactive LP
July 30:
- Filter – The Amalgamut (Reprise)
- Lamya – Learning From Falling (J) Read about it … Lamya: Kenyan Raised In Oman Drawing Comparisons To Björk And Kate Bush
- Linkin Park – Reanimation (Warner Bros.)
Read about it … Linkin
Park Master Reanimation But Kant Spell
- Beth Orton – Daybreaker (Astralwerks) Read about it … Beth Orton
Tours, Breaks Day With Ryan Adams, Chemical Brothers
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – The Rising (Columbia) Read
about it … Springsteen, E Street Band On The Rise After 18 Years
- Various artists – “Topdog/Underdog” soundtrack (MCA) Read about it …
Jay-Z, DMX, Wu-Tang, Mos Def Bone Up ‘Topdog/Underdog’ LP
August 6:
- Eve – Eve-olution (Ruff Ryders/ Interscope)
Read about it … Eve, Alicia Keys Team Up For Some ‘Gangsta Love’
- Trick Daddy – Thug Holiday (Slip-N-Slide/ Atlantic)
Read about it … Trick Daddy Celebrating Thug Holiday In August
August 27:
- Erykah Badu – TBD (EP, Motown)
- BBMak – Into Your Head (Hollywood)
- The Black Crowes – The Black Crowes Live (V2)
- Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head (Nettwerk/ Capitol)
- The Dillinger Escape Plan – Irony Is a Dead Scene (EP, Epitaph)
- Dixie Chicks – Home (Open Wide/ Monument/ Columbia)
- Gus Gus – Attention (Moonshine)
- Aimee Mann – Lost in Space (Superego)
- Ms. Jade – Girl Interrupted (Beat Club/ Interscope)
Read about it … Ms. Jade’s ‘Big Head’ Is Meant To Move Your Big Butt
- O-Town – O2 (J)
Read about it … New O-Town Album To Include Track From Nelly
- Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
Read about it … Queens Of The Stone Age Flex Their Star Power
- Silverchair – Diorama (Atlantic)
Read about it … Silverchair Craft U.S. Diorama, Plan New York Dates
- Trina – Diamond Princess (Slip-N-Slide/ Atlantic)
Read about it … Diamond Princess Trina Recruits Tweet For ‘No Panties’ Single
