I wanted to mention that Arrica Rose & The ... (arricarose.com) has an LP that was released yesterday (April 14th), but due to the rough post office, the CD arrived last week cracked (see image). Does anyone know if you can fix cracked CDs?
I've requested another CD to be sent out, but I just wanted to let you know that I'm pretty good about deadline/due dates, even though I am off by one day. You see, Tuesday is normally "new CD release day", not Monday.
As soon as I get a review copy, you'll see something written up, apologies to Arrica Rose.
Speaking of new CD releases, here are stuff that's being released today (April 15th): Everclear - Vegas Years, The Kooks - Konk, Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead, William Shatner & The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra - Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts (WTF????!!!??), Ours - Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy), and Hilary McRae - Through These Walls.
That last name listed is Hilary McRae (hilarymcrae.com), who I've reviewed earlier this month.
I've noted that she is on the Starbucks Record label, which I think will do very well for her - and you know what? It's paid off. She's apparently the opening up or have opened up for such major acts as Huey Lewis & The News, Fergie, and Natasha Bedingfield.
And did I mention she's only 21? Far out.
Here are the rest of her Spring dates:
April 15 – Jackie Gleason Theatre w/ Todd Rundgren – Miami, FL
April 21 – The Living Room – New York, NY
May 2 – SunFest – West Palm Beach, FL
June 7 – Pride Fest – Milwaukee, WI
Read more at press.weheartmusic.com
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Fans of Ex-Belle & Sebastian Isobel Campbell (isobelcampbell.com) should be happy to know that she and Mark Lanegan (myspace.com/marklanegan) have decided to team up again for their second duet album Sunday at Devil Dirt, which comes out on May 5, 2008.
You see, after their highly successful Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006), she went off and released Milkwhite Sheets (2006), which many critics cited was "beauty without the beast". What they were trying to say is that, although Campbell's vocals are sweet and pure, it's really the sinister growl of Lanegan that made it consistently interesting.
And based on the songs that I've listened to, it's true. Lanegan, once again, takes the spotlight on this album.
Hope to hear more from them soon.
My last news item comes from ISL, who announces "Romanian-Born Band Raises The "Iron Curtain" on File Sharing".
Once in a while, I do see bands being very pleased that their music is being trade and are happy that their music are getting in the hands of those that would not have bought it in the first place.
To add a twist to this, REDiCLAN (rediclan.com) noted that most of the music sharing are from Eastern Europe and that "Due to the harsh social conditions before the crash and burn of communism, Eastern Europe has always been friendlier to underground and trend-breaking music than the Britney Spears culture. I’m glad to know RED i CLAN is among the bands people want to hear."
I do have the CD, Killohead, in-house for review so I'll make sure the review is up prior to April 29th, which along with a ton of other CDs are being released.
That's it for this week's news. Unhappy tax day!
04/15/2008 10:38:58 vu my♥posts 
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