New Music Tuesday

WEEK 12 [2007]
MARCH 20, 2007

Today is March 20th and if you are coming back from SXSW welcome back to detroit and it was also on this day on eight years ago that the Thom York and radiohead premieres there behind the scene doc "Meeting People Is Easy" at the SXSW film Festival.

you dont know what to expect from radiohear, just like you dont know what you get from john lennon who on this date in 1969 married yoko.

and we in detroit know how to give the world good dettoit music, i know about the white stripes and E6 and the von bondies, but it was on this day in 1965 that Motown tour of the United Kingdom for the first time and on that tour was Martha & the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes and the Temptations.

and i bet it was a good tour, here hoping you get the best new album from the only music that matter because today is tuesday and today is NEW MUSIC TUESDAY.

The Most Important music that Matters:

Adult - Why Bother (Thrill Jockey) [Local]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Abbatoir Blues Tour (two CDs and two DVDs; Mute)
I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends (Mute)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Capitol)

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living With the Living (initial copies come with bonus CD; Touch and Go)
Lordi - Arockalypse (special edition with DVD; the End)
[yes kids the same band that won the Eurovision Song contest last may.]
The Real Video

The Eurovision winning Live set

Low - Drums and Guns (Sub Pop)

Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough (Astralwerks)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
Willie Nelson/ Merle Haggard/ Ray Price - Last of the Breed (two CDs; Lost Highway)
Palomar - All Things, Forests (Misra)
The Ponys - Turn the Lights Out (digipak; Matador)

Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods (Astralwerks)

The Other New Releases:

Assemblage 23 - Binary (EP; Metropolis)
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)
The Chinese Stars - Listen to Your Left Brain (Three.One.G)
Earth - Hibernaculum (with DVD; Southern Lord) [Buy Now]
Robert Gomez - Brand New Towns (Bella Union)
Hail Social - Modern Love & Death (Polyvinyl)
Land of Talk - Applause Cheer Boo Hiss (digipak; Rebel Group)
The Little Heroes - Cinematic Americana (Wednesday)
The Locust - New Erections (Anti)
Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter (Adeline)
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming (Robcore)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
The Pierces - Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge (digipak; Lizard King)
The Poison Arrows - Straight Into the Drift (File 13)
Radical Face - Ghost (digipak; Morr)
The Snake the Cross the Crown - Cotton Teeth (Equal Vision)
Sterling - Cursed (File 13)
Willowz - Chautauqua (Dim Mak)
Elliott Yamin - Elliott Yamin (Hickory)

Soundtrack:

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Atlantic)

Notable Reissues and Archival Material:

Cibo Matto - Pom Pom: The Essential Cibo Matto (Rhino)

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration and Construction Time Again (digipaks; with DVD; Rhino) [Buy Now]
J Dilla - Ruff Draft (two-CD deluxe set; Stones Throw)
Electric Light Orchestra -- Balance of Power (Epic/Legacy) [Buy Now]
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Greatest Hits of the 20th Century (Rhino)
Genesis - Turn It on Again: The Hits (Rhino)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky and I Robot (Arista/Legacy)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Upsetter Selection: A Lee Perry Jukebox (two CDs; Trojan)
Robert Plant - Fate of Nations, Manic Nirvana, Pictures at Eleven and Shaken 'N' Stirred (Rhino)
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger (Rhino)
Kenny Rogers - 20 Great Years (Reprise)
[The Singer, not the detroit Tigers pitcher]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Twenty Years of Dirt: Greatest Hits (Rhino)
They Might Be Giants - A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (Rhino)
Carla Thomas - The Queen Alone (Stax)
Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes (Rhino)

Music DVDs:

The Decemberists - "A Practical Handbook" DVD (Kill Rock Stars)

Yes - "Live at Montreux 2003" (Eagle Vision)

T.V. on D.V.D.:

Batman Beyond - Season 3
Christy - The Complete Series
Deadliest Catch - Season 1
Garfield and Friends - An Ode To Odie
JAG - The Complete 3rd Season
Justice League - Unlimited: Season 2
Kong: The Animated Series - The Animated Series Gift Set - Volume 1 and 2
Masters of Horror - Pro-Life (John Carpenter)
Maude - The Complete 1st Season
McHale's Navy - Season 1
Miami Vice - Season 3 and 4
Milton the Monster - The Complete Series
MythBusters - Mega Movie Myths
NewsRadio - Season 5
Run's House - The Complete Seasons 1 & 2
Sleeper Cell - American Terror: The Complete 2nd Season
The Wild, Wild West - Season 2