New Music Tuesday

Every Tuesday, the brilliant Pork will bring you all the new music out there.

Pork here. There are a bunch of big releases ready to jump out at us in the next couple weeks, but some of the labels are playing it a bit safe. A few albums have been postponed (we may have to wait until october 28th for The Cure - 4-13 Dream, and Mary Mary’s The Sound won’t be heard until the 21st), but that's not to say there's isn't a healthy dose of new releases out today . . . some will heal you and some might actually hurt you. I'll tell you what you need!

Keane - Perfect Symmetry It’s always exciting to have new music from Keane, one of my favorite semi-under-the-radar English bands. That being said, the first time I heard “Spiralling,” the lead single and track, I wasn’t sure I hadn't been misdirected to The Fixx or Kajagoogoo, but Tom Chaplin’s voice is distinctive enough to cut the comparisons. "Spiralling" ends up being the first of many electronic turns on drum machine lane that carries us through this album. Along the way you'll recognize plenty of classic, live-sounding Keane (namely, the title track and “Again & Again”). There is something to march through the streets to (“Black Burning Heart”) and something to make you swoon (“Love Is The End”). "Spiralling" is today's Daily Song featured in The Media Bar.

David Bowie – iSelect Love him or leave me alone. This compilation was originally released at the beginning of the summer in the UK via free distribution with "The Mail On Sunday" publication. Don’t call it a greatest hits, cuz it surely ain’t one of those. It’s a series of songs picked by the master himself. The reason you need to investigate it (besides sheer curiosity as to what Lord Bowie deems a proper collection of his own songs) is “Some Are,” a bonus track from the essential 1977 album Low . . . which is . . . incredible. You should own it . . . and listen to it. (And then take on the whole Low trilogy.)

Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition) I will admit that I am not familiar with this more-than-legendary 1968 performance/recording, although I have been thinking recently that I would like to be. This release could be a great way to get schooled since it comes with a DVD containing what looks like a great documentary about this massively popular event.

Queen – Cosmos Rock Anyone who knows me knows how I feel about bands who replace their lead singer and continue on with the old name. INXS?!?! BLIND MELON?!?! And now QUEEN?!?!?!???!??!?!?!! Listen at your own risk.

"New Music Tuesday" continued after the jump.

Today’s also your chance to get all Christmassy with Tony Bennett, Al Jarreau, Aretha Franklin (if you care to make your way to Borders for their exclusive This Christmas, Aretha), Los Lonely Boys, Coko, and Yo Yo Ma. All kindsa fun.

The List
All New Music Releases - October 14th, 2008

Al Jarreau – Christmas
Billy Currington – Little Bit of Everything
Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall
Carpenters – Behind The Music: The Ultimate Critical Review (DVD)
Coko - A Coko Christmas
Copeland - You Are My Sunshine
David Bowie – iSelect
Holly Golightly – Dirt Don’t Hurt
Hotel Café – Winter Songs
I’m From Barcelona – How Killed Harry Houdini
Chris Isaak – Chris Isaak Christmas (DVD)
JD Souther – If the World Was You
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
Keane - Perfect Symmetry
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (featuring Elvis Costello, Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet…SWEET!)
Los Lonely Boys – Christmas Spirit
Nikka Costa - Pebble to a Pearl
Powderfinger – Dream Days
Queen - The Cosmos Rocks
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain
Secret Machines – Secret Machines
Sex Pistols – Live (DVD)
Sixpence None The Richer – The Dawn of Grace
Sonic Syndicate – Love and Other Disasters
Tony Bennett – A Swinging Christmas
Yo-Yo Ma – Songs of Joy and Peace