Coming In 2007!!!

[dgp11776]

So I suppose it's time for this thread.

Coming 2/20/07

Anberlin - Cities



Tracklisting
01. Intro
02. Godspeed
03. Adelaide
04. A Whisper And A Clamor
05. The Unwinding Cable Car
06. Hello Alone
07. Reclusion
08. Alexithymia
09. Inevitable
10. Dismantle Repair
11. Fin

[enemy anemone]

I'm looking forward to:
Eleni Mandell - Miracle of Five
Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
Patty Griffin - Children Running Through

[murlough23]

Anberlin - Cities

Cool, they kept the black/white/grey theme from their past album covers. So our grey and white cat is still aptly named.

Here's what I'm looking forward to (from my 2006 Music Journal entry):

Anberlin - Cities
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Men
Blindside
Chevelle - Your Terrible Memories
Cool Hand Luke - The Balancing Act
Steven Delopoulos - As If Love Was a Sword
Dustin Kensrue (of Thrice) - Please Come Home
Eisley
Falling Up
Future of Forestry - Twilight
Green Day
Iron & Wine
Jimmy Eat World
John Reuben - Word of Mouth
Kat Bode (of Eastmountainsouth)
Lifehouse
Linkin Park
Luna Halo - Crush and Burn
Macrosick
Mae
Maroon5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Matchbox Twenty
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Kevin Max - The Blood
Alanis Morissette
No Doubt
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
Radiohead
Relient K - Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Tait - Loveology
Thrice - Earth/Air/Water/Fire
Toby Mac - Portable Sounds
U2
Vertical Horizon
Wilco

[dgp11776]

Here's what I have in my 2006 journal so far...you can add some titles to yours, murlough.

Beat Rabbi - Deepspace5soul
Brothers Martin - Brothers Martin
Cool Hand Luke - The Balancing Act
Future of Forestry - Twilight
Harry Connick, Jr. - Oh My Nola
Harry Connick, Jr. - Chanson Du Vieux Carre
Jackson Waters - Come Undone
John Reuben - Word of Mouth
Kevin Max - The Blood
Listener - Not Waving...Drowning
Luna Halo - Crush and Burn
Moses Mayfield - The Inside
The Myriad - With Arrows With Poise
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
Relient K - Five Score and Seven Years Ago
A Road Less Traveled - Rescue
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Steven Delopoulos - As If Love Were a Sword
TobyMac - Portable Sounds

[murlough23]

Here's what I have in my 2006 journal so far...you can add some titles to yours, murlough.

Why, thank you.

Future of Forestry - Twilight

So I'm assuming the album will be repeating a few songs from the EP. Hopefully not all of them. I want my EP purchase to have been worthwhile.

Luna Halo - Crush and Burn

For real this time? 'Cause they've been pulling my leg with this one for close to two years now.

[dgp11776]

After listening to a song on www.myspace.com/brosmartin, this album has shot up my list of ones to look forward to.  In case you don't know, The Brothers Martin consist of Jason Martin (Starflyer 59) and Ronnie Martin (Joy Electric).

[ajyouthguy]

Cool Hand Luke - The Balancing Act 2/20
Mae
The Myriad--With Arrows, With Poise
Relient K - Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
Future of Forestry - Twilight 1/23
Lost Ocean - Lost Ocean 2/20
Lifehouse
U2
Derek Webb
Burlap to Cashmere
Caedmon's Call
Eisley
Steven Delopoulos: As If Love Was a Sword
Thrice: The Elements
Dustin Kensrue--Please Come Home 1/23
Blindside
Shane and Shane (August)
Bernard--A View from the Cave 1/23
Waking Ashland--The Well 4/17
Lovedrug

[murlough23]

After listening to a song on www.myspace.com/brosmartin, this album has shot up my list of ones to look forward to.  In case you don't know, The Brothers Martin consist of Jason Martin (Starflyer 59) and Ronnie Martin (Joy Electric).

I wanted to do a guest spot on their album, but my brothers have disowned me.

[ajyouthguy]

i saw that a couple of people (including myself) had labeled Thrice's new disc with a title, but i got this on myspace today...

"You may have read at various news sources online that our current project is called “The Elements.” This is not true, as we have not titled the project yet, and have not told anyone our speculative titles, of which “The Elements” is not one. Anyway, just wanted to set the record straight. As soon as we have an official title, song titles, or tracklisting we’ll post the news here. Thanks for reading and supporting. Word.
lovedustin"

[dgp11776]

HALLELUJAH!!!!!  Releasing 3/20/07:

Mute Math - Flesh and Bones:  Electric Fun (Live DVD)



Tracklisting
1. Collapse
2. Typical
3. Chaos
4. Plan B
5. Stare At The Sun
6. Obsolete
7. Control
8. Stall Out
9. Noticed
10. Break The Same
11. Reset

[murlough23]

I was updating my Music Journal today and I decided to move the following artists into a more ambiguous "Maybe they'll release something this year, maybe they won't" sort of category due to a lack of available intel on their current activities:

Burlap to Cashmere (touring as an acoustic duo with Jars of clay, but I can't substantiate any album rumors)
Dakona (website hasn't been updated in forever and their lead singer has a solo career now, though they do have a new/unreleased song on MySpace)
Joe Henry (he's been busy, just apparently not on his own solo stuff)
Rachael Lampa (saw someone else mention her as having a new album due out, but her website lists nothing new after the best-of from last year)
No Doubt (they've been on hiatus forever and will start recording when Gwen Stefani finishes up her solo tour)
REM (last news appears to be that they went on hiatus in '05)
Remy Zero (reformed in '06, but no albm news)
U2 (they're always rumored to have an album due out soon and it always takes way longer than expected)

That way I can still remember to keep an eye on them all, but I won't mislead others into expecting that any of these guys will have an album release in 2007 for certain.

I found out that the little-known band Fiction Plane, who put on a hell of a show when I saw them open for both Switchfoot and Lifehouse back in 2003 (and who's done little since then due to a lack of label support), whill have a new album out to coincidence with their latest tour. Apparently their lead singer Joe Sumner's dad used to be in some law enforcement-themed band that recently reunited or something, and Fiction Plane is going to be the opening act on that band's tour. Oughta be a hell of a show; hopefully it'll boost FP's fanbase. (Not that I plan on going, since it'd be hella expensive.)

[Wildcatblue7]

I found out that the little-known band Fiction Plane, who put on a hell of a show when I saw them open for both Switchfoot and Lifehouse back in 2003 (and who's done little since then due to a lack of label support), whill have a new album out to coincidence with their latest tour. Apparently their lead singer Joe Sumner's dad used to be in some law enforcement-themed band that recently reunited or something, and Fiction Plane is going to be the opening act on that band's tour. Oughta be a hell of a show; hopefully it'll boost FP's fanbase. (Not that I plan on going, since it'd be hella expensive.)

Yeah, if the Police ever announce a DC/Baltimore or even a Virginia date and don't miraculously sell out before I can get tickets, I'll report back...

[Josh]

Fwiw, Joe Henry went into the studio to start working on his new album in January-- and he works really fast, so he may even be done with it by now. Anyway, a firm release date has yet to be announced, but I'm willing to wager that it'll be out this year.

[murlough23]

Fwiw, Joe Henry went into the studio to start working on his new album in January-- and he works really fast, so he may even be done with it by now. Anyway, a firm release date has yet to be announced, but I'm willing to wager that it'll be out this year.

Duly noted.

NP: "All My Tears", Emmylou Harris

[Josh]

Something else to look forward to: One of my favorite rock bands on the planet, The Weakerthans, are working on a new album called A Civil Twilight. If you haven't heard these guys yet, hasten to listen to Reconstruction Site, their most recent album and one of the most charming and addictive rock records of the past five years.

[murlough23]

Some things I've noted about upcoming releases since I last posted in this thread:

Caedmon's Call should have their record out in August; I'm still not sure if it will be a Share the Well sequel but their recent blogs about it seem to indicate stylistic similarities, which is a good thing.

Eisley's still-untitled record has been turned into to Warner Bros. and they expect it to get a June release date.

Linkin Park's new record is called Minutes to Midnight, and is due out on May 15.

Mae's Singularity drops in June.

Over the Rhine's The Trumpet Child is supposed to be released in August.

Thrice is shooting for May on their 4-EP "elements" album, whatever it's called.

Everyday Sunday's Wake Up! Wake Up! comes out on May 22.

Fiction Plane's new album, Left Side of the Brain, is due out in May.

Peter Gabriel expects to put something out this year; not sure if it will be the album I/O, a DVD, or some other random stuff from the vaults of what he's been laboring over since Up.

Iron & Wine's finally doing another full-length, titled The Shepherd's Dog, due out in September.

Lifehouse's record comes out in June, and it's called Who We Are. Some of it's supposed to rock a little more than their self-titled, but there will also be some piano-based songs, so it's anyone's guess whether they're back to being a legitimate rock band.

Dave Matthews (and possibly his Band) is working on new material.

Tait has declared that he's done with the rock band thing, and Loveology will be more influenced by pop and soul. Which I think he can do vocally, but somehow I fear this record is gonna be a real Lenny Kravitz wannabe project.

[Harenil]

Anyone have news on Radiohead's album?

And has anyone heard Linkin Park's single? I was hopeful about their new album, but the single is disappointing so far.

[bloop]

Insert Quote
Anyone have news on Radiohead's album?

Other than that there will be one, no, not really.

And has anyone heard Linkin Park's single? I was hopeful about their new album, but the single is disappointing so far.

Haven't heard it, but if it disappointed you, I'm not holding out much hope here.  On the other hand, it might be useful to know why it disappointed you.

[murlough23]

Haven't heard it, but if it disappointed you, I'm not holding out much hope here.  On the other hand, it might be useful to know why it disappointed you.

It's reported to be a bit more "raw" in its sound - not in the sense that it's indie or lo-fi or anything, but it's supposedly not all technical and multi-tracked and machine-like, like the stuff that made them famous is. (I tend to like those elements, but I don't mind hearing what they'd sound like in a more "naked" form.)

I haven't heard the song yet, but it does seem like they were consciously trying to not sound like the same old Linkin Park this time. I probably still wouldn't expect it to impress critics, but I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully it's a sign of growth and not just a case of removing one of the more interesting aspects of their music just to please critics who bitch every time someone uses ProTools.

[bloop]

Oh, ok.  In that case, I'm mildly interested (where I wouldn't be if they stuck strictly to formula).

Hopefully it's a sign of growth and not just a case of removing one of the more interesting aspects of their music just to please critics who bitch every time someone uses ProTools.

Yeah.  I don't think my complaints about them ever stemmed from these production techniques.  I like some Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins albums, after all.

[murlough23]

Yeah.  I don't think my complaints about them ever stemmed from these production techniques.  I like some Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins albums, after all.

The songwriting could improve; we're in agreement there. The difference between us is that even if it doesn't, I'll probably still find something to like.

[bloop]

Hey!  I found things to like!  I think I even made a bulleted list back in the day.  I think the band has plenty of talent and potential.

I guess we'll have to save the inevitable debate for when the album is actually released, or at least leaked.  Just a warning - there is a fake leak making the rounds.

*edit* - ok, I listened to the single, but the quality of the file is so muddy that it's hard to really say how it is.  The songwriting is still "classic" Linkin Park.

[murlough23]

Hey!  I found things to like!  I think I even made a bulleted list back in the day.  I think the band has plenty of talent and potential.

That's a total News Flash to me.

I guess we'll have to save the inevitable debate for when the album is actually released, or at least leaked.  Just a warning - there is a fake leak making the rounds.

I'll probably just buy it on its release date, unless reviews from critics and existing fans are overwhelmingly negative, in which case I'll wait until I can find a legitimate download.

*edit* - ok, I listened to the single, but the quality of the file is so muddy that it's hard to really say how it is.  The songwriting is still "classic" Linkin Park.

I'm gonna wait until it's actually out and about on the radio; I'm sure I'll catch it somewhere.

[bloop]

I actually don't remember Linkin Park getting that much of a critical beatdown upon the release of Hybrid Theory.  I'm not sure, but I'm remembering it as more of a backlash than hatred at the outset among critics.  Meteora would be on metacritic, but I'm not sure if Hybrid Theory would.

[murlough23]

I actually don't remember Linkin Park getting that much of a critical beatdown upon the release of Hybrid Theory.  I'm not sure, but I'm remembering it as more of a backlash than hatred at the outset among critics.  Meteora would be on metacritic, but I'm not sure if Hybrid Theory would.

I can understand a reaction of "Eh, it's not all that, but I don't hate it" to Hybrid Theory becoming, "Man, these guys just keep on sucking" by the time Meteora came out, just because not all that much changed. Familiarity breeds contempt sometimes.

[Harenil]

I disliked their new single because they sound extremely much like everyone else. It's very simple and pop-y. There's nothing unique about it. I used to feel that Linkin Park stood out from the other bands of the genre, then Meteora came out, and it was pretty much the exact same thing, which was disappointing. Well, at least with this single, they sound different, but their different is the same as everyone else.

[bloop]

With me, it wasn't backlash.  I heard their album first through teenagers in a youth group I ran, and I didn't like it much then (not that I let on that I didn't like it with them - I knew a lot of them would take rejection of their music as a rejection of them).  Then I found out the band members' ages, and I was a little embarrassed for them.  So, it started out bad for me, and got progressively worse as more information was gathered.

Anyway, your connection is quick enough mur.  Just hop over the linkinpark.com and listen to it streamed.

[murlough23]

Anyway, your connection is quick enough mur.  Just hop over the linkinpark.com and listen to it streamed.

Listened to it via the Pub. Still sounds like them to me, just without the rap and a bit toned down. As a first single from their new record, it reads more as an apology for grating on people's nerves in the past than as a brilliant new direction for the band. Disappointing, but not an altogether horrible song. We'll see how the rest of the album fared. Apparently it'll be their first studio album to get a PA sticker. That's not promising. One thing  liked about them before was that they could express anger/depression/frustration without resorting to that. (This seemed to be something that Chester intentionally tried to do at one point, from something he said in an interview that I'm now sure I'll never find again.)

Some other stuff I found out about recently:

David Crowder Band's new album will be called Remedy.

Dream Theater's Systematic Chaos comes out in June. It breaks the pattern of their last few albums (Six Degrees of Separation had 6 songs, Train of Thought had seven, Octavarium had eight) by only having eight tracks.

House of Heroes will have a new album out later this year.

KT Tunstall is apparently working on something new.

Steven Curtis Chapman has a yet-untitled album out due later this year.

Andrea Corr, lead singer of the Corrs, has a solo album called Ten Feet High due out on 6/4 (probably 6/5 for us Yanks).

Plumb's In My Arms comes out in October. The title's not promising, but then I got a lot more than I expected out of Chaotic Resolve. Hopefully this one'll actually come out on time.

NP: "Leave Like a Ghost (Drive Away)", The Juliana Theory

[bloop]

Eh, the PA sticker is as much a marketing tool as it is a parental one.  I won't let it bias me one way or the other.

[murlough23]

Eh, the PA sticker is as much a marketing tool as it is a parental one.  I won't let it bias me one way or the other.

Maybe for some bands it's a marketing tool. I somehow doubt LP would start swearing up a storm just to get attention.

I've grown up enough to the point where I'm not afraid to buy/listen to an album with a fair amount of swearing. But there's swearing because that's honestly the most striking way to get a point across (Over the Rhine's rare uses of it are a good example), and there's swearing because you could come up with anything more intelligent to say. Given that vocabulary and specificity are not Linkin Park's strong suit, I highly doubt that adding swear words to their lyrical repertoire is going to make the songwriting any more powerful or intelligent.

I listen to LP for fun. Swearing's gonna make it less fun.

[Josh Powell]

Cussing not swearing.</nitpick>

[bloop]

Maybe for some bands it's a marketing tool. I somehow doubt LP would start swearing up a storm just to get attention.

I don't even think the PA sticker requires cussing up a storm.  The extent of the offensive material on stickered discs varies so greatly that I don't think it even has much meaning.

I highly doubt that adding swear words to their lyrical repertoire is going to make the songwriting any more powerful or intelligent.

Theoretically, it may make their songs more cathartic, or visceral, which is one thing I think Linkin Park consistently goes for, to varying degrees of success.

Cussing not swearing.</nitpick>

Actually, we don't know yet, now do we?

[murlough23]

Cussing not swearing.</nitpick>

Same diff.

[murlough23]

I don't even think the PA sticker requires cussing up a storm.  The extent of the offensive material on stickered discs varies so greatly that I don't think it even has much meaning.

For all I know it could be one f-word and that's it - some artists/labels are pro-active even in much more mild cases like that, some do a lot more and don't get a sticker (Incubus's Make Yourself, for example).

I just hope it's not an attempt at changing their image. That's not a good way to say, "Hey, we're more grown up now."

Theoretically, it may make their songs more cathartic, or visceral, which is one thing I think Linkin Park consistently goes for, to varying degrees of success.

Theoretically. I think they've done fine at that without needing to swear.

[bloop]

For all I know it could be one f-word and that's it - some artists/labels are pro-active even in much more mild cases like that, some do a lot more and don't get a sticker (Incubus's Make Yourself, for example).

I just hope it's not an attempt at changing their image. That's not a good way to say, "Hey, we're more grown up now."

If they've grown up, I would hope they have a whole lot more up their sleeves to show for it than that.  I'm still a little cynical on that notion, though, so I'll just leave that alone for now.

Theoretically. I think they've done fine at that without needing to swear.

Sure.  Again, to varying degrees of success.  But I'll judge the need for the word by its context and meaning.  Here, I have neither with which to judge.

(oh, and swearing isn't exactly the same thing as cussing, but I'm more willing to leave that alone than others may be.  Just don't say I didn't warn you if you push that point.)

[murlough23]

If they've grown up, I would hope they have a whole lot more up their sleeves to show for it than that.  I'm still a little cynical on that notion, though, so I'll just leave that alone for now.

I'm cynical on that notion as well, which is why I'm not terribly pleased with this development. I fear it's just going to make their fairly elementary lyrics (which I could look past previously because I enjoyed the music enough and related to what was being said despite it being simplistic) far worse.

Sure.  Again, to varying degrees of success.  But I'll judge the need for the word by its context and meaning.  Here, I have neither with which to judge.

Forgive me for being pessimistic about a band I vigorously defended in the past, but I think the fact that it's Linkin Park is likely all the context we're gonna need here. I'll be pleasantly surprised if their songwriting abilities have grown by leaps and bounds in the past four years.

(oh, and swearing isn't exactly the same thing as cussing, but I'm more willing to leave that alone than others may be.  Just don't say I didn't warn you if you push that point.)

Technically, the two words have different definitions. In common usage, they're pretty much the same thing. They're not different enough that I care to deal with the semantics. You can parse it as "cussing" when I say "swearing" if you prefer. The point is that you know what I mean.

[bloop]

Well, if they are just words with meanings very much like many others (and they are), I don't see why they would warrant a greater investigation with each artist use of those words.  If you're going to address lyrics, they should be critically examined whether *gasp* those words exist or not.  So far, Linkin Park hasn't passed muster on even a surface examination of the lyrics.  I disagree that the addition of these words will necessarily make it even worse if they are in fact poorly used, since poor, somewhat overwrought lyrics has very often been part of the Linkin Park m.o.

(It just seems like as soon as an artist uses those words is a special occasion for assessing its use.  It kind of makes me wish for a little more critical consistency)

[Aaron]

so...what else is coming in 07?


oh yeah, new Project 86 album due June 19th!

[murlough23]

Various updates on artists I've been keeping tabs on:

Caedmon's Call's album is called Overdressed. Doesn't sound like something that would be a sequel to Share the Well, which was previously rumored, but the title's intriguing enough that I'm game for whatever direction they're gonna take (because it most likely won't be a worship album - thank God). Release date is 8/28. I'm not sure what label will release it, or whether it's just going to be an indie thing.

Eisley's album is called Combinations. It's been pushed back to August.

KT Tunstall's Drastic Fantastic comes out late this summer.

Thrice's 4-disc album (still untitled according to any information I can find) has also been pushed back to the summer.

Other release dates that are a little less vague now:

Maroon5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long (5/22)
Fiction Plane - Left Side of the Brain (5/22)
Lifehouse - Who We Are (6/26)
Mae - Singularity (8/14).
12 Stones - Anthem for the Underdog (8/14)
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (9/25)

[ajyouthguy]

i know murlough just mentioned this one, but here's the myspace bulletin posted by Mae about theirs...

Hey everyone, here's the deal. We heard some awesome news recently..the "Official Word" if you will. We
finally received our official release date - August 14th - and the
album will be called Singularity. So mark your calendars and plan
your listening parties. I know that "tentative" release dates have
been flying around, June, July, etc...put all of that out of your heads.

also found out today that there is an official release date for the next Shane and Shane album...

SHANE & SHANE

The new album you Shane & Shane fans have been waiting for is almost here! Pages is set to release on August 28, and you can hear new music from the album now at Christian radio, their new single, "We Love You Jesus..."