Music releases,
reissues heavy
on nostalgia
By JoshKrauter
senior staff writer
If the fall compact disc release
schedule is any indication, hibernation
season is over for many sleepy rock
stars.
Several artists who have been
largely inactive during the past few
years are baWc. Coinciding with this
resurgence of old talent, old product
will be shipped to stores in new wrap
pers. Record companies are setting
their nostalgia machines for stun as an
enormous amount of re-releases and
greatest hits albums will be arriving in
stores in August and September. The
season will also include the usual array
of expected and anticipated releases
from newer bands and mainstays.
Soul artists comprise the bulk of
those returning from hiatus. Bobby
Womack releases a gospel album,
“Back to My Roots,” and Peabo
Bryson returns with a New Age
album, “Peace On Earth,” on Tuesday.
Sept 14 is highlighted by new studio
albums from Smokey Robinson and
Wilson Pickett. Pickett’s album is his
first new studio album in nearly 30
years.
Other big names making big
comebacks include Iggy Pop, John
Paul Jones, Chris Cornell and the
Cure. Pop’s album is a somber, jazz
inflected turn away from his usual
brand of punkish hard rock and fea
tures jazz group Medeski, Martin &
Wood. Former Led Zeppelin bassist
Jones releases his first-ever solo
album on Sept. 14, while former
Soundgarden singer Cornell goes out
on his own for the first time on Sept.
21, the same day the Cure’s new
album, “Blood Flowers,” is released.
Some comebacks may leave lis
teners scratching their heads. Jethro
Tull returns with “j-tull.com,” but
naming an album after the band’s Web
site has got to be the last gasp of a
dinosaur act trying to reach new fans.
Former Mountain singer Leslie
West returns with “As Phat As It Gets,”
continuing the trend of has-beens
appropriating youth culture for album
titles. Former Cult lead singer Ian
Astbury releases his solo album,
“Natural Bom Guerilla,” on Sept. 21.
The album will probably hit cut-out
bins a week later. Finally,
Queensryche hops on the millennium
bandwagon with “Q2K.,” even though
they haven’t been selling records since
1992.
High-profile releases for the fall
include Puff Daddy’s “Forever” on
Tuesday, Megadeth’s “Risk” and
Dixie Chicks’ “Fly” on Aug. 31, and
Ice Cube’s “War & Peace Vol. 2: The'
Peace Disc,” 01’ Dirty Bastard’s
“Nigga Please” and Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion’s B-sides collection
“Xtra Acme USA” on Sept 7.
October’s tentative lineup includes
possible new albums from David
Bowie, Melissa Etheridge, Smashing
Pumpkins, Mariah Carey, Primus, En
Vogue and Counting Crows.
Music fans with non-mainstream
taste are in for a slow season this fall,
but current releases from Guided By
Voices, Flaming Lips and Pavement
and the spate of reissues from Captain
Beefheart should tide them over.
Janis Joplin’s entire catalogue is
being remastered and will hit stores
Aug. 31, highlighting a varied season
of many reissued albums.
Elvis Presley’s “The Collection,” a
30-CD boxed set, arrives Tuesday, but
if that’s out of your price range, the
“Top Gun” soundtrack is rereleased
the same day with three bonus tracks
and an interview with the producer.
Aug. 31 unleashes greatest hits
albums from Blue Oyster Cult,
Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The
Temptations, Three Dog Night and
Stevie Wonder and reissues from Billy
Bragg, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash
and Tammy Wynette.
Talking Heads’ “Stop Making
Sense” soundtrack is reissued to coin
cide with the film’s rerelease on Sept.
7, while the Beatles’ remastered
“Yellow Submarine” soundtrack hits
stores Sept. 14, although the movie
will stay in the vaults. The Beach Boys
release two separate greatest hits
albums, and the Who unleashes “Live
at the BBC” on Sept. 21.
All release dates are subject to
change.
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Concerts ring with diversity
By Jason Hardy
Senior staff writer
From a pop princess and country
icons to altemarockers and Hessians,
the line up for this fall’s Nebraska tour
schedule has a little something for
everybody.
Some of this semester’s most
notable acts to grace a Nebraska stage
are also coming the soonest. Starting
on Aug. 27, the Nebraska State Fair has
a lineup any country boy would love,
beginning with the hard-living but
smooth-singing Willie Nelson. The
night after Nelson’s performance,
Chris LeDoux will offer a modern
twist on the country sound, and on
Aug. 29, Creedence Clearwater
Revisited will take a trip down memo
ry lane.
Other highlights of the state fair
include Billy Ray Cyrus on Aug. 31,
Semisonic on Sept. 4, Def Leppard on
Sept. 5 and the one and only Alabama
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on Sept. 6.
Aside from the big boys at the state
fair, there are also a number of smaller
shows both in Lincoln and Omaha that
are sure to turn some heads.
The new breed of dark hard rock
will be making a strong showing this
semester starting with Coal Chamber,
Slipknot and Machinehead at
Lincoln’s Royal Grove on Monday and
again when Caustic Resin plays at
Knickerbockers on Sept. 28.
Of course, Nebraska always seems
to draw a healthy amount of hair bands
that used to be huge, and this semester
is no different as Dokken and Great
White are set to share the stage at
Lincoln’s Royal Grove on Aug. 26.
But wait, the rock doesn’t stop
there; On Nov. 16, the big ZZ
Top/Lynyrd Skynyrd tour will hit the
Omaha Civic Auditorium for a night of
furry guitars, furry guys and a whole
lot of southern pride.
Despite the rock-heavy lineup for
this semester’s concerts, there is a little
something for those who like the softei
side of music. In fact, it doesn’t get any
softer than pop diva Celine Dion, whc
will play the Omaha Civic Auditorium
on Sept. 29. Also performing at the
Civic Auditorium afe a number oi
Christian music acts, including Wayne
Watson on Oct. 1 and Point of Grace or
Dec. 13.
The Zoo Bar is set to continue its
tradition of top notch blues this semes
ter with appearances by Lil’ Ed and the
Blues Imperials on Oct. 15 and 16 anc
Coco Montoya on Oct. 6.
Both Knickerbockers and Duffy’s
Tavern are doing their part to offei
edgy underground music a place tc
play with L7 playing Knickerbockers
on Aug. 27 and House of Large Sizes
playing Duffy’s Tavern on Sept. 19.
There are, of course, many othei
less notable acts that will be working
the Omaha and Lincoln area this
semester, and more big names are surt
to be added to the list as time goes on.
Until then, there’s always karaoke.
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