New Music/CD Releases – December 2, 2008 [Revised]

i know you’ll all be out early tuesday morning blowing all of your cd money and picking up britt’s new record, so i won’t bother with a “bill’s pick” this week.

hope everyone had a great thanksgiving.

December 2nd
Akon – Freedom
Britney Spears – Circus
Carly & Lucy Simon – Sing Songs for Children
Chico Buarque – Essencial
Connie Talbot – Connies Christmas Album
Duffy – Rockferry (Deluxe Edition)
Kylie Minogue – X (2008 Tour Edition) (Incl. Bonus Tracks and Bonus DVD)
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain Live 1968
Panic! At the Disco – Live in Chicago (CD/DVD)
Scarface – Emeritus
Tina Arena – Songs Of Love & Loss 2
Trevor Tanner- Eaten By The Sea

and remember, whenever possible buy your music directly from the artist(s) or your local independent record store. both could become endangered without your support.

click here for a list of exclusives available @ indie stores and for a listing of stores

New Music/CD Releases – November 25 and December 2, 2008

since next week is thanksgiving and i will be out of town, with limited time and internet access, i am going to post next next two weeks of new releases.

enjoy. and a happy thanksgiving to all.

BILL’S PICK OF THE WEEK

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
1. Home
2. My Big Nurse
3. I Feel My Stuff
4. Everything That Happens
5. Life Is Long
6. The River
7. Strange Overtones
8. Wanted For Life
9. One Fine Day
10. Poor Boy
11. The Lighthouse

November 25th
Barry Manilow – The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties
Coldplay – Prosepekt’s March (EP)
Cynic – Traced In Air
David Byrne – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Deathcab for Cutie – ‘Airplanes’ (Deluxe)
Feist – Reminder (Deluxe)
Good Charlotte – Remixes
Jeremy Camp – Speaking Loud
Kanye West – 808 & Heartbreak
The Killers – Day & Age
Linkin Park – Road To Revolution Live At Milton Keynes (CD/DVD)
Ludacris – Theater of the Mind
Monica Naranjo- Tarantula
Ministry – Wicked Soundtrack
Neil Young – Canterbury House 1968
Paramore – The Final Riot!
Paul Van Dyk – Hands on In Between
REM – Murmur (Deluxe)
Rivers Cuomo – Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Scott Weiland – Happy In Galoshes
Sheryl Crow – Home For Christmas
Supersuckers – Get It Together
Tom Jones – 24 Hours
Trace Adkins – X (TEN)
White Zombie – Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

December 2nd
Akon – Freedom
Britney Spears – Circus
Carly Simon – Sing Songs for Children
Chico Buarque – Label: Import
Connie Talbot – Connies Christmas Album
Duffy – Rockferry (Deluxe Edition)
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain Live 1968
Panic! At the Disco – Live in Chicago (CD/DVD)
Trevor Tanner- Eaten By The Sea

and remember, whenever possible buy your music directly from the artist(s) or your local independent record store. both could become endangered without your support.

click here for a list of exclusives available @ indie stores and for a listing of stores

Neil Young Announces Tour w/Wilco, Death Cab Supporting

it’s been reported that tickets will top out in the $175 (+ fees) range for this tour.

neil, love you man… but sheeh, two bills for a guy that once boycotted a rock ‘n roll HOF dinner because he felt the tickets were overpriced?

Neil Young Drafts Wilco, Death Cab For Tour
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. | August 19, 2008

Neil Young has snared two of alternative rock’s biggest bands to open for his fall North American tour. Death Cab For Cutie will open the first portion, beginning Oct. 14 in Minneapolis, while Wilco jumps aboard Nov. 29 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Los Angeles trio Everest will support on all dates.

Young wraps a European tour Saturday (Aug. 23) in Coburg, Germany, and will appear as usual with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and others Sept. 20 outside Boston for the annual Farm Aid benefit. Yet to be announced are the dates for his annual Bridge School Benefit, traditionally held in late October.

As reported yesterday, Wilco is expected to spend the time before the Young dates to continue work on its seventh album, due next spring.

Death Cab For Cutie finishes an Australian run Friday in Brisbane and starts a short North American headlining run Oct. 3 in Boston.

Here are Neil Young’s fall tour dates:
Oct. 14: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 16: Winnipeg, Manitoba (MTS Centre, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 18: Regina, Saskatchewan (Brandt Centre, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 19: Calgary, Alberta (Pengrowth Saddledome, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 21: Everett, Wash. (Comcast Arena, no opener specified)
Oct. 22: Vancouver (GM Place, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 29: San Diego (Cox Arena, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 30: Los Angeles (Forum, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 1: Reno, Nev. (Events Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 4: Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 5: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 29: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Metro Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 1: Montreal (Bell Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 2: Ottawa, Ontario (Scotia Bank Place, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 4: Toronto (Air Canada Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 7: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 9: Chicago (Allstate Center, no opener specified)
Dec. 12: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 15: New York (Madison Square Garden, w/ Wilco)