The Nike Sport Music store on iTunes has just released their third exclusive
Nike: Original Run workout mix to get hearts pumping in running shoes or cycling cleats, this time by producer/MC
Aesop Rock. As with the previous "installments" from LCD Soundsystem and The Crystal Method, the scratch-happy track "All Day" is a continuous 45-minute audio adventure with plenty of curves in the road to kick start dwindling stamina. ...
The legacy of Billie Holiday is getting a new groove, as Sony Music's Legacy imprint is following their Nina Simone: Remixed and Reimagined CD with a similar remixed salute to Lady Day in May. Knob-twisting participants include DJ Logic, Nickodemus, Tony Humphries, Swingsett and Jazzy Nice. ...
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is making a rare soundtrack appearance later this month, contributing the new, original song, "Hello (I Love You)," to the New Line soundtrack to The Last Mimzy. The sci-fi tale of siblings finding a strange box of toys opens later this month, with a score by Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore. ...
In other soundtrack news, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez' Grindhouse opens on April 6, preceded earlier in the week by the release of the Warner Bros. soundtrack to Death Proof, Tarantino's half of the double feature. Peppered with dialogue from the film, the CD features songs by Joe Tex, Eddie Floyd, Willie DeVille, Jack Nitzsche, Pacific Gas & Electric and Ennio Morricone.
Television Alert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno accepts The All-American Rejects Wednesday and Norah Jones Friday. The Late Show with David Letterman hosts Fall Out Boy Wednesday, The Shins Friday and The Good, the Bad & the Queen Tuesday. Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Madeleine Peyroux Thursday, The Decemberists Friday and Mary Weiss Tuesday. Jimmy Kimmel Live gets friendly with Tenacious D Wednesday.
New Releases Coming Tuesday
Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (Eclectic) reissue of this 1974 solo album by the Hawkwind lyricist, with special guests Brian Eno, Jim Capaldi and The Pink Fairies' Paul Rudolph; The Dollyrots Because I'm Awesome (Blackheart) signed to Joan Jett's boutique label, this energetic young trio from Florida features the sassy Kelly Ogden; Thomas Dybdahl Science (Ryko/Recall) on tour now with fellow Norwegian Sondre Lerche, this second stateside CD showcases the vocalist's delicate, subtle voice; The Gang Font feat. Interloper - The Gang Font feat. Interloper (Thirsty Ear) new avant-squawk Jazz project from former Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton, with Dave King of Bad Plus and Erik Fratzke of Happy Apples; G.B.H. - Race Against Time: The Clay Years (Castle/Sanctuary) three-CD set; Roddy Hart Bookmarks (Compass) new from this Scottish singer/songwriter with guest vocalists Eddi Reader and Kris Kristofferson; The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Live at Oslo Jazz Festival (Alternative Tentacles) domestic reissue from 2003; Glenn Jones - Against Which the Sea Continually Beats (Strange Attractors Audio House) amazing album of acoustic fingerpicking from the Cul de Sac founder, incorporating his unique 2/3rd capo and alternative tunings; Lucy Kaplansky - Over the Hills (Red House) easy as a Sunday morning, this new album from the New York City singer/songwriter reflects on family, with beautiful covers of Roxy Music's "More Than This" and June Carter Cash's "Ring of Fire"; Jorma Kaukonen - Stars In My Crown (Red House) all new solo album from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, featuring the plucky "Fur Peace Rag" and his take on Lightning Hopkins' "Come Back, Baby"; Olav Larsen & The Alabama Rodeo Stars Love's Come to Town (Hyena) debut of a dozen dynamite AltCountry originals from the talented African-Norwegian singer/songwriter, channeling the muses of Neil Young, Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan; Last Train Home - Last Good Kiss (Red Beet) featuring former Jayhawks keyboardist Jen Gunderman; Lodger - Hi-Fi High Lights Down Low (Ryko/Recall) super catchy debut from Helsinki, Finland, featuring their Beck-ish hit "Doorsteps"; Eddie Money - Wanna Go Back (Warrior) all new collection of covers, featuring Money's take on Ray Charles' "You Don't Know Me" and 1960s party standards "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Jenny Take a Ride" and "Land of 1000 Dances"; Graham Parker - Don't Tell Columbus (Bloodshot) layered in poetic imagery, drenched in soul and mature without losing his bite, one of Rock's greatest living songwriters returns with a new state of the "human" address, featuring "England's Latest Clown"; Peppertown Firefly (SOL Records) melodic Roots/Country debut from the farmland of southeastern Indiana, strutting the boogie-woogie in "Tractor Wreckin' Blues"; Steve Porter - Porterhouse Vol. 2 (EQ/Embrace) two-CD set of progressive House music seamlessly mixing tracks from the Plump DJs, Way Out West, Bassbin Twins and more; Artimus Pyle - Artimus Venomus (Dead Line) all new from the Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer, showing no love for the esquire set in "Blood Sucking Weasel Attorneys"; Jon Rauhouse - Steel Guitar Attack (Bloodshot) fantastic pedal steel/Hawaiian guitar splendor with Tommy Connell of Calexico, featuring zippy covers of the Mannix television show theme and The Andy Griffith Show theme, with guest vocalists Kelly Hogan on a cover of Marty Robbins' "Big Iron" and Rachel Flotard of Visqueen on a cover of The Platters' hit "Harbor Lights"; Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life (Recall) two-CD set of demos, alternative versions, unplugged takes, live tracks and other rarities; Type O Negative - Dead Again (Steamhammer); Uncle Earl - Waterloo, Tennessee (Rounder) produced by John Paul Jones; Tim Wheater & David Lord - In Unity (Gemini Sun); Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971 (Reprise) the second CD/DVD release in his "Archives Performance Series," featuring the seldom played "Bad Fog of Loneliness."
