It seems like only a year since...oh, it
has only been a year
since John Hiatt last released an album. Anyway, "The Tiki Bar Is Open"
will be released Sept 11 and sees the return of his band lineup
dubbed The Goners which features Sonny Landreth on guitar. Obviously,
this isn't an acoustic affair like "Crossing Muddy Waters" but as it's
Hiatt, I'd be astonished if it isn't worth picking up. The new song "My Old
Friend" on his
official website sounds
pretty darn cool.
Country/rock/pop/soul/everything chanteuse-with-attitude
Shelby Lynne
will be releasing her latest effort Nov 13. It will be titled
"Love, Shelby" and has been produced by Alanis Morissette cohort Glen
Ballard. If it's anything like her last album, "I Am Shelby Lynne"...
well... yum. October 1 will also see the
new release
from
Michael Jackson
titled "Invincible". While I won't deny that Michael is a talented
performer, the money that is rumoured to have been spent on this album
is nothing less than obscene. The figure is somewhere in the ballpark of
$US30 million.
My prediction: overwrought nonsense and an album that
flops spectacularly. We're not in Kansas anymore Michael.
Oh, and if anyone is wondering, I've decided that the
Magnetic Fields
album "69 Love Songs" is an astoundingly good album. I know, I know,
it took a while but I've finally made up my mind. Just imagine, if
Stephin Merritt had spent $30m on his album, that would have worked out
at about half a million per song. As I said, obscene is the only way to describe
it.
Reviews:
The Tiki Bar Is Open: San Diego Union Tribune
- Addicted To Noise (Australia)
