SANCTUARY RECORDS SIGNS THE ATARIS
FIRST RELEASE, “WELCOME THE NIGHT,” DUE FEBRUARY, 2007
Sanctuary Records Group North America is pleased to announce the release of The Ataris’ new CD on Sanctuary/ Isola Recordings, the band’s own imprint. The Ataris, whose last CD, So Long Astoria, sold over 1 million copies worldwide and spawned two top-ten hit singles, will release Welcome The Night in February, 2007. The band’s amazing first single, “Not Capable of Love” is going to radio mid November and will debut online this week on their Myspace page: www.myspace.com/theataris
Says Executive VP and GM Bob Cahill, “I can’t wait for the industry and fans to hear this CD. The Ataris have delivered an album that has real depth, representing huge artistic growth while retaining the intensity and honesty that has earned them legions of fans worldwide. It also contains several massive hits, which Sanctuary intends to deliver in kind. I look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the band.”
Comments The Ataris’ Manager Darren Lewis, “The Ataris are excited to establish their own label and to be working with a true artist-oriented, independent-minded company like Sanctuary Records Group. We see arrangements like this as the future of the music business and we are glad to be embracing that future with a forward-thinking company like Sanctuary.”
Welcome The Night is The Ataris 5th release and first on Sanctuary/Isola Recordings. The Ataris are Kristopher Roe - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion ; John Collura - Guitar, Pianos; Paul Carabello - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals; Sean Hansen - Bass, Vocals; Shane Chikeles - Drums, Percussion; Angus Cooke - Cello and Bob Hoag - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, Percussion, Vocals.
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Emo, New Music, Punk, Rock, The Ataris
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Posted on 11/14/2006
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Teddybears - Soft Machine
Atlantic/ Big Beat
Released: September 26
Borrowing their name from Phil Spector's 60's outfit, The Teddybears, this Swedish outfit meld monster ragga themes along side dizzy synth-pop, new wave clashes and electro-rock. Intriguingly they're chameleons of their craft. Just as you think you've got them pegged, they pivot and wriggle out of the pigeon-hole in which you've so cleverly placed them.
Stand out tracks include the classic-before its time, Punkrocker (featuring Iggy Pop), Yours To Keep (featuring Neneh Cherry), and Different Sound.
The party is clearly not over.
***1/2 (3.5 stars)
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Electro Rock, Iggy Pop, Neneh Cherry, New Music, New Wave, Phil Spector, ragga, Swedish bands, Teddybears
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Posted on 11/13/2006
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Monday, Nov 13th
Joanna Newsom
Webster Hall
$20
From the so-called current, "New Weird America" movement (I’d always thought Led Zeppelin in an L.A. Hotel with a groupie and a swordfish was ‘weird’ but what do I know), Joanna Newsom’s intriguing folkie pensioner-meets-elementary-school-child vocal style is one to be appreciated as is her finesse behind the harp.
Tuesday, Nov 14th
Tenacious D
Virgin Megastore, Union Square, 7pm
FREE
Taking the joke just that little bit further, Jack Black (Actor, Comedian, Style-guru, Musician) and Kyle Gass (um...) return to blow your eye-balls out of their sockets with their latest offering, the soundtrack to the film, “The Pick Of Destiny” which they’ll be signing copies of from 7:00pm. Don’t be a drop-kick. Get there early in the day and buy your copy in advance because (hello!), that’s what they’ll be signing. If you rock up at 7:00pm hoping for a look in, you’ll be disappointed. They’re cool. They’re funny. But they ain’t there to get a hair-cut, you get me?
Wednesday, Nov 15th
Detroit Cobras
Mercury Lounge
$15
Those no-fuss rock n’ rollers are back and lucky the flight over from Michigan is a quick one because they’ve got some things to tell you. If your idea of ‘cool’ and ‘edgy’ is the Simpson sister with the nose-job, stay away. These lasses and lads mean it and deliver with 100% power. Style-up.
Thursday, Nov 16th
Xavier Rudd
Webster Hall
$20
Australian singer/ songwriter/ surfer in the vein of Ben Harper/ John Butler Trio/ Donovan Frankenreiter returns to New York with an armful of new songs. Don’t like tree-hugging surfers? Music Editor defies you to wrap your listening gear around “The Letter” and not get hooked enough to stop wearing deodorant and trade your Chuck Taylor’s in for a pair of hemp flip-flops. Winter is here but the warmth hasn’t escaped our grasp.
Friday, Nov 17th
Ben Folds
Beacon Theatre
$30
The difficult-to-dislike Folds plays covers from the just released “Supersunnyspeedgraphic” album, a compilation of 3 existing EPs, Ben Folds returns to play the Beacon Theater. Alert! Alert! Never try covering a track if the original is already perfect. Having a stab at The Cure’s “In-Between Days” is trumped only by SQ2’s cover of The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony. Rod Stewart, take note.
Saturday, Nov 18th
Jose Feliciano
Iridium Jazz Club
$40 cover/ $10 minimum
An ex-fixture of the Greenwich Village coffeehouse circuit, Feliciano broke through with his re-interpretation of The Doors’ “Light My Fire” in 1968. Though he never quite topped this success, he has remained a cult figure, even landing a role in the 1996 film “Fargo”. See this performance with urgency.
Sunday, Nov 19th
Leon Russell
BB King’s Blues Bar & Grill
$25
An artist worthy of the “Legend” status he often receives, Russell has worked with the best. From supporting Jerry Lee Lewis as a teenager to penning the classic “Delta Lady” which delivered Joe Cocker a massive hit (and arguably his best) to session playing for Bob Dylan, The Byrds and Eric Clapton. Though quieter in recent years, this promises to be a thrilling performance by one of the all-time greats. Beg, borrow, steal.
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Ben Folds, Blues, Bob Dylan, Detriot Cobras, Greenwich Village Coffeehouse circuit, Jack Black, Joanna Newsom, Joe Cocker, Jose Feliciano, Led Zepellin, Leon Russell, New Surf Folk, New Weird America, Rock N Roll, Tenacious D, Xavier Rudd
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Yusuf Islam – An Other Cup
Atlantic/ Ya Records
Released: November 14th
In what was one of the most remarkable departures from the pop music world of the 20th Century, Cat Stevens chose his newfound Islamic religion over the passionate following of 'Rainbow Children' who'd enjoyed such classics as "Moon Shadow", "Wild World" and "Peace Train". At the time little was understood about his choice other than the belief that he had that he could not reasonable devote himself to both his spiritual beliefs and the machine that was the pop music world.
Fans were distraught as he literally vanished from the public eye after changing his name to Yusuf Islam. Even the majority of musicians who he'd played and toured with for years were set aside.
Fast-forward 28 years…
Having picked up some unfinished tracks from 20 years prior, Islam returned to the studio with veteran producer Rick Nowels (Stevie Nicks, Santana, Madonna, KD Lang) and also developed some new tracks.
Sonically, the album is very true to Yusuf's previous leanings and though polished, its warmth transcends the folk moniker he branded so clearly in his previous work. Booming brass, piano-tinkling, elaborate string arrangements and Latin percussion lends depth to the already contemplative lyrics and delivers a contemporary, cohesive effort. Islam's self-analysis in tracks like I Think I See The Light "I used to trust nobody, trusting even less their words, until I found somebody" is matched only by his continued expression of humankind's need to find a better way to understand one another. In Maybe There's A World, Islam pleads, "I have dreamt of an open world, borderless and wide. Where the people move from place to place and nobody's taking sides". Providing back-up vocals on "The Beloved", Youssou N'Dour shines without upstaging.
There's both and innocence and a wisdom to the writing here and a most welcomed return…to the machine.
**** (Four stars)
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Acoustic Folk, Acoustic Pop, Album of the Week, Album Reviews, Cat Stevens, Folk, Heritage Artists, New Music, Youssou N Dour, Yusuf Islam
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