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MUSIC NEWS: Rufus Wainwright, Shelby Lynne, Radio Dept., Katie Melua, Adam Lambert

Modern Tonic April 20, 2010

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GuestbloggerMODERN TONIC

The editors of Modern Tonic — a free daily email that serves up eclectic pop-culture picks with a homo slant — present a weekly music update here on Towleroad.

RoadTODAY’S FEATURED ARTISTS AND NEW RELEASES:

RufusALBUMRufus Wainwright may never be the superstar his talent deserves, and that just makes us love him more. In a year that’s seen the mixed reception to his first opera "Prima Donna" and the death of his beloved mother, folk icon Kate McGarrigle, you’d forgive the guy for some outrageous behavior, but the artist in him trumps the diva on All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu. These 12 piano-based compositions — "Rufus Naked" as we’ve heard it called — are Wainwright at his magical essence. From the three Shakespeare sonnets set to music to songs about his family (a Wainwright-McGarrigle tradition), he’s never been in better voice or more, well, modestly appealing. "Zebulon" and "Martha" — which deal head-on with his mother’s fading health — must have the McGarrigle matriarch applauding from the heavens.

ShelbyDusty Springfield-loving country/pop singer Shelby Lynne releases her 11th studio album today, Tears, Lies, and Alibis. The Virginian now makes the California desert her home and you can feel the still heat of the Coachella Valley on these ten self-produced tracks about cheaters ("Alibi"), capricious boyfriends ("Why Didn’t You Call Me") and a heartfelt tribute to the Airstream camper ("Something to Be Said"). It’s a low-key affair, held together by Lynne’s sensual contralto and no-holds-barred forthright manner, but don’t mistake her seeming serenity for complacency. She’ll cut you down as easily as she strums a twangy chord on her trusty guitar.

RadiodeptIf Belle & Sebastian exchanged twee for Goth, they’d sound like Sweden’s dreamy trio The Radio Dept. On their third full length, Clinging to a Scheme, they throw Pet Shop Boys, Joy Division, The Cure and many others into a blender to create a whispered storm of minor-key madness as catchy as it is eerie. Johan Duncanson’s soft vocals provide melancholic counterpoint to the sweet melodies and up-tempo beats of first single "David." "Heaven’s on Fire" is a fine addition to the Smiths-ian jangle-pop genre. And "This Time Around" rocks a New Order bassline over trouncing beats as primal as primo PiL.

If Katie Melua is ever going to get traction in the U.S., the new video for her forthcoming single "The Flood," produced by William Orbit, should do it. Off her fourth studio album The House (out in the U.K. May 24; no U.S. release announced yet), the song’s Middle Eastern-tinged ambience is mesmerizing, but what’s floating our boats is the bevy of black-spandex clad boys banging chests, twirling swords and flanking Melua at her hovering piano. Gives a whole new meaning to ‘here comes the flood.’ 

RoadMUSIC NEWS:
 
Rolling-stone-janet-jackson-cover RoadRolling Stone magazine will make its entire archive, dating back to 1967, available on its newly-revamped website, for $3.95 a month (without a print subscription; $2.50 with one).

RoadLaura Bell Bundy…from Broadway musical star to country singer.

RoadAdam Lambert schedules dates for the Glam Nation Tour.

RoadKeep your feet on the ground, and your music in the "clouds."

BehindthemsicRoadThis season of VH1's "Behind The Music" will feature Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Eve and Jennifer Lopez. Aguilera also does a "Storytellers," which airs after her "Behind The Music" episode on June 13.

RoadMuse has announced Fall 2010 tour dates. Fan club pre-sale starts tomorrow, general public Saturday.

RoadTODAY’S NEW RELEASES:

GleeMadonna x Glee = Glee – The Music, The Power of Madonna, the Madge-tastic soundtrack to tonight’s episode. If you are still on the borderline regarding the show, you won’t be after watching tonight and hearing choral versions of "Express Yourself" and an all-boy rendition of "What It Feels Like for a Girl." (By the way, check out the new Glee app on iTunes…it looks amazing on an iPad.)

The Winslow alt-rock band Doves gets a two-disc retrospective, The Places Between: The Best of Doves. Or spring for the Limited Edition, with an extra DVD of music videos.

Yo, V V Brown, welcome to America finally! The retrolicious U.K. good-time girl’s Travelling Like the Light comes out on CD today, with sure-to-be hits "Shark in the Water" and "Crying Blood."

KatenashAfter her endearing 2008 debut Made of Bricks comes Kate Nash’s
sophomore album My Best Friend Is You, panned
by the U.K. press
. But don’t let those capricious Brits scare you
off; MBFIY is crammed tight with pop nuggets such as "Kiss that Grrrl"
and "Do-Wah-Doo."

Also Released:  Arcadia — So Red the Rose (CD/DVD); American Idiot (The Original Broadway Cast Recording); Patsy Cline and The Jordanaires — Sweet Dreams: Her Complete Decca Masters 1960-1963; Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli — Live at the Palladium; Cypress Hill — Rise Up; Aqualung — Magnetic North; The Apples in Stereo — Travellers in Space and Time; Cornershop — Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast

RoadMUSIC VIDEOS:

Faithless — "Not Going Home"
Old school electronica trio preview their forthcoming The Dance with this rave-up that takes Japanese animé to the club. Multiple digitally-enhanced mirrorballs included!

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings — "I Learned the Hard Way"
More old school, this time of the R&B variety, wherein Ms. Jones and her stellar soul musicians catch her cheating man stepping out. And then she gets downright funky about it.

The Apples in Stereo — "Dance Floor" (feat. Elijah Wood)

Froddo Baggins gets his groove on while the Denver psych-pop outfit channels their inner Hot Chip on this highlight from Travellers in Space and Time.

Music Go Music — "Light of Love"

This L.A. trio worships at the alter of ABBA on the happiest pop tune this side of "Dancing Queen." And the clip is just as joyous — with the three band-members going through pre-show jitters before the opening night of a children’s show.

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