Criticsâ Choice: New CDs
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Reviews of new releases by Lyle Lovett, Joe Nichols, Jacky Terrasson and Every Time I Die.
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Spoon and Suzanne Vega return with new records.
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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New releases from Foo Fighters, Twista, Iron and Wine, Keyshia Cole and the Weakerthans.
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Reviews of new releases by Beck, Susanna, Bill Mays, Happy Apple and Aesop Rock.
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New releases from Lilâ Kim, James Blackshaw and Evan Christopher.
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Reviews of releases by Alan Jackson, Riskay, Natasja Saad, 8Ball & Devius and Laura Marling.
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John Mayer and Madeleine Peyroux have new offerings out this week.
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New releases from Laura Marling, the Whigs and Re-Up Gang.
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Debut single now available for purchase at the iTunes Music Store.
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New releases of works by the Miles Davis Quintet, Gil Coggins, Helen Sung and High on Fire.
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New releases by itsnotyouitsme, Jean-Yves Thibaudet ajd the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu.
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Three new CDÂs attempt to go beyond modern conceptions of piano sound to show, in various ways, what kind of music Mozart might have heard on his own instruments.
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New albums by K. D. Lang, Nada Surf and Cuong Vu, among others.
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The eagerly-awaited Ubuntu Studio has been released, adding another entry into the expanding list of multimedia-optimized Linux distributions. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but interested readers can peruse some installation screenshots or check out the latest news and information on the Ubuntu Studio Wiki. I plan to review the distro in a future column, along with an update on the latest version of the venerable PlanetCCRMA, but in this entry I'm focused on another very exciting new release. Ardour 2.0 is now available for download. This version is a significant improvement over the 0.99 series (1.0 was never released), with many new features and enhancements to performance and stability. The following article profiles the new Ardour as I employed it for three projects, all involving the program in the processes of composition and arranging as well as the more typical tasks of recording and editing. I've described each project in some detail, and each description includes a link to the final audio output.
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The classical music critics of The New York Times list their favorite recordings of the year. Includes audio samples and links to related reviews.
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U2's superb new album is about faith. And morality. Not to mention social justice, science and the heroic intimacy of love.