{"id":538,"date":"2016-05-20T02:32:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T06:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=538"},"modified":"2016-11-09T04:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T09:41:17","slug":"538","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/05\/20\/538\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release Roundup May 20, 2016 &#8211; Mudcrutch, Bob Dylan, Ken Reid, Dan Soder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><strong>MUSIC<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudcrutchmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mudcrutch<\/a> \u2013 Mudcrutch 2<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re a Tom Petty fan, you\u2019ve already previewed the first release form this album, \u201cTrailer,\u201d either because you picked up the single on Record Store Day, you heard it on his satellite radio channel, or, if you\u2019re a longtime fan, you have the single for \u201cDon\u2019t Come Around Here No More\u201d and have heard this in its original b-side incarnation. For this reassembling of Petty\u2019s pre-Heartbreakers band, he moves to bass with Mike Campbell and Tom Leadon on guitar, Benmont Tench on keys, and Randall Marsh on drums. Everybody pitches in songs and it\u2019s more than just Petty\u2019s voice on the record. Marsh, Tench, Campbell, and Leadon all get a shot at the mic. The band swings a little differently, and they sound solid as a unit. Still, longtime fans won\u2019t be shocked at the difference in sound. The spirit is still rock and roll, played by people who know how it\u2019s done.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/476793671\/477392740\" frameborder=0><\/iframe><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/bobdylan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Dylan<\/a> \u2013 Fallen Angels<br \/>\nDylan is no longer bending zeitgeist through his music. That\u2019s been gone for a while. But who cares, really? I\u2019ve enjoyed a lot of his latest work as much as I\u2019ve enjoyed anything in his catalogue. After covering Sinatra for last year\u2019s Shadows In the Night, it sounds like he\u2019s still got the bug for mellow crooning, judging by the first two songs he released. Looking forward to picking this one up.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zPuyT6EtRQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T2xBaX5awlc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>COMEDY<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikenreid.com\/#intro\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Reid<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/vanity-project-vol.-1-hollywoodland\/id1094539979\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Vanity Project, Vol. 1<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nI was fortunate enough to be present when this was taped in Los Angeles at the Nerdist Showroom, and it\u2019s a fantastic set. The Nerdist Showroom is perfect for Reid, who host the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvguidancecounselor.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TV Guidance Counselor Podcast<\/a>, featuring guests making their weekly picks in sometimes decades-old TV Guide magazines. Thought Reid\u2019s pop culture knowledge is legendary, onstage he is more of a storyteller, and what you get here is a look into Reid\u2019s personal life and childhood. Show and tell gone wrong, his father\u2019s insistence on buying young Ken a snake as a present, dealing with a caller distraught over missing an episode of Roswell while manning the complaint line at a TV station, and good advice about the usefulness of machetes.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2462485498\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/kenreid.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-vanity-project-vol-1-hollywoodland\">The Vanity Project Vol. 1: Hollywoodland by Ken Reid<\/a><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dansoder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Soder <\/a>\u2013 <em>Not Special<\/em><br \/>\nSoder, a regular on Showtime\u2019s Billions, debuts Not Special on Comedy Central Saturday at 11pm, and the album will be released on Tuesday. There\u2019s a lot of good stuff on here, but the track that gets me is \u201cThe Devil Goes Home Early,\u201d a story about how an eight-year-old Soder is convinced he has been possessed by the devil at summer camp, partly because he projectile vomited during sing-along-to-Jesus time. The best line is when he confesses his suspicions to his mother. \u201cAnd in a way that only a very tired single mom could, she just looked at me and said, \u2018Why would the devil want to possess <em>you<\/em>?\u2019\u201d  <\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:comedycentral.com:68f9838e-a8ab-49df-8ea8-6b546dae6030\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUSIC 1. 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