Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs.
ARTIST : Mudhoney
RELEASE: Vanishing Point
BACKSTORY: This month marks the 25th anniversary of both Mudhoney and its label, Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, and the proto-grunge act will mark the occasion with this week’s release of its ninth studio album, a 10-track record from a band “full of the wisdom and dark humor” (see full tracklist).
BUY: Amazon.com (CD, vinyl, digital), iTunes (Digital)
ARTIST : Suicidal Tendencies
RELEASE: 13
BACKSTORY: The legendary thrash band returns with its first new album in 13 years, the aptly named 13, which features 13 new songs as part of the group’s 30th anniversary celebration. One track features a host of pro-skater guests, including Danny Way and Tony Trujillo.
BUY: Amazon.com (CD, digital), iTunes (Digital)
ARTIST : Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
RELEASE: White People and the Damage Done
BACKSTORY: The former Dead Kennedys frontman returns this week with his second album under the Guantanamo School of Medicine banner, featuring tracks such as “Hollywood Goof Disease,” “Burgers of Wrath,” “Shock-U-Py” and “Werewolves of Wall Street.”
BUY: Amazon.com (CD, vinyl, digital), iTunes (Digital)
ARTIST : Victor DeLorenzo
RELEASE: Victor DeLorenzo
BACKSTORY: The Violent Femmes drummer returns this week with a new solo album, featuring a guest vocal appearance by bandmate Gordon Gano and songs such as “Old Soul Depression,” “Moving Towards Something,” “I Remember When I Loved Her” and more.
BUY: Amazon.com (Digital)
How the @#%k does Jello have any credibility after being caught and found guilty of scamming his bandmates for profit, and lying about it? That’s the exact kind of thing he used to bash corporate sleazeballs for doing. Oh, and his voice sounds like a cartoon.