>From the newly updated ICE website. Highly subjective snipping, use at own risk: April 6: Fountains of Wayne Utopia Parkway (Atlantic) Carl Sonny Leyland (from Fly-Rite Boys) I’m Wise (HMG) April 13: Mike Ness (Social Distortion leader) Cheating at Solitaire (ICE #145) (Time Bomb) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Echo (ICE #144) (Warner Bros.) Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds (anthology of 1969 Memphis sessions; ICE #144) (RCA) Bruce Springsteen 18 Tracks (title change; ICE #145) (Columbia) Mandy Barnett I’ve Got a Right to Cry (Sire) April 20: Barely Pink Elli’s Suitcase (ECD) (Big Deal) Bill Kirchen (ex-Commander Cody) Raise a Ruckus (w/Flaco Jiminez guesting on accordion) (HighTone) -For Jack C.-VA Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza (two CDs; w/David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Del & Ronnie McCoury, et al.) (Acoustic Disc) VA This Note’s for You Too!: A Tribute to Neil Young (w/Coal Porters, Steve Wynn, Richard Lloyd and others) (Inbetweens) Greg Brown One Night (live album from 1982 w/bonus tracks) (Red House) Alice Cooper The Life & Crimes of (four-disc box; ICE #144) (Warner Archives/Rhino) Danny Gatton Hot Rod Guitar: The Anthology (two CDs; w/Delbert McClinton, Robert Gordon and Joshua Redman guesting) (Rhino) Woody Guthrie Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4 (26 tracks, 6 previously unreleased) (Smithsonian Folkways) The Mekons I Have Been to Heaven and Back... Vol. I (Quarterstick) April 27: The Backsliders Southern Lines (Mammoth) Old 97’s Fight Songs (Elektra) Tom Waits Mule Variations (ICE #144) (Epitaph) May 4: The Blue Rags Eat at Joe’s (Sub Pop) Shaver (Billy Joe Shaver band) Electric Shaver (New West) The Damned Box Set (Cleopatra) May 11: Jack Logan Buzz Me In (produced by Kosmo Vinyl; w/Kevn Kinney, Vic Chesnutt, and ex-Swimming Pool Qs, Brains, and Coolies members guesting) (Capricorn) May 18: The Apples in Stereo Her Wallpaper Reverie (mini-album) (spinART) The Go-Betweens Bellavista Terrace (best-of; w/interview disc in first 2000 copies) (Beggars Banquet) -For new dad Paul K.-VA Dark Pleasures: The Vital Gothic Collection (w/Nick Cave, Bauhaus, et al.) (Hip-O) Marty Stuart The Pilgrim (MCA) Radney Foster See What You Want to See (Arista Austin) May 25: Luna The Days of Our Nights (w/a cover of Guns ‘N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine”) (Elektra) The Rooks (w/Richard X. Heyman) A Wishing Well (Not Lame) -For Dave and Amy<g>-Mary Chapin Carpenter Party Doll and Other Favorites (ICE #145) (Columbia) Tentatively scheduled for June release are Luscious Jackson’s Electric Honey and Pavement’s Terror Twilight, among others.
