Remember when Brian Johnson, Angus Young and Malcolm Young and the boys from the land Down Under laid down the gauntlet and said something akin to the expression ‘Rock and Roll…it ain’t noise pollution”? I think the exact words were: “Rock and Roll ain’t noise pollution…rock and roll ain’t gonna die…rock and roll ain’t noise pollution…rock and roll is just rock and roll”. Remember that?

Sure you do. It’s from the song “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” from the biggest come-back album of All-Time, Back in Black released in July of 1980! Actually, and this is pretty amazing, that album Back in Black, one of the biggest selling albums of All Time selling around 50 million copies world-wide was released just a mere five months after AC/DC’s original vocalist Bon Scott was found deceased from, well, let’s just call it alcohol poisoning. But, those words…the keen insight of Rock and Roll not being noise pollution rears its head again when I scan over the list below. Because the whole of this list is proof positive that, all things being equal, what have we learned? That’s right. Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution! It’s not going to be noise pollution and frankly it’s a little bothersome that some people are still, of a mind, that maybe, just maybe, it is noise pollution. Bollocks!! It’s a classic saying and a classic song. Where would we be without noise pollution???…Um, Rock and Roll!!!???

Okay then.

Many of the artists below don’t rock quite as hard as AC/DC, but they’re trying!! And there’s something to be said for that.     

Switching subjects…I have a homework assignment for all of The Crossing readers…that's right! Don’t fret, I’ll make this reasonably easy and something we can all benefit from. Here’s the deal:

I want all of you to think long and hard and consider, if you have to sleep on it, that’s fine, just give it some quality time: Name your favorite artists from the past 13 years. The only criteria is that the artist’ debut album came out in the year 2000 or after. I want young, pretty young, reasonably young, fairly young, been around, not all that long bands and artists. What do you think? Does this work for you all? Make a list of as many as you can, but probably 10 to 15 would work. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of overlap, but I’ll compile the list of artists that people are digging these days and post it on the next Crossing. If I get enough lists sent to me, I’ll post the lists and your names so everyone gets a ‘real’ shot at fame and can be on this column! Pretty great, huh? But seriously, it would be great to see who people are listening to these days and consider recent favorites. Looking for artists obvious and not so obvious who may be worth your time and others time. Send your lists here:

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And now The Crossing as we know it…August/September and Beyond style…recent stuff too!

Recently released and not mentioned in last edition:

* Bill Mallonee - 'Heaven in Your Heart' (WPA. #18.) and 'The Nashville NPR Sessions' and 'Pauper Dreams' EP
* Daniel Amos - Dig Here, Said the Angel
* Kevn Kinney - Songs for a Late Night Morning EP
* Rhett Miller - Live at Eddie's Attic (Download.)
* Sam Llanas – Four/Five: Live Vol.1
* Frank Lenz - Water Tiger
* 'Big Stories for Little Ones' featuring Sandra McCracken
* Jake Bugg - S/T
* James Blake - Overgrown
* Todd Herfindal - Right Here Now
* Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes
* Kentucky Knife Fight – Hush Hush
* Jillette Johnson - Water in a Whale
* Casey Reeves - In Between Oceans
* Milk Music - Cruise Your Illusion
* Elephant Stone - S/T
* Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
* Palma Violets - 180
* Whitehorse - The Fate of the World Depends on this Kiss
* Cayucas - Bigfoot
* Alpine - A is for Alpine
* Metz - S/T
* Chris Shiflett - All Hat and No Cattle
* Mandy Jewell – The Road to Tennessee EP
* Moreland & Arbuckle - 7 Cities
* Zoe Muth - Starlight Hotel
* The Lighthouse and the Whaler - This is an Adventure
* The Transplants - In a War Zone
* Heaven & Earth - Dig
* Conquest - The War We Wage
* The Joy Formidable - Silent Treatment EP
* The Pixies – EP-1
* Big Star - Nothing Can Hurt Me
* The Cult - Electric (Deluxe.)
+ Jack's Mannequin - Live from the El Rey Theatre
+ The Church - Live at the Enmore Theatre
+ Vinyl (Documentary.)

8/6

* KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon
* The Civil Wars - S/T
* The Polyphonic Spree - Yes, It's True
* Lucy Schwartz - Timekeeper
* Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Wassaic Way
* The Dangerous Summer - Golden Record
* Newsted - Heavy Metal Music (Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted.)
* Dinosaur Bones - Shaky Dream
* The Grahams - Riverman's Daughter
* Sharon Jones - Give the People What They Want
* Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain
+ Oliver and Company (25th anniversary Blu-Ray.)
+ Robin Hood (40th anniversary Blu-Ray.)
+ The Sword in the Stone (50th anniverary Blu-Ray.)
+ Oblivion
+ Mud
+ The Place beyond the Pines
+ On the Road
+ To the Wonder
+ Olympus Has Fallen
+ The Sapphires
+ West of Memphis

8/13

* Sam Phillips - Push Any Button
* Tommy Bolin - Whirlwind
* Valerie June - Pushin' Against a Stone
* Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue: Acoustic
* Washed Out - Paracosm
* The Wild Feathers - S/T
* Ty Segall - Sleeper
* Parachute - Overnight
* Bloc Party - The Nextwave Sessions EP
* Glen Campbell - See You There
* Bela Fleck - The Impostor
+ The Muppet Movie (Blu-ray.)
+ Emperor
+ The Company You Keep
+ What Maisie Knew
+ The Big Wedding
+ The Muppet Movie (Blu-ray.)

8/20

* Blue October - Sway
* Sarah Neufeld - Hero Brother (Arcade Fire member.)
* Travis - Where You Stand
* White Lies - Big TV
* Tim Easton - Not Cool
* Laura Veirs - Warp & Weft
* Zola Jesus - Versions
* Ben Rector - The Walking In Between
* William Beckett - Genuine & Counterfeit
* Paper Lions - My Friends
* Braids - Flourish/Perish
* No Age - An Object
* Broken Anchor - Fresh Lemonade
* Willy Mason - Carry On
* Andrew Belle - Broken Bear
* Joseph Childress - Rebirths
* Willie Sugarcaps - S/T
* Crocodiles - Crimes of Passion
* Terraplane Sun - Ya Never Know
* The Greencards - Sweetheart of the Sun
* The Colourist - Lido EP
* Superchunk - I Hate Music
* Stereophonics - Graffiti on the Train
* Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind
* Typhoon - White Lighter
* Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Cluck Ol Hen: Live
* John Mayer - Paradise Valley
+ Journey - Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (Story of Arnel Pineda.)
+ Amour
+ Epic
+ Killing Season
+ Scary Movie 5

8/27

* Fish - A Feast of Consequences (Import from Fish's site.)
* Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait: Bootleg Series, Vol. 10, 1969-1971
* Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
* The Rides - Can't Get Enough (Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.)
* Jars of Clay - Inland
* Missy Raines - New Frontier
* Serena Ryder - Harmony
* Ellie Goulding - Halcyon Days EP
* Big Country - At the BBC (3 CD's/1 DVD.)
* Ben Shepherd - In Deep Owl
* The Dodos - Carrier
* Julie Kathryn - Black Trees
* Luray - The Wilder
* Robbie Fulks - Gone Away Backward
* Michael Monroe - Horns and Halos
* Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King
* Little River Band - Cuts Like a Diamond
* Sly & the Family Stone - Higher (Box set.)
* The Beach Boys - Made in California (50th anniversary Box set.)
+ Graham Parker - This Is Live
+ Great Gatsby
+ Pain & Gain
+ At Any Price
+ The Reluctant Fundamentalist

9/3

* Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You.
* Over the Rhine - Meet Me at the Edge of the World (2 CD's.)
* Derek Webb - I Was Wrong, I'm Sorry & I Love You
* Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (Deluxe.)
* Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
* Chelsea Wolf - Pain is Beauty
* Volcano Choir - Repave (Justin Vernon.)
* Jenks Miller - Spirit Signal
* Glasvegas - Later...When the TV Turns to Static
* Bowling for Soup - Lunch Drunk Love
* The Grahams - Riverman's Daughter
* Richard Buckner – Surrounded
* Elephant Revival – These Changing Skies
* Holograms - Forever
* The 1975 - S/T
* Jonathan Rado – Law and Order
* Steroephonics - Graffiti on the Train
* Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back to Virginia
* North Mississippi All Stars - World Boogie is Coming
* Ed Roland - Devils 'n Darlins (Collective Soul frontman.)
* Sweet Relief 3: Pennies from Heaven
+ Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian - Live in Tokyo 2012
+ Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992 (3 DVD's.)
+ From Up on Poppy Hill
+ The Iceman
+ Now You See Me
+ Stories We Tell

9/10

* Mark Knopfler - Privateering (U.S. Release; 2 CD's.)
* The Old 97's & Waylon Jennings - S/T
* Bill Mallonee – Town Hall: Live in Atlanta 2013
* Patty Larkin - Still Green
* Jimmy Webb – Still Within the Sound of My Voice
* Ry Cooder – Live in San Francisco 2011
* Arctic Monkeys - AM
* The Rubens - My Gun
* Lissie - Back to Forever
* Forest Fire - Screens
* J. Roddy Walston - Essential Tremors
* Mindy Gledhill - Pocketful of Poetry
* London Grammar – If You Wait
* Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
* Sheryl Crow - Feels Like Home
* Ingrid Olava – Summer House
* Emiliana Torrini - Tookah
* Trombone Shorty – Say That to Say This
* The Stargazer Lilies - We are the Dreamers
* Moon Taxi - Mountains Beaches Cities
* Rise Against – Long Forgotten Songs
* The Clash - 'Clash Hits Back' and 'Sound System' box set
* Drive By Truckers - Alabama Ass Whuppin' (Re-release.)
+ Star Trek: Into Darkness
+ Love is All You Need
+ Chasing Ice (documentary.)

9/13

+ Friday the 13th (Blu-ray Box Set, of course.)

9/17

* Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
* Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott - Memories and Moments
* Jack Johnson - From Here to Now to You
* Grouplove - Spreading Rumours
* Said the Whale - Hawaii
* MGMT - S/T
* Sleepy Kitty - Projection Room
* Lucy Rose - Like I Used To
* Sarah Miles - One
* Johnathan Rice - Good Graces
* Band of Heathens - Sunday Morning Record
* Big Scary - Not Art
* Mum - Smilewound
* Mark Lanegan - Imitations
* Bill Callahan - Dream River
* Forest Swords - Engravings
* Royal Bangs - Brass
* The Sadies - Internal Sounds
* Thomas Dybdahl - What's Left is Forever
* Placebo - Loud Like Love
* The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves
* Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Fly By Wire
* Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding – S/T
* Five for Fighting – Bookmarks
* The Devil Wears Prada – 8:18
* Birdy – Breath EP
* Sebadoh - Defend Yourself
* Jonny Lang - Fight for My Soul
* BR5-49 – More from Robert’s
* Butch Walker – Peachtree Battle EP
* The Band - Live at the Academy of Music 1971 (Box set.)
* The Clash - Sound System (Box set.)
* Tift Merritt - Traveling Alone (Deluxe.)
* Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (Deluxe.)
* Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film (Import.)
+ World War Z
+ The Bling Ring
+ Disconnect
+ The East

9/24

* Sting - The Last Ship (Deluxe version available.)
* Elton John - The Diving Board (Produced by T Bone Burnett.)
* Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
* Dream Theater - S/T
* Patty Griffin - Silver Bell (Unreleased album from 2000.)
* Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull
* Deer Tick - Negativity
* Ha Ha Tonka - Lessons
* Gov't Mule - Shout
* Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up from Bones
* Lily Kershaw - Midnight in the Garden
* Meg Hutchinson - Beyond That
* Pink Martini - Get Happy
* Sam Baker – Say Grace
* Jewel – Let It Snow
* Clannad - Nadur
* Peter Gabriel - 'And I'll Scratch Yours' and 'Live in Athens' DVD
* Sammy Hagar - Sammy Hagar & Friends
* Metallica - 'Through the Never' soundtrack
* Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction: Live
* Black Label Society - Unblackened
* Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania: Live in NYC (CD/DVD.)
* Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way (Deluxe.)
* Nirvana - In Utero (Deluxe.) and 'Live and Loud in Seattle 1993'
+ Iron Man 3
+ The Kings of Summer
+ Room 237
+ Unfinished Song

10/1

* Rush - 'Vapor Trails' (Remix!) and 'Atlantic Years' box set
* Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
* Dr. Dog - B-Room
* HAIM - Days are Gone
* Blitzen Trapper - VII
* Howe Gelb - The Coincidentalist
* Joan Jett - Unvarnished
* Blind Boys of Alabama - I'll Find a Way (Produced by Justin Vernon.)
* Tired Pony - The Ghost of the Mountain (Gary Lightbody and Peter Buck.)
* Dave Stewart - Lucky Numbers
* The Wood Brothers - Muse (Produced by Buddy Miller.)
* Woodkid - The Golden Age
* The Paper Kites – States
* Kimmie Rhodes – Covers
* Dustin Kensrue – Water & the Blood
* Moby - Innocents
* New Model Army - Between Dog and Wolf
* Van Morrison - Moondance (Deluxe.)
+ The Croods
+ This is the End
+ The Frozen Ground
+ Little Mermaid (Blu-ray.)

10/8

* The Badlees - Epiphones and Empty Rooms (2 CD's.)
* Cage the Elephant - Melophobia
* The Fratellis - We Need Medicine
* Kodaline - In a Perfect World
* Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
* Amos Lee - Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
* Lindi Ortega – Tinstar
* Kim Taylor – Love’s a Dog
* Tony Dekker - Prayer
* Anders Osborne - Peace
* Albert Hammond, Jr. - 'AHJ' EP
* Steve Nieve - ToGetHer (Many guests.)
* Of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar
* Panic at the Disco - To Weird to Live
* Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise EP
* Alter Bridge - Fortress
* Korn - Paradigm Shift
* Slash - Nothing Left to Fear
* The Scorpions - Crazy World (Deluxe.)
* William Shatner – Ponder the Mystery
+ Ain’t In It For My Health: a Film about Levon Helm
+ Home Run
+ Much Ado About Nothing
+ The Purge
+ Stuck in Love
+ After Earth
+ Hangover Part III

10/15

* Paul McCartney – New
* Toad the Wet Sprocket – New Constellation
* Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
* The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion
* Will Hoge - Never Give In
* Ryan Adams - TBA
* The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still
* Cults – Static
* American Babies – Knives and Teeth
* Arthur Channel – S/T
* Megan Bonnell - Hunt & Chase
* Morcheeba - Head Up High
* Eric Clapton – Unplugged (Deluxe.)
+ Flying Colors - Live in Europe (Neal Morse, Steve Morse and Mike Portnoy.)
+ Testament - Dark Roots of Thrash (DVD/2 CD's.)
+ The Heat
+ Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

10/22

* Brett Dennen - Smoke and Mirrors
* James Blunt - Moon Landing
* Mötorhead - Aftershock
* King Crimson - The Road to Red box set
* Ted Nugent – Ultralive Ballisticrock
* Def Leppard - Viva Hysteri! Live in Las Vegas (DVD/2 CD's.)
* Tears for Fears - The Hurting (Deluxe.)
* Katy Perry – Prism (So you’ll know who you keep hearing on the radio.)
+ The Way Way Back
+ Before Midnight
+ Internship
+ Only God Forgives

10/29

* Arcade Fire - TBA (Possibly titled Reflektor.)
* Blue Rodeo - In Our Nature
* Ed Kowalczyk - The Flood and the Mercy: Live
* Lily & Madeleine - S/T
* Maria Taylor – Something About Knowing
* White Denim – Corsicana Lemonade
* Minor Alps - Get There (Juliana Hatfield project.)
* Perma – Two of a Crime
* Los Lobos - Disconnected in NYC
* Humble Pie - Live at the Filmore 1971
* Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism (Deluxe.)
+ Monsters University
+ Byzantium
+ R.I.P.D.

11/5

* Stryper - No More Hell to Pay
* Chris Grant – It’s Not About War
* Place Vendome – Thunder in the Distance (Michael Kiske project.)
+ The Hobbit (Extended version adds 13 minutes.)
+ Under the Dome
+ White House Down
+ Passion
+ Parkland

11/12

+ The Rolling Stones – Sweet Summer Sun: Hyde Park Live
+ Man of Steel
+ Frances Ha
+ Blackfish

LYRICS of the MONTH:

Concept video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Be2Xq_-YwQ

Performance videos: on Jay Leno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVow0A9X4pE

On the Today Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deD41_doI-E

On the BBC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8YMxK_-kPw

KT Tunstall, the song “Feel It All” from the album Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon. http://www.kttunstall.com

See you in October/November!
Chris

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