WEEKLY OFFERINGS
Highlights and reviews of new releases and publications
The press kit for Anberlin's Universal Republic debut, New Surrender, identifies the group as "one of the truly viable indie-to-major success stories ready to blow in 2008."
Critic's Pick: Lindsey Buckingham
By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Critic
The origins of Gift of Screws supposedly go back a decade or more. Return, if you will, to 1998 as pop maestro Lindsey Buckingham was basking in the aftermath of a high profile (and highly profitable) Fleetwood Mac reunion.
Hot tickets
UK Men's Basketball Blue and White Scrimmage. 4 p.m. Nov. 1 at Rupp Arena. $5. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Oct. 11. TicketMaster, (859) 281-6644, www.ticketmaster.com.The charts
The nation's best-selling recorded music as listed in next week's Billboard magazine
Music
- My Morning Jacket member injured at Iowa concert
- New releases
- Marsalis and Co. bring out the bop, to crowd's delight
- She's just getting started
- Singer keeps his day job
- Dame reopening positive sign for Lexington nightlife
- Uh, thanks, iTunes
- A singing role again
- He is the face of jazz
- Hot Tickets
- Critic's pick: David Gilmour
- Hot tickets: UK Basketball Big Blue Madness, Matisyahu, 'The Nutcracker'
- Critic's picks: Carrie Rodriguez and Cassandra Wilson
- The best Southern musician who's not famous
- Two-man band, lots of stuff
- Hot tickets: Larry the Cable Guy, The Pajama Game, more
- Mark Olson to play Oktoberfest with Jayhawks mate Gary Louris
- Critic's pick: Loudon Wainwright III
- 'WoodSongs' dresses up for 500th show
- The Dame to reopen Oct. 3 on Main Street
National Music News
- Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twins
- Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
- Daddy Yankee takes on new role as debate moderator
- Donovan still a Sunshine Superman at 62
- Top record labels: artists, market share
- Metallica drummer to sell Basquiat painting in NYC
- Even Britney Spears wonders what she was thinking
- Brendan Canning explains Broken Social Scene's splintered but still very together existence
- Rocker Meat Loaf hospitalized for 3 days in London
- Manhattan's historic Tin Pan Alley is up for sale
