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JUNE 2, 2009

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:

Alka "A Dog Lost in the Woods [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Electronic Eel, June 2, 2009)

Anderson (Dutch electro indie-pop group) "It Runs in the Family" (first single: "Trevor * On The Dancefloor"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (U&L, June 2, 2009)

Big James and the Chicago Playboys "Right Here Right Now" (producer: Big James; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Blind Pig, June 2, 2009)

Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses "Roadhouse Sun" (producer: former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Lost Highway, June 2, 2009)

Butterfly Boucher "Scaryfragile [MP3 Download]" (producer: David Kahne; first single: "Gun For Tongue"; Hear here; Read here; Twitter) (Nettwerk, June 2, 2009)

Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith) "Chickenfoot" (producer: Andy Johns; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Redline, June 5, 2009)

Elvis Costello "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" (producer: T Bone Burnett; guest: Emmylou Harris; Read here; MP3 Download) (Hear Music, June 2, 2009)

Marshall Crenshaw "Jaggedland" (his first album in six years; first single: "Live and Learn"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (429, June 2, 2009)

Deastro "Moondagger" (first single: "Parellelogram"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Ghostly International, June 2, 2009)

Jonny Diaz "More Beautiful You" (producer: Steve Wilson; first single: "More Beautiful You"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (INO/Columbia, June 2, 2009)

Dirtfedd "The American Nightmare" (Hear here) (E1 Entertainment, June 2, 2009)

Lisa Donnelly "We Had a Thing [MP3 Download]" (producers: Rob Giles, Rich Jacques; Hear here) (SM, June 2, 2009)

Drop Dead, Gorgeous "The Hot N' Heavy" (producer: Matt Goldman; first single: "Two Birds, One Stone"; Hear here; Twitter; MP3 Download) (Suretone, June 2, 2009)

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters "Living in the Light" (guest: Kim Wilson; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Stony Plain, June 2, 2009)

Kyle Eastwood (jazz guitarist; son of Clint Eastwood) "Metropolitain" (producers: Erin Davis [son of Miles Davis], Michael Stevens; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Rendezvous, June 2, 2009)

Eels "Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Vagrant, June 2, 2009)

Emery "... In Shallow Seas We Sail" (producer: Aaron Sprinkle; first single: "Cutthroat Collapse"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Tooth & Nail, June 2, 2009)

Flat Earth Society "Cheer Me, Perverts!" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Crammed Discs, June 2, 2009)

Franz Ferdinand "Blood" (a dub version of 2009's "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Domino/Epic, June 2, 2009)

David Garrett "David Garrett" (classical violinist covers Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters," Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever?," AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Decca, June 2, 2009)

Malcolm Gets (actor starred in the 1990s sitcom "Caroline in the City") "The Journey Home" (producer: John McDaniel; guest: Melissa Errico; Read here; MP3 Download) (PS Classics, June 2, 2009)

Lou Gramm Band (group includes his brothers on bass and drums) "Lou Gramm Band" (former Foreigner singer's first solo album since 1989; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Spectra, June 2, 2009)

Hoots & Hellmouth "The Holy Open Secret" (producers: Hoots & Hellmouth, Bill Moriarty; Hear here; MP3 Download) (MAD Dragon/Ryko, June 2, 2009)

IWrestledABearOnce "It's All Happening" (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (Century Media, June 2, 2009)

Dave Matthews Band "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" (producer: Rob Cavallo; Read here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download) (RCA, June 2, 2009)

Meatmen, The "Cover the Earth" (covers album is the group's first in 12 years; See here; Read here) (Meat King/MVD Audio, June 2, 2009)

Sophie Milman "Take Love Easy" (producer: Steven MacKinnon; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (E1 Entertainment, June 2, 2009)

Mitchel Musso (regular on "Hannah Montana" series) "Mitchel Musso" (his brother Mason is in Metro Station; first single: "The In Crowd"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Walt Disney, June 2, 2009)

Paolo Nutini "Sunny Side Up" (producers: Nutini, Ethan Johns; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Atlantic, June 2, 2009)

New Riders of the Purple Sage "Where I Come From" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Woodstock, June 2, 2009)

Iggy Pop "Préliminaires" (French-language, jazz-infused album inspired by Michel Houellebecq's 2005 novel "The Possibility of an Island"; producer: Hal Cragin; See here; Read here) (Astralwerks, June 2, 2009)

Willie Porter "How to Rob a Bank" (Hear here) (Weasel, June 2, 2009)

Rancid "Let the Dominoes Fall" (producer: Brett Gurewitz; guest: Booker T. Jones; Hear here; Read here; CD/DVD; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Hellcat/Epitaph, June 2, 2009)

Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue "Stomp! The Blues Tonight" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Stony Plain, June 2, 2009)

Simple Minds "Graffiti Soul" (Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition) (U.K. - Universal, June 1, 2009)

Sounds, The "Crossing the Rubicon" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Original Signal Recordings, June 2, 2009)

Taking Back Sunday (new guitarist: Matthew Fazzi) "New Again" (producers: David Kahne, Matt Squire; Hear here; Read here; Special edition; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Warner, June 2, 2009)

311 "Uplifter" (producer: Bob Rock; first single: "Hey You"; Hear here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download) (Volcano/Jive, June 2, 2009)

UFO "The Visitor" (group's 20th studio album; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (SPV, June 2, 2009)

Various artists "Dance Flick [Film soundtrack]" (Wayans family parody of dance movies opens May 22; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Lakeshore, June 2, 2009)

Various artists "Modern Muses, Volume One: Diverse Voices in Music [MP3 Download]" (a 9-song celebration of females in the arts; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Nettwerk, June 2, 2009)

Various artists "West Side Story: The New Broadway Cast Recording" (Read here; Twitter; MP3 Download; Amazon.com Exclusive Limited Edition with Playbill) (Masterworks Broadway, June 2, 2009)

Vanessa Williams "The Real Thing" (producers: Babyface, Keith Thomas; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Concord, June 2, 2009)

Amazon.com Widgets

Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
John Anderson	"Greatest Hits"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Artimus Pyledriver	"Artimus Pyledriver [MP3 Download]" (2006 album)	(DRT Entertainment, June 2, 2009)
Anita Baker	"The Best of Anita Baker [MP3 Download]" (2002 album; 18 tracks)	(Atlantic/Rhino, June 2, 2009)
James Brown	"Star Time [MP3 Download]" (1991 box set spanning his career; 71 tracks; Read here)	(Polydor/UME, June 2, 2009)
Jeff Buckley	"Grace Live Around the World [CD/DVD]" (previously unreleased live performances circa 1994-95, in concert and television locales ranging from the U.S. and UK, to Germany, Japan and France; the DVD contains the one-hour documentary, "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley"; See here; 2 DVD/1 CD Deluxe Limited Edition)	(Columbia/Legacy, June 2, 2009)
Cartoone	"Cartoone: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition" (1969 album, featuring Jimmy Page on guitar; remastered, with nine bonus tracks; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Friday Music, June 2, 2009)
Johnny Cash	"The Best of the Sun Years [MP3 Download]" (25 tracks)	(Charly, June 1, 2009)
Ray Charles	"Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volumes 1 & 2" (1962 albums on one CD; remastered; "Volume 2" makes its CD debut; MP3 Download)	(Concord, June 2, 2009)
Confederate Railroad	"Greatest Hits"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Alice Cooper	"School's Out [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1972 album; remastered; Read here)	(Friday Music, June 2, 2009)
Julian Cope	"Autogeddon [MP3 Download]" (1994 album)	(American, June 2, 2009)
Crosby, Stills & Nash	"Crosby, Stills & Nash Demos" (12 previously unreleased demos recorded between 1968 and 1971; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Rhino, June 2, 2009)
Cross Country	"Cross Country [MP3 Download]" (1973 album; includes "In the Midnight Hour")	(Atlantic/Rhino, June 2, 2009)
Rodney Crowell	"The Rodney Crowell Collection"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Miles Davis	"The New Miles Davis Quintet" (1957 album; remastered; MP3 Download)	(Prestige, June 2, 2009)
Doors, The	"The Soft Parade [24 Kt. Gold CD]" (1969 album; remastered)	(Audio Fidelity, June 2, 2009)
Walter Egan	"Wild Exhibitions" (1983 album; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Renaissance, June 2, 2009)
Faces	"A Nod Is as Good as a Wink ... to a Blind Horse [Vinyl]" (1971 album)	(Warner, June 2, 2009)
Stephen Fearing	"The Man Who Married Music: The Best of Stephen Fearing" (15 tracks; Hear/read here; MP3 Download)	(True North, June 2, 2009)
Freddy Fender	"The Freddy Fender Collection"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Richie Furay Band, The	"Alive: The Deluxe Edition" (2 CDs; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Friday Music, June 2, 2009)
Colin Hay	"Topanga" (1994 album; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Compass, June 2, 2009)
Freddie Hubbard	"Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969" (Read here)	(Blue Note, June 2, 2009)
Montell Jordan	"This Is How I Do It [MP3 Download]" (1995 album)	(The Bicycle Music Company, June 2, 2009)
K-Solo	"Tell the World My Name: Deluxe Extended Edition" (1990 album; with five bonus tracks)	(Traffic Entertainment, June 2, 2009)
Lydia Lunch	"Queen of Siam" (1980 solo debut album; Read here)	(Atavistic/MVD Audio, June 2, 2009)
Lynam	"Slave to the Machine [MP3 Download]" (2006 album)	(DRT Entertainment, June 2, 2009)
Mannheim Steamroller	"Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse [MP3 Download]" (1998 album)	(Walt Disney/American Gramaphone, June 2, 2009)
Neal McCoy	"Greatest Hits"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Gary Morris	"Hits"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	"More Great Dirt: The Best of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Vol. II" (1989 album)	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Pink Floyd	"A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987 album; remastered)	(Capitol/EMI, June 2, 2009)
Psychedelic Furs	"Should God Forget: A Retrospective" (2 CDs, 33 tracks; includes eight previously unreleased songs)	(U.K. - Columbia, June 1, 2009)
Jerry Reed	"When You're Hot ... The Very Best of 1967-1983" (28 tracks; Read here)	(Raven, June 2, 2009)
Kenny Rogers	"20 Great Years" (1990 album)	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Sonny Rollins	"Reel Life" (1982 album; remastered)	(OJC, June 2, 2009)
Scotch Greens	"Professional [MP3 Download]" (2006 album)	(DRT Entertainment, June 2, 2009)
Frank Sinatra	"Classic Sinatra II" (20 tracks spanning 1954 to 1961, plus one bonus track, the previously unreleased "This Can't Be Love"; Hear here; MP3 Download), "This Is Sinatra: Volume Two [MP3 Download]" (1958 album)	(Capitol/EMI, June 2, 2009)
Sly & Robbie	"Live 86" (2 CDs)	(MVD Audio, June 2, 2009)
SOiL	"True Self [MP3 Download]" (2006 album)	(DRT Entertainment, June 2, 2009)
Street Dogs	"Fading American Dream [MP3 Download]" (2006 album)	(DRT Entertainment, June 2, 2009)
Tasha Thomas	"Midnight Rendezvous[MP3 Download]" (1979 album)	(Atlantic/Rhino, June 2, 2009)
Randy Travis	"Greatest #1 Hits"	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Conway Twitty	"#1's: The Warner Brothers Years" (1988 album)	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Unicorn	"No Way Out of Here: The Anthology" (2 CDs; Hear/read here)	(Renaissance, June 2, 2009)
Various artists	"Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984" (15 tracks; Read here)	(LTM, June 2, 2009)
Various artists	"Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best of the Second Series" (2 CDs; Track list)	(Chrome Dreams/MVD Audio, June 2, 2009)
Various artists	"Dad Rocks!" (3 CDs, 55 tracks; Track list)	(U.K. - EMI, June 1, 2009)
Various artists	"Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More" (1970 album; 2 CDs; remastered; Read here), "Woodstock Two" (1971 album; 2 CDs; remastered; Read here)	(Rhino, June 2, 2009)
Ween	"All Request Live" (MP3 Download)	(Chocodog, June 2, 2009)
Barry White	"Just For You [MP3 Download]" (1992 best-of; 40 tracks)	(Island/Mercury, June 2, 2009)
Who, The	"The Who Sell Out: Deluxe Edition" (1967 album; 2 CDs; remastered; contains mono and stereo version, plus previously unreleased tracks)	(Geffen/UME, June 2, 2009)
Dwight Yoakam	"This Time" (1993 album)	(Rhino Flashback, June 2, 2009)
Neil Young	"Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) [Box set]" (8 CDs, with 160-page book; see DVD version below; MP3 Download)	(Reprise, June 2, 2009)

Amazon.com Widgets

Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	"In the Big Dream [DVD]" (Read here)	(Dark Peak/Voiceprint, June 2, 2009)
Deep Purple	"History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76 [DVD]" (2 discs; Read here)	(Eagle Rock, June 2, 2009)
Killers, The	"Thin White Dukes: A Documentary Film [DVD]"	(United States of Dist./Ka, June 2, 2009)
B.B. King	"Live at Montreux 1993 [DVD]" (Blu-ray)	(Eagle Rock, June 2, 2009)
Eddie Murphy	"Eddie Murphy Delirious: 25th Anniversary Edition [DVD]" (1983 HBO special; 2 discs)	(Starz/Anchor Bay, June 2, 2009)
Oasis	"And It's Goodnight From Him [DVD]"	(United States of Dist./Ka, June 2, 2009)
Chris Thompson (ex-Manfred Mann's Earth Band singer)	"One Hot Night in the Cold [DVD]" (See here)	(Voiceprint, June 2, 2009)
Umphrey's McGee	"SoundStage Presents Umphrey's McGee — Live [DVD]" (See here)	(E1, June 2, 2009)
Various artists	"Fillmore: The Last Days [DVD]" (1972 documentary; See/read here)	(Rhino, June 2, 2009)
Neil Young	"Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963-1972) [DVD]" (10 discs; Blu-ray)	(Reprise, June 2, 2009)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:

"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (Pantera guitarist was killed by a crazed fan in 2004) "Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott [Paperback]" (author: Zac Crain) (Da Capo Press, June 1, 2009)

Beatles, The "Beatle Books: From Genesis to Revolution [Paperback]" (author: W. Fraser Sandercombe) (Collector's Guide Publishing, June 1, 2009)

Beatles, The "The Beatles on Television [Paperback]" (authors: Ray Tedman, Jeff Bench) (Reynolds & Hearn, June 1, 2009)

Beatles, The "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music [Hardcover]" (author: Elijah Wald; Kindle) (Oxford University Press, June 1, 2009)

Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse "Danger Mouse and Sparklehouse Present Dark Night of the Soul [Hardcover/CD]" (photographic visuals by Lynch) (powerHouse Books, June 1, 2009)

Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World [Paperback]" (editors: Colleen J. Sheehy, Thomas Swiss) (University of Minnesota Press, June 3, 2009)

Jimi Hendrix "The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix [Paperback]" (author: Richie Unterberger) (Rough Guide, June 2, 2009)

Morrissey "Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart [Hardcover]" (author: Gavin Hopps) (Continuum, June 1, 2009)

Prince "Prince in the Studio (1975-1995): Volume One [Paperback]" (author: Jake Brown) (Amber Communications Group, June 1, 2009)

Dee Dee Ramone "Poisoned Heart: I Married Dee Dee Ramone [Hardcover]" (author: Vera Ramone King) (Phoenix Books, June 1, 2009)

Talking Heads "This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Century [Kindle]" (author: David Bowman) (HarperCollins, June 2, 2009)

Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte "Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life [Paperback]" (Kindle) (Square One Publishers, June 1, 2009)

Velvet Underground, The "White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day [Paperback]" (author: Richie Unterberger; details of the group's recording sessions, records, concerts, press reviews, etc.) (Jawbone Press, June 1, 2009)

Who, The "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of THE WHO 1958-1978 [Paperback]" (revised edition; authors: Andy Neill, Matt Kent) (Sterling, June 2, 2009)

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