APRIL 3, 2012
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Beak (Chicago post-metal quartet)
"Eyrie [MP3 Download ]" (producer: Neil Strauch; Hear here )
(Someoddpilot, April 3, 2012)
Bear in Heaven
"I Love You, It's Cool" (first single: "The Reflection of You"; Hear here ; Full stream ; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Dead Oceans/Hometapes, April 3, 2012)
Breton
"Other People's Problems" (first single: "Interference"; Hear here ; See here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(FatCat, April 3, 2012)
Candlebox
"Love Stories & Other Musings" (nine new songs, with five re-recorded hits; producer: Ken Andrews; first single: "Believe In It"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(AudioNest/Fontana/ Universal, April 3, 2012)
Carter Tutti Void (Throbbing Gristle's Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti and Factory Floor's Nik Void)
"Transverse" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(U.K. - Mute, April 2, 2012)
Adam Cohen (frontman of Low Millions and son of Leonard Cohen)
"Like a Man" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Decca, April 3, 2012)
Dr. John
"Locked Down" (producer: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Nonesuch, April 3, 2012)
Dragonette (Toronto electropop trio)
"Let It Go [MP3 Download ]" (Hear here )
(Dragonette, April 2, 2012)
Feeder
"Generation Freakshow" (producers: Grant Nicholas, Matt Sime; first single: "Borders"; Hear here )
(U.K. - Big Teeth Music/EMI, April 2, 2012)
First Serve (De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 with French production team 2 & 4, aka Chokolate & Khalid)
"De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present First Serve" (first single: "We Made It"; Hear here ; Vinyl )
(PIAS Recordings, April 3, 2012)
Flying Colors (Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue, Neal Morse, Casey McPherson and Steve Morse)
"Flying Colors" (Hear here )
(Music Theories Label/Mascot Label Group, April 3, 2012)
Great Lake Swimmers (Canadian folk rock band)
"New Wild Everywhere" (producer: Andy Magoffin; first single: "Easy Come Easy Go"; Hear here )
(Nettwerk, April 3, 2012)
High On Fire
"De Vermis Mysteriis" (or "Mysteries of the Worm"; producer: Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(eOne Music, April 3, 2012)
Hollis Brown
"Nothing & The Famous No One [MP3 Download ]" (four-song EP; producer: Adam Landry; guest: Deer Tick's John McCauley; first single: "Ride On the Train"; Hear here ; See here )
(Vibe Theory Music, April 3, 2012)
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson
"Thick As a Brick 2" (a sequel to the 1972 classic; MP3 Download )
(Capitol, April 3, 2012)
BTW: Track list: 1. "From a Pebble Thrown"; 2. "Pebbles Instrumental"; 3. "Might-have-beens"; 4. "Upper Sixth Loan Shark"; 5. "Banker Bets, Banker Wins"; 6. "Swing It Far"; "7. Adrift And Dumfounded"; 8. "Old School Song"; 9. "Wootton Bassett Town"; 10. "Power and Spirit"; 11. "Give Till It Hurts"; 12. "Cosy Corner"; 13. "Shunt and Shuffle"; 14. "A Change of Horses"; 15. "Confessional"; 16. "Kismet in Suburbia"; 17. "What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens."
Natalie LeBrecht
"Ascend at the Dead End [MP3 Download ]" (producers: LeBrecht, Animal Collective's Avey Tare; Hear here ; Read here )
(Greenpot Bluepot Music, April 3, 2012)
Lumineers, The (Denver folk-roc trio)
"The Lumineers" (producer: Ryan Hadlock; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Dualtone, April 3, 2012)
Nicki Minaj
"Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded" (producers: RedOne, Dr. Luke, Hit-Boy, etc.; guests: Nas, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Bobby V, Beenie Man, Cam'ron, etc.; first single: "Starships"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic, April 3, 2012)
MxPx
"Plans Within Plans" (Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Rock City Recording Company, April 3, 2012)
Of Monsters and Men (Icelandic alt-folk sextet)
"My Head Is an Animal" (first single: "Little Talks"; Hear here ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Universal Republic, April 3, 2012)
Orbital
"Wonky" (British electronic duo's first album in eight years; producer: Flood; first single: "Never"; Hear here ; See here )
(U.K. - Orbital, April 2, 2012)
Morgan Page
"In the Air" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Nettwerk, April 3, 2012)
Rascal Flatts
"Changed" (producers: Rascal Flatts, Dann Huff; first single: "Banjo" ; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Big Machine, April 3, 2012)
Marvin Sapp
"I Win" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Verity, April 3, 2012)
Obie Trice
"Bottoms Up" (producers: Eminem, K.I.D.D., Dame Grease, Rezza Brothers, Emile, Black Milk, Swizz Beatz, No I.D., ILLFONICS, The Neptunes, Dr. Dre; guests: Eminem, Adrian Reeza, Dre Skidne, MC Breed; Hear here ; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Black Market Entertainment, April 3, 2012)
Wallpaper.
"#STUPiDFACEDD [MP3 Download ]" (first single: "Fucking Best Song Everrr"; Hear here )
(Epic, April 3, 2012)
Wilson Phillips
"Dedicated" (the trio pays tribute to their famous parents; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Sony Masterworks, April 3, 2012)
Amazon.com Widgets
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Tab Benoit
"Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit" (14 songs; MP3 Download )
(Telarc, April 3, 2012)
Johnny Cash
"Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth" (two-CD, 51-track collection of gospel and spiritual recordings from the 1970s and '80s, some previously unreleased; MP3 Download )
(Columbia/Legacy, April 3, 2012)
Steven Curtis Chapman
"#1s: Volume 1" (13 songs; MP3 Download )
(Sparrow, April 3, 2012)
The Checkmates, Ltd.
"Love Is All We Have to Give" (1969 album, featuring "Black Pearl"; remastered)
(Japan - Universal, April 2, 2012)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
"The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!!" (double live album, 35 tracks, recorded during 2011 tour; DVD )
(Hip-O/UMe, April 3, 2012)
Doris Day
"With a Smile and a Song" (two-CD, 30-track collection of her pop and movie hits; Read here ; MP3 Download ; DVD )
(Sony Masterworks, April 3, 2012)
Depeche Mode
"Black Celebration [MP3 Download ]" (1986 album)
(Rhino/Warner, April 3, 2012)
fIREHOSE
"lowFLOWs: the Columbia anthology ('91-'93)" (two CDs, 45 songs; MP3 Download )
(Columbia/Legacy, April 3, 2012)
Human League, The
"Dare! Deluxe Edition" (1981 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus tracks, including the U.S. mini-album "Fascination!")
(U.K. - Virgin/EMI, April 2, 2012)
Linda Lewis
"A Tear and a Smile: Expanded Edition" (1983 album; remastered, bonus tracks)
(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Cheryl Lynn
"In the Night: Expanded Edition" (1981 album; remastered, bonus tracks)
(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Meli'sa Morgan
"Do Me Baby: Expanded Edition" (1986 album; remastered, bonus tracks)
(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
O'Jays, The
"We'll Never Forget You: The Imperial Years 1963-1966"
(U.K. - Shout!, April 2, 2012)
Pointer Sisters
"Energy: Expanded Edition" (1978 album; remastered, bonus tracks)
(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Rene & Angela
"Rise: Expanded Edition" (1983 album; remastered, bonus tracks)
(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Swinging Blue Jeans, The
"25 Greatest Hits [MP3 Download ]"
(EMI, April 3, 2012)
Tavares
"Supercharged" (1980 album; remastered)
(U.K. - Soulmusic.com, April 2, 2012)
Various artists
"Boys Noize — 'The Remixes' 2004-2011 [MP3 Download ]" (20 songs, featuring remixes of tracks by The Chemical Brothers, Editors, David Lynch, Kaiser Chiefs, Feist, Daft Punk, Cut Copy, etc.; Hear here )
(Boysnoize, April 3, 2012)
Various artists
"Classic Country, Volume 4 [MP3 Download ]" (20 tracks)
(Renaissance, April 3, 2012)
will.i.am.
"Lost Change: 10th Anniversary Edition" (2002 album; with bonus tracks)
(BBE Music/Redeye, April 3, 2012)
Amazon.com Widgets
MUSIC BOOKS
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Title:
Publisher/Due date:
Bonnaroo
"Bonnaroo: What, Which Was, That, the Other [Paperback ]" (edited by Holly George-Warren; essay by Alan Light; Kindle )
(Abrams, April 1, 2012)
Richard King
"How Soon Is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks Who Made Independent Music 1975-2005 [Kindle ]"
(Faber and Faber Music, April 3, 2012)
Loretta Lynn
"Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics [Hardcover ]" (foreword by Elvis Costello; Read here )
(Knopf, April 3, 2012)
Olivia Newton-John
"Olivia: The Biography of Olivia Newton-John [Paperback ]" (author: Tim Ewbank; Kindle )
(Piatkus Books, April 1, 2012)
Prince
"Purple Rain: Music on Film [Paperback ]" (author: John Kenneth Muir; Read here )
(Limelight, April 1, 2012)
Johnny Ramone
"Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone [Hardcover ]" (released eight years after his death; Read here ; Kindle )
(Abrams Image, April 1, 2012)