MARCH 3, 2009
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Barenaked Ladies
"New Year's Eve at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI 12.31.08 [MP3 Download ]" (31 tracks)
(Desperation, March 3, 2009)
Beast
"Beast" (Hear here ; See here )
(Verve Forecast, March 3, 2009)
Bell X1
"Blue Lights on the Runway" (Hear here ; Read here )
(Yep Roc, March 3, 2009)
Bitter Tears, The
"Jam Tarts in the Jake" (Hear here )
(Carrot Top, March 3, 2009)
Alison Brown
"The Company You Keep" (Hear here )
(Compass, March 3, 2009)
Neko Case
"Middle Cyclone" (producers: Case, Darryl Neudorf; guests: M. Ward, Garth Hudson, Sarah Harmer, and members of The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, The Sadies, Visqueen, The Lilys, Giant Sand; Hear here )
(Anti-/Epitaph, March 3, 2009)
Drowning Pool
"Loudest Common Denominator" (live album recorded in San Diego in 2008; See here )
(Eleven Seven Music, March 3, 2009)
Justin Townes Earle
"Midnight at the Movies" (Hear here ; Vinyl LP )
(Bloodshot, March 3, 2009)
Faust
"C'est ... Com ... Com ... Compliqué" (Hear here ; Read here ; Vinyl LP )
(Bureau B, March 3, 2009)
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
"Throw Down Your Heart/Tales From the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3/Africa Sessions" (Fleck's musical adventures take him to Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia and Mali; Hear here )
(Rounder, March 3, 2009)
Grandmaster Flash
"The Bridge: Concept of a Culture" (his first studio album since 1987; guests: KRS-One, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Big Daddy Kane, etc.; Hear here ; Read here )
(Adrenaline City/Strut, March 3, 2009)
Jesse Harris
"Watching the Sky" (producer: Terry Manning; guests: Norah Jones, Manning, Mauro Refosco, Tony Scherr; Hear here )
(Mercer Street, March 3, 2009)
Anne Heaton
"Blazing Red [MP3 Download ]" (producers: Heaton, HEM's Gary Maurer; Hear here )
(Spill, March 3, 2009)
House of Heroes
"The End Is Not the End" (producer: Mark Lee Townsend; Hear here )
(Gotee, March 3, 2009)
Molly Jenson
"Maybe Tomorrow" (producer: Greg Laswell; guest: Switchfoot lead singer Jon Foreman; Hear here )
(Bully! Pulpit/Nettwerk, March 3, 2009)
Lindsay Katt
"Picking Out Boxes" (producers: Mark Turrigiano, Katt; first single: "Heart Place"; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Lindsay Katt, March 1, 2009)
BTW: "I am so proud to finally share this record with the world," Katt tells P&P. "I have poured the last three years into it, and feel it truly represents me as an artist and a person. It really does feel like my child, and I am so excited to watch it grow up, and see where life takes it. "
Low Frequency in Stereo, The
"Futuro" (Hear here ; Vinyl LP ; MP3 Download )
(Rune Grammofon, March 3, 2009)
Raul Malo
"Lucky One" (producer: Steve Berlin; first single: "Hello Again"; Hear here )
(Fantasy, March 3, 2009)
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band (former Small Faces/Faces keyboardist)
"Never Say Never" (producer: McLagan; mixed by Glyn Johns; guests: Patty Griffin, the Tosca Strings; Hear here ; Read here )
(00:02:59, March 3, 2009)
Buddy & Julie Miller
"Written in Chalk" (guests: Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, etc.; Hear here ; Vinyl LP ; MP3 Download )
(New West, March 3, 2009)
Mavado
"Mr. Brooks ... a better tomorrow" (Hear here )
(VP, March 3, 2009)
Nashville Pussy
"From Hell to Texas" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Spitfire, March 3, 2009)
Prodigy, The
"Invaders Must Die" (first single: "Omen"; Read here ; MP3 Download )
(Take Me to the Hospital/Cooking Vinyl, March 3, 2009)
Revolting Cocks (RevCo)
"Sex-O Olympic-O" (producer: guitarist Al Jourgensen; first single: "I'm Not Gay"; Hear here )
(13th Planet/Megaforce, March 3, 2009)
Say Hi
"Oohs & Aahs" (Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Barsuk, March 3, 2009)
Soundtrack of Our Lives, The
"Communion" (2 CDs; Hear here ; Read here )
(Yep Roc, March 3, 2009)
Angus and Julia Stone
"A Book Like This" (producer: Fran Healey; Hear here )
(Nettwerk, March 3, 2009)
U2
"No Line on the Horizon" (the follow-up to 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"; producers: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite; first single: "Get On Your Boots" ; Hear here ; Read here ; CD/Poster/Film Download ; ; CD/Magazine/Film Download ; Vinyl LP ; Box set: CD/Poster/Book/DVD )
(Interscope, March 3, 2009)
Various artists
"Watchmen: Music From the Motion Picture [film soundtrack ]" (includes My Chemical Romance's cover of "Desolation Row"; superhero movie opens March 6; Hear here ; See here ; Read here ), "Watchmen: Original Motion Picture Score [film soundtrack ]" (composed by Tyler Bates)
(Reprise, March 3, 2009)
Seth Walker
"Leap of Faith" (producer: Gary Nicholson; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Hyena, March 3, 2009)
Dallas Wayne
"I'll Take the Fifth" (Hear here )
(Smith Music Group, March 3, 2009)
Whip, The
"X Marks Destination" (includes four bonus remixes; Hear here )
(Razor & Tie, March 3, 2009)
Wild Light
"Adult Nights" (producer: Rob Schnapf; Hear here )
(StarTime International, March 3, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Johnny Cash
"The Best of The Johnny Cash Show, 1969-1971" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Columbia/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
"In Person at Carnegie Hall" (St. Patrick's Day 1963 concert; 2 CDs)
(Columbia/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Clash, The
"The Singles" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Epic/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
John Coltrane
"Standard Coltrane" (1958 album; remastered)
(Prestige/Concord Jazz, March 3, 2009)
Bing Crosby
"Bing Crosby Sings and Narrates Jack B. Nimble" (1955 album; Hear here )
(Shout! Factory, March 3, 2009)
Chris Darrow
"Chris Darrow/Under My Own Disguise [box set ]" (1973 and 1974 albums, packaged with two 180-gram vinyl LPs, 2 CDs and a 48-page photo book; Hear here ; Read here )
(Everloving, March 3, 2009)
Blossom Dearie
"Teach Me Tonight" (25 tracks)
(U.K. - El/Cherry Red, March 2, 2009)
Deep Purple
"Live at Long Beach 1976"
(U.K. - Purple, March 2, 2009)
Electric Light Orchestra
"All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Epic/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Family
"Old Songs, New Songs: The Definitive Box Set" (5 CDs; Read here )
(U.K. - Mystery Media, March 2, 2009)
Finnigan Bros. (Bread's Robb Royer with Mike and Sean Finnigan)
"Finnigan Bros. Sessions 1990-92" (Hear here )
(NashFilms, March 3, 2009)
Jan Hammer Trio, The
"Maliny Maliny" (1968 album; Read here )
(MPS, March 3, 2009)
Janis Joplin
"18 Essential Songs" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Coluimbia/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Alicia Keys
"Unplugged" (2005 album; eco-friendly packaging)
(J/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Shari Lewis
"Hi Kids!" (1962 album; remastered)
(Shout! Factory, March 3, 2009)
Little Jimmy Osmond
"Killer Joe/Little Arrows" (1972, 1975 albums on one disc; remastered)
(U.K. - 7T's, March 2, 2009)
New Kids on the Block
"Greatest Hits" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Columbia/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Marie Osmond
"Paper Roses/In My Little Corner of the World" (1973, 1974 albums on one disc; remastered), "Who's Sorry Now/This Is the Way That I Feel" (1975, 1977 albums on one disc; remastered)
(U.K. - 7T's, March 2, 2009)
Dolly Parton
"Ultimate Dolly Parton" (eco-friendly packaging)
(RCA/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Andre Rieu
"Greatest Hits" (15 tracks; Hear here )
(Denon, March 3, 2009)
Sonny Rollins
"Worktime" (1955 album; remastered)
(Prestige/Concord Jazz, March 3, 2009)
Rush
"Retrospective 3 [CD/DVD ]" (best of the group's Atlantic years; also available as DVD )
(Atlantic, March 3, 2009)
Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The
"Hot City: The 1974 Unreleased Album"
(U.K. - MLP, March 2, 2009)
Thin Lizzy
"Still Dangerous: Live at the Tower Theater Philadelphia 1977" (Read here )
(VH1 Classics, March 3, 2009)
Lucky Thompson
"New York City, 1964-65" (2 CDs)
(Uptown Jazz, March 3, 2009)
311
"Greatest Hits '93-'03" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Volcano/Jive/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Tribe Called Quest, A
"Anthology" (eco-friendly packaging)
(Jive/Legacy, March 3, 2009)
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
"Argus: Through the Looking Glass" (2008 rerecording of the 1972 album)
(U.K. - Mystic, March 2, 2009)
Various artists
"Burt Bacharach: The First Book of Songs, 1954-58" (27 tracks; Read here )
(U.K. - El/Cherry Red, March 2, 2009)
Various artists
"The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 11B: 1971 [box set ]" (5 CDs; Read here )
(Hip-O Select, March 3, 2009)
Various artists
"Total Dance 2009"
(Thrive, March 3, 2009)
Sarah Vaughan
"Everything I Have Is Yours" (1945 album; MP3 Download )
(Shout! Factory, March 3, 2009)
Visage
"Beat Boy" (1984 album; remastered; See here )
(Cherry Pop, March 3, 2009)
Marty Willson-Piper (of The Church)
"Nightjar [MP3 Download ]" (2008 album)
(Marty Willson-Piper, March 3, 2009)
Amazon.com Widgets
MUSIC BOOKS
Subject/ Author(s):
Title:
Publisher/Due date:
Alan Aldridge (design guru for the Beatles)
"The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge [Hardcover ]" (Read here )
(Abrams, March 1, 2009)
Louis Armstrong
"Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong [Paperback ]" (author: Steven Brower)
(Abrams, March 1, 2009)
Bill Bruford
"Bill Bruford: The Autobiography: Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks, and More [Paperback ]"
(Jawbone Press, March 1, 2009)
Alice Cooper
"The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Alice Cooper: 10th Anniversary Edition [Paperback ]" (author: Dale Sherman)
(Collector's Guide Publishing, March 1, 2009)
Bob Dylan
"The Songs He Didn't Write: Bob Dylan Under the Influence [Paperback ]" (author: Derek Barker)
(Chrome Dreams, March 1, 2009)
Dizzy Gillespie
"To Be, or Not ... to Bop: Dizzy Gillespie [Paperback ]" (author: Al Fraser)
(University of Minnesota Press, March 6, 2009)
Rich Holly
"Majoring in Music: All the Stuff You Need To Know [Paperback ]"
(Meredith Music, March 1, 2009)
Elton John
"Elton John: The Biography [Paperback ]" (author: David Buckley)
(Chicago Review Press, March 1, 2009)
Madonna
"Life with My Sister Madonna [Paperback ]" (authors: Christopher Ciccone, Wendy Leigh)
(Simon Spotlight Entertainment, March 3, 2009)
Bobby Owsinski, Dennis Moody
"The Drum Recording Handbook [Paperback ]" (includes instructional DVD)
(Hal Leonard, March 3, 2009)
Joseph Schloss
"Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York [Kindle Edition ]"
(Oxford University Press, March 5, 2009)
Sonic Youth
"Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix [Hardcover ]"
(Walther Konig, March 1, 2009)
Bruce Springsteen
"Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen [Paperback ]" (author: Rob Kirkpatrick)
(St. Martin's Griffin, March 3, 2009)
Various authors
"2009 Songwriter's Market [Paperback ]" (32nd annual edition)
(F&W Publications, March 1, 2009)
Stephen Webber
"Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ [Kindle Edition ]"
(Berklee Press, March 1, 2009)