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OCT. 7, 2008

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Horace Andy (reggae singer is a sometime Massive Attack contributor) "On Tour" (Hear here; Read here) (Trojan, Oct. 7, 2008)
Antony and the Johnsons "Another World [EP]" (Hear here; See here) (Secretly Canadian, Oct. 7, 2008)
Attack! Attack! "Attack! Attack!" (producer: Lostprophets' Stuart Richardson; Hear here) (Rock Ridge Music, Oct. 7, 2008)
Bella Morte "Beautiful Death" (producer: Andy Waldeck; first single: "Find Forever Gone"; Hear here) (Metropolis, Oct. 7, 2008)
Bleeding Through "Declaration" (producer: Devin Townsend; Hear here) (Trustkill, Oct. 7, 2008)
Born Crain "Fools Rush In" (See here) (U.K. - Universal, Oct. 6, 2008)
Casting Crowns "Peace on Earth" (Hear here; See here) (Reunion, Oct. 7, 2008)
Michael Chapman "Time Past Time Passing" (producer: Chapman; Hear here) (Electric Ragtime/Ryko, Oct. 7, 2008)
Deerhoof "Offend Maggie" (Hear here) (Kill Rock Stars, Oct. 7, 2008)
Devin the Dude "Landing Gear" (Hear here) (Razor & Tie, Oct. 7, 2008)
Godhead "At the Edge of the World" (producer: bassist Ullrich Hepperlin; Hear here) (Driven Music Group/Ryko, Oct. 7, 2008)
Gregory & the Hawk "Moenie and Kitchi" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (FatCat, Oct. 7, 2008)
Harmonious Wail "Resist Temptation" (producer: Aaron Levinson; Hear here) (Range, Oct. 7, 2008)
Hey Monday "Hold on Tight" (producers: Sam and Sluggo; Hear here) (Decaydance/Columbia, Oct. 7, 2008)
Jolie Holland "The Living and the Dead" (producers: Holland, Shahzad Ismaily; guests: M Ward, Marc Ribot, Samantha Parton; Hear here) (Anti-/Epitaph, Oct. 7, 2008)
I Am Ghost "Those We Leave Behind" (producer: Paul Leavitt; Hear here) (Epitaph, Oct. 7, 2008)
I Set My Friends on Fire "You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter" (Hear here) (Epitaph, Oct. 7, 2008)
Jake One "White Van Music" (guests: Young Buck, The Prodigy, Busta, MF Doom, Little Brother, The Alchemist, Freeway, etc.; Hear here) (Rhymesayers, Oct. 7, 2008)
Tommy James "I Love Christmas" (Paradise Media Partners, Oct. 7, 2008)
Lambchop "OH (ohio)" (Hear here) (Merge, Oct. 7, 2008)
Legendary Pink Dots, The "Plutonium Blonde" (Hear here) (ROIR, Oct. 7, 2008)
Little Ones, The "Morning Tide" (released on Heavenly Recordings in the U.K.; Hear here) (Chop Shop/Atlantic, Oct. 7, 2008)
Mannheim Steamroller "Christmasville" (American Gramaphone, Oct. 7, 2008)
Margot & The Nuclear So and So's "Animal! [Vinyl LP]" (also available, "Not Animal," 14 songs that didn't make it onto the album; Hear here) (Epic, Oct. 7, 2008)
Jon McLaughlin "OK Now" (producers: John Fields, Tricky, The-Dream; first single: "Beating My Heart"; Hear here) (Island, Oct. 7, 2008)
Gary Moore "Bad For You Baby" (producer: Moore; Hear here) (Eagle, Oct. 7, 2008)
Jay Nash "The Things You Think You Need" (guests: Sara Bareilles, David Immergluck, Charlie Gillingham of Counting Crows; Hear here) (Bonded/Fontana, Oct. 7, 2008)
Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul" (producer: Dave Sardy; first single: "The Shock of the Lightning"; Read here) (Warner, Oct. 7, 2008)
Pretenders, The "Break Up the Concrete" (Hear here; Read here) (Shangri-La Music, Oct. 7, 2008)
Rasmus, The "Black Roses" (producers: Desmond Child, Harry Sommerdahl; first single: "Livin' in a World Without You"; Hear here; Read here) (U.K. - Island, Oct. 6, 2008)
Red Car Wire "Let's Never Get Older [EP]" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Universal Motown, Oct. 7, 2008)
Rise Against "Appeal to Reason" (producers: Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore; first single: "Re-Education [Through Labor]"; Hear here; Read here) (Geffen, Oct. 7, 2008)
Hayley Sales "Sunseed" (producer: Sales; Hear here) (Universal, Oct. 7, 2008)
Senses Fail "Life Is Not a Waiting Room" (producer: Brian McTernan; Hear here) (Vagrant, Oct. 7, 2008)
Status, The "So This Is Progress" (producers: Kenny Goia, George Fullan; guests: Adam Lazzarra of Taking Back Sunday, Anthony Raneri of Bayside; Hear here) (Doghouse, Oct. 7, 2008)
Marnie Stern "This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That" (producer: Zach Hill; Hear here) (Kill Rock Stars, Oct. 7, 2008)
George Strait "Classic Christmas" (MCA Nashville, Oct. 7, 2008)
Streets, The "Everything Is Borrowed" (Mike Skinner says this will be the Streets' final album; Hear here; Read here) (Vice/Atlantic, Oct. 7, 2008)
Tesla "Forever More" (producer: Terry Thomas; Hear here) (Tesla Electric Company Recordings/Ryko, Oct. 7, 2008)
Travis "Ode to J. Smith" (first single: "J. Smith"; Hear here) (U.K. - Red Telephone Box, Oct. 6, 2008)
Armin van Buuren "A State of Trance 2008" (2 CDs; Hear here) (Ultra, Oct. 7, 2008)
Various artists "WOW Hits 2009" (2 CDs) (Word Entertainment, Oct. 7, 2008)
Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child) "Unexpected" (producers: Alex Da Kid, Jay Wes, Andrew Frampton, The Heavyweight, Rico Love, Stargate, etc.; first single: "We Break the Dawn"; Read here) (Music World/Columbia, Oct. 7, 2008)
Women "Women" (producer: Chad VanGaalen; Hear here) (Jagjaguwar, Oct. 7, 2008)
Rachael Yamagata "A Record in Two Parts ... Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart*" (2 CDs; producers: Mike Mogis, John Alagia; Hear here; Read here) (Warner, Oct. 7, 2008)
Elliott Yamin "My Kind of Holiday" (Hear here) (TRP/Fontana, Oct. 7, 2008)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Big & Rich "Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak 2" (2 CDs of rarities and live performances) (Warner, Oct. 7, 2008)
Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell" (1980 album; remastered), "Mob Rules" (1981 album; remastered), "Dehumanizer" (1981 album; remastered), "Live Evil" (2 CDs; 1982 album; remastered) (Rhino, Oct. 7, 2008)
Charlatans (UK), The "The Best of the BBC Recordings 1999-2006" (2 CDs) (Universal, Oct. 7, 2008)
Clash, The "Live at Shea Stadium" (Oct. 13, 1982, concert in New York; Read here) (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 7, 2008)
Christopher Cross "Every Turn of the World/Back of My Mind" (2 CDs; 1985 and 1988 albums) (Friday Music, Oct. 7, 2008)
Bob Dylan "Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 - Rare and Unreleased, 1989-2006" (available in 2- and 3-CD sets; Hear here; Read here) (Columbia, Oct. 7, 2008)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Pictures At An Exhibition: Deluxe Edition" (1972 album; 2 CDs), "Brain Salad Surgery: Deluxe Edition" (1973 album; 3 CDs) (U.K. - Universal, Oct. 6, 2008)
Brian Eno & Robert Fripp "Evening Star" (1975 album) (DGM/Inner Knot, Oct. 7, 2008)
Marianne Faithfull "Live at the BBC" (U.K. - Universal, Oct. 6, 2008)
Peter Green "The Anthology [box set]" (4 CDs) (U.K. - Music Club, Oct. 6, 2008)
Merle Haggard "20 Hits, Volume 2" (20 tracks; MP3 Download) (Curb, Oct. 7, 2008)
Jackson 5, The "Third Album" (1970 album; remastered; features "I'll Be There" and "Mama's Pearl") (U.K. - Motown, Oct. 6, 2008)
KMFDM "Extra, Volume 3" (2 CDs) (Metropolis, Oct. 7, 2008)
La's, The "The La's (Deluxe Edition) [MP3 Download]" (1991 album; 38 tracks) (Polydor UK, Oct. 7, 2008)
Lil' Rob "The Best of Lil' Rob, Volume 1" (Low Profile, Oct. 7, 2008)
Loggins & Messina "So Fine/Native Sons" (1974, 1975 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, Oct. 6, 2008)
Del McCoury "The Best of Del McCoury: The GrooveGrass Years" (Hear here) (Condon Music Group, Oct. 7, 2008)
Tim McGraw "Greatest Hits 3" (Curb, Oct. 7, 2008)
Sarah McLachlan "Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan" (16 tracks, including new tracks "Don't Give Up On Us" and "U Want Me 2"; Hear here; Read here; also available as 2-CD deluxe edition) (Arista, Oct. 7, 2008)
Pat Metheny "Question & Answer" (1989 album, with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes), "Upojenie" (2002 album, with Anna Maria Jopek) (Nonesuch, Oct. 7, 2008)
Mr. Vegas "The Hits" (20 tracks; Hear here; Read here) (Greensleeves, Oct. 7, 2008)
Charlie Pickett "Bar Band Americanus: The Best of Charlie Pickett and ..." (Read here) (Bloodshot, Oct. 7, 2008)
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap "The New Gary Puckett and The Union Gap Album/The Gary Puckett Album" (1969, 1971 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, Oct. 6, 2008)
Searchers, The "The Very Best of ... The Searchers [MP3 Download]" (14 tracks) (Universal, Oct. 7, 2008)
Neil Sedaka "Emergence/Solitaire" (1971, 1972 albums on one disc; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, Oct. 6, 2008)
Neil Sedaka "The Miracle of Christmas" (2006 album; 2 CDs; Read here) (Neil Sedaka Music, Oct. 7, 2008)
Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The "Hot City: The 1974 Unreleased Album" (remastered) (U.K. - MLP, Oct. 6, 2008)
Brian Setzer Orchestra "Christmas Rocks: The Best of Collection" (Surfdog, Oct. 7, 2008)
Squeeze "The Complete BBC Sessions" (2 CDs) (U.K. - Universal, Oct. 6, 2008)
Sylvester "Sylvester/Step II" (1977, 1978 albums on one disc) (U.K. - Southbound, Oct. 6, 2008)
Tower of Power "Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now/We Came to Play!/Back on the Streets" (1976, 1978, 1979 albums on 2 discs; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, Oct. 6, 2008)
Various artists "The Big Top Records Story: Classic New York Pop 1958-1964" (U.K. - Ace, Oct. 6, 2008)
Various artists "Do-Wah-Diddy: Words and Music By Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry" (U.K. - Ace, Oct. 6, 2008)
Various artists "Sing Me a Rainbow: A Trident Anthology 1965-1967" (2 CDs; Hear here; Track listing) (U.K. - Big Beat/Ace, Oct. 6, 2008)
Harold Budd & Clive Wright "A Song of Lost Blossoms" (recordings from 2004-06; Hear here) (Darla, Oct. 7, 2008)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Johnny Cash "The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 [DVD]" (guests: Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Steve Martin; Read here), "The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 [DVD]" (guests: Andy Kaufman, Anne Murray, Tom T. Hall, June Carter Cash; Read here), "The Johnny Cash Christmas Specials 1976-1979 [DVD]" (4 discs; Read here) (Shout! Factory, Oct. 7, 2008)
Donovan "Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan [DVD]" (2 discs) (SPV Recordings, Oct. 7, 2008)
Halford "Live at Rock in Rio III [DVD]" (3 discs; 2001 concert) (BMG/Arista, Oct. 7, 2008)
Various artists "The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season [DVD]" (4 discs; Fox series, 1999-2000 season; musical guests included The B-52's, Dick Clark, NRBQ, Britney Spears, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Shawn Colvin, Kid Rock, Willie Nelson) (Fox, Oct. 7, 2008)
Various artists "Slacker Uprising [DVD]" (2004 Michael Moore film features R.E.M., Eddie Vedder, Tom Morello, Viggo Mortensen, etc.) (Brave New Films, Oct. 7, 2008)
Various artists "Sleeping Beauty (Platinum Edition) [DVD]" (2 discs; 1959 film) (Walt Disney, Oct. 7, 2008)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Grant Scott, Barry Miles, Johnny Morgan "The Greatest Album Covers of All Time [Hardcover]" (Collins & Brown, Oct. 7, 2008)

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