JUNE 8, 2010
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Against Me! (new drummer: George Rebelo, formerly of Hot Water Music)
"White Crosses" (producer: Butch Vig; Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Sire, June 8, 2010)
Christina Aguilera
"Bionic" (collaborations with Sia, Tricky Stewart, Polow Da Don, Linda Perry, Le Tigre, Hill & Switch, Ladytron; first single: "Not Myself Tonight"; Hear here ; Read here ; Deluxe edition ; Vinyl )
(RCA, June 8, 2010)
AM Taxi
"We Don't Stand a Chance" (producer: Mike McCarthy; first single: "Fed Up"; Hear here )
(Virgin, June 8, 2010)
Andy Bell (of Erasure)
"Non-Stop" (producers: Bell, Pascal Gabriel; guest: Perry Farrell; first single: "Call on Me"; Hear here )
(Mute, June 8, 2010)
Dierks Bentley
"Up on the Ridge" (bluegrass album; producer: Jon Randall Stewart; guests: Del McCoury Band, Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Tim O'Brien, Sam Bush; Hear here ; See here )
(Capitol Nashville, June 8, 2010)
Cadillac Sky
"Letters in the Deep" (Hear here )
(Dualtone, June 8, 2010)
Catty Jax feat. Dreadlox Holmes
"Serial Womanizer [MP3 Download ]" (2 songs; See here )
(Havavision, June 7, 2010)
Jonathan Clark
"I'm Just Sayin' [MP3 Download ]" (producers: Clark, brother Daniel Clark; guests: Christopher Cross, Gary Oldman, The Section Quartet; first single: "I'll Be There"; Hear here )
(Blue-C, June 8, 2010)
Crystal Castles
"Crystal Castles" (producer: Ethan Kath; Hear here ; MP3 Download )
(Fiction, June 8, 2010)
Danko Jones
"Below the Belt" (producer: Matt Dematteo; Hear here )
(Bad Taste/Caroline, June 8, 2010)
Delta Spirit
"History From Below" (first single: "Bushwick Blues"; Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Rounder, June 8, 2010)
Farewell Drifters, The
"Yellow Tag Mondays" (Hear here )
(Heart Squeeze/Thirty Tigers, June 8, 2010)
Renée Fleming
"Dark Hope" (covers of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Death Cab for Cutie's "Soul Meets Body," etc.; producer: David Kahne; Hear here )
(Decca, June 8, 2010)
Michael Franti & Spearhead
"The Sound of Sunshine [MP3 Download ]" (title track from their next album, due this summer; Hear here )
(Capitol/Boo Boo Wax, June 8, 2010)
Steve Hackett
"Out of the Tunnel's Mouth" (Hear here )
(InsideOut Music, June 8, 2010)
Hanson
"Shout It Out" (producers: Hanson; guests: Funk Brothers bassist Bob Babbitt, horn arranger Jerry Hey; first single: "Thinkin' 'Bout Somethin'"; Hear/read here )
(3CG, June 8, 2010)
Henry Clay People, The
"Somewhere on the Golden Coast" (Hear here ; Vinyl )
(tbd, June 8, 2010)
Here We Go Magic
"Pigeons" (producers: Here We Go Magic; first single: "Collector"; Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Secretly Canadian, June 8, 2010)
Hot Hot Heat
"Future Breeds" (Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Dangerbird, June 8, 2010)
Jewel
"Sweet and Wild" (producer: John Rich; Hear here ; Deluxe edition )
(Valory Music Co., June 8, 2010)
Kaiser Cartel
"Secret Transit" (producer: Matt Hales; first single: "Ready to Go"; Hear here )
(Daniel, June 8, 2010)
Kingdom of Sorrow
"Behind the Blackest Tears" (Hear here ; Vinyl )
(Relapse, June 8, 2010)
Konono No. 1
"Assume Crash Position" (Hear here )
(Crammed Discs, June 8, 2010)
Lil Jon
"Crunk Rock" (guests: R. Kelly, Game, R. Kelly, Mario, LMFAO, Pitbull, David Guetta, Soulja Boy, 3OH!3, Elephant Man, Ying Yang Twins; Hear here )
(Universal Republic, June 8, 2010)
Travie McCoy (Gym Class Heroes frontman)
"Lazarus" (guests: Cee-Lo Green, Bruno Mars, T-Pain, etc.; first single: "Billionaire"; Hear here ; Read here )
(Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen, June 8, 2010)
Mychildren Mybride
"Lost Boy" (producer: Matt Goldman; Hear here ; See here )
(Solid State, June 8, 2010)
Nada Surf
"if i had a hi-fi" (covers of The Moody Blues, Depeche Mode, Kate Bush, Dwight Twilley, the Go-Betweens, etc.; Hear here ; Read here )
(Mardev/ADA, June 8, 2010)
Nevermore
"The Obsidian Conspiracy" (their first studio album since 2005; producer: Peter Wichers; Read here ; Deluxe edition )
(Century Media, June 8, 2010)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals" (producer: Mark Batson; first single: "Tiny Light"; Hear here )
(Ragged Company/Hollywood, June 8, 2010)
Rayvon
"Rayvon" (Hear here )
(Poppyseed, June 8, 2010)
Robyn
"Dancing On My Own: Remixes [MP3 Download ]" (seven versions of her new single)
(Cherrytree/Interscope, June 8, 2010)
Rooney
"Eureka" (first single: "I Can't Get Enough"; Hear here )
(California Dreaming/ILG, June 8, 2010)
Anna Rose (daughter of producer-composer Alan Menken)
"Nomad" (producers: Billy Sullivan, Rose; Hear here )
(Sony/RED/White Pony, June 8, 2010)
Saving Abel
"Miss America" (producer: Skidd Mill; first single: "Stupid Girl [Only in Hollywood]"; Hear here )
(Virgin, June 8, 2010)
Silverstein
"Decade: Live at El Macambo [CD/DVD ]"
(Victory, June 8, 2010)
Since October
"Life, Scars, Apologies" (new single: "The Way You Move"; Hear here )
(Tooth & Nail, June 8, 2010)
Rachelle Spector (wife of Phil Spector)
"Out of My Chelle [MP3 Download ]" (Read here )
(Genius 4EVER, June 8, 2010)
Stone River Boys
"Love on the Dial" (Hear here )
(Cow Island Music, June 8, 2010)
Teenage Fanclub
"Shadows" (first album in five years; Hear here )
(Merge, June 8, 2010)
Tokyo Police Club
"Champ" (Hear here ; Vinyl )
(mom+pop, June 8, 2010)
Various artists
"The Disney Reggae Club"
(Walt Disney, June 8, 2010)
Various artists
"FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording" (directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, with a book by Jim Lewis and Jones; featuring Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; the musical's producers include Jay-Z and Will & Jada Pinkett Smith; See/read here )
(Knitting Factory, June 8, 2010)
Various artists
"Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals" (six-song EP; MP3 Download )
(Columbia, June 8, 2010)
Various artists
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse [Film soundtrack ]" (sequel opens June 30; See here ; Deluxe edition )
(Chop Shop/Atlantic, June 8, 2010)
Various artists
"Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein" (producers: Bobby Bare Sr., Bobby Bare Jr.; contributors: Dr. Dog, My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Ray Price, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, etc.; Hear here )
(Sugar Hill, June 8, 2010)
Various artists
"Vans Warped Tour Twenty Ten" (2 CDs; Hear here )
(SideOneDummy, June 8, 2010)
Villagers
"Becoming a Jackal" (first single: "Becoming a Jackal"; Hear here ; See here )
(Domino, June 8, 2010)
Wailing Wall, The
"The Low Hanging Fruit" (Hear here )
(JDub, June 8, 2010)
Clay Walker
"She Won't Be Lonely Long" (producer: Keith Stegall; Hear here )
(Curb, June 8, 2010)
Gary Wright
"Connected" (his first pop/rock album in more than 20 years; guests: Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter; Hear here )
(Larkio Music, June 8, 2010)
Amazon.com Widgets
Artist:
Title:
Label/Due date:
Cheap Trick
"Found All the Parts/Busted" (1980, 1990 albums on one CD; remastered, with two bonus tracks)
(Wounded Bird, June 8, 2010)
Bing Crosby
"Seasons: Deluxe Edition" (1977 album; remastered, with 13 bonus tracks; recorded at a BBC session three days before his death), "So Rare: Treasures From the Crosby Archive" (2-CD, 34-song collection of rare material, including his first solo radio performance from 1931)
(Collectors' Choice, June 8, 2010)
Cure, The
"Disintegration: Deluxe Edition" (3 CDs; 1989 album; remastered, with a second CD of demos and instrumentals and a third disc of live material; Track list ; Vinyl ; MP3 Download )
(Rhino, June 8, 2010)
Failure
"Fantastic Planet [Vinyl ]" (1996 album)
(Warner, June 8, 2010)
Amy Grant
"The Early Years" (2 CDs; contains the albums "Age to Age" and "My Father's Eyes")
(Sparrow, June 8, 2010)
Gordon Lightfoot
"Sit Down Young Stranger" (1970 album; remastered), "Summer Side of Life" (1971 album; remastered), "Old Dan's Records" (1972 album; remastered), "Sundown" (1974 album; remastered), "Cold on the Shoulder" (1975 album; remastered), "Summertime Dream" (1976 album; remastered), "Endless Wire" (1978 album; remastered), "Dream Street Rose" (1980 album; remastered), "Shadows" (1982 album; remastered), "Salute" (1983 album; remastered), "A Painter Passing Through" (1998 album; remastered)
(Wounded Bird, June 8, 2010)
Nas
"Greatest Hits"
(Sony Legacy, June 8, 2010)
Steve Winwood
"Revolutions: The Very Best of Steve Winwood" (17 tracks, covering his career, from Spencer Davis Group to solo; Read here ; Box set ; MP3 Download )
(Island/UMe, June 8, 2010)
Dire Straits
"Alchemy Live [DVD ]" (newly remixed version, originally filmed at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983; See here ; Read here ; Blu-ray )
(Universal, June 8, 2010)
MUSIC BOOKS
Subject/ Author(s):
Title:
Publisher/Due date:
Alice in Chains
"Alice in Chains: In the Studio [Paperback ]" (author: Jake Brown)
(Rock N Roll Books, June 10, 2010)
Beatles, The
"You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup [Hardcover ]" (author: Peter Doggett; Kindle )
(HarperStudio, June 8, 2010)
Ray Charles
"You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles [Hardcover ]" (author: Ray Charles Robinson Jr.; Kindle )
(Harmony, June 8, 2010)
Bob Marley
"Bob Marley: The Untold Story [Hardcover ]" (author: Chris Salewicz)
(Faber & Faber, June 8, 2010)
Pete Seeger
"The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger [Paperback ]" (author: Alec Wilkinson; Kindle )
(Vintage, June 8, 2010)
Nikki Sixx
"An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx [Paperback ]" (revised edition; author: Jake Brown)
(Rock N Roll Books, June 10, 2010)
MUSIC GAMES