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SEPT. 14, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Accept (new singer: Mark Tornillo) "Blood of Nations" (first studio album since 1996's "Predator"; producer: Andy Sneap; Read here) (Nuclear Blast, Sept. 14, 2010)
Acid Washed (French duo) "Acid Washed [MP3 Download]" (six-song EP; Hear here) (Record Makers, Sept. 17, 2010)
Afters, The "Light Up the Sky" (producer: Dan Muckala; first single: "Light Up the Sky"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (INO/Columbia, Sept. 14, 2010)
Amusement Parks on Fire "Road Eyes" (producers: Michael Patterson, Nic Jodoin; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Filter Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Trey Anastasio Band "TAB at the Tab" (recorded live Feb. 27, 2010, at the Tabernacle in Atlanta; includes a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog") (Rubber Jungle, Sept. 14, 2010)
Ólöf Arnalds "Innundir Skinni" (producers: Sigur Rós' Kjartan Sveinsson, Davíð Þór Jónsson; guests: Björk, Skúli Sverrisson, Shahzad Ismaily, etc.; Hear here) (One Little Indian, Sept. 14, 2010)
Azure Ray "Drawing Down the Moon" (first album in six years; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Saddle Creek, Sept. 14, 2010)
Richard Barone (frontman of the Bongos) "Glow" (producer: Tony Visconti; Hear here; Read here) (Bar/None, Sept. 14, 2010)
Beats Antique "Blind Threshold [MP3 Download]" (producers: David Satori, Tommy Cappel; guests: John Popper, Lynx, Eva Salina; Hear here) (Antique, Sept. 14, 2010)
Birthday Massacre, The "Pins and Needles" (Hear here) (Metropolis, Sept. 14, 2010)
Bishop Morocco (Toronto duo) "Bishop Morocco [MP3 Download]" (first single: "Last Year's Disco Guitars"; Hear here) (Hand Drawn Dracula, Sept. 17, 2010)
Black Angels, The (Austin-based psychedelic rock band) "Phosphene Dream" (producer: Dave Sardy; Hear here) (Blue Horizon, Sept. 14, 2010)
Black Milk "Album of the Year" (Hear/read here; MP3 Download) (Fat Beats, Sept. 14, 2010)
Michelle Branch "Everything Comes and Goes" (six-song EP; producers: John Leventhal, John Shanks; guest: Dwight Yoakam;Hear here) (Warner Bros. Nashville, Sept. 14, 2010)
Clare Burson "Silver and Ash" (Hear here) (Rounder, Sept. 14, 2010)
Chromeo "Business Casual" (first single: "Don't Turn the Lights On"; Hear here; Read here) (Atlantic, Sept. 14, 2010)
Charlatans, The "Who We Touch" (producer: Youth; first single: "Love Is Ending"; Hear here; Deluxe edition) (The End, Sept. 14, 2010)
Chocolate Genius Incorporated "Swansongs" (Hear here) (One Little Indian, Sept. 14, 2010)
Cloud Cult "Light Chasers" (Hear here) (Earthology/The Rebel Group, Sept. 14, 2010)
Death Angel "Relentless Retribution" (producer: Jason Suecof; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Nuclear Blast, Sept. 14, 2010)
Joey DeFrancesco "Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson" (Hear here) (Highnote, Sept. 14, 2010)
Disciple "Horseshoes & Handgrenades" (first single: "Dear X, You Don't Own Me"; Hear here) (INO/Columbia, Sept. 14, 2010)
Drums, The "The Drums" (2 CDs; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Downtown, Sept. 14, 2010)
Justin Townes Earle "Harlem River Blues" (guests: Jason Isbell, Bryn Davies, Calexico's Paul Niehaus; Hear here) (Bloodshot, Sept. 14, 2010)
El Guincho (aka Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa) "Pop Negro" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (XL Recordings, Sept. 14, 2010)
Emmett and Mary "Emmett and Mary" (producers: Brandon Locher, Christopher S. Bell, Matt Miller, Siamese Dream, Cory Savit; guests: Rod Fisher, Amanda Ross, PK Harmon, Laura McAllister, Mike Miller, Dane Adelman, Cory Savit, Sean Jackson, Kate Davis, Joe Messina, John Thorell, Dave DeStifano, Matt Wagner; first single: "Surveying Revelations"; Hear here) (My Idea of Fun, Sept. 14, 2010)


Sully Erna (Godsmack frontman) "Avalon" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Universal Republic, Sept. 14, 2010)
Brandon Flowers (of The Killers) "Flamingo" (producers: Stuart Price, Daniel Lanois, Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Crossfire"; Hear here) (Island, Sept. 14, 2010)
Chilly Gonzales "Ivory Tower" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Arts & Crafts, Sept. 14, 2010)
Gracious Few, The (featuring members of Live and Candlebox, including vocaist Kevin Martin) "The Gracious Few" (producer: Jerry Harrison; first single: "Honest Man"; Hear here) (Questionable Entertainment, Sept. 14, 2010)
Grinderman (side project of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) "Grinderman 2" (producers: Nick Launay, Grinderman; first single: "Heathen Child"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (ANTI-, Sept. 14, 2010)
Cas Haley (runner-up on season 2 of "America's Got Talent") "Connection" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Easy Star, Sept. 14, 2010)
Infantree "Would Work" (producer: Niko Bolas; Hear here) (Vapor, Sept. 14, 2010)
James "The Morning After the Night Before" (producer: Lee Muddy Baker; Hear here; Read here) (Mercury, Sept. 14, 2010)
BC Jean "Just a Guy [MP3 Download]" (debut single; producer: Ryan Tedder; Hear here; Read here) (J, Sept. 14, 2010)
Joey+Rory "Album #2" (producer: Keith Stegall; guests: Zac Brown Band; first single: "This Song's For You," co-written by Zac Brown; Hear here) (Sugar Hill/Vanguard, Sept. 14, 2010)
Jamey Johnson "The Guitar Song" (2 CDs; producers: Kent Hardly Playboys, Arlis Albritton; guests: Bill Anderson, Randy Houser, Mac McAnally; Hear here; Read here) (Mercury Nashville, Sept. 14, 2010)
Junip (Gothenburg, Sweden-based rock trio) "Fields" (first single: "Always"; Hear here) (Mute, Sept. 14, 2010)
Krizz Kaliko "Shock Treatment" (guests: Tech N9ne, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, Brotha Lynch Hung, Big Ben, Stevie Stone; first single: "Elevator"; Hear here) (Strange Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Ameet Kamath "Greasy Rails [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Grant Road, Sept. 15, 2010)
Kristine W "Straight Up With a Twist" (2 CDs; Hear here) (Fly Again Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Josiah Leming ("American Idol" season 7 contestant) "Come on Kid [MP3 Download]" (producer: David Kosten; first single: "Maybe"; Hear here; Read here) (Reprise, Sept. 14, 2010)
Les Savy Fav "Root For Ruin" (Hear here; Read here) (Frenchkiss, Sept. 14, 2010)
Linkin Park "A Thousand Suns" (producers: Rick Rubin, frontman Mike Shinoda; first single: "The Catalyst"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) (Warner, Sept. 14, 2010)
Charles Lloyd "Mirror" (See here) (ECM, Sept. 14, 2010)
Murdocks "Distortionist [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Murdocks, Sept. 14, 2010)
Kenny Neal "Hooked on Your Love" (Hear/read here) (Blind Pig, Sept. 14, 2010)
New Czars, The "Doomsday Revolution" (producer: frontman Greg Hampton; Hear here) (Samson, Sept. 14, 2010)
Olivia Newton-John "Grace and Gratitude Renewed" (producer: Amy Sky) (Green Hill, Sept. 14, 2010)
Of Montreal "False Priest" (producers: Jon Brion, frontman Kevin Barnes; guests: Janelle Monáe, Solange Knowles; Hear here; Vinyl) (Polyvinyl, Sept. 14, 2010)
O'Jays, The "Christmas With The O'Jays" (Saguaro Road/Time Life, Sept. 14, 2010)
James Otto "Shake What God Gave Ya" (producer: Paul Worley; guest: Ronnie Milsap; Hear here) (Raybaw/Warner, Sept. 14, 2010)
Robert Plant "Band of Joy" (with Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Darrell Scott, Bryon House, Marco Giovino; producers: Plant, Miller; Stream; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Rounder, Sept. 14, 2010)
Kim Richey "Wreck Your Wheels" (producer: Neilson Hubbard; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Thirty One Tigers, Sept. 14, 2010)
Isabel Rose "Swingin' from the Hip [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; Read here) (Jubilee Recording Company, Sept. 14, 2010)
Röyksopp "Senior" (Hear here; Read here) (U.K. - Wall of Sound, Sept. 13, 2010)
Kevin Skinner (2009 "America's Got Talent" winner) "Long Ride [MP3 Download]" (Hear/read here) (Cypress Tree, Sept. 14, 2010)
Jake Smith "Everyone Comes From Somewhere [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Feel Good Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Trey Songz "Passion, Pain & Pleasure" (first single: "Bottoms Up"; Hear here) (Atlantic, Sept. 14, 2010)
Mavis Staples "You Are Not Alone" (producer: Jeff Tweedy; features two new songs written by Tweedy for Staples, plus plus covers of songs by her father Pops Staples, Randy Newman, Allen Toussaint, John Fogerty, Rev. Gary Davis and Little Milton; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (ANTI-/Epitaph, Sept. 14, 2010)
Superchunk "Majesty Shredding" (producer: Scott Solter; Hear here; Stream; MP3 Download) (Merge, Sept. 14, 2010)
Tarja (original singer of Nightwish) "What Lies Beneath" (guests: Joe Satriani, All That Remains' Phil Labonte, Will Calhoun, Slovak National Symphony Orchestra and Choir; first single: "Falling Awake," featuring Jason Hook of Five Finger Death Punch; Hear here) (The End, Sept. 14, 2010)
Thriving Ivory "Through Yourself & Back Again" (producers: Scott Jason, Thriving Ivory, Mark Endert; first single: "Where We Belong"; Hear here; Deluxe edition) (Wind-up, Sept. 14, 2010)
J. Tillman "Singing Ax [MP3 Download]" (producer: Steve Albini; Hear here) (Western Vinyl, Sept. 14, 2010)
2AM Club "What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?" (producers: Sam Hollander, Dave Katz; first single: "Worry About You"; Hear here) (RCA, Sept. 14, 2010)
Underworld "Barking" (Hear here) (Cooking Vinyl, Sept. 14, 2010)
Armin Van Buuren "Mirage" (featuring collaborations with Ferry Corsten, BT, Josh Gabriel, Adam Young of Owl City, Nadia Ali, Christian Burns, etc.; first single: "Full Focus"; Hear here) (Ultra, Sept. 14, 2010)
Various artists "Hallelujah Broadway" (PBS performance at Prague's Church of St. Simon & St. Judah, accompanied by the Prague Filmharmonic Orchestra and Choir, featuring soloists Rodrick Dixon, Alfreda Burke and Anthony Kearns, with guest Linda Eder; DVD; MP3 Download) (EMI/Manhattan, Sept. 14, 2010)
Various artists "NOW Country 3" (Capitol/EMI, Sept. 14, 2010)
Various artists "Swing Café" (storybook-music disc narrated by Bebel Gilberto, featuring swing-era classics by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, etc.; Hardcover) (The Secret Mountain, Sept. 14, 2010)
Vaselines, The "Sex With an X" (producer: Jamie Watson; first single: "I Hate the '80s"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (Sub Pop, Sept. 14, 2010)
Selene Vigil-Wilk (formerly of 7 Year Bitch) "That Was Then [MP3 Download]" (producer: Matt Sherrod; Hear here) (Tuck and Roll Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Walkmen, The "Lisbon" (producer: John Congleton; first single: "Stranded"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (Fat Possum, Sept. 14, 2010)
Weezer "Hurley" (first single: "Memories"; Hear here) (Epitaph, Sept. 14, 2010)
Matt White "It's the Good Crazy" (producers: Josh Kaler, White, Jimmy Messer, Henry Hirsch, David Baron, Sam Farrar, Rich Mercurio, Lee Nadel; first single: "Falling In Love (With My Best Friend)"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Ryko, Sept. 14, 2010)
Snowy White Blues Project, The "In Our Time ... Live" (White is playing guitar on Roger Waters' "The Wall Live" tour; recorded at De Boerderij [The Farm], Zoetermeer, Holland, in February 2010; Hear here; MP3 Download) (CBH, Sept. 14, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Louis Armstrong "Playlist: The Very Best of Louis Armstrong" (14 tracks; MP3 Download) (Masterworks Jazz/Sony, Sept. 14, 2010)
Baha Men "10 Great Songs: Featuring the Hit Song Who Let the Dogs Out" (MP3 Download) (Capitol/EMI, Sept. 14, 2010)
BarlowGirl "Our Journey ... So Far" (16-song best-of; MP3 Download) (Fervent/Word, Sept. 14, 2010)
Blood, Sweat & Tears "Mirror Image/New City" (1974, 1975 albums on 2 CDs; remastered; includes their cover of "Got to Get You Into My Life") (U.K. - BGO, Sept. 13, 2010)
Leonard Cohen "Songs From the Road [CD/DVD]" (highlights from his 2008-09 world tour performances; Hear here; Read here; also available on Blu-ray and Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Columbia/Legacy, Sept. 14, 2010)
Confederate Railroad "When and Where [MP3 Download]" (1995 album), "Greatest Hits MP3 Download]" (1996 album) (Warner/Rhino, Sept. 14, 2010)
DragonForce "Twilight Dementia" (2-CD live album documenting their "Ultra Beatdown" tour; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Roadrunner, Sept. 14, 2010)
Duke Ellington "Playlist: The Very Best of Duke Ellington" (14 tracks; MP3 Download) (Masterworks Jazz/Sony, Sept. 14, 2010)
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music "Street Life: 20 Great Hits [MP3 Download]" (1986 album; 20 tracks) (Virgin/EMI, Sept. 14, 2010)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel "Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]" (1989 album; 15 tracks) (EMI, Sept. 14, 2010)
Bill Hicks (stand-up comic died in 1994) "The Essential Collection [CD/DVD]" (2 CDs, 2 DVDs; Read here) (Rykodisc, Sept. 14, 2010)
Hothouse Flowers "People: Deluxe Edition" (2 CDs; 1988 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Home: Deluxe Edition" (2 CDs; 1990 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Songs From the Rain: Deluxe Edition" (2 CDs; 1993 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) (U.K. - Rhino, Sept. 13, 2010)
Michael McDonald "No Lookin' Back" (1985 album; remastered; includes "Sweet Freedom"; MP3 Download) (Friday Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Charles Mingus "Playlist: The Very Best of Charles Mingus" (11 tracks; MP3 Download) (Masterworks Jazz/Sony, Sept. 14, 2010)
Thelonious Monk "Playlist: The Very Best of Thelonious Monk" (13 tracks; MP3 Download) (Masterworks Jazz/Sony, Sept. 14, 2010)
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell: Expanded Edition" (1990 album; remastered, with bonus material; Read here; also available in Deluxe and Ultimate Editions; MP3 Download) (Atlantic/Rhino, Sept. 14, 2010)
Boz Scaggs "Boz Scaggs & Band" (1971 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks), "My Time" (1972 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) (Friday Music, Sept. 14, 2010)
Ravi Shankar "The Very Best of Ravi Shankar" (2 CDs, 18 tracks; MP3 Download) (EMI Classics, Sept. 14, 2010)
Ike & Tina Turner "Come Together/Workin' Together" (1970, 1971 albums on one CD; remastered) (U.K. - BGO, Sept. 13, 2010)
Tina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Regula Curti "Beyond: Buddhist and Christian Prayers" (2009 album; Hear here; MP3 Download) (New Earth, Sept. 14, 2010)
Dwight Twilley "On Fire! Best of Dwight Twilley 1975-1984" (Raven, Sept. 14, 2010)
Tracey Ullman "Move Over Darling: The Complete Stiff Recordings" (2-CD set contains her two Stiff albums plus a previously unreleased track) (U.K. - Salvo, Sept. 13, 2010)
Various artists "Black Sabbath: The Secret History of Black-Jewish Relations" (Idelsohn Society, Sept. 14, 2010)
Various artists "Putumayo Presents Yoga" (songs selected to accompany yoga practice; Hear here) (Putumayo, Sept. 14, 2010)
Weather Report "Playlist: The Very Best of Weather Report" (11 tracks; MP3 Download) (Masterworks Jazz/Sony, Sept. 14, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Tori Amos "Live From the Artists Den [DVD]" (Artists Den, Sept. 14, 2010)
Buena Vista Social Club "Buena Vista Social Club: Live in Concert [DVD]" (2006 performance) (Hudson Street, Sept. 14, 2010)
Alice Cooper "Good to See You Again — Live 1973: The Billion Dollar Babies Tour [Blu-ray]" (Shout Factory!, Sept. 14, 2010)
Everly Brothers, The "Reunion Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall [DVD]" (from September 1983) (Eagle, Sept. 14, 2010)
Rory Gallagher "Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher and the Beat Club Sessions [DVD]" (2 discs) (Roc-A-Fella, Sept. 14, 2010)
Green Day "Bullet in a Bible [Blu-ray]" (2005 concert) (Reprise, Sept. 14, 2010)
Jimi Hendrix "Jimi Hendrix: The Guitar Hero — Celebrated by Legends of Rock [DVD]" (narrated by Slash) (Image, Sept. 14, 2010)
Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt "The Pirates of Penzance [DVD]" (1983 film) (Universal, Sept. 14, 2010)
Robert Knight (rock photographer) "Rock Prophecies [DVD]" (documentary, directed by John Chester, follows Knight as he recalls meeting rock icons, his search for the next star and his efforts to care for his ailing mother; See/read here) (PBS, Sept. 14, 2010)
Queen Latifah, Common "Just Wright [DVD]" (2010 film; Blu-ray) (20th Century Fox, Sept. 14, 2010)
Various artists "Glee: The Complete First Season [DVD]" (7 discs; Blu-ray) (20th Century Fox, Sept. 14, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Beatles, The "The Beatles [Paperback]" (updated edition; author: Hunter Davies) (W.W. Norton & Company, Sept. 13, 2010)
Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time [Paperback]" (author: Jon Bream) (Voyageur Press, Sept. 15, 2010)
U2 "U2 FAQ [Paperback]" (author: John D. Luerssen) (Backbeat Books, Sept. 15, 2010)

MUSIC GAMES

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Various artists "Halo Reach [Xbox 360]" (Bungie, Sept. 14, 2010)

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