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MAY 18, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Mindi Abair "Mindi Abair in Hi-Fi Stereo" (producers: Abair, Rex Rideout; guests: Lalah Hathaway, Ryan Collins, David Ryan Harris; Hear here) (Telarc/Concord, May 18, 2010)
Annihilator "Annihilator" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (Europe - Earache, May 17, 2010)
Band of Horses "Infinite Arms" (producers: Band of Horses, Phil Ek; Hear here; Stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia, May 18, 2010)
Bo Bice "3" (guests: Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, A.J. Croce; Hear here; Read here) (Sugar Money/Saguro Road, May 18, 2010)
Black Keys, The "Brothers" (producers: Danger Mouse, Mark Neill, The Black Keys; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Nonesuch, May 18, 2010)
Regina Carter (violinist) "Reverse Thread" (Hear here) (E1 Entertainment, May 18, 2010)
Susan Cowsill "Lighthouse" (guests: Jackson Browne, The Cowsills, Vicki Peterson, Waddy Wachtel; Hear here; Read here) (Threadhead, May 18, 2010)
Pete Francis "The Movie We Are In" (producer: Jeff Trott; first single: "Glue"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Scrapper Music, May 18, 2010)
Mary Gauthier "The Foundling" (producer: Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins; Hear here) (Razor & Tie, May 18, 2010)
Grum "Heartbeats" (first single: "Can't Shake This Feeling"; Hear here; See here) (Ultra, May 18, 2010)
Sara Jackson Holman "When You Dream" (producer: Skyler Norwood; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Expunged, May 18, 2010)
Sarah Jaffe "Suburban Nature" (producer: John Congleton; first single: "Vulnerable"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Kirtland, May 18, 2010)
LCD Soundsystem "This Is Happening" (first single: "Drunk Girls"; Hear here) (DFA/Virgin, May 18, 2010)
Jamie Lidell "Compass" (guests: Beck, Feist, Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen, Chris Bear, Wilco's Pat Sansone, Gonzales; Hear here; Vinyl) (Warp, May 18, 2010)
Audra Mae (co-wrote "Who I Was Born to Be," the only original song on Susan Boyle's debut album) "The Happiest Lamb" (producer: Ted Hutt; Hear here; Vinyl) (SideOneDummy, May 18, 2010)
Marching Band (Swedish Baroque indie-pop duo) "Pop Cycle" (producer: Jari Haapalainen; Hear here; MP3 Download) (U&L, May 18, 2010)
Anne McCue "Broken Promise Land" (Hear here; Read here) (Flying Machine, May 18, 2010)
Miggs "Wide Awake" (producer: Ken Lewis; Hear here) (Rock Ridge Music, May 18, 2010)
Janelle Monáe "The ArchAndroid" (producers: Nate Wonder, Chuck Lightning, Monáe, Diddy; guests: Big Boi of OutKast, poet Saul Williams, Of Montreal, Deep Cotton, the Wondaland Arch Orchestra; first single: "Tightrope"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy, May 18, 2010)
Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley "Distant Relatives" (producers: Damian Marley, Stephen Marley; Hear here) (Universal Republic, May 18, 2010)
John Németh "Name the Day!" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Blind Pig, May 18, 2010)
Debi Nova (Costa Rican singer, multi-instrumentalist) "Luna Nueva" (producer: Gustavo Santaoalla; first single: "Drummer Boy"; Hear here) (Surco/Decca, May 18, 2010)
Petree (led by Stephen Petree of Shiny Toy Guns) "Weakness Makes You Beautiful" (guests: Shiny Toy Guns' Chad Petree, Sisely Treasure, P Funk Allstars' Robert Spearman; first single: "It's Always Been You"; Hear here) (Dream/UMG, May 18, 2010)
Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek) "Revolutions Per Minute" (producer: Hi-Tek; first single: "Midnight Hour," featuring Estelle; Hear here) (Blacksmith/Rawkus/Warner, May 18, 2010)
Sadies, The "Darker Circles" (producer: The Jayhawks' Gary Louris; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (Yep Roc, May 18, 2010)
Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer "Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown!" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Bronze Rat, May 18, 2010)
Tracey Thorn (of Everything But the Girl) "Love and Its Opposite" (producer: Ewan Pearson; Hear/read here) (Merge, May 18, 2010)
Toy Soldiers "Whisper Down the Lane" (producer: Dino Leonetti; Hear here) (MAD Dragon, May 18, 2010)
Various artists "Friday Night Lights Vol. 2 [TV soundtrack]" (12 tracks; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) (Scion Music Group, May 18, 2010)
Various artists "Glee: The Music, Volume 3 — Showstoppers [TV soundtrack]" (songs from the second half of the Fox show this season; Deluxe Edition) (Columbia, May 18, 2010)
Gordon Voidwell "Ivy League Circus [MP3 Download]" (3-song EP; Hear here) (Cantora, May 18, 2010)
Lenny White (Return to Forever drummer) "Anomaly" (his first solo album in more than 10 years; guests: Stanley Clarke, Victor Bailey, Jimmy Herring, George Colligan, etc.; Hear here) (Abstract Logix, May 18, 2010)
Y&T "Facemelter [MP3 Download]" (their first studio album since 1997) (Europe - Frontiers, May 21, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Ashford & Simpson "Gimme Something Real" (1973 album), "Come As You Are" (1976 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Is It Still Good to Ya" (1978 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "So So Satisfied" (1977 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Stay Free" (1979 album), "A Musical Affair" (1980 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), "Performance" (1981 album) (Wounded Bird, May 18, 2010)
Bad Religion "30 Years Live [MP3 Download]" (sign up at www.badreligion.com to reserve this free, limited-edition digital download; Read here) (Epitaph, May 18, 2010)
Philip Bailey "Continuation" (1983 album) (Funkytowngrooves/City Hall, May 18, 2010)
Bloodstone "Party" (1984 album) (Funkytowngrooves/City Hall, May 18, 2010)
Harry Chapin "Portrait Gallery" (1975 album) (Wounded Bird, May 18, 2010)
Bing Crosby "El Señor Bing: Deluxe Edition" (1960 album; remastered, with six Spanish-flavored bonus tracks), "Return to Paradise Islands: Deluxe Edition" (1961 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks), "On the Sentimental Side: Deluxe Edition" (1962 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks), "Bing On Broadway" (rarities collection) (Collectors' Choice, May 18, 2010)
Devo "New Traditionalists" (1981 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Warner, May 18, 2010)
Duran Duran "Duran Duran: Special Edition" (1981 album; 2 CDs; second disc contains B-sides, dance mixes and previously unreleased demos and BBC sessions; also available with DVD of music videos and TV performances; Read here; MP3 Download), "Seven and the Ragged Tiger: Special Edition" (1983 album; 2 CDs; second disc contains B-sides and rarities; also available with DVD of music videos, "Top of the Pops" performances and the "As the Lights Go Down" concert special; Read here; MP3 Download) (Capitol/EMI, May 18, 2010)
Jose Feliciano "Encore! Jose Feliciano's Finest Performances" (1971 album), "Compartments" (1973 album), "And the Feeling's Good" (1974 album), "Just Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" (1975 album) (Wounded Bird, May 18, 2010)
Gentle Giant "In a Glass House [Vinyl]" (1973 album; remastered), "The Power and The Glory [Vinyl]" (1974 album; remastered), "Free Hand [Vinyl]" (1975 album; remastered) (Alucard/Caroline, May 18, 2010)
Richard Harris "The Prophet: Kahil Gibran" (1974 album; music composed by Arif Mardin; Read here) (Collectors' Choice, May 18, 2010)
Hondells, The "Go Little Honda/The Hondells" (1964 albums on one disc; remastered) (T-Bird, May 18, 2010)
Paul Horn "Inside" (1968 album), "Inside II" (1972 album), "Visions" (1974 album), "Paul Horn & Nexus" (1975 album) (Wounded Bird, May 18, 2010)
Lena Horne "Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles Collection" (16 tracks; Read here) (Hip-O Select, May 18, 2010)
Hot Tuna "Live at the New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA September 1969" (Collectors' Choice Music Live, May 18, 2010)
India.Arie "Voyage to India: Special Edition" (2002 album; 2 CDs, with seven bonus tracks, including "Christmas Song," a duet with Stevie Wonder) (Universal/UMe, May 18, 2010)
Rick James "Fire It Up" (1979 album; remastered, with a bonus 10-minute version of "Love Gun"; Read here), "Garden of Love" (1980 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Read here) (Hip-O Select, May 18, 2010)
Jayhawks, The "The Jayhawks" (1986 album, aka "The Bunkhouse Album," makes its CD debut; remastered; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Lost Highway, May 18, 2010)
Steve Kilbey (lead singer of The Church) "Unearthed" (1986 album; MP3 Download), "Earthed" (1986 album; MP3 Download), "The Slow Crack" (1989 album; Hear here; MP3 Download), "Remindlessness" (1990 album; MP3 Download), "Dabbled" (2001 album; MP3 Download) (Second Motion, May 18, 2010)
Labelle "Pressure Cookin' " (1973 album; Read here) (Reel Music, May 18, 2010)
Don McLean "American Pie [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1971 album; remastered) (Friday Music, May 18, 2010)
Mitch Miller & The Gang "Peace Sing-Along" (1970 album; Read here) (Collectors' Choice, May 18, 2010)
Moby "Wait For Me. Remixes!" (2 CDs; Hear here) (Mute, May 18, 2010)
Modern English "Stop Start" (1986 album) (Wounded Bird, May 18, 2010)
Willie Nelson "Rarities, Vol. One" (The Great American Music Co., May 18, 2010)
Phil Ochs "Phil Ochs in Concert" (1966 album; Read here) (Collectors' Choice, May 18, 2010)
Poco "Live at Columbia Studios, Hollywood 9/30/71" (Collectors' Choice Music Live, May 18, 2010)
Reckless "No Frills" (1987 album) (Wounded Bird, May 18, 2010)
Otis Redding "Live on the Sunset Strip" (2 CDs, 28 tracks; recorded at the Whisky A Go-Go on April 9-10, 1966; Read here; MP3 Download) (Stax, May 18, 2010)
Rolling Stones, The "Exile on Main St. [Deluxe Edition]" (1972 album; 2 CDs, with 10 bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here; single CD; Super Deluxe Edition, with vinyl, 50-page collector's book) (Universal, May 18, 2010)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The "Now I Got Worry" (1996 album; with 12 B-sides and four radio spots), "Controversial Negro" (1997 album; with four bonus tracks) (Majordomo/Shout! Factory, May 18, 2010)
Supremes, The "Meet the Supremes: Expanded Edition" (2 CDs, featuring mono and stereo versions of the 1962 album; remastered; includes an unreleased 1962 live show at the Apollo Theater; Read here) (Hip-O Select, May 18, 2010)
John Tesh "John Tesh Live: Greatest Hits Live in Concert Vol. 1 [CD/DVD]" (MP3 Download) (Green Hill, May 18, 2010)
Joe Tex "Singles A's & B's, Vol. 1 1964-1966" (22 tracks; Read here) (U.K. - Shout, May 17, 2010)
13th Floor Elevators, The "Headstone: The Contact Sessions" (Snapper Classics, May 18, 2010)
Triumph "Greatest Hits Remixed [CD/DVD]" (TML Entertainment, May 18, 2010)
Various artists "Putumayo Presents South Africa" (Hear here) (Putumayo, May 18, 2010)
Grover Washington Jr. "Grover Live" (18 tracks; June 7, 1997, concert at Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, N.Y.; Read here; MP3 Download) (Lightyear/EMI, May 18, 2010)
Johnny Winter "Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70" (Collectors' Choice Music Live, May 18, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Delirious? "Farewell Show: Live in London [DVD]" (Blu-ray) (EMI, May 18, 2010)
Jermaine Jackson "Dynamite Videos [DVD]" (Lightyear/EMI, May 18, 2010)
Kinks, The "You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks [DVD]" (live footage from the 1960s to the '90s; Read here) (Voiceprint/MVD Visual, May 18, 2010)
John Lennon "John Lennon: Rare and Unseen [DVD]" (MVD Visual, May 18, 2010)
Bruce Springsteen "Under the Influence [DVD]" (MVD Visual, May 18, 2010)
Tom Waits "Under the Influence [DVD]" (MVD Visual, May 18, 2010)

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