Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Antony and the Johnsons	"Thank You Your Love [EP]" (five songs; Hear here)	(Secretly Canadian, Aug. 24, 2010)
Apocalyptica	"7th Symphony" (producers: Joe Barresi, Howard Benson; first single: "End of Me," featuring Gavin Rossdale; Hear here; Deluxe edition)	(Jive, Aug. 24, 2010)
Bad City (Chicago rock band)	"Welcome to the Wasteland" (producer: Johnny K; Hear here; See here)	(Atlantic, Aug. 24, 2010)
Blind Guardian	"At the Edge of Time" (German power metal band's ninth studio album; producer: Charlie Bauerfeind; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download)	(Nuclear Blast, Aug. 24, 2010)
Jeremy Camp	"We Cry Out: The Worship Project" (producer: Brown Bannister; Hear here; CD/DVD)	(BEC Recordings/EMD, Aug. 24, 2010)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan	"Hawk" (guests: James Iha, Willy Mason; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Vanguard, Aug. 24, 2010)
chk chk chk (or !!!)	"Strange Weather Isn't It" (Hear here)	(Warp, Aug. 24, 2010)
Margaret Cho	"Cho Dependent" (guests: Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Tegan and Sara, Andrew Bird, Ani DiFranco, Garrison Starr, Brendan Benson, Rachael Yamagata, Carl Newman, Grant Lee Phillips, Patty Griffin, Ben Lee, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Clownery, Aug. 24, 2010)
Paul Collins (of The Nerves, The Breakaways and The Beats)	"King of Power Pop!" (producer: Jim Diamond; guests: Wally Palmar of The Romantics, Nikki Corvette; Hear here; Read here)	(Alive/Redeye, Aug. 24, 2010)
Dead Confederate	"Sugar" (producer: John Agnello; Hear here; Vinyl)	(TAO Recordings/Old Flame, Aug. 24, 2010)
Devil Wears Prada, The	"Zombie [EP]" (Hear here)	(Ferret Music, Aug. 24, 2010)
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters	"Spread the Love" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Stony Plain Music, Aug. 24, 2010)
Eels	"Tomorrow Morning" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(E Works, Aug. 24, 2010)
Fantasia	"Back to Me" (writers/producers: Ne-Yo, Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony Rico Love, Jim Jonsin, KP & Malay; guest: Cee-Lo Green; first single: "Bittersweet"; Hear here)	(J, Aug. 24, 2010)
Fitz & the Tantrums	"Pickin' Up the Pieces" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(Dangerbird, Aug. 24, 2010)
Natalie Grant	"Love Revolution" (producer: Bernie Herms; first single: "Human"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Curb, Aug. 24, 2010)
JJ Grey & Mofro	"Georgia Warhorse" (guests: Derek Trucks, Toots Hibbert; Hear here; Read here)	(Alligator, Aug. 24, 2010)
JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys	"Fidelity!" (Chrissie Hynde with Welsh singer JP Jones; first single: "If You Let Me"; Hear here; Deluxe edition)	(La Mina/Rocket Science, Aug. 24, 2010)
Jodi King (Canadian singer-songwriter)	"Little Smile" (guests: Colin Munroe, Kyle Riabko, Jenna Andrews, Stuart Cameron; Hear here)	(Jodi King, Aug. 24, 2010)
Lang Lang	"Live in Vienna [CD/DVD]" (recorded at Musikverein concert hall; 2 CDs, with a DVD and a 70-page hardbound booklet; Blu-ray)	(Sony Masterworks, Aug. 24, 2010)
Little Big Town	"The Reason Why" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Capitol Records Nashville, Aug. 24, 2010)

BTW: Little Big Town lost nearly everything in Nashville's devastating flooding in early May. But singer-guitarist Phillip Sweet is staying upbeat.

"Most of us store our stuff at a place called SoundCheck in an industrial part of downtown," Sweet tells P&P. "Basically, it's road cases and drums floating all over the place. Multimillion-dollars' worth of equipment lost. You could see Toby Keith's trucks floating on their sides.

"We may have experienced a total loss. But that's the great thing about this town, people pull together. We're having rehearsals and we'll try to figure it all out. Luckily, I have my own guitar with me that I can bring on the road. Music's what gets you back going, so we're anxious to get out there."

Sweet and band mates Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook are eager to get back on the road, not only to get their minds off their troubles back home, but to test songs off their forthcoming album, "The Reason Why."

"What are we going to do, sit around and mope about material things that we've lost?" Sweet says. "We've been off the road for six months, working on this album, so getting out there and playing again will be good for the soul."

With "The Reason Why," the Grammy-nominated quartet "wanted to grow and stretch ourselves," Sweet says. "You'll hear more depth and maturity to our songs. We changed it up in the studio with different musicians and engineers. Sonically, we wanted to make a leap, too."

Magic Kids	"Memphis" (producer: Shane Stonebeck; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(True Panther Sounds, Aug. 24, 2010)
Mogwai	"Special Moves" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl/DVD; MP3 Download)	(+1, Aug. 24, 2010)
Charlie Musselwhite	"The Well" (guest: Mavis Staples; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Alligator, Aug. 24, 2010)
Never Shout Never	"Harmony" (producer: Butch Vig; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Sire, Aug. 24, 2010)
No Age	"Glitter [MP3 Download]" (three-song EP; Hear here)	(Sub Pop, Aug. 23, 2010)
Pack, The	"Wolfpack Party" (first single: "Hella Bass Remix III"; Hear here)	(SMC Recordings, Aug. 24, 2010)
Sandi Patty	"The Edge of the Divine" (guest: Point of Grace's Heather Payne; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Word, Aug. 24, 2010)
Katy Perry	"Teenage Dream" (first single: "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Capitol, Aug. 24, 2010)
Ra Ra Riot	"The Orchard" (producers: Ra Ra Riot, Andrew Maury; first single: "Boy"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Barsuk, Aug. 24, 2010)
Randy Rogers Band	"Burning the Day" (producer: Paul Worley; first single: "Too Late for Goodbye"; MP3 Download)	(MCA Nashville, Aug. 24, 2010)
Showdown, The	"Blood in the Gears" (producer: bassist Jeremiah Scott; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Solid State, Aug. 24, 2010)
Ricky Skaggs	"Mosaic" (guest: Peter Frampton; Hear here)	(Skaggs Family, Aug. 24, 2010)
Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang (ex-Dr. Dog drummer)	"Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang [MP3 Download]" (five-song EP; Hear here)	(Park The Van, Aug. 24, 2010)
Marty Stuart	"Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions" (Hear here; Read here)	(Sugar Hill, Aug. 24, 2010)
Sword, The	"Warp Riders" (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Kemado, Aug. 24, 2010)
Hayley Taylor	"One Foot in Front of the Other [MP3 Download]" (producers: Dan Romer, Eric Robinson, Ofer Moses; Hear here)	(Hayley Taylor, Aug. 24, 2010)
Usher	"Versus" (includes singles "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" and "Hot Tottie"; producers: Polow Da Don, Max Martin; guests: Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Pitbull, Bun B; Hear here; Read here; see related reissue below)	(La Face/Jive, Aug. 24, 2010)
Various artists	"Dear New Orleans ... [MP3 Download]" (31-song digital benefit compilation, featuring My Morning Jacket, OK Go, Indigo Girls, Steve Earle, Nellie McKay, etc.; subtitled "To the City of Music, 5 Years After the Levees Broke"; Read here)	(ATC Benefits, Aug. 24, 2010)
Various artists	"Going the Distance [Film soundtrack]" (Drew Barrymore-Justin Long film opens Aug. 27; includes new music from The Boxer Rebellion, The Airborne Toxic Event, etc.; See here)	(Watertower Music, Aug. 24, 2010)
Dale Watson	"Carryin' On" (Hear here; Read here)	(E1 Entertainment, Aug. 24, 2010)