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JUNE 24, 2008

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Gerald Albright "Sax for Stax" (Peak, June 24, 2008)
Keith Anderson "C'mon" (producer: Jeffrey Steele; Hear here) (Columbia Nashville, June 24, 2008)
Another Big Machine "Another Big Machine" (first single: "Brand New Kind of Love"; Hear here) (Rising Storm/Fontana, June 24, 2008)
David Banner "Greatest Story Ever Told" (guests: Akon, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Jim Jones, UGK, etc.; first single: "Speaker"; Hear here; Read here) (SRC/Universal Motown, June 24, 2008)
Natalie Brown "Random Thoughts" (Hear here) (Identity Music Group, June 24, 2008)
Ry Cooder "I, Flathead" (Nonesuch, June 24, 2008)
Luke Doucet & The White Falcon "Blood's Too Rich" (includes a cover of The Cure's "Love Cats"; Hear here) (Six Shooter, June 24, 2008)
Dwele "Sketches of a Man" (producer: Dwele; first single: "I'm Cheatin'"; Hear here) (RT Music Group/Koch, June 24, 2008)
Alejandro Escovedo "Real Animal" (Hear here) (Back Porch/EMI Manhattan, June 24, 2008)
Delta Goodrem "Delta" (released internationally in November 2007; producers: John Shanks, Marius DeVries, Steve Kipner; Hear here) (Decca, June 24, 2008)
Hacienda Brothers "Arizona Motel" (singer Chris Gaffney died of liver cancer in April 2008; Hear here) (Proper American, June 24, 2008)
Hercules & Love Affair "Hercules & Love Affair" (released in the U.K. in March 2008; first single: "Blind"; Hear here; Read here) (DFA/Mute, June 24, 2008)
Vanessa Hudgens (Gabriella in "High School Musical") "Identified" (first single: "Sneakernight"; Hear here) (Hollywood, June 24, 2008)
Incognito "Tales From the Beach" (Heads Up, June 24, 2008)
Michael James "To Raise an Army For Love" (producer: John Seymour; Hear here) (Radio Sky Music, June 24, 2008)
Less Than Jake "GNV FLA" (named after the group's hometown, Gainesville; Hear here) (Sleep It Off, June 24, 2008)
Edwin McCain "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Hear here) (Saguaro Road/Time Life, June 24, 2008)
Mötley Crüe "Saints of Los Angeles" (producer: Bob Rock; guests: members of Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Trapt, Sixx:A.M.; first single: title track; Hear here; Read here) (Motley, June 24, 2008)
Nelly "Brass Knuckles" (producers: Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Neff-U, Pharrell; guests: Fergie, Ciara, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Akon, LL Cool J; first single: "Party People"; Hear here; Read here) (Derrty/Universal, June 24, 2008)
Ne-Yo "Year of the Gentleman" (first single: "Closer"; Hear here; Read here) (Def Jam, June 24, 2008)
People in Planes "Beyond the Horizon" (producer: Raine Maida, Matt Squire, Dan Austin; first single: "Mayday (M'aidez)"; Hear here) (Wind-up, June 24, 2008)
Reckless Kelly "Bulletproof" (Hear here) (Yep Roc, June 24, 2008)
Rose Hill Drive "Moon Is the New Earth" (producers: Rose Hill Drive; Hear here) (Megaforce, June 24, 2008)
Shinedown "The Sound of Madness" (producer: Rob Cavallo; first single: "Devour"; Hear here) (Atlantic, June 24, 2008)
Steve Tyrell "Back to Bacharach" (Read here) (New Design/Koch, June 24, 2008)
Various artists "Wall•E [film soundtrack]" (computer animated film from Pixar opens June 27; score by Thomas Newman; first single: Peter Gabriel's new song "Down to Earth"; See here; Read here) (Disney, June 24, 2008)
Watson Twins, The "Fire Songs" (producers: Russell Pollard, J. Soda; Hear here) (Vanguard, June 24, 2008)
Weezer "Weezer (Red Album)" (producers: Rick Rubin, Jacknife Lee; first single: "Pork & Beans"; Hear here; Read here; also available in deluxe edition) (Geffen, June 24, 2008)
Gene Autry "Cowboy Hymes and Songs of Inspiration" (Varése Vintage, June 24, 2008)
Aaron Neville "Gold" (2 CDs) (Hip-O/UME, June 24, 2008)
Liz Phair "Exile in Guyville [CD/DVD]" (1993 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; the DVD contains a documentary; Read here) (ATO/RCA, June 24, 2008)
U2 "War: Deluxe Edition" (1983 album; 2 CDs; remastered), "Under a Blood Red Sky: Deluxe Edition" (1983 album; Read here) (Island/UME, June 24, 2008)
Frankie Valli "Solo/Timeless" (1967, 1968 albums), "Close Up/Valli" (1975, 1976 albums), "Our Day Will Come/Lady Put the Light Out" (1975, 1977 albums), "... is the Word/Heaven Above Me" (1978, 1980 albums) (Collectors' Choice, June 24, 2008)
Beatles, The "All Together Now [DVD]" (feature-length documentary detailing the story behind the partnership between the Beatles and Cirque du Soleil that resulted in the creation of the stage production "Love") (Apple Corps Ltd./Cirque du Soleil/Capitol, June 24, 2008)
Daft Punk "Daft Punk's Electroma [DVD]" (Vice, June 24, 2008)
New Order "Live in Glasgow [DVD]" (2006 concerts at the Carling Academy) (Rhino, June 24, 2008)
Joe Strummer "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten [DVD]" (director Julien Temple's documentary on the late Clash frontman) (Legacy Recordings, June 24, 2008)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Roland Baggenæs (CODA magazine journalist) "Jazz Greats Speak: Interviews with Master Musicians [Hardcover]" (Read here) (The Scarecrow Press, June 28, 2008)
Jon Holmes "Rock Star Babylon: Outrageous Rumors, Legends, & Raucous True Tales of Rock & Roll Icons [Paperback]" (Plume, June 24, 2008)
Lou Reed "Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics [Paperback]" (Da Capo Press, June 23, 2008)
Nadya Zimmerman "Counterculture Kaleidoscope: Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco [Hardcover]" (Read here) (University of Michigan Press, June 28, 2008)

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