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SEPT. 28, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Bad Religion "The Dissent of Man" (producer: Joe Barresi; Hear here; Vinyl) (Epitaph, Sept. 28, 2010)
Buju Banton "Before the Dawn" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Gargamel Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Aloe Blacc "Good Things" (first single: "I Need a Dollar"; Hear here; Stream; MP3 Download) (Stones Throw, Sept. 28, 2010)
Black Anvil "Triumvirate" (first single: "Dead and Left"; Hear here; Vinyl) (Relapse, Sept. 28, 2010)
Luka Bloom "Dreams in America" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Compass, Sept. 28, 2010)
Kenny Chesney "Hemingway's Whiskey" (Hear here; CD/DVD) (BNA, Sept. 28, 2010)
Eric Clapton "Clapton" (producers: Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II; guests: Steve Winwood, Sheryl Crow, Wynton Marsalis, Allen Toussaint, Derek Trucks; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Reprise, Sept. 28, 2010)
Lloyd Cole "Broken Record" (his first album since 2006's "Antidepressant"; Hear here; Read here) (U.K. - Tapete, Sept. 27, 2010)
Edwyn Collins "Losing Sleep" (songs co-written with Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, Magic Numbers' Romeo Stodart, the Cribs' Ryan Harman, The Drums, Johnny Marr; producers: Collins, Sebastian Lewsley; guests: Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame; Hear here) (U.K. - Heavenly, Sept. 27, 2010)
Phil Collins "Going Back" (Motown and soul covers album is his first in eight years; Hear here; Read here; Amazon.com Exclusive, with bonus tracks; MP3 Download) (Atlantic, Sept. 28, 2010)
Combichrist "Making Monsters" (producer: Andy LaPlegua; first single: "Never Surrender"; Hear here) (Metropolis, Sept. 28, 2010)
Dance Party, The "Touch" (collaborators: The Darkness' Justin Hawkins, Toto's David Paich, Matt Squire, etc.; first single: "Sasha Don't Sleep"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Hell Ya!/ILG, Sept. 28, 2010)
Deerhunter "Halcyon Digest" (producers: Deerhunter; Hear here; Stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (4AD, Sept. 28, 2010)
Doobie Brothers, The "World Gone Crazy" (first album of new material in 10 years; producer: Ted Templeton; guests: Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Billy Payne; first single: "Nobody"; Read here; CD/DVD; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (House of Rock, Sept. 28, 2010)
88, The "The 88" (producers: The 88; first single: "Love Is the Thing"; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (88/Rocket Science, Sept. 28, 2010)
Electric Six "Zodiac" (includes a cover of the Spinners' "Rubberband Man"; producer: Zach Shipps; Hear here) (Metropolis, Sept. 28, 2010)
Michael Feinstein "Fly Me to the Moon" (featuring guitar legend Joe Negri; Read here; MP3 Download) (DuckHole, Sept. 28, 2010)
Fences "Fences" (producer: Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Onto Entertainment/ADA, Sept. 28, 2010)
Floored By Four (Mike Watt with Cibo Matta's Yuka Honda, Dougie Browne, Wilco's Nels Cline) "Floored By Four" (Read here; MP3 Download) (Chimera Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby "Lonely Avenue" (vocals by Folds and lyrics by "High Fidelity" novelist Hornby; string arrangements by Paul Buckmaster; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) (Nonesuch, Sept. 28, 2010)
Gin Blossoms "No Chocolate Cake" (producers: Gin Blossoms, John Richardson, Danny Wilde; first single: "Miss Disarray"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (429, Sept. 28, 2010)
Graffiti6 (frontman Jamie Scott was in the movie "Step Up") "Colours [MP3 Download]" (first single: "Stare into the Sun"; Hear here) (NWFree Music LLP, Sept. 27, 2010)
Kelsey Grammer & Douglas Hodge "La Cage Aux Folles [New Broadway cast recording]" (producer: Tommy Krasker; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) (PS Classics, Sept. 28, 2010)
Grandchildren "Everlasting" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Green Owl, Sept. 28, 2010)
Halford "Made of Metal" (producer: Roy Z.; first single: "Made of Metal"; Hear here) (Metal God Entertainment/Fontana, Sept. 28, 2010)
Jesse Harris "Cosmo" (first full-length instrumental album; producer: Harris; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Tzadik, Sept. 28, 2010)
Kristian Hoffman "Fop" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Kayo Stereophonics, Sept. 28, 2010)
Hush Now, The "Shiver Me Starships [EP]" (first single: "Vietnam Giraffe"; Hear here) (The Hush Now, Sept. 28, 2010 - will be available as a free download)
Ice Cube "I Am the West" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Lench Mob, Sept. 28, 2010)
Ingram Hill (Memphis rock trio) "Look Your Best" (producer: Rick Beato; first single: "As Long As I'm With You"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Jimmy Eat World "Invented" (producer: Mark Trombino; first single: "My Best Theory"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (DGC/Interscope, Sept. 28, 2010)
Donell Jones "Lyrics" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (E1 Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Lil Wayne "I Am Not a Human Being [MP3 Download]" (guests: Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jay Sean, Tyga, Lil Twist, Jae Millz; first single: "Right Above It"; Hear here; CD version out Oct. 12) (Young Money/Cash Money, Sept. 27, 2010)
Lonely Forest, The "The Lonely Forest [EP]" (Hear here) (Trans, Sept. 28, 2010 - first signing to Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla's new label)
Los Lonely Boys "Keep on Giving: Acoustic Live!" (MP3 Download) (Playing in Traffic, Sept. 28, 2010)
Gucci Mane "The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted" (producer: Swizz Beatz; guests: Bun B, Swizz Beatz, Ray J, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell, Wyclef Jean, Estelle; first single: "Gucci Time"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (1017/Bricksquad/ Asylum/Warner, Sept. 28, 2010)
Nellie McKay "Home Sweet Mobile Home" (producers: McKay, Robin Pappas; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Verve, Sept. 28, 2010)
Meridene "Something Like Blood [MP3 Download]" (producer: Brian Moen; single: "Parade of Fools"; Hear here) (Amble Down, Sept. 28, 2010)
Mushroomhead "Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children" (their first album since 2006; producer: drummer Steve "Skinny" Felton; first single: "Come On"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Filthy Hands/Megaforce, Sept. 28, 2010)
New Medicine "Race You to the Bottom" (producers: S*A*M & Sluggo, Steve Hodge, The Blasting Room; first single: "Laid"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Photo Finish/Atlantic, Sept. 28, 2010)
No Age "Everything in Between" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Sub Pop, Sept. 28, 2010)
Nuclear Power Pants "Wicked Eats the Warrior [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (Anchor Brain, Sept. 28, 2010)
OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) "History of Modern" (their first album of new material in 14 years; first single: U.S.-only track, "Save Me," featuring Aretha Franklin; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Bright Antenna/ILG, Sept. 28, 2010)
Paleo "A View of the Sky" (Hear here; Vinyl) (Partisan, Sept. 28, 2010)
Lucky Peterson "You Can Always Turn Around" (producers: Doug Yoel, Francis Dreyfus [who died June 24]; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Dreyfus, Sept. 28, 2010)
Posies, The "Blood/Candy" (their first album in five years; guests: Lisa Lobsinger of Broken Social Scene, The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell, Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo; first single: "Licenses to Hide"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Ryko, Sept. 28, 2010)
Tim Robbins and The Rogues Gallery Band "Tim Robbins and The Rogues Gallery Band" (group members: former Dream Academy member Kate St. John, Leo Abrahams, David Coulter, Roger Eno, Rory McFarlane, Andrew Newmark, Dudley Phillips; producer: Hal Willner; first single "You're My Dare"; Read here) (U.K. - PIAS, Sept. 27, 2010)
Mark Ronson and The Business Intl "Record Collection" (guests: D'Angelo, Boy George, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Q-Tip, Alex Greenwald, Nick Hodgson; first single: "Bang Bang Bang"; Hear here; Vinyl) (RCA, Sept. 28, 2010)
Seal "Seal VI — Commitment" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Reprise, Sept. 28, 2010)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd "Live in Chicago" (recorded at the House of Blues; guests: Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Buddy Flett, Bryan Lee, Tommy Shannon of Double Trouble; Read here; MP3 Download) (Loud & Proud/Roadrunner, Sept. 28, 2010)
Michael W. Smith "Wonder" (first single: "Save Me From Myself"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Reunion, Sept. 28, 2010)
Spanish Harlem Orchestra "Viva La Tradicion" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Concord Picante, Sept. 28, 2010)
Spock's Beard "X" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Mascot, Sept. 28, 2010)
Adam Haworth Stephens (frontman of Two Gallants) "We Live on Cliffs" (producer: Joe Chiccarelli; guests: Patrick Hallahan and Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Joey Waronker, Cody Votolato, Mike Daly, Petra Haden, Andy Cabic; first single: "The Cities That You've Burned"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Saddle Creek, Sept. 28, 2010)
Three Mile Pilot "The Inevitable Past Is the Future Forgotten" (their first album in 13 years; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Temporary Residence, Sept. 28, 2010)
Trout Fishing in America "Lookin' at Lucky" (their first full-length CD for adults in 11 years; Hear here) (Trout, Sept. 28, 2010)
Twin Shadow "Forget" (producer: Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear; first single: "I Can't Wait"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Terrible, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "Halo Reach: Original Soundtrack" (2 CDs, 20 tracks; composed and produced by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori; MP3 Download) (Sumthing Else, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "It's Kind of a Funny Story [Film soundtrack]" (opens Oct. 8; score by Broken Social Scene; See here; MP3 Download) (Rhino, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "... a show of love, respect & grace — a tribute to Mick Karn [MP3 Download]" (benefit album to raise funds for the ailing bassist-songwriter for Japan; Read here) (The Council, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists (from "Glee" cast) "What I Did For Love [MP3 Download]" (new single from Season 2) (Columbia, Sept. 28, 2010)
Tony Joe White "The Shine" (producer: White; Read here) (Swamp, Sept. 28, 2010)
Women "Public Strain" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Jagjaguwar, Sept. 28, 2010)
Ronnie Wood "I Feel Like Playing" (his first album since 2001; producer: Bob Rock; guests: Slash, Flea, Bobby Womack, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Ian McLagan; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Eagle, Sept. 28, 2010)
Lizz Wright "Fellowship" (producers: Wright, Toshi Reagon; guests: Angelique Kidjo, Me'Shell N'Degeocello, Joan as Policewoman, Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Dr. Bernice Reagon; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Verve Forecast, Sept. 28, 2010)
Yaz "Reconnected Live" (2 CDs, from Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet's first tour together in more than 25 years; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (Mute, Sept. 28, 2010)
Pete Yorn "Pete Yorn" (producer: Frank Black; first single: "Sans Fear"; See here; Vinyl) (Vagrant, Sept. 28, 2010)
Neil Young "Le Noise" (producer: Daniel Lanois; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Reprise, Sept. 28, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Animals, The "Animalism [Vinyl]" (1966 album; remastered) (Sundazed, Sept. 28, 2010)
Chet Baker "Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to You" (1958 album; remastered; MP3 Download) (Original Jazz Classics, Sept. 28, 2010)
Barenaked Ladies "Barenaked for the Holidays" (2004 album; MP3 Download) (Raisin, Sept. 28, 2010)
Blues Image "Ride Captain Ride: Anthology of Classics" (18 tracks; MP3 Download) (Cleopatra, Sept. 28, 2010)
Boogie Down Productions "Criminal Minded: Elite Edition" (1987 album; remastered, with a second CD of rarities and a third disc of instrumentals; MP3 Download) (B-Boy/Traffic Entertainment Group, Sept. 28, 2010)
David Bowie "Station to Station (Special Edition)" (3 discs; 1976 album, featuring "Golden Years"; bonus material includes the entire 1976 Nassau Coliseum show; Deluxe edition, 5 CDs, 1 DVD, 3 LPs; MP3 Download) (Virgin/EMI, Sept. 28, 2010)
Johnny Cash "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison [Vinyl]" (1968 album; remastered), "Johnny Cash At San Quentin [Vinyl]" (1969 album; remastered) (Sundazed, Sept. 28, 2010)
Miles Davis featuring Sonny Rollins "Dig" (1951 album; remastered; MP3 Download) (Original Jazz Classics, Sept. 28, 2010)
Bill Evans Trio "Waltz for Debby" (1961 album; remastered; MP3 Download) (Original Jazz Classics, Sept. 28, 2010)
Peter Gabriel "Peter Gabriel" (1977 album; remastered), "Peter Gabriel (2)" (1978 album; remastered), "Peter Gabriel (3)" (1980 album; remastered), "Peter Gabriel (Security)" (1982 album; remastered), "Peter Gabriel/Plays Live" (1983 album; remastered), "Birdy" (1985 album; remastered), "So" (1986 album; remastered), "Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ" (1989 album; remastered), "Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats" (1990 album; remastered), "Us" (1992 album; remastered), "Up" (2002 album; remastered; MP3 Download) (Real World, Sept. 28, 2010)
Judy Garland "The Very Best of Judy Garland: The Capitol Recordings, 1955-1965 [MP3 Download]" (72 tracks; Read here) (Capitol/EMI, Sept. 28, 2010)
Hollies, The "Here I Go Again [Vinyl]" (1964 album; remastered), "Hear! Here! [Vinyl]" (1965 album; remastered) (Sundazed, Sept. 28, 2010)
KMFDM "Greatest Shit" (38-track best-of; MP3 Download), "Wurst" (19 mixes) (Metropolis, Sept. 28, 2010)
Gary Lewis and The Playboys "Complete Capitol Collection [MP3 Download]" (45 tracks) (Capitol/EMI, Sept. 28, 2010)
Marcy Playground "Indaba Remixes From Wonderland" (remixes from their "Leaving Wonderland" album; MP3 Download) (Capitol/EMI, Sept. 28, 2010)
Curtis Mayfield "Superfly [Vinyl]" (1972 album; remastered) (Rhino, Sept. 28, 2010)
Gwen McCrae "Lay It On Me: The Columbia Years" (11 tracks) (P&C/Reel Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Kylie Minogue "Essential Mixes" (nine songs; Read here) (U.K. - Sony, Sept. 27, 2010)
Wes Montgomery "Boss Guitar" (1963 album; remastered) (Original Jazz Classics, Sept. 28, 2010)
Rick Nelson "The Last Time Around: 1970-1982 [Box set]" (7 CDs, 134 tracks, with a 144-page book; Read here) (Bear Family, Sept. 28, 2010)
Tito Puente "The Complete 78s, Volume 1: 1949-1955 [Box set]" (4 CDs) (Fania, Sept. 28, 2010)
Soundgarden "Telephantasm" (best-of, with rarities; originally bundled with "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock"; Read here; CD; Super Deluxe Edition, 2 CDs, 1 DVD, 3 LPs; MP3 Download) (A&M/UMe, Sept. 28, 2010)
David Sylvian "Sleepwalkers" (16-song compilation of his best collaborations from the 2000s; MP3 Download) (Samadhi Sound, Sept. 28, 2010)
UFO "Too Hot to Handle: The Best of a Decade" (16 tracks; Read here; MP3 Download) (SPV/Steamhammer, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "DC 75 — The Music of DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Collection" (31-track collection of TV and movie songs) (WaterTower Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "Keb Darge and Little Edith's Legendary Rockin' R&B" (subtitled "A Colletion of Ultra Rare Black Rockers From the 50s and Early 60s"; 21 tracks; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (BBE Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "Matador at 21 [Box set]" (6-CD compilation; Read here; Vinyl) (Matador, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]" (1996 album; 15 tracks), "Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo [MP3 Download]" (1997 album; 15 tracks) (Sesame Workshop, Sept. 27, 2010)
Widespread Panic "Live in the Classic City II, MM" (recorded April 1-3, 2000, in Athens, Ga.; Vinyl) (ATO, Sept. 28, 2010)
Hank Williams "Hank Williams: The Complete Mother's Best Recordings ... Plus! [Box set]" (15 CDs, with a bonus DVD; Hear/read here) (Time Life, Sept. 28, 2010)
CeCe Winans "For Always: The Very Best of CeCe Winans" (10 tracks; MP3 Download) (Pure Springs/EMI Gospel, Sept. 28, 2010)
Yes "Drama [180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl]" (1980 album; remastered) (Friday Music, Sept. 28, 2010)
Rob Zombie "Hellbilly Deluxe 2 [CD/DVD]" (2010 album, with new tracks "Everything Is Boring," "Michael" and "Devil's Hole Girls and the Big Revolution," and a reimagining of "The Man Who Laughs"; DVD features the tour documentary "Transylvanian Transmissions"; See here) (Roadrunner/Loud & Proud, Sept. 28, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Airborne Toxic Event, The "All I Ever Wanted: Live From the Walt Disney Concert Hall Featuring the Calder Quartet [DVD]" (See here; Blu-ray) (Island, Sept. 28, 2010)
Laurie Berkner Band, The "Let's Hear It for the Laurie Berkner Band! [DVD]" (Nickelodeon, Sept. 28, 2010)
Alice Cooper "Theatre of Death: Live at Hammersmith 2009 [DVD/CD]" (2 discs; Blu-ray/CD) (Bigger Picture, Sept. 28, 2010)
Bing Crosby "The Legendary Bing Crosby [DVD]" (Infinity Entertainment/Hepcat, Sept. 28, 2010)
Colin Hay "Live at the Corner [DVD]" (Compass, Sept. 28, 2010)
Rush "Classic Albums: 2112 + Moving Pictures [DVD]" (Blu-ray) (Eagle, Sept. 28, 2010)
Slipknot "(sic)nesses [DVD]" (2-disc film of their Download Festival performance; See/read here) (Roadrunner, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "Rock & Rule [Blu-ray]" (1983 Canadian animated film was never released in the U.S.; features the music of Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Cheap Trick and Earth, Wind & Fire; See here) (Unearthed Films, Sept. 28, 2010)
Various artists "The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts" (3 discs; filmed over two nights in October 2009 at Madison Square Garden; See here) (Time Life, Sept. 28, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Beatles, The "The Complete Beatles Chronicle: The Definitive Day-by-Day Guide to the Beatles' Entire Career [Paperback]" (author: Mark Lewisohn; foreword by George Martin) (Chicago Review Press, Oct. 1, 2010)
Leonard Bernstein "Leonard Bernstein: American Original [Kindle]" (authors: Burton Bernstein, Barbara Haws) (HarperCollins, Sept. 28, 2010)
Sara Marcus "Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution [Paperback]" (Kindle) (Harper Perennial, Sept. 28, 2010)
Paul Miles "Sex Tips from Rock Stars: In Their Own Words [Paperback]" (Omnibus Press, Oct. 1, 2010)
Pink Floyd "The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall [Paperback]" (author: Gerald Scarfe) (Da Capo Press, Sept. 28, 2010)
Todd Rundgren "A Wizard, a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio [Paperback]" (author: Paul Myers) (Jawbone Press, Oct. 1, 2010)
Joel Selvin "Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin: California Rock & Roll [Paperback]" (SLG Books, Oct. 1, 2010)
Slayer "The Bloody Reign of Slayer [Paperback]" (revised edition; author: Joel McIver) (Omnibus Press, Oct. 1, 2010)

MUSIC GAMES

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Various artists "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock [Nintendo Wii]" (players can perform Rush's entire "2112," among other things; Read here; also available for PS3, Xbox 360, Guitar Bundle and Super Bundle; See here) (Activision, Sept. 28, 2010)

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