AUG. 2, 2011
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Trace Adkins |
"Proud to Be Here" (Hear here) |
(Show Dog Nashville, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Boston Spaceships (led by Robert Pollard) |
"Let It Beard" (2 CDs; Hear here) |
(Guided By Voices, Inc., Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Buffalo Killers |
"3" (Hear here) |
(Alive, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Bury Your Dead |
"Mosh N' Roll" (Hear here) |
(Mediaskare, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Greyson Chance (young singer became a YouTube phenom with his cover of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi") |
"Hold On 'Til the Night" (producer: Ron Fair; new single: "Unfriend You"; Hear here; Read here) |
(eleveneleven/Maverick/ Geffen, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Direct Hit! |
"Domesplitter" (first single: "Monster in the Closet"; Hear here) |
(Kind of Like, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Fountains of Wayne |
"Sky Full of Holes" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Yep Roc, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Himalayan Bear (aka Ryan Beattie of Victoria, B.C.) |
"Hard Times" (Hear here) |
(Absolutely Kosher, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Keb' Mo' |
"The Reflection" (his first album in five years; producer: Keb' Mo'; guests: India.Arie, Vince Gill, Dave Koz, Marcus Miller, Mindi Abair, David T. Walker; See here) |
(Yolabelle International/Ryko/Warner Music Group, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Manraze (Def Leppard's Phil Collen, Sex Pistols' Paul Cook, Girl's Simon Laffy) |
"punkfunkrootsrock" (first single: "Over My Dead Body"; Hear here) |
(Rocket Science, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Puddle of Mudd |
"re:(disc)overed" (all-covers album; producer: Bill Appleberry; first single: a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"; Hear here; Read here) |
(Flawless, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Ximena Sariñana (Mexican singer, songwriter and keyboardist) |
"Ximena Sariñana" (producers: Greg Kurstin, Natalia Lafourcade; first single: "Different"; Hear here) |
(Warner, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Arcade Fire |
"Scenes From the Suburbs [CD/DVD]" (2010 album; with two new songs, "Culture War" and "Speaking in Tongues," feat. David Byrne) |
(Merge, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Calm Blue Sea, The |
"The Calm Blue Sea" (2008 album; with two bonus tracks; Hear here) |
(Modern Outsider, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Sheryl Crow |
"Sheryl Crow Live [DVD]" (Blu-ray) |
(Image, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Heart |
"Heart Live [DVD]" (Blu-ray) |
(Image, Aug. 2, 2011) |
| Jewel |
"Jewel: The Essential Live Songbook [DVD]" (Blu-ray) |
(Image, Aug. 2, 2011) |
MUSIC BOOKS
AUG. 9, 2011
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Afrobeta (Miami-based avant-dance duo) |
"Under the Streets" (first single: "Play House"; Hear/read here) |
(DoIT Music Group, Aug. 9, 2011) |
| Luke Bryan |
"Tailgates & Tanlines" (first single: "Country Girl [Shake It for Me]"; Hear here) |
(Capitol Nashville, Aug. 9, 2011) |
| Gavin DeGraw |
"Sweeter" (producers: Ryan Tedder, Butch Walker, Eric Rosse, Ron Aniello; first single: "Not Over You"; Hear/read here) |
(J, Aug. 9, 2011) |
| Pepper Rabbit |
"Red Velvet Snow Ball" (Hear here) |
(Kanine, Aug. 9, 2011) |
| Scattered Trees |
"Sympathy" (first single: "Four Days Straight"; Hear here) |
(Roll Call/EMI, Aug. 9, 2011) |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
"'Live' Bullet" (1976 album; remastered), "Nine Tonight" (1981 album; remastered, with bonus track "Brave Strangers"; Hear here) |
(Capitol/EMI, Aug. 9, 2011) |
AUG. 16, 2011
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Jeff Bridges |
"Jeff Bridges" (producer: T Bone Burnett; guests: Rosanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Sam Phillips, Benji Hughes; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Blue Note, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Hercules and Love Affair |
"Blue Songs" (producer: Patrick Pulsinger; guests: Kim Ann Foxman, Aerea Negrot, Shaun Wright, Kele Okereke, Mark Pistel; first single: "My House"; Hear/read here) |
(Moshi Moshi, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Scream |
"Scream's Complete Control Sessions [EP]" (punk band's first album since 1993; producers: John Lousteau, Scream; Hear here) |
(SideOneDummy, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Shwayze & Cisco (rap-rock duo) |
"Island in the Sun" (first single: "Butterflies"; Hear here) |
(Suretone, Aug. 16, 2011) |
AUG. 23, 2011
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Active Child (L.A. rock group) |
"You Are All I See" (guest: How To Dress Well; Hear here) |
(Vagrant, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| CSS |
"La Liberación" (guests: Ratatat, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Mike Garson; Hear here) |
(V2/Cooperative Music/Downtown, Aug. 22, 2011) |
| Curtains For You (Seattle quintet) |
"After Nights Without Sleep" (Hear here) |
(Spark & Shine, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Gabe Dixon |
"One Spark" (producer: Marshall Altman; guest: Alison Krauss; Hear here) |
(Fantasy, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Ana Egge |
"Bad Blood" (producer: Steve Earle; guests: Earle, Allison Moorer, Byron Isaacs, Rob Heath, Eleanor Whitmore, Chris Masterson; Hear here) |
(Ammal, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Jane's Addiction |
"The Great Escape Artist" (band's first studio album in eight years; TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek will co-write and play bass; producer: Rich Costey) |
(Capitol, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks |
"Mirror Traffic" (producer: Beck; Hear here; Read here) |
(Matador, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| June & Jean Millington (founding members of Fanny) |
"Play Like a Girl" (Hear here) |
(Fabulous, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Selah |
"Hope of the Broken World" (Hear here) |
(Curb, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Connie Smith |
"Long Line of Heartaches" (country legend's first album of new material in 15 years and only her second since 1978; producer: husband Marty Stuart; Hear here) |
(Sugar Hill, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Dave Stewart |
"The Blackbird Diaries" (producer: Stewart; guests: Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride, Colbie Caillat, The Secret Sisters; Hear here) |
(Weapons of Mass Entertainment/Surfdog/ Razor & Tie, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| 12 Stones |
"Only Human" (producer: Skidd Mills; first single: "Only Human"; Hear here) |
(Executive Music Group/Fontana/ Universal, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| We Are Augustines (Brooklyn trio) |
"Rise Ye Sunken Ships" (first single: "Chapel Song"; Hear here) |
(Oxcart/ADA, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater |
"Midnight Sun" (a collection of love songs from throughout her career; Hear here; Read here) |
(DDB/Emarcy, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Stephin Merritt |
"Obscurities" (14 non-album songs, including five previously unreleased tracks; Hear/read here) |
(Merge, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
"Emerson, Lake & Palmer ... Welcome back my friends: 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert [DVD]" (filmed at the High Voltage Festival on June 25, 2010; See here) |
(Concert One, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Robert Plant |
"Robert Plant's Blue Note [DVD]" |
(Sexy Intellectual/MVD, Aug. 23, 2011) |
| Various artists |
"Blues and the Alligator: The First Twenty Years of Alligator Records [DVD]" (Read here) |
(Gazell/MVD, Aug. 23, 2011) |
AUG. 30, 2011
| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Juliana Hatfield |
"Speeches Delivered to Animals and Plants" (entirely fan-funded via PledgeMusic, with a percentage of funds going to animal shelters; producer: Hatfield; Hear here) |
(Ye Olde/Junketboy, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Tommy Keene |
"Behind the Parade" (Hear here) |
(Second Motion, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Latebirds, The (alt-rock group from Finland) |
"Last of the Good Ol' Days" (two members were formerly in Laika & The Cosmonauts; producer: Jim Scott; guests: Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Minnie Driver, Wilco's Nels Cline; Hear here) |
(Second Motion, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Edwin McCain |
"Mercy Bound" (producer: Maia Sharp; Hear here) |
(429, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Nightwatchman, The (Tom Morello) |
"World Wide Rebel Songs" (first single: "Save the Hammer For the Man"; guest: Ben Harper; Hear here) |
(New West, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
"I'm With You" (their first album in five years; producer: Rick Rubin; Hear here) |
(Warner, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus (father-and-son flamenca guitar and cello players) |
"Barlande" (producer: Bryce Dessner of The National; Hear here; See here) |
(Infiné, Aug. 30, 2011) |
| Ume (female indie-rock trio) |
"Phantoms" (producers: Ume; Hear here) |
(Modern Outsider, Aug. 30, 2011) |
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