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OCT. 5, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Antony and the Johnsons "Swanlights" (Hear here) (Secretly Canadian, Oct. 5, 2010)
Apache Beat "Last Chants" (Hear here) (Babylon/Beverly Martel, Oct. 5, 2010)
Ciara "Basic Instinct" (producers: Ciara, The-Dream, Darkchild, Tricky Stewart; first single: "Ride"; Hear here) (LaFace, Oct. 5, 2010)
Elvis Costello "American Ransom" (producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Read here) (Concord/Hear Music, Oct. 5, 2010)
Roscoe Dash "Ready Set Go!" (guest: Soulja Boy; Hear here) (MMI/Musicline/ Zone4/Interscope, Oct. 5, 2010)
Fefe Dobson "Joy" (producers: David Lichens, Jon Levine, Howard Benson, Bob Ezrin; Hear here; Read here) (Island, Oct. 5, 2010)
Guster "Easy Wonderful" (Hear here; Read here) (Aware/Universal Republic, Oct. 5, 2010)
Fran Healy (of Travis) "Wreckorder" (guests: Paul McCartney, Neko Case; first single: "Buttercups"; Hear here) (Ryko, Oct. 5, 2010)
New Collisions "The Optimist" (producers: Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie; first single: "Dying Alone"; Hear here) (New Collisions, Oct. 5, 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) (RCA, Oct. 5, 2010)
Secret Sisters, The (Alabama duo) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (includes a cover of "Something Stupid"; producer: Dave Cobb; executive producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Read here) (Beladroit/Universal Republic, Oct. 5, 2010)
Corin Tucker (of Sleater-Kinney) (title TBA; Read here) (Kill Rock Stars, Oct. 5, 2010)
Avett Brothers, The "Live, Volume 3" (recorded Aug. 8, 2009, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C.; Read here; DVD) (American/Columbia, Oct. 5, 2010)
Jeffrey Gaines "Jeffrey Gaines" (1992 album; remastered) (HMG Recordings/Select-O, Oct. 5, 2010)
Weezer "Pinkerton: Deluxe Edition" (1996 album; 2 CDs) (Geffen/UMe, Oct. 5, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
David Bowie "Bowie: A Biography [Paperback]" (author: Marc Spitz) (Three Rivers Press, Oct. 5, 2010)
Bob Dylan "Bob Dylan in America [Hardcover]" (author: Sean Wilentz) (Doubleday, Oct. 5, 2010)
Eagles "The Eagles: An American Band [Hardcover]" (author: Andrew Vaughan) (Sterling, Oct. 5, 2010)
Joel Whitburn "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits [Paperback]" (subtitled: "9th Edition: Complete Chart Information about America's Most Popular Songs and Artists, 1955-2009") (Billboard Books, Oct. 5, 2010)

OCT. 12, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Blood Red Shoes "Fire Like This" (producer: Mike Crossey; Hear here) (V2, Oct. 12, 2010)
Breach the Void (formerly Etna) "The Monochromatic Era" (Hear here) (Coroner, Oct. 11, 2010)
Dive Index "The Surface We Divide" (guests: Joseph Arthur, former Ride vocalist Mark Gardener, Cat Martino, Patrick Cooper; Hear here) (Neutral Music, Oct. 12, 2010)
Gram Rabbit "Miracles & Metaphors" (first single: "Candy Flip"; Hear here) (Cobraside Distribution, Oct. 12, 2010)
Idlewild "Post Electric Blues" (album was financed via preorders by fans; Hear here) (Nice Music Group, Oct. 12, 2010)
Postelles, The "The Postelles" (producers: The Postelles, The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr.; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) (Astralwerks/Capitol, Oct. 12, 2010)
Pomegranates "One of Us" (producers: Pomegranates, TJ Lipple of Aloha; Hear here) (Afternoon, Oct. 14, 2010)
Darius Rucker "Charleston, SC 1966" (producer: Frank Rogers; Hear here) (Capitol Nashville, Oct. 12, 2010)
Titan "Sweet Dreams" (Hear here) (Relapse, Oct. 12, 2010)
Working For a Nuclear Free City "The Jojo Tempest Burger" (2 CDs; Hear here) (Melodic, Oct. 12, 2010)
Morrissey "Bona Drag: 20th Anniversary Edition" (1990 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here) (EMI, Oct. 12, 2010)
Ozzy Osbourne "Blizzard of Ozz: 30th Anniversary Edition" (1981 album), "Blizzard of Ozz: Legacy Edition," "Diary of a Madman: 30th Anniversary Edition" (1981 album), "Diary of a Madman: Legacy Edition" (Epic/Legacy, Oct. 12, 2010)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Damn the Torpedoes: Deluxe Edition" (1979 album; remastered, with bonus material) (Geffen/UMe, Oct. 12, 2010)
Robbie Williams "In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010" (2 CDs, 39 tracks, including a new single, "Shame," a duet with Gary Barlow; See here; see DVD version below) (Astralwerks, Oct. 12, 2010)
Robbie Williams "In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010 [DVD]" (Astralwerks, Oct. 12, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Melanie Dunea "My Country: 50 Musicians on God, America & the Songs They Love [Hardcover]" (Rodale Books, Oct. 12, 2010)
Public Enemy Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin': The Authorized Story of Public Enemy [Paperback]" (author: Russell Myrie) (Grove Press, Oct. 12, 2010)
Rick Springfield "Late, Late at Night: A Memoir [Hardcover]" (Touchstone, Oct. 12, 2010)

OCT. 19, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Elton John & Leon Russell "The Union" (featuring songs written by Bernie Taupin; producer: T Bone Burnett; guests: Brian Wilson, Neil Young, Booker T., Robert Randolph, Jim Keltner, Jay Bellerose, Dennis Crouch, Marc Ribot, Keefus Ciancia; Read here) (Decca, Oct. 19, 2010)
Philistines Jr., The "If a Band Plays in the Woods ... ?" (group's first album in nine years; producer: frontman Peter Katis; Hear here) (Tarquin/EmBarque, Oct. 19, 2010)
Senses Fail "The Fire" (producer: Brian McTernan; Hear here; Read here) (Vagrant, Oct. 19, 2010)
Rod Stewart "Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook, Volume V" (Hear here) (J, Oct. 19, 2010)
Sugarland "The Incredible Machine" (producers: Sugarland, Byron Gallimore; first single: "Stuck Like Glue"; Hear here) (Mercury Nashville, Oct. 19, 2010)
Jayhawks, The "Hollywood Town Hall" (1992 album; with five bonus tracks; Vinyl), "Tomorrow the Green Grass: Legacy Edition" (1995 album; disc 1 contains six bonus tracks; disc 2 has 18 previously unreleased "Mystery Demos"; Read here; Vinyl) (American/Legacy, Oct. 19, 2010)
Big Country "Final Fling: Glasgow Barrowlands + Live in Berlin [DVD]" (Classic Studio, Oct. 19, 2010)
Yes "Yes Acoustic [DVD]" (Classic Studio, Oct. 19, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Beatles, The "A Day in the Life of The Beatles [Hardcover]" (author: photographer Don McCullin) (Rizzoli, Oct. 19, 2010)
Steven Tyler "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? [Hardcover]" (Read here) (Ecco, Oct. 19, 2010)

OCT. 26, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Atlantic/Pacific "Meet Your New Love" (producer: Ian Love; Hear here) (No Sleep, Oct. 26, 2010)
Lee DeWyze ("American Idol" season 9 winner) (title TBA) (19 Recordings/RCA, Oct. 26, 2010)
Bryan Ferry "Olympia" (features collaborations with Nile Rodgers, David Gilmour, Groove Armada, Scissor Sisters, Marcus Miller, Flea, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, as well reuniting him with Roxy Music bandmates Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay; first single: "You Can Dance"; Hear here) (Astralwerks, Oct. 26, 2010)
Good Charlotte (new drummer: Dean Butterworth) "Cardiology" (producers: Swift, Nathan Chapman; first single: "Mine"; Hear here) (Capitol, Oct. 26, 2010)
Aaron Neville "I Know I've Been Changed" (Hear here) (EMI Gospel, Oct. 25, 2010)
Taylor Swift "Speak Now" (producers: Swift, Nathan Chapman; first single: "Mine"; Read here) (Big Machine, Oct. 25, 2010)
Jason D. Williams "Killer Instinct" (producer: Todd Snider; guests: Dan Baird, Bobby Bare Jr., Keith Christopher, Richard Leo Johnson, Randy Cox; Hear here) (Rockabilly, Oct. 26, 2010)
Badfinger "Magic Christian Music" (1970 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3), "No Dice" (1970 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3), "Straight Up" (1972 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3), "Ass" (1974 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
Mary Hopkin "Post Card" (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3), "Earth Song, Ocean Song" (1971 album; remastered; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
Jackie Lomax "Is That What You Want?" (1970 album; remastered; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
Modern Jazz Quartet "Under the Jasmine Tree/Space" (1968, 1969 albums on one CD; remastered; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
Billy Preston "That's the Way God Planned It" (1969 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3), "Encouraging Words" (1970 album; remastered; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
John Tavener "The Whale/Celtic Requiem" (1970, 1971 albums on one CD; remastered; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
James Taylor "James Taylor" (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
Doris Troy "Doris Troy" (1970 album; remastered; also available on MP3; Read here) (Apple/EMI, Oct. 26, 2010)
Harry Nilsson "Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? [DVD]" (2006 documentary film features interviews with Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Richard Perry, Robin Williams, etc.; See here; Read here) (Kino International, Oct. 26, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Syd Barrett "A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett [Hardcover]" (author: Rob Chapman) (Da Capo Press, Oct. 26, 2010)
Death Cab for Cutie "Death Cab for Cutie [Hardcover]" (author: Autumn de Wilde) (Chronicle Books, Oct. 27, 2010)
Herbie Hancock "Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album [Paperback]" (author: Steven Pond) (University of Michigan Press, Oct. 28, 2010)
Michael Jackson "Michael Jackson: The Making of 'Thriller': 4 Days/1983 [Hardcover]" (author: Douglas Kirkland) (Filipacchi, Oct. 28, 2010)
Paul McCartney "Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney [Hardcover]" (author: Howard Sounes) (Da Capo Press, Oct. 26, 2010)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History [Hardcover]" (author: Brendan Mullen) (It Books, Oct. 26, 2010)
Keith Richards "Life [Hardcover]" (contributor: James Fox) (Little, Brown and Company, Oct. 26, 2010)

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