| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Blue October |
“Any Man in America” (first single: “The Chills”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Up/Down, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Bottle Rockets, The |
“Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With the Bottle Rockets” (recorded at the historic Lucas School House in St. Louis; Hear here) |
(Bloodshot, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Jeff Bridges |
“Jeff Bridges” (producer: T Bone Burnett; guests: Rosanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Sam Phillips, Benji Hughes; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Blue Note, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Guy Clark |
“Songs and Stories” (23 songs; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Dualtone, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Cut Off Your Hands (indie pop band from New Zealand) |
“Hollow” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Frenchkiss, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band |
“Don’t Wait for the Hearse to Take You to Church” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Rural Rhythm, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| The Duke & The King (fronted by ex-Felice Brother Simone Felice) |
“The Duke & The King” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(So Recordings, 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; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Moshi Moshi, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Jewel |
“The Merry Goes ‘Round” (16 family-friendly songs, including four originals; Hear here) |
(Fisher-Price/Somerset Entertainment, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Natalia Kills (U.K. singer-songwriter) |
“Perfectionist” (producers: Akon, Jeff Bhasker, “The-Ron” Feemster, Fernando Garibay, Martin “Cherry Cherry Boom Boom” Kierszenbaum, Giorgio Tuinfort; guest: will.i.am.; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Cherrytree/Kon Live/Interscope, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Ana Popovic |
“Unconditional” (producer: John Porter; guests: Sonny Landreth, Jason Ricci; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Eclecto Groove, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Margo Rey |
“Let the Rain [MP3 Download]” (first single, co-written with John Oates; Hear here) |
(Organica Music Group, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Scream |
“Scream’s Complete Control Sessions [Vinyl EP]” (punk band’s first album since 1993; producers: John Lousteau, Scream; Hear here) |
(SideOneDummy, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Sly Stone |
“I’m Back! Family & Friends” (his first album since 1982 features reworkings of his hits, plus three previously unreleased tracks including “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”; guests: Jeff Beck, Ray Manzarek, Ann Wilson, Johnny Winter, Bootsy Collins, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Cleopatra, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“One Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3 Download]” (Anne Hathaway-Jim Sturgess movie opens Aug. 19; includes “Sparkling Day,” a new song by Elvis Costello; Hear here; See here; CD, out Sept. 6) |
(Hip-O/UMe, Aug. 16, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“We Remember Gregory Isaacs” (two-CD tribute album, featuring Tarrus Riley, Etana, Romain Virgo, J Boog, Gyptian and Duane Stephenson; Hear here) |
(VP, Aug. 16, 2011) |
