Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
Active Child (L.A. rock group) |
“You Are All I See” (guest: How To Dress Well; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Vagrant, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Zee Avi (Malaysian singer-songwriter) |
“Ghostbird” (producer: Mario Caldato Jr.; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Monotone Label/Brushfire/ Universal Republic, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Black Tide (Miami hard rock group) |
“Post Mortem” (first single: “That Fire”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(DGC/Interscope, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Blue Highway |
“Sounds of Home” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Rounder, Aug. 23, 2011) |
CSS |
“La Liberación” (guests: Ratatat, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Mike Garson; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(V2/Cooperative Music/Downtown, Aug. 22, 2011) |
Gabe Dixon |
“One Spark” (producer: Marshall Altman; guest: Alison Krauss; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(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; MP3 Download) |
(Ammal, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Game |
“The R.E.D. Album” (producers: Cool & Dre, Maestro, Kanye West, Timbaland, Pharrell, Polow Da Don, DJ Khalil, etc.; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Interscope, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Indestructible Noise Command |
“Heaven Sent, Hellbound” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Rising, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks |
“Mirror Traffic” (producer: Beck; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Matador, Aug. 23, 2011) |
McClymonts, The (Australian country sister trio) |
“Wrapped Up Good” (producers: Nathan Chapman, Adam Anders; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(BSM Music, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Moreland & Arbuckle (Wichita-based roots rockers) |
“Just a Dream” (guest: Steve Cropper; first single: “Purgatory”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Telarc, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Nero (U.K. dubstep duo) |
“Welcome Reality” (Hear here) |
(U.K. – MTA/Mercury, Aug. 22, 2011) |
Retox |
“Ugly Animals” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Three One G/Ipecac Recordings, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Selah |
“Hope of the Broken World” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(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; MP3 Download) |
(Sugar Hill, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Dave Stewart |
“The Blackbird Diaries” (producer: Stewart; guests: Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride, Colbie Caillat, The Secret Sisters; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Weapons of Mass Entertainment/Surfdog/ Razor & Tie, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Barbra Streisand |
“What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman” (Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Columbia, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Sunny Sweeney |
“Concrete” (producer: Brett Beavers; new single: “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Republic Nashville, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Various artists |
“Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute” (2 CDs, 28 songs; contributors: Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, The Grascals, Tony Rice, Dailey & Vincent, The Bluegrass Album Band, Blue Highway, etc.; MP3 Download) |
(Rounder, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Various artists |
“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse [TV soundtrack]” (songs from and inspired by the Disney series, including the theme song by They Might Be Giants; MP3 Download) |
(Walt Disney, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Various artists |
“The Muppets: The Green Album” (covers of Muppets-related songs by a variety of artists, from OK Go to Weezer; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Walt Disney, Aug. 23, 2011) |
Various artists |
“Platinum Hit — The Winning Songs: Season One [TV soundtrack]” (Sonyae Elise won the Bravo reality series, hosted by Kara DioGuardi and Jewel; MP3 Download) |
(RCA, Aug. 23, 2011) |
We Are Augustines (Brooklyn trio) |
“Rise Ye Sunken Ships” (first single: “Chapel Song”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Oxcart/ADA, Aug. 23, 2011) |