Published on March 27th, 2012 | by Gerry Galipault
0March 27, 2012
New stuff
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Adestria (San Diego rock group) | “Chapters” (producer: Nick Sampson; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie, March 26, 2012) |
Clay Aiken | “Steadfast” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Decca, March 26, 2012) |
All-American Rejects, The | “Kids in the Street” (producer: Greg Wells; first single: “Beekeeper’s Daughter”; Hear here) | (Interscope, March 26, 2012) |
Alter Bridge | “Live at Wembley” (recorded on Nov. 29, 2011, and shot in HD and 3D; See here; Blu-ray) | (The Dude Films/EMI, March 26, 2012) |
Anberlin | “Dancing Between the Fibers of Time” (producer: Aaron Sprinkle; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Tooth & Nail, March 26, 2012) |
Felix Cartal (Vancouver beatsmith) | “Different Faces [MP3 Download]” (new single: “Black to White,” feat. Miss Palmer; Hear here; Hear here) | (Dim Mak, March 27, 2012) |
Caveman | “CoCo Beware” (producer: Nick Stumpf; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Fat Possum, March 26, 2012) |
Chemical Brothers, The | “The Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think [CD/DVD/Book]” (concert movie; Hear here) | (Astralwerks, March 26, 2012) |
Cowboy Junkies | “Wilderness” (final disc in their “Nomad Series”; Read here) | (Razor & Tie, March 26, 2012) |
Amy Dalley | “Coming Out of the Pain” (producers: Dalley, husband Jack Sizemore of Jason Aldean’s band; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rock Ridge Music, March 27, 2012) |
Mac DeMarco (formerly Makeout Videotape) | “Rock and Roll Night Club” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Captured Tracks, March 27, 2012) |
Dev | “The Night the Sun Came Up [MP3 Download]” (producers: The Cataracs; new single: “Naked,” featuring Enrique Iglesias; Hear here; See here) | (Indie-Pop/Universal Republic, March 26, 2012) |
Justin Townes Earle | “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel Me Now” (first single: “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Bloodshot, March 26, 2012) |
Flying Colors (Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue, Casey McPherson, Neal Morse and Steve Morse) | “Flying Colors” (producer: Peter Collins; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Provogue, March 26, 2012) |
God Forbid | “Equilibrium” (producers: Mark Lewis, Jason Suecof; first single: “Don’t Tell Me What To Dream”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Victory, March 26, 2012) |
Macy Gray | “Covered” (covers of Metallica, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, etc.; producer: Hal Willner; first single: “Here Comes the Rain Again”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (429, March 26, 2012) |
Iron Maiden | “En Vivo!” (recorded/filmed on April 10, 2011, at the Estadio Nacional, Santiago during the “The Final Frontier World Tour”; Read here; DVD; Blu-ray; Steel Box; MP3 Download) | (Universal, March 26, 2012) |
July A.D. | “In Black [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Deccagone, March 27, 2012) |
La Sera (Vivian Girls bassist Katy Goodman) | “Sees the Light” (producers: Rob Barbato of Darker My Love; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Hardly Art, March 26, 2012) |
Madonna | “MDNA [Deluxe edition]” (first single: “Give Me All Your Luvin'”; Read here; Single CD) | (Live Nation/Interscope, March 26, 2012) |
Mars Volta, The | “Noctourniquet” (producer: singer-guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Warner, March 27, 2012) |
Meshuggah (Swedish extreme metal band) | “Koloss [CD/DVD]” (producers: Meshuggah; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Nuclear Blast America, March 27, 2012) |
Miike Snow (Swedish indie pop band) | “Happy to You” (producers: Miike Snow; first single: “Paddling Out”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Downtown/Columbia, March 26, 2012) |
Ministry | “Relapse” (group’s first album of original material since 2007; first single: “Double Tap”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (13th Planet, March 26, 2012) |
Modern Day Escape | “Under the Gun” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Standby, March 26, 2012) |
Marisa Monte (Brazilian superstar) | “O Que Vocâ Quer Saber De Verdade (‘What You Really Want to Know’)” (her first album in six years; producers: Monte, Dadi; Hear here) | (Blue Note, March 26, 2012) |
My Darkest Days | “Sick and Twisted Affair” (producer: Joey Moi; first single: “Casual Sex”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Mercury, March 26, 2012) |
Britt Nicole (Christian pop-rock singer) | “Gold” (producers: Chris Stevens, Dan Muckala; first single: “All This Time”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Sparrow, March 26, 2012) |
Oberhofer | “Time Capsules II” (producer: Steve Lillywhite; first single: “Heart”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Glassnote, March 26, 2012) |
Joan Osborne | “Bring It On Home” (covers of vintage blues, R&B and soul songs; producers: Osborne, Jack Petruzzelli; first single: “Shake Your Hips”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Saguaro Road, March 27, 2012) |
BTW: Track list – “I Don’t Need No Doctor,” “Bring It on Home,” “Roll Like a Big Wheel,” “Game of Love,” “Broken Wing,” “Shoorah! Shoorah!,” “I Want to Be Loved,” ” Same Love that Made Me Laugh,” “Shake Your Hips,” “I’m Qualified,” “Champagne and Wine,” “Rhymes.”
Overkill | “The Electric Age” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (eOne Music, March 26, 2012) |
Races | “Year of the Witch” (first single: “Big Broom”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Frenchkiss, March 27, 2012) |
Marty Raybon | “Hand to the Plow” (producer: Mark Carman; first single: “I’ve Seen What He Can Do”; Hear here) | (Rural Rhythm Christian, March 26, 2012) |
Lionel Richie | “Tuskegee” (country duets album, featuring Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Darius Rucker, etc.; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Island Def Jam, March 26, 2012) |
Rocket Juice & the Moon (Damon Albarn, Flea and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen) | “Rocket Juice & the Moon” (guests: Erykah Badu, Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest, Cheick Tidiane Seck; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Honest Jon’s, March 27, 2012) |
Rusko | “Songs” (first single: “Somebody to Love”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Mad Decent/Downtown, March 26, 2012) |
Shinedown | “Amaryllis” (producer: Rob Cavallo; first single: “Bully”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Atlantic, March 27, 2012) |
Sidewalk Prophets | “Live Like That” (producer: Ian Eskelin; first single: “Live Like That”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Fervent, March 27, 2012) |
Slow Club | “The Dog [MP3 Download]” (three-song EP; Hear here) | (moshi moshi, March 27, 2012) |
Josh Tatum | “Everything [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Everything I Need”; Hear here) | (Hideaway Entertainment, March 26, 2012) |
THEESatisfaction (Seattle hip-hop duo) | “awE naturalE” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Sub Pop, March 27, 2012) |
3 Inches of Blood | “Long Live Heavy Metal” (producer: Terry “sho” Murray; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Century Media, March 26, 2012) |
Used, The | “Vulnerable” (producer: John Feldmann; first single: “I Come Alive”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Hopeless, March 27, 2012) |
Various artists | “Great Gypsy Soul” (two-CD all-star tribute to Tommy Bolin; Read here; Hear/see here; MP3 Download) | (429, March 26, 2012) |
Paul Weller | “Sonik Kicks” (guests: Noel Gallagher, Graham Coxon; first single: “Around the Lake”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Yep Roc, March 27, 2012) |
Wretched | “Son of Perdition” (producer: Jamie King; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Victory, March 26, 2012) |
Young Prisms | “In Between [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Floating in Blue”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Kanine, March 27, 2012) |
Reissues
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Frankie Avalon | “Muscle Beach Party: The United Artists Sessions” (20 songs) | (Real Gone Music, March 27, 2012) |
LaVerne Baker | “The U.S. Singles Collection 1953-1961 [MP3 Download]” (54 tracks) | (Ideal Music, March 26, 2012) |
Billy Bragg & Wilco | “Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions [CD/DVD]” (1998 album; remastered, with bonus material; three CDs, one DVD) | (Nonesuch, March 27, 2012) |
Chicago | “Hot Streets: Expanded Edition” (1978 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Rhino, March 27, 2012) |
Coasters, The | “The U.S. Singles Collection 1954-1961 [MP3 Download]” (49 tracks) | (Ideal Music, March 26, 2012) |
Eddie Cochran | “The U.K. Singles Collection 1957-1961 [MP3 Download]” (26 tracks) | (Ideal Music, March 26, 2012) |
Hawk Nelson | “The Songs You’ve Already Heard: Best of Hawk Nelson” (15 songs; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (BEC Recordings, March 26, 2012) |
Howlin’ Wolf | “Message to the Young” (1971 album; remastered; Vinyl) | (Get On Down, March 27, 2012) |
Alan Jackson | “Precious Memories” (2006 album; MP3 Download) | (EMI Records Nashville, March 27, 2012) |
Greg Kihn Band | “Best of Beserkley ’75-’84 [MP3 Download]” (21 tracks; CD) | (Riot, March 27, 2012) |
Gerry Mulligan Sextet | “Legends Live: Gerry Mulligan Sextet: Liederhalle Stuttgart, November 22, 1977” (Read here; MP3 Download) | (Jazzhaus, March 27, 2012) |
Katy Perry | “Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection” (2010 album; with three new songs, including “Part of Me”; MP3 Download) | (Capitol, March 27, 2012) |
Quiet Riot | “Live! at the US Festival 1983 [CD/DVD]” (previously unreleased performance; See here) | (Shout! Factory, March 26, 2012) |
Rick Springfield | “Beginnings” (1972 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, March 26, 2012) |
Tubes, The | “Now/Young and Rich” (1977, 1976 albums; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, March 26, 2012) |
Moe Tucker | “I Feel So Far Away: Anthology 1974-1998” (two CDs, 32 songs; Vinyl) | (Sundazed, March 26, 2012) |
Various artists | “LateNightTales: Belle and Sebastian (Volume 2)” (26 songs; a mixture of the group’s favorite songs by other artists; includes a new Belle and Sebastian version of the Primitives’ “Crash”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (LateNightTales, March 26, 2012) |
DVD/Blu-ray
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Humphrey Bogart | “Casablanca: 70th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray/DVD]” (1942 film) | (Warner, March 27, 2012) |
Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner | “The Bodyguard [Blu-ray]” (1992 film) | (Warner, March 27, 2012) |
Frank Sinatra | “Come Blow Your Horn [DVD]” (1963 film; Blu-ray) | (Olive Films, March 27, 2012) |
Music Books
Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
Dave Thompson | “Hearts of Darkness: James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and the Unlikely Rise of the Singer-Songwriter [Hardcover]” (See here) | (Backbeat, March 27, 2012) |