| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Rodney Atkins |
“Take a Back Road” (producer: Ted Hewitt; first single: “Take a Back Road”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Curb, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| George Benson |
“Guitar Man” (Hear here; Read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Concord Jazz, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Blessthefall |
“Awakening” (producer: Michael “Elvis” Baskette; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Fearless, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Chicago |
“Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three” (producer: Phil Ramone; guests: Dolly Parton, Steve Cropper, Bebe Winans; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Chicago, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| David Crowder*Band |
“Oh For Joy” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(sixstepsrecords/ Sparrow, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Death in Vegas |
“Trans-Love Energies” (their first album in seven years; Hear here) |
(U.K. – Drone, Oct. 3, 2011) |
| DJ Shadow |
“The Less You Know, the Better” (producer: DJ Shadow; guests: Tom Vek, Talib Kweli, Little Dragon, Posdnuos; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Verve Forecast, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Dreamers of the Ghetto |
“Enemy/Lover” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Temporary Residency Ltd., Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Emperor X |
“Western Teleport” (Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Bar/None, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Feist |
“Metals” (producers: Feist, Chilly Gonzalez, Mocky, Valgeir Siggurdsson; first single: “How Come You Never Go There”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Cherrytree/Interscope, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Merle Haggard |
“Working in Tennessee” (guests: Willie Nelson, Ben Haggard, Theresa Haggard; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Vanguard, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Indigo Girls |
“Beauty Queen Sister” (producer: Peter Collins; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(IG Recordings/Vanguard, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Jack’s Mannequin |
“People and Things” (first single: “My Racing Thoughts”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Warner, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Ronan Keating & Burt Bacharach |
“When Ronan Met Burt” (recorded live with a full orchestra; released in the U.K. in March 2011; producers: Bacharach, Greg Wells; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Decca, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Lang Lang |
“Liszt: My Piano Hero” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Sony Classical, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Lights (Canadian musician Valerie Anne Poxleitner) |
“Siberia” (producers: Tawgs Salter, Holy Fuck; first single: “Toes”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Last Gang, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Mayday Parade (Tallahassee rock band) |
“Mayday Parade” (producers: Zack Odom, Kenneth Mount; new single: “When You See My Friends”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Fearless/Mayday Parade, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Paul McCartney |
“Paul McCartney’s Ocean’s Kingdom” (his first orchestral score for dance, commissioned by the New York City Ballet; conducted by John Wilson, produced by John Fraser and performed by The London Classical Orchestra; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Hear Music/Telarc, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Scott McCreery (“American Idol” season 10 winner) |
“Clear As Day” (producer: Mark Bright; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Mercury Nashville/19 Recordings/Interscope, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Misfits |
“The Devil’s Rain” (their first full-length of new material in nearly a decade; producer: Ed Stasium; Hear here) |
(Misfits, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| James Morrison |
“The Awakening” (producer: Bernard Butler; Hear here; See here) |
(U.K. – Island, Oct. 3, 2011) |
| Mutemath |
“Odd Soul” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Teleprompt/Warner, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| New Found Glory |
“Radiosurgery” (producer: Neal Avron; first single: “Radiosurgery”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Epitaph, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Radical Face (aka indie pop-folk artist Ben Cooper) |
“The Family Tree: The Roots” (first single: “Pound of Flesh”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Bear Machine, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Real Nasty, The (Oakland power trio) |
“Dirty Dollars [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) |
(Ninth Street Opus, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Bess Rogers |
“Out of the Ocean [MP3 Download]” (producer: Chris Kuffner; Hear here) |
(Hubbub!, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| S.C.U.M (London post-punk/art rock group) |
“Again Into Eyes” (new single: “Whitechapel”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Mute, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Wayne Static (of Static-X) |
“Pighammer” (first single: “Assassins of Youth”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Dirthouse, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| tobyMac |
“Christmas in Diverse City” (includes “Christmas This Year,” with Leigh Nash; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Forefront/EMI, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Transit (Boston pop-punk band) |
“Listen & Forgive” (producer: Gary Cioffi; guest: Patrick Stump; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Rise, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Dwight Twilley |
“Soundtrack” (guests: Susan Cowsill, Taylor Hanson; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Varese Sarabande/Fontana, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From the Television Series” (featuring tracks from Bob Dylan, Train, Goo Goo Dolls, The Swell Season, Switchfoot, Jimmy Cliff, Ziggy Marley, Jake Shimabukuro, etc.) |
(CBS, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams” (Bob Dylan’s all-star project of completing unfinished Williams songs; contributors: Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Alan Jackson, Norah Jones, Merle Haggard, Jakob Dylan, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Jack White, Lucinda Williams, Levon Helm, Patty Loveless, Holly Williams; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Egyptian/Columbia, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas” (Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Rhino, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Matthew West |
“The Heart of Christmas” (guests: Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Mandisa; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Sparrow, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Hayley Westenra/Ennio Morricone |
“Paradiso” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Decca, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| We Were Promised Jetpacks. (indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland) |
“In the Pit of the Stomach” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(FatCat, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Zucchero |
“Chocabeck” (producers: Don Was, Brendan O’Brien, Zucchero; includes English lyrics by Bono, Iggy Pop and Roland Orzabal; guest: Brian Wilson; Hear here; Italian version; MP3 Download) |
(Decca, Oct. 4, 2011) |
