"Red Velvet Car" (their first album since 2004's "Jupiter's Darling"; producer: Ben Mink; singles: "WTF" and "Hey You"; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download)
(Legacy Recordings, Aug. 31, 2010)
Roy Jay
"Fairfax Avenue" (guests: Counting Crows guitarist David Immergluck, Rob Wasserman; Hear here)
(Rock Ridge Music, Aug. 31, 2010)
Lyfe Jennings
"I Still Believe" (producers: T-Minus, Jennings; guests: Fabolous, Bobby V, Ludacris, Anthony Hamilton, Jazmine Sullivan, etc.; single: "Statistics"; Hear here)
(Asylum/Warner, Aug. 31, 2010)
Jenny and Johnny (Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis and boyfriend Johnathan Rice)
"Terrible Things" (group features ex-Taking Back Sunday Fred Mascherino, Josh Eppard of Coheed and Cambria and Hot Rod Circuit' sAndy Jackson; producer: Jason Elgin; Hear here; MP3 Download)
(Universal Motown, Aug. 31, 2010)
Richard Thompson
"Dream Attic" (producers: Thompson, Simon Tassano; guests: Pete Zorn, Michael Jerome, Taras Prodaniuk, Joel Zifkin; Hear here)
"September of My Years" (1965 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks - a live version of "This Is All I Ask" and an alternate version of "How Old Am I?"; MP3 Download)
"The Best of Soul Train [DVD]" (3-disc set marks the show's 40th anniversary, featuring performances by Aretha Franklin, Sly & The Family Stone, The Isley Brothers, The O'Jays, Bill Withers, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, etc.; See here; Read here; 1 DVD)
(Time Life, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists
"Legends of the Canyon [DVD]" (subtitled "The Music and Magic of 1960s Laurel Canyon," featuring Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Mamas & the Papas, Buffalo Springfield, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds, Neil Young, America; See here)
Highlights: New stuff - Anberlin ... Bachman & Turner ... Sara Bareilles ... Helmet ... Interpol ... Brendan James ... Jukebox the Ghost ... Jerry Lee Lewis ... Megadeth ... Robyn ... The SteelDrivers ... Stone Sour ... T.I. ... KT Tunstall ... 2AM Club ... Yaz ... Pete Yorn ... etc.; old stuff - Johnny Burnette ... Dick Dale ... Smokey Robinson ... Todd Rundgren ... Allan Sherman ... Frank Sinatra ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Accept ... The Black Angels ... The Charlatans ... Cloud Cult ... Justin Townes Earle ... Brandon Flowers ... Cas Haley ... Jamey Johnson ... Joey+Rory ... Kristine W ... Josiah Leming ... Linkin Park ... Olivia Newton-John ... Of Montreal ... Robert Plant ... Mavis Staples ... 2AM Club ... Underworld ... Weezer ... etc.; old stuff - James Brown ... Leonard Cohen ... Hothouse Flowers ... Pantera ... Queensrÿche ... Ike & Tina Turner ... Tracey Ullman ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Zac Brown Band ... John Carter Cash ... Paula Cole ... Sharon Corr ... Billy Currington ... Michael Franti & Spearhead ... John Legend & The Roots ... Maroon 5 ... Methods of Mayhem ... Santana ... Swans ... etc.; old stuff - James Brown ... Cheech & Chong ... Carl Wilson ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Bad Religion ... Black Anvil ... Kenny Chesney ... Eric Clapton ... Lloyd Cole ... Edwyn Collins ... Phil Collins ... The Doobie Brothers ... Ben Folds & Nick Hornby ... Gin Blossoms ... Ice Cube ... Ingram Hill ... Jimmy Eat World ... The Lonely Forest ... Raul Malo ... Manic Street Preachers ... Liza Minnelli ... New Medicine ... OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) ... The Posies ... Mark Ronson and The Business Intl ... Kenny Wayne Shepherd ... T.I. ... Lizz Wright ... Yaz ... Pete Yorn ... Neil Young ... etc.; old stuff - David Bowie ... Duran Duran ... Peter Gabriel ... Curtis Mayfield ... Night Ranger ... UFO ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - David Archuleta ... Bring Me the Horizon ... Ciara ... Charmaine Clamor ... Roscoe Dash ... Finger Eleven ... Donavon Frankenreiter ... The Gay Blades ... Guster ... Fran Healey ... Toby Keith ... Logan ... Middle Class Rut ... The Secret Sisters ... KT Tunstall ... etc.; old stuff - The Avett Brothers ... Bone Brothers ... John Lennon ... George Michael ... Soundgarden ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Devon Allman's Honeytribe ... Antony and the Johnsons ... Arson Anthem ... Belle and Sebastian ... Big Time Rush ... Breach the Void ... Idlewild ... Meat Beat Manifesto ... Old 97's ... The Postelles ... Darius Rucker ... Simian Mobile Disco ... Titan ... Dar Williams ... Working For a Nuclear Free City ... etc.; old stuff - a-ha ... Syd Barrett ... Johnny Cash ... Bob Dylan ... Julio Iglesias ... The Isley Brothers ... Janis Joplin ... Barry Manilow ... Ronnie Milsap ... Molly Hatchet ... Morrissey ... Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ... Elvis Presley ... Jessica Simpson ... Stevie Ray Vaughan ... Robbie Williams ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Elton John/Leon Russell ... Kings of Leon ... Dave Koz ... Ne-Yo ... William Orbit ... Plain White T's ... Senses Fail ... Rod Stewart ... Sugarland ... etc.; old stuff - The Beatles ... Brick ... Bob Dylan ... The Jayhawks ... Elvis Presley ... Ravi Shankar & George Harrison ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Marsha Ambrosius ... Marshall Chapman ... Bryan Ferry ... Kid Cudi ... Aaron Neville ... Prefab Sprout ... Taylor Swift ... Jason D. Williams ... Keller Williams ... etc.; old stuff - Badfinger ... Ray Charles ... Crowded House ... Falco ... Mary Hopkin ... Jefferson Airplane ... Jackie Lomax ... Modern Jazz Quartet ... Billy Preston ... John Tavener ... James Taylor ... Doris Troy ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Jason Aldean ... Black Dub ... Mariah Carey ... Elvis Costello ... Jeff Dunham ... Good Charlotte ... Jamiroquai ... Huey Lewis and The News ... Kelly Rowland ... Tank ... etc.; old stuff - Jimi Hendrix ... Norah Jones ... Paul McCartney & Wings ... Weezer ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Anita Baker ... The Concretes ... Julianne Hough ... Reba McEntire ... Shonen Knife ... Times of Grace ... Underoath ... Cassandra Wilson ... etc.; old stuff - Bon Jovi ... Elvis Presley ... etc.
Highlights: New stuff - Lee DeWyze ... Kid Rock ... Nelly ... Rascal Flatts ... Chris Tomlin ... Kanye West ... etc.; old stuff - Bee Gees ... Neville Brothers ... Stereolab ... etc.
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