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AUG. 31, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
American Bang "American Bang" (producer: Bob Rock; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Reprise, Aug. 31, 2010)
Kyle Andrews "Kangaroo [EP]" (six songs, including "You Always Make Me Smile" from Holiday Inn's "Stay You" campaign; Hear here) (Elephant Lady, Aug. 31, 2010)
Atom Smash "Love Is in the Missile" (producer: Paul Trust; first single: "Do Her Wrong"; Hear here) (Jive, Aug. 31, 2010)
Bobby Bare Jr. "A Storm — A Tree — My Mother's Head" (producers: Bare, David Vandervelde; Hear here; Read here) (Bloodshot, Aug. 31, 2010)
Doug Benson "Hypocritical Oaf [CD/DVD]" (recorded live on April 20 at the Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis; Read here; MP3 Download) (Comedy Central, Aug. 31, 2010)
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses "Junky Star" (producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Vinyl) (Lost Highway, Aug. 31, 2010)
Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket guitarist) "All Birds Say" (Hear here) (ATO, Aug. 31, 2010)
Dillon Campbell (son of Glen Campbell) "Save Yourself [MP3 Download]" (four-song EP; Hear/read here) (Silver Zipper, Aug. 31, 2010)
Comeback Kid "Symptoms + Cures" (producers: Eric Ratz, Kenny Luong; first single: "Do Yourself a Favor"; Hear here) (Victory, Aug. 31, 2010)
Contortionist, The "Exoplanet!" (producer: Unearth's Ken Susi; Hear here) (Good Fight Music, Aug. 31, 2010)
Devil's Brigade (Rancid's Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong with X's DJ Bonebrake) "Devil's Brigade" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Hellcat/Epitaph, Aug. 31, 2010)
Micky Dolenz "King for a Day" (covers of Carole King-penned songs; producer: Jeff Foskett; Hear here; Read here) (Gigatone Entertainment, Aug. 31, 2010)
Fabolous "There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music Mixtape" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Def Jam, Aug. 31, 2010)
Film School "Fission" (producer: frontman Greg Bertens; first single: "When I'm Yours"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Hi-Speed Soul, Aug. 31, 2010)
Goo Goo Dolls "Something for the Rest of Us" (producer: Tim Palmer; Hear here) (Warner, Aug. 31, 2010)
Jarrod Gorbel (formerly of The Honorary Title) "Devil's Made a New Friend" (producer: Blake Sennett; first single: "I'll Do Better"; Hear here) (Gorbel Music/Burning House, Aug. 31, 2010)
Heart "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) "I'm Having Fun Now" (first single: "Big Wave"; Hear here; Vinyl, with bonus CD) (Warner, Aug. 31, 2010)
Sammy Kershaw "Better Than I Used to Be" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Rocket Science, Aug. 31, 2010)
Klaxons "Surfing the Void" (producer: Ross Robinson; Hear here; Read here) (U.K. - Polydor, Aug. 30, 2010)
McGuffey Lane "10" (Hear here) (Lick, Aug. 31, 2010)
Molice "Catalystrock [MP3 Download]" (English version of album released in Japan, with two bonus tracks; Hear/read here) (Good Charamel, Aug. 31, 2010 - label founded by Goo Goo Dolls' Robby Takac)
Murderdolls "Women and Children Last" (first single: "My Dark Place Alone"; Hear here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download) (Roadrunner, Aug. 31, 2010)
Papa Roach "Time For Annihilation ... On the Road and On the Record" (producer: David Bendeth; first single: "Kick in the Teeth"; Hear here) (Eleven Seven Music, Aug. 31, 2010)
Philip Selway (Radiohead drummer) "Familial" (guests: Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg, Glenn Kotche, Patrick Sansone; Hear here; Vinyl/CD) (Nonesuch, Aug. 31, 2010)
Portico Quartet "Isla" (producer: John Leckie; Hear here; See here) (Real World, Aug. 31, 2010)
Rabbit! "Connect the Dots" (Hear here) (Rock Salt Songwriters, Aug. 31, 2010)
Calvin Richardson "America's Most Wanted" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (NuMo/Shanachie, Aug. 31, 2010)
Stan Ridgway "Neon Mirage" (guests: Dave Alvin, Pietra Wexstun, Ralph Carney, Rick King, the late Amy Farris; Hear here; Read here) (A440, Aug. 31, 2010)
Amanda Shaw "Good Southern Girl" (includes covers of Sam Cooke's "That's It I Quit" and Jefferson Starship's "Git Fiddle"; producer: Trina Shoemaker; Hear here) (Poorman Mayfield Music Group, Aug. 31, 2010)
Shonen Knife "Free Time [MP3 Download]" (English version of album released in Japan, with two bonus tracks; Hear/read here; see related reissue below) (Good Charamel, Aug. 31, 2010)
Sahara Smith "Myth of the Heart" (overseen by T Bone Burnett and producer Emile Kelman; Hear here; See here) (Playing in Traffic, Aug. 31, 2010)
Stereoside "Stereoside" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Bieler Bros., Aug. 31, 2010)
Street Dogs "Street Dogs" (producers: bassist Johnny Rioux, Rick Barton; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Hellcat/Epitaph, Aug. 31, 2010)
10 Years "Feeding the Wolves" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "Shoot It Out"; Hear here; Deluxe edition) (Universal Republic, Aug. 31, 2010)
Terrible Things "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) (Shout! Factory, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Music from the Original FX Series [MP3 Download]" (19 tracks) (Extreme Music, Sept. 1, 2010)
Various artists "NOW That's What I Call Music! 35" (20 tracks; MP3 Download) (EMI, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists "Sondheim on Sondheim [Original Broadway cast recording]" (featuring Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and Tom Wopat; 2 CDs; Hear here) (PS Classics, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists "Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is ... Awesome! Volume 2" (Filter U.S., Aug. 31, 2010)
Kirk Whalum "Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway" (guests: Lalah Hathaway, Musiq Soulchild, Rick Braun, Jeff Golub, Christian McBride, Robert Randolph; MP3 Download) (Rendezvous, Aug. 31, 2010)
Weepies, The "Be My Thrill" (first single: "I Was Made For Sunny Days"; Hear here; Read here) (Nettwerk, Aug. 31, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
ABBA "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Polydor/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Bryan Adams "Icon" (12-song best-of) (A&M/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Patti Austin "Every Home Should Have One" (1981 album; includes "Baby, Come to Me"; remastered) (Friday Music/Ryko, Aug. 31, 2010)
Erykah Badu "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Bay City Rollers "The Greatest Hits" (21 tracks) (U.K. - Sony, Aug. 30, 2010)
James Brown "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Polydor/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Johnny Cash "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Mercury Nashville/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Patsy Cline "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (MCA Nashville/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Cranberries "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Island/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Culture Club "Greatest Hits [CD/DVD]" (U.K. - Virgin, Aug. 30, 2010)
Miles Davis "Bitches Brew: Legacy Edition" (1970 album; remastered; 2 CDs plus DVD; MP3 Download), "Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition" (3 CDs, with DVD and 180-gram double gatefold vinyl) (Columbia/Legacy, Aug. 31, 2010)
Neil Diamond "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Geffen/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Gloria Estefan "The Essential Gloria Estefan 3.0" (3 CDs) (Sony Legacy, Aug. 31, 2010)
Marvin Gaye "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Vince Gill "Icon" (12-song best-of) (MCA Nashville/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Hoobastank "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Island/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Janet Jackson "Icon: Number Ones" (12-song best-of) (A&M/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Jackson 5, The "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Etta James "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Geffen/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Rick James "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
France Joli "Witch of Love" (1985 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) (Gold Legion, Aug. 30, 2010)


KISS "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (Mercury/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Gladys Knight & The Pips "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Patti LaBelle "The Essential Patti LaBelle 3.0" (3 CDs) (Sony Legacy, Aug. 31, 2010)
Gerald Levert "The Best of Gerald Levert" (17 tracks; MP3 Download) (Rhino, Aug. 31, 2010)
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (Geffen/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
MFSB "Philadelphia Freedom/Summertime" (1975, 1976 albums on 2 CDs; remastered) (U.K. - Edsel, Aug. 30, 2010)
Motörhead "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Sanctuary/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Nirvana "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Geffen/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Buck Owens "All-Time Greatest Hits" (Time Life, Aug. 31, 2010)
Smokey Robinson "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Vicki Sue Robinson "Movin' On" (1979 album; remastered) (Gold Legion, Aug. 30, 2010)
Diana Ross & The Supremes "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Rush "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Mercury/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Crispian St. Peters "Follow Me" (1966 album, including "The Pied Piper"; remastered, with six bonus tracks) (U.K. - Decca, Aug. 30, 2010)
Boz Scaggs "Moments: Deluxe Edition" (1971 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks), "Other Roads: Deluxe Edition" (1988 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) (Friday Music/Ryko, Aug. 31, 2010)
Shonen Knife "fun! fun! fun! [MP3 Download]" (2007 English version of album released in Japan; Hear/read here) (Good Charamel, Aug. 31, 2010 - label founded by Goo Goo Dolls' Robby Takac)
Simon & Garfunkel "The Essential Simon & Garfunkel 3.0" (3 CDs) (Sony Legacy, Aug. 31, 2010)
Joyce Sims "Come Into My Life: The Very Best of Joyce Sims" (2 CDs, 27 tracks) (Warlock, Aug. 31, 2010)
Frank Sinatra "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) (Concord, Aug. 31, 2010)
Rod Stewart "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Mercury/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Styx "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (A&M/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Temptations, The "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (Motown/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Three Dog Night "Icon" (12-song best-of) (Geffen/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists "I Love J-Rock [MP3 Download]" (10-song compilation of Japanese female-fronted rock bands, led by Shonen Knife; CD due Nov. 9; Hear here) (Good Charamel, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists "Salsa: A Musical History [Box set]" (4 CDs, 56 tracks) (Fania, Aug. 31, 2010)
Hezekiah Walker "The Essential Hezekiah Walker 3.0" (3 CDs) (Sony Legacy, Aug. 31, 2010)
Don Williams "Icon" (2-CD best-of, 24 tracks; Single CD) (MCA Nashville/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)
"Weird Al" Yankovic "The Essential 'Weird Al' Yankovic 3.0" (3 CDs) (Sony Legacy, Aug. 31, 2010)
Trisha Yearwood "Icon" (12-song best-of) (MCA Nashville/UMe, Aug. 31, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Beatles, The "Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison? [DVD]" (See/read here) (Highway 61/MVD Visual, Sept. 1, 2010)
Bee Gees "One Night Only: Anniversary Edition [DVD]" (1997 cable TV special) (Eagle, Aug. 31, 2010)
Beyoncé "Beyoncé: The Ultimate Performer [DVD]" (Music World Entertainment, Aug. 31, 2010)
Leonard Cohen "Bird on a Wire [DVD]" (1974 documentary; includes backup vocals by Jennifer Warnes; Read here) (Tony Palmer, Aug. 31, 2010)
Judy Garland "The Judy Garland Show: Volume 5 [DVD]" (with guests Diahann Carroll, Steve Allen and Mel Tormé) (Classic World, Aug. 31, 2010)
Jane's Addiction "Live Voodoo [DVD]" (filmed Halloween night 2009 at Voodoo Experience in New Orleans; Blu-ray) (Eagle, Aug. 31, 2010)
Various artists "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) (Image, Aug. 31, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
John Coltrane "Coltrane on Coltrane: The John Coltrane Interviews [Hardcover]" (author: Chris DeVito) (Chicago Review Press, Sept. 1, 2010)
Mick Houghton "Becoming Elektra: The True Story of Jac Holzman's Visionary Record Label [Paperback]" (Jawbone Press, Sept. 1, 2010)
James Jolly "The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2011 [Paperback]" (revised edition) (Gramophone Publications, Sept. 1, 2010)
Christopher Knowles "The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll: The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music [Paperback]" (author: Chris DeVito) (Viva Editions, Sept. 1, 2010)
Bob Marley & The Wailers "Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers [Paperback]" (author: John Masouri; Kindle) (Omnibus Press, Sept. 1, 2010)
Rick Meyerowitz "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great [Hardcover]" (Abrams, Sept. 1, 2010)
Bruce Springsteen "Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision [Paperback]" (author: Louis P. Masur) (Bloomsbury Press, Aug. 31, 2010)



SEPT. 7, 2010

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.

SEPT. 14, 2010

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.

SEPT. 21, 2010

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.

SEPT. 28, 2010

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.


OCT. 5, 2010

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.

OCT. 12, 2010

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.

OCT. 19, 2010

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.

OCT. 26, 2010

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.


NOV. 2, 2010

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.

NOV. 9, 2010

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.

NOV. 16, 2010

Highlights: New stuff - Lee DeWyze ... Kid Rock ... Nelly ... Rascal Flatts ... Chris Tomlin ... Kanye West ... etc.; old stuff - Bee Gees ... Neville Brothers ... Stereolab ... etc.

NOV. 23, 2010

Highlights: New stuff - Daft Punk ... Annie Lennox ... etc.

NOV. 30, 2010

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