DOOM – Unexpected Guest CD (Gold Dust)
Legendary hip-hop artist MF DOOM digs into his vast archives to mix together some of his all-time favorite productions, collaborations and guest appearances.
Wyclef Jean – From The Hut, To The Projects To The Mansion CD (MRI)
Wyclef returns with a mixtape featuring all new material. The release returns Wyclef to his roots and is a far more street record than his recent efforts.
The Killers – Live From The Royal Albert Hall CD+DVD (Island)
17-song live CD coupled with a DVD featuring over two hours of live performance footage plus behind the scenes extras.
Morrissey – Swords CD (Sanctuary)
A collection of B-sides from his last four full-length albums.
Jason Mraz – Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess – Live On Earth CD/CD+DVD (Atlantic)
This Live CD+DVD captures Jason’s Gratitude Café Tour date at the Charter One Pavilion in Chicago (August 13, 2009). The CD features live versions all of the old favorites as well as the hits “Lucky” (with a special guest appearance from Colbie Caillat). The DVD, directed by Darren Doane, features the full-length concert, never-before-seen bonus footage, and a special mockumentary titled Un Beau Desordre.
Pants Yell – Received Pronunciation CD/LP (Slumberland)
Think of the Go-Betweens, who found boundless romantic possibility in going for a walk or spending the night in; or Belle And Sebastian’s hushed remembrances of little failures and lessons learned and sympathetic portraits of young misfits struggling to make sense of the world.
AC/DC – Backtracks 2xCD+DVD (Columbia)
Sprawling collection of remastered studio and live rarities, alternate videos and promo clips.
American Me – Siberian Nightmare Machine CD (Rise)
Sophomore album from the hardcore/nu-metal band.
Tori Amos – Midwinter Graces CD+DVD (Universal)
For Midwinter Graces, Amos has again teamed up with long time collaborators Matt Chamberlain on drums, Jon Evans on bass, and Mac Aladdin on guitars. She also enlisted the help of a big band and an orchestra with stunning John Philip Shenale arrangements to create these new seasonal classics.
Apse – Climb Up CD/LP (ATP Recordings)
A major departure and massive leap forward from Apse’s most notable predecessor, Spirit, which was completed four years prior. Where Spirit explored a dark world of reverberant guitars, ambient passages and minimal, haunting vocals, Climb Up proves a bold step out of that darkness.
Asobi Seksu – Rewolf CD/LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
One of the last albums ever recorded at London’s renowned Olympic Studios (The Beatles, Rolling Stones). Rewolf finds Asobi Seksu affording listeners a new glimpse into songs spanning the band’s career. Also available on limited edition (500) white vinyl.
Chet Atkins And Jerry Reed – Me And Jerry/Me And Chet CD (Raven)
Both original albums reissued on one CD by country legends Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.
Bad Lieutenant – Never Cry Another Tear CD (Original Signal)
Debut album from the new band fronted by former New Order/Joy Division guitarist Bernard Sumner. Never Cry Another Tear rings with familiar joys: playing of beautifully observed minimalism and a voice of wonderfully understated northwestern soul.
Bibio – The Apple And The Tooth CD/LP (Warp)
Acclaimed producer and instrumentalist Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) follows the album Ambivalence Avenue with this companion piece comprised of four new Bibio tracks and eight remixes from names as diverse as Clark and Wax Stag (aka Friendly Fires’ Rob Lee).
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Live CD+2xDVD (Vagrant)
The live CD features 14 songs from the concert film. The double DVD features over two hours of performance footage from three sold out shows in Berlin, Dublin and Glasgow during the band’s 2007 Baby 81 tour.
Bon Jovi – The Circle/When We Were Beautiful CD+DVD (Island)
New album includes a bonus DVD of the documentary When We Were Beautiful, which offers an intimate look at the band while on their Lost Highway world tour.
Pieta Brown – Shimmer CD (Red House)
Pieta Brown emerges as a “self-styled poetess, folk goddess and country waif” (BBC) with the release of her powerful album Shimmer. The story of the album is a case of fortuitous serendipity. The result is a 7-song EP whose stripped down nature lets Pieta’s lilting drawl deliver her lyrics with its full magnitude and depth.
Coalesce – Ox EP CD (Relapse)
As the name implies, Ox EP continues and completes the Ox in theme and deed. This is obvious on the bombastic likes of “The Blind Eye” and the percussive “To My Ruin,” while the acoustic, dramatic “Joyous in Life” and “Absent in Death” offer the more melancholic side of this uncompromising band.
Ferry Corsten – Twice In A Blue Moon Remixed CD (Ultra)
Ferry Corsten takes you on an epic trance journey with his new remix album.
The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant CD (WB)
Ignore The Ignorant sees the original fraternal trio — twins Ryan and Gary Jarman on guitar, bass and vocals, younger brother Ross on drums — lighting out for heretofore unexplored sonic territory, augmented by a new, previously unknown “brother” in the one and only Johnny Marr.
Dashboard Confessional – Alter The Ending CD/2xCD/LP (DGC)
Sixth studio album, available in three editions: Regular single-disc; a Deluxe version featuring a bonus CD of acoustic versions; and on vinyl.
Ray Davies & The Crouch End Festival Chorus – The Kinks Choral Collection CD (Decca)
Creative and unusual interpretations of songs from Davies’ extensive catalogue. Includes a six-song suite from the 1968 album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.
Dead To Me – African Elephants CD/LP+MP3 (Fat Wreck Chords)
New album seamlessly switches tempos and genres.
Echo & The Bunnymen – Fountain CD (Ocean Rain)
New (tenth) studio album from the veteran band led by vocalist Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant.
Flyleaf – Memento Mori CD/2xCD (A&M)
The Texas quintet’s latest offering is a collection of poignant, passionate and pensive hard rock songs. Also available as a deluxe edition featuring four non-album tracks.
The Fray – The Fray [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD (Epic)
Deluxe edition of their recent album includes a bonus CD containing eight previously unreleased studio and live tracks.
Robyn Hitchcock – I Often Dream Of Trains In New York CD+DVD (Yep Roc)
Recorded live at Symphony Space in NYC in the fall of 2008 during the U. leg of Hitchcock’s I Often Dream Of Trains tour.
Hollywood Undead – Desperate Measures CD+DVD (A&M)
Latest release contains six live recordings, six new studio tracks, an “Everywhere I Go” remix and over 60 minutes of footage recorded over two days during Hollywood Undead’s summer ’09 tour.
Jackson 5 – I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters CD (Motown)
Twelve previously unreleased tracks including should have been hits as well unique alternate versions of well-known classics.
King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King CD+DVD (Discipline)
Second release in the 40th Anniversary series, this version contains a DVD audio disc with 5.1 surround sound mix by Steven Wilson, with Robert Fripp as executive producer, from the original studio masters, as well as a new stereo mix from the original multi-track tapes. Disc One features five previously unreleased tracks.
Lissie – Why You Running CDEP (Fat Possum)
New EP from the American singer/songwriter. The five songs are stacked with the kind of billowing and rustic sentiments that come from broken hearts that have been patched as well as they can be, gaining that scar tissue that never makes them like new again, but gives them a refined personality, one that’s subtle and powerful all in one fling.
Porcupine Tree – Up The Downstair [Reissue] CD (K-Scope)
Reissue of their 1993 album which has more in common with Pink Floyd and early prog-rock than their more recent metal-tinged offerings.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Xenophanes CD (Rodriguez Lopez)
New release from the prolific guitarist and Mars Volta mastermind. Recorded in Mexico, Xenophanes is the first album which finds Omar at the helm vocally and lyrically, as well as musically.
The Rolling Stones – Flashpoint [Reissue] CD (Universal)
The Rolling Stones – Live Licks [Reissue] 2xCD (Universal)
The Rolling Stones – Love You Live [Reissue] 2xCD (Universal)
The Rolling Stones – Still Life [Reissue] CD (Universal)
The Rolling Stones – Stripped [Reissue] CD (Universal)
Remastered reissues of The Rolling Stones’ back catalog of live concert albums — now available.
Snow Patrol – Up To Now 2xCD (Geffen)
30-track, double album of singles, cover versions, rarities, album tracks and a handful of new songs from the Scottish/Irish pop-rockers.
Soundtrack – Pirate Radio CD (Universal)
Features iconic ‘60s-era British hits by: The Who, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Procol Harem, Otis Redding, The Turtles, The Kinks, Cat Stevens, The Moody Blues, The Isley Brothers, and more.
Britney Spears – The Singles Collection CD (Jive)
17-track best-of features remastered versions of all of her hits.
Ronnie Spector – The Last Of The Rock Stars [Reissue] CD (Megaforce)
Domestic reissue of this previously import-only 2006 album. Features an impressive and eclectic supporting cast including Patti Smith, the Raveonettes, guitartist Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, members of the Raconteurs, and the one and only Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.
Switchfoot – Hello Hurricane CD/CD+DVD (Atlantic)
New album — densely layered sound featuring some electronic experimentation, and often driven by hard-charging guitar riffs, while throwing in a few softer ballads as well.
Throwdown – Deathless CD (Koch)
“Throwdown effortlessly kick out the heaviest and most stomping metal this side of Texas. Proudly and defiantly keeping the memory (and sound) of Pantera alive and kicking!” — Metal Hammer
Various Artists (Peter Kruder) – Private Collection CD (G-Stone)
Peter Kruder’s Private Collection is the first volume in the new Private Collection Master Series from G-Stone — it also marks 15 years for the label. Key artists on the compilation include Tom Waits (many will recognize the track as the theme from HBO’s The Wire!) Talk Talk, Tortoise, Japan and Kruder+Dorfmeister themselves.
Various Artists – Singapore A-Go-Go CD (Sublime Frequencies)
Pulp grooves from ‘60s and ‘70s Singapore — gritty garage rock & soul, beat, and strange girl pop grooves compiled from rare Malaysian 45s. The tunes blend American and European rock and pop sounds with more traditional sounds of Asia and the Malaysian peninsula — many with female vocals.
Various Artists – Warp20 (Unheard) CD (Warp)
An eleven-track collection of secret treasures rediscovered from the Warp vaults, stretching across the entire 20-year span of the label’s history. The unheard and rare pieces include Boards Of Canada’s mythical “Seven Forty Seven” (the first music Mike and Marcus have released since Trans Canada Highway in May 2006), pre-Incunabula era Autechre, Broadcast (a Nico cover “Sixty Forty” performed for a John Peel session) and Nightmares On Wax, to name just a few.
Wale – Attention Deficit CD/LP (Allido)
New album from the DC hip-hop artist features production from Mark Ronson, Cool & Dre, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, 9th Wonder, Green Lantern and others. Includes the hit single “Chillin’” featuring Lady GaGa.
Wu Tang – Meets The Indie Culture Volume 2: Enter The Dubstep CD (Ihiphop)
Wu Tang championed collaboration between dubstep and hip-hop, with stomach-pounding, bass-thumping guttural beats, and gully, gritty and grimy lyrics that break into the next decade in the chapters of each respective genre’s history.
Vinyl:
Various Artists – The Village: A Celebration Of The Music Of Greenwich Village LP (Roc-A-Fella)
Special November 7, 2009 Vinyl Saturday release. Modern day artists look back and pay tribute to the artists and songs that helped nurture and shape them as successful musicians in their own right. Shelby Lynne gives a musical shout out to Dylan with her version of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,” Cowboy Junkies perform their heartbreaking version of Tim Buckley’s “Once I Was” and Bruce Hornsby checks in with a stunning version of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Darlin Be Home Soon.” The Village also features performances by Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Rachael Yamagata, Amos Lee, Sixpence None The Richer, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rocco DeLuca, John Oates, The Duhks, and Los Lobos.
Wilco – Being There 2xLP+CD (Nonesuch)
Now available on HQ-180 vinyl — includes a copy on CD.
King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl LP (In The Red)
Recently released on CD — these titles now available on vinyl.
