Norah Jones – The Fall CD/LP (Blue Note)
For her new album, Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff. Musicians include drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer).
Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures CD (DGC/Interscope)
New super group comprised of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin).
John Mayer – Battle Studies CD (Sony)
Brand new album! Initial quantities include a bonus 7″ single featuring a non-album B-side (while supplies last)!
Paul McCartney – Good Evening New York City 2xCD (Hear Music)
McCartney’s historic three-night christening of New York’s Citi Field in July 2009.
Felt – Felt 3: Tribute To Rosie Perez CD (Rhymesayers)
Slug (Atmosphere) and Murs (Living Legends) team up with Aesop Rock on their third release under the Felt moniker.
David Rawlings Machine – A Friend Of A Friend CD (Acony)
Debut album from Gillian Welch’s secret weapon, Dave Rawlings, includes appearances by Ketch Secor, Willie Watson, Kevin Hayes, Morgan Jahnig (Old Crow Medicine Show), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes) and Karl Himmel (Neil Young), and of course, Gillian Welch.
Annie – Don’t Stop CD/LP (Smalltown Supersound)
Sophomore release from the Scandinavian pop princess. Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this “pop with strange edges” is mainstream and underground, all at once.
Beak – Beak CD (Ipecac)
Debut album by this new project from Portishead producer and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow.
Agnostic Front – Victim In Pain [Reissue] CD (Bridge Nine)
Digitally remastered and expanded 25th Anniversary edition of the hardcore/punk band’s 1984 album featuring their United Blood EP added as bonus tracks.
Anberlin – Blueprints For City Friendships: The Anberlin Anthology 3xCD (Tooth & Nail)
Triple-disc release features 33 songs including all the songs from their three albums: Blueprints For The Black Market (2003), Never Take Friendship Personal (2005) and Cities (2007).
Basshunter – Bass Generation 2xCD (Ultra)
This special version of Bass Generation includes exclusive content and new remixes of his most popular songs.
Justin Bieber – My World CD (Island)
Debut from the young multi-talented singer, musician and Usher’s teen protégé.
The Blood Brothers – Burn Piano Island Burn [Reissue] CD+DVD (Epitaph)
The Blood Brothers – Crimes [Reissue] 2xCD (Epitaph)
The Blood Brothers – March On Electric Children [Reissue] CD (Epitaph)
The Blood Brothers – Young Machetes [Reissue] 2xCD (Epitaph)
American post-hardcore band formed in the suburbs of Seattle in 1997. The quintet released five albums in 10 years, officially breaking up in 2007 and spawning the bands Jaguar Love and Past Lives. Now Epitaph reissues these four seminal albums offered in radically enhanced versions with bonus studio and live tracks and videos.
David Bowie – Space Oddity [40th Anniversary Edition] 2xCD/LP (Virgin)
Special 40th Anniversary edition of Bowie’s classic 1969 album released in a digipak with an extensive booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia, and sleeve notes. Double-disc set features 15 bonus tracks, of which eight are previously unreleased, including two ultra-rare demos.
Dark Tranquillity – Where Death Is Most Alive 2xCD (Century Media)
Double-disc live release from the Swedish death/metal band, released to coincide with and celebrate their 20th Anniversary.
Fall Out Boy – Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits CD+DVD (Island)
18-track best-of contains unreleased rarities and includes a DVD of 14 videos with exclusive band commentary.
Forever The Sickest Kids – Weekend: Friday CD (Motown)
The first of a three-album “weekend” trilogy.
Janet Jackson – Number Ones 2xCD (A&M)
33 global number ones — features the new single “Make Me.”
Keane – Hopes And Fears [Reissue] 2xCD (Interscope)
Deluxe edition features unreleased and rare material including early demos, B-sides and more.
Adam Lambert – Take One [Reissue] CD (Rough Town)
Expanded reissue of the American Idol finalist’s debut recording featuring three bonus tracks.
Leona Lewis – Echo CD (J Records)
Echo sees Leona working with superstar talent Ne-Yo, John Shanks, Max Martin and Ryan Tedder, as well as with new collaborators Xenomania and Julian Bennetta.
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Best Of The Early Singles 2xCD (Abstract Sounds)
Collects many of the reggae legend’s finest early recordings. 32 tracks including “Small Axe” “Kaya,” “African Herbsman,” “Duppy Conqueror” and many more.
Morrissey – Swords [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD/2xLP (Fontana International)
Special edition includes a bonus disc featuring eight superb live performances recorded in Warsaw in July this year.
Motley Crue – Greatest Hits CD (Motley Records)
19 of the Crue’s finest jams.
Ola Podrida – Belly Of The Lion CD (Western Vinyl)
Chockfull of unsentimental love songs, Belly Of The Lion pulses with the burgeoning sexuality borne of feral adolescent summers spent in the sprawling suburbs of the South.
Katy Perry – MTV Unplugged CD+DVD (Capitol)
Stripped down versions of her hits with the addition of strings and brass on select tracks.
Rakim – The Seventh Seal CD (Smc)
The Seventh Seal is Rakim’s first studio album from the legendary rapper in over eight years.
RJD2 – The Horror [Reissue] CD/LP (RJD2)
RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke [Reissue] CD/LP (RJD2)
Deluxe reissues include bonus tracks.
Rush – Working Men Live CD (Atlantic)
Pulls selected live offerings from their vast discography.
Various Artists – Forge Your Own Chains: Ballads & Dirges 1968-1974 CD (Now Again)
American gospel, paranoiac soul, loner folk, East-Nigerian fuzz, Thai rock and Iranian ballads.
Robbie Williams – Reality Killed the Video Star CD (EMI)
New album from the British superstar (and former member of Take That).
Dan Zanes & Friends – 76 Trombones CD (Festival-Five)
Featuring an array of new friends, including Tony Award winners Carol Channing, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Matthew Broderick, along with de’Adre Aziza, Derick K. Grant, Sonia de los Santos and more, 76 Trombones introduces kids to Broadway songs that everyone knows and loves.
DVDs:
Dane Cook – ISolated INcident DVD (Comedy Central)
This intimate show was performed in a nightclub atmosphere where Dane shared the audience’s energy in a real-time performance, without a safety net. Here, he showcases a darker and more personal set with cutting edge material that pushes the envelope.
Rush – Working Men DVD (Rounder)
First-ever “greatest hits” live performance DVD compilation from the legendary rock trio.
Vinyl:
Alejandro Escovedo – A Man Under Influences 2xLP+MP3 (Bloodshot)
Originally released in 2001 — never before released on vinyl in the US. Includes the Bloodshot EP and compilation tracks.
Skip James – Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader CD (Monk)
Born in Bentonia, Mississippi in 1902, Skip James began recording for Paramount in Grafton, WI in the 1930s after showcasing his unmistakable talent in a series of auditions in Jackson, Mississippi.
Old 97′s – Wreck Your Life …And Then Some: The Complete Bloodshot Recordings 2xLP+MP3 (Bloodshot)
Wreck Your Life, originally released in 1995, was never before available on vinyl. Bonus material includes 7” singles and compilation tracks.
Ma Rainey – Those Dogs Of Mine LP (Monk)
Ma Rainey or “The Mother Of The Blues” began recording in 1923 for Paramount, making her one of the first blues artists ever to record.
Small Faces – Small Faces LP (4 Men With Beards)
The Small Faces masterful debut, reissued in all its soul-influenced garage-rock glory.
Small Faces – From The Beginning LP (4 Men With Beards)
The Small Faces second LP, originally released in 1967, is a rock & soul classic from Steve Marriott & Co. that holds up next to the best the Rolling Stones and Who had to offer around the same time.
The Who – Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 3xLP (Lilith)
First time available on vinyl.
Vic Chesnutt – Skitter On Takeoff LP (Vapor)
Recently released on CD — these titles now available on vinyl.
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Justin Bieber is the best! I can’t wait to see him in concert. Is it true he is having open auditions for a new music video?