CDs:

A Life Once Lost – Ecstatic Trance CD (Season Of Mist)

New from the metalcore band. Vinyl version due November 6. 

Oren Ambarchi/Robin Fox – Connected CD/LP (Kranky)

This release brings together two of the most extraordinary artist/musicians working in Australia today and here they join forces to produce powerful music that fuses Oren Ambarchi’s legendary guitar sound with Robin Fox’s mathematically rigorous tones and textures, resulting in sound works that stretch in scope from the sublime and spacious to the intensely dense and foreboding.

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Lost Songs CD/LP (Superball)

Eighth studio album is dedicated to Pussy Riot and inspired by “the apathy to real world events that has plagued the independent music scene now for over a decade,” according to singer/multi-instrumentalist Conrad Keely.

A.R. Kane – The Complete Singles Collection CD (One Little Indian)

Some late-‘80sgroups (My Bloody Valentine, Pixies) have maintained a high profile, while

others, considered their contemporary equals, have faded into the background (A.R. Kane, Throwing Muses). Hopefully this long-overdue collection of A.R. Kane’s EPs and singles, which has arrived — funny coincidence — the same year as MBV’s own EPs compilation, will serve to redress this injustice.

Paul Banks – Banks CD/LP+MP3 (Matador)

Interpol’s lead singer and guitarist finally steps fully out from behind his Julian Plenti alter-ego on his second solo album. It’s a tour-de-force of mechanized, minor-key intensity.

Bardo Pond – Yntra CD/LP (Latitudes)

Still incredibly thick with their battery of guitars and unrelenting signature groove riding merrily along underneath, Bardo Pond, true to their name, manage to balance their sound exquisitely between polar extremes.

Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man CD/2xLP+CD (Astralwerks)

Third album by British singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Album opener “Laura” was named Best New Track by Pitchfork.

Tony Bennett – Viva Duets CD (Sony)

Viva Duets finds Bennett performing his greatest hits with a celebrated roster of artists including Marc Anthony, Miguel Bose, Roberto Carlos, Ana Carolina, Chayanne, Franco DeVita, Gloria Estefan, Vicente Fernandez, Maria Gadu, Juan Luis Guerra, Dani Martin, Romeo Santos, Thalma and Vicentico, with additional duet guests to be announced.

Blackbird Blackbird – Boracay Planet CD (Lavish Habits)

Blackbird Blackbird is the moniker of San Francisco-based wünderkind Mikey Maramag. His unique style of dreamy folktronica recalls influences from all ends of the musical spectrum; deeply textured, hypnotic songs pay homage to psychedelic pop of the likes of Caribou and Washed Out, while the warmth of analogue instrumentation spliced with digital artifacts hints at contemporaries James Blake, Four Tet and Mount Kimbie.

Black Moth Super Rainbow – Cobra Juicy CD/LP (Rad Cult)

BMSR’s fifth album declares death to hippies, excising all things flower power and tightening up what sprawl there was into a nastily bright pile of fuzzed guitar, live bass, hot synths, and stubby rhythms.

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CDs:

Jason Aldean – Night Train CD (Broken Bow)

The country star’s fifth studio album. Includes the single “Don’t You Wanna Stay” feat. Kelly Clarkson.

Trey Anastasio – Traveler CD/LP+7” (ATO)

Anastasio (Phish) draws inspiration from experimental jazz, classical, pop, reggae and metal.

Anberlin – Vital CD/2×10” (Universal Republic)

The sixth album from the Christian alt-rockers.

Aranda – Stop The World CD (Wind-Up)

The band’s second studio album was produced by Grammy-nominated producer, Johnny K., (Disturbed, Sevendust, Staind, Drowning Pool). Stop The World has already yielded two radio hits with the singles “Undone” and “Satisfied.”

Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine – SKOCK-U-PY! CDEP/10” (Alternative Tentacles)

Election fever is here and even more of a circus than usual, so who better to jump in and stir up trouble than Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine?

Big Noize – Out Of The Black CD/3xLP (Ingrooves)

Big Noize is a hard rock band featuring Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot, Ratt), Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne, Vince Neil) and Vinny Appice (Dio, Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne) with special guest vocalist Sebastian Bach.

Boston Spaceships – The Greatest Hits Of Boston Spaceships: Out Universe CD/LP (Fire)

A compilation of the very best of Robert Pollard’s Boston Spaceships.

Brandy – Two Eleven CD (RCA)

New album features collaborators Timbaland, Bangladesh (Ke$ha, Usher, Nicki Minaj), Mario Winans (Mariah, Puffy, Keyshia Cole ), Danja (Britney Spears, Keri Hilson, Jamie Foxx), Harmony (Rihanna, Keri Hilson, Fantasia), Hit Boy (Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye West), Noah 40 Shebib (Drake, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne), along with hit making songwriters Sean Garrett (Usher, Beyonce, Britney Spears), Rico Love (Usher, Beyonce, Chris Brown), Ester Dean (Katy Perry, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera), Frank Ocean (Justin Bieber, John Legend, Tyler, the Creator), and Chris Brown, to name a few. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions.

Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD (E1)

Deluxe double-disc version of Chickenfoot’s 2009 debut featureslLive tracks from the 2012 Different Devil Tour.

Child Actor – Victory CD (Fake Four Inc.)

“A glorious mesh of experimentation, as production swings from minimal and translucent, to dense and foggy, with hints of Purity Ring and the occasional Grimes-esque bout of dreamy, R&B-tinged pop.” — This Is Fake DIY

Correatown – Pleaides CD/LP (Highline)

Pleaides blends beautiful harmonies, analog synthesizers and melodious vocals into mesmerizingly perfect indie pop. Songs from the album have already been featured on Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Ugly Betty and How I Met Your Mother.

Current Swell – Long Time Ago CD (Nettwerk)

Based in Victoria, B.C., Current Swell has been in the foreground of the “new roots” music front pushing out of Canada’s west coast, thanks in large part to constant touring with artists like Xavier Rudd, John Butler Trio, The Beach Boys and more.

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