CDs:

AC/DC – Live At River Plate 2xCD/3xLP (Columbia)

Recorded in Buenos Aires in December 2009 when nearly 200,000 fans (over three sold-out nights) thunderously welcomed AC/DC back after a 13-year absence from Argentina.

Bad Brains – Into The Future CD/LP (Megaforce)

“The DC hardcore legends return with their hybrid brand of punk and reggae fusion – a staple in the punk pioneers’ genetic makeup since the get-go of their colorful career. Despite numerous line-up changes throughout the years, the band have never strayed far from their youthful integrity and Rastafarian principles, all accompanied by London-born frontman H.R’s distinctive vocal drawl throughout.” – List.co.uk

Nathan Bowles – Bottle A Buckeye CD/LP (Soft Abuse)

Bowles’ recent focus on the five-string open-back banjo’s possibilities is on full display here: bowed and drummed textures, clawhammer boogie, and banjo solid sidewinding are all explored.

Brad – Welcome To Discovery Park [Reissue/2002] CD/LP (Razor & Tie)

Brad further demonstrate a propensity for musical comfort food, ’70s rock style, on their warm-sounding, soul-infused third album which was originally released ten years ago.

Peter Broderick – These Walls Of Mine CD/LP (Erased Tapes)

An exploration from gospel and soul to spoken word, beatboxing, and rap — this is Peter at his most natural. Best viewed as a collection of lyrical and vocal experiments.

Bvdub – All Is Forgiven CD (n5MD)

Features Brock Van Wey’s signature gauzy layers of enveloping sound and ever ghostly yet soulful vocals where songs are a journey, sometimes via a rewarding path less explored. This time out he’s added some nicely executed experimental beat-work to propel his ever-blurring emotive ambience forward.

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CDs:

9^th Wonder & Murs -The Final Adventure CD (It’s A Wonderful World Music Group)

The final collaboration between the hip-hop veterans.

9^th Wonder & Buckshot – Solution CD (Duck Down)

9th Wonder & Buckshot’s third collaboration.

Christina Aguilara – Lotus CD (RCA)

Fifth studio album from the pop/R&B superstar — available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe features four bonus tracks.

The Babies – Our House On The Hill CD/LP+MP3 (Woodsist)

The second full length from band lead by Kevin Morby (Woods) and Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls) is a mix of hushed dirges, melancholic traveling odes and squealing rave-ups.

Bobby Bare – Darker Than Light CD/LP+MP3 (Plowboy)

Features Bare’s interpretations of songs by Bob Dylan, U2 Alejandro Escovedo (who also makes a guest appearance), Lead Belly and others, plus new originals.

Travis Barker/Yelawolf – Psycho White CDEP (Lasalle)

Collaborative EP includes guest vocals from Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, Transplants), and Skinhead Rob (Transplants), as well as scratches and cuts by Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys).

Susan Boyle – Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage CD (Columbia)

Boyle takes on songs from the golden era of film and stage.

Bush Tetras – Happy CD/LP (ROIR)

Happy is only the second studio album to ever be released by the ’80s post-punk/new wavers, not that they didn’t try. It had been mired in major label limbo since 1998.

John Butcher – Bell Trove Spools CD (Northern-Spy)

Butcher uses PhD expertise in theoretical physics to develop a thoroughly unique saxophone language where environment is key. This is his latest experiment in moving soundwaves through space. This album features two locations, a Houston art gallery and a high-ceiling marble room in Brooklyn, where Butcher is heard playing soprano and tenor.

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CDs:

Aerosmith – Music From Another Dimension! CD/2xCD+DVD/2xLP+CD (Sony)

Aerosmith’s 15^th solo album and their first in 11 years. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a disc of bonus tracks and a DVD featuring live videos and interviews with band members.

All That Remains – A War You Cannot Win CD/LP (Razor & Tie)

The band’s seventh studio album is the culmination of an intense writing period for the group that began shortly after 18 months of touring in support of their last album For We Are Many. Free bandana with purchase — while supplies last!

Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas CD (Candlelight)

New album from dominant UK extreme metal duo — a union of black metal and grindcore.

Blue Oyster Cult – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection 16xCD+DVD+MP3 (Sony Legacy)

Brings together the group’s 14 official Columbia Records albums — including newly-mastered editions of On Your Feet Or On Your Knees, Fire Of Unknown Origin, The Revolution By Night, Mirrors, Cultosaurus Erectus, Extraterrestrial Live, Club Ninja, and Imaginos — alongside two newly-curated bonus discs: Rarities And Radios Appear: The Best Of The Broadcasts (a special collection of classic live performances).

Nathan Bowles – A Bottle, A Buckeye CD (Soft Abuse)

After years of playing in celebrated ensembles, touring the world, and honing his skill on a host of instruments, Bowles unveils his first solo effort. This spacious, rollicking, meditative, and powerful record bridges the methods and constructs of his two most notable groups, The Black Twig Pickers (old-time) and PELT (outer limits), while inhabiting a space all its own.

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