July 8, 2008
New Releases

Featured Albums Beck Modern Guilt DGC Teaming up with superstar producer Dangermouse, Beck turns in a thick hazy collection of modern moody psychedelia with Modern Guilt. Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia Albert Hammond, Jr. ¿Como Te Llama? Red Ink Albert Hammond, Jr.’s first solo album Yours to Keep borrowed from Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys and Guided by Voices to make whimsical pop that was a pretty far cry from Hammond’s regular gig as the Strokes’ guitarist. ¿Como Te Llama?, however, sounds a lot more like an album from his main project – and while that’s far from a bad thing, especially for diehard Strokes fans -- it makes the album a little less unique than what came before it. Indie Rock Billy Joel The Stranger [2CD Deluxe Edition] Sony Legacy Billy Joel's 1977 blockbuster The Stranger is given a Legacy Edition treatment this week, as it's reissued as a double-disc set featuring a previously unreleased concert at Carnegie Hall and a triple-disc set that adds a DVD of vintage live performances to the equation. Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis Two Men with the Blues Blue Note Two Men With The Blues captures highlights from a two-night stand at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2007 by Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson. The two musicians are ideal foils for each other, as they make music that's lively, lovingly reverent, occasionally surprising and altogether delightful. Standards Abe Vigoda Skeleton PPM Indie Rock Albatros Ensemble Nino Rota: Improvviso Stradivarius Modern Chamber Music Bad Religion New Maps of Hell [Deluxe Version] Epitaph American Underground, Hardcore Punk, Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, L.A. Punk Chiara Banchini Giuseppe Tartini: Sonate a violino solo; Aria del Tasso Zig Zag Territoires Classical Vocal and Chamber Music The Baseball Project The Baseball Project, Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails Yep Roc Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Pop Black Ghosts The Black Ghosts Southern Fried Indie Electronic, Electronica The Capstan Shafts Fixation Protocols Rainbow Quartz Indie Pop, Lo-Fi Chromeo Fancy Footwork [Deluxe Edition] Vice Indie Electronic Diplomats of Solid Sound Diplomats of Solid Sound Featuring the Diplomettes Pravda Deep Funk Revival Donna the Buffalo Silverlined Sugar Hill Jam Bands, Alternative Folk, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Zydeco Isabelle Faust Fauré: Sonates pour violon & piano Harmonia Mundi Post-Romantic Chamber Music Jean Grae Jeanius Blacksmith Underground Rap, Hardcore Rap, Hip-Hop Eddy Grant The Very Best of Eddy Grant: The Road to Reparation Island/Mercury Contemporary Reggae, Reggae-Pop, Urban, Club/Dance, Pop/Rock Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz In Hamburg: The Last Concert Deutsche Grammophon Classical and Romantic Piano Music Kerli Love Is Dead Island Alternative Pop/Rock Leila Blood, Looms and Blooms Warp IDM, Electronica Little Jackie The Stoop S-Curve Neo-Soul, Urban, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Hip-Hop Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long [US Deluxe Edition] A&M/Octone Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Del McCoury Moneyland McCoury Music Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Have Another Ball! Fat Wreck Chord Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Comedy Rock Melvins Nude with Boots Ipecac Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal Mighty Mighty Bosstones Medium Rare Junket Boy Alternative Pop/Rock, Ska-Punk, Third Wave Ska Revival Mika Miko 666 PPM Punk-Pop, Indie Rock Opiate for the Masses Manifesto Cma Goth Metal, Alternative Metal Dennis Russell Davies Philip Glass: Waiting for the Barbarians Orange Mountain Contemporary Opera Original Soundtrack Weeds: Music from the Series, Vol. 3 Lions Gate TV Soundtracks, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Comedy Rock Johnny Osbourne Truths and Rights [Deluxe Edition] Heartbeat Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Lovers Rock Ratatat LP3 XL Indie Electronic, Indie Rock, Indie Pop Ron Sexsmith Exit Strategy of the Soul Yep Roc Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Patti Smith/Kevin Shields The Coral Sea TBC Experimental Rock, Poetry Son, Ambulance Someone Else's Déjà Vu Saddle Creek Indie Pop, Indie Rock Street Dogs State of Grace Hellcat Punk Revival Sunny Day Sets Fire Summer Palace IAMSOUND Indie Pop, Twee Pop Telepathic Butterflies Breakfast in Suburbia Rainbow Quartz Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Pop Underground Vancougar Canadian Tuxedo Mint Punk-Pop, Indie Rock Various Artists Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered Rapster New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Electronic, Tribute Albums, Club/Dance Doc Watson Americana Master Series: Best of Doc Watson Sugar Hill Traditional Folk, Traditional Country, Old-Timey Whitechapel This Is Exile Metal Blade Death Metal/Black Metal, Grindcore Saul Williams The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust Fader Label Hip-Hop, Underground Rap, Poetry, Political Rap Edgar Winter Rebel Road Airline Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock