Release Calendar
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September 7
- JERRY LEE LEWIS, Mean Old Man
- STEELDRIVERS, Reckless
- VARIOUS ARTISTS, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band: Legacy
August 31
- RICHARD THOMPSON, Dream Attic (Shout Factory!)
- HEART, Red Velvet Car
- RYAN BINGHAM, Junky Star
- BOBBY BARE, JR., A Storm A Tree My Mother’s Head
- THE WEEPIES, Be My Thrill
- BILL FRISELL, Beautiful Dreamers
August 24
- JJ GREY, Georgia Warhorse
- MARTY STUART, Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)
- EELS, Tomorrow Morning
- NILS LOFGREN, I Came to Dance
August 17
- RAY LAMONTAGNE, God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
- JOHN MELLENCAMP, No Better Than This
- DAVID GRAY, Foundling
- MATTHEW DEAR, Black City
August 10
- ELI “PAPERBOY” REED, Come And Get It
- NEIL JUKEBOX YOUNG, Neil Young’s Jukebox
- BUCKCHERRY, All Night Long
August 3
- ARCADE FIRE, The Suburbs (Merge)
- LOS LOBOS, Tin Can Trust (Shout Factory!)
- BLACK CROWES, Croweology
- GOV’T MULE, Mulennium
July 27
- TOM JONES, Praise & Blame
- BUTCHER HOLLER AND EILEN JEWELL, Butcher Holler
- MARK OLSON, Many Colored Kite
July 20
- SHERYL CROW, 100 Miles From Memphis (A&M)
- BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA, Don’t Mess With A Big Band: Live
- BOB DYLAN, Folksingers Choice
- BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS, Rocksteady
- ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, It’s a Good Day
- THE NATIONAL, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
- CHARLIE LOUVIN, Hickory Wind: Live at the Gram Parsons Guitar Pull
- SHAWN COLVIN, Wichita Skyline
- FRONTIER RUCKUS, Deadmalls and Nightfalls
July 13
- CROWDED HOUSE, Intriguer (Fantasy)
- DANGER MOUSE AND SPARKEHORSE, Dark Night of the Soul (Capitol)
- ELIZA GILKYSON, JOHN GORKA, AND LUCY KAPLANSKY, Red Horse
- SUN KIL MOON, Admiral Fell Promises
- TIM O’BRIEN, Chicken & Egg
- THE INNOCENCE MISSION, My Room in the Trees
- TOMMY KEENE, Tommy Keene You Hear Me: A Retrospective 83-2009
- CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants
- CHATAM COUNTY LINE, Wildwood
July 6
- STONEHONEY, The Cedar Creek Sessions (Music Road Records)
- JIMMIE VAUGHAN, Jimmie Vaughan-Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites
- ROBERT POLLARD, Moses on a Snail
June 29
- ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Street Songs of Love (Fantasy)
- INDIGO GIRLS, Staring Down the Brilliant Dream (Live)
- JACKIE GREENE, Till The Light Comes
- JOHN FOGERTY, Centerfield (25th Anniversary Edition)
- PETER CASE, Wig!
June 22
- DANZIG, Deth Red Sabaoth (Evilive)
- CYNDI LAUPER, Memphis Blues (Downtown)
- STARS, Five Ghosts (Vagrant)
- PAUL THORN, Pimps and Preachers (Thirty One Tigers)
- DEREK TRUCKS BAND, Roadsongs (Sony Legacy)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS, Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine
- ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND, We Walk This Road
- HERBIE HANCOCK, The Imagine Project
- SARAH HARMER, Oh Little Fire
- GRIFFIN HOUSE, The Learner
- ROBERT POLLARD, Moses on a Snail
- CONSTELLATIONS, Southern Gothic
June 15
- COWBOY JUNKIES, Remnin Park (Razor & Tie)
- GASLIGHT ANTHEM, American Slang (Side One Dummy)
- TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, Mojo (Reprise)
- CHRIS ISAAK, Live at the Fillmore
- STEVE MILLER BAND, Bingo!
- SUZANNE VEGA, Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs
- COWBOY JUNKIES, Renmin Park
- PERNICE BROTHERS, Goodbye Killer
- FRED EAGLESMITH, Cha Cha Cha
- PUNCH BROTHERS, Antifogmatic
- FOXY SHAZAM, Foxy Shazam
- VIC CHESNUTT, About To Choke
June 8
- AGAINST ME!, White Crosses (Sire)
- BLITZEN TRAPPER, Destroyer of the Void (Sub Pop)
- CADILLAC SKY, Letters in the Deep (Dualtone)
- DEER TICK, Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan)
- DELTA SPIRIT, History From Below (Rounder)
- HANSON, Shout It Out (3CG)
- KRISTIN HERSH, Cats & Mice (Kitten Charmer)
- HOT HOT HEAT, Future Breeds (Dangerbird)
- JEWEL, Sweet and Wild (Valory)
- KAISER CARTEL, Secret Transit (Daniel)
- NADA SURF, If I Had a Hi-Fi (Mardev)
- GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood)
- TEENAGE FANCLUB, Shadows (Merge)
- THE FAREWELL DRIFTERS, Yellow Tag Mondays (Thirty Tigers)
June 1
- JACK JOHNSON, The Bride Screamed Murder (Universal Republic)
- TIFT MERRITT, See You On The Moon (Fantasy)
- CHERRYHOLMES, Cherryholmes IV Common Threads
- WATERMELON SLIM, Ringers
- BILL WITHERS, Justments
May 25
- BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN, Back To Love
- DAMIEN JURADO, Saint Bartlett (Secretly Canadian)
- BETTYE LAVETTE, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
- JOHN PRINE, In Person & On Stage
- WIDESPREAD PANIC, Dirty Side Down (ATO)
- HANK WILLIAMS III, Rebel Within
May 18
- BAND OF HORSES, Infinite Arms
- BLACK KEYS, Brothers
- SUSAN COWSILL, Lighthouse
- CROOKED STILL, Some Strange Country
- BLACK FRANCIS, NonStopErotik (Cooking Vinyl)
- MARY GAUTHIER, The Foundling
- THE ROLLING STONES, Exile on Main Street (Remastered with bonus tracks)
- SADIES, Darker Circles (Yep Roc)
- JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, Controversial Negro
- 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, Headstone: Contact Sessions
- ANDRE WILLIAMS, That’s All I Need (Bloodshot)
May 11
- JACKSON BROWNE AND DAVID LINDLEY, Love Is Strange
- ELIZABETH COOK, Welder (TOTG)
- CRASH TEST DUMMIES, Oooh La La (Deep Fried)
- THE DEAD WEATHER, Sea of Cowards
- HARPER BLYNN, Loneliest Generation (Baby Jackal)
- JAYHAWKS, The Jayhawks (aka the Bunkhouse album) (Lost Highway)
- KEANE, Night Train (Cherrytree)
- JIM LAUDERDALE, Patchwork River
- THE NATIONAL, High Violet
- ELIZABETH COOK, Welder
May 4
- BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts And Crafts)
- JUSTIN CURRIE, The Great War (Ryko)
- FLAMING LIPS, Dark Side Of Moon (WAR)
- HOLD STEADY, Heaven Is Whenever
- CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR, Live At The Troubadour
- GREG LASWELL, Take A Bow (Vanguard)
- NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, Together
- JOSH RITTER, So Runs The World Away (Pytheas)
- PAUL WELLER, Wake Up The Nation (Yep Roc)
April 27
- MELISSA ETHERIDGE, Fearless Love
- MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, The Age of Miracles
- HOLE, Nobody’s Daughter
- PETER FRAMPTION, Thank You Mr Churchill
- JESSE MALIN & ST. MARKS SOCIAL, Love It to Life
- ANDERS OSBORNE, American Patchwork
April 20
- APPLES IN STEREO, Travellers In Space And Time
- AQUALUNG, Magnetic North (Verve)
- MERLE HAGGARD, I Am What I Am (Vanguard)
- JONNY LANG, Live at the Ryman (Concord)
- SHELBY LYNNE, Tears, Lies, And Alibis (Everso)
- WILLIE NELSON, Country Music (Rounder)
- OZOMATLI, Fire Away (Downtown)
- XAVIER RUDD, Koonyum Sun (Fontana North)
- SWEET APPLE, Love And Desperation (Tee Pee)
- RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu (Decca)
- INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, Things That Fly
- LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS, Agridustrial (Colonel Knowledge)
April 13
- JEFF BECK, Emotion & Commotion (RAA)
- FOXY SHAZAM, Foxy Shazam (Sire)
- MATT POND PA, The Dark Leaves (MRI)
- STANTON MOORE, Groove Alchemy
- NATALIE MERCHANT, Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch)
- MGMT, Congratulations
- CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Love And Circumstance
April 6
- BODEANS, Mr. Sad Clown (Savoy)
- JOHN BUTLER TRIO, April Uprising (ATO)
- DR. DOG, Shame Shame (Anti-)
- JAKOB DYLAN, Women and Country (Columbia)
- SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS, I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)
- MARTIN SEXTON, Sugarcoating (Kitchen Table)
- PETER WOLF, Midnight Souvenirs (Verve/UMe Records)
- ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND VENUS 3, Propellor Time (Dig)
- PIETA BROWN, One & All
- CARY BROTHERS, Under Control
March 30
- JOAN ARMATRADING, This Charming Life (Savoy)
- GRAHAM PARKER, Imaginary Television (Bloodshot)
- BLACK FRANCIS, Nonstoperotik
March 23
- THE RIGHT ONS, Look Inside, Now! (Q Division)
- ROADSIDE GRAVES, You Won’t Be Happy With Me EP (Autumn Tone)
- SHE AND HIM, Volume Two (Merge)
- THE BIRD AND THE BEE, Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates
- WEAKERTHANS, Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre
- BRIGHT EYES & NEVA DINOVA, One Jug of Wine Two Vessels
- SONYA KITCHELL, Convict of Conviction (EP)
March 16
- DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, The Big To-Do (ATO)
- THE WHIGS, In the Dark (ATO)
- THE WHITE STRIPES, Under Great White Northern Lights
- POPA CHUBBY, The Fight Is On
- PETER KARP & SUE FOLEY, He Said She Said
March 9
- BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo (Abstract Dragon/Vagrant)
- THE CHIEFTAINS FEATURING RY COODER, San Patricio (Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group)
- JASON COLLETT, Rat A Tat Tat (Arts and Crafts)
- ALBERTA CROSS, Broken Side of Time (ATO)
- FRIGHTENED RABBIT, The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (Fat Cat)
- GORILLAZ, Plastic Beach (Virgin)
- BEN HARPER, Live From the Montreal Int’l Jazz Festival (Virgin)
- TED LEO, The Brutalist Bricks (Matador)
- THE MORNING BENDERS, Big Echo (Rough Trade)
March 2
- ROGUE WAVE, Permalight (Brushfire)
- THE WHIGS, In The Dark (ATO)
- PETER GABRIEL, Scratch My Back
- GREAT AMERICAN TAXI, Reckless Habits (GAT)
- JOHN HIATT, The Open Road (New West)
- JAMIE CULLUM, The Pursuit
- HOLMES BROTHERS, Feed My Soul
- SHOOTER JENNINGS & HIEROPHANT, Black Ribbons
- THE TEXAS TORNADOES, Esta Bueno
February 23
- DAVID BROZA, Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S Curve)
- JOHNNY CASH, American VI: Ain’t No Grave (American)
- DEADSTRING BROTHERS, Sao Paulo (Bloodshot)
- WILL KIMBROUGH, Wings (Daphne)
- BUTCH WALKER, I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart (One Haven)
- CLEM SNIDE, The Meat of Life
- ROCKY VOTOLATO, True Devotion
February 16
- JULIANA HATFIELD, Peace & Love (Ye Olde Records)
- JOE PUG, Messenger (Lightning Rod)
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
- CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, Genuine Negro Jig
- MATTHEW RYAN, Dear Lover
- BEN SOLLEE & DANIEL MARTIN MOORE, Dear Companion
- BILL WITHERS, + ‘Justments
- JAMIE CULLUM, Devil May Care
- IKE REILLY, Hard Luck Stories
- ROBERT POLLARD, We All Got Out of the Army
- KASEY ANDERSON, Nowhere Nights
- BACKYARD TIRE FIRE, Good to Be
February 9
- ALLISON MOORER, Crows (Ryko)
- RECKLESS KELLY, Somewhere in Time (Yep Roc)
- WATSON TWINS, Talking To You, Talking To Me (Vanguard)
- DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, Live in Las Vegas
- HOT CHIP, One Life Stand
- CHRIS CAGLE, Best of Chris Cagle
- TIM BARRY, 28th & Stonewall
February 02
- VARIOUS ARTISTS, Dear John: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- GLOSSARY, Feral Fire
January 26
- PATTY GRIFFIN, Downtown Church (Credential)
- SHURMAN, Still Waiting for the Sunset (Sustain/Universal Republic)
- LADY ANTEBELLUM, Need You Now
- BLUE RODEO, The Things We Left Behind
January 19
- DANNY BARNES, Pizza Box (ATO)
- EELS, End Times (Vagrant)
- SPOON, Transference (Merge)
- CRAZY HEART soundtrack (New West)
January 12
- RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, A. Enlightenment, B. Endarkment (Hint: There Is No C) (Bordello)
- FREEDY JOHNSTON, Rain on the City (Bar None)
- SONNY LANDRETH, Mississippi Blues (Varese Sarabande)
- OK GO, Of the Blue Color of the Sky (Capitol)
- VAMPIRE WEEKEND, Contra (XL)
- RINGO STARR, Y Not
- LAURA VEIRS, July Flame
- NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS, The Road
- BROOKE FRASER, What to Do With Daylight
- RANDY KOHRS, Quicksand








