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June 5

• NEIL YOUNG, Americana
• THE BEACH BOYS, That’s Why God Made the Radio
• JOE WALSH, Analog Man
• BRANDI CARLILE, Bear Creek
• SHAWN COLVIN, All Fall Down
• PATTI SMITH, BANGA
• CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, Big Moon Ritual
• ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Big Station
• THE HIVES, Lex Hives
• RHETT MILLER, The Dreamer
• MELVINS, Freak Puke
• THE MYNABIRDS, Generals
• XAVIER RUDD, Spirit Bird
• LANGHORNE SLIM & THE LAW, Way We Move
• DON MCLEAN, Addicted to Black

May 22

• THE CULT, Choice of Weapon
• JOHN MAYER, Born and Raised
• RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, The Wolf You Feed

May 15

• SANTANA, Shape Shifter
• MEIKO, The Bright Side
• WILLIE NELSON, Heroes

May 8

• GLENN FREY, After Hours
• KEANE, Strangeland
• SARA WATKINS, Sun Midnight Sun
• PAUL THORN, What the Hell Is Goin on
• TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS, Goodbye Normal Street
• GREG LASWELL, Landline
• LUTHER DICKINSON, Hambone’s Meditations

May 1

• NORAH JONES, Little Broken Hearts
• RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Out of the Game
• TODD SNIDER, Time As We Know It: Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker
• ANDERS OSBORNE, Black Eye Galaxy

April 24

• JACK WHITE, Blunderbuss
• BRENDAN BENSON, What Kind of World
• JOE PUG, Great Despiser

April 17

• ERIC HUTCHINSON, Moving Up Living Down
• HANK WILLIAMS III, Long Gone Daddy
• PETER KARP & SUE FOLEY, Beyond the Crossroads
• LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, Older Than My Old Man Now
• JD MCPHERSON, Signs & Signifiers
• DAR WILLIAMS, In the Time of Gods

April 10

• THE MASTERSONS, Birds Fly South
• COUNTING CROWS, Underwater Sunshine
• M. WARD, A Wasteland Companion
• JOHN DOE & EXENE CERVENKA, Singing & Playing
• HOOTS & HELLMOUTH, Salt
• BONNIE RAITT, Slipstream
• ALABAMA SHAKES, Boys & Girls
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, The Hunger Games (Soundtrack)

April 3

• ROCKY VOTOLATO, Television Of Saints
• THE LUMINEERS, The Lumineers
• BEN HOWARD, Every Kingdom
• TOM GOSS, Lost Songs and Underdogs
• DR. JOHN, Locked Down
• ELVIS COSTELLO, The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook
• GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, New Wild Everywhere

March 26

• LIONEL RICHIE, Tuskegee
• RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Grifter’s Hymnal
• JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Nothing’s Going to Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
• COWBOY JUNKIES, Wilderness
• SONS OF BILL, Sirens
• THE PIERCES, You & I

March 20

• THE SHINS, Port of Morrow
• FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS, Live at Melkweg
• MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO & SO’S, Rot Gut Domestic
• ROBERT POLLARD, Mouseman Cloud

March 13

• THE DECEMBERISTS, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live)
• LUCERO, Woman & Work
• DELTA SPIRIT, Delta Spirit
• SHOOTER JENNINGS, Family Man

March 6

• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Wrecking Ball
• TODD SNIDER, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables

February 28

• LYLE LOVETT, Release Me
• HONEYDOGS, What Comes After
• CHIP TAYLOR, Fuck All the Perfect People
• CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, Leaving Eden
• AMY RAY, Lung of Love
• THE CRANBERRIES, Roses

February 21

• DAMIEN JURADO, Maraqopa
• THE CHIEFTAINS, Voice Of Ages
• SINEAD O’CONNOR, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
• LAMCHOP, Mr. M
• JOSH RITTER, Bringing in the Darlings (EP)
• TOMMY WOMACK, Now What!
• KEVN KINNEY & GOLDEN PALOMINOS, A Good Country Mile

February 14

• AMOS LEE, As The Crow Flies
• HEARTLESS BASTARDS, Arrow
• ANGELA EASTERLING, Mon secret
• PUNCH BROTHERS, Who’s Feeling Young Now?
• THE EXPLORERS CLUB, Grand Hotel
• ROSIE THOMAS, With Love
• EISLEY, Deep Space

February 7

• PAUL MCCARTNEY, Kisses on the Bottom
• VAN HALEN, A Different Kind of Truth
• DR. DOG, Be The Void
• BEN KWELLER, Go Fly A Kite
• CHUCK PROPHET, Temple Beautiful

January 31

• RINGO STARR, Ringo 2012
• RUTHIE FOSTER, Let It Burn
• DARRELL SCOTT, Long Ride Home
• DEL MCCOURY, Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe
• JOHN HIATT, Crossing Muddy Waters

January 24

• CRAIG FINN, Clear Heart Full Eyes
• MEAT PUPPETS, Up On The Sun
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, New Multitudes
• MARTIN SEXTON, Fall Like Rain (EP)
• NADA SURF, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
• WEAKERTHANS, Provincial

January 17

• GUIDED BY VOICES, Let’s Go Eat the Factory
• KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Voyageur
• ANI DIFRANCO, Which Side Are You On
• DEVON SPROULE, I Love You Go Easy

January 10

• THE LITTLE WILLIES, For the Good Times
• SNOW PATROL, Fallen Empires

January 3

• FRED ANDREWS & HONEYBROWNE, This Side of Crazy

December 27

• PEARL JAM, The Document

December 20

• RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON, Shoot Out the Lights (Reissue)

December 13

• JOSH RITTER, Live At The Iveagh Gardens

December 6

• THE BLACK KEYS, El Camino

November 29

• RICHARD THOMPSON, Strict Tempo

November 22

• WILLIE NELSON, Remember Me Vol. 1
• RHETT MILLER, The Interpreter: Live At Largo

November 15

• R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982 – 2011
• SEAN COSTELLO, At His Best: Live

November 8

• NOEL GALLAGHER, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
• LAURA VEIRS, Tumble Bee
• STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, Soul to Soul

November 1

• THE DECEMBERISTS, Long Live the King

October 24

• TOM WAITS, Bad As Me
• DEER TICK, Divine Providence
• POPA CHUBBY, Back to New York City
• WILLIE NILE, The Innocent Ones
• PAUL KELLY, Songs From the South
• SAM LLANAS, 4 Am

October 18

• CHRIS ISAAK, Beyond the Sun
• SHELBY LYNNE, Revelation Road

October 11

• RYAN ADAMS, Ashes & Fire
• PETER GABRIEL, New Blood
• SCOTT H BIRAM, Bad Ingredients
• JAMES MORRISON, Awakening
• JOHN WESLEY HARDING, The Sound of His Own Voice
• FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, Walk With Me

October 4

• INDIGO GIRLS, Beauty Queen Sister
• MIKE VIOLA, Electro De Perfecto
• BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, Wolfroy Goes to Town

September 27

• WILCO, The Whole Love
• DARYL HALL, Laughing Down Crying
• MATTHEW SWEET, Modern Art
• SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, Zombified
• MEKONS, Ancient & Modern
• JOSH ROUSE & THE LONG VACATIONS, Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations

September 20

• GAVIN DEGRAW, Sweeter
• LISA HANNIGAN, Passenger
• JAYHAWKS, Mockingbird Time
• RICHMOND FONTAINE, The High Country
• WILL DAILEY, Will Dailey & The Rivals

September 13

• WYNTON MARSALIS & ERIC CLAPTON, Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues
• RECKLESS KELLY, Good Luck & True Love
• GOURDS, Old Mad Joy
• MASON JENNINGS, Minnesota
• LYDIA LOVELESS, Indestructible Machine

September 6

• LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, Seeds We Sow
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Listen To Me: Buddy Holly
• TOM RUSSELL, Mesabi
• SLAID CLEAVES, Sorrow & Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge
• PAUL MCCARTNEY, Chaos & Creation in the Backyard

August 30

• JOHN DOE, Keeper
• MIKE DOUGHTY, Yes & Also Yes
• TOM MORELLO AND NIGHTWATCHMAN, World Wide Rebel Songs
• TOMMY STINSON, One Man Mutiny
• TOMMY KEENE, Behind the Parade
• ERIC LINDELL, West County Drifter
• ROBERT EARL KEEN, Ready for Confetti

August 23

• STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Mirror Traffic

August 16

• HOTEL LIGHTS, Girl Graffiti
• JEFF BRIDGES, Jeff Bridges
• GUY CLARK, Songs & Stories
• ELI YOUNG BAND, Life at Best
• THE BOTTLE ROCKETS, Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening
• KRIS DELMHORST, Cars

August 9

August 2

• KEB MO, The Reflection
• JOHN HIATT, Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns
• FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, Sky Full of Holes
• MAT KEARNEY, Young Love
• O.A.R., King
• THE WOOD BROTHERS, Smoke Ring Halo
• RICHARD BUCKNER, Our Blood
• JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER, Marble Son

July 26

• AMERICA, Back Pages
• JIMMIE VAUGHAN, Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites
• BODEANS, Indigo Dreams
• CHRIS ISAAK, San Francisco Days
• RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies

July 19

• 3 DOORS DOWN, Time of My Life
• TOM MORELLO AND NIGHTWATCHMAN, Union Town
• ANGELA EASTERLING, Beguiler
• AMY LAVERE, Stranger Me

July 12

• GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS, 2120 South Michigan Ave
• YES, Fly From Here

July 5

• OLD 97′S, Grand Theatre Vol. 2
• TIM EASTON, Since 1966, Vol. 1

June 28

• GILLIAN WELCH, The Harrow & The Harvest
• EILEN JEWELL, Queen of the Minor Key
• JOLIE HOLLAND, Pint of Blood

June 21

• LIAM FINN, FOMO
• BON IVER, Bon Iver
• MATT NATHANSON, Modern Love
• DAVE ALVIN, Eleven Eleven
• GOMEZ, Whatevers on Your Mind
• LAURA CANTRELL, Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music
• RUTHIE FOSTER, Ruthie Foster Live At Antones
• MY MORNING JACKET, Celebracion De La Ciudad Natal
• JIM LAUDERDALE, Reason & Rhyme
• JAMES MADDOCK, Wake Up & Dream

June 14

• MARC BROUSSARD, Marc Broussard
• NEIL YOUNG INTERNATIONAL HARVESTERS, A Treasure
• OWL CITY, All Things Bright And Beautiful
• MADELEINE PEYROUX, Standing on the Rooftop

June 7

• BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH, Light The Horizon
• TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, Revelator
• JOE ELY, Satisfied at Last
• BLACK LIPS, Arabia Mountain
• GRAYSON CAPPS, Lost Cause Minstrels
• CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, Heritage
• WATERMELON SLIM & SUPER CHIKAN, Okiesippi Blues

May 31

• DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, Codes And Keys
• MY MORNING JACKET, Circuital
• EDDIE VEDDER, Ukulele Songs
• FLOGGING MOLLY, Speed Of Darkness
• ROBERT POLLARD, Lord of the Birdcage

May 24

• JOSEPH ARTHUR, Graduation Ceremony

May 17

• LEVON HELM, Ramble at the Ryman
• BEN HARPER, Give Till It’s Gone
• HANK WILLIAMS III, Hillbilly Joker
• SARAH JAROSZ, Follow Me Down
• BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES, Rocket Science

May 10

• THE CARS, Move Like This
• OKKERVIL RIVER, I Am Very Far
• JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, Heirloom Music
• CHRIS THILE AND MICHAEL DAVES, Sleep With One Eye Open
• FELICE BROTHERS, Celebration Florida
• SAM ROBERTS BAND, Collider
• BEN SOLLEE, Inclusions
• URGE OVERKILL, Rock & Roll Submarine
• CHRISTOPHER CROSS, Doctor Faith
• PETER CASE, The Case Files
• SEA & CAKE, The Moonlight Butterfly

May 3

• FLEET FOXES, Helplessness Blues
• STEVIE NICKS, In Your Dreams
• BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, Take The High Road
• ELIZA GILKYSON, Roses at the End of Time
• JEFFREY FOUCAULT, Horse Latitudes
• R.E.M., The Lowdown

April 26

• EMMYLOU HARRIS, Hard Bargain
• STEVE EARLE, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
• AUGUSTANA, Augustana
• THE WAIFS, Temptation
• OF MONTREAL, Thecontrollersphere
• THAO & MIRAH, Thao & Mirah
• OWEN TEMPLE, Mountain Home

April 19

• ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS, Unida Cantina
• BOB SCHNEIDER, Perfect Day
• GRAVEYARD, Hisingen Blues
• RALPH STANLEY, A Mother’s Prayer

April 12

• ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION, Paper Airplane
• FOO FIGHTERS, Wasting Light
• PAUL SIMON, So Beautiful or So What
• K.D. LANG, Sing It Loud
• JASON ISBELL AND 400 UNIT, Here We Rest
• BRETT DENNEN, Loverboy
• DEL MCCOURY AND PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, American Legacies
• JOHN OATES, Mississippi Mile
• THE MEAT PUPPETS, Lollipop
• HOWE GELB AND BAND OF GYPSIES, Alegrias

April 5

• ROBBIE ROBERTSON, How To Become Clairvoyant
• HOT TUNA, Steady As She Goes
• RAY DAVIES, See My Friends
• RAVEONETTES, Raven in the Grave
• SMITHEREENS, 2011
• THE SUBMARINES, Love Notes/Letter Bombs
• HA HA TONKA, Death of a Decade
• 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, Bull of the Woods

March 29

• LOS LONELY BOYS, Rockpango
• WILLIE NELSON, WYNTON MARSALIS, AND NORAH JONES, Here We Go Again
• PETER BJORN AND JOHN, Gimme Some
• MARCIA BALL, Roadside Attractions
• BAND OF HEATHENS, Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster’s Son

March 22

• THE STROKES, Angles
• RICHARD ASHCROFT, United Nations of Sound
• SHANNON MCNALLY, Western Ballad
• SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, Golden Greats No. 1 Deluxe
• SOLOMON BURKE AND DIJK, Hold On Tight

March 15

• THE DAMNWELLS, No One Listens to the Band Anymore (PledgeMusic Recordings / Poor Man’s Records)
• BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS, Scandalous (Lost Highway)
• STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS, Rare Bird Alert (Rounder)
• NEW YORK DOLLS, Dancing Backward In High Heels (Savoy)
• NICK LOWE, Labour of Lust
• J MASCIS, Several Shades of Why
• BLACK FRANCIS, Abbabubba (b-sides. etc.)
• BLACK FRANCIS, The Golem
• CAITLIN ROSE, Own Side Now

March 8

• R.E.M., Collapse Into Now (Warner Brothers)
• BRUCE COCKBURN, Small Source of Comfort
• MAE, (e)vening
• ALEXI MURDOCH, Towards the Sun
• DR JOHN, Zu Zu Soiree
• SANTANA, On the Road to Woodstock
• EXENE CERVENKA, Excitement of Maybe

March 1

• BUDDY MILLER, MARC RIBOT, BILL FRISELL & GREG LEISZ, The Majestic Silver Strings (New West)
• LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Blessed (Lost Highway)
• BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS, 100 Years of Robert Johnson
• RON SEXSMITH, Long Player Late Bloomer (Ronboy Rhymes)
• EISLEY, The Valley
• JOHN POPPER, John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours (Savoy)
• THE BASEBALL PROJECT, Vol 2: High & Inside
• MIDDLE BROTHER, Middle Brother (Partisan)

February 22

• LOW ANTHEM, Smart Flesh (Nonesuch)
• ADELE, 21
• JEFF BECK, Rock ‘N’ Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul)
• G. LOVE, Fixin to Die
• THE CAVE SINGERS, No Witch

February 15

• BUFFALO TOM, Skins (Saddle Creek)
• BRIGHT EYES, The People’s Key (Saddle Creek)
• HAYES CARLL, KMAG YOYO (& other American stories) (Lost Highway)
• DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Go-Go Boots (ATO)
• EDDIE SPAGHETTI, Sundowner (Bloodshot)
• TELEKINESIS, 12 Desperate Straight Lines (Merge)
• THE TWILIGHT SINGERS, Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop)
• COWBOY JUNKIES, Demons
• SONIC YOUTH, Simon Werner a Disparu

February 8

• JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD, Tell Me (Nonesuch)
• THE WAILIN’ JENNYS, Bright Morning Stars
• TEDDY THOMPSON, Bella
• OVER THE RHINE, Long Surrender
• NICOLE ATKINS, Mondo Amore
• AKRON/FAMILY, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

February 1

• CARRIE RODRIGUEZ AND BEN KYLE, We Still Love Our Country (Ninth Street Opus)
• TOD SNIDER, Todd Snider Live: The Storyteller
• NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, Keys to the Kingdom
• DAVID LOWERY, The Palace Guards
• ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES, Go Down Under
• COWBOY MOUTH, Mardi Gras

January 25

• IRON AND WINE, We Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Brothers)
• WANDA JACKSON (WITH JACK WHITE), The Party Ain’t Over (Nonesuch)
• AMOS LEE, Mission Bell (Blue Note)
• LORI MCKENNA, Lorraine
• CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii
• 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, Easter Everywhere

January 18

• THE DECEMBERISTS, The King Is Dead (Capitol)
• PONDEROSA, Moonlight Revival (New West)
• SOCIAL DISTORTION, Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes
• GREGG ALLMAN, Low Country Blues
• PEARLE JAM, Live On Ten Legs
• ROBERT POLLARD, Space City Kicks
• DANIEL MARTIN MOORE, In the Cool of the Day

January 11

• BRITISH SEA POWER, Valhalla Dancehall (Rough Trade)
• CAKE, Showroom of Compassion (Upbeat Records)
• ABIGAIL WASHBURN, City of Refuge
• EDIE BRICKELL, Edie Brickell
• JIMMY EAT WORLD, The Lowdown

December 14

• RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS, III/IV

December 7

• DUFFY, Endlessly
• FEIST, Look At What The Light Did Now
• SUFJAN STEVENS, All Delighted People
• TWO COW GARAGE, Sweet Saint Me

November 30

• STEVE WYNN, Northern Aggression

November 23

• SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, Kudzu Ranch
• MASON JENNINGS, The Flood

November 16

• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, The Promise
• NORAH JONES, …Featuring Norah Jones

November 9

• DEPECHE MODE, Tour of the Universe
• ALBERT KING/STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, In Session
• DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, Live In New York City
• AARON NEVILLE, I Know I’ve Been Changed
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, The Promise
• THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH, Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird

November 2

• BLEU, Four
• ELVIS COSTELLO, National Ransom
• NEIL DIAMOND, Dreams
• HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS, Soulsville
• MATT & KIM, Sidewalks
• PAUL MCCARTNEY, Band on the Run (reissue)
• KEITH RICHARDS, Vintage Vinos
• WEEZER, Death To False Metal
• TODD MATHIS, War Songs

October 26

October 19

• BOB DYLAN, The Bootleg Series: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (Columbia)
• ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSELL, The Union (Decca)
• KINGS OF LEON, Come Around Sundown (RCA)

October 12

• ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, Swanlights (Secretly Canadian)
• BADLY DRAWN BOY, Part 1–Photographing Snowflakes (Virgin)
• BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, Write About Love (Matador)
• SUFJAN STEVENS, The Age Of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
• DARIUS RUCKER, Charleston, SC 1966
• INDIGO GIRLS, Holly Happy Days
• JOSHUA RADIN, Rock & The Tide
• OLD 97S, The Grand Theatre Volume One
• DAR WILLIAMS, Many Great Companions
• SISTER HAZEL, Heartland Highway
• SHAWN MULLINS, Light You Up
• RAILROAD EARTH, Railroad Earth
• SHELBY LYNNE, Merry Christmas
• SUZANNE VEGA, Close-Up 2: People & Places
• BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA, Christmas Comes Alive!
• CHIP TAYLOR, The New Bye & ByE

October 5

• KT TUNSTALL, Tiger Suit (Virgin)
• GUSTER, Easy Wonderful
• THE AVETT BROTHERS, Live, Volume 3
• RAUL MALO, Sinners & Saints
• DONAVON FRANKENREITER, Glow
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Parenthood [Soundtrack]

September 28

• ERIC CLAPTON, Clapton
• NEIL YOUNG, Le Noise
• BEN FOLDS AND NICK HORNBY, Lonely Avenue
• DOOBIE BROTHERS, World Gone Crazy
• LIZZ WRIGHT, Fellowship
• GIN BLOSSOMS, No Chocolate Cake
• PETE YORN, Pete Yorn
• THE POSIES, Blood/Candy
• JOHN MELLENCAMP, No Better Than This

September 21

• MATT COSTA, Mobile Chateau
• MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO & SO’S, Buzzard

September 14

• ROBERT PLANT, Band of Joy
• MAVIS STAPLES, You Are Not Alone
• JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Harlem River Blues
• MICHELLE BRANCH, Everything Comes and Goes
• KIM RICHEY, Wreck Your Wheels

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

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