2008 Release Calendar Archive

Fall 2008

December 9

• CHARLIE LOUVIN, Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs (Tompkins Square)
• MAROON 5, Call & Response (A&M)

December 2

• BRITNEY SPEARS, Circus (Jive)
• NEIL YOUNG, Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 (Reprise)

November 25

• JEFF BECK, Performing this Week… Live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (Eagle Rock)
• DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Todomundo)
• RIVERS CUOMO, Alone 2: The Home Recordings (DGC)
• SUPERSUCKERS, Get It Together (Mid-Fi)
• SCOTT WEILAND, Happy in Galoshes (New West)

November 18

• BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, The BBC Sessions (Matador)
• DIDO, Safe Trip Home (Arista)
• EARL SCRUGGS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, The Ultimate Collection: Live At The Ryman (Rounder)
• FEMI KUTI, Day By Day (Mercer Street/Downtown)
• ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN, Sunday at Devil Dirt (Vagrant)
• MAX OCHS, Hooray For Another Day (Tompkins Square)
• RANDY HOUSER, self-titled (Universal South)

November 11

• BOXMASTERS, Christmas Cheer (Sawmill/Vanguard)
• ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Live Animal (Manhattan)
• TRACY CHAPMAN, Our Bright Future (Electra)
• HOWLIN’ WOLF, Rockin’ The Blues: Live In Germany 1964 (Acrobat)
• MUDCRUTCH, Extended Play EP (Reprise)
• SEAL, Soul (Warner Bros.)
• THE SMITHS, The Sound of the Smiths : The Very Best of (Rhino)
• BUTCH WALKER, Sycamore Meadows (Original Signal)
• WARREN ZEVON, self-titled (Rhino)

November 4

• CHRIS CORNELL, Scream (Interscope)
• DIDO, Safe Trip Home (Arista)
• BRAD PAISLEY, Play (Arista)
• LOU REED, Berlin: Original Soundtrack (Matador)
• MAVIS STAPLES, Hope at the Hideout (Anti-)
• TRAVIS, Ode to J. Smith (Red Telephone Box)
• ZZ TOP, Live from Texas (Eagle Rock)

October 28

• RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS, Cardinology (Lost Highway)
• DAVE ALVIN, The Best of the Hightone Years (Shout! Factory)
• SARA BAREILLES, Between the Lines: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore (Epic)
• THE CURE, 4:13 Dream (Geffen)
• MERLE HAGGARD, Live from Austin, TX (New West)
• WAYLON JENNINGS, Live from Austin, TX (New West)
• KAISER CHIEFS, Off with Their Heads (Universal)
• LONGHORNE SLIM, When the Sun’s Gone Down: Deluxe Edition (Narnack)
• BUDDY MILLER, The Best of the Hightone Years (Shout! Factory)
• BOZ SCAGGS, Speak Low (Decca US)
• SNOW PATROL, A Hundred Million Suns (Geffen)
• SUSAN TEDESCHI, Back to the River (Verve Forecast)

October 21

• AC/DC, Black Ice (Atlantic)
• BRETT DENNEN, Hope for the Hopeless (Dualtone)
• HANK WILLIAMS III, Damn Right Rebel Proud (Sidewalk)
• IKE & TINA TURNDER, Sing The Blues (Acrobat)
• LEE ANN WOMACK, Call Me Crazy (MCA)
• RTX, JJ Got Live RaTX (Drag City)
• SEA & CAKE, Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey)
• TONY TRISCHKA, Hill Country (Rounder)
• THE BRIDGE, Blind Man’s Hill (Hyena)
• THE DEARS, Missles (Dangerbird)
• WAYLON JENNINGS, Dam Right Rebel Proud (Curb)

October 14

• ANE BRUN, Chanaging Of The Seasons (Cheap Lullaby)
• BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (Nonesuch)
• BILL MADDEN, Child of the Same God (MadMuse)
• HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS, self-titled (Transdreamer)
• J.D. SOUTHER, If The World Was You (Slow Curve)
• JIM WHITE, A Funny Little Cross To Bear (self)
• JOHNNY CASH, At Folsom Prison (Legacy)
• KAISER CHIEFS, Off With Their Heads (Universal Motown)
• LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Little Honey (Lost Highway)
• MENAHAN STREET BAND, Make The Road By Walking (Daptone/Dunham)
• MOLLY JENSON, Maybe Tomorrow (Bully Pulpit/Nettwerk)
• RAY LAMONTAGNE, Gossip In The Grain (RCA)
• SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER, The Dawn Of Grace (Nettwerk)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Johnny Cash Remixed (Compadre)

October 7

• ANNUALS, Such Fun (Canvasback)
• CHARLIE PICKETT, Bar Band Americanus…The Best Of Charlie Pickett And (Bloodshot)
• CROOKED FINGERS, Forfeit/Fortune (self-released)
• DEERHOOF, Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
• JOLIE HOLLAND, The Living And The Dead (Anti-)
• LAMBCHOP, OH (Merge)
• OASIS, Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother)
• THE PRETENDERS, Break Up the Concrete (Artist First)
• YOUNG LORDS, Rodeo Songs (1776)

September 30

• ANI DIFRANCO, Red Letter Year (Righteous Babe)
• BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES, Jingle All The Way (Rounder)
• BEN FOLDS, Way To Normal (Epic)
• CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, self-titled, Bayou Country, Green River, Willy & The Poor Boys, Cosmo’s Factory, and Pendulum (Fantasy)
• IGUANAS, If You Ever Fall On Hard Times (Yep Roc)
• JAMES TAYLOR, Covers (Hear)
• JOE LOUIS WALKER, Witness To The Blues (Stony Plain)
• JOHN CLEARY & THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN, Mo Hippa (Megaforce)
• JOSEPH ARTHUR & THE ASTRONAUTS, Temporary People (Lonely Astronauts)
• MERCURY REV, Snowflake Midnight (Yep Roc)
• PETE SEEGER, At 89 (Appleseed)
• RORY BLOCK, Blues Walkin’ Like A Man (Stony Plain)
• TAJ MAHAL, Maestro (Heads Up)
• TINA TURNER, Tina! (Capitol/EMI)
• WADE BOWEN, If We Ever Make It Home (Sustain)

Summer 2008

September 23

• BLITZEN TRAPPER, Furr (Sub Pop)
• CHARLIE HADEN FAMILY & FRIENDS, Ocean Of Diamonds (Decca)
• ELVIN BISHOP, The Blues Rolls On (Delta Groove/Electo Groove)
• GOLDEN SMOG, Stay Golden, Smog: The Best Of Golden Smog (Rhino)
• GRAHAM NASH, Songs For Beginners (Rhino)
• HIGH PLACES, self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
• JENNY LEWIS, Acid Tongue (Warner Bros.)
• KINGS OF LEON, Only By The Night (label TBA)
• OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk)
• PRETENDERS, Break Up The Concrete (Shangri-La Music)
• REPLACEMENTS, Tim/Pleased To Meet Me/Don’t Tell A Soul/All Shook Down (Rhino)
• ROY ORBISON, The Soul Of Rock & Roll (Monument/Orbison/Legacy)
• TV ON THE RADIO, Dear Science (Interscope)
• VANCE GILBERT, Up On Rockfield (Dissismye)

September 16

• AMANDA PALMER, Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner)
• BOB CHEEVERS, Fiona’s World (label unknown)
• CHARLIE LOUVIN, Steps To Heaven (Tompkins Square)
• ELI YOUNG BAND, Jet Black & Jealous (Universal South)
• HAUNT, The Deep North (Nine Mile)
• JEM, Down To Earth (ATO)
• JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (Polymer)
• KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON, Rattlin’ Bones (Sugar Hill)
• LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, Gift Of Screws (Reprise)
• MARK ERELLI, Delivered (Signature Sounds)
• NINA SIMONE, To Be Free (RCA/Legacy)
• PETE BEST, Haymans Green (label unknown)
• REDD VOLKAERT, Reddhead (Telehog)
• TINDERSTICKS, The Hungry Saw (Constellation)
• TOM VERLAINE, Dreamtime and Words From The Front (Collector’s Choice)

September 12

• METALLICA, Death Magnetic (Warner Brothers)

September 9

• ANGELA DESVEAUX & THE MIGHTY SHIP, self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
• BITTERSWEETS, Goodnight, San Francisco (Compass)
• CALEXICO, Carried To Dust (Touch & Go)
• CHAD VAN GAALEN, Soft Airplane (Sub Pop)
• DAMIEN JURADO, Caught In The Trees (Secretly Canadian)
• DAR WILLIAMS, Promised Land (Razor & Tie)
• GRAYSON CAPPS & THE STUMPKNOCKERS, Rott ‘N’ Roll (Hyena)
• HAL KETCHUM, Father Time (Curb)
• HORSE FEATHERS, House With No Home (Kill Rock Stars)
• I’M NOT JIM, You Are All My People (Bloodshot)
• JACKOPIERCE, Promise Of Summer (self)
• JOAN BAEZ, Day After Tomorrow (Bobolink/Razor & Tie)
• JOAN OSBORNE, Little Wild One (Womanly Hips/Plum)
• JOSH ROUSE, The Best of the Rykodisc Years (Rhino/Ryko)
• KIMYA DAWSON, Alphabutt (K)
• LIZ DURRETT, Outside Our Gates (Warm Electronic)
• LL COOL J, Exit 13 (Def Jam)
• MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, All Rebel Rockers (Anti-)
• NATALIE COLE, Still Unforgettable (Rhino)
• OKKERVIL RIVER, The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
• PATTY GRIFFIN, Live From The Artists Den (ATO/Artists Den)
• PATTY LOVELESS, Sleepless Nights (Saguaro Road)
• PORTASTATIC, Some Small History (Merge)
• STEVE WYNN, Crossing Dragon Bridge (Rock Ridge)

September 2

• APOLLO SUNSHINE, Shall Noise Upon (BBE)
• BRIAN WILSON, That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol)
• BRUCE ROBISON, The New World (Premium)
• CHRIS KNIGHT, Heart Of Stone (Drifter’s Church)
• GIANT SAND, Provisions (Yep Roc)
• JACKSONS, Destiny, Triumph (Epic/Legacy)
• JEM, Down to Earth (ATO)
• JOE LOVANO, Symphonica (Blue Note)
• JOHN CLEARY & THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN, Mo Hippa (Megaforce)
• RODNEY CROWELL, Sex & Gasoline (Yep Roc)
• SONYA KITCHELL, This Storm (Decca/Velour)
• THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, Brotherhood (Astralwerks)
• WILLEM MAKER, Stars Fell On (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum)

August 26

• BACKYARD TIRE FIRE, The Places We Lived (Hyena)
• B.B. KING, One Kind Favor (Geffen)
• BLUES TRAVELER, Shootout In North Hollywood (Verve)
• CATIE CURTIS, Sweet Life (Compass)
• CORDERO, De Donde Eres (Bloodshot)
• DELTA SPIRIT, Ode To Sunshine (Rounder)
• EVA CASSIDY, Somewhere (Blix Street)
• GABE DIXON BAND, self-titled (Fantasy/Concord)
• JAN & DEAN, The Complete Liberty Singles (Collectors Choice)
• JJ GREY AND MOFRO, Orange Blossoms (Alligator)
• LITTLE FEAT, Join the Band (Savoy)
• MATTHEW SWEET, Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory)
• MOTT THE HOOPLE/IAN HUNTER, Old Records Never Die: The Anthology (Shout Factory)
• THE DERAILERS, Guaranteed to Satisfy (Palo Duro)
• THREE DOG NIGHT, Greatest Hits Live (Shout Factory)

August 19

• AARON PARKS, Invisible Cinema (Blue Note)
• ALEX WOODARD, self-titled (Adrenaline)
• AMY MACDONALD, This Is The Life (Decca)
• BLUE MOUNTAIN, Midnight In Mississippi (Broadmoor)
• BLUE MOUNTAIN, Omnibus (Broadmoor)
• CADILLAC SKY, Gravity’s Our Enemy (Skaggs Family)
• CAESARS, Strawberry Weed (Astralwerks)
• CHRIS KNIGHT, Heart of Stone (Drifters Church)
• DANDY WARHOLS, Earth To The Dandy Warhols (Beat The World)
• DARRELL SCOTT, Modern Hymns (Appleseed)
• DEATH VESSEL, Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us (Sub Pop)
• DONOVAN FRANKENREITER, Pass It Around (Lost Highway)
• FIERY FURNACES, Remember (Thrill Jockey)
• GEORGE JONES, Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets (Bandit)
• GLEN CAMPBELL, Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol)
• EMORY JOSEPH, Fennario: Songs By Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter (Iris)
• HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN, Best Of (Shout! Factory)
• HOTEL LIGHTS, Firecracker People (Bar/None)
• HUMAN HIGHWAY, Moody Motorcycle (Suicide Squeeze)
• JEFF HANSON, Madam Owl (Kill Rock Stars)
• JENNIFER O’CONNOR, Here With Me (Matador)
• JERRY DOUGLAS, Glide (Koch)
• JOE BONAMASSA, From Nowhere In Particular (J&R)
• JULIANA HATFIELD, How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)
• KARA GRAINGER, Grand And Green River (Craving)
• KATE MCGARRY, If Less Is More…Nothing Is Everything (Palmetto)
• LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY, Repentance (Narnack)
• LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, Recovery (Yep Roc)
• MANHATTANS, Sweet Talking Soul: The Manhattans, 1965-1990 (Shout Factory)
• MUSIC TAPES, For Clouds And Tornadoes (Merge)
• RANDALL BRAMBLETT, Now It’s Tomorrow (New West)
• SHARON ROBINSON, Everybody Knows (self)
• STARLING ELECTRIC, Clouded Staircase (Bar/None)
• SUARASAMA, Fajar Di Atas Awan (Drag City)
• TEN SHEKEL SHIRT, Jubilee (Rounder)
• THE DUHKS, Fast Paced World (Sugar Hill)
• THE STILLS, Oceans Will Rise (Arts & Crafts)
• THE VERVE, Forth (Megaforce)
• THE WALKMAN, You & Me (Gigantic)
• TOADIES, No Deliverance (Kirtland)
• TODD SNIDER, Peace Queer (self?)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Como Now (Daptone)
• XAVIER RUDD, Dark Shades Of Blue (Anti-)

August 12

• BEN WEAVER, The Ax In The Oak (Bloodshot)
• EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY, Old School (Decca)
• IRMA THOMAS, Simply Grand (Rounder)
• MURRY HAMMOND, I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way (self)
• PIERRE DE REEDER, The Way It Was (Little Record Company)

August 5

• CARL LEBLANC, 7th Ward Griot (Preservation Hall Presents)
• CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, She Ain’t Me (Manhattan)
• CONOR OBERST, self-titled (Merge)
• DAVID VANDERVELDE, Waiting For The Sunrise (Secretly Canadian)
• FACTS ABOUT FUNERALS, Love Songs And Funeral Homes (Evangeline)
• GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS, The Great Unravel (High Noon)
• HEIDI NEWFIELD, What Am I Waiting For (Curb)
• IDA, My Fair, My Dark (Polyvinyl)
• JAKE LA BOTZ, Sing This To Yourself And Other Suggestions For A Personal Apocalypse (Charnel Road)
• JAMEY JOHNSON, That Lonesome Song (Mercury)
• JIMMY STURR, Let The Whole World Sing (Rounder)
• JOE LASTIE JR., self-titled (Preservation Hall Presents)
• JOHNNY FLYNN, A Larum (Lost Highway)
• MARK GAIGNARD & THE ALSO RAN, We All Need Lies (Backspace)
• MIKE GORDON, The Green Sparrow (Rounder)
• MIKE MANGIONE, Tenebrae (Oarfin)
• ONEIDA, Preteen Weaponry (Jagjaguwar)
• OXFORD COLLAPSE, Bits (Sub Pop)
• PETER BRADLEY ADAMS, Leavetaking (Sarathan)
• RANDY NEWMAN, Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
• REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, The Whole Fam Damnily (Side One Dummy)
• ROBYN HITCHCOCK, Luminous Groove (Yep Roc)
• ROSALIE SORRELS, Strangers In Another Country: The Songs Of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)
• SARAH MCLACHLAN, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy: Legacy Edition (Arista/Legacy)
• SHANNON MCARDLE, Summer Of The Whole (Bar/None)
• THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EFFECT, The Airborne Toxic Effect (Shout Factory!)
• TONY RICE, The Likes Of Me: The Singer Songwriter Collection (Rounder)

July 29

• ALYSSA GRAHAM, Echo (Sunnyside)
• ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE NEW ORLEANS HELLHOUNDS, Can You Deal With It? (Bloodshot)
• CEPHAS & WIGGINS, Richmond Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)
• EDDIE FLOYD, Eddie Loves You So (Stax/Concord)
• GUITAR RED, Lightnin’ in a Bottle (Backspace)
• JAMES JACKSON TOTH, Waiting In Vain (Rykodisc)
• LITTLE RICHARD, The Very Best Of (Specialty/Concord)
• MATT PRYOR, Confidence Man (Vagrant)
• MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER, Leavin’ Town (Rounder)
• OLD MAN LUEDECKE, Proof Of Love (Black Hen)
• RICHIE HAVENS, Nobody Left To Crown (Verve)
• STEVE CROPPER & FELIX CAVALIERE, Nudge It Up A Notch (Stax/Concord)
• STEVE DAWSON, Waiting For The Lights To Come Up (Black Hen)
• TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty (Mass)

July 22

• AMY RAY, Didn’t It Feel Kinder (Daemon)
• ARCHIE FISHER, Windward Away (Red House)
• AVETT BROTHERS, The Second Gleam (Ramseur)
• BENJI HUGHES, A Love Extreme (New West)
• BUDDY GUY, Skin Deep (Silvertone)
• CSS, Donkey (Sub Pop)
• MUGISON, Mugiboogie (Ipecac)
• PAUL WELLER, 22 Dreams (Yep Roc)
• SAMANTHA CRAIN, The Confiscation (Ramseur)
• SAMMY WALKER, Misfit Scarecrow (Ramseur)
• SUGARLAND, Love On The Inside (Universal)

July 15

• DREW EMMITT, Long Road (Compass)
• GRASCALS, Keep On Walkin’ (Rounder)
• HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant)
• HOT CLUB OF DETROIT, Night Town (Mack Avenue)
• BILLY JOEL, The Stranger: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
• JOHN MELLENCAMP, Life, Death, Love And Freedom (Hear)
• NATION BEAT, Legends Of The Preacher (Modiba)
• O.A.R., All Sides (Everfine)
• RANDY TRAVIS, Around The Bend (Warner Nashville)

July 8

• ALABAMA 3, Hits And Exit Wounds (One Little Indian)
• ALBERT HAMMOND JR., Como Te Llama (RCA/RED)
• BASEBALL PROJECT, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails (Yep Roc)
• BECK, Modern Guilt (DGC)
• BILL MONROE, Father Of Bluegrass Music (MVD Visual)
• DONNA THE BUFFALO, Silverlined (Sugar Hill)
• DONNIE FRITTS, One Foot In The Groove (Leaning Man)
• BILLY JOEL, The Stranger: 30th Ann. Edition (Legacy)
• MATT KEATING, Quixotic (Kealon)
• WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS, Two Men with the Blues (Bluenote)
• NEW GUITAR SUMMIT, Shivers (Stony Plain)
• THE RADIATORS, Wild & Free (Radz)
• RON SEXSMITH, Exit Strategy Of The Soul (Yep Roc)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Moneyland (McCoury)
• WILLIE NILE, Live From The Streets Of New York (00:02:59)

July 1

• EARLIMART, Hymn And Her (Majordomo)
• JOHN MAYER, Where The Light Is: Live In Los Angeles (Columbia)
• LOS LONELY BOYS, Forgiven (Epic)
• NELS ANDREWS, Off Track Betting (Reveal)
• WILLIE NELSON, Stardust: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy)

Spring 2008

June 24

• ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Real Animals (Manhattan)
• AMOS LEE, Last Days At The Lodge (Blue Note)
• BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY, The Lost Tapes (Airline)
• CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, Popular Songs (Cooking Vinyl)
• CROOKED STILL, Still Crooked (Signature Sounds)
• DANNY PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS, The Room Over Mine (Rounder)
• EDWIN MCCAIN, Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Saguaro Road)
• ERIC DARIUS, Goin’ All Out (Blue Note)
• FREDDIE HUBBARD, On The Real Side (Times Square)
• G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, Superhero Brother (Brushfire)
• HACIENDA BROTHERS, Arizona Motel (Proper)
• JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLERS CHOICE, Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge (Rebel)
• LIZ PHAIR, Exile In Guyville (ATO)
• LOVE AS LAUGHTER, Holy (Glacial Pace)
• PAT BENATAR, Ultimate Collection (Capitol/EMI)
• P.W. LONG, God Bless The Drunkard’s Dog (Southern)
• RECKLESS KELLY, Bulletproof (Yep Roc)
• RUBY DEE & THE SNAKEHANDLERS, Miles From Home (Dionysus)
• RY COODER, I, Flathead (Nonesuch/Perro Verde)
• SIGUR ROS, With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly (XL)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Classic Piano Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)
• WATERMELON SLIM & THE WORKERS, No Paid Holidays (NorthernBlues)
• WATSON TWINS, Fire Songs (Vanguard)

June 17

• BECKY SCHLEGEL, For All The World To See (Lilly Ray/IGO)
• DAN TYMINSKI, Wheels (Rounder)
• EEF BARZELAY, Lose Big (429)
• HEYBALE, The Last Country Album (Shuffle 5)
• HONEYBROWNE, Mile by Mile (Smith Music)
• JAMES BLACKSHAW, Litany Of Echoes (Tompkins Square)
• MANNISH BOYS, Lowdown Feelin’ (Delta Groove)
• MARIA TAYLOR, Savannah Drive (self)
• MARK CHESNUTT, Rollin’ With The Flow (Lofton Creek/Big 7)
• MICK HUCKNALL, Hucknall Tribute To Bobby (Rhino)
• MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth (Asthmatic Kitty)
• REBECCA LYNN HOWARD, No Rules (Saguaro Road)
• SILVER JEWS, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
• TEDDY THOMPSON, A Piece of What You Need (Verve Forecast)

June 10

• BEN SOLLEE, Learning To Bend (SonaBlast!)
• BILLY BOB THORNTON AND THE BOXMASTERS, self-titled (Vanguard)
• BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES, A Touch Of Someone Else’s Class (Alive)
• CARLA OLSON & MICK TAYLOR, Too Hot For Snakes (Collectors Choice)
• CARLA OLSON & THE TEXTONES, Detroit ’85 — Live & Unreleased (Collectors Choice)
• CASSANDRA WILSON, Loverly (Blue Note)
• CHIP TAYLOR, New Songs Of Freedom (Train Wreck)
• EMMYLOU HARRIS, All I Intended To Be (Nonesuch)
• GENE CLARK, Silverado ’75 — Live & Unreleased (Collectors Choice)
• HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND, Pay Me No Mind (NorthernBlues)
• INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, self-titled (Sugar Hill)
• JAKOB DYLAN, Seeing Things (Columbia/Starbucks)
• JAMES HUNTER, The Hard Way (Hear Music)
• JEFF GAUTHIER GOATETTE, House Of Return (Cryptogramophone)
• JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, To Survive (Cheap Lullaby)
• JOSHUA JAMES, The Sun Is Always Brighter (Intelligent Noise)
• MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too (Zoe/Rounder)
• MONTGOMERY GENTRY, Back When I Knew It All (Columbia Nashville)
• MY MORNING JACKET, Evil Urges (ATO)
• PATTI LABELLE, Live In Washington, D.C. (Philadelphia International/Legacy)
• PRISCILLA AHN, A Good Day (Blue Note)
• RAILROAD EARTH, Amen Corner (Sci-Fidelity)
• ROBERT POLLARD, Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (Guided By Voices Inc.)
• SAM PHILLIPS, Don’t Do Anything (Nonesuch)
• SCOTT KEMPNER, Saving Grace (00:02:59)
• SISTERS MORALES, Talking To The River (Luna)
• SLOAN, Parallel Play (Yep Roc)
• SOLOMON BURKE, Like A Fire (Anti-)
• THOMAS DOLBY, The Sole Inhabitant (Invisible Hands)
• TODD SICKAFOOSE, Tiny Resistors (Cryptogramophone)
• TONY JOE WHITE, Deep Cuts (Swamp)

June 3

• AIMEE MANN, @#%&*! Smilers (Superego)
• CENTRO-MATIC/SOUTH SAN GABRIEL, Dual Hawks (Misra)
• DR. JOHN, City That Care Forgot (429/Savoy Label Group)
• FLEET FOXES, self-titled (Sub Pop)
• FUNK BROTHERS, Live In Orlando (Eagle Rock)
• GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY, The Same Thing Again (Bo)
• ED HARCOURT, The Beautiful Lie (Dovecote)
• JESSE MALIN, Mercury Retrograde (Adeline)
• JIM STRINGER AND THE AM BAND, Triskaidekaphilia (Music Room)
• JOHN MAYALL, The Masters and Live At The Marquee (Eagle Rock)
• MOTHER TRUCKERS, Let’s All Go To Bed (Funzalo)
• OPPENHEIMER, Take The Whole Midrange And Boost It (Bar/None)
• PINETOP PERKINS, And Friends (Telarc)
• SAM PHILLIPS, Don’t Do Anything (Nonesuch)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Daptone 7″ Singles Collection, Vol. 2 (Daptone)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Gigantic: A Tribute To Kim Deal (American Laundromat)

May 27

• AL GREEN, Lay It Down (Blue Note)
• ANGEL BAND, With Roots & Wings (Appleseed)
• BROWNS, The Complete Hits (Collector’s Choice)
• BYRDS, Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971 (Sundazed)
• ELIZA GILKYSON, Beautiful World (Red House)
• FRANK ZAPPA, Wazoo (Vaulternative)
• JOHN HIATT, Same Old Man (New West)
• LISA LOEB, Camp Lisa (Furious Rose)
• JENNY SCHEINMAN, self-titled and Crossing The Field (Koch)
• JYPSI, self-titled (Arista-Nashville)
• YOUNGBLOODS, Elephant Mountain (Sundazed)

May 20

• ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET, The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk)
• BAND OF HEATHENS, self-titled (self)
• CORY MORROW, Vagrants & Kings (Sustain)
• DANIELIA COTTON, Rare Child (Adrenaline)
• DONNA SUMMER, Crayons (Burgundy/Sony BMG)
• DRUNK STUNTMEN, State Fair (self)
• EXPLORERS CLUB, Freedom Wind
• GRETA GAINES, Whiskey Thoughts (Justice)
• GUY FORSYTH, Calico Girl (Small & Nimble)
• I SEE HAWKS IN LA, Hallowed Ground (Big Book)
• JAMES KING, Gardens In The Sky (Rounder)
• KIRA LYNN CAIN, The Ideal Hunter (Evangeline)
• MASON JENNINGS, In The Ever (Brushfire)
• MICHAEL UBALDINI, Street Singin’ Troubadour (self)*
• MUDHONEY, The Lucky Ones (Sub Pop)
• SONNY LANDRETH, From The Reach (Landfall)
• WEDDING PRESENT, El Rey (Manifesto)

May 13

• AMOS GARRETT, Get Way Back: A Tribute To Percy Mayfield (Stony Plain)
• BLACK ANGELS, Directions To See A Ghost (Light In The Attic)
• CHUCK LEAVELL, Live In Germany: The Green Leaves And Blue Notes Tour (Evergreen Arts)
• DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, Narrow Straits (Atlantic)
• DENNIS WILSON, Pacific Ocean Blue: Legacy Edition (Caribou/Epic/Legacy)
• DUKE ROBILLARD, A Swinging Session With Duke Robillard (Stony Plain)
• LOCAL H, 12 Angry Months
• MURRY HAMMOND, I Don’t Know Where I’m Going… (self-released)*
• OLD 97’S, Blame It On Gravity (New West)
• PATTI ROTHBERG, Double Standards (Double On Tundra)
• PETER WALKER, Echo Of My Soul (Tompkins Square)
• STAIRWELL SISTERS, Get Off Your Money (Yodel-A-Hey)
• T BONE BURNETT, Tooth Of Crime (Nonesuch)
• THE HUMMING FIELD, The Humming Field (self-released)*

May 6

• ADAM PUDDINGTON, For The Meantime*
• ELVIS COSTELLO, Momofuku (Lost Highway)
• ERSI ARVIZU, Friend For Life (Anti-)
• EVEREST, Ghost Notes (Vapor)
• FIREWATER, The Golden Hour (Bloodshot)
• FRANK CARILLO & THE BANDOLEROS, Someday (Jezebel)
• GOOD INTENTIONS, Poor Boy (Boronda)*
• JEB LOY NICHOLS, Days Are Mighty (Compass)
• MEKONS, The Mekons Story (Buried Treasures)*
• MIDNIGHT OIL, Diesel & Dust: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
• NO AGE, Nouns (Sub Pop)
• RACHAEL SAGE, Chandelier (MPress)
• SIERRA HULL, Secrets (Rounder)

April 29

• BOMBADIL, A Buzz, A Buzz (Ramseur)
• FAYSSOUX, Early (Red Beet)*
• GRIFFIN HOUSE, Flying Upside Down (Nettwerk)
• HAYDEN, In Field & Town (Fat Possum)
• HENRY BUTLER, PiaNOLA Live (Basin Street)
• JOHN NELSON, Tengo Ranchito (Mystery Bay)*
• LANGHORNE SLIM, self-titled (Kemado)
• NATASHA BORZILOVA, Cheap Escape (Hadley)
• PETER COOPER, Mission Door (Red Beet)*
• PORTISHEAD, Third (Mercury)
• ROBERT FORSTER, The Evangelist (Yep Roc)
• TERRI CLARK, My Next Life (BNA)
• THE ROOTS, Rising Down (Def Jam)

April 22

• AMELIA, A Long, Lovely List Of Repairs (Adrenaline)
• BILLY BRAGG, Mr. Love & Justice (Anti-)
• CAROLE KING, Tapestry: Legacy Edition (Epic/Ode/Legacy)
• CLAY MCCLINTON, Son of A Gun*
• CHRIS MILLS, Living In The Aftermath (Ernest Jenning)
• DAVE MC CANN & THE TEN TOED FROGS, Shoot The Horse (Old Man River Folk Music)*
• FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, self-titled (Sub Pop)
• GREG LISHER, Trains Change (Chiseled Out)
• JOHN NELSON, Tengo Ranchito (Mystery Bay)*
• LOVE, Forever Changes (Rhino)
• LYRICS BORN, Everywhere at Once (Anti-)
• MICHAEL DOUCET, From Now On (Smithsonian Folkways)
• REPLACEMENTS, Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash; Stink; Hootenanny; Let It Be (Rhino)
• STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS, Best Of (Rounder)
• TAB BENOIT, Night Train To Nashville (TelArc)
• THE WEEPIES, Hideaway (Nettwerk)

April 15

• A.A. BONDY, American Hearts (Fat Possum)
• AARON ROBINSON, We Are Racing Ghosts (Undertow)
• AMERICAN PRINCES, Other People (Yep Roc)
• BLACK FRANCIS, Svn Fngrs (Cooking Vinyl)
• CLAY MCCLINTON, Son of A Gun*
• DAVE MC CANN & THE TEN TOED FROGS, Shoot The Horse (Old Man River Folk Music)*
• DIANNE REEVES, When You Know (Blue Note)
• DIXIE BEE-LINERS, Ripe (Pinecastle)
• JAMES MCMURTRY, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)
• JOHN NELSON, Tengo Ranchito (Mystery Bay)*
• JORDAN ZEVON, Insides Out (New West/Ammal)
• JUSTIN NOZUKA, Holly (Glassnote)
• KRIS DELMHORST, Shotgun Singer (Signature Sounds)
• THE CLASH, Revolution Rock: Live (Legacy)
• TRISTAN PRETTYMAN, Hello (Virgin)
• WILDERS, Someone’s Got To Pay (Trade Root)
• YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, Mountain Tracks: Volume 5 (Frog Pond)

April 8

• BO RAMSEY, Fragile (self)
• BREEDERS, Mountain Battles (4AD)
• COLIN MELOY, Skulls, Ships, Sheep (Kill Rock Stars)
• GIBSON BROTHERS, Iron & Diamonds (Sugar Hill)
• GNARLS BARKLEY, The Odd Couple (Downtown)
• GWIL OWEN, Gravy (Rambler Records)*
• HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway)
• IKE REILLY, Poison The Hit Parade (Rock Ridge)
• LONGVIEW, Deep In The Mountains (Rounder)
• NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Anti-)
• ROY DAVIS THE DREGS, Deadweight (self-released)*
• THE DUKE SPIRIT, Neptune (Artist First)
• WAS (NOT WAS), Boo! (Rykodisc)

April 1

• APPLES IN STEREO, Electronic Projects For Musicians (Yep Roc)
• BLACK KEYS, Attack & Release (Nonesuch)
• BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND, Season Of Changes (Verve)
• COLLIN HERRING, Past Life Crashing (self-released)*
• DAVE INSLEY, West Texas Wine*
• GEORGE STRAIT, Troubadour (MCA)
• JACKIE GREENE, Giving Up The Ghost (429)
• JOE FOURNIER, Dirt Road Joyride (Junkyard Dog)*
• KATHY MATTEA, Coal (Captain Potato)
• MATTHEW RYAN, Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State (00:02:59)
• MOBY, Last Night (Mute)
• PADDY CASEY, Addicted To Company” Pt. 1 (Red Ink)
• POI DOG PONDERING, Seven (Platetectonic)
• PROCLAIMERS, Life with You (W14)
• R.E.M., Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
• VAN MORRISON, Keep It Simple (Lost Highway)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, The Very Best Of Outlaw Country (Legacy)
• VICTOR WOOTEN, Palmystery (Heads Up)
• WILLIE NELSON, One Hell Of A Ride (Columbia/Legacy)

Winter 2008

March 25

• ARTY HILL & LONG GONE DADDYS, Bar Of Gold (Cow Island)*
• B-52s, Funplex (Astralwerks)
• COUNTING CROWS, Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings (Geffen)
• ELF POWER, In A Cave (Ryko)
• FRED EAGLESMITH, Tinderbox (MPLA)
• HAYSHAKER, Black Holiday In Mexico City*
• JIMMY GAUDREAU & MOONDI KLEIN, 2:10 Train (Rebel)
• JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, The Good Life (Bloodshot)
• LACH, The Calm Before (Fortified)
• LEMONHEADS, It’s A Shame About Ray (Rhino)
• LILI HAYDN, Places Between Places (Nettwerk)
• LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM, Live at the Bass Performance Hall (Reprise)
• RACONTEURS, Consolers Of The Lonely (Third Man/XL)
• RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER, Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 & ’47 (Skaggs Family)
• SAM MELLON & THE SKYLARKS, Sam Mellon and The Skylarks (self-released)*
• TIM O’BRIEN, Chameleon (Proper American)
• TONY TRISCHKA, Territory (Smithsonian Folkways)
• WAYBACKS, Loaded (Compass)

March 18

• JOSEPH ARTHUR, Could We Survive (MRI)
• ADAM GREEN, Sixes & Sevens (Rough Trade)
• ALAN SPARHAWK, Retribution Gospel Choir (Caldo Verde)
• BODEANS, Still (Oar Fin)
• BUTCH RYAN BAND, Time to Wait (self-released)*
• BRYAN ADAMS, 11 (Universal)
• CORTEZ DEL MAR, You Did This To Yourself (self-released)*
• DESTROYER, Trouble in Dreams (Merge)
• DEVOTCHKA, A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti-)
• DANIEL LANOIS, Here Is What Is (Red Floor)
• SERA CAHOONE, Only As The Day Is Long (Sub Pop)
• SHE & HIM, Volume 1 (Merge)
• WES CHARLTON, World On Fire (Wildflower)

March 11

• DAVE INSLEY, West Texas Wine (DIR)
• DESTROYER, Trouble In Dreams (Merge)
• ERIC BIBB, Get Onboard (TelArc)
• GENERAL STORE, Mountain Rescue (Brewery)*
• GREG LASWELL, How The Day Sounds EP (Vanguard)
• IMAAD WASIF & TWO PART BEAST, Strange Hexes (label TBA)
• JEFF HEALEY, Mess Of Blues (Ruf)
• JOE ELY & JOEL GUZMAN, Live Cactus! (Rack ‘Em)
• KINGSIZEMAYBE, Kingsizemaybe (Brewery)*
• PETE FRANCIS, Iron Sea and the Cavalry (Scrapper Records)
• PETER COOPER, Mission Door (Red Beet)
• PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, These Are The Good Times People (Fugitive)
• SHAWN MULLINS, Honeydew (Vanguard)
• THAD COCKRELL, To Be Loved EP (self)*
• THE KILLS, Midnight Boom (Domino)

March 4

• ALAN JACKSON, Good Times (Arista-Nashville)
• ALBERT COLLINS, Live At Montreaux 1992 (Eagle)
• BLACK 47, Iraq (United For Opportunity)
• BLACK CROWES, Warpaint (Silver Arrow/Megaforce/Sony)
• BODEANS, Still (Resolution)
• CARLENE CARTER, Stronger (Eleven-Thirty)
• CAROLINE HERRING, Lantana (Signature Sounds)
• CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, IV (Yep Roc)
• DAVID WILCOX, Airstream (What Are Records?)
• DAWN LANDES, Fireproof (Cooking Vinyl)
• EDDY “THE CHIEF” CLEARWATER, West Side Strut (Alligator)
• ELI “PAPERBOY” REED & THE TRUE LOVES, Roll With You (Q Division)
• FELICE BROTHERS, self-titled (Team Love)
• FLOGGING MOLLY, Float (SideOneDummy)
• GUTTER TWINS, Saturnalia (Sub Pop)
• JACKSON BROWNE, Solo Acoustic Vol. 2 (Inside)
• JIM BIANCO, Sing (Hotel Cafe)
• JIM WHITE, Transnormal Skiperoo (Luaka Bop)
• JO CAROL PIERCE, Dogs Of Love (self)
• KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Asking For Flowers (Zoe/Rounder)
• LYNYRD SKYNYRD, Street Survivors (Geffen/Universal)
• MARK PICKEREL & HIS PRAYING HANDS, Cody’s Dream (Bloodshot)
• MEG HUTCHINSON, Come Up Full (Red House)
• MICHAEL MCDONALD, Soul Speak (Universal Motown)
• MURDER BY DEATH, Red Of Tooth And Claw (Vagrant)
• RUBY SUNS, Sea Lion (Sub Pop)
• SMOKIN’ JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING, Blood Brothers (Alligator)
• STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Real Emotional Trash (Matador)
• WACO BROTHERS, Waco Express: Live And Kicking At Schubas Tavern (Bloodshot)
• WAIFS, sundirtwater (Compass)
• WEINLAND, La Lamentor (Badman)
• WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS, What Doesn’t Kill Us (Barsuk)
• WHISKEYTOWN, Strangers Almanac Deluxe Edition (Universal)

February 26

• AUSTIN COLLINS, Roses Are Black (Fat Caddy Records)
• CHRIS HICKS, Dog Eat Dog World (Ramblin’)
• COWBOY JUNKIES, Trinity Revisited (Latent/Zoe)
• DOLLY PARTON, Backwoods Barbie (Dolly)
• ERYKAH BADU, New Amerykah Part One (Universal Motown)
• MISSY HIGGINS, On A Clear Night (Reprise)
• PATTY HURST SHIFTER, Coma La Grava (Pants on Fire)*
• PUNCH BROTHERS, Punch (Nonesuch)
• RICHARD JULIAN, Sunday Morning In Saturday Shoes (Manhattan)
• ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT, R.I.P. (Vagrant)
• SARA MELSON, Dirty Mind (Nettwerk)
• TIFT MERRITT, Another Country (Fantasy)
• TOUMANI DIABATE, The Mande Variations (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
• TRENT WILLMON, Broken In (Compadre/Music World Ent.)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Stax Does The Beatles (Stax/Concord)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Stax Sings Songs Of Motown Records (Stax/Concord)

February 19

• ALLISON MOORER, Mockingbirds (New Line)
• AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB, The Golden Age (Merge)
• ARLEN ROTH / LEVON HELM, Toolin’ Around Woodstock (Aquinnah)
• BELL X1, Flock (Yep Roc)
• BOB FRANK, Red Neck, Blue Collar (Memphis International)
• BRENDAN JAMES WRIGHT & THE WRONGS, Brendan James Wright & The Wrongs (self)*
• GARY LOURIS, Vagabonds (Rykodisc)
• GRAND ARCHIVES, self-titled (Sub Pop)
• IDA, Lovers Prayers (Polyvinyl)
• JACKSON BROWNE, Solo Acoustic Volume 2 (Inside)
• JIM LAUDERDALE, Honey Songs (Yep Roc)
• jON DEE GRAHAM, Swept Away (Freedom)
• KULA SHAKER, Strange Folk (Cooking Vinyl)
• LARRY STEPHENSON, Thankful (Pinecastle)
• MARIANNE FAITHFUL, No Regrets (Great American)
• MIKE DOUGHTY, Golden Delicious (ATO)
• MOUNTAIN GOATS, Heretic Pride (4AD)
• NICK LOWE, Jesus of Cool 30th Anniversary Edition (Yep Roc)
• PAUL THORN, A Long Way From Tupelo (Perpetual Obscurity)
• PONDERING JUDD, Coalesce (self)*
• NICK LOWE, Jesus Of Cool (Yep Roc)
• RAY DAVIES, Working Man’s Cafe (Ammal/New West)
• SEAN COSTELLO, We Can Get Together (Delta Groove)
• SEVEN MARY THREE, Day & Night Driving (Bellum/Icon)
• TED LUKAS, Misled (self)*
• THE RAVEONETTES, Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
• TOM PAXTON, Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)

February 12

• ANTIETAM, Opus Mixtum (Carrot Top)
• BLUE HIGHWAY, Through The Window Of A Train (Rounder)
• BUZZ CASON, Hats Off To Hank (Palo Duro)
• CARRIE NEWCOMER, The Geography Of Light (Rounder)
• CATHERINE RUSSELL, Sentimental Streak (World Village)
• DOUG HOEKSTRA, Blooming Rosses (WingDing)
• FLAT DUO JETS, Two Headed Cow (Chicken Ranch)
• KATE MAKI, On High (OWOM)
• MACEO PARKER, Roots & Grooves (Heads Up)
• MARTIN HAYES & DENNIS CAHILL, Welcome Here Again (Green Linnet)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity (American Laundromat)
• WIDESPREAD PANIC, Free Somehow

February 5

• A.K.A.C.O.D., Happiness (self-released)
• BASIA BULAT, Oh, My Darling (Rough Trade)
• BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN, Prism: The Human Family Songbook
• BOB MOULD, District Line (Anti-)
• CAROLYN WONDERLAND, Miss Understood (Bismeaux)
• DEAD MEADOW, Old Growth (Matador)
• DEVASTATIONS, Yes U (Beggars Banquet)
• JACK JOHNSON, Sleep Through The Static (Brushfire)
• JASON COLLETT, Here’s To Being Here (Arts & Crafts)
• JOSH RITTER, In The Dark (w/DVD) (Independent Ireland)
• K.D. LANG, Watershed (Nonesuch)
• KELLEY STOLTZ, Circular Sounds (Sub Pop)
• LENNY KRAVITZ, It Is Time For A Love Revolution (Virgin)
• LIZZ WRIGHT, Orchard (Verve Forecast)
• MANDO SAENZ, Bucket (Carnival)
• NADA SURF, Lucky (Barsuk)
• NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Fort O.S.T. (Mute)
• OST, My Blueberry Nights (Blue Note)
• OTIS TAYLOR, Recapturing The Banjo (TelArc)
• PAUL WELLER, Wild Wood (Yep Roc)
• REVEREND HORTON HEAT / REVEREND ORGANDRUM, Hi Fi Stereo (Yeproc)
• SCREAMING TREES, Clairvoyance (Hall Of Records)
• SHERYL CROW, Detours (A&M)

January 29

• BEN VAUGHN COMBO, Beautiful Thing (Noble Rot)
• BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, Down In New Orleans (Time-Life)
• CHRIS STILLS, self-titled (KCJ)
• DAILY & VINCENT, self-titled (Rounder)
• ED SANDERS, Sanders’ Truckstop and Beer Cans On The Moon (Collector’s Choice)
• JEWLY HIGHT, Darlin’ Understand (self-released)
• JOE JACKSON, Rain (Rykodisc)
• KATE WALSH, Tim’s House (Verve Forecast)
• KINGSTON TRIO, Once Upon A Time and Twice Upon A Time (Collector’s Choice)
• POPA CHUBBY, Deliveries After Dark (Blind Pig)
• PURITAN RODEO, We All Share The Same Secret (self-released)*
• ROBERT POLLARD, Superman Was A Rocker (Happy Jack Rock)
• SHELBY LYNNE, Just A Little Lovin’ (Lost Highway)
• THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN, We Brave Bee Stings And All (Kill Rock Stars)
• TIM HENSLEY, Long Monday (Rural Rhythm/Blue Chair)
• TWILIGHT HOTEL, Highway Prayer
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Always Lift Him Up: A Tribute To Blind Alfred Reed (Proper American)
• WEBB WILDER & THE BEATNECKS, Born To Be Wilder (Blind Pig)
• WHISKEYTOWN, Strangers Almanac Deluxe Edition (Geffen)
• WILLIE NELSON, Moment Of Forever (Lost Highway)
• WRIGHTS, self-titled EP (Alan’s Country Records)

January 22

• BABY DEE, Safe Inside The Day (Drag City)
• BARTON CARROLL, The Lost One (Skybucket)
• BEN ALLISON, Little Things Run The World (Palmetto)
• BIIRDIE, Catherine Avenue (Love Minus Zero)
• CARTRIDGE FAMILY, Shine Like a Bottle (Doublenaught)*
• CAT POWER, Jukebox (Matador)
• DELANEY BRAMLET, A New Kind of Blues (Magnolia Gold Records)*
• DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West)
• ERIC MATTHEWS, The Imagination Stage (Empyrean)
• FLESHTONES, Take A Good Look (Yep Roc)
• JASON RINGENBERG, Best Tracks And Side Tracks 1979-2007 (Yep Roc)
• JASON QUICKSALL, My Wiser Side (Bright Orange Records)*
• KENNEDYS, Better Dreams (Appleseed)
• LIAM FINN, I’ll Be Lightning (Yep Roc)
• LISA LOEB, The Purple Tape (Furious Rose
• MARS ARIZONA, Hello Cruel World (Big Barn)
• MATT COSTA, Unfamiliar Faces (Brushfire)
• MICHAEL HOLLAND, Simple Truths And Pleasures (Moll/Forced Exposure)
• NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS, Hernando (South Of The South)
• OWEN TEMPLE, Two Thousand Miles (El Paisano)
• PACK A.D., Tintype (Mint)
• PATTY LARKIN, Watch The Sky (Vanguard)
• STEVE POLTZ, Traveling (98 Pounder)
• TIMES NEW VIKING, Rip It Off (Matador)
• WALTER HYATT, Some Unfinished Business Volume One (King Tears)
• WHIGS, Mission Control (ATO)

January 15

• AMERICAN MARS, Western Sides (Gangplank)*
• ANNE MURRAY, Duets: Friends & Legends (EMI)
• BLACK MOUNTAIN, In The Future (Jagjaguwar)
• DEAR AUGUST, Come In, Keep Dry (self-released)*
• ELAINE ELIAS, Something For You: Elaine Elias Sings And Plays Bill Evans (Blue Note)
• ERIC LINDELL, Low On Cash, Rich In Love (Alligator)
• HAYDEN, In Field & Town (Hardwood)
• MAGNETIC FIELDS, Distortion (Nonesuch)
• MALCOLM HOLCOMBE, Gamblin’ House (Echo Mountain)
• PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY, Mavericks (Collectors’ Choice)
• RINGO STARR, Liverpool 8 (Capitol/EMI)
• ROOMFUL OF BLUES, Raisin’ A Ruckus (Alligator)
• SCOTT FROSETH, If You Knew Me (self-released)*
• STEELDRIVERS, self-titled (Rounder)
• THE WHIPSAWS, 60 Watt Avenue (self-released)*
• TRENT WILLMON, Broken In (Compadre)
• TYLER RAMSEY, A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea (Echo Mountain)

January 8

• AMANDA SHAW, Pretty Runs Out (Rounder)
• GREYHOUND SOUL, Tonight and Every Night (Reslience Records)*
• JOHN ANDERSON, I Just Came Home To Count The Memories; All The People Are Talkin’; Eye Of A Hurricane; Tokyo, Oklahoma; Countrified (Collector’s Choice)
• JOHN TRAIN, Mesopotamia Blues (Chapter 7)*
• JON ITKIN, Big Gold Guitar in the Sky (self-released)*
• KATE NASH, Made of Bricks (Fiction)
• MARAH, Angels Of Destruction! (Yep Roc)
• MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD, Let’s Go Everywhere (Little Monster)
• REVEREND ORGANDRUM, Hi-Fi Stereo (Yep Roc)
• RHONDA VINCENT, Good Thing Going (Rounder)
• SIA, Some People Have Real Problems (Astralwerks)
• IIIRD TYME OUT, Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection (Rounder)
• VARIOUS ARTISTS, Soul Summit (Shanachie)
• WISELY, Wisely (Oglio)

January 1

• RADIOHEAD, In Rainbows (ATO)

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