The last wave of new releases in August. I've included info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months.

American Aquarium, Burn.Flicker.Die. (Last Chance Records)

Beanie Sigel, This Time (Ruffhouse)

The Chariot, One Wing (eOne)

Circa Survive, Violent Waves (self-release)
The Philly prog rock band returns to their indie roots with their fourth album, a self-produced self-released effort recorded in a week that finds the fivesome attempting to capture their dynamic live sound on disc. Album cover pictured at right.

Amy Cook, Summer Skin (Roothouse/Thirty Tigers)

Robert Cray Band, Nothin But Love (Mascot)

Dan Deacon, America (Domino)
The DIY electro artist issues his first record via Domino, its ecstatic, celebratory sounds a contrast with the album’s darker thematic undercurrents — anger, confusion, and apocalyptic anxiety over corporatism and war — and integrating acoustic textures like concert percussion, winds, brass, and strings. Video for "True Thrush" below.

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Dear John, Loney Dear (Polyvinyl)

Divine Fits, A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge)
Rolling Stone called the new album by Divine Fits — made up of Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner, and New Bomb Turks' Sam Brown described by Rolling Stone as "a lean slice of garage-psych glory." Listen to "My Love Is read" after the jump, and check out the rest of this week's new releases.

This article appears in Aug 23-29, 2012.