New music on the last week of July. Check out the ones you want to know about below, with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months …
America, Back Page (eOne Music)
The classic folk rock band led by Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell for four decades, and best known for their hit song, "A Horse with No Name," issues this collection of covers by artists ranging from Fountains of Wayne to Bob Dylan to Paul Simon and Jimmy Webb, among others.
Atari Teenage Riot, Is This Hyperreal? (Dim Mak)
Peter Baldwin, Peter Baldwin In Vodville (Rock Ya Girl Records)
The alt-soul singer-songwriter — who recently re-located from Orlando to NYC — issues his new EP. Check out the video for the slow, sexy-warped single, "Suicide Girl" below.
Vanessa Carlton, Rabbits on the Run (Razor & Tie)
Dex Romweber Duo, Is That You In The Blue? (Third Man Records)
Falling In Reverse, The Drug In Me Is You (Epitaph)
Ronnie Radke (ex-Escape The Fate) returns with a new (and apparently very loud) new rock band
Father's Children, Who's Gonna Save The World Remastered (Numero)
The soulful DC funk group's fierce debut is re-released after its discovery among a trove of tapes salvaged from producer Robert Hosea Williams' garage in 2009. The remastered album includes extensive notes and unpublished photos.
The Features, Wilderness (Serpents and Snakes)
Jay Rock, Follow Me Home (Strange Music)
A new member of Tech N9ne's Strange crew issues his label debut, which features guests like Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and will.i.am. Jay Rock appears with Tech N9ne and other Strange artists at Jannus Live July 30.
Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, Introducing Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground (Suburban Home)
The symphonic retro-psyche-pop outfit issues their second LP and hit the Orpheum in Ybor City with The Dear Hunter on August 18. Listen to first single "World's Entire" after the jump.
This article appears in Jul 21-27, 2011.