Your Memorial Day Weekend is over, but at least there's some tasty music to greet you on the Tuesday after your Monday off. Take a look
Black Stone Cherry, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Roadrunner Records)
Blue Stone, Pandora's Box (Neurodisc)
Producer/programmer Robert Smith and producer/multi-instrumentalist Bill Walters have transformed their bedroom studio experiment into a dreamy musical fantasyland. This is their first instrumental outing.
BT, These Re-Imagined Machines (Nettwerk)
Some of BT’s most respected peers — Armin van Buuren, Sultan & Ned, Marcus Schössow, and Chicane among others — re-imagine his original compositions from These Hopeful Machines in this two-disc collection.
Kate Bush, Director’s Cut (Fish People)
David Byrne, Ride, Rise, Roar (Eagle Vision)
A brand new David Byrne concert film that features onstage performances from the musician's 2008-09 tour (which stopped at Tampa Theatre in December '08) shot with multiple cameras over several concerts and paired with footage documenting the creative collaborations that made the tour happen. Check out a video preview of the DVD below.
Ride, Rise, Roar trailer from ride, rise, roar on Vimeo.
Nick Cannon, Mr. Show (Ingrooves)
Death Cab for Cutie, Codes and Keys (Atlantic)
The alt rock outfit with pop sensible hooks presents their seventh LP, which is, according to musicians Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer "a much less guitar-centric album than we’ve ever made before." band presents. Check out the first single, "St. Peter's Cathedral" after the jump.
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2011.