The last wave of November releases. 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.
Adler, Back From The Dead (New Ocean Media)
The new band led by former Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler.
Alicia Keys, Girl On Fire (RCA)
Big Dipper, Big Dipper Crashes on the Platinum Planet (Almost Ready Records)
Don Froth, REflex EP (UNO)
Last Call, Dog Years (Broken Arrow Collective)
My Education, A Drink For All My Friends (Headbump Records)
Outasight, Nights Like These (Warner Bros.)
The Radiators, The Last Watusi (Radz)
Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine – XX (Sony Legacy)
A commemorative and remastered 20th anniversary edition of the politically-charged rock rap band's 1992 eponymous debut is offered in three configurations: the Deluxe Box Set (two CDs, two DVDs, one 12" 180gm vinyl LP, a 40-page booklet, and a two-sided poster), the Special Edition (two CDs and a bonus DVD with six additional tracks), and the no-frills single compact disc (with three bonus tracks). The single disc features the newly remastered original album in its entirety along with three B-sides from era. Disc two is the original Rage demo tape recorded in 1991 and sold for $5 at the merch table at early Rage shows.
Three Loco, Three Loco EP (Mad Decent)
The new comedy hip hop project featuring eccentric Houston rapper RiFF RAFF, Andy Milonakis of MTV fame, and Dirt Nasty, who you know as Simon Rex. "Bong Hits" after the jump along with the rest of this week's entries…
This article appears in Nov 22-28, 2012.