The second wave of October music 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.
The 69 Eyes, X (Nuclear Blast America)
The Acacia Strain, Death Is The Only Mortal (Rise Records)
All Time Low, Don't Panic (Hopeless Records)
Steve Aoki, Deadmeat Live At Roseland Ballroom DVD (Ultra)
August Burns Red, August Burns Red presents: Sleddin’ Hill, A Holiday Album (Solid State Records)
Bad Books, II ( Triple Crown Records / Favorite Gentleman)
The indie rock supergroup of sorts — which features sweet-voiced singer-songwriter Kevin Devine and chamber rock outfit Manchester Orchestra — present a sophomore album and follow-up to their well-regarded 2010 self-titled debut; II was recorded in Atlanta. Check out the video for "Forest Whitaker" below.
The Beach Boys, Greatest Hits: 50 Big Ones (Capitol)
The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour Restored (EMI/Capitol)
The trippy long out-of-print film conceived, written and directed by The Beatles in 1967 has been fully restored by Apple Films for DVD and Blu-ray, with a remixed soundtrack (5.1 and stereo), and various special features, including unseen footage, newly-filmed interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and other members of the film’s cast and crew, and director’s audio commentary recorded by Paul.
Between the Buried & Me, Parallax II: Future Sequence (Metal Blade)
The Birthday Massacre, Hide And Seek (Metropolis Records)
Black Marble, A Different Arrangement (Hardly Art)
Bleeding Rainbow, Yeah Right (Kanine Records)
Blessed Feathers, Peaceful Beasts in an Ocean of Weeds (self-release)
Blut Aus Nord, 777 (Season Mist)
The Calm Blue Sea, Arrivals & Departures (Modern Outsider)
Can, The Lost Tapes (Mute)
Chrome Canyon, Elemental Themes (Stone Throw)
Coheed And Cambria, The Afterman: Ascension (Xenon)
Cold Showers, Love And Regret (Dais)
Converge, All We Love We Leave Behind (Epitaph)
The Cringe, Hiding In Plain Sight (Listen Records)
Danko Jones, Rock and Roll is Black and Blue (Bad Taste Records)
The Delta Routine, Cigarettes & Caffeine Nightmares (self-release)
Django Django, Django Django (Ribbon Music)
My new favorite band from Scotland — which has a Beta Band organic-meets-electronic-meets-bizarre fun — enjoys their U.S. debut with their first album. Read what I wrote about them here and check out the video for "Default" (one of my favorite tracks off the album) after the jump along with the rest of this week's new releases…
This article appears in Oct 4-10, 2012.