A huge array of new releases out this week, many by smaller but no less important players. I've included info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may never 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 …
9 Left Dead, The Wrong Things (Dirtbag/Independent Label Group).
9th Wonder, The Wonder Years (Traffic Entertainment)
Anvil, Monument of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil (The End)
Apparat, The Devil's Walk (Mute U.S.)
Axel Rudi, Pell (SPV/Steamhammer)
The Bangles, Sweetheart of the Sun (Model Music Group)
The Bangles return with their first studio album in eight years.
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, Don't Explain (J&R Adventures)
Barenaked Ladies, Hits From Yesterday & The Day Before (Warner Bros / Rhino)
Bearfoot, Bearfoot: American Story (Compass)
Big Troubles, Romantic Comedy (Slumberland)
The new retrofied power pop outfit presents their first ever album. Watch the video for first single "Sad Girls" after the jump along with the rest of this week's new releases (and more videos).
This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.