Holy macaroni, it's the last day of September! Jesus, time flies, and the new music just keeps on coming. Info and links for the releases 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 see releases from the past several weeks…
Bryan Adams, Tracks of My Years (Verve)
The Canadian rocker with the rust-coated vocals issues an 11th album covering songs from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s he remembered hearing in his formative years, spanning the genres, and including The Beatles' "Anytime At All," "Lay Lady Lay" by Bob Dylan and CCR's "Down on the Corner," among others.
Steve Aoki, Neon Future I (Dim Mak/Ultra)
The second full-length from favored house producer Aoki features a range of electro and hip hop guests, among them, Fall Out Boy, will.i.am, Waka Flocka Flame, Afrojack, MGK and Flux Pavilion.
Curtin, One for the Doghearted (Wonderland Archives)
Davey Suicide, Worldwide Suicide (Standby Records)
Electric Youth, Innerworld (Secretly Canadian)
The Toronto duo (Austin Garrick and Bronwyn Griffin) plies breezy, dreamy synth-shimmering dane pop and came up with the single "A Real Hero," tapped in that Ryan Gosling film Drive. This is their debut; check out "Runaway" below...
Melissa Etheridge, This is M.E. (ME)
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Steady (Easy Star)
Robin Gibb, 50 St. Catherine's Drive (Rhino)
The posthumous 17-track album from the one-time Bee Gee.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Engelbert Calling (OK! Good)
Jamie-T, Carry On The Grudge (Epitaph)
British alt hip hop artist Jamie-T sees his first release in the U.S., and third overall, which finds his trademark style of sleepy sung-rapped lyrics intact. About its content, he's said, "It’s called 'Carry On The Grudge' because it’s vaguely about growing into your own person. You’re brought up with all these things people give you, whether it be an angry streak or casual racism or whatever… all these things that aren’t really yours. Having toured from the age of 18 until 24, I didn’t go through a lot of the normal things young people go through. I grew up quickly. I had to. So when I had time to take stock… it scared the shit out of me, really." Check out the video for "Don't You Find" below.
JEFF the Brotherhood, Dig the Classics (Warner Bros.)
A brand-new self-produced EP of covers by Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub and Beck, among others.
Lady Antebellum, 747 (Capitol Nashville)
The Last Bison, VA (self-release)
The Pine Hill Haints, The Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints (K Records)
Prince, Art Official Age (Warner Bros.)
Dude. Prince has been here and there, but hasn't put out an album in four years and today, he issues two. This one is his 34th overall; his other release, Prince & 3rdEyeGirl, Plectrumelectrum (Warner Bros.) features his all-female touring band 3rdEyeGirl doling out a bluesy, funky sound. Check out a video taken by 20-year old Minneapolis-based photographer Madison Dubé that features Prince and said band performing an instrumental cut presumably from the album...
Ruby Fray, Grackle (K Records)
There's something highly intriguing about the lo-fi quality of the music by Ruby Fray, which she's dubbed "psychedelic witch wave." Check out "Photograph" below.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gone Girl Motion Picture Soundtrack (Columbia)
The Rural Alberta Advantage, Mended With Gold (Saddle Creek)
Sea Oleena, Shallow (Lefse)
Blake Shelton, Bringing Back The Sunshine (Warner Bros.)
Sick of It All, The Last Act Of Defiance (Century Media)
Soft Swells, Floodlights (Modern Outsider)
Team Spirit, Killing Time (Vice / Warner Bros.)
Trigger Hippy, Trigger Hippy (Rounder)
The Vaselines, V For Vaselines (Rosary Music)
Lucinda Williams, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20 Records)
Luke Winslow-King, Everlasting Arms (Bloodshot)
Yelle, Complètement Fou (Kemosabe Records)
In French, "Complètement fou" translates to roughly as bonkers, bananes or completely crazy, which apparently sums up the electro-pop of this France trio. Video for the title track below...
Youth Worship, EP1 (Self-Help Records)
Zodiac, Sonic Child (Prosthetic)
Zulu Wave, Jagorilla (self-release)
Check out the album review RIGHT HERE; this is the Tampa band's first full-length release in their current lineup.
OTHER RELEASES OUT THIS WEEK
Buck 65, Neverlove
Colbie Caillat, Gypsy Heart
Cazwell, Hard 2 B Fresh
Tom Ellard, 80's Cheesecake
The History of Apple Pie, Feel Something
Jeff Bridges & The Abiders, Live
Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album
Khold, Til Endes
Lost Bayou Ramblers, Gasa Gasa Live
Ziggy Marley, Lighthouse EP (iTunes exclusive)
Raul Midón, Don't Hesitate
Memoryy, Oblivion EP
Christopher Owens, A New Testament
Rebellious Spirit, Obsession
John Southworth, Niagara
Touré-Raichel Collective, The Paris Session
Gerard Way, Hesitant Alien
Barry White, Barry White: 5 Classic Albums Boxed Set
Paul White, Shaker Notes
Witch Mountain, Mobile Of Angels
