It’s always good to have a new Peter Case album. This week Brother Peter has The Case Files on Alive Records. Haven’t heard enough to make any big judgment, though “Let’s Turn This Think Around” and “Kokomo Prayer Vigil” are sounding good. Note that Amazon is giving away the last song, “Round Trip Stranger Blues.”
The Cars are back with Ric Ocasek. Move Like This sounds exactly like the Cars, except without all those pesky hooks like the old days.
The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol 2 features Randy Newman doing basic stripped down piano and voice arrangements of his old songs, mostly not his better known songs even among his fan base. The original records were mostly pretty good, certainly not over produced. But then it’s good to just hear slightly different arrangements and performances of “My Life Is Good” and “Kingfish” among others, and it could draw you in to some lesser known classics.
Here’s the complete list of this week’s major new CD album releases:
The Cars
Move Like This
Hear Music
Album Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Power Pop
The Lonely Island
Turtleneck & Chain
Universal Republic
Music Comedy, Comedy
Matthew Morrison
Matthew Morrison
Mercury
Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop, Adult Contemporary
Randy Newman
The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol 2
Nonesuch
Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Urge Overkill
Rock & Roll Submarine
UO Records
Hard Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Africa Hitech
93 Million Miles
Warp
Garage, Dubstep
Johan Agebjörn and Friends
Casablanca Nights
Paper Bag Records
Alternative Dance, Club/Dance
Antietam
Tenth Life
Carrot Top
Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Antlers
Burst Apart
Frenchkiss Records
Indie Rock, Chamber Pop, Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Anvil
Juggernaut of Justice
The End
Speed Metal, Heavy Metal
Susana Baca
Afrodiaspora
Luaka Bop
Afro-Peruvian, Latin Folk, Worldbeat, Peruvian, South American Traditions
Eric Bibb
Troubadour Live
Telarc Blues
Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Folk-Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Greg Brown
Freak Flag
Yep Roc
Contemporary Folk
Le Butcherettes
Sin Sin Sin
Rodriguez Lopez
Punk-Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Laura Cantrell
Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music
Spit & Polish
Alternative/Indie Rock, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Alternative Country-Rock, Contemporary Country, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Americana, Honky Tonk
Peter Case
The Case Files
Alive Records
Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Blues-Rock
City Center
Redeemer
K Records
Ambient Pop, Indie Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock
Crippled Black Phoenix
The Resurrectionists & Night Raider
Invada
Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Indie Rock
EMA
Past Life Martyred Saints
Souterrain Transmissions
Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Felice Brothers
Celebration, Florida
Fat Possum
Americana, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Gang Gang Dance
Eye Contact
4AD
Downtempo, Experimental Dub, Experimental Rock, Electronica, Ambient Dub, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Gardens
Gardens
Alive Records
Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk
GusGus
Arabian Horse
Kompakt Germany
Alternative/Indie Rock, Electronica, Alternative Dance
Hate Eternal
Phoenix Amongst the Ashes
Metal Blade
Heavy Metal, Death Metal
Warren Haynes
Man in Motion
Stax
Southern Soul
Helado Negro
Canta Lechuza
Asthmatic Kitty
Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock
Here We Go Magic
The January EP
Secretly Canadian
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jessica 6
See the Light
Peacefrog Records
Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jesu
Ascension
Caldo Verde Records
Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock
Joan of Arc
Life Like
Polyvinyl
Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Math Rock, Experimental Rock, Emo
Booker T. Jones
The Road from Memphis
Epitaph
Instrumental Rock, Soul, Instrumental Pop
Korn
The Essential Korn
Legacy
Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Post-Grunge, Rap-Metal
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
The Ordeal of Civility
Knitting Factory Records
Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Man Man
Life Fantastic
Epitaph
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Manchester Orchestra
Simple Math
Columbia
Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Teena Marie
Playlist: The Very Best of Teena Marie
Playlist
Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm, Adult Contemporary R&B
Mountains
Air Museum
Thrill Jockey
Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Okkervil River
I Am Very Far
Jagjaguwar
Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Other Lives
Tamer Animals
Tbo
Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Christina Perri
Lovestrong. [Deluxe Edition]
Atlantic
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Pixie Carnation
The New World Record
Tapete
Indie Rock, Emo, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Plastikman
Arkives: 1993-2010
Minus
Minimal Techno, Detroit Techno, Acid Techno, Techno, Ambient Techno
Psychedelic Horseshit
Laced
Fat Cat Records
Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Pop/Rock
Raphael Saadiq
Stone Rollin’
Columbia
Neo-Soul
Sam Roberts Band
Collider
Zoe Vision
American Trad Rock
The Sea and Cake
The Moonlight Butterfly
Thrill Jockey
Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Sloan
The Double Cross
Yep Roc
Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Staple Singers
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
Stax
Soul, Southern Gospel, Black Gospel, Traditional Gospel, Country Soul, Gospel
Matthew Sweet
Playlist: The Very Best of Matthew Sweet
Playlist
Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Johnnie Taylor
Taylored in Silk
Stax
Soul-Blues, Soul, Retro-Soul, Black Gospel, Gospel, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, Disco
The The
Playlist: The Very Best of The The
Playlist
Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Chris Thile/Michael Daves
Sleep with One Eye Open
Nonesuch
Traditional Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass
This Will Destroy You
Tunnel Blanket
Suicide Squeeze
Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Tyler, the Creator
Goblin
XL
Underground Rap, Alternative Rap, Hardcore Rap
Various Artists
Nigeria 70: Sweet Times (Afro Funk, Highlife and Juju from 1970s Lagos)
Strut
Nigerian, African Traditions, West African
Dionne Warwick
Playlist: The Very Best of Dionne Warwick
Playlist
Adult Contemporary, Smooth Soul, Pop-Soul, Soft Rock, Soul
Wild Beasts
Smother
Domino
Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Young Legionnaire
Crisis Works
Wichita
Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Zombi
Escape Velocity
Relapse Records
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