Hello again. Welcome back. It's April and you know what that means. Two of the best days of the year appear this month. Yes, Easter is one of them. What's the other you say? You know it, Record Store Day.
It's this Saturday, the 16th. To find out more about this day and all the special releases too numerous to mention, check out the official Record Store Day site. The link is given below. You want to do this. Contained within is a list of all the participating record stores around the country and what each one of them is doing to observe this day, including having many in-store concerts. As far as record stores are concerned it's truly a big deal! Big and small artists alike are participating. And, Ozzy Osbourne himself is the ambassador for the year. How do you get bigger than Ozzy? Check this site out! You'll be glad you did.
Okay, now. Pause. check out the link below, immediately below right here. Check this out. Then, make it a point to come back to this list here. Check out the link now.
http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home
Now, come back to here. This is where you want to be after you check out the Record Store Day link.
Did you check out the link? If not, go back and check out that link, but come right back here as soon as you are done.
Welcome back to this list!
One look through the list below and you'll see a lot of great stuff on the radar. If your pulse is working it will let you know what to get excited about. If your pulse is not working, email me direct at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I can turn you on to what is happening this month and the weeks ahead. Rest assured there is plenty to be excited about.
You can always use the above email address to let me know what's got you excited too, this is provided that your pulse is working. I always like to hear what people are listening to. Maybe you can tune me onto something.
For those whose pulse is working, please now check out the below list.
Recently released and not mentioned in last edition:
* Songs for Japan (2 CD's.)
* Marillion - Live at Cadogan Hall (2 CD's/2 DVD's.)
* Big Country Rarities Vol. 9 (import.)
* Radiohead - The King of Limbs
* Bill Mallonee - High Desert Hope: WPA Vol.10
* Matt Nathanson - Modern Love
* Mae - Evening
* Broken Bells - Meyrin Fields EP
* Kasey Anderson - Heart of a Dog
* The Beets - Stay Home
* The Megaphonic Thrift - Decay Decoy
* Generationals - Actor-Caster
* Erland and the Carnival - Nightingale
* Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (CD; Cat Power and Glen Hansard guest.) and Water on the Road (DVD.)
* Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder
+ The Little Engine That Could
+ How Do You Know
4/5
* Big Country - Fields of Fire: Ultimate Collection (2 CD's; import.)
* Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (Deluxe edition.)
* Ha Ha Tonka - Death of a Decade
* Ezra Furman - Mysterious Power
* The Smithereens - Smithereens 2011 (all new album produced by Don Dixon.)
* The Kills - Blood Pressures
* Holy Ghost - S/T
* Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave
* The Submarines - Love Notes/Letter Bombs
* Jim Bianco - Loudmouth
* Maritime - Human Hearts
* Midlake - Late Night Tales (covers.)
* Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
* Unwritten Law - Swans
* Malakwa - Street Preacher
* Robbie Robertson - How to Become Clairvoyant
* Brain Robertson - Diamonds and Dirt
* Leon Russell - Best of
* Local H - Greatest Hits: the Island Years
* Hot Tuna - Steady As She Goes
* Rush - Moving Pictures (30th anniversary Deluxe CD/DVD reissue.)
* Ray Davies - See My Friends (Kinks songs revisited w/many guests.)
* Ray Charles - Live in Concert
* Roy Orbison - The Monument Singles Collection (2 CD's/1 DVD.)
+ Billy Joel - Last Play at Shea
+ Tron: Legacy available w/Tron
+ Your Love Never Fails
+ Little Fockers
+ I Love You, Phillip Morris
+ Casino Jack
+ Taxi Driver (blu-ray.)
+ A.I. (blu-ray.)
4/8
+ The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4/12
* Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What (a few expanded reissues also come out on this day.)
* Alison Krauss - Paper Airplane
* Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
* 3 Doors Down - Time of My Life
* Thursday - No Devolucion
* TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
* The Feelies - Here Before
* Vivian Girls - Share the Joy
* The Watson Twins - Night Covers EP
* Dana Fuch - Love to Beg
* K.D. Lang - Sing it Loud
* Bell X1 - Bloodless Coup
* Fiery Furnaces - TBA
* Young Widows - In and Out of Youth and Lightness
* Jason Isbell - Here We Rest
* Nels Cline Trio - Silencer
* Panda Bear - Tomboy
* Low - C'mon
* Wild Palms - Until Spring
* Little Scream - The Golden Record
* Mazes - A Thousand Heys
* Washington - How to Tame Lions EP
* Joan as Police Woman - Deep Field
* Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
* Oh Susanna - Soon the Birds
* Wild Palms - Until Spring
* Old Calf - Borrow a Horse
* Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time
* Brett Dennen - Loverboy
* Mercenary - Metamorphosis
* Kingdom Come - Rendered Waters
* Mike & the Mechanics - The Road
* Dave Matthews Band - Live at Wrigley Field
* Bob Dylan - Live at Brandeis University 1963
* The Rolling Stones - 45s box set: 1971-2006
* Giant Sand - a few reissues
* The Residents - Meet the Residents (reissue.)
* Power of Soul: a Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
+ Jimi Hendrix - Live at Fillmore East 1970
+ Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974 (blu-ray.)
+ Country Strong
+ White Material
+ Summer in Genoa
+ The Incredibles (blu-ray.)
4/15
+ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
4/16
RECORD STORE DAY
4/19
* Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - Unida Cantina
* Bob Schneider - A Perfect Day
* Ralph Stanley - A Mother's Prayer
* The Decemberists Live at Bull Moose (EP.)
* Ryan Adams Class Mythology EP
* Tab Benoit - Medicine
* Gorillaz - The Fall
* Lenka - Two
* Mae Moore - Folklore
* The Bad Plus - Never Stop
* Blackfield - Welcome to My DNA
* The Deftones - Covers
* Piney Gir - Say I'm Sorry
* The Guillemots - Walk the River
* The Bell Brigade - S/T
* The Unthanks - Last
* My Goodness - S/T
* The Tune-Yards - Whokill
* I'm from Barcelona - Forever Today
* The Heavenly States - Oui Camera Oui (EP.)
* Former Thieves - The Language That We Speak
* Steve Miller Band - Let Your Hair Down
* Tracy Nelson - Victim of the Blues
* Pete Seeger - Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960
* Little Caesar - `S/T' and `Influence' (reissues.)
* Warrant - 3 Deluxe reissues
+ Foreigner - Rockin' at the Ryman (CD/DVD.)
+ The King's Speech
+ Rabbit Hole
+ Gulliver's Travels
+ The Way Back
+ Somewhere
4/26
* Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain
* Steve Earle - I'll Never Get out of This World Alive (produced by T-Bone Burnett.)
* The Airborne Toxic Event - All at Once
* Explosions in the Sky - Take Care
* Silverstein - Rescue
* An Horse - Walls
* Florence + the Machine - Lungs (Deluxe edition.)
* Chris Bathgate - Salt Year
* The Wombats - This Modern Glitch
* Augustana - S/T
* Clutch - Blast Tyrant
* The Musgraves - Lost in Familiarity
* Eastern Conference Champions - Speak-Ahh
* Bowling for Soup - Fishin' for Woos
* The Downtown Fiction - Let's Be Animals
* Sophie Hunger - S/T
* Brandi Carlile - Live at Benaroya Hall
* Brian Setzer - Setzer goes Instrumental
* Robert Johnson - Centennial Collection
* Dio - Live in Bulgaria 1998
+ Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (blu-ray.)
5/3
* Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
* Lamb - 5
* Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends
* Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams
* Colbie Caillat - All of You
* Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister (3 CD's.)
* Priscilla Ahn - When You Grow Up
* The Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2
* Uriah Heep - Into the Wild
* John Mayall - Howlin' at the Moon
* Voodoo Circle - Broken Heart Syndrome
* The Waterboys - In a Special Place (piano demos for `This is the Sea'.)
* Loudon Wainwright III - Forty Odd Years (box set.)
* Neil Peart - Far and Away: A Prize Every Time (book.)
* Journey - Don't Stop Believin': the Untold Story (book.)
* Sade - Ultimate Collection
* King Kobra - S/T
* Poison - Double Dose: Ultimate Hits (2 CD's.)
* Sixx A.M. - This is Gonna Hurt (CD and book.)
* UFO - Live in Texas 1979
+ Shinedown - Somewhere in the Stratosphere (2 CD's/2 DVD's.)
+ Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: the Making of `Darkness on the Edge of Town'
+ Levon Helm - Ramble at the Ryman
+ The Green Hornet
+ The Dilemma
+ Once Upon a Time in the West (blu-ray.)
5/10
* The Cars - Move Like This (four of five original members return w/Ric Ocasek at the wheel.)
* Urge Overkill - Rock & Roll Submarine
* Warren Haynes - Man in Motion
* Randy Newman - Songbook 2
* Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
* Blue October - Ugly Side: An Acoustic Evening with Blue October
* Sleepy Rebels - Yellow Tree
* The Felice Brothers - Celebration, Florida
* Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
* Greg Brown - Freak Flag
* Peter Case - The Case Files (rarities.)
* Kate Voegele - Gravity Happens
* City Center - Redeemer
* Moving Mountains - Waves
* The Wilderness of Manitoba - When You Left the Fire
* Booker T. Jones - The Road from Memphis
* Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
* Christina Perri - Lovestrong
* Sloan - The Double Cross
* This Romantic Tragedy - Reborn
* Mariana Bell - Push
* Matraca Berg - The Dreaming Fields
* Chris Thile & Michael Daves - Sleeping with One Eye Open
* Here We Go Magic - The January EP
* Brown Bird - Sound of Ghosts
* Candy Golde - S/T (EP.)
* The Antlers - Burst Apart
* Aerosmith - Tough Love: Best of the Ballads
* Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice
* Nazareth - Big Dogs
* Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk
* The Lonely Island - Turtleneck and Chain
* Steven Tyler - Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? (book.)
+ Thin Lizzy - Legends in Concert: Thunder & Lightning Tour 1983
+ AC/DC - Black Ice World Tour: Live in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2009
+ Blue Valentine
+ No Strings Attached
+ The Illusionist
5/17
* Glasvegas - Euphoric Heartbreak
* Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful
* Parachute - The Way it Was
* Ben Harper - Give `Til It's Gone
* Moby - Destroyed
* Kate Bush - Director's Cut
* Ruth Gerson - Deceived
* Austra - Feel it Break
* Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down
* Company of Thieves - Running from a Gamble
* Reform the Resistance - The Truth is Dangerous
* Hank Williams III - Hillbilly Joker
* Patti Austin - Sound Advice
* Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live in Europe
* Vampires Everywhere - Kiss the Sun Goodbye
* Pendragon - Pure
* Black `N Blue - Hell Yeah
* Nick Cave - a few Deluxe editions
* Queen - a few Deluxe editions
* ZZ Top - Country Artists' tribute
* Nod to Bob 2: Bob Dylan Tribute on his 70th Birthday
+ Simply Red - Farewell: Live
+ Heaven and Hell - Live from Radio City Music Hall 2007
+ The Rite
+ The Mechanic
+ The Roommate
+ Broken Hill
+ Kaboom
+ I Want Your Money (documentary.)
5/24
* Journey - Eclipse (Walmart exclusive.)
* Seether - Holding on to Strings Better Left to Fray
* David Bazan - Strange Negotiations
* Brad Paisley - This is Country Music
* Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well Soon
* She Wants Revenge - Valleyheart
* Friendly Fires - Pala
* Sonic Youth - Demolished Thoughts (Produced by Beck.)
* Iron Maiden - From Fear to Eternity: Best of 1990-2010 (2 CD's.)
* The Prodigy - World on Fire: Live
+ Gnomio & Juliet
+ Burning Palms
+ I am Number Four
+ Gettysburg (blu-ray.)
+ Platoon (blu-ray.)
5/31
* Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys (CD.) and Live in Bellingham, WA (DVD.)
* My Morning Jacket - Circuital
* The Sea and Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly
* Julie Feeney - Pages
* Andrea Corr - Lifelines
* Flogging Molly - Speed of Darkness
* Ozzy Osbourne - `Blizzard of Ozz' and `Diary of a Madman' (Deluxe editions.)
* Molly Hatchet - Greatest Hits 2
+ Biutiful
+ Passion Play
+ Drive Angry
6/7
* The Vines - Future Primitive
* Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
* Madeleine Peyroux - Standin' on the Rooftop
* Sondre Lerche - S/T
* Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
* The Wooden Birds - Two Matchsticks
* Duncan Sheik - Covers 80's
* David Bowie - Golden Years EP
+ Def Leppard - Mirrorball: Live (2 CD's/1 DVD.)
+ Whitesnake - Live at Donington 1990
+ True Grit
+ Sanctum
+ Just Go With It
+ Another Year
+ The Company Men
6/14
* Peter Bradley Adams - Between Us
* Marissa Nadler - S/T
* Jackie Evancho - Dream With Me
* Fair to Midland - Arrows & Anchors
* Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - Kings and Queens (Many guest female singers.)
+ Kill the Irishman
6/21
* Gomez - Whatever's on Your Mind
* Vanessa Carlton - Rabbits on the Run
* August Burns Red - Leveler
* Jim Lauderdale - Reason & Rhyme
* Gavin Friday - Catholic
* Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (Deluxe edition.)
* Chicago - Live in Concert 1993
+ The Eagle
+ Happy Thank You More Please
6/28
* Eilen Jewell - Queen of the Minor Key
7/5
* Steve Cropper - Dedicated
7/12
* The Jayhawks - TBA (Gary Louris, Mark Olson, Karen Grotberg, Marc Perlman & Tim O'Reagan.)
* Yes - Fly From Here (produced by Trevor Horn.)
* Incubus - If Not Now, When?
* R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (Deluxe edition.)
7/19
* Amy LaVere - Stranger Me
* They Might Be Giants - Join Us
LYRICS of the MONTH:
No lyrics of the month, this month, but if I did have some lyrics of the month, it would probably be something by Ezra Furman.
Have a very Happy Easter!!!
Chris Barlow
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