August keeps it rolling with a smaller collection of new recordings in its second week. Check out 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.
Black Water Rising, Pissed and Driven (Metalville/eOne)
Glen Campbell, See You There (Surfdog Records)
Dog Party, Lost Control (Asian Man Records)
Don Cavalli, Temperamental (Everlong Records)
Chastity Belt, No Regerts (Help Yourself Records)
Coheed and Cambria, The Afterman Limited Deluxe Set Live Edition (Hundred Handed Inc.)
dBridge, Move Away EP (R&S Records)
Deltron 3030, City Rising From the Ashes EP (Bulk Recordings)
A three-song preview of the album due out October 1
Dog Party, Lost Control (Asian Man Records)
Eros and the Eschaton, Home Address For Civil War (None Records)
Really nice hazy washes-of-sound shoegazey indie rock from a couple who play music together, Kate Perdoni and baby's daddy Adam Hawkins . Check out lead single “Heaven Inside" below.
La Vega, Wave (Major Nation Records)
California sunny indie rock with bouncy post-punk beats, bittersweet melody and light moments of surf breeziness as led by singer/songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist/producer Evan Magers. Check out first single "Key West" below.
Bela Fleck, The Imposter (DG/Mercury Classics)
Grammy-winning banjo master Fleck presents the title concerto for banjo and symphony orchestra, as well as 'Night Flight Over Water' for banjo and string quartet. The banjoist teamed with conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony and genre-bending quartet Brooklyn Rider.
Matt Hires, This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend (F-Stop/Atlantic)
K. Michelle, Rebellious Soul (Atlantic)
The David Liebe Hart Band, The David Liebe Hart Band (Evil Weevil Records)
The Moondoggies, Adios I’m a Ghost (Hardly Art)
A new album from the roots rock group, their third. "Red Eye" below.
Harry Nilsson, Flash Harry (Varese Sarabande)
16th and final album album from the late singer-songwriter, which has been unavailable in the U.S. for more than 30 years and finally sees the official light of day here this week. In addition to the original LP, the CD also includes three previously unreleased songs and an alternate version of 'Old Dirt Road.'
Parachute, Overnight (Island/Def Jam)
Royal Teeth, Glow (Dangerbird)
Stevie Stone, 2 Birds 1 Stone (Strange Music)
Tree, Demons EP (Apollo Records)
The debut Apollo recording from Santa Cruz, Calif. alt hip hop rap artist Oliver "Tree" Nickell. "Demons" below
Transitshop, Velocity (Rock Ridge Music)
Twin Steps, Plague Songs (1-2-3-4 Go! Records)
Valerie June, Against A Stone (Concord Music Group)
The sweet rich-voiced songstress of self-styled "Organic moonshine roots music" presents her debut full-length. Listen to "Twined and Twisted" below.
Various Artists, The Call of Double Phelix (Double Phelix)
Washed Out, Paracosm (Sub Pop)
Christa Wells, Feed Your Soul (self-release)
The Wild Feathers, The Wild Feathers (Warner Bros.)
XNY, ORANGE (self-release)
The sophomore album from the Brooklyn-based indie rock duo, produced by Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls. Watch the video for "Jawbreaker" below.
Yellowcard, Ocean Avenue Acoustic (Hopeless)
Yolanda Be Cool, Sweat Naked EP (Dim Mak)