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November 4, 2008
  • Hinder - Take It to the Limit (Universal Republic)
October 28, 2008
  • Erin McCarley - TBD (Univeral Republic)
  • John Legend - Evolver (G.O.O.D./Columbia)
October 21, 2008
  • Escape the Fate - This War Is Ours (Epitaph)
  • Kevin Randolph - TBD (Cash Money/Universal)
October 17, 2008
  • The Spinto Band - Moonwink (Park the Van)
October 14, 2008
  • Colbie Caillat - Coco (Deluxe) (Universal Republic)
  • Eliane Elias - Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note)
  • Tony Bennett – tbd (Columbia)
October 13, 2008
  • The Revolting Cocks - Sex-O Olympic-O (13th Planet)
October 7, 2008
  • Annuals – Sun Fun (Columbia)
  • Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs (Columbia)
  • Calle 13 - Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
  • Crooked Fingers - Forfeit/Fortune (Constant Artists)
  • George Strait - Classic Christmas
  • Lambchop - OH (ohio) (Merge)
  • Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother)
  • Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)
  • Rachael Yamagata - Elephants, Teeth Sinking Into Parts (Warner)
  • T Lopez - TBD (Cash Money/Universal)
  • Yo! Majesty - Futuristically Speaking Never Be Afraid (Domino)
September 30, 2008
  • Anberlin - New Surrender (Universal Republic)
  • Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark (Second Motion Records/Red Eye)
  • Common - Invincible Summer (Geffen)
  • Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
  • Lenka - Decoder Ring (Epic)
  • Mary Mary – The Sound (Columbia)
  • Melissa Etheridge - A New Thought for Christmas (Island)
  • Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight (Yep Roc)
  • Tina Turner - Tina! (Capitol/EMI)
  • Val Emmich - Little Daggers
September 23, 2008
  • Eli Young Band - Jet Black and Jealous (Universal South)
  • Jim Jones – tbd (Columbia)
  • Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (RCA)
  • Koufax - Strugglers (Doghouse)
  • Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk)
  • Peter Bjorn and John - Seaside Rock (Star Time)
  • Pretty Ricky - '80s Babies (Bluestar/Atlantic)
  • State of Shock - Life, Love & Lies (Univeral Republic)
September 22, 2008
  • Elvin Bishop - The Blues Roll On (Delta Groove / Eclecto Groove)
September 16, 2008
  • Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones (Sugar Hill)
  • Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Roadrunner)
  • Buckcherry - Black Butterfly (Atlantic)
  • David Gilmour – Live in Gdansk (Columbia)
  • Fujiya & Miyagi -Lightbulbs (Deaf, Dumb + Blind)
  • George Clinton - George Clinton and Some Gangsters of Love (Shanachie)
  • James - Hey Ma (Decca)
  • Matt Wertz - Under Summer Sun (Univeral Republic)
  • Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman (Def Jam)
  • Peter, Bjorn & John – Seaside Rock (Columbia)
  • Point of Grace - Tennessee Christmas: A Holiday Collection (Word)
  • Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Columbia)
  • Taproot - Our Long Road Home (Velvet Hammer)
  • The Alternate Routes - The Watershed EP (Rural Rhythm)
  • The Cure - Hypnagogic States EP (Suretone/Geffen)
  • The Walkmen - You & Me (Gigantic)
September 12, 2008
  • Joshua Radin - Simple Times (Columbia)
September 9, 2008
  • Avenged Sevenfold - Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough (Warner)
  • Gym Class Heroes - The Quilt (Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen)
  • Hal Keetchum - Father Time (Curb)
  • Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow (Bobolink/Razor& Tie)
  • Joan Osborne - Little Wild One (Womanly Hips/Plum)
  • Kenny and Amanda Smith - Live and Learn (Rebel)
  • LL Cool J - Exit 13 (Def Jam)
  • Michael Franti and Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers (Anti-)
  • Missy Elliott - Block Party (The Goldmind/Atlantic)
  • Okkervill River - The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
  • Paul Williams & The Victory Trio - What a Journey (Rebel)
  • Q Tip - The Renaissance (Universal)
  • Robin Thicke - Something Else (Star Trak/Interscope)
  • The New Year - The New Year (Touch & Go)
  • The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun (Epitaph)
  • Tricky - Knowle West Boy (Domino)
September 7, 2008
  • Jason Reeves - The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales) (Warner)
September 2, 2008
  • Amie Miriello - I Came Around (BellaSonic/Jive/Zomba)
  • Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun (Capitol)
  • Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (Astralwerks)
  • Jem - Down to Earth (ATO)
  • Joe Lovano - Symphonica (Blue Note)
  • Patricia Barber - The Cole Porter Mix (Blue Note)
  • Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro (Universal Republic)
  • Shugo Tokumaru - Exit (Star Time/Almost Gold/Columbia)
  • Sonya Kitchell - This Storm (Decca/Velour)
  • Terrence Howard – Shine Through It (Columbia)
  • Young Jeezy - The Recession (Def Jam)
August 26, 2008
  • Brisco - TBD (Cash Money/Universal)
  • Catie Curtis - Sweet Life (Compass)
  • Datarock - Computer Camp Love EP (Nettwerk)
  • DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown (Roadrunner)
  • Jada - TBD (Univeral)
  • Matthew Sweet - Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory)
  • Rob G. - The Inauguration (Universal Republic)
  • Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie (Universal/SRC)
  • Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (Roadrunner)
  • Solange Knowles - Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams (Music World/Geffen)
  • Valencia – We All Need A Reason To Believe (Columbia)
August 21, 2008
  • Juliana Hatfield - How To Walk Away (Ye Olde Records)
August 19, 2008
  • 31Knots - Worried Well (Polyvinyl)
  • Aaron Parks - Invisible Cinema (Blue Note)
  • Caesars - Strawberry Weed (Astralwerks)
  • Emory Joseph - Fennario - Songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter ( (Iris)
  • Indigenous - Broken Lands (Vanguard)
  • Jon McLaughlin - Ok Now (Island)
  • Karina - First Love (Def Jam)
  • Keith Anderson - C'mon (Columbia Nashville)
  • Laura Marling- Alas I Cannot Swin (Astralwerks)
  • Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL)
  • Matthew Perryman Jones - Swallow the Sea (Thirty Tigers)
  • Nelly - Brass Knuckles (Derrty/Universal)
  • Pictures and Sound - Pictures and Sound (Vanguard)
  • Shwayze - Shwayze (Suretone/Interscope)
  • Sonny J - Disastro (Astralwerks)
  • Staind - The Illusion of Progress (Atlantic)
  • Tami Chynn - Primadonna (SRC/Universal)
  • Xavier - Dark Shade of Blue (Anti-)
  • Xavier Rudd - Dark Shades of Blue (Anti-)
August 18, 2008
  • David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen (everythingthathappens.com)
August 12, 2008
  • Ben Weaver - The Ax in the Oak (Bloodshot)
  • Daddy Yankee - Talento De Barrio (Interscope)
  • David Sanborn - Here and Gone (Decca)
  • Irma Thomas - Simply Grand (Rounder)
  • Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer (Hollywood)
  • Jr Get Money - The Opening Act (Universal)
  • Michelle Williams - Unexpected (Columbia)
  • New Kids on the Block - Greatest Hits (SonyBMG)
  • Various Artists - Beer for My Horses soundtrack (ShowDog Nashville)
August 5, 2008
  • Amy Ray - Didn’t It Feel Kinder (Daemon)
  • Brazilian Girls - New York City (Verve Forecast)
  • Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst (Merge)
  • Glasses Malone - Beach Cruiser (Universal)
  • Johnny Flynn - A Larum (Lost Highway)
  • Matt Nathanson – Left & Right: Live @ Fingerprints. Live @ Park Ave. (Vanguard)
  • Murphy Lee - The Package (Derrty/Universal)
  • Pistolera - En Este Camino (Luchadorar/Thirty Tigers)
  • Randy Newman - Harps and Angels (Nonesuch)
  • Rosalie Sorrels – Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce “Utah” Phillips (Red House)
  • The Faint - Fasclination (blank.wav)
  • Zap Mama - Supermoon (Heads Up)
July 29, 2008
  • Dunkryders - TBD (Cash Money/Universal)
  • Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Pt. 2 (Universal)
  • Josh Kelley - Backwoods (Starbucks)
  • Matt Pryor - Confidence Man (Vagrant)
  • Neil Halsted - OH! Mighty Engine (Universal Republic)
  • Richie Havens - Nobody Left To Crown (Verve)
  • Rusty Truck - Luck’s Changing Lanes (Rykodisc)
  • The Terrible Twos - Jerzy the Giant (Vagrant)
  • Wild Sweet Orange – We Have Cause To Be Uneasy (Earfood/Canvasback/Columbia)
  • Young Jeezy - The Recession
  • Zach Gill - Stuff (Brushfire/Universal Republic)
July 24, 2008
  • BB King - One Kind Favor (Geffen)
July 22, 2008
  • Archie Fisher – Windward Away (Red House)
  • Black Kids - Partie Traumatic (Almost Gold/ Columbia)
  • Buddy Guy - Skin Deep (Silvertone/Zomba)
  • Candlebox - In the Sun (Silent Majority)
  • David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 (Virgin)
  • Forward Russia - Life Processes (Mute)
  • Irmin Schmidt and Kumo - Axioto Eyes (Mute)
  • Lloyd - Lessons in Love (The Inc./Universal)
  • One Day as a Lion - One Day as a Lion (Anti-)
  • Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Yep Roc)
  • Pepper - Pine Crustaceans And Good Vibrations (Controlled Substance Sound Labs)
  • Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid (Slightly Stoopid)
  • Thrice - The MySpace Transmissions (Vagrant)
  • U2 - Boy/October/War deluxe editions (Universal)
  • Various Artists - The Rocker Music From The Motion Picture (Columbia)
July 15, 2008
  • David Banner - The Greatest Story Ever Told (Universal/SRC)
  • Jeff Coffin Mu'tet - Mutopia (Compass)
  • Jesse James Dupree and Dixie Inc - The Party (Universal)
  • Jet Black State - In This Life (Island)
  • John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and Freedom (Hear Music)
  • Rehab - Graffiti The World (Univeral Republic)
  • The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (Major Domo/Shout! Factory)
  • The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
  • Various Artists - American Teen Music From The Motion Picture (Columbia)
July 8, 2008
  • Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Llama (RCA/Red)
  • Alison Moyet - The Turn (Decca)
  • Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell (expanded) (Epitaph)
  • Beck - Modern Guilt (Geffen)
  • Billy Joel - The Stranger: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
  • Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation (Fueled by Ramen)
  • Greg Laswell - Three Flights From Alto Nido (Vanguard)
  • Little Jackie - The Stoop (S-Curve)
  • Paper Route - Are We All Forgotten (Low Altitude/Universal)
  • Razah - Razah (Def Jam)
  • Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul (Yep Roc)
  • Shinedown- The Sound of Madness (Atlantic)
  • Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spillum Endalaust
  • Street Dogs - State of Grace (Hellcat/Epitaph)
  • STS9 - Peaceblaster (1320)
  • Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note)
  • Yaz - In Your Room (Box set) (Mute)
July 1, 2008
  • Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony (Epic)
  • Earlimart – Hymn and Her (Shout! Factory)
  • G-Unit - T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) (G-Unit/Interscope)
  • John Mayer – Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles (Columbia)
  • Los Lonely Boys - Forgiven (Epic)
  • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Say Hey)
  • Nas - Nas (Def Jam)
June 24, 2008
  • Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal (Back Porch/Blue Note)
  • Amos Lee - Last Days At The Lodge (Blue Note)
  • Babyshambles- Oh What A Lovely Tour (Live DVD and Live CD) (Astralwerks)
  • Dem Franchize Boyz - Da Point of No Return (Virgin)
  • Eric Darius - Goin’ All Out (Blue Note)
  • Freddie Hubbard - On The Real Side (Times Square)
  • Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair (Mute)
  • Jordan Pruitt – TBD (Hollywood)
  • Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Party Intellectuals (Pi)
  • Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles (Motley)
  • Reckless Kelly - Bulletproof (Yep Roc)
  • Ry Cooder - I, Flathead (Nonesuch/Perro Verde)
  • Steve Tyrell - Back to Bacharach (Koch)
  • Three 6 Mafia - Last 2 Walk (Hypnotize Minds/Columbia)
  • Vanessa Hudgens – TBD (Hollywood)


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