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January 23rd, 2012

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410283 72 Current Priorities: Late January Ruthie Foster
Let It Burn
Blue Corn Music
Genre: Blues : R&B
UPC: 677967120128
Territories: World Except Australia
Release Date: 1.31.12
Soulful vocalist Ruthie Foster’s latest work is a deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers. Recorded in New Orleans at Piety Street studios, with a small group of A-List musicians, this album takes the listener on Ruthie’s most personal journey yet. With her deeply moving vocals at the core, Ruthie is supported along the way by some very special guests.

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409235 72 Current Priorities: Late January Union
Analogtronics
Fat Beats
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123514422
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.31.12
Parisian duo Union take an otherworldly approach to analog-driven, melodically abstract, sample free hip-hop, and unleash a musically challenging, painstakingly crafted, MC-packed album – Analogtronics. Producing space-aged bangers that mold perfectly around each guest, sprinkling in a few lush, instrumentals. This is the album we have all been waiting for, as bonus tracks provide over twenty songs hypnotic interstellar boop-bap.

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416988 72 Current Priorities: Late January Matthew Santos
Quickly Disappearing
Candy Rat Records
Genre: Alternative : Alternative Rock
UPC: 091037117298
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.31.12
Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, Matthew Santos is kicking off 2012 with a new solo album  Quickly Disappearing. Santos has established himself as one of the rare and striking talents quickly emerging from the Chicago music scene. With his ethereal voice Santos has secured his place in current music with his distinguished style and elusive musical gift. Matthew Santos is quietly rising into one of the most remarkable voices of his generation.

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415186 72 Current Priorities: Late January Dana Falconberry
Though I Didn’t Call It Came
Crossbill Records
Genre: Indie : Folk
UPC: 847108033567
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.24.12
Dana Falconberry’s newest release, Though I Didn’t Call It Came, celebrates, explores, and at times laments the vast landscapes in which they are set. Touching on themes of childhood curiosity, mortality, and the aching beauty of solitude, she interweaves the human experience with the world surrounding it, guiding her listeners down moonlit paths and sandy shores until they are standing right alongside her under the birches, wide-eyed and wondering.

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415979 72 Current Priorities: Late January The Darcys
AJA
Arts & Crafts
Genre: Alternative : Rock
UPC: 827590660052
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.24.12
After their self titled debut album Toronto-based art rock group The Darcys are releasing a chilling and unlikely reimagining of Steely Dan’s 1977 classic AJA. These recordings, along with The Darcys’ massive, immaculate live performances, are evidence of a band whose moment has finally arrived. A group strengthened by its time and trials, whose future is built solely on the strength of its ideas and music of genuine depth and substance.

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417047 72 Current Priorities: Late January Bill Ortiz
Winter In America
Left Angle Records
Genre: Hip-Hop : R&B
UPC: 847108008213
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.31.12
One of the world’s most consummate trumpet players, Bill Ortiz has spent decades playing music with some of the top artists from around the globe.  An ongoing member of the Santana band, as of 2012 Bill Ortiz is proud to present his new solo EP release Winter In America. This album features an exciting blend of hard hitting hip hop, soulful singing, and the incendiary and emotionally charged trumpet playing of the seasoned Santana musician.

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388451 72 Current Priorities: Late January Barry Adamson
I Will Set You Free
Central Control International Ltd.
Genre: Alternative : Alternative Rock
UPC: 610696775023
Territories: Americas
Release Date: 1.30.12
An avid embracer of shifts in culture and technology, the internet’s grip on our modern life, plus an overwhelming desire to keep moving and keep improving ones self feeds into all Adamson creates. Where magic and fear once again run amok and hell no longer looms around the corner but lives right here, Adamson surrenders before amplifiers and screens creating himself, producing effortlessly this propaganda and letting it now live by his name alone.

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411016 72 Current Priorities: Late January Various Artists
The Alan Lomax Collection from the American Folklife Center
Global Jukebox
Genre: Folk : World
UPC: 847108079725
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.31.12
Alan Lomax spent his life documenting folk music from across the world. Featured here are sixteen selections from his collections, recorded between 1947-1982. Introduced by a paean to America’s greatest folk hero, John Henry, and concluding with one of the country’s most enduring lullabies, the compilation combines ballads, blues, dance tunes, and sacred songs from around the U.S. with a Galician alborada, Trinidadian calypso, and more.

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January 4th, 2012

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406705 72 Current Priorities: Early January Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
Bones for Tinder
Five Head Entertainment
Genre: Pop-Folk : Urban
UPC: 616892007548
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.17.12
While Robinson is most known as a member of the Grammy award-winning, old-time African-American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, his passions are not limited to any single field.With this release, Justin keeps one foot firmly planted in the folk tradition & folk instrumentation while taking a bold step forward. Bones for Tinder paints a much more vivid picture of this eclectic individual than his work in the Carolina Chocolate Drops ever did.

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409644 72 Current Priorities: Early January Matthew Dear
Headcage
Ghostly International
Genre: Electronic : Indie
UPC: 804297815107
Territories: Americas
Release Date: 1.17.12
Matthew Dear’s EP, Headcage, stands as a testament to the New Yorker’s work as a relentless songwriter, producer and in a new light, collaborator. Working with other producers and vocalists as well as mixing/tracking at Nicolas Vernhes’ famed Rare Book Room studio has lent Headcage an openness and poise to the four songs presented here. The vision found in this EP is a likely harbinger for things to come from Dear.

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409699 72 Current Priorities: Early January Loma Prieta
I.V.
Deathwish Inc.
Genre: Hardcore : Punk
UPC: 020286167495
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.3.12
While Loma Prieta’s sound is difficult to describe, it is clear that they come from the rich tradition of creative Bay Area hardcore bands. For “I.V.” Loma Prieta recorded 12 intensely emotional songs. Written during a time of great personal suffering and transition for the band “I.V.” is the creative culmination of those collective experiences. From the opening breath of “Fly by Night”, Loma Prieta crash and bang melody and discord together into one beautiful work of art.

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414752 72 Current Priorities: Early January The Wedding Present
Live 1990
Scopitones
Genre: Indie : Alternative
UPC: 5024545631623
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.9.12
Live 1990 collects the seventh and eighth of The Wedding Present’s infamous ‘live tapes,’cassettes that the band sold at concerts and through their fanzine in the 80s & 90s. The recordings were unavailable anywhere else. Fans eagerly collected them and they became very rare. Live 1990 includes a recording of The Wedding Present’s first ever performance in North America, at the legendary Maxwell’s club in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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404957 72 Current Priorities: Early January Various Artists
World Routes – On The Road
Nascente
Genre: World : World
UPC: 5032698662814
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.16.12
World Routes is on a mission to travel to the most far-flung corners of the planet to document and preserve endangered musical traditions. On The Road is a 30 track compilation of previously unreleased material recorded on location over the last ten years, featuring some of the most thrilling artists from from countries as diverse as Mali, India, Iraq, Georgia, China, Madagascar and Cape Verde all have tracks featured on the album.

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414657 72 Current Priorities: Early January Calvin Jones, Teresa Scanlan
Dueling Pianos: White Water Chopped Sticks
City of Peace
Genre: Inspirational : Instrumental Pop
UPC: 677797005022
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.17.12
Teresa Scanlan became one of the youngest women to win MISS AMERICA 2011, dazzling the judges and a national audience of over 14 million with her performance of “White Water Chopped Sticks,” an avantgarde piano piece by noted composer Calvin Jones. On Dueling Pianos, Scanlan & Jones collaborate to present a fresh take on this winning new classic. Jones presents his unique work in an instrumental collection showcasing the music that reflects his passion.

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410274 72 Current Priorities: Early January Old Monk
Birds Of Belize
Eenie Meenie Records
Genre: Rock : Alternative
UPC: 692560004026
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.17.12
Old Monk ask the musical question, What would it sound like if you hurled the catchy melodies of pop-punk-rock into the heady heights of experimental psych and progressive rock? Birds of Belize answers the question with a frenetic attack of new-pop noise that zips straight out of the time-honored pop ‘n’ punk textbook while massaging the mind with bristly beats and harmonic treats inspired by art-rock pioneers.

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414604 72 Current Priorities: Early January Various Artists
Divas on King Street 3
King Street Sounds
Genre: House : Dance
UPC: 788557718516
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.9.12
Contemporary and legendary female vocalists alike grace this third edition of Divas on King Street. Coupled with world-renowned producers they provide a variety of rhythms, loops and melodies that span almost two decades of productions. Back catalog songs like “Way I Feel,” “Closer,” to more recent releases “Washes Over Me,”“Amame,” and “Rejoyce” make this an indispensable collection for many house music lovers.

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December 19th, 2011

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411042 72 Current Priorities: Late December POLIÇA
Give You The Ghost b/w Unbelievable
Totally Gross National Product/POLIÇA
Genre: Rock : Darkwave
UPC: 614511796026
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.20.11
POLIÇA began as a collaboration between fellow Channy Leaneagh and Ryan Olson. In June 2011 they began writing songs for their debut Give you the Ghost. Olson arranged the beats leaving room for Channy to apply her dynamic experimentation. Mike Noyce (Bon Iver) adds vocals on “Lay Your Cards Out” and “Wandering Star”. With it’s sultry R&B rhythms and intensely electro, goth-pop vibes, it couldn’t be more perfect for a late December release.

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373996 72 Current Priorities: Late December Boog Brown
The Brown Study Remixes
Mello Music Group
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123018326
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.20.11
In 2010 Atlanta based emcee Boog Brown released her debut album, which gained instant critical acclaim including making iTunes Top 10 New Hip-Hop Artists alongside  Drake, Nicki Minaj, B.O.B., and Roc Marciano. She became a favorite at the A3C Hip-hop festival and a buzzworthy artist at Austin’s SXSW music. Now, Boog has brought in some of the best producers in Hip-Hop to remix her debut album, as well as an all new track from Apollo Brown.

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414252 72 Current Priorities: Late December Grabbel and The Final Cut
Get Your Feet Back On The Ground
Captured Tracks
Genre: Indie : Rock
UPC: 817949011369
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.20.11
Grabbel and The Final Cut were a shoegaze / noise pop band active in the 1990s. They formed in Lüneburg, Germany in 1989 and frequently played in and around Hamburg the following years. Before splitting in 1996 they released several cassette-only EPs and singles. Fifteen years later the Brooklyn based label Captured Tracks found out about the band and is going to release their debut EP in January 2012.

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414263 72 Current Priorities: Late December Luan Santana
Nega
Som Livre
Genre: Country : Brazilian
UPC: 7891430238827
Territories: Brazil
Release Date: 12.20.11
Luan Santana the new sensation of Sertanejo music, a traditional Brazilian rhythm that combines old school countryside sounds, north-American country music and romantic tone and lyrics. The genre, which had its heydays back in the early 90’s with Zezé de Camargo & Luciano and others, has been given a new strength by upcoming artists such as Victor & Léo, Maria Cecília & Rodolfo, but none of its contemporaries has caused such impact as Luan.

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415081 72 Current Priorities: Late December Kool G Rap
Riches, Royalty & Respect
Fat Beats
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123514224
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.27.11
Kool G. Rap is an American rapper, from the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is often cited as one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time as he is a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content and multi-syllabic rhyming. He is known for consistently making records which are hardcore, dark, intelligent, and underground.

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412684 72 Current Priorities: Late December Former Fat Boys, Schooly Bus
Wanna Buy Beats? – Volume 1
RaCheer Records
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 847108026712
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.26.11
Former Fat Boys are an American hip-hop duo from Geneva, IL. The founders and two primary members of the group are producer Hard Corey (Corey Wills) and rapper $ucksex (Ben Garbe).”Wanna Buy Beats?” in an ongoing Former Fat Boys side project. Brought to you by visionary rap persona Schooly Bus and his friends Squirty Squirt and Shakey Shakey it shows just what you can do by giving in to the spam and buying some beats.

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412082 72 Current Priorities: Late December Reiki Tribe
80 Minutes of Reiki Music (Asian Flutes & Tibetan Bowls for Reiki, Massage & Spa)
80-Minutes of Music/Talking Taco Music
Genre: World : New Age
UPC: 847108038234
Territory: World
Release Date: 12.27.11
At the heart of 80 Minutes of Reiki Music are the sounds of Asian flutes: the Japanese shakuhachi and Tibetan flute. The flutes are surrounded with the sounds of nature as well as keyboards and the soothing sound of Tibetan bowls. The result is a unique release pefect for the healing practice of reiki or simply relaxing at the spa or at home in the tub. This is one of the first reiki releases to feature the healing sounds of the Tibetan bowl.

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411440 72 Current Priorities: Late December Even Keel
Fresh
Independent
Genre: Rock : Rock
UPC: 829982131546
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.30.11
The band Even Keel is a six piece ensemble featuring the extraordinary vocal stylings of Melissa Mulder-Albertson. Their smooth blend of jazzy grooves, blues and pop into an urban adult contemporary sound is as unique as it is enjoyable to listen to.Even Keel’s original songs and jazzy renditions of classic covers such as “Summertime” and Neil Young’s “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” are unique and grooving, and will definitely leave you wanting more.

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December 1st, 2011

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407282 72 150x150 Current Priorities: Early December Guilty Simpson
Close Curtains b/w Unbelievable
(iN)Sect Records
Genre: Hip-Hop : Electronic
UPC: 659123022019
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.06.11
For a first in his career, Guilty Simpson drops unreleased heat over left-wing experimental beats. The A-side is a crazy dance-filled production while Side B drops fire with another heart stopper. For the first time Guilty Simpson has the production of experimental producers behind him and the results are mighty delightful to hear.

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411473 72 Current Priorities: Early December Various Artists
Finest NY House 2011
King Street Sounds
Genre: House : Dance
UPC: 788557718417
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.12.11
As we get ready to celebrate King Street’s 19th Year Anniversary, we look back on this particular phenomenal year filled with amazing releases, having worked with some of the best talent in the biz. King Street Sounds, Nite Grooves, and Street King comes out with it’s own retrospective comp for all four seasons.

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409325 72 Current Priorities: Early December CYNE
Wasteland Volume 1: Killmore
Hometapes
Genre: Hip-Hop : Indie
UPC: 847108009388 Territories: World
Release Date: 12.06.11
CYNE returns. On the heels of the rush of Water For Mars and the resplendence of 2008′s Pretty Dark Things, Cise Star, Enoch, and Speck tell a new story in classic mixtape form. Nearly an hour of brand new vocal tracks, seriously addictive beat vignettes, evolved samples, and the story of Laserteeth Killmore. There’s Earth, there’s Space, and then there’s CYNE.

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409510 72 Current Priorities: Early December Cindy Blackman
Music for the New Millennium
Khepera Records
Genre: BeBop : Jazz
UPC: 880285999639 Territories: World
Release Date: 12.06.11
Cindy Blackman-Santana is a virtuoso drummer whose artistry spans the realms of jazz and rock. As a bandleader and as a musician, Cindy is a sound innovator with a passion for pushing creative boundaries and exploring movement and change. She is as known for the nuances and colors she brings to her beats and fills as she is for the sheer power of her soulful playing.

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405256 72 Current Priorities: Early December Kooley High
Presents…David Thompson
M.E.C.C.A. Records
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123051095
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.06.11
When they met at North Carolina State University, Kooley High never knew that they would make it this far. Their newest albumDavid Thompson is a culmination of all the emotions the crew went through while living in a new environment far away from home. The album is named after NCSU’s famed hooper, who is arguably the greatest NCAA baller of all time.

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396577 72 Current Priorities: Early December yU
The Earn
Mello Music Group
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123021722 Territories: World
Release Date: 12.13.11
yU first gained acclaim as 1/3 of the Washington DC group Diamond District along with Oddisee and XO. Then he continued to garner success with his solo debut Before Taxes which was named to the Best of 2010 List by HipHopDX, Al
Lindstrom, and Above Ground Magazine. Now the DMV artist yU is back with his sophomore release,The Earn, an artistic and timely meditation on the gritty struggle to advance and maintain, all set afire by yU’s potent wordplay.

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403430 72 Current Priorities: Early December Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
LSO Live
Genre: Classical : Symphony
UPC: 822231171621
Territory: World
Release Date: 12.13.11
Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony (‘Romantic’) conjures up visions of mediaeval knights, huntsmen and enchanted woodland, particularly through the prominent use of the horn in the work. One of his most popular pieces, it was treated to many revisions by the composer and this recording features the second version of the 1877/8 Nowak edition (published 1953) with the 1880 Finale.

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409216 72 Current Priorities: Early December Christopher Lawrence
Pharmacy: Phase 1
Pharmacy Music
Genre: Trance : Techno
UPC: 847108043542 Territories: World
Release Date: 12.13.11
Pharmacy Music has pumped up the volume with their releases over the past few years and now label boss Christopher Lawrence delivers the first instalment in the labels new mix compilation series titled “Pharmacy: Phase 1″. Close your eyes and listen, you’ll be transported back to a time when clubs were dark, heads were down and there was no DJ worship. People came for the music, not the bottle service.

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November 14th, 2011

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401928 72 150x150 Current Priorities: Late November Saul Williams
Volcanic Sunlight
Columbia / SME France
Genre: Adult Contemporary : Electronic
UPC: 886978715326
Territories: US
Release Date: 11.11.11
Volcanic Sunlight is an eclectic album blending electronic, hip hop, and rock elements. In 13 tracks, Saul Williams gathered all of his energies and has created his brightest, most rhythmic and danceable opus yet. Saul Williams’ open-mic escapades with the Nuyorican Poets peaked at Sundance when Slam won the Grand Jury Prize, and the art world celebrated the arrival of a whole new kind of talent.

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406937 72 Current Priorities: Late November Sean Hayes
Outtakes & Alternatives
Sean Hayes
Genre: Folk : Soul
UPC: 616892015444
Territories: World
Release Date: 11.29.11
A collection of songs recorded from 2005 to 2011. Some songs are outtakes from album sessions and didn’t make the cut for that album….and the last three tracks are alternative versions of songs that have been released on previous albums. Listening to the raw uncut versions of some of these songs allows us to see Sean Hayes as the amazing singer/songwriter that he truly is.

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399414 72 Current Priorities: Late November Cappadonna
The Pilgrimage
Fat Beats
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123515122 Territories: World
Release Date: 11.15.11
Cappadonna returns with a vengeance with the sound fans have told him they want to hear. On his last album Slang Prostitution, Cap showed us why he’s the sacred heart of the Wu-Tang Clan, bringing forth his best effort since his RIAA cerified Gold The PillageThe Pilgrimage ups the ante yet again, revisiting his 1990’s flow, updated for the present, as he once again leads us into the future with his innovative lyrical styles.

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406172 72 Current Priorities: Late November P’Taah
Perfumed Silence
Street King
Genre: Electronic : Dance
UPC: 788557717915 Territories: World
Release Date: 11.22.11
Notable producer, Chris Brann comes to the electronic front line once again with another album by his brain stepchild, P’Taah. This is not your typical mainstream, trendy, flash in the pan project, but one that’s set alongside musical genre bending, innovation and musical creativity, never being stamped with an expiration date.

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402742 72 Current Priorities: Late November Tim and Nicki Bluhm
Duets
Tim Bluhm
Genre: Folk : Country
UPC: 766057087325
Territories: World
Release Date: 11.15.11
Featuring Husband-and-Wife musical duo Tim Bluhm and Nicki Bluhm. Duets is a collection of songs from the past and of the present, Its simplicity and authenticity captures an era forgotten while being fresh and new.

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406322 72 Current Priorities: Late November Kool and Together
Original Recordings 1970-77
Heavy Light Records
Genre: Rock : Funk
UPC: 854221002042 Territories: World
Release Date: 11.22.11
Where Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys left off is exactly the spot where Kool and Together was born. For the Sanders brothers, the screams of Psychedelic Rock met with Motown’s funky Soul at a crossroads called Black Rock—a mixture of two genres that few were bold enough to attempt and even fewer possessed the technical ability to master.

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401908 72 Current Priorities: Late November Wayman Tisdale
The Wayman Tisdale Story
Rendezvous Music
Genre: Smooth Jazz : Jazz+Funk
UPC: 881284544721
Territory: World
Release Date: 11.22.11
Rendezvous Music compliments the telling of Wayman’s story with a soundtrack featuring 13
tracks, including the previously unreleased track, “Slam Dunk,” produced by Jeff Lorber, and “Cryin’ For Me,” Toby Keith’s tribute to Wayman.

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407192 72 Current Priorities: Late November Tiago Iorc
Umbilical
Som Livre
Genre: Pop : Alternative
UPC: 7891430192020 Territories: World ex- BR
Release Date: 11.29.11
Tiago’s second release, Umbilical, represents a different side of him. He had the freedom to experiment artistically without necessarily having to fit to any pre-established expectations and gradually evolve as an artist. He spent little over five months in his apartment gathering thoughts and musical ideas until teaming up with New York-based Andy Chase for the production of Umbilical.

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October 31st, 2011

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402613 72 150x150 Current Priorities: Early November Benny Sings
Art
Dox Records
Genre: R&B : Funk
UPC: 8717206921238
Territories: World ex- JP, BE, NL
Release Date: 11.01.11
Benny came up with a collection of seemingly warm and carefree songs. Listeners will soon find themselves singing or humming along. And this is exactly how Benny lures you in. The music and melodies may act to make it all sound as fresh and breezy as a summer dress, but that does not mean it’s all happy-go-lucky. In fact the opposite is true: nothing is what it seems. And it’s this contrast that makes his songs so strong and compelling.

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400145 72 Current Priorities: Early November Black and Brown
Black and Brown
Fat Beats
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123515221
Territories: World
Release Date: 11.01.11
In 2011, hip hop artists from Detroit have continued to create some of the most celebrated music in the genre, and no one is raising the standard in the underground as high as Black Milk and Danny Brown. After their collaborative track “Black and Brown” from Black’s LP Album Of The Year became a fan favorite, the two decided to record an entire EP together, fittingly titled Black And Brown.

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399879 72 Current Priorities: Early November Pink Martini
A Retrospective
Heinz Records
Genre: Jazz : Big Band
UPC: 097037740320 Territories: World ex- CA, AU, EU
Release Date: 11.01.11
21 tracks spanning Pink Martini’s legendary 15-year career! A kaleidoscope of Pink Martini favorites alongside 8 never-before-released tracks, featuring guest vocal appearances from Saori Yuki, Michael Feinstein, Georges Moustaki and Gus Van Sant.

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397611 72 Current Priorities: Early November Robin Bacior
Rest Our Wings
Consonants & Vowels Recordings
Genre: Folk : Alternative
UPC: 847108062079 Territories: World
Release Date: 11.01.11
Two years ago, Robin Bacior stepped off a plane from Northern California into New York. Like countless nomadic musicians before her such as Joni Mitchell and Jolie Holland, she’s letting her Golden State home and her New York backyard influence her sound. Her songs reveal honest pictures with instrumentation as a medium to illuminate her lyrics.

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403115 72 Current Priorities: Early November Jah Wobble, Julie Campbell
Psychic Life
Cherry Red Records
Genre: Electronic : Alternative
UPC: 5013929152038
Territories: World
Release Date: 11.08.11
The brand new studio album from post-punk bass/dub master Jah Wobble is a collaboration with Manchester’s rising star Julie Campbell, who issued an acclaimed album on Warp as Lonelady in 2010. Psychic Life sees Wobble reunited with fellow ex-PiL guitarist Keith Levene for the first time since the groundbreaking Metal Box album.

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406555 72 Current Priorities: Early November The Fall
Laptop Dog
Cherry Red Records
Genre: Indie : Alternative
UPC: 5013929069503 Territories: World
Release Date: 11.08.11
Since their formation in 1976, The Fall have released twenty eight studio albums, and more than double that number of live albums, compilations and other packages. Laptop Dog is the first single from The Fall’s brand new album Ersatz G.B which will be released on Cherry Red Records on 14th November 2011. The single contains two B-Sides: Cosmos 7 & Monocard.

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391022 72 Current Priorities: Early November Christian McBride
Conversations with Christian
Mack Avenue Records
Genre: Big Band : Swing
UPC: 673203105027
Territory: World
Release Date: 11.08.11
Christian McBride is a loquacious raconteur in addition to his finger-busting bass skills, though make no mistake about it—the only talk on this release is the musical kind two instruments make. Christian can converse with the best of them, as his Sirius/XM show will attest though these conversations sit him down in the studio with a diverse array of guests for unexpected and often amazing results.

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394022 72 Current Priorities: Early November Lateef the Truthspeaker
FireWire
Quannum Projects
Genre: Alternative : Hip-Hop
UPC: 804879255222 Territories: World ex- JP, EU, AU
Release Date: 11.08.11
Recorded over four months in Oakland, Lateef the Truthspeaker’s FireWire brings together some of the best producers in hip-hop on one album, including Chief Xcel, DJ Shadow, Dan the Automator, Somehow at Sea and Headnodic plus more.  FireWire will be sure to keep your head nodding while at the same time fill it with insight as well as a deep appreciation for lyrical complexity so artfully crafted into song.