NEW MUSIC

Big Head Todd & The Monsters – “Black Beehive” (with eight bonus tracks and an 11×17 deluxe lithograph of the album artwork on heavy stock; producer: Steve Jordan; Hear here; MP3) (Shout! Factory)

Broken Bells (side project of Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer) – “After the Disco” (first single: “Holding On For Life”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Columbia)

John Butler Trio – “Flesh & Blood” (first single: “Only One”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (Vanguard)

The Haden Triplets (Tanya, Rachel and Petra Haden) – “The Haden Triplets” (includes covers of the Carter Family, Nick Lowe, Bill Monroe, the Louvin Brothers, etc.; producer: Ry Cooder; Read here; Vinyl;MP3) (Third Man)

Dirk Powell (Americana multi-instrumentalist) – “Walking Through Clay” (guests: the late Levon Helms and his daughter Amy; Hear here; MP3) (Sugar Hill)

Wild Moccasins (Houston indie-pop quintet) – “88 92” (Hear here; See here; LP + MP3) (New West)

Xiu Xiu (avant-garde group from San Jose, Calif.) – “Angel Guts: Red Classroom” (producer: John Congleton; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (Polyvinyl)

REISSUES

Grateful Dead – “Dick’s Picks Vol. 20: Capital Centre, Landover, MD 9/25/76” (four CDs) (Razor & Tie)

Small Faces – “Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Years 1967-1969 [Box set]” (Amazon-exclusive collection containing four CDs, 75 tracks, with a 72-page hardbound coffee-table book and many other extras; limited to 3,000 copies worldwide, personally signed by members Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan; See here; Track list) (Charly / Snapper Music Group)

MUSIC BOOKS

The Beatles – “All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release [Kindle]” (authors: Jean-Michel Guesdon, Philippe Margotin; preface by Patti Smith) (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers)

The Beatles – “The Beatles Are Here! 50 Years After the Band Arrived in America, Writers, Musicians & Other Fans Remember [Paperback]” (author: Penelope Rowlands) (Algonquin Books)

The Beatles – “Six Days that Changed the World, February 1964 [Hardcover]” (photos by Bill Eppridge) (Rizzoli)

Ringo Starr – “Octopus’s Garden [Hardcover]” (children’s book based on the Beatles song; illustrator:Ben Cort) (Aladdin)

More music books here!