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WEEK OF JULY 01, 2008

Ian Pooley
In Other Words

2008 album from Ian Pooley that examines the changing forces of Techno and House but clearly manifests his own voice among all the diverse tongues of electronic music. A journey of songs cutting through a complex soundscape covering ground from the compelling summer hymn 'Piha' to NuDisco bomb 'Heaven'. All in all, the 14 tracks range between the atmospheric, deep and exuberant.

Van Morrison
No Guru No Method No Teacher

Longtime Van Morrison fans may prefer the Belfast bard's tougher, emphatically R&B-driven work, yet it's his lusher, mid-'80s output that helped him consolidate the scrappy gains made in the prior decades. The once-heightened polarity between the earthy and the ethereal seemed muted on albums that traded in a softer-focus, romantic mysticism mirrored by the expanded scale of Morrison's band and arrangements, and left room for him to dabble in instrumental compositions or his renewed love of sax and piano. No Method, No Guru, No Teacher proves among the more durable, convincing chapters in this era, carrying a now-familiar array of symbolic touchstones and offering two of Morrison's better meditations on redemption, "In the Garden" and "A Town Called Paradise," which echoes the fevered waltz-time trance of "Astral Weeks" itself.

John Mayer
Where the Light Is: John Mayer...

A concert CD and DVD of John Mayer playing three different sets on December 8, 2007. The first being a solo acoustic set, the second with the John Mayer Trio, and lastly with his touring band.

Los Lonely Boys
Forgiven

Forgiven is the third album from Grammy Award winning multi platinum artist Los Lonely Boys.

Ronnie Earl & Broadcasters
Surrounded By Love

Love ain't all that's surrounding Ronnie and the band on this 1991 release; ace harpist Sugar Ray Norcia is back on board with Ronnie, and Robert Jr. Lockwood is on hand for three tracks! Earl's jazz-inflected style first gained notice while he was with Roomful of Blues, but his solo releases for Black Top, of which this is the last, are stellar.

Earlimart
Hymn & Her

Hymn And Her is the highly anticipated follow-up to Earlimart's critically acclaimed Majordomo debut Mentor Tormentor, which garnered praise from Spin, Paste, Pitchfork, LA Times, and Filter. Their sound bears heavy resemblance to Elliott Smith, The Pixies, and Sonic Youth, among contemporaries like Pedro the Lion.

Deltron 3030

Deltron 3030 is the debut album by hip hop supergroup Deltron 3030. It is a concept album set in a dystopian year 3030. Members of Deltron 3030 include Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and DJ Kid Koala.

Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers

Expectations were sky-high, but the Raconteurs exceed them all."[

Iron Maiden
Somewhere Back in Time: The Be...

Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989 is a best of album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, containing a selection of songs from the first seven Iron Maiden albums.

Relient K
Bird & the Bee Sides (CD & LP)

The Bird and The Bee Sides is a B-Sides record from Christian pop punk group Relient K. The record contains songs from many of the band's previous EPs and also contains other rare tracks. Die-hard fans may have 11 of the 13 tracks on already.

Raconteurs
Salute Your Solution (LP)

A single from the Raconteur's latest album, Consolers of the Lonely. Commenting on the rhythm section, Prefix Magazine commented that "their propulsive rhythm single-handedly saves first single 'Salute Your Solution'." The Metro Times said the single "feature[s] monster guitar riffs that wouldn't sound out of place on a Free or early Aerosmith record."

Van Morrison
Live at the Grand Opera House

Reissue of the 1984 album Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast which is the second live album released by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was recorded from two live shows in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Morrison's birthplace, on March 11 and March 12, 1983.

Van Morrison
Healing Game

Newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of the 1997 album Healing Game by Van Morrison. The album was recorded in Dublin Ireland. The title song "The Healing Game" is about the tradition of Belfast street singing.

Van Morrison
Veedon Fleece

2008 newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of the 1974 album Veedon Fleece the eighth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.

Van Morrison
Enlightenment

2008 newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of Enlightenment, an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990.

Van Morrison
Night in San Francisco

Newly remastered sound and expanded packaging including lyrics of the Two CD set reissue of the 1994 album, recorded live A Night in San Francisco by Van Morrison.