Tampa Calling

Welcome aboard new Tampa Calling Contributor, Vinyl Fever’s Lee Wolfson, who will taking over on each week’s new music releases and other such interesting music tidbits, from what it’s like running an indie music store, to offering info on the latest in new music, to giving the inside scoop on any special promos or giveaways his store may be offering. Here’s his inaugural post, a list of new releases you may or may not be aware of.

Terry Adams (of NRBQ), Holy Tweet

Maria Bamford, Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome

Buju Banton, Rasta Got Soul

Behemoth, The Art of Rebelling Live (CD/DVD)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway (ahahahahahaha! yeah, really!)

Brian Blade, Mama Rosa

Booker T., Potato Hole (with Drive By Truckers and Neil Young, too — it’s REAL SWEET!)

The Boxmasters and Billy Bob Thornton, The Boxmasters

Braid, Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (a re-release of the 1995 debut album comprised 26 tracks, each one named using a different letter of the alphabet.)

King Britt & Ashley Beetle, Southport Weekender Vol. 8

Art Brut, Art Brut vs. Satan

Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career

Chimaira, The Infection (also available as a special version with a bonus track and DVD)

Cloud Cult, No One Said It Would Be Easy DVD

Depeche Mode, Sounds of the Universe (Three versions are due out — CD, CD/DVD, and a four-disc boxed set that includes the original CD, bonus tracks, demo tracks, and a DVD as well as TWO books with lyrics and exclusive photos, two badges, poster, and artcards. All of it is sealed with a certificate of authenticity just in case someone tries to pass off the one they made at home as “real.”)

Empire of the Sun, Walking on a Dream

Alejandro Escovedo, An Introduction (a compilation of his music)

Great White, Rising (yes, it’s new)

Wayne Hancock, Viper of Melody (on Bloodshot)

Jane’s Addiction, A Cabinet of Curiosities (a limited-edition four-disc set spotlighting 43 tracks from three CDs — 30 previously unreleased — and a bonus DVD with videos, rarities and live footage.)

King Khan & The Shrines, What Is?!

Krayzie Bone, Leathaface Legends Underground Pt. 1

Sonny Landreth, Levee Town

Lenny Kravitz, Let Love Rule (deluxe edition)

Lacuna Coil, Shallow Life

Manchester Orchestra, Mean Everything to Nothing

Mission of Burma re-issues with bonus tracks

Mr. Lif, I Heard It Today

My Dying Bride, For Lies I Sire

Sinead O’Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Re-release with a bonus disc of unreleased tracks)

Pendragon, Concert Maximo DVD

Pet Shop Boys, Yes (single disc and two-disc editions)

Porcupine Tree (re-issues, with bonus material)

Rick Ross, Deeper Than Rap

Asher Roth, Asleep in the Bread Aisle (Special 4/20 release date — wooooooo!)

Sizzla, Ghetto Youth-ology

Pete Seeger, Rainbow Race / Now / Young Vs. Old (a five-CD box set)

Sun Ra, Live in Cleveland

Tinted Windows, Tinted Windows (Hanson Bros. lead singer Jordan with JAMES IHA of Smashing Pumpkins fame, Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne and Bun E. Carlos of CHEAP TRICK!)

Allen Toussaint, The Bright Mississippi

Various Artists, Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Place compilation

Various Artists, Om Lounge 15th Anniversary Edition

17 Again Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

ON VINYL:

Death

Depeche Mode

Killers 12”

King Khan

Manchester Orchestra

Method Man & Redman 12”

Radiohead EPs reissued (tisk, tisk on Capitol for the cheap, generic packaging)

ON DVD:

Notorious

The Wrestler

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