Here’s a video 1-2 punch that’s tough to beat.

Tuesday night, Wilco appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, with special guest vocalist Feist, to perform “You And I.”

The next day, 66-year-old ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his band played a 22-minute concert on the roof of the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater. They flew through “Coming Up,” “Band on the Run,” “Let Me Roll It,” “Helter Skelter,” and “Back in the USSR,” and sounded tight as f!@#, in this author’s opinion.

Videos after the jump:

Wilco:

McCartney:

Random news bites from the last several days (excluding anything about Michael Jackson … well, mostly).

Regina Spektor’s new album, far, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 this week and the lovely Russian-born songstress is scheduled to perform on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on Thursday, July 30. Slipping to the No. 2 spot this week are the Jonas Brothers with Vines And Trying Times, which held last week’s No. 1 position. Black Eyed Peas have moved to the top of the charts with The E.N.D. And in case you BEP fans were worried, the title doesn’t foreshadow the band’s immenint break-up, but stands for “The Energy Never Dies.” Clever.

Seattle grunge metal makers Alice in Chains have confirmed the dates of their upcoming world tour, sans lead voice Layne Staley, who, if you recall, faded away into reclusivity before he speedballed to his death in 2002. The tour supports the band’s first new studio release in more than 10 years, Black Gives Way to Blue (in stores September 29). The first single, “A Looking View,” is currently streaming on their MySpace page and definitely has the feel of classic Alice in Chains, complete with the hard-meets-soft harmonies by vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrel and Staley replacement, vocalist/guitarist William Duvall. Here’s a statement the band released about the new song: “The song basically speaks to any number of things that keep you balled up inside. A cell of our own making with an unlocked door that we choose to remain in. Focusing our attention inward instead of reaching out to a much larger world. I think this is common to us all. It’s funny how hard we fight to hang on to a bone we can’t pull through a hole in the fence, or how difficult it is to put down the bag of bricks and move on.” Current confirmed U.S. stops include Detroit, DC, Chicago, NYC, Milwaukee, Portland and San Francisco. No telling whether the tour will bring them to Florida.

San Francisco indie rock duo The Dodos (pictured) are set to release their third album, Time To Die, via Frenchkiss on September 15. Produced by Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Shins), the album is marked by the band’s key instrumental elements — the energetic percussion of Logan Kroeber and the finger-picking acoustic guitar work of frontman Meric Long — with extra texture created by Keaton Snyder on vibraphone. The Dodos will embark hit the road this September and October, making stops in Tallahassee on Tuesday, October 6 at the Club Downunder, and in Atlanta Wednesday, October 7 at The Earl.

American-Australian multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter John Butler has returned with an all-new trio and a forthcoming album featuring the fresh lineup, which includes two Aussie natives: drummer/percusionist Nicky Bomba and bass player Byron Luiters. The John Butler Trio is not coming to a venue anywhere near you, but watch out for the new album. Butler’s a pretty great songsmith.

Jeff Tweedy has always gotten under my skin. As much as I like Wilco’s music, the frontman makes headlines far too often for some asshole maneuver — like when he punched an over-rowdy fans in the face when a simple “Get the fuck off my stage” would’ve sufficed — and he oftentimes comes off as a total dick and says mean things he can’t take back. The latest was the sort of stereotypical ugliness you’d expect towards the hippies of San Francisco. After his son Spencer went shopping in Berkeley and returned dressed head-to-toe in tie-dye, Tweedy reportedly cried, “Look what you’ve done to my son, you dirty hippies!” Then, to his son, he yelled, “Now go take a bath.” What a classy guy!

All right, I know I promised no Michael Jackson news, but I just had to share this little tidbit: Jermaine Jackson, Michael’s far less successful older bro, has followed the path of the rest of the family and made a statement. “”He went too soon. I don’t know how people are going to take this, but I wish it was me.” What I want to know is, when did Jermaine lose his sense of self-worth? Poor guy.

Jeff Tweedy doesn’t sound any happier. I’ve always found the Wilco leader’s apparent discomfort in his own skin to be one of the reasons the band was capable of compelling music (although by no means always).

On “Solitaire,” one of the many somber, introspective tunes on Wilco’s self-titled seventh studio album, Tweedy sings in his trademark laconic style, “Once I thought without a doubt/ I had it all figured out/ The universe with hands unseen/ I was cold as gasoline/ Took too long, to see, I was wrong, to believe, in me/ Only.”

Does that suggest that Tweedy is now playing well with others? Or has he finally found the others that are willing to follow his vision. I’m guessing it’s the latter.

In any case, Wilco’s approach on the new album hews more closely to standard song structures than some of the avant-garde-leaning work of the past. Only a handful of songs really stick to your ribs, though, and only one will have you singing it in your head later. That would be “You Never Know,” the disc’s most energetic, uptempo tune, with swelling background vocals, a choppy piano part and a swooping guitar lick that calls to mind George Harrison’s breezier solo songs.

While the material comes up short on the catchiness scale, the guitar interplay between Tweedy and Nels Cline is full of imagination and beguiling texture: the theremin-like whistle on “Deeper Down,” the push into Neil Young-esque noise on “Bull Black Nova,” the razory slide on “Sonny Feeling” (the albums’ other sort-of-uptempo rocker), the pedal steel-style slurs that pop up throughout.

Tweedy surrounds the guitars with a mostly pastel backdrop that at turns includes tubular bells, organ, and the slightest splashes of strings and horns (to give the closer, “Everlasting Everything,” an epic crescendo).

In the end, Wilco is a worthy entry into their canon, but certainly not a classic. (Nonesuch)

“You and I” featuring Feist

Vinyl:

Fugazi – 3 Songs (7″)
Originally recorded in 1989.

Levon Helm – Electric Dirt
Electric Dirt again finds Levon steeped in tradition in his connection to the land and those who live by it, but this record goes deeper and wider, incorporating gospel, blues and soul elements in a bracing collection of originals and carefully chosen outside songs.

Wilco – Wilco (The Album) LP+CD
Wilco’s seventh combines the intimacy of its previous studio disc, Sky Blue Sky, with the experimentation of A Ghost Is Born in a set that boasts strong melodies and often unabashedly pop arrangements. LP includes the album on a CD.

Pete Yorn – Back & Fourth

CDs:

Ace Hood – Ruthless
New release from the Florida rapper features guest appearances from Jasmine Sullivan, The Dream, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Birdman and more.

AZ – I Am Legend

Bjork – Voltaic CD; CD+DVD; 2xCD+2xDVD
Voltaic is a multi-media document of what happened after Volta was completed — a journey of a different sort as the ever-evolving singer assembled her live band, made a collection of typically amazing videos and one-step-ahead remixes, and toured the world. She recorded the Voltaic live CD in one take at Olympic Studio in London. It’s a stunning performance, featuring cutting-edge computer technology, an old-school horn section and a female, flag-toting Icelandic choir. Deluxe version includes the Voltaic live CD plus a DVD featuring 21 songs performed on the Volta tour. Super deluxe 2xCD+2xDVD version features live recordings, remixes, videos and more.

Carcass – Wake Up And Smell The Carcass CD+DVD
17 rarities from different eras of the band’s career, including five extras from the Swansong period, Radio One Session tracks and rare EP cuts. The accompanying DVD contains two complete live sets taking in 17 classics from the period 1989-1992. The DVD also comes with the band’s five promo videos.

Matt Duke – Acoustic Kingdom Underground EP
Acoustic Kingdom Underground is the companion piece to Kingdom Underground, and showcases intimate performances of the album’s standout tracks.

Fabolous – Loso’s Way

Levon Helm – Electric Dirt

Jefferson Airplane – Jefferson Airplane: The Woodstock Experience
Lavishly packaged double disc set combines Jefferson Airplane’s 1969 album Volunteers with their entire Woodstock performance.

Janis Joplin - Janis Joplin: The Woodstock Experience
Lavishly packaged double disc set combines Joplin’s 1969 album I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama with her complete Woodstock performance.

Killing Joke – Gathering 2008 Part 1 2xCD
Killing Joke – Gathering 2008 Part 2 2xCD
Killing Joke – Gathering 2008 4xCD
The Gathering 2008 saw the original Killing Joke line up play live in London at two sold out concerts for the first time since 1982. Available as two separate double disc volumes, or as a limited edition collector’s box set.

Cledus T. Judd – Polyrically Uncorrect
The country funnyman is back with his first new project in four years.

Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage

David Lynch – David Lynch Presents Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi EP
A long-time pet project of film director David Lynch. Fox Bat Strategy features a cast of musicians who began collaborating with Lynch surrounding the filming of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The same line-up of players appeared on Fire Walk With Me’s two roadhouse cuts: “The Pink Room” and “Blue Frank” (as well as made cameos in the film itself). In 1994, these same musicians, with an invitation from Lynch, re-entered the studio for experimental collaboration. What emerged were these six tracks. For nearly fifteen years these songs have remained unreleased and unheard.

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Session
Deluxe reissue of the famed in-concert 1983 jam session – the only known recording of Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan performing together.

Moby – Wait For Me
Wait For Me is a radical departure from Moby’s recent albums. Liberated from the pressures of trying to please himself at the same time as the industry, Moby decided to forego the expensive studios, state-of-the-art equipment, big name guest artists, and phalanxes of graphic designers and image consultants that have characterized some of his previous albums. “There’s something so relaxing about doing everything yourself, and not trying to second-guess the market,” Moby says. “It’s
nice to try to do things for the right reasons — just make a record because you want to make a record.”

Obituary – Darkest Day
New album from the veteran death metal band from Tampa.

Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night

Santana – Santana: The Woodstock Experience
Lavishly packaged double disc set combines Santana’s self-titled 1969 album with his complete Woodstock performance.

Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
Lavishly packaged double disc set combines Sly & The Family Stone’s 1969 album Stand! with their complete Woodstock performance.

Rod Stewart – A Night on the Town
Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing
Deluxe, 2-CD editions with previously unissued bonus material.

Rob Thomas – Cradlesong
Highly anticipated second solo album

Tanya Tucker – My Turn
On her new album, Tanya Tucker takes classic country songs originally recorded by male country
legends and turns the tables, giving classics by George Jones, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty and Eddy Arnold a powerful spin from a woman’s point of view. Guest artists include The Grascals, Jim Lauderdale and bluegrass stars Rhonda and Darrin Vincent.

Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry
Rhino’s 25th Anniversary Edition combines the newly remastered nine-track album with an additional disc featuring 15 previously unreleased outtakes and demos from the original sessions plus a new track.

Various Artists – Reggae Gold 2009

Whitesnake – Slide It In (25th Anniversary edition)
Whitesnake – Slip of the Tongue (20th Anniversary edition)
Includes DVD, 24-page booklets, bonus tracks, rarities.

Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
Wilco’s seventh album combines the intimacy of its previous studio disc, Sky Blue Sky, with the experimentation of A Ghost Is Born in a set that boasts strong melodies and often unabashedly pop arrangements.

Willie Isz – Georgiavania
Acclaimed producer, lyricist and singer Jneiro Jarel teams up with Goodie Mob’s Khujo Goodie.

Wu-Tang – Chamber Music
Chamber Music’s throwback sound features a combination of live instrumentation and new RZA beats shaped in a classic old-school soul type of vibe, reminiscent of the group’s classic 36 Chambers sound but with a completely updated, modern twist. Includes newly recorded verses from every key member of the group, plus affiliates Cappadonna, Killah Priest, Street Life and more.

DVDs:

Rob Thomas – Something To Be Tour: Live At Red Rocks
Featuring 18 hits from his solo career and Matchbox Twenty, this set also includes a special acoustic arrangement of “Smooth” and a cover of the David Bowie classic “Let’s Dance.”

Misc:

GG Allin “Throbblehead”
This ghoulish effigy is a striking representation of GG Allin, circa 1991. The figure, limited to 2000 numbered units, stands at 7 inches tall and is made of a lightweight polyresin. Displayed in a tri-windowed box, this bobblehead GG is accurately sculpted right down to the tattoos, blood, and filth. GG Allin Throbblehead (Bobble head).

VINYL:

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO – Dark Side Of The Black Moon: What Planet Are We On?
More proggy psych from Acid Mothers Temple — mixes Pink Floyd with fuzzy wah guitars and cosmic sounds. Double LP includes an exclusive bonus D-side track.

Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Double LP comes in beautiful litho-wrapped gatefold jackets and includes MP3 download.

Earth - Radio Live
Vinyl only release. Radio Live is comprised of two tracks from a live radio broadcast on KFJC (12/31/07) and two tracks from a live performance in Vienna on their 2008 European tour.

God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
After the success of Belle And Sebastian’s most recent album, The Life Pursuit, band leader/singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch decided to pursue the writing of a rock musical scored for female singers. After auditioning vocalists via Internet contests, he made his choices and, with all members of Belle And Sebastian backing him up, recorded this record. It combines the strengths of early Belle And Sebastian records in a broader musical palette, drawing equally on musicals, ‘60s girl groups, ‘80s indie, and classic pop. LP includes MP3 download.

Green Day - Know Your Enemy 7”
Ultra-limited edition 7” single features the non-album B-side “Hearts Collide”. We have a limited few remaining after Vinyl Saturday!

Patterson Hood – Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)
The second solo record from the leader of the Drive By Truckers. Most of his DBT band mates join him, along with Don Chambers, Will Johnson, and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic.

Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
180 gram reissue.

Of Montreal - For Our Elegant Castle 7”+MP3
The third single from Skeletal Lamping is backed with a remix by Depressed Buttons (Todd and Jacob of The Faint). Initial pressing is limited to 2000 copies on colored vinyl and includes digital download code with songs and bonus video.

Pavement – Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition 4xLP+MP3
Vinyl edition of the deluxe reissue of Brighten The Corners includes eight extra tracks not on the CD reissue, several of which are previously unreleased. Also includes material from the CD version: the re-mastered original twelve song album, ten non-album B-sides, ten outtakes, and fourteen live radio session tracks. Super deluxe M-Pak accordion style box set, 16-page, 12″x12″ full color booklet, MP3 coupon, and huge essay by New Yorker critic Alex Ross.

R.E.M. – Murmur
R.E.M. – Reckoning

Rodriguez – Coming From Reality

Regina Spektor – Laughing With 7”

Regina Spektor – Far

Those Darlins – Those Darlins
After seducing live audiences nationwide while supporting artists as diverse as Dan Auerbach, Boss Hog, Wanda Jackson, Ida Maria and Deer Tick, Those Darlins quickly became the next “it” band at this year’s SXSW.

Tortoise – Beacons Of Ancestorship LP w/MP3download
Their first new record in over five years, Beacons Of Ancestorship gives nods to techno, punk, electro, lo-fi noise, cut up beats, heavily processed synths, and mournful, elegiac dirges. In fewer words, it is exactly what you’d expect from Tortoise.

Allen Toussaint – Bright Mississippi

Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
HQ-180 vinyl reissue.

Wilco – You Never Know 7”
Ultra-limited edition 7” single includes the B-side “Unlikely Japan”.

Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium LP+10”
This deluxe gatefold edition of Punctuated Equilibrium is manufactured on HQ-180 vinyl and features a bonus 10″ with four brand new bonus tracks unavailable on the CD.

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Relator b/w I Don’t Know What To Do 7”
Ultra-limited 7” released ahead of their forthcoming collaborative album Break Up, due late-summer 2009.

Thou – Tyrant

Young Widows/Pelican split 7”
Third in the series.

Wolves In The Throne Room – Black Cascade

CDs:

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO – Dark Side Of The Black Moon: What Planet Are We On?
More proggy psych from Acid Mothers Temple — mixes Pink Floyd with fuzzy wah guitars and cosmic sounds.

Away We Go Soundtrack
With music by Alexi Murdoch (including 3 brand new songs). The soundtrack also features music from George Harrison, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and The Strangers.

Black Meteoric Star – Black Meteoric Star
The latest project by longtime DFA alumni Gavin Russom is inspired by equal parts Euro-disco, wonky early electronic body music from America’s Midwest, and a fascination with the outer reaches of global psychedelic rock.

Tom Brosseau – Posthumous Success

Cage – Depart From Me
Production by El-P. Guitar by F. Sean from HATEBREED. Appearances by Aesop Rock. 12 page booklet and digi by renowned artist Alex Pardee. Single mixed by Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy fame.

Cosmos – Jar of Jam Ton of Bricks
The latest project from Robert Pollard.

Def Leppard – Adrenalize 2xCD
Remastered deluxe edition includes a bonus disc with rare, live, acoustic and demo versions.

Def Leppard - Pyromania 2xCD
Remastered deluxe edition includes a bonus disc of a previously unreleased show from the L.A. Forum in ‘83.

Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
Their fifth full-length album with the original lineup. At times wholly ‘70s guitar-epic, at times perfect for sitting by a babbling brook with Joni and Neil. Deluxe 2xCD version features a bonus disc containing four non-album tracks.

Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Special Edition version adds a second CD containing six cover songs, as well as a third CD of instrumental mixes of the entire Black Clouds & Silver Linings album.

Envy/Jesu - split CD
Over 37 minutes of newly recorded music from the two forward-looking bands who are entering a new phase.

Ginuwine – A Man’s Thoughts
Includes guest appearances from Brandy, Missy Elliott, Bun B and Timberland.

Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God
Features current and former members of Acid Bath, Soilent Green, Crowbar, and Nachtmystium.

God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
After the success of Belle And Sebastian’s most recent album, The Life Pursuit, band leader/singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch decided to pursue the writing of a rock musical scored for female singers. After auditioning vocalists via Internet contests, he made his choices and, with all members of Belle And Sebastian backing him up, recorded this record. It combines the strengths of early Belle And Sebastian records in a broader musical palette, drawing equally on musicals, ‘60s girl groups, ‘80s indie, and classic pop.

Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul (Deluxe Edition)
Remastered 40th Anniversary Edition features two bonus tracks, new photographs and expanded liner notes by Jim James (My Morning Jacket)!(?)!

Patterson Hood – Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)
The second solo record from the leader of the Drive By Truckers. Most of his DBT band mates join him, along with Don Chambers, Will Johnson, and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic.

Jedi Mind Tricks – Greatest Features
All of the tracks that Vinnie Paz has recorded outside of the Jedi Mind Tricks umbrella are collected in one place for the fans’ listening pleasure. Featuring 7L & Esoteric, Guilty Simpson, Percee P, Apathy, ILL Bill, Outerspace, and more.

LANDy – Eros And Omissions
LANDy is occasionally famous actor/filmmaker/musician Adam Goldberg, plus Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips), Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart), a host of others, and often times, Goldberg very much alone.

Lemonheads – Varshons
Produced by Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) and featuring guest appearances by Liv Tyler and Kate Moss, the collection is filled with strange bedfellows, from G.G. Allin and Townes Van Zandt to Wire and Leonard Cohen.

Bob Marley - B Is For Bob
Executively produced by Ziggy Marley, B Is for Bob is a collection of original Bob Marley songs re-imagined for kids (and fans of all ages).

The Mars Volta – Octahedron
The Mars Volta’s punkperverted neo-psychedelia goes acoustic on Octahedron. Says the band’s Cedric Bixler Zavala: “There’s electricity throughout it! But that’s what our band does-celebrate mutations.”

Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster - III

John Mellencamp – Life Death Live And Freedom
Live performances of key songs from Mellencamp’s 2008 release, Life Death Love And Freedom. These live versions are presented just as they were performed: no overdubs or studio enhancements of any kind were added.

Merzbow - 13 Japanese Birds V.6
Sixth in the 13-month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien’s Catalogue D’Oiseaux.

Mount Eerie – Dawn CD+Book
The music of Mount Eerie and The Microphones has always been a very personal, almost voyeuristic, view inside the mind of Phil Elverum. Dawn is an archival core sample from an intensely creative period of Elverum’s life, the winter of 2002/2003 spent in arctic Norway, a kind of “lost album” finally properly recorded on just guitar and singing. Packaged with a 144-page hardcover book and 16 color photo cards, all bound in simulated “wood” paper.

Native Window – Native Window
Members of Kansas. Really.

R.E.M. - Reckoning
Remastered and expanded — includes the original album and a bonus disc of a previously unreleased concert from 1984 at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom.

Regina Spektor - Far CD/CD+DVD
New album spotlights Spektor’s daring piano pop, vocal acrobatics and offbeat wit. Special Edition package adds a DVD featuring four videos.

Spinnerette - Spinnerette
The band lineup on the record includes Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven) Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers) and Jack Irons (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers).

Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship
Their first new album in over five years, Beacons Of Ancestorship gives nods to techno, punk, electro, lo-fi noise, cut up beats, heavily processed synths, and mournful, elegiac dirges. In fewer words, it is exactly what you’d expect from Tortoise.

Various Artists – Dillanthology, Volume 2
The second volume of the Dillanthology series focuses on a collection of J. Dilla’s unique remixes for artists including Busta Rhymes, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Artifacts, and Masta Ace.

Various Artists – Milky Disco 2
A collection of beats, textures, and melodies that mixes Detroit techno, German experimentalism, ’80s West Coast vibes, Italo disco, soul, industrial, ambient, and avant garde– what could loosely be called exploratory space dance music.

Widespread Panic – Huntsville 1996
This 3 disc set, released on their own independent record label, Widespread Records, available only at select independent record stores.

Woolfy - If Ya Know What’s Good For Ya
Woolfy’s vast knowledge and influences produce a blend of funk, pop, dirty disco, rare grooves, and new wave.

Pete Yorn – Back And Forth
Back And Fourth follows Yorn’s first three albums, which he considers a trilogy, and is his first album in three years. Yorn wrote all ten songs and recorded the album in Omaha, NE, with producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley). Rick Rubin helped guide the project from its earliest demo stages to final mastering. We have an added-value acoustic CD to give away with purchase (while supplies last).

DVDs:

Jandek – Glasgow Sunday
His music crosses boundaries between folk, country and blues and his public image had been careful to ensure that Jandek himself remains a mysterious, anonymous figure. But 2004 saw Jandek step out of the shadows to play some shows and the unpublicized excursion included here sees him performing with a two-piece back-up band.

Jandek – London Tuesday
55th Jandek release. Recorded live at London’s St. Giles In The Fields church on October 18, 2005. Quite possibly an extended song divided into eight parts entitled No Mind Was A Good Mind. The cover features a man in black posed at a gate overlooking a town somewhere in the UK. The Corwood representative performs solo on acoustic guitar.

John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band – Live In Toronto ’69
Filmed on the eve of the release Abbey Road, this is the only performance ever caught on film of John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band.

Amanda Palmer - A Collection Of Music Videos
Subtitled: A Surrealist Mini-Mystery By Michael Pope. Featuring additional videos by Alex De Campi, Chip Yamada with The Danger Ensemble. Includes exclusive interview footage.

Various Artists - Punk In London
The London punk scene of the late 1970s is captured for posterity in this documentary that showcases some of the era’s most important bands. Includes interviews and performance footage featuring The Adverts, Chelsea, X-Ray Spex, The Lurkers, The Red Cow Club, The Jolt, The Killjoys, Subway Sect, The Jam, The Boomtown Rats, The Clash and more.

Various Artists - Punk In England
Picking up where Punk In London left off, this music-packed sequel features a variety of punk, post-punk, ska and new wave acts. Includes legendary performances and insightful interviews from The Clash, The Jam, Spizzenergi, Madness, The Pretenders and more.

VINYL SATURDAY

From the folks who brought us “Record Store Day” comes “Vinyl Saturday.” Once a month, we’ll be waxing you poetic with special, limited releases made specially available on Vinyl Saturday. If you’re interested in any of the limited editions, you may want to get to the store early — they won’t last long! The first Vinyl Saturday is this coming Saturday,  June 20, and will feature:

WILCO
This is a special 7″ single being released 10 days before new album (WILCO, the album comes out on 7/3)! Limited to a run of 3,800, the 7″ includes the tracks “You Never Know” and “Unlikely Japan,” an early 2003 version of the previously unreleased track “Impossible Germany.”

GREEN DAY
The vinyl version of the CD Single “Know Your Enemy” will be available at Vinyl Fever on 6/20. This vinyl is limited to 5000, and is NUMBERED. The b-side is an unreleased studio track called “Hearts Collide.”

MODEST MOUSE
Second in a series of 7″ singles being released. This one is entitled “Autumn Beds” and the b-side is “Whale Song.”

PETE YORN/SCARLETT JOHANSSEN
These two are releasing an album in September through Rhino (not to be confused with the Pete Yorn release on 6/23 through Sony), and we’ll have an advance 7″ with a duet from both of them AND a Pete Yorn demo on the other side.

ALSO, the following artists have vinyl scheduled for a street date of 6/23, but us indie retailer participants are getting them EARLY, so we can sell them to you on 6/20:

Al Green (classic reissues) – Those Darlins – Wolves In The Throne Room – Wino – Patterson Hood – Earth – Woggles – Chesterfield Kings – Cocktail Slippers and more.

Until then, to hold you over, here are the New Releases out TODAY, June 16, 2009:

VINYL:

Dock Boggs – False Hearted Lovers Blues
Dock Boggs got his start playing in the mining camps while working in the mines all over the Appalachian region. In 1927 he got a contract with Brunswick Records and began recording and playing parties in the area. This collection represents his complete recordings from 1927-1929 when Dock was at the beginning and height of his short-lived recording career.

Green Day
- 21st Century Breakdown
- Nimrod

Hatebreed – For The Lions

Incubus - Monuments And Melodies
4LP-set for the price of, like, 2 and a half! New hits collection includes two new tracks, B-sides and rarities.

Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Freaky Styley
- Mother’s Milk
- Uplift Mofo Party Plan

Roxy Music
- Country Life
- Stranded
Repressed on HQ-180 vinyl. Each comes with a poster of the cover image.

Steel Pulse
- True Democracy
- Earth Crisis

Subhumans
- Time Flies + Rats
- Worlds Apart

DVD:

Scott Walker – 30 Century Man
FINALLY!! Scott Walker gets some due in this documentary that examines his impact upon popular music. From his early days as a bass player on the Sunset Strip to his groundbreaking and wildly influential solo work, the film presents the truth about a true artist. With participation from Walker as well as insights from David Bowie, members of Radiohead, Brian Eno, Johnny Marr, WMNF’s Laura Taylor (just kidding) and others.

CDs:

1349 – Revelations Of The Black Flame
New release from the scorching band from Norway; deluxe edition has live tracks and a 20-page booklet for just two dollars more.

Apples In Stereo - #1 Hits Explosion

Big Star - #1 Record / Radio City
This newly remastered version of #1 Record / Radio City features enhanced packaging and two unreleased bonus tracks.

Bubble Puppy
- A Gathering of Promises
Reissue of 1969 psych classic with 8 bonus tracks!
- Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden CD+DVD Live recording features performances of his many hits while the DVD features the 60-minute concert, plus two bonus songs.

Rodney Carrington – El Nino Loco
He has no plans of changing his approach.

Will Downing – Classique
Will Downing returns with his fourteenth collection of sensual grooves and true love primers.

George Harrison – Let It Roll: The Songs Of George Harrison
George Harrison’s first-ever career-spanning solo hits collection. Special packaging includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and new liner notes by Warren Zanes.

Incubus – Monuments And Melodies
New hits collection includes two new tracks and a bonus disc of B-sides and rarities.

Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines And Trying Times

Candye Kane – Superhero
Having recently beaten pancreatic cancer, Superhero showcases her renewed energy and new lease on life,

Kim Lenz And The Jaguars – It’s All True!
WMNF and Gabe Ech. favorite. Twelve new tracks include seven Kim Lenz originals, a track co-written by Kim and Big Sandy, a number crafted expressly for Kim by the Lucky Stars’ Sage Guyton, and two rampaging covers.

Major Lazer - Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
Major Lazer is the super producer duo of Switch and Diplo, best known for their work with M.I.A and Paper Planes, as well as production work for Santigold, Amanda Blank, Bondo do Role (Diplo) and Tricky (Switch).

Lee Phil – So Long, It’s Been Good To Know You
With thirty years of roadwork and songwriting, Nashville singer/songwriter Phil Lee is the real deal. You can hear it in the vivid imagery that his lyrics present, with stories of worker-bee illegals, truck-driving killers, rats, weasels, and humans with rodent-like qualities. Lee’s is a world of people on the literal and figurative outskirts, straight out of Springsteen’s Nebraska, just a little further south and with a sense of humor.

Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano – Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
This is a true jazz supergroup featuring Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron and John Zorn.

Dee Dee Ramone – History On My Arms
With documentary DVD..

Spinal Tap – Back From The Dead CD w/DVD
Re-imagined versions of all the hits from the classic movie, plus new tracks and an hour-long DVD featuring a newly recorded track-by-track commentary by David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.

Street Sweeper Social Club – Street Sweeper Social Club
Tom Morello and Boots Riley are Street Sweeper Social Club. This eleven-song set features Riley on vocals, Morello on guitar and bass, and Stanton Moore (Galactic) on drums.

UFO – The Visitor
Brand new material for those who actually care.

Rhonda Vincent – Destination Life
The seven time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year returns with a stellar lineup of new, original and classic bluegrass songs. The album features her award-winning touring band in their first studio appearance.

The Waifs – Live From The Union Of Soul

The Wallflowers – Collected: 1996-2005
With leader Jakob Dylan overseeing its production and compiling the track list, the 16-track Collected: 1996-2005 is the definitive look at a critically-acclaimed favorite.

Hank Williams Jr. - 127 Rose Avenue

Holly Williams – Here With Me
The hip granddaughter of Hank Williams and daughter of Hank Jr. has created an album that wears the influence of some of her favorite artists (Tom Waits, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Jackson Browne).

Wilco is currently streaming their new self-titled album. Check it out here.

And for your viewing pleasure, after the jump, see a video of Wilco performing “Wilco,” from the album Wilco on the Colbert Report. (Thanks, Stephen!)

Attention Wilco fans! The cover art for Wilco’s forthcoming new album, Wilco (The Album), was unveiled today.

Wilco (The Album) is out June 30 on Nonesuch Records.

See the album art below:

Best album cover I have seen in years.

This Saturday marks the second annual Record Store Day, a national salute to the more than 700 indie music stores located across the country and the positive impact they make on their communities. In honor of the event, several Bay area stores are offerings specials and carrying limited edition, exclusive Record Store Day releases.

Daddy Kool gives 10 percent off all new albums and 20 percent off all used inventory, and hosts some yet-to-be-announced activities.

Other area stores, like Sound Exchange, Mojo Books & Music and Vinyl Fever, have stocked up on an array of exclusive Record Store Day releases available only at indie stores. Amid the offerings are an array of split 7”-ers, including a double 7” of live tracks from Atlanta and Edinburgh by Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams, and a split 7” featuring covers of songs from Warner Bros.’ back catalog – Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs performing Madonna’s “Borderline,” and The Black Keys doing Captain Beefheart’s “Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles.” Guided By Voices re-releases its Hold On Hope LP with three bonus tracks, My Morning Jacket offers a limited run CD and double 10″ vinyl release recorded live in Louisville at Ear X-tacy record store, and Wilco makes its forthcoming concert DVD, Ashes of American Flags, available solely to indie stores and on its website on Record Store Day. Other exclusive RSD vinyl releases come from Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Mastodon, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Jane’s Addiction, The Stooges, Modest Mouse, Slayer, The Decemberists and Black Kids, among many others.

Mojo Books & Music offers all manner of freebies and releases, 10 percent off everything in the store, spins by DJ Sam Esser, and live performances by Have Gun, Will Travel, Surfer Blood, and an acoustic set by Drew Cutler of Lush Progress.

Vinyl Fever takes it a step further and offers a collection of 3,500 unusual, collectible records from thousands of LPs the store recently snagged from a music industry veteran, which includes 61 Apple label albums by non-Beatles groups. DJs will be playing select cuts from the vintage albums, and Vinyl Fever also hosts a live in-store performances by New Roman Times. free DeLosa’s pizza and PBR, hourly drawings with prizes, and a special guest appearance by Tampa Tribune music critic Curtis Ross. Bring nonperishable food donations for America’s Second Harvest of Tampa Bay.

Sat., April 18: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Vinyl Fever, 4110 Henderson Blvd., Tampa, 813-289-8399; 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Daddy Kool, 538 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-822-5665; 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Mojo Books & Music, 2558 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, 813-971-9717; and 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sound Exchange, Tampa, 813-978-9316. Call the individual stores for more info.

My favorite yearly music bash, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest, just announced its lineup for 2009 and I’m stoked about Aretha Franklin headlining the second weekend, April 30-May 3, which I annually attend. I’ve never seen the Queen of Soul and can’t imagine a better place than the Big Easy for it to finally happen.

Other acts on my must-see list for that weekend include Tony Bennett, The Neville Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Common, Emmylou Harris (huge fan, never seen her before), Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, Toots & the Maytals, Allen Toussaint, John Mayall (he’s pretty cool live), Solomon Burke, Doc Watson, Jakob Dylan (more out of curiosity), Chuck Brown, Guy Clark, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm.

Check out some of my Jazz Fest coverage from last year.

Soul Rebels, which I wrote about last year while at Jazz Fest, and other killer New Orleans acts after the jump.

The Crescent City acts I plan to squeeze into my schedule during the weekend: Soul Rebels, Radiators Aaron Neville, Tab Benoit & the Wetland Allstars, Ellis Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, the subdudes, Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Bonerama.