This Week's Music (July 28, 2009)

Welcome back to the weekly new music roundup, where I will try highlighting some of tomorrow's interesting/major music releases.

The latest Blur compilation, Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur, will now be available at a more affordable/non-import price in the US. Howling Bells' Radio Wars (great album, great band) sees its US release too.

Three Elbow albums have been reissued. A Rolling Stones box set is being sold exclusively through Amazon. The Battlestar Galactica Season 4 soundtrack will be out.

Watch the video for Howling Bells' "Cities Burning Down," then check out more of this week's releases below:



Albums, Singles, EPs:
- Bad Secrets - Bad Secrets
- Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey; Vinyl
- Blur - Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
- Fabolous - Loso's Way; Deluxe CD/DVD Edition
- Howling Bells - Radio Wars
- Michael Jackson - The Stripped Mixes
- Owl City - Ocean Eyes; Vinyl
- Iggy Pop - Iggy & Ziggy: Cleveland '77; Vinyl
- Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
- The Radio Dept. - David (EP)
- Starflyer 59 - Ghosts of the Past
- The Trashcan Sinatras - In the Music

Reissues, Box Sets:
- Deee-Lite - The Very Best of Deee-Lite (reissue)
- Elbow - Asleep in the Back (reissue, import)
- Elbow - Cast of Thousands (reissue, import)
- Elbow - Leaders of the Free World (reissue, import)
- Gang of Four - Return the Gift (2 CD reissue)
- Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Single, Vinyl)
- The Rolling Stones - Box Set [Amazon.com Exclusive]

Soundtracks:
- Bear McCreary - Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
- Various Artists - Funny People