Are things heating up where you live?  They are here.  Damn it has been hot!  Sadly, the music this week is not really…hot.  There is not a whole heckuva lot screaming at me, but I am sure I will get to some of it eventually.  Maybe a good time to play catchup on releases from earlier in the year that I missed.  I do have one I want and it is highlighted in Blue.  Let me know what interests you or what I missed on the list.

•   Needtobreathe – Forever on your Side: Niles City Sound Sessions – (Atlantic):  A four song E.P. from Needtobreathe is always welcome.  Anything new from these guys is welcome.  One of my favorite bands and this one is music created from their time spent at Niles City.  Here is what they say about it…”Forever On Your Side (Niles City Sound Sessions) was recorded with the producer trio Niles City Sound (Leon Bridges) out of their studio in Ft. Worth, TX. The 4-track collection of songs and collaboration represents a creative leap for the band, who usually self-records and produces out of their home studio, Plantation Studios, in Summerville, SC.”  I have the 10″ Pink Vinyl on order and sadly won’t arrive until the end of September so for now I will stream or grab the CD.  Oh yeah, my wife and I have a date night to see Needtobreathe in August.  Yes…I am a fan.

And that is it for me…there are a bunch and see if there is anything for you.

•   Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning – (Redeye Distribution)
•   Graham Bonnet Band – Meanwhile, Back in the Garage – (Frontiers Records)
•   Gioeli / Castronovo – Set The World On Fire – (Frontiers Records)
•   Cliff Magness – Lucky Dog – (Frontiers Records)
•   Slightly Stoopid – Everyday Life, Everyday People – (Stoopid Records)
•   Rolling Stones – From the Vault: No Security San Jose 1999 Live – (Promotone BV)
•   Ben Folds Five – The Complete Sessions at West 54th – (Red Gone Music)
•   Between the Buried and Me – Automata II – (Sumerian Records)
•   The Jayhawks – Back Roads and Abandoned Hotels – (Sony Legacy)
•   The Nationals – Boxer (Live in Brussels) – (4AD)
•   Jim Gaffigan – Noble Ape – (Comedy Dynamics)