One Thirty BPM’s Guide to April 2010 Releases


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6 April Tuesday

The Cure – Disintegration: 20th Anniversary Edition (Rhino)
David Bowie – David Bowie (Decca) [Deluxe Reissue]
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love (Todomundo/Nonesuch)
Doves – The Places Between: The Best of Doves (Astralwerks/Heavenly)
Dr. Dog – Shame, Shame (Anti-)
Elliott Smith – Roman Candle [Reissue] (Kill Rock Stars)
Harlem – Hippies (Matador)
High Places – High Places vs. Mankind (Thrill Jockey)
Javelin – No Mas (Luaka Bop)
Jónsi – Go (XL)
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can (Astralwerks)
Mi Ami – Steal Your Face (Thrill Jockey)
New Young Pony Club – Optimist (The Numbers)
Nice Nice – Extra Wow (Warp)
Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz [Deluxe Reissue] (Concord)
Tunng – …And Then We Saw Land (Thrill Jockey)

13 April Tuesday

Disappears – Lux (Kranky)
Freelance Whales – Weathervane (Frenchkiss/Mom + Pop)
Iggy and the Stooges – Raw Power: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
Kaki King – Junior (Rounder)
MGMT – Congratulations (Columbia)
The Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
Rafter – Animal Feelings (Athsmatic Kitty)
The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)

17 April – Record Store Day Saturday

The Album Leaf – There Is A Wind [Bonus Tracks](Sub Pop) (12″ vinyl, Limited to 1000)
Ani DiFranco – Live at Bull Moose (Righteous Babe)
Arthur Russell – Calling Out Of Context (Rough Trade)(2×12″ vinyl, limited to 2000)
Beach House – Zebra EP [+2 new tracks and 2 alternate versions] (Sub Pop) (12″ vinyl, limited to 1500)
Beastie Boys – White label 12″ vinyl surprise (limited to 1000)
Black Keys – Tighten Up/Howlin’ For You [+2 new tracks] (Nonesuch) (12″ vinyl, limited to 50,000)
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us [Deluxe Vinyl Edition] (Graveface)
Bonobo feat. Adriana Triana – Eyes Down (Ninja Tune)
Citizen Cope – Side A: The Rainwater LP [First half of new LP + acoustic bonus track] (Rainwater Recordings) (limited to 700)
Citizen Cope – Rainwater Deluxe [Signed and numbered] (Rainwater Recordings) (limited to 200)
Daedalus – Righteous Fists Of Harmony (Brainfeeder)
David Bazan – Live at Electric Audio (Bazan)
Deerhoof – Apple O’ [Vinyl Edition] (Kill Rock Stars)
Deerhoof – Green Cosmos [Vinyl Edition] (Kill Rock Stars)
The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs – Dark Side of the Moon [Seafoam Green 12″ Vinyl] (Warner Bros.) (limited to 5000)
Goldfrapp – Headfirst [Vinyl edition w/ CD & poster] (Mute) (limited to 1000)
Gorillaz – White Flag [10″ Vinyl] (Capitol)
The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever [Hand-screen printed vinyl early release] (Vagrant) (limited to 600)
Japandroids – Post Nothing [180g Vinyl edition] (Polyvinyl) (limited to 300)
John Lennon – 3×7-inch singles in box-set: “Mother,Why” / “Imagine”, “It’s So Hard” / “Watching The Wheels”, “I’m Your Angel” [numbered w/ poster & postcards] (Capitol) (limited to 5000)
Joy Division – 4xLP Box Set [180g Vinyl] (Rhino) (limited to 820)
LCD Soundsystem – “Pow Pow” [Single-side 12″ vinyl] (DFA)
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs [3×10″ Vinyl, double gatefold] (Merge) (limited to 3000)
Manchester Orchestra – Live at Park Avenue [Acoustic EP] (Columbia)
Mastodon – Blood Mountain [2xLP version and 1xLP version reissues] (Warner Bros.) (limited to 2500 and 3000 respectively)
Modest Mouse – The Moon and Antarctica [10th Anniversary vinyl reissue] (Epic)
Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk [2x Clear blue vinyl edition] (Shangri-La Music) (limited to 2000)
The Mountain Goats – Life Of The World To Come [Film on DVD] (4AD) (limited to 2000)
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone [Clear 12″ vinyl edition] (Anti-) (limited to 2000)
Pavement – Quarantine The Past [Vinyl w/ tracks selected by RSD comp winner] (Matador)
R.E.M. – Chronic Town EP [Numbered blue 12″ vinyl reissue] (Interscope)
Sonic Youth – Confusion is Sex [12″ white vinyl reissue] (ORG) (limited to 1500)
Sonic Youth – EVOL [12″ pink vinyl reissue] (ORG) (limited to 1500)
Tom Waits – Mule Variations [11th Anniversary 12″ vinyl reissue] (Anti-) (limited to 3000)
The Velvet Underground – 1969 Live Vol. 1 [Vinyl Reissue] (ORG) (limited to 1500)
The Velvet Underground – 1969 Live Vol. 2 [Vinyl Reissue] (ORG) (limited to 3000)
Wilco – Kicking Television [4×12″ vinyl version w/ 8 bonus tracks] (Nonesuch) (limited to 1000)

For the full list of Record Store Day releases click here and for the UK Record Store Day releases click here.

20 April Tuesday

The Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Time and Space (Yep Roc/Simian/Elephant 6)
Aqualung – Magnetic North (Verve)
Baby Dee – Book Of Songs For Anne Marie (Drag City)
Caribou – Merge City (Merge/City Slang)
Cypress Hill – Rise Up (Priority/EMI)
Destroyer – City Of Daughters [Reissue] (Merge)
Destroyer – Thief [Reissue] (Merge)
Destroyer – Streethawk: A Seduction [Reissue] (Merge)
Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring (Kill Rock Stars)
Kate Nash – My Best Friend Is You (Fiction/Geffen)
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – True Love Will Cast Out All Evil (Anti-)
Trans Am – Thing (Thrill Jockey)
Rufus Wainwright – All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu (Decca)
Wye Oak – My Neighbour/My Creator [Digital Release] (Merge)

27 April Tuesday

Avi Buffalo – Avi Buffalo (Sub Pop)
Chin-Chin – Sound of the Westerway (Slumberland)
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph (Dead Oceans)
Gogol Bordello – Trans-Continental Hustle (American Recordings)
The Mynabirds – What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood (Saddle Creek)
Small Black – Small Black [Reissue] (Jagjaguwar)
The Wave Pictures – You Leave It Alone (Moshi Moshi)
The Wave Pictures – Instant Coffee Baby (Moshi Moshi)
Wounded Lion – Wounded Lion (In The Red)Â